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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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Sachem. I am willing to be present and •ear your discourse, bu• as for this new way •f praying to G•d, I like it not. We a•d ou• Forefathers have through all generations lived in […] Religion, which I desire not to change; Are we wiser then our Forefathers? And I like not to suffer our people to read that Book which they call the Word of God. If it be Gods Word, it is too deep for ignorant people to meddle withal; and it will fill them with new light and notions, which withdraws them from ou• obedience, and leadeth them to make trouble and disturbance unto us, in those old ways in which we and our Forefathers have walked: and my Counsel is to suppress the reading of that Book.
Sachem. I am willing to be present and •ear your discourse, bu• as for this new way •f praying to G•d, I like it not. We a•d ou• Forefathers have through all generations lived in 〈…〉 Religion, which I desire not to change; Are we wiser then our Forefathers? And I like not to suffer our people to reade that Book which they call the Word of God. If it be Gods Word, it is too deep for ignorant people to meddle withall; and it will fill them with new light and notions, which withdraws them from ou• obedience, and leadeth them to make trouble and disturbance unto us, in those old wayes in which we and our Forefat•ers have walked: and my Counsel is to suppress the reading of that Book.