Generall Observations of the Sea.
How unsearchable are the d•…•…th of the Wisedome and Power of God in separating from Europe, Asia and 〈◊〉〈◊〉 such a mightie vast continent as America i•…•… and that for so
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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many ages? as also, by such a Westerne Oce∣an of about three thousand of English miles breadth in passage over?
More particular:
They see Gods wonders that are call'd
Through dreadfull Seas to passe,
In tearing winds and roaring seas,
And clames as smooth as glasse.
I have in Europes ships, oft been
In King of terrours hand;
When all have cri'd, Now, now we sinck,
Yet God brought safe to land.
Alone 'mongst Indians in Canoes,
Sometime o•…•…re-turn'd, I have been
Halfe inch from death, in Ocean deepe,
Gods wonders I have seene.