[Here he was at a great loss to make her understand that God had revealed himself to us by his word; and what his word was; but at last he told it her thus:]
W.A. God has spoken to some good men in former days, even from heaven, by plain words; and God has inspired good men by his Spirit; and they have written all his laws down in a book.
Wife. Me no understand that: where is book?
W.A.. Alas! my poor creature, I have not this book; but I hope I shall, one time or other, get it for you to read it.
[Here he embraced her with great affection; but with inexpressible grief, that he had not a Bible.]
Wife. But how you makee me know that God teachee them to write that book?
W.A. By the same rule that we know him to be God.
Wife. What rule? what way you know?
W.A. Because he teaches and commands nothing but what is good, righteous, and holy, and tends to make us perfectly good, as well as perfectly happy; and because he forbids, and commands us to avoid, all that is wicked, that is evil in itself, or evil in its consequences.
Wife. That me would understand, that me fain see; if he reward all good thing, punish all wicked thing, he teachee all good thing, forbid all wicked thing, he makee all thing, he give all thing; he hear me when I say O to him, as you go to do just now; he makee me good if I wish be good; he spare me, no makee kill me when I no be good; all this you say he do: yes, he be great God; me take, think, believe him be great God; me say O to him too with you, my dear.