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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.
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Pen. Your discourse doth heighten my admiration. I acknowledge God hath thought of me when I thought not of him; he had a care of my Soul when I had no care of my self; God hath plucked me out of darkness, and brought me into a most wonderful light, that I should be forced to see the wonderful things of Gods Law, & of my eternal condemnation by it, my helpless and hopeless condition that I was in. And then, that the Lord should open unto me a possibility of escape, that a ransom and remedy might be found by the infinite wisdom and mercy of God; and that Jesus Christ had not only accomplished that great work, but offered the fruit and benefit of it to me▪ and called me to rest in him, and to be trust my Soul with him for pardon of all my sins, and for eternal life in Jesus Christ. These things are matter of my admiration, and shall be to all eternity. My life remaining shall be spent in admiring, and in obeying and suffering, as you have now taught me; I shall account nothing too dear for Christ, who hath not accounted his own most precious life too dear for me. Whereas I am now instructed, that he being ⟨p. 33⟩God and Man in one person, his life was of more value then all the lives of all mankind; and that he did not forbear to offer that precious life for me; I must, I will, by his grace assisting, admire at this mercy for ever: and therefore the motion that you made of spending this night in prayer and praises unto his holy Name, it is a most acceptable motion to my heart. My experience suggesteth unto me matter abundantly to pray and praise his Name, but my ignorance is such as that I cannot tell how to utter my mind in words of knowledge suitable unto so great mercies as I have now experienced.
Pen. Your discourse doth heighten my admiration. I acknowledge God hath thought of me when I thought not of him; he had a care of my Soul when I had no care of my self; God hath plucked me out of darkness, and brought me into a most wonderful light, that I should be forced to see the wonderful things of Gods Law, & of my eternal condemnation by it, my helpless and hopeless condition that I was in. And then, that the Lord should open unto me a possibility of escape, that a ransome and remedy might be found by the infinite wisdome and mercy of God; and that Jesus Christ had not onely accomplished that great work, but offered the fruit and benefit of it to me▪ and called me to rest in him, and to be trust my Soul with him for pardon of all my sins, and for eternal life in Jesus Christ. These things are matter of my admiration, and shall be to all eternity. My life remaining shall be spent in admiring, and in obeying and suffering, as you have now taught me; I shall account nothing too dear for Christ, who hath not accounted his own most precious life too dear for me. Whereas I am now instructed, that he being