India Christiana. A discourse, delivered unto the Commissioners, for the Propagation of the Gospel…

Name: India Christiana. A discourse, delivered unto the Commissioners, for the Propagation of the Gospel…
Author: Cotton Mather

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.

Cotton Mather 1663–1728printed by B. Green, 1721

[2], ii, 51, 52-55, 52-55, 56-61, 62-87, 62-87, 88-94 p. ; 16 cm. (8vo) · 24k words · Evans 2246

Title page typeset from the transcription.

Notitia Indiarum. › Note 3 › Viro vere REVERENDO, Ubique Terrarum Nominatissimo ac Honoratissimo…: Viro vere REVERENDO, Ubique Terrarum Nominatissimo ac Honoratissimo Evangelii Ministro;…

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.

[ Earlier:148–163 of 297

:148p. 68–69

Summo sane cum Animi Tremore, nec sine humillima Demissione, Hoc vobis Innuere, ⟨p. 69⟩vel saltem quasi cum Susurro Infinuare vellem. Censent hoc insigniter Docti, et omni E•uditione Peritissimi Politissimique Viri et ab omni Fanaticismo prorsus Immunes; Religionis Reformationem ac Propagationem, fore per Extraordinariae Spiritus Frophetici Dona rursus concessa, quibus ille Dei Spiritus Primitivam Ecclesiam Irrigavit et Religionem Christianam in mundo propagavit et confirmavit.

:149p. 69–70

Sanctissimus Dei Spiritus hac methodo ab ipsis mundi primordiis usus est; ut lucem illam quae populum ejus in terris peregrinantem ad caelestem duceret Sanctorum Requiem, communicaret. Angelos Bonos, qui Aeterni Spiritus in hac re Aptissima paratissimaque semper fuerunt Instrumenta, in filios Hominum ex alto immittere illi Visum est: Hominesquae Deo Grati sic ab Angelis Occupati, et Inspirati, facti sunt illius Nuncii ac Praecones, per quos voluntatem suam et Voce et Scripto Humano Generi revelavit. Variae atque Mirandae Angelorum Operations in his Dei Ministris fuerint; omnia ver• ⟨p. 70⟩haec agit Unus ille et idem Spiritus, qui prout ipse voluerit singulit distribuit.

Sanctissimus Dei Spiritus hac methodo ab ipsis mundi primordiis usus est; ut lucem illam quae populum ejus in terris peregrinantem ad caelestem duceret Sanctorum Requiem, communicaret. Angelos Bonos, qui Aeterni Spiritus in hac re Aptissima paratissimaque semper fuerunt Instrumenta, in filios Hominum ex alto immittere illi Visum est: Hominesquae Deo Grati sic ab Angelis Occupati, et Inspirati, facti sunt illius Nuncii ac Praecones, per quos voluntatem suam et Voce et Scripto Humano Generi revelavit. Variae atque Mirandae Angelorum Operationes in his Dei Ministris fuerint; omnia ver• ⟨p. 70⟩

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The book

Title as printed

Author

Cotton Mather 1663–1728

Printer

B. Green

Year

1721

Size

[2], ii, 51, 52-55, 52-55, 56-61, 62-87, 62-87, 88-94 p. ; 16 cm. (8vo)

Words

24,486

Catalogue

Evans 2246

Text

Evans-TCP N01899

Passages

297

Sections

Title page

India Christiana. A discourse, delivered unto the Commissioners, for the Propagation of the Gospel…

TO the REVEREND, and every where known and honoured Minister of the Gospel, Mr. Bartholomew Ziegenbalgh, Pastor of the Indian Church, And an Indefatigable Missionary, and most faithful and famous Servant of CHRIST, among the Malabarians in the East Indies; Much Happiness in the Lord.

TO the REVEREND, and every where known and honour'd Minister of the Gospel, Mr. Bartholomew Ziegenbalgh, Pastor of the Indian Church, And an Indefatigable Missionary, and most faithful and famous Servant of CHRIST, among the Malabarians in the East Indies; Much Happiness in the Lord.

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Reformers309

Puritans1,782

Westminster Assembly24

Evangelicals36

TO the REVEREND, and every where known and honoured Minister of the Gospel, Mr. Bartholomew Ziegenbalgh, Pastor of the Indian Church, And an Indefatigable Missionary, and most faithful and famous Servant of CHRIST, among the Malabarians in the East Indies; Much Happiness in the Lord.

TO the REVEREND, and every where known and honour'd Minister of the Gospel, Mr. Bartholomew Ziegenbalgh, Pastor of the Indian Church, And an Indefatigable Missionary, and most faithful and famous Servant of CHRIST, among the Malabarians in the East Indies; Much Happiness in the Lord.

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