Question

What could now sustain them but the Spirit of God and His grace? May not and ought not the children of these fathers rightly say: "Our fathers were Englishmen which came over this great ocean, and were ready to perish in this wilderness; but they cried unto the Lord, and He heard their voice and looked on their adversity," etc.

What might be the central idea of the passage above?

Answer 1

It means to say that the English soldiers came and "save them" if you take the literal meaning of it. But actually, it means that these British came and Christianized them. These people that were considered barbarians were then considered part of the civilized.