India Christiana. A discourse, delivered unto the Commissioners, for the Propagation of the Gospel…

We every where keep to this Order of Salvation; so that not only in the Damulick Tongue, when we speak to the Damuleans, but also in the Portuguese Tongue, when we tender the Word of GOD, unto such as are of a Portuguese Original, or to Slaves that have Christian Masters, yea, or unto Europeans in the High-Dutch Tongue, we for ever oblige our selves in this manner to deliver it. For which cause, whatever is done among us, in Preaching, or in Teaching, or in Examining, or in our most private Conferences, All still is Entirely Levelled at this Mark, that we may admonish and Excite and quicken Men, unto a True Repentance, unto a Living Faith, unto an Undissembled Piety; At the same time calling upon GOD with most ardent Prayers, that He would thrust forth such Missionaries, whose chief concern it shall be, that the Sheep may be led unto that best of Pastures, which is with JESUS CHRIST, and be refreshed from none but the pure Fountain of Israel.

We every where keep to this Order of Salvation; so that not only in the Damulick Tongue, when we speak to the Damuleans, but also in the Portuguese Tongue, when we tender the Word of GOD, unto such as are of a Portuguese Original, or to Slaves that have Christian Masters, yea, or unto Europeans in the High-Dutch Tongue, we for ever oblige our selves in this manner to deliver it. For which cause, whatever is done among us, in Preaching, or in Teaching, or in Examining, or in our most private Conferences, All still is Entirely Levell'd at this Mark, that we may admonish and Excite and quicken Men, unto a True Repentance, unto a Living Faith, unto an Undissembled Piety; At the same time calling upon GOD with most ardent Prayers, that He would thrust forth such Missionaries, whose chief concern it shall be, that the Sheep may be led unto that best of Pastures, which is with JESUS CHRIST, and be refreshed from none but the pure Fountain of Israel.

Daily Experience has hitherto taught us, that by the advantage of Catechists, we may ⟨p. 82⟩do very much Good, not only upon the Members of the Church themselves, but also upon those that are without. Wherefore upon the Observation of This, we do all we can, that by the Word of Truth we may prepare such Catechists for us, who having a Good Foundation laid in the Knowledge of JESUS CHRIST, may both arrive to a Spiritual Experience, and may be made fit from hence to teach others in the Doctrine of JESUS CHRIST, and give them a Lively Demonstration of it. We have Seven such Catechists, with whom we manage, a Biblical Exercise, an Exegetical, and a Theological.