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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
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Indian Dialogues. › Dialogue 2: DIALOG. II. About calling home poor INDIANS.
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.
Pen. Oh I am surprised, I am amazed, you have ravished my Soul, you have brought a light into my Soul. I wonder at my self: where have I been? what have I done? I am like one raised out of a dark pit; you have brought me forth into the Sunshine. I begin to see about me: if I look back, and down into the pit where I have been all my days, I wonder at my self what a dead dark thing I have been; when I look upon you, I see you like an Angel of light. I have heard of this business of praying to God, some have spoken ill of it, some have spoken favourably I could not tell what it was, but now by your discourse I begin to see what an excellent thing it is: it changes men, and advances them into a condition above other men. You have dealt with me like as the Fishers do by the fish, you laid a Bait for me to make me desire it, and bite at it, but I saw not your hook, until you had catched my Soul; and now I am catched, I see it was not for my hurt, but for my great good. The light which I do already see is a beautiful and desirable thing, and therefore I pray you go on, and tell me more of this new way.
Pen. Oh I am surprized, I am amazed, you have ravished my Soul, you have brought a light into my Soul. I wonder at my self: where have I been? what have I done? I am like one raised out of a dark pit; you have brought me forth into the Sunshine. I begin to see about me: if I look back, and down into the pit where I have been all my dayes, I wonder at my self what a dead dark thing I have been; when I look upon you, I see you like an Angel of light. I have heard of this business of praying to God, some have spoken ill of it, some have spoken favour•bly I could not tell what it was, but now by your discourse I begin to see what an excellent thing it is: it changes men, and advances them into a condition above other men. You have dealt with me like as the Fishers do by the fish, you laid a Bait for me to make me desire it, and bite at it, but I saw not your hook, until you had catch'd my Soul; and now I am catch'd, I see it was not for my hurt, but for my great good. The light which I do already see is a beautiful and desireable thing, and therefore I pray you go on, and tell me more of this new way.