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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
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'Tis most certain, That the Christian Religion is no other than the Doctrine of Living to GOD by CHRIST; and is a Practical Thing rather than a mere Theory; the Intention whereof is, to animate a Real, Solid, Vital PIETY, and Call forth such as•y dead in their Sins, unto a Godly, & a Sober, & a Righteous Life.
'Tis most certain, That the Christian Religion is no other than the Doctrine of Living to GOD by CHRIST; and is a Practical Thing rather than a meer Theory; the Intention whereof is, to animate a Real, Solid, Vital PIETY, and Call forth such as•y dead in their Sins, unto a Godly, & a Sober, & a Righteous Life.
'Tis most certain, That in the Christian Religion, which is indeed a Doctrine of PIETY, there are sundry Practical Articles, in which all the Children of GOD are United; and they who seriously and sincerely Coalesce in this Union are to be reckoned among the Children of GOD.
It is very certain, That these few Articles of Practical Piety, being first offered and well ⟨p. 67⟩Received, the Mind thus Healed, will now make a Righter and •uller Judgment, of those Lesser Matters, upon which Good Men have many, mischievous and marvellous Controversies. The love of GOD will Enlighten the Mind that has it; And indeed they that manage Controversies, do on both sides make a profession of Zeal to maintain these Articles of Practical Godliness.