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The triumphs of the reformed religion, in America. The life of the renowned John…
The triumphs of the reformed religion, in America. The life of the renowned John Eliot; a person justly famous in the church of God, not only as an eminent Christian, and an excellent Minister, among the English, but also, as a memorable evangelist among the Indians, of New-England; with some account concerning the late and strange success of the Gospel, in those parts of the world, which for many ages have lain buried in pagan ignorance. / Written by Cotton Mather. ; [Two lines from Luke]
Boston: printed by Benjamin Harris for Joseph Brunning i.e, 1691
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
Tis one of their weighty cases, Whether, a Christian be bound to pay his Whore her Hire or no? To this Father Brutas. […] answers, Tho' he be bound in Justice to do it, yet in as much as the Barbarians [and you must […] ⟨p. 127⟩their Whores to be •uth!] Use to keep no faith in such matters, the Christians may ••onse whether they will keep any too. But Father P••rr in with a most profound Learning answers, He is not bound unto if all; in as much as no man thinks himself bound to pay a Witch, that has Enchanted him; and this business is pretty much a kin to that. Another of their difficult Cases, is, Whether an Indian stealing an Hatchet from a Dutchman, be bound to make Restitution? And it in very conscientiously determined. That if the Dutchman be one that has used any Trade with other Indians, the Thief is not bound unto any Restitution; for 'us certain, he gains more by such a Trade than the value of many Hatchets in a year.
Tis one of their weighty cases, Whether, a Christian be bound to pay his Whore her Hire or no? To this Father Brutas. 〈…〉 ••swers, Tho' he be bound in Justice to do it, yet in as much as the Barbarians [and you must 〈…〉 ⟨p. 127⟩their Whores to be •uth!] Use to keep no faith in such matters, the Christians may ••onse whether they will keep any too. But Father P••rr in with a most profound Learning answers, He is not bound unto if all; in as much as no man thinks himself bound to pay a Witch, that has Enchanted him; and this business is pretty much a kin to that. Another of their difficult Cases, is, Whether an Indian stealing an Hatchet from a Dutchman, be bound to make Restitution? And it in very conscientiously determined. That if the Dutchman be one that has used any Trade with other Indians, the Thief is not bound unto any Restitution; for 'us certain, he gains more by such a Trade than the value of many Hatchets in a year.