N01899:152
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.
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⟩haec agit Unus ille et idem Spiritus, qui prout ipse voluerit singulit distribuit.
Angelica haec Spiritus Prophetici Possessio et Energia, Dei populo semper fuerit, in obscure loco Splendens Lucerna: Loco, ah! quam obscuro sane, tenebrisque obruto, si mundo nostro talis Lucernae Solatio Gaudere non datum fuerit! Immensos Veritatis Thesauros, quos in sacris Scripturis habemus reconditos, huic Spiritui Prophetico deberi fatemur; Imo et hujus afflatu, Ecclesiam contra Extinctionis minas metusque tanquam Scintillam in Oceano procelloso continuatam.