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<caufe punifhments to be inflicftcd, they conflantly anfwered in the religioj^. 



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affirmative ; when I afked whether this 



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would take 



after death, they ftill affirmed it -, 

 information concerning the method 



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in any 

 of the 



anger of their Gods for fuch crimes. Nay, having one day 



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attempted to difTuade Teinamai from killing the child that fhe 



was fhortly to bring forth, and feeing her obflinate in her defign, 



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J reprefented upon this very ground to her, that the Ratooa would 

 -be angry (woriddeej on that account againft her -, but fhe very 



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^coolly replied, that this might perhaps be the cafe of the Eatooa 

 mo Pretanee i. e. the Britifh God, but the Eatooa of 0-Raiedea 



knew her to be with child 



ArreeoVy whofe childr 



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live, and would therefore not be angry. From the above 



account however I think we have reafon to conclude that 



are 



not quite without fome notions of a future flate attended with 

 rewards and punifhments. Their religion therefore is not altogether 



diiinterefted, but greatly 



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influences their morals; 



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opinion feems well adapted to the weak and infant flate of . their 



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xeafon; and though they go through all the adts of reverence and 



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adoration both by words and anions, they certainly perform them 



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with a childifh limplicity and humility, from the little knowledge 



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they have early imbibed of the greatnefs, goodnefs, and excellence 

 of the Supreme Being, and likewife becaufe they have been taught 



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