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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A46842	Of the conversion of five thousand and nine hundred East-Indians, in the isle Formosa, neere China to the profession of the true God, in Jesus Christ : by meanes of M. Ro, Junius, a minister lately in Delph in Holland / related by ... M. C. Sibellius ... in a Latine letter ; translated ... by H. Jessei ... ; with a post-script of the Gospels good sucesse also amongst the VVest-Indians, in New England.	Sibelius, Caspar, 1590-1658.; Jessey, Henry, 1603-1663.; Shepard, Thomas, 1605-1649. Clear sunshine.; Wilson, John, 1588-1667. Day-breaking.; Winslow, Edward, 1595-1655. Glorious progress of the Gospel.	1650 (1650)	Wing J697; ESTC R14902	23,858	49

Faith of Christ and so for the furthering the Conversion of those INDIANS in particular in the Island called FORMOSA who were blinde and miserable worshippers of the Devill and slaves unto him This great Taske and Charge he readily and willingly yeelded unto and seriously considered of the diligent and faithfull administration thereof And certainely nothing is more honourable to God nothing more acceptable to all good men nothing more conducible to the appeasing of Consciences nothing more salutiferous to the Heathen that sit in the darknesse of Idolatrie and Errors and wofull shadow of Death then the sending forth of faithfull able and painfull Labourers into the Harvest for opening the eyes of the blinde and turning them from Darknesse to Light and from the power of Satan unto God that they may receive remission of sinnes and an Inheritance amongst them that are sanctified by Faith that is in Christ. To be an instrument of saving one soule snatch'd out of the jawes of that infernall Wolfe farre exceeds all other gaines The faithfull Servant of the most High rejoyceth more in this if he may gaine to Christ a poore wretch that is most contemptible in the eyes of the world then if all the Treasures of the world were offered unto him He that shall convert one sinner from the error of his way shall save a soule from death and shall cover a multitude of sinnes as the Apostle Iames saith Iames 5.20 To proceed M. Iunius being carryed by the good hand of God to the Formosan Island in the East-Indies preached in Dutch his Mother Tongue amongst them for above two yeares together laying open the Mysteries of Salvation But the Natives there not understanding Dutch he being moved with an exceeding desire of their Conversion and Salvation and of freeing and discharging his owne Conscience with great paines and speedie diligence in a short time even now in his adult age he happily learned the barbarous Language and rude Idiome of those Heathen who were of differing Speech and Manners and wisely framed himselfe to speake to their Capacitie and Edification And there they heard him speaking to them plainely in their owne Tongue wherein they were borne the Wonderfull Mysteries of the Gospel of Christ for Twelve yeares together viz. from the yeare 1631 to the yeare 1643. II. Of his PROGRESSE NOw touching his Progresse or proceeding on and successe amongst them he was unwearied in his constant dayly p●ines with them for their soules health both publikely and privately and the Lord assisted him with speciall dexteritie and gave a wonderfull blessing upon his paines amongst them For to say nothing of Dork and Tirose in six of the most famous Townes in the Northern parts of the Formosan Isl●nd viz. Tavacan Sincklan Bacluan Matthauw Soulang and Terurang the Lords Worke had such wonderfull Successe that it hath moved and still doth m●ve the greatest admiration to all Godly people that have notice thereof As touching the Fruit and efficacie of the Preaching of the Word by the Light of Heavenly Truth Idolatrie not to be named brutish ignorance horrible blindnesse and most filthie worship of Devils being discovered and expelled very many of the inhabitants were brought to the saving knowledge of and true faith in God and the Redeemer Jesus Christ. And so great and laudable Progresse both of men and women young and old chiefe ones middle sort and meane ones made therein that every one of them could not only rehearse without haesitating acurately the chiefe Heads or Principles of true Religion but also were able to Answer wisely and solidely to most Questions about Religion that one would propound or put forth to them And this their Knowledge and Profession of Faith many of them did so adorne by their Pietie towards God and Righteousnesse and Love to their Neighbour and Sobrietie and Temperance in themselves that may cause shame and blushing to many amongst us that are borne of Orthodox Parents and from the Child-hood have beene trayned up in the Christian Religion Moreover many of them are so able in such fervencie of spirit to poure out their prayers before God Morning and Evening and before and after taking of Meat and in other Necessities and that with such comelinesse and fitnesse of speech and with such moderation and decencie of gesture that may provoke teares to such as hea●e and behold them And there are some of them that being called to pray about any matter or businesse are able to performe it in conceived prayer ex tempore so readily in such fit expressions and with such arguments and pithinesse as if they had been spending some houres for the contriving and so framing of them And when the Prince of Darknesse being molested by this glorious Light so kindled and set up there would extinguish or suppresse it he stirred up some especially impudent wretched Women Inchanters Whoorish deceitfull ones covetous of filthy gaine that went about and endeavoured to turne these back to the worship of Devils and Idols as their fore-fathers had done and to abandon the Truth as a Noveltie or new upstart Doctrine Some of these themselves by the paines taken with them were through the Lords goodnesse converted and brought from the Power of Darknesse unto God and others of them were so convinced or otherwise by the Pious Magistrate restrayned that they could no longer hinder the Course and Progresse of the Gospel among them And whereas the Gentiles or Heathen are first to be instructed and Preached unto that they may beleeve before they should be baptized This Reverend M. Iunius tooke great paines dayly in first instructing them in the Grounds of Religion Catechizing them to bring them to beleeve So that of persons grown up in that Isle of Formosa FIVE THOVSAND and NINE HVNDRED of both Sexes gave up their Names to Christ and professing their Faith and giving fit Answers to Questions propounded out of the Word of God were BAPTIZED by him of which number of persons so Dipt in-Water the Infants of persons in Covenant are not reckoned and to such persons in Soulangh and Sinekan and elsewhere being instructed well in the Doctrine of the Lords Supper was that Ordinance of Christ also administred with much reverence joy and edification And because the instructing of persons to Reade and to Write tends much to further not onely Civill and Politicall good but also Spirituall herein also M. Iunius tooke much paines in furthering of both instructing some to Teach others and in Visiting and Ordering the Schollers And besides a few Dutch men that were Teachers of others in the six Townes before said of the Heathenish Natives that he gained to Christ ab●ut Fiftie of them he so instructed and fitted for this Worke that excelled in Godlinesse Knowledge Industrie Dexteritie and Sedulitie that before his Departure thence they had taught Six Hundred Schollers to Reade and to