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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.
Through the Blessing of God, upon the Endeavours of Good men, in this one Massachuset-Province, the Indians have mostly Embraced the Christian Religion. 1There are, I suppose, more than Thirty Congregations of Indians, and many more than Thirty Hundred Indians, in this one Province, calling on God in Christ, and Hearing of His Glorious Word. Whoso is wise, will observe a Notable Smile of God upon those that have Worthily Encouraged and prosecuted this Evangelical Work. But shall we not, at the same Time Observe, how Signally the Wrath of God hath fallen upon the Persons, or Estates, of them that have Debauched the Indians, by Selling of Drink unto them. The Trading Houses, where the Indians of the ⟨p. 217⟩East, had so much, of their Drink and Bane, what is become of them, Every one of them? The Sword ha's been Drunk with the Blood, of the English, in the Hands of those very Indians, which have been so often Drunk among them. And these Bloody Merchants of the Souls of the Indians, when they have Summed up all their Gains, the Foot of the Account ha's been this, Woe to him that gives his Neighbour Drink, that puts the Bottle to him, to make him Drunk. Those Men, are not Wise but Mad, who can Observe these things, and now dare to Repeat this Iniquity, or dream that any Gains are to be got by feeding the Indian Lust of Drunkenness.
Through the Blessing of God, upon the Endeavou•s of Good men, in this one Massachuset-Province, the Indians have mostly Embraced the Christian Religion. 1There are, I suppose, more than Thirty Congregations of Indians, and many more than Thirty Hundred Indians, in this one Province, calling on God in Christ, and Hearing of His Glorious Word. Whoso is wise, will observe a Notable Smile of God upon those that have Worthily Encouraged and prosecuted this Evangelical Work. But shall we not, at the same Time Observe, how Signally the Wrath of God hath fallen upon the Persons, or Estates, of them that have Debauched the Indians, by Selling of Drink unto them. The Trading Houses, where the Indians of the ⟨p. 217⟩