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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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Ant. The first Text I mention is Hos. 8.12. I have written to him the great things of my Law, but they were counted […] a strange thing. Here God gives to man a Law, and he writeth this Law; and every thing in this Law is a great matter: though some things are greater then other, yet every thing that God hath written is a great matter. But God doth blame men for counting them as strange things; we should be well acquainted with them. Dan. 10.21. when an Angel spake to Daniel, he told him, that he would declare to him that which is n•ted in the Scriptures of truth. And we that teach others must carefully so do, we must teach nothing but that which is noted in, and grounded upon the Scriptures of truth. And we need to teach nothing else, for all things needful for salvation are contained in the Scriptures, as appears 2 Tim. 3.16, 17. All Scripture is given by interpretation from God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness; That the man of God may be perfect, throughly furnished to […] good works. The man of God here, meaneth, o• •ay be applied to any honest man that is willing to walk by the Rule of the word, be he a Sachem, or a Teacher, or a Father, &c. Every man may find in the Scriptures a perfect rule to guide him in every thought, word or deed. So that the word of God is a perfect Law to guide every man, in every thing, all the days of his life. And the word of God is not only a rule to guide us in this life but it also brings us to heaven; Acts 20 32. I commend you to God, and to the word of his grace, which is able to build you up, and give you an inheritance among them that are sanctified: and James 1.21. Receive with meekness the ingra••ed word, which is able to save your souls. Many such testimonies I might add, to show the fullness of perfection of the word of God: but I forbear at present.