A key into the language of America, or, An help to the language of the natives in that part of America called New-England together with briefe observations of the customes, manners and worships, &c. of the aforesaid natives, in peace and warre, in life and death : on all which are added spirituall observations, generall and particular, by the authour ... / by Roger Williams ...

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A key into the language of America, or, An help to the language of the natives in that part of America called New-England together with briefe observations of the customes, manners and worships, &c. of the aforesaid natives, in peace and warre, in life and death : on all which are added spirituall observations, generall and particular, by the authour ... / by Roger Williams ...
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Williams, Roger, 1604?-1683.
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London :: Printed by Gregory Dexter,
1643.
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Narragansett Indians.
Narragansett language.
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"A key into the language of America, or, An help to the language of the natives in that part of America called New-England together with briefe observations of the customes, manners and worships, &c. of the aforesaid natives, in peace and warre, in life and death : on all which are added spirituall observations, generall and particular, by the authour ... / by Roger Williams ..." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A66450.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 18, 2024.

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Generall Observation from their Seasons of the Yeere.

The Sunne and Moone, and Starres and sea∣•…•…s of the yeere doe preach a God to all the •…•…onnes of men, that they which know no let∣•…•…rs, doe yet read an eternall Power and God∣•…•…ad in these:

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The Sun and Moone and Stars doe preach, •…•…e Dayes and Nights sound out:

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Spring. Summer, Fall, and Winter eke Each Moneth and Yeere about.
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So that the wildest sonnes of men Without excuse shall say, Gods righteous sentence past on us, (In dreadfull Iudgement day.) If so, what doome it theirs that see, Not onely Natures light; But Sun of Righteousnesse, yet chose To live in darkest Night?
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