Hittorie of the Indies lib. 7. 587 



ie<5Hon they were in to their Kings and Lords , and alfo 

 thefervitudc and flavcrie they were hclde in by the di- 

 vells tyrannies and infupportableyoake. This was an ex 

 cellent difpofition of die Divine Wifedome, the which e^^ 

 drawes profitefrom ill to a good end, and receives his *** 

 good from an others ill, which it hath no tfo wen. It is ^ * 

 moft certaine that no people of the Weft Indies have /u 

 becne more apt to receive the Gofpel , then thofe which 

 were moft fubieft to their Lords , and which have beene 

 charged with the heavieft burthens , as well of tributes 

 andfervices , as of cuftomes and bloodie pra&ifes . All 

 that which the Mexicane Kings and thoie of Pern did 

 pofleflfe, is at this day moft plan ted with Chriftian reli- 

 gion , and where there is leaft difficuhie in the govern- 

 men t and eccleSafticall difcipline. Thelndians were fo 

 wearied with the heavy and infupportable yoake ofSa- 

 thanslawes, his facrifices and ceremonies, whereof wee 

 have formerly fpoken, that they canfulted among them- 

 fclves , to feeke out a new law, and another God to ferve. 

 And therefore the law of Chrift feemed vntp them , and 

 doth at this day feeme iuft, Iweete, cleane, good, and full 

 ofhappinefle. 



And that which is difficult in our law, to beleevefo 

 high and foveraigne Mifteries , hath beene eafie among 

 them , for that the Divell had made them comprehend 

 things of greater difficultie, and the felfe-fame things 

 which he had ftolen from our Evangelicall law , as their 

 maner of communion and confeifion , their adoration 

 of three in one, and fuch other like, the which agairift the 

 will of the enemy , have holpen for the cafie receiving of 

 the truth by thofe who before had imbraced lies, f God is 

 wife' and admirable in all his wo&es, vanquidiing the 

 adverfarie even with his owne weapon, hee takes hinf in 



his 



