N01899:128
India Christiana. A discourse, delivered unto the Commissioners, for the Propagation of the Gospel…
India Christiana. A discourse, delivered unto the Commissioners, for the Propagation of the Gospel among the American Indians : which is accompanied with several instruments relating to the glorious design of propagating our holy religion, in the Eastern as well as the Western, Indies. : An entertainment which they that are waiting for the kingdom of God will receive as good news from a far country. / By Cotton Mather, D.D. and F.R.S.
printed by B. Green, 1721
Title page typeset from the transcription.
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.
Viro vere REVERENDO, Ubique Terrarum Nominatissimo ac Honoratissimo Evangelii Ministro; D. Bartholomao Ziegenbalgh, Eccsesiae Ex Indis Collectae Praeposito; Apud Malabarenses in India Orientali Mimonario Indefesso, Christique Servo Integerrimo, ac Celeberrimo; Salutem in Christo Plurimam.
Opus •d Evangelicum et vere Angelicum, in quo (Viri maxime Reverendi) laborantes […] atque desudantes, Laeti nos gratique spectamus, e• Omnium sane quae inter filios Hominum agu•ur vel agi possint, Nobilissim•. Sanctiffimo hoc Opere, Nil magis Divi•m, Nil magis Benignum, Nil Hominis primario arque pr•cipuo finny ac Summo Bono magis congruum excogitari queat; Nil Humano Generi Utilius, aut ipsorum Angelorum emulation magis Dignum.
OPus •d Evangelicum et vere Angelicum, in quo (Viri maxime Reverendi) laborantes 〈…〉 atque desudantes, Laeti nos gratique spectamus, e• Omnium sane quae inter filios Hominum agu•ur vel agi possint, Nobilissim•. Sanctiffimo hoc Opere, Nil magis Divi•m, Nil magis Benignum, Nil Hominis primario arque pr•cipuo fini ac Summo Bono magis congruum excogitari queat; Nil Humano Generi Utilius, aut ipsorum Angelorum aemulat•one magis Dignum.