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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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John. True it is, that God hath said, The Priests l•ps shall preserve knowledge, and thou shalt enquire the Law at his mouth; I am very weak, but I am willing to help your afflicted soul to go to Jesus Christ, who will not fail to comfort you. Seeing therefore it is your desire, let me hear your griefs and troubles, it may please God to put a word into my mouth, whereby the good Spirit of God may speak comfort to your sorrowful heart.
Iohn. True it is, that God hath said, The Priests l•ps shall preserve knowledge, and thou shalt enquire the Law at his mouth; I am very weak, but I am willing to help your afflicted soul to go to Jesus Christ, who will not fail to comfort you. Seeing therefore it is your desire, let me hear your griefs and troubles, it may please God to put a word into my mouth, whereby the good Spirit of God may speak comfort to your sorrowful heart.
Penit My outward condition is full of affliction, and those frowns in the brow of Providence do make me fear, that the wrath of God is set against me, and will wear away my life with grief, and then cast me away into hell among the damned, where I shall perish for ever.
Penit My outward condition is full of affliction, and those fro•ns in the brow of Providence do make me fear, that the wrath of God is set against me, and will wear away my life with grief, and then cast me away into hell among the damned, where I shall perish for ever.
John. This is a wholesome fear, and you shall find it will end ⟨p. 73⟩