Roger Williams, Prophet and Pioneer of Soul-LibertyStrickland, Arthur Barsazou
Religion
Roger Williams, Prophet and Pioneer of Soul-Liberty
Strickland, Arthur Barsazou
Williams, Roger, 1604?-1683
Of a _DISPUTE_ upon XIV. of his _Proposals_ held and debated
betwixt him, the said _Roger Williams_, on the one part, and
_John Stubs_, _William Edmundson_ and _John Burnyeat_ on the other.
At _Providence_ and _Newport_ in _Rode-Island_, in the Year 1672.
IN which his _Cavils_ are Refuted, & his _Reflections_ Reproved.
In Two Parts.
AS ALSO,
An _ANSWER_ to _R. W’s APPENDIX_, &c.
WITH A
_POST-SCRIPT_ Confuting his Blasphemous Assertions,
_viz._ _Of the Blood of_ Christ, _that was Shed, its being_
Corruptible _and_ Corrupted; _and that_ Salvation _was by a Man,
that was_ Corruptible,
&_c._ Where-unto is added a
_CATALOGUE_ of his _Railery_, _Lies_, _Scorn_ & _Blasphemies_: And
His _TEMPORIZING SPIRIT_ made manifest. Also, The
_LETTERS_ of _W. Coddington_ of _Rode-Island_, and _R. Scot_ of
_Providence_ in _New-England_ concerning _R.W._ And _Lastly_, Some
_TESTIMONIES_ of _Antient_ & _Modern Authors_ concerning
the _LIGHT_, _SCRIPTURES_, _RULE_ &, the _SOUL_ of _Man_.
By _GEORGE FOX_ and _JOHN BURNYEAT_.
Printed in the Year MDC. LXXIX.
[Illustration: Rhode Island Historical Society Museum]
[Illustration: Apple Tree Root from the Grave of Roger Williams]
[Illustration: Grave of Roger Williams]
Roger Williams for many years had a trading-place, where he did
business with the Indians. This store was near the present village of
Wickford. His profits, he tells us, were five hundred dollars a year.
The foundations of this old building are still intact, with a new
superstructure over them. Late in life he made monthly preaching visits
to this place. When too old to do this, he planned the publication of
his sermons for the natives. Roger Williams was the original missionary
to the North American Indians, antedating the illustrious Eliot by
thirteen years. Williams’ Indian Bible is in the John Hay Library,
Providence, R. I.
[Illustration: New Testament Title-page of Roger Williams’ Indian Bible]
WUSKU
WUTTESTAMENTUM
NULLORDUMUN
JESUS CHRIST
Nuppoquohwussuaeneumun.
[Illustration]
_CAMBRIDGE_:
Printed by _Samuel Green_ and _Marmaduke Johnson_,
MDCLXI.
[Illustration: Indian Bible Used by Roger Williams, the Pioneer
Missionary to the American Indians]
THE
HOLY BIBLE:
CONTAINING THE
OLD TESTAMENT
AND THE _NEW_.
Translated into the
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
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