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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. You say the world hath ever failed you, and so it always dealeth with Gods children: but I will show you who will never fail you; Psal 73.26. My flesh and my heart fa•leth, but God is the strength of my heart, and my portion for ever. Let your soul ponder and feed upon this Promise. See also Heb. 13.5. He hath said, I will never leave thee nor forsake thee. Mark that word, Never leave thee nor forsake thee; the word will hold both in this life, and to eternity. You further say, that your bright mornings prove black and cloudy days. It hath been so with other of Gods Children. Read the 88 Psalm, and you shall find the Prophet just in your case in many verses of that Psalm: I will mention some of the words, ver. 6, 7, 8, 9. Thou hast laid me in the lowest p•t, in darkness, in the deeps. Thy wrath lieth hard upon me, and thou hast afflicted me with all thy waves. Thou hast put away mine acquaintance far from me; thou hast made me an abomination unto them. I am ••ut up, and I cannot come forth; mine eye mourneth by reason of affliction Lord, I have called daily upon thee; I have stretched out mine hand unto thee, &c. And ver. 15. I am afflicted and ready to die from my youth up; while I suffer thy terrors, I am distracted, &c. Behold a dear child of God in as bitter distresses as you are, yet the first sentence ⟨p. 74⟩of this Psalm is a word of Faith, he s•ith▪ O Lord God of my salvation. I• is some com•ort to a distressed soul, to […] with them; you have the best company in the world, for you have the company of Jesus Christ. See Isa. 53 3. He is despised and rejected of m•n, a man of sorrows, and acquainted with griefs; and […] it were our faces from him: he was de•p••ed, and we esteeme• him not. Wen yu are alone by your self, read all this Chapter you shall find that Christ ws in greater distresses then you are which he suffered patiently, to procure for us pardon and salvation, and by his suffering he had experience of sufferings, that he might pity us in our gers; and therefore it is said, Heb. 1.15. For we ve nt an high Priest which cannot be […] the feelings […] our […] in all points […] lke a we are et without […] Our […], but in […] case also Christ is very pitiful and gracious, he remembereth that we are but du, Psal 10.14. You dde You fear that your Sun will st in darkness and despair.