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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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The Studies of your Commissioners, are now Engaging more Particularly, upon the Intentions, of bringing the Indians into the most Compact and English Circumstances, that can be Proposed. But this must be a work of Time; and in the mean time, tho' we could with the Evangelical Work among the Indians had less Difficulties to Clog it, yet we have Reason to be glad, that so much of Christianity and Prosperity does attend it, as there does.
As the Conversion of the Natives to our Holy Religion, was One Special Thing propounded, by those Good Men that first Planted this Country, when a wast and vast Wilderness; so the Salvation of the many Natives that have ⟨p. 15⟩been here Converted unto God, has been richly worth all the Pains and Costs therein Expended.
As the Conversion of the Natives to our Holy Religion, was One Special Thing propounded, by those Good Men that first Planted this Countrey, when a wast and vast Wilderness; so the Salvation of the many Natives that have ⟨p. 15⟩been here Converted unto God, has been richly worth all the Pains and Costs therein Expended.
We render to Your Honour, and to the Honourable Corporation, our most grateful Acknowledgements of all Your Pious Care, to forward a Work, wherein the Name of our Lord JESUS CHRIST, and the Weal of many Souls, are so greatly Concerned: Recommending You to the Divine Favour, we Subscribe,
We render to Your Honour, and to the Honourable Corporation, our most grateful Acknowledgments of all Your Pious Care, to forward a Work, wherein the Name of our Lord JESUS CHRIST, and the Weal of many Souls, are so greatly Concerned: Recommending You to the Divine Favour, we Subscribe,