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 › Version

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.

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Ex illis unus jam loco Antistitis Ecclesiolae in Pago aliquo praeest, alios vero Seniors, alios Exhortatores denominavimus, quorum officium in eo consistit, ut membra Ecclesiae saepius ostiatim visitent, examinent, doceant, admoneant, atque preces cum illis conjungant: aliis denique ratio ipsius corum Officij praescribit, ut convertendis et Catechumenis solidiora Christianismi fundamenta Viva Voce inculcent, atque ad altiora, jactis primo fundamentis, cum illis contendant.

Ex illis unus iam loco Antistitis Ecclesiolae in Pago aliquo praeest, alios vero Seniores, alios Exhortatores denominavimus, quorum officium in eo consistit, ut membra Ecclesiae saepius ostiatim visitent, examinent, doceant, admoneant, atque preces cum illis conjungant: aliis denique ratio ipsius corum Officij praescribit, ut convertendis et Catechumenis solidiora Christianismi fundamenta Viva Voce inculcent, atque ad altiora, jactis primo fundamentis, cum illis contendant.

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Bono c•m DEO nobis qu•que mens est Dictionarium aliquod in lingua hac Damulica conficiendi, quod et Europaeis et huic genti Malabaricae inservire posset. Quamlibet paginam tres dividunt Sections: in prima area plantamus Verba Damulica, primitivum cum ejus appendice: in secunda region Malabaricorum ordinamus Pronunciationem eorum Latinis Characteribus juxta appositam: in tertia autem significationem Latino idiomate exprimimus.

Bono c•m DEO nobis qu•que mens est Dictionarium aliquod in lingua hac Damulica conficiendi, quod et Europaeis et huic genti Malabaricae inservire posset. Quamlibet paginam tres dividunt Sectiones: in prima area plantamus Verba Damulica, primitivum cum ejus appendice: in secunda •regione Malabaricorum ordinamus Pronunciationem eorum Latinis Characteribus juxta appositam: in tertia autem significationem Latino idiomate exprimimus.

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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 most REVEREND, the most Learned, most Faithful, and most Vigilant Pastor of a Church in America, the most beloved Helper in CHRIST, Most hearty Salutations.

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Reformers309

Puritans1,782

Westminster Assembly24

Evangelicals36

To the most REVEREND, the most Learned, most Faithful, and most Vigilant Pastor of a Church in America, the most beloved Helper in CHRIST, Most hearty Salutations.

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