Ichabod. Or, A discourse, showing what cause there is to fear that the glory…Ichabod. Or, A discourse, shewing what cause there is to fear that the glory…

They turned quickly out of the way, which their Fathers walked in, Obeying the Commandments of the Lord, but they did not so. What a sad thing was it, that such a Wretch as Nabal, should be a descendant from such an Here as Caleb was? But it is noted of him as an aggravation of his Degeneracy, that he was of the House of Caleb. 1 Sam. 25 3. It is often so, according to the Proverb, Her•um filij […]. It was said to •she•akim, the very Ungodly Son of a very Godly and most […], Jer. 22.15, 17. Did not thy […] Judgment, and Justice? But that Eyes, and thine Heart are not but for ⟨p. 71⟩thy Covetousness. How many are there among us whose Fathers in coming into this wilderness, designed nothing but Religion! But They are for another Interest. Their Hearts are not but for the world. And, Alas! What can we think of, that has been the Peculiar Glory of New-England, but the blasting Rebukes of Heaven have been upon it! That work of Gospelizing the Indians, has been one of the peculiar Glories of New-England: I have in another part of the world, heard Great and Noble Personages, and those too of several Nations, speaking Honourably of New-England, in that There the whole Bible has been Translated into the Indian Language: And in that ther• some that a while since were Pagans, are now become Preachers of the Glorious Gospel of Christ. I have received Letters from very Learned men in Foreign Universities, signifying the high Respect which their Divines had for New-England on this account. But since the Death of that Apostolical man, Old Mr. Eliot, how has that Glorious work been dwindling and dying? What is the First Church that was Gathered am••g ⟨p. 72⟩the Natives come to? There was of late a design to divert those supplies another way, whereby the Preaching of the Gospel has been supported among the Indians in this Province, but those unhappy proposals are at present happily prevented from taking effect: But how soon there may be new and fatal attempts of that Nature who can say? The greatest Number of Indians who have given clear Evidences of a real Conversion to Chri, were in Martha's Vineyard, where there was of them a considerable Number of serious Christians, but God has sent Sickness amongst them which has swept away most of those in that place who were of Reputation for Godliness and real Christianity: