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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A50181	An epistle to the Christian Indians, giving them a short account, of what the English desire them to know and to do, in order to their happiness written by an English minister, at the desire of an English magistrate, who sends unto them this token of love.	Mather, Cotton, 1663-1728.	1700 (1700)	Wing M1178; ESTC W18263	11,109	30

part for the Service of the Lord. And keep Solemn Dayes of Supplication and solemn Dayes of Thanks giving when there is occasion for them The fifth is Honour thy Father and thy Mother That is Let every man be respected in his Place Let Husbands and Wives Let Parents and Children Let Masters and Servants Let Rulers Subjects Let Pastors and People Show suitable Respects to one another The sixth is Thou shalt not kill That is Use all due means to preserve our own Life and Health and Peace and the Life of others The seventh is Thou shalt not Commit Adultery That is Shun all unchast Filthiness of Heart and of Speech and of Action Be Modest in every Thing The eighth is Thou shalt not Steal That is Be Honest in increasing and preserving our Estates and unjustly take away nothing of another mans but give Alms to them that are in want The ninth is Thou shalt not bear False witness against thy Neighbour That is Evermore speak the Truth our selves and Labour that the Truth may be spoken by others and particularly be Tender as of our own Credit so of other mens The tenth is Thou shalt not Covet That is Let our Heart be content with what condition God shall order for us and Let not our Heart burn with any Envy against the prosperity of others Hear O Instructed Indians If you Believe in the Obedience which the Lord Jesus Christ yielded unto God that you may be Righteous by the obedience of the Lord Jesus Christ then as a sign of it God gives you an Heart to imitate His exemple as far as you can and be Followers of God as Obedient Children Indeed it is but little Obedience that you can yield unto the Holy God And you must with daily Repentance Loath and Judge your selves before the Lord for its being so little But if you don't Obey the will of God in Jesus Christ with Respect unto all His Commandments you are unbelievers and the wrath of God abideth on you And if you be not Saints and persons who Desire and study to be Holy in all manner of conversation you will not be meet for the Inheritance of the Saints in Light Come then Say my dear Indians O say Lord I count thy Precepts concerning all things to be Right and I hate every false way For indeed I must tell you Without Holiness no man shall see the Lord. Is it so my Indians How comes it then to pass that many of you fall into the sin of Drunkenness as easily as a man going in the Dark falls into a Pit The sin of Drunkenness is against the Third Commandment for it abuses the Good creatures of God And it is against all the Ten Commandments For a Drunken man Tempted by the Devil will soon break all the Ten Commandments How miserable do you make your selves even like a Swine wallowing in the mire when you make your s●lves Drunk Unhappy Indians will you sell Christ for a little Drink Will you truck away your souls for a little Rum or Cider Don't forget the Terrible Word of God which sounds like the Thunder Drunkards shall not inherit the Kingdom of God And Why have so many of you so Little Order in your Families Teach your Children Rule your Children do what you can that your Children may pray to God Else the Fifth Commandment will condemn you The eighth Commandment will condemn you if you Live in Idlenes They that work not at all do walk Disorderly What ails you that you can't have your Houses and Orchards and Cattel and gainful Trades as well as We Let our enample shame you spur you into Diligence When you exercise your selves to keep a Conscience void of offence towards God and towards men Then 't is time for your Godly Men to Gather a Church But when you Gather a Church you must Pray with Fasting over the undertaking and ask the Advice of other Churches both English and Indian You must then Enter into solemn Covenant and promise after this manner We heartely give up our selves to the Only true God JEHOVAH who is Father Son and Holy Spirit Resolving by His Help to Serve Him forever And we give our selves to one another promising that by the Help of God we will Worship Him together and Help one another in the Right wayes of the Lord. After this you must Choose a Pastor who must be a Good Man Able and Ready to feed you with the Know●edge of the Lord and Open and Apply the Oracles of God unto the whole Flock and a Watchful and Sober man and a man much in Prayer bo●h by himself and with you and one that Ruleth well his own House and a man of Good Report and one of an Heavenly conversation When you have such a Pastor you must Obey him as having the Rule over you and watching for your Souls being to give an Account of them And you may Join to him Elders that shall Rule well and unto such Elders you must give more Honour then unto other men Deacons also should be in your Churches to Provide Necessary things both for the Pastor and for the Table of the Lord. At the Table of the Lord your Pastors will then administer unto you Bread Broken and Wine in a Cup to signify the Body and the Bl●od of the Lord Jesus Christ which were once offered unto God for you B●fore the Administration of that Sacrament you must spend some time in searching your Hearts and Lives and in mourning over all your sins against the Ten Commandments and in crying to God for the pardon of them through the Death of Jesus Christ And at the Sacrament when you Receive the Bread and the Wine you must with all seriousness inwardly say Lord I Receive thy Christ Lord I Receive thy Christ And Lord Because thy Christ did Dy therefore let my sin Dy and let my Soul Live If after this you fall into Sin your sin will be worse then other mens The Holy God will be very Angry at them that sin after the Sacrament If any of you do now sin you must Reprove one another and bring the sinful to Confession and Repentance But if they are Incorrigible you must put away that wicked Person from among you My dear Indians If you do forsake the wayes of the Lord Jesus Christ I earnestly testify unto you That you shall utterly perish God will kill you with one Thunderstroke of His wrath after another And in Hell you shall cry out I am Tormented I am Tormented for more years than you now see Leaves upon the Trees But if you do follow the wayes of the Lord Jesus Christ you will be Rich above those people that have Money and all Riches At your Death God will take your Souls to be among the Angels The Lord Jesus Christ shall Raise you from the Dead unto everlasting Life at the Day of Judgment You shall be Blessed with the Lord Jesus Christ infinitely more years than you see stars in the Sky or stones on the Earth or Drops of water in the Rivers Now Consider what I say and the Lord give you understanding FINIS