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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 Afternoon Exercise.
The Afternnon Exercise.
Pium. GOD requires we should give him a whole day, therefore it is not enough to worship God half a day. We are again come together to worship God, and we shall do the same this Afternoon, as we did in the Forenoon. Let us pray. After Prayer, he taketh this Text; Mat. 1.21, 22, 23. This Text teacheth three things touching Jesus Christ, 1. His wonderful Birth; A Virgin conceived. Of which, see Luke 1.26, to 39. 2. Two Names; Jesus, Emmanuel. 3. What Christ did for us, and doth, signified by his Name Jesus; He taketh away our sins. And this he doth two ways: 1. He taketh away our sins out of Gods sight, by dying in our stead, and so meriting a pardon for all our sins. ⟨p. 24⟩2. He taketh away our sins out of our own hearts, by working Repentance in us, and Faith in his Name, giving us his Spirit, and sanctifying of us by his Grace, and leading us in all holiness of life and conversation. The third part of this Text is, how Jesus Christ is enabled to do these great things for us. This signified by his second Name, God with us. Christ was God and Man in one Person; and that maketh his death of infinite value with God, to obtain a pardon for all our sins. And this maketh him of infinite power to overcome our hearts, and turn them unto God. These things are deep wisdom; therefore pray unto God, and he will give you wisdom to understand them, Ja•. 1.5.