The knowledge and practice of Christianity made easy to the meanest capacities; or, An essay towards an instruction for the Indians In twenty dialogues. Together with directions and prayers - Softcover
Synopsis
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated.1759 Excerpt: ... of their Maker, they did salt from that holy and happy Condition they were in; and by that most grievous Crime (for so it appears by the Punishment a most righteous God inflicted on them for it) they highly displeased their Maker, who left them to themselves;--and, having lost their Innocence, and that Image of God in which they were created-f, their Nature became fadly changed for the worse.--And the Children which they afterwards begot, being born of sinful Parents, became, even like their Parents, disobedient, and prone to Evil, as you fee they are at this Day: All which these First Parents Of Mankind brought upon themselves, and their Posterity. It was thus that Sin, and Evils of every kind, and Death at last, entered into the World, as the just Punishment of their Disobedience to the Commands of God;----by which all Right to his free Promise of eternal Life and Happiness was forfeited and loft. Ind. ' This is indeed a plain Account how Sin and Wickedness entered into the World; and we ought to believe it to be a « just Account, since God has made it known 'to you in his Revealed Will.' Miff. As to the Corruption of our Nature, and the Sin that does io easily beset us, your ©wn Experience will convince you of the Gen. iii,-J-Ibid. v. Truth Truth of it.--And no other reasonable Account can be given how it came into the World. And you will learn by what followed this Act of Disobedience, how displeasing to God it was, and the Punishment it deserved. Ind. ' Will you be so kind as to let me 'know what followed this fad Calamity?'. Miff. You will easily conceive how miserable the'Condition of these our First Parents was now become: They knew that they had failed in their Duty to their Maker;--their Reason could not inform them how to help themse...
"synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.
