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A letter, about the present state of Christianity, among the Christianized Indians of New-England.…
A letter, about the present state of Christianity, among the Christianized Indians of New-England. Written to the Honourable, Sir William Ashhurst, governor of the Corporation, for Propagating the Gospel among the Indians, in New-England, and Parts Adjacent, in America.A letter, about the present state of Christianity, among the Christianized Indians of New-England. Written to the Honourable, Sir William Ashhurst, governour of the Corporation, for Propagating the Gospel among the Indians, in New-England, and Parts Adjacent, in America.
printed by Timothy Green, 1705
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We have left no Stone unturned, that we might obtain some Able and Faithful Missionaries, for the Five Nations, that are some Hundreds of Miles distant from us, to the Westward. All that we have hitherto accomplished, is, That we have Supported and Rewarded (and at this Day continue to do so,) the Pains of several Dutch Ministers, who proceed as far as they can, in Communicating the Knowledge of GOD and CHRIST, unto those distant Salvages. And of late, they have seen some desirable Successes of their Ministry.
The main Support, that we have had for the Expensive part of this Work, has been from the Revenues, remitted hither, by the Honourable Corporation, for Propagating the Gospel among the Indians. But then, the Liberality of Pious men, ⟨p. 14⟩among our selves has also been Employed this way, upon multiplied occasions. Particular Gentlemen in this Country, have often Devised Liberal Things, to promote Christianity among the Indians. Besides many other Expressions of Charity towards them, given by others, we ought not to leave unmentioned, the Meeting-House, which Mr. Samuel Sewall, (the Secretary to your Commissioners here) has Built for them; and the Books, the Publishing and Scattering of which Mr. Edward Bromfield, (another of your Commissioners) has more than once procured to Fortify them against their Peculiar Temptations, and Enlighten them in the Mysteries of God.
The main Support, that we have had for the Expensive part of this Work, has been from the Revenues, remitted hither, by the Honourable Corporation, for Propagating the Gospel among the Indians. But then, the Liberality of Pious men, ⟨p. 14⟩among our selves has also been Employ'd this way, upon multiplied occasions. Particular Gentlemen in this Countrey, have often Devised Liberal Things, to promote Christianity among the Indians. Besides many other Expressions of Charity towards them, given by others, we ought not to leave unmentioned, the Meeting-House, which Mr. Samuel Sewall, (the Secretary to your Commissioners here) has Built for them; and the Books, the Publishing and Scattering of which Mr. Edward Bromfield, (another of your Commissioners) has more than once procured to Fortify them against their Peculiar Temptations, and Enlighten them in the Mysteries of God.