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Indian dialogues, for their instruction in that great service of Christ, in calling home…Indian dialogues, for their instruction in that great sevice of Christ, in calling home…
Indian dialogues, for their instruction in that great service of Christ, in calling home their country-men to the knowledge of God, and of themselves, and of Jesus Christ. : [Seven lines from Malachi]Indian dialogues, for their instruction in that great sevice of Christ, in calling home their country-men to the knowledge of God, and of themselves, and of Iesus Christ. : [Seven lines from Malachi]
Cambridge: printed by Marmaduke Johnson, 1671
Title page typeset from the transcription.
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
The Sabbath Meeting.
Sontim. Piumbuhhou. Kinsman. All.
Sont. IT is well done my Friends and Neighbours, that you have remembered our agreement, and are come together about this great business. And now my kind Friend, what you have further to say unto us, we are here ready to hear you.
Sont. IT is well done my Friends and Neighbours, that you have remembred our agreement, and are come together about this great business. And now my kinde Friend, what you have further to say unto us, we are here ready to hear you.
Pium. Six days God hath given us, wherein to do all our own business and works. Every seventh day God hath commanded us to give unto him, to rest from our own works, and to do his work, to pray unto him, to hear his Word, to talk and speak of heavenly ⟨p. 22⟩matters, for the good of our Souls. We are all here this day before the Lord: And first of all he hath commanded us to pray together; therefore let us all either stand up like servants, or kneel down like sons and daughters, and pray unto the Lord. Them he prayeth— The next work we use to do, is to Catechize, that is, to teach by asking of Questions, and they that are taught make Answer according as they have been taught: but that work you are not yet fitted and prepared for, therefore we lay it by. The next work which we do is to Read some Chapter of the Word of God. Then he calleth one that came with him, who Readeth. When that is finished, then he saith, Now we use to sing a Psalm, which is one part of Gods Word and Worship: but for that work you are not yet prepared, therefore we lay that by also. And now I will teach you out of the Word of God. The Text is