N00770:4
A monitory, and hortatory letter, to those English, who debauch the Indians, by selling…
A monitory, and hortatory letter, to those English, who debauch the Indians, by selling strong drink unto them. Written at the desire of some Christians, to whom the mischiefs arising from that vile trade, are matters of much apprehension and lamentation. : [Eleven lines of quotations in Latin]
Boston, N.E. : s.n., Printed in the year 1700
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.
To E. B. Esq.
SIR,
YOUR Zeal to Suppress Vice, and particularly the growing and grievous Vice of Drunkenness, is very Laudable: God who so Accepted & Rewarded the zealous Phinehas, will not let it go without Reward. But while as a Minister of God, You Employ the Sword of Justice, to punish Drunkenness, both in the English, and the Indians, You do, with Holy Sorrow complain of it, that You cannot Reform the English, of their Impiety in feeding the Lust •f Drunkenness among the Indians. You had an Hope, it seems, that some Offenders whom the Sword of Justice cannot reach, may be reached by the Sword of the Spirit, which is the Word of God. Your Desire to one, who would approve himself a Minister of God, in another Order, that he would write •herefore a Letter to those Offenders, is here answered. The Writing of Epistles is indeed an Ancient and •n Useful way to Do Good; continued even to this Day in the Churches of the Faithful. And for the Rulers, to ask the Help of the Pastors, thus to Do Good, is an Example that has many charms in it. If You judge This may Do Good, among those who indeed are a sort of Sinners, that cannot be too Coarsely, or too Warmly addressed, it is entirely Left unto Your Wisdom, to Disperse it, How, and Where you please among them.
YOUR Zeal to Suppress Vice, and particularly the growing and gri•vous Vice of Drunkenness, is very Laudable: God who so Accepted & Rewarded the zealous Phinehas, will not let it go withut Reward. But while as a Minister of God, You Employ the Sword of Justice, to punish Drunkenness, both in the English, and the Indians, You do, with Holy Sorrow complain of it, that You cannot Reorm the English, of their Impity in feeding the Lust f Drunkenness among the Indians. You had an Hope, it seems, that some Offenders whom the Sword of Justice cannot reach, may be reach'd by the Sword of the Spirit, which is the Word of God. Your Desire to one, who would approve himself a Minister of God, in another Order, that he would write herefore a Letter to those Offenders, is here answered. The Writing of Epistles is indeed an Ancient and n Useful way to Do Good; continued even to this Day in the Churches of the Faithful. And for the Rulers, to ask the Help of the Pastors, thus to Do Good, is an Example that has many charms in it. If You judge This may Do Good, among those who indeed are a sort of Sinners, that cannot be too Coaely, or too Warmly address'd, it is entirely Left unto Your Wisdom, to Disperse it, How, and Where you please among them.