But there is, what is yet more Astonishing, The Glorious Gospel of God is made woefully Unsuccessful among the Indians, especially by thi• Vice of Drunkenness getting in so much among them. The Gospel, which forbids Drunkenes• under the dreadfullest penalties imaginable, how can it be welcome unto a Generation of Drunkards! There have been, and yet are Churches among our Indians; and, Peantamapang, as they call themselves, or, men professing Religion; and, if I mistake not, there are at this Time, above Thirty Assemblies of Indians, (tho' small ones) in one of our Provinces, that meet for the Worship of the Lord Jesus Christ. But it is the Lamentation of all Virtuous men, who behold it, and even of the Indians themselves, That the Evangelical Work is in extreme Danger of coming to nothing: The Good O•der in their Churches is Languishing; The Christian Religion it self is like to be lost among them: That Great Work, which has been the Glory of New England, and which already too much comes too Little, is like ere long utterly to Expire and Vanish; and indeed the Decays that have already prevailed upon it, are Deplorable. Yea, I tremble to write, what I have lately Read, That some Old men among the Indians, affirm, that when they were Heathens, many of them were not such great ⟨p. 11⟩Villains, as they are since they were Christians. Now, You Sellers of Drink to these Indians are the cause of all this Wretchedness 'Tis the concurrent sense of all who have any knowledge of the Indian Affairs, That except a stop can be given unto your Ungodly Trade of Selling Drink unto the Indians, a Flood of Drunkenness, is like to Swallow up all that is good among them. And •hose Ministers of the Lord Jesus Christ, who are carrying unto the Indians, the Tidings of that Great Saviour, are Sighing, That they Labour in vain, and spend their strength for nought, because •et them do what they can, Strong Drink does undo it all again; and there are [But whose Ministers are those, think you?] those that by Selling Drink unto these wild Creatures, do so deprave them, and stupefy them, and b•uiti•y them, 'tis impossible so much as to bestow a little Cicuration upon them, and reduce them from any part of their Barbarous Wildness. Now, if the Blessed Apostle, when he saw a Sorcerer withstand the passage and progress of the Word of God, could Set his Eyes on him, and say, [Act. 13.10.]
But there is, what is yet more Astonishing, The Glorious Gospel of God is made wof•lly Un•successful among the Indians, especially by thi• Vice of Drunkenness getting in so much among them. The Gospel, which forbids Drunkenes• under the dreadfullest penalties imaginable, how can it be welcome unto a Generation of Drunk•ards! There have been, and yet are Churches among our Indians; and, Peantamapang, as they call themselves, or, men professing Religion; and, if I mistake not, there are at this Time, above Thirty Assemblies of Indians, (tho' small ones) in one of our Provinces, that meet for the Worship of the Lord Jesus Christ. But it is the Lamentation of all Vertuous men, who behold it, and even of the Indians themselves, That the Evangelical Work is in extream Danger of coming to nothing: The Good O•der in their Churches is Languishing; The Christian Religion it self is like to be lost among them: That Great Work, which has been the Glory of New England, and which already too much comes too Little, is like e're long utterly to Expire and Vanish; and indeed the Decayes that have already prevailed upon it, are Deplorable. Yea, I tremble to write, what I have lately Read, That some Old men among the Indians, affirm, that when they were Heathens, many of them were not such great ⟨p. 11⟩Villians, as they are since they were Christians. Now, You Sellers of Drink to these Indians are the cause of all this Wretchedness 'Tis the concurrent sense of all who have any knowledge of the Indian Affayrs, That except a stop can be given unto your Ungodly Trade of Selling Drink unto the Indians, a Flood of Drunkenness, is like to Swallow up all that is good among them. And •hose Ministers of the Lord Jesus Christ, who are carrying unto the Indians, the Tidings of that Great Saviour, are Sighing, That they Labour in vain, and spend their strength for nought, because •et them do what they can, Strong Drink does undo it all again; and there are [But whose Ministers are those, think you?] those that by Selling Drink unto these wild Creatures, do so deprave them, and stupify them, and b•uiti•y them, 'tis impossible so much as to bestow a little Cicuration upon them, and reduce them from any part of their Barbarous Wildnes•. Now, if the Blessed Apostle, when he saw a Sorcerer withstand the passage and progress of the Word of God, could Set his Eyes on him, and say, [
