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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A39228	Indian dialogues for their instruction in that great service of Christ, in calling home their country-men to the knowledge of God, and of themselves, and of Iesus Christ.	Eliot, John, 1604-1690.	1671 (1671)	Wing E513; ESTC R40409	79,586	82

by the Law of God was evident to me as the light Gods pure and ●nchangeable Justice which sentenced me by the Law unto hell I saw I could not possibly answer seeing I am a poor finite worm and what have I to satisfie infinite offended Justice and therefore my soul mourned and lamented and sunk into despair for Gods Justice is unchangeable and his Law must be satisfied which I am never able to do and therefore I must be eternally damn●d under that just sentence I d●rst not pray God to pardon my transgression by any absolute soveraign act of mercy for then he should have offended his own Justice which is unchangeable and abolished his own Law whose perfection is such that it must be fulfilled and satisfied and to satisfie Gods just Law was not in the power of any finite creature Man or Angel and therefore I despaired no ransome could be found in all the world for me a poor sinner Oh t●e bitterness that my soul felt in the horrour of my damned estate No tongue can utter what my soul felt I had a taste of hell torments in my soul my meditation of Gods Omniscience whereby he knew all my sins not onely open but secret ones brought innumerable sins to my remembrance one of which was enough to damn me but I had mountains of guilt heaped upon my distressed soul the impossibility for me to satisfie divine Justice and the impossibility of pardon without satisfaction because God cannot be unjust and his Law is unchangeable Such meditations cast me into the horrible pit of darkness and desperation The redemption of the soul is precious it ceaseth for ever Psal. 498. Then God opened the mouth of this dear Servant of his who told me that the infinite mercy and wisdome of God had found out a ransome a way to satisfie Justice and fulfil the Law and to save poor condemned sinners and that he himself had found mercy in that way This bred some hope in my soul and stayed me from sinking quite down when I heard of a possibility but still I was in distressing doubt and fear that it was but some delusion because I could not see a possibility for Man or Angel or any Creature to satisfie and give a ransome to infinite Justice Then he declared to me that it is true that no Creature could give a ransome to satisfie Justice but God himself was able to satisfie the infinite Justice of God To that I yielded that God himself might satisfie his Justice but still I was in the dark I could not see this could possibly be Then he opened me that adored Doctrine of God his being One and Three how God was one in Essence three in Persons God the Father God the Son and God the holy Ghost how the Father doth by an eternal in●ellectual act conceive the Image of Himself as being the only adequate Object he understands himself and this is called the Bege●ting of the Son by an intellectual conception of his own Image and these two Subsistencies do by an eternal act of Volition love each other and this Love is the third Person in Trinity proceeding from both the Father and the Son Now the eternal Majesty of God agreed within himself that God the Son the second Person in Trinity should assume humane Nature to himself and become a man subject to the Law This glorious Person is the greatest subject that ever the Law had and this glorious Person is able perfectly to fulfil the Law and perfectly to pay a ra●some satisfactory to infinite Justice who hath done it This depth of divine Wisdome my soul admired and shall do to eternity But still I was at a loss how I should be interested in the ransome that this glorious Person hath paid Then did this Messenger of God declare unto me that this glorious Person Jesus Christ had undertaken both parts of this work First to atone and reconcile God to man by paying the ransome required and by perfect fulfilling the Law Secondly to subdue the soul and will of man to turn and submit to be reconciled to God But this work of converting ● soul to God is such that as no man can convert himself so no other Creature is able to do it onely God himself can do it and for that end both the Father and Son have sent forth the holy Ghost the eternal Spirit to work upon the hearts of men and to create the work of Faith in them by the Word and then to take possession of and dwell in believing souls to mortifie their lusts to sanctifie their hearts and lives and to lead them in the way of grace unto glory And he further declared to me that this blessed Spirit of G●d by the Word of God had already begun this great work in my soul for a new light is set up in my soul a work beyond the reach of man and that light hath convinced me of sin and of my my damned estate by sin it had made a separa●ion and divorce betwixt sin and my soul it had cut me off the old stock and l●id my soul down at the foot of Christ capable with all humble thankfulness to accept salvation not by any merit of mine but by free-grace of Christ unto a vile and unworthy sinner This I could not deny but I did finde such conviction and such a submission to Christ and this he declared to be the first step and beginning of the work of sound Conversion I crave your patience for a few words more Then he proceeded to shew me that the work was finished by the Promise which also the Spirit of God doth bring home unto the soul and makes up the match betwixt Christ and the soul. And to that purpose he brought Mat 11.28 29. by which Text he shewed me as in a glass 1. The distress my soul was in 2. The call of Christ to such distressed soul. 3. The promise of Rest to such as come to him 4. The obligation to learn meekness both to do and suffer the will of Christ. And here my soul resteth Ah friends we poor Indians are great sinners but C●rist is great salvation for the greatest sinners What ●inite creature can out-sin infinite satisfaction Nish I see you are strongly changed and transported but my feeble Age needeth rest and so may you also by this time Wab. Aged Uncle to morrow is the Sabbath-day if you like of it order all your people to come together in the morning and by the Lords assistance I will further teach you by the Word of God Nish I like it well Send out to all parts of the Town that all meet to morrow morning The Sabbath Many being met Waban THe Lord hath appointed that in our publick Worship first of all supplications prayers intercessions and giving of thanks be made for all men For Kings and for all that are in authority that we may lead a quiet and peaceable li●e in all godliness and honesty For

These Trees under whose shade we sit why fall they not upon me and crush this rebellious worm in pieces and send me away to the place of eternal torment These Rocks and hills about us why fall they not upon me and break me into dust and powder and send me away unto perdition will God regard these complaints of mine what are these tears of mine can they quench hell fire nay will they not rather be oyle unto those flames I am in misery help I can finde none the greatness of Gods Majesty and power against whom I a finite poor worm have sinned doth most amaze me I pray help me further to understand the great majesty of God Wab. For this purpose this young man with us shall reade unto you some part of the VVord of God Reade the 40 Chapter of Isaiah begin at the 12 verse and reade unto the 27. Who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand and meted out heaven with the span and comprehended the dust of the earth in measure and weighed the mountains in scales and the hills in a ballance c. Ag●in re●de some Chap●ers of Iob Chap. 37 38 39 40. VVhen these Chapters were read Waban proceeded and said Moreover such is the Omniscience and Omnipresence of God that we cannot ●●de from his sight any sin or thought nor yet can we hide our selves or escape out of his hand For this purpose reade Psal. 139. ver 2 ●o 14. Thou knowest my down-sitting and up rising thou understandest ●y tho●ghts afar off c. ●lso God is Unch●ngeable for that reade Mal 3.6 For I am the Lord I change not therefore ye sons of Iacob are not consumed And without shedding blood there is no remi●sion Heb. 9 22. Pen. Still I am more and more confounded who is able to deliver a wretched rebellious worm out of his Almighty hand where shall I hide my self from his eye Oh that the Rocks and Mount●ins would fall upon me and hide me from the stroke of his wrathful hand And yet I see that my wi●h is vain there is no escaping from his wra●●ful vengeance O● wretched I what shall I do had I a world to give I would freely give it to be sav●d out of those flames which are ready prepared for me and I have so justly deserved And yet I see that I have no such thing to give in ransome for my Soul or had I such a thing to give would it be accepted God hath no need of my gifts or s●crifices Oh what shall I do my miserable Soul must die Wab. I am in the same condition with you and so are we all but I have rest and quiet in my Soul because I have found a ransome with which God is well pleased his wrath is pacified and I am delivered I have escaped the danger of those deserved flames Pen. Your speeches are some stay to my distressed Soul it breedeth some h●pe in me to hear that there is a ransome to be found and that y●u have found i● ●ay there be hope that I also may finde the s●me Wab. Yea there is hope in Israel touching this matter it is as free for you as me Pen. Oh that you would shew me this Remedy You have shewed me my mis●ry and danger effectually may it please the Lord to make you as successful to shew me the Remedy But my Soul is still drowned in doubt and fear Oh how I long to hear where this Remedy is to be found I would go to the worlds end to finde it I would take any pains to obtain it but m● trembling heart sai●h you and I bo●h may be deceived for what Creature in all ●he world is able to deliver a Soul from the hand of this Omnipotent and All-seeing God whose Justice and Law are Unchangeable a●d not●ing save blood and death can satisfie it Wab. True no Creature is able to deliver us vain is the help of Man or Angel in this case As you said before your mournings crie● a●d tears cannot do it none but God himself can do it and your heart will say and yield that God himself can do it Isa. 55.9 As heaven is above earth so are Gods thoughts above ours Pen. Yea that I can freely yield unto that God himself can do it what cannot he do but will the offend●d just and holy God p●cifie himself for my offences and pardon so great a sinner as I God is just and holy and how can it stand with his holy Justice to pardon a vile sinner without satisfaction to his holy Justice will the holy God cease to be just will ●e abrogate and disanul his holy Law which I have so often so deeply so rebelliously broken I have some hope because you say it is so but I see not yet how it can be for God is Unchangeable Wab. It is true that you say God will never deny his own Justice nor abrogate his holy Law for our sakes But our God is a merciful God a●d infinite in wisdome and by his infinite wisdome he hath found out a way to satisfie the Justice of his own Law and to deliver poor sinners from the condemnation of the Law Pen. But how can that be Can man or any Creature for him satisfie the Justice of the Law of God Oh I am in the dark about this matter you speak of impossibilities Wab. Nothing that is holy just and good is impossible with God and therefore to shew you God hath done this know that God hath done it himself and whatever God hath done is holy just and good Pen. But I pray tell me how this can be Oh how I long to hear of this way of deliverance of a poor sinner out of the hands of Gods holy Justice and unchangeable Law Wab. I will as well as I c●n declare it unto you God is One in Three Fa●her Son and Holy Ghost which we must believe and admire though we cannot demonstrate I shall at this time say no further of that point onely thus much God one in Essence in his infinite Wisdome and Understanding conceiveth the Image of himself as the onely adequate object of his infinite wisdome God conceiving is the Father God conceived is the Son this intellectual act of conceiving is called Begetting God conceiving and God conceived by an infinite act of volition lov●●h himself and this Love is the holy Ghost proceeding from th● Father and the Son God as he is Father hath made all ●●ings and given man a Law God in the dispensation of the Covenant of Works hath agreed within himself that the Son of God should assume unto himself an humane Nature which is subject unto the Law of God This glorious Person is God and Man in one Person named Iesus Christ. This glorious Person Jesus Christ is a Person of more worth then all Mankinde beside This glorious Person Jesus Christ came into this world and offered to God by Covenant his own life in our stead and