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The Negro Christianized An essay to excite and assist the good work, the instruction…
The Negro Christianized An essay to excite and assist the good work, the instruction of Negro-servants in Christianity. : [Four lines of Scripture texts]
Boston: printed by B. Green, 1706
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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.
IV. Sometimes Negro-Children, are cast into our Families. If a Christian Master or Mistress, will with all due Solemnity, Engage to bring up those Children in Christianity, and to do their best that they shall be the Servants of JESUS CHRIST, We will say, Can any Man forbid Water, that these should not be Baptised, who have been Devoted ⟨p. 45⟩unto the Service of the Glorious Lord, by those who have the Disposal of them? Consider, Gen. 17.13.
IV. SOmetimes Negro-Children, are cast into our Families. If a Christian Master or Mistress, will with all due Solemnity, Engage to bring up those Children in Christianity, and to do their best that they shall be the Servants of JESUS CHRIST, We will say, Can any Man forbid Water, that these should not be Baptised, who have been Devoted ⟨p. 45⟩unto the Service of the Glorious Lord, by those who have the Disposal of them? Consider, Gen. 17.13.
However, tis to be hoped, that the Elder Servants as Black as they are, will shortly be the Candidates of Baptism. And, As the Negroes grow ripe for Baptism, tis fit the Doctrine and the Des••• of Baptism, should be thoroughly Explained unto them. A brief Institution, shall here be tendered.
However, tis to be hoped, that the Elder Servants as Black as they are, will shortly be the Candidates of Baptism. And, As the Negroes grow ripe for Baptism, tis fit the Doctrine and the Des••• of Baptism, should be thoroughly Explained unto them. A brief Institution, shall here be tendred.