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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.
Wab. I pray you let us eat like praying Indians. God hath taught us, that always when we eat we should pr•y and give thanks to God.
Wab. I pray you let us eat like praying Indians. God hath taught us, that alwayes when we eat we should pr•y and give thanks to God.
Nash I pray do so, it pleaseth me well, though I cannot do so my self, for I am ignorant of the ways of praying to God. Waban prayeth for a blessing, and then they eat: and after meat doth the same again.
Nash I pray do so, it pleaseth me well, though I cannot do so my self, for I am ignorant of the wayes of praying to God. Waban prayeth for a blessing, and then they eat: and after meat doth the same again.
Pen. Aged Sachem, now that you and we are refreshed and strengthened by this food, I will declare unto you strange News, to which I entreat your attendance a little while, and all the people here present. I am like a man that was looking for a shell, and found a Pearl of inestimable value, whereby he became very rich and renowned. I had a small occasion to come and visit you, grave Sachem, and by the way I met with this good man, a messenger of God; by whose discourse my blind eyes are opened, my dead heart is made alive, my lame legs are enabled to walk in the way to heaven, where I shall enjoy an eternal Kingdom. Many miracles have been wrought upon me by the power of Gods Word, spoken to me by this m•n: and that I may stir up your heart, and the hearts of the people here present to give diligent heed to what he saith, I will declare unto you what passed between us. I was as you are, I lived as you live, I did as you do, and as the rest of our Countrymen and Neighbours do; I followed the sports, pleasures, vanities, and courses that other men, and you, to this day walk in. But I was not aware how blind, and dead, and vile, and wicked I was in the sight of God; nor was I aware that I was running on in a pleasant delightful way, which led me down to hell and eternal damnation. But when I met this man, he discoursed with me about these things; he opened unto me, by the Word of God, the great Majesty of God, his Holiness, Justice, and Goodness; how God had made this great world, and all things in it, both things above and things below; how made man an eminent Creature, gave him dominion over all the creatures here below; & gave him an holy, just