Hamel's World Purpose of Creation Valuable as a source of

Valuable as a source of ready-made sermons for vacant churches or family devotions

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and its 'dominee' is a fascinating story

and internal debate over how best to put Christian principles into practice

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Hamel's World Purpose of Creation Valuable as a source ofA Dutch Korean Encounter in the Seventeenth Century Written by Leonard Blusse, Boudewijn Walraven, W. J. Boot, Vibeke Roeper, Jean Paul Buys, and Hendrik Hamel In 1653 the Dutch East Indies Company (VOC) ship Sperwer was shipwrecked on the rocks off a remote Korean island. Thirty six men of the crew survived the ordeal. The king of Korea decreed that the men were to spend the rest of their lives in his hermit kingdom. The Dutchmen were provided with