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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.
Minister. Friend, I am sensible, that you are come among us, to preach a Religion, different from that which is commonly Preached, Professed, & Practised in the Country. If you approve the Religion of the Country, I can't see, where's the Sense of it, for y•u to take such tedious Journeys for our Illumination. I pray, be so kind as to let me know, what point in our Holy Religion, you do not Approve?
Quaker. 'Tis not my Business here to Enquire into thy Religion. I am come to preach the Religion of Jesus Christ; the same that the Holy Prophets and Apostles believed; even the Inward manifestation of Christ in our Hearts,—
Minister. To make short work on it; I perceive ⟨p. 170⟩you both to be that sort of people, we call Quakers. Now, there is among the Quakers, that extreme Uncertainty, Variety, and Contradiction, that no man, can say what you hold, any further than each Individual Person, will confess his own Tenets. I must therefore, pray the favour of you, to tell me; Do you own George Foxes Book, Entitled, The Great Mystery?
Minister. To make short work on it; I perceive ⟨p. 170⟩you both to be that sort of people, we call Quakers. Now, there is among the Quakers, that extream Uncertainty, Variety, and Contradiction, that no man, can say what you hold, any further than each Individual Person, will confess his own Tenets. I must therefore, pray the favour of you, to tell me; Do you own George Foxes Book, Entituled, The Great Mystery?