N01899:194
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.
Nihilominus, Quid obstat, quo minus, Pater noster coelestis, qui Spiritum Sanctum dat ab Ipso Petentibus, annuere vestrae Petitioni possit, quum ut Angelos illius habeatis in illius Opere vobis assistentes ac associatos, ab ipso rogabitis? Est hoc sane non inter Impossibilie desperandum. Quod si Precibus Jejuniisque Extraordinariis et quidem necessariis, ter et amplius, Dominum rogaveritis, En, Spiritum Sanctum in vos descendentem sentietis, qui vobis illa Antiqua, at in Venturo Saeculo Renovanda, forsan suppeditabit Charismata atque Auxilia, quibus facilem et foelicem in opere vestro progressum nacti fueritis.
to be Examined by the Rules of PIETY, and if the Operations that look Miraculous do lead us unto any thing that is contrary to PIETY, they are to be rejected, among the Wiles of the Prince of Darkness transforming himself into an Angel of Light. I also Grant, and always Think, that there can be nothing more wholesome to be inculcated, than that Advice of our Franckius, It is not safe to affect Extraordinary Gifts: For •hey may be at least accidentally, attended with Mighty Dangers to them that are not very deeply rooted in Humility. But who dare engage for himself his being so?
to be Examined by the Rules of PIETY, and if the Operations that look Miraculous do lead us unto any thing that is contrary to PIETY, they are to be rejected, among the Wiles of the Prince of Darkness transforming himself into an Angel of Light. I also Grant, and always Think, that there can be nothing more wholesome to be inculcated, than that Advice of our Franckius, It is not safe to affect Extraordinary Gifts: For •hey may be at least accidentially, attended with Mighty Dangers to them that are not very deeply rooted in Humility. But who dare engage for himself his being so?