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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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Wab. Our state in this world is not perfect, corruption is killed but in part; there be old roots remaining, which upon occasion offered will still be stirring, acting, appearing, as a tree that is cut down, the old roots will be growing, which must be kept down with a speedy cutting off. A field that is well weeded, will quickly produce new weeds again, out of that natural propensity of the earth to bring forth weeds; but a watchful and diligent husbandman will be often weeding over his Corn fields: and so will our hearts be sending forth new weeds of sin, but we must be daily diligent to watch and weed them out; our hearts have a natural propensity to sin, and therefore must be kept with all diligence. And therefore that is the first counsel that I give you, out of the experience of my own naughty heart.
Pen. Your word• do put a fear into my heart, I know that old customs of sin are very hardly left, and I have been so long accustomed to sin, that I am afraid of my self.
Pen. Your word• do put a fear into my heart, I know that old customes of sin are very hardly left, and I have been so long accustomed to sin, that I am afraid of my self.
Wab. Fear is a good watchman; Happy is the man that feareth always: and let this put you on to a second Counsel that I give you, Be much and often in prayer, and that not only among others in Family•worship, and Public-worship, but also, and most frequently in secret prayer, for so Christ hath commanded, Ma•. 6. and Christ himself hath set us an example, who spent whole nights in prayer.