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.

[ Earlier:227–242 of 297

:227p. 85–86

Quod attinet ad Missiones illas Papales in hac nostra India, opinion certe numerosiores sunt, ita ut bis mille hinc illinc circumambulare dicantur: verum proh dolour, gens ⟨p. 86⟩ethnica delusa ex tenebris ad tenebras, et ab una ad alteram-Idolatriam transfertar, nihil omnino utilitatis in CHRISTO verae sentiens; ne dicam quod Gentilismus Papismo nefarie inseratur.

Quod attinet ad Missiones illas Papales in hac nostra India, opinione certe numerosiores sunt, ita ut bis mille hinc illinc circumambulare dicantur: verum proh dolor, gens ⟨p. 86⟩ethnica delusa ex tenebris ad tenebras, et ab una ad alteram-Idolatriam transfertar, nihil omnino utilitatis in CHRISTO verae sentiens; ne dicam quod Gentilismus Papismo nefarie inseratur.

:228p. 86

Verbum DEI omnino indicat, quod ultimis temporibus testes veritaris exsurgere debeant, exornati donis illis miracusorum: et cum tritissimum illud Theologorum in ecclesia! quod dona Miraculosa dentur propter Infideles, sua radier veritate, haud inficias ibimus, DEUM opus suum, eo facilius reddendum ad conversionem paganorum coronare posse hisce extraordinariis mediis, Missionariosque suos tantis virtutibus instruere, et donis miraculorum condonare. Quae vero Gratiae, Misericordiae ac Providentiae divinae in universum remittimus, uti omnium optimae dispensatrici.

:229p. 86–87

Id quod in votis habeo, est ut illud Literarum commercium, quod nobiscum incepisti, benign in posterum continues, ita ut Oriens cum Occidente loquatur, et Occidens Orienti sua desideria et opera DEI manifestet: imo ut alter alterum in cursu ⟨p. 87⟩

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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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