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Decennium luctuosum. An history of remarkable occurrences, in the long war, which New-England hath…
Decennium luctuosum. An history of remarkable occurrences, in the long war, which New-England hath had with the Indian savages, from the year, 1688. To the year 1698. / Faithfully composed and improved. ; [One line of quotation in Latin]
printed by B. Green for Samuel Phillips, 1699
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.
Quaker. We are come to give thee a Friendly Visit.
Minister. I am glad to see you, at my House; you shall be welcome to the best Entertainments, my House can afford you. But will you do me the Favour, to let me understand, the Designs upon which you visit these parts of the Country?
Quaker. I come to preach Jesus Christ.
Minister. Excuse me — What Christ, I pray?
Quaker. The same Christ, that appeared unto ⟨p. 169⟩Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob; and that appeared unto Moses in the Bush, and that was with Israel in the Wilderness. —