¶Behold, ye Indians, what love, what care, what cost, has been used by the English here for the Salvation of your precious and immortal Souls. It is not because we have expected any Temporal Advantage from you, that we have been thus concerned for your good; No, 'tis God that ha's caused us to desire his Glory ⟨p. 133⟩in your Salvation; and our hearts have bled with Pity over you, when we have seen how horribly the Devil Oppressed you in this, and Destroyed you in another world. It is much that ha's been done for you; we have put you into a way to be happy both on Earth while you live, and in Heaven when you Dy. What can you think will become of you, if you slight all these Glorious offers! methinks you should say to your-selves, V•toh woh kitten peh quo• humunan mishanant a mog ne mo•sag wadchanit•uonk! You all believe that your Teacher ELIOT, was a Good and a Brave Man, and you would count it your Blessedness to be forever with him. Nevertheless, I am to tell you, that if you don't become Real, and Thorough and Holy Christians, you shall never have a comfortable sight of him any more. You know how he has Fed you, and Clothed you, as well as Taught you; you know how his Bowels yearned over you, even as tho' you had been his Children, when he saw any afflictions come upon you; but if he find you among the wicked, in the Day of Judgment, which he so often warned you of, he will then be a Dreadful Witness against you, and when the Lord Jesus passes that sentence on you, Depart ye Cursed into Everlasting Fire with the Devil and his Angels, even your own ELIOT will then say, Amen, unto it all. Now, to deal plainly with you, there are two Vices, which many of you are too ⟨p. 134⟩prone unto, and which are utterly inconsistent with a True Christianity. One of those Vices is that of idleness. If you had a Disposition to follow an Honest Calling, what should hinder you from growing as Considerable in your Estates, as many of your English Neighbours? whereas, you are now poor, mean ragged, sto• ved, contemptible and miserable; and instead of being able, as your English Neighbours do, to support the ordinances of God, you are beholden to them, not only for maintaining of those Blessed ordinances among you, but for many other kindnesses. And have you indeed forgot the Commandment of God which has been so often laid before you, Six Days state thou Labour!
¶Behold, yee Indians, what love, what care, what cost, has been used by the English here for the Salvation of your precious and immortal Souls. It is not because we have expected any Temporal Advantage from you, that we have been thus concerned for your good; No, 'tis God that ha's caused us to desire his Glory ⟨p. 133⟩in your Salvation; and our hearts have bied with Pitty over you, when we have seen how horribly the Devil Oppress'd you in this, and Destroy'd you in another world. It is much that ha's been done for you; we have put you into a way to be happy both on Earth while you live, and in Heaven when you Dy. What can you think will become of you, if you slight all these Glorious offers! methinks you should say to your-selves, V•toh woh kitt•nne peh quo• humunan mishanant a mog ne mo•sag wadchanit•uonk! You all beleeve that your Teacher ELIOT, was a Good and a B•ave Man, and you would count it your Blessedness to be forever with him. Nevertheless, I am to tell you, that if you don't become Real, and Thorough and Holy Christians, you shall never have a comfortable sight of him any more. You know how he has Fed you, and Cloath'd you, as well as Taught you; you know how his Bowels yerned over you, even as tho' you had been his Children, when he saw any afflictions come upon you; but if he find you among the wicked, in the Day of Judgment, which he so often warn'd you of, he will then be a Dreadful Witness against you, and when the Lord Jesus passes that sentence on you, Depart ye Cursed into Everlasting Fire with the Divel and his Angels, even your own ELIOT will then say, Amen, unto it all. Now, to deale plainly with you, there are two Vices, which many of you are too ⟨p. 134⟩prone unto, and which are utterly inconsistent with a True Christianity. One of those Vices is that of idleness. If you had a Disposition to follow an Honest Calling, what should hinder you from growing as Considerable in your Estates, as many of your English Neighbours? whereas, you are now poor, mean ragged, sto• ved, contemptible and miserable; and instead of being able, as your Enlish Neighbours do, to support the ordinances of God, you are beholden to them, not only for maintaining of those Blessed ordinances among you, but for many other kindnesses. And have you indeed forgot the Commandment of God which has been so often laid before you, Six Days state thou Labour!
