You can tell them, that none with whom you had converfed, could give you any reasonable Satisfaction concerning these Matters,until, meeting with fober People among Chriftians, you have been convinced,-That you, and many other People and Nations, bad loft the Knowlege of the only true God, who made the World, and all things in it; and that Christians have among them A WRITING, which gives them a full and most worthy Account of that great and good Being;how he made of one Blood all the Nations of the Earth *;-what excellent and innocent Creatures he made the First Parents of Mankind; and how they and their Pofterity came to be changed fo much for the worse, and fubject to fuch evil Difpofitions, to fo many Miseries and Afflictions as now we fee they are. By thofe Writings, you can tell them, Chriftians are affured how wonderfully good and kind God will be to fuch as diligently feek him, and defire to pleafe him;and that all who are not Enemies to themfelves, may be as happy as their own Hearts can with.

You can tell them moreover,-That God has made known in thefe Writings, what Men endued with Reafon ought to do, and what to avoid, if they hope to please their Maker, and their Lord; what great Hap

As xxvii. 26. † Gen. i. ii. iii. Heb. xi. 6.

piness

pinefs they will deprive themselves of, if they ftrive not to know, and to do his Will;for that fuch as repent of their Sins, believe in the SAVIOUR he has fent, and obey his Commands, will, when they die, be happy for ever;-free from Fear,-from the Malice of their Enemies,-from Pain, from Sorrow, from Cares, from Oppreffion, from Sicknefs, and from Mifery after Death; and enjoy all the Bleffedness of which their Nature is capable.And that fuch as have not been careful to please their Maker, fhall be condemned to everlafting Mifery.

If they ask you, as to be fure they will,how Chriftians can be affured, that thefe Writings and Truths came from God?. you may affure them, -that if any Man fincerely defires to know God's Will, be fhall find fuch Proofs, as fhall convince him, that these Writings, and the Doctrines they contain, are from God, and not of Men*.

If they tell you, as they did before, that many who call themfelves Chriftians live as if not one Word of thofe Scriptures were true; you may affure them,-that all good Chriftians are much concerned for the Offence thefe give to you, and to others :-That indeed they are not true Chriftians, but fuch as, being unwilling to forfake their Sins, and refolved to follow their Lufts without Difturb• John Nii. 17.

ance,

ance,-ftrive to forget the Truths they have learned, because the Remembrance of them makes them uneafy ;-and being, by a juft Judgment of God left to themselves, they have at laft loft all Sense of the dreadful Pu nishment which hangs over their Heads :That this falling away of Chriftians from their holy Profeffion, and turning the Grace of God, which teaches them to deny all Ungodliness, and wordly Lufts, into Wantonness, is fo far from being an Objection to the Truth of Chriftianity, that it is an Argument for it ;-fince this was foretold by the divinely infpired Penmen of the Holy Scriptures, that there would be fome, who would hold the Truth in Unrighteousness,and others that would draw back to Perdition, and quite forfake the holy Commandments.

Ind. Kind Sir, your Repetition of these Things, for which I am moft thankful, has confirmed me in my earneft Defire and Purpose to become a Chriftian.-And I ⚫ befeech you, once more, to instruct me,

what will be required of me in order to be • made a Member of that Society which you call THE CHURCH OF CHRIST.'

Milf. That I will gladly do when you come to me again.And may that Good Spirit, which has put this Purpose into your Heart, keep you in this good Difpofition!-And do not yourself forget to beg of God-That He

may

may perfect the good Work which he has

begun in you.

The PRAYER.

Lmighty God, who alone canft order the unruly Wills and Affections of finful Men, grant me Grace to withstand the Temptations of the Devil, the World, and the Flesh, that I may never follow, nor be led by them; - Keep it ever in the Heart of thy Servant,That it is indeed an evil and bitter Thing to forfake the Lord, that I may never return to the Sins I have repented of.Make me ever mindful of my Infirmities, that I may look up to Thee for Help and Affiftance-and grant that we, to whom Thou haft given an hearty Defire to pray, may, by thy mighty Aid, be defended and comforted in all Dangers and Adversities,through Jefus Christ, our Saviour and Redeemer. Amen.

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ESSAY

TOWARDS AN

INSTRUCTION for INDIANS. INDIANS.

PART II.

Of BAPTISM, and the LORD'S SUPPER: The CREED, the LORD'S PRAYER, and the TEN COMMANDMENTS, explained.

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ftian.

DIALOGUE X.
Of BAPTISM.

Miffionary.

AM glad to fee you here again fo foon. 'Tis a good Sign you are in earnest, and fincerely defirous of becoming a Chri

Indian. Indeed, Sir, fo I am.-You have convinced me, that it is my Interest, as well as Duty, to be a Chriftian.'

Mill. I muft not fuffer you to be under fuch a Miftake; it was not I alone that could convince you ;--it was the Good Spirit of God,

who