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             A late and further manifestation of the progress of the gospel amongst the Indians in Nevv-England declaring their constant love and zeal to the truth : with a readiness to give accompt of their faith and hope, as of their desires in church communion to be partakers of the ordinances of Christ : being a narrative of the examinations of the Indians, about their knowledge in religion, by the elders of the churches / related by Mr. John Eliot.
             Eliot, John, 1604-1690.
             Walton, William, d. 1668. Examination of the Indians at Roxbury.
             Society for Propagation of the Gospel in New England.
          
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             1655.
          
           
             The eighth of a series of 11 pamphlets, commonly known as the "Eliot tracts", published in London from 1643 to 1671 in the interests of missionary work among the Indians of New-England.
             "The examination of the Indians at Roxbury, the 13th day of the 4th month. 1654 [reported by William Walton]": p. 11-20.
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           A
           Late
           and
           Further
           MANIFESTATION
           OF
           THE
           Progress
           of
           the
           GOSPEL
           
             AMONGST
             THE
          
           INDIANS
           
             IN
          
           Nevv-England
           .
        
         
           Declaring
           their
           constant
           Love
           and
           Zeal
           to
           the
           Truth
           :
           With
           a
           readinesse
           to
           give
           Accompt
           of
           their
           Faith
           and
           Hope
           ;
           as
           of
           their
           desires
           in
           Church
           Communion
           to
           be
           Partakers
           of
           the
           Ordinances
           of
           CHRIST
           .
        
         
           Being
           a
           Narrative
           of
           the
           Examinations
           of
           the
           
             Indians
             ,
          
           about
           their
           Knowledge
           in
           Religion
           ,
           by
           the
           Elders
           of
           the
           Churches
           .
           
             Related
             by
             Mr
             JOHN
             ELIOT
             .
          
        
         
           Published
           by
           the
           CORPORATION
           ,
           established
           by
           
             Act
             of
             Parliament
             ,
          
           for
           Propagating
           the
           Gospel
           there
           .
        
         
           Acts
           3.
           47.
           
        
         
           I
           have
           set
           thee
           to
           be
           a
           light
           to
           the
           Gentiles
           ,
           that
           thou
           shouldest
           be
           for
           Salvation
           unto
           the
           Ends
           of
           the
           Earth
           .
        
         
           LONDON
           :
           
             Printed
             by
          
           M.
           S.
           1655.
           
        
      
       
       
       
         
           WEE
           having
           perused
           the
           ensuing
           
             Narration
             ,
          
           written
           by
           Master
           
             Eliot
             ,
          
           doe
           conceive
           it
           fit
           to
           be
           Printed
           ,
           That
           thereby
           the
           Servants
           of
           God
           in
           
             England
          
           may
           be
           further
           enlarged
           in
           their
           Praises
           to
           God
           for
           his
           free
           Grace
           wonderfully
           manifested
           in
           beginning
           and
           so
           succesfully
           carrying
           on
           the
           hoped
           for
           Conversion
           of
           the
           
             Indians
             .
          
           And
           also
           that
           they
           may
           be
           much
           encouraged
           to
           continue
           their
           Prayers
           ,
           and
           liberall
           Contributions
           for
           the
           finishing
           and
           perfecting
           of
           this
           blessed
           and
           glorious
           undertaking
           ,
           so
           much
           conducing
           to
           the
           Glory
           of
           God
           ,
           the
           Salvation
           of
           soules
           ,
           and
           the
           Inlargement
           of
           the
           Kingdome
           of
           Christ
           upon
           Earth
           .
        
         
           
             
               May
               13.
               1655.
               
            
          
           
             
               
                 H
                 :
                 Whitfeild
                 .
              
               
                 Simeon
                 Ashe
                 .
              
               
                 Edm
                 :
                 Calamy
                 .
              
               
                 John
                 Arthur
                 .
              
            
          
        
      
       
       
       
         
           
             
               AA
            
          
        
         
           To
           all
           that
           pray
           and
           wait
           for
           the
           Prosperity
           of
           SION
           ,
           and
           the
           increase
           of
           the
           Kingdome
           of
           our
           Lord
           Jesus
           Christ
           to
           the
           ends
           of
           the
           Earth
           .
        
         
           
             Grace
             and
             Peace
             be
             multiplied
             .
          
        
         
           
             Beloved
             Brethren
             .
          
        
         
           AS
           ,
           The
           
             One
             thing
          
           which
           ye
           have
           desired
           of
           the
           Lord
           ,
           and
           which
           yee
           have
           sought
           after
           ,
           is
           ,
           that
           your selves
           might
           dwell
           in
           the
           house
           of
           the
           Lord
           all
           the
           dayes
           of
           your
           lives
           ,
           to
           behold
           the
           beauty
           of
           the
           Lord
           ,
           and
           to
           enquire
           in
           his
           Temple
           :
           So
           ,
           I
           am
           much
           assured
           that
           the
           next
           thing
           which
           yee
           have
           desired
           of
           the
           Lord
           ,
           and
           which
           ye
           have
           earnestly
           sought
           after
           ,
           is
           ,
           that
           they
           who
           have
           hitherto
           been
           strangers
           to
           ,
           might
           dwell
           also
           in
           the
           house
           of
           the
           Lord
           all
           the
           dayes
           of
           their
           lives
           ,
           to
           behold
           the
           beauty
           of
           the
           Lord
           ,
           and
           to
           enquire
           in
           his
           Temple
           ;
           yea
           ,
           that
           they
           might
           be
           a
           house
           and
           a
           Temple
           of
           the
           Lord
           .
           This
           being
           the
           gratious
           designe
           of
           your
           holy
           breathings
           unto
           God
           ,
           and
           of
           your
           liberall
           contributings
           unto
           men
           ,
           ye
           cannot
           but
           rejoyce
           to
           hear
           of
           any
           thing
           which
           looketh
           like
           ,
           much
           more
           which
           really
           is
           a
           fruit
           and
           return
           
           of
           such
           breathings
           and
           contri●●uti●gs
           .
           Holy
           prayers
           and
           zealous
           endeavours
           are
           very
           sweet
           in
           their
           acts
           ,
           but
           they
           are
           much
           more
           sweet
           in
           their
           effects
           and
           issues
           .
           It
           should
           mightily
           encourage
           the
           seed
           of
           
             Iacob
          
           to
           pray
           ,
           because
           God
           hath
           said
           ,
           that
           he
           hath
           not
           said
           to
           the
           seed
           of
           
             Iacob
             ,
             〈◊〉
             
               yee
               me
            
             in
             vaine
             .
          
           But
           how
           should
           it
           pr●voke
           the
           s●ed
           of
           
             Iacob
          
           to
           give
           thanks
           ,
           when
           they
           find
           that
           they
           have
           not
           sought
           the
           Lord
           in
           vaine
           ?
           and
           that
           their
           labours
           have
           not
           been
           in
           vaine
           in
           the
           Lord
           ?
        
         
           
             Beloved
             Brethren
             ,
          
           yee
           may
           now
           see
           and
           tast
           the
           fruit
           of
           those
           Prophecie
           ,
           which
           ye
           have
           been
           helping
           to
           the
           birth
           .
           
             The
             Wildernesse
             and
             solitary
             places
             are
             glad
             ,
             the
             desert
             rejoyceth
             and
             blossometh
             as
             the
             Rose
             it
             blossometh
             abundantly
             ,
             and
             rejoyceth
             even
             with
             joy
             and
             singing
             .
             The
             glory
             of
             Leb●non
             is
             given
             to
             it
             ,
             the
             excellency
             of
             Carmell
             and
             Sharon
             ,
             these
             see
             the
             glory
             of
             the
             Lord
             ,
             and
             the
             excellency
             of
             our
             God
             .
          
        
         
           This
           little
           Book
           of
           Observations
           and
           Experiences
           gives
           you
           a
           brief
           and
           faithfull
           Narrative
           of
           the
           increasing
           glory
           of
           Christ
           by
           the
           Progresse
           of
           the
           Gospel
           in
           
             New-England
             :
          
           It
           tells
           you
           ●ow
           Christ
           hath
           there
           led
           captivity
           captive
           ,
           and
           given
           gifts
           for
           men
           ,
           yea
           ,
           for
           the
           rebellious
           ,
           that
           the
           L●rd
           God
           might
           dwell
           among
           them
           .
           Where
           the
           strong
           man
           Armed
           kept
           the
           house
           (
           for
           many
           Ages
           and
           Generations
           ,
           and
           all
           was
           in
           peace
           :
           )
           there
           now
           (
           Christ
           )
           
             A
             stronger
             then
             he
             ,
          
           hath
           come
           upon
           him
           ,
           and
           hath
           (
           in
           many
           examples
           )
           overcome
           him
           and
           taken
           from
           him
           all
           his
           Armour
           wherein
           he
           trusted
           ,
           and
           divided
           his
           spoyles
           :
           Now
           Christ
           keeps
           the
           house
           ,
           which
           Satan
           formerly
           kept
           ;
           yea
           ,
           they
           who
           were
           kept
           by
           Satan
           as
           his
           house
           ,
           are
           now
           ready
           and
           earnestly
           
           desire
           to
           be
           built
           up
           as
           a
           house
           for
           Christ
           .
           The
           poor
           ,
           naked
           ,
           ignorant
           
             Indians
             ,
          
           who
           lately
           knew
           no
           civill
           Order
           ,
           now
           beg
           to
           be
           brought
           into
           Church
           Order
           ,
           to
           live
           under
           the
           Government
           ,
           and
           enjoy
           the
           holy
           Ordinances
           of
           our
           Lord
           Jesus
           Christ
           ,
           in
           the
           purest
           way
           of
           Gospel-worship
           .
        
         
           May
           we
           not
           now
           
             (
             Beloved
             )
          
           make
           mention
           of
           
             Rahab
             and
             Babylon
          
           to
           them
           that
           know
           Christ
           ?
           
             Behold
             Philistia
             ,
             and
             Tyre
             ,
             with
             Ethiopia
             ,
             this
             man
             was
             borne
             there
             ;
             and
             of
             Sion
          
           (
           in
           
             New-England
             )
             it
             may
             be
             said
             ,
             this
             and
             that
             man
          
           (
           of
           the
           wild
           ,
           rude
           ,
           and
           barbarous
           
             Indians
             )
             was
             borne
             there
             .
          
           Read
           this
           short
           discourse
           ,
           and
           it
           will
           tell
           you
           that
           the
           Lord
           hath
           blessed
           the
           labours
           of
           the
           Messengers
           of
           
             Sion
          
           in
           
             New-England
             ,
          
           with
           the
           Conversion
           of
           some
           (
           I
           may
           say
           ,
           of
           a
           considerable
           number
           )
           of
           the
           
             Indians
             ,
          
           to
           be
           a
           kind
           of
           first
           fruits
           of
           his
           (
           new
           )
           Creatures
           there
           .
           O
           let
           old
           
             England
          
           rejoyce
           in
           this
           ,
           that
           our
           brethren
           who
           with
           extream
           difficulties
           and
           expences
           have
           Planted
           themselves
           in
           the
           
             Indian
             Wildernesses
             ,
          
           have
           also
           laboured
           night
           and
           day
           with
           prayers
           and
           tears
           and
           Exhortations
           to
           Plant
           the
           
             Indians
             as
             a
             spirituall
             Garden
             ,
          
           into
           which
           Christ
           might
           come
           and
           eat
           his
           pleasant
           fruits
           .
           Let
           the
           gaining
           of
           any
           of
           their
           souls
           to
           Christ
           ,
           and
           their
           turning
           to
           God
           from
           Idols
           to
           serve
           the
           living
           and
           true
           God
           ,
           be
           more
           pretious
           in
           our
           eyes
           then
           the
           greatest
           gaine
           or
           return
           of
           Gold
           and
           Silver
           .
           This
           gaine
           of
           soules
           is
           a
           
             Merchandize
          
           worth
           the
           glorying
           in
           upon
           all
           the
           
             Exchanges
             ,
          
           or
           rather
           in
           all
           the
           
             Churches
          
           throughout
           the
           world
           .
           
             This
             Merchandize
             is
             Holinesse
             to
             the
             Lord
             :
          
           And
           of
           this
           the
           ensuing
           Discourse
           presents
           you
           with
           a
           Bill
           of
           many
           particulars
           ,
           from
           your
           spirituall
           
             Factory
             in
             New
             England
             ,
          
           
           as
           the
           improvement
           of
           your
           former
           adventures
           thether
           ,
           for
           the
           promoting
           of
           that
           heavenly
           Trade
           ;
           as
           also
           for
           an
           encouragement
           not
           only
           to
           all
           those
           who
           have
           freely
           done
           it
           already
           ,
           to
           adventure
           yet
           more
           ,
           but
           also
           for
           the
           quickning
           of
           those
           
             who
          
           hitherto
           have
           not
           done
           it
           ,
           now
           to
           underwrite
           themselves
           Adventurers
           for
           the
           advancement
           of
           so
           holy
           and
           hopefull
           a
           designe
           .
           I
           shall
           adde
           only
           this
           one
           word
           ,
           That
           ,
           
             Whosoever
             shall
             thus
             Adventer
             for
             Christ
             ,
             shall
             have
             Christ
             for
             his
             Insurer
             .
          
           To
           his
           Grace
           and
           Blessing
           I
           recommend
           both
           you
           and
           this
           Blessed
           Work
           ,
           who
           am
        
         
           
             Dearly
             Beloved
             ,
          
           
             A
             hearty
             well-wisher
             to
             the
             Propagation
             of
             the
             Gospel
             ;
             and
             your
             Servant
             for
             Christs
             sake
             .
             
               JOSEPH
               CARYL
               .
            
          
        
      
    
     
       
       
         
           A
           BRIEF
           NARRATION
           OF
           THE
           INDIANS
           PROCEEDINGS
           In
           respect
           of
           Church-Estate
           ,
           AND
           How
           the
           Case
           standeth
           at
           the
           present
           with
           us
           .
        
         
           AFTER
           I
           had
           spent
           my
           poor
           labours
           among
           the
           
             Indians
          
           for
           the
           space
           of
           neer
           four
           years
           ,
           it
           pleased
           God
           to
           stir
           up
           in
           them
           a
           great
           desire
           of
           partaking
           in
           the
           Ordinance
           of
           Baptism
           ,
           and
           other
           Ecclesiasticall
           Ordinances
           in
           way
           of
           Church
           Communion
           .
           But
           I
           declared
           unto
           them
           how
           necessary
           it
           was
           ,
           that
           they
           should
           first
           be
           Civilized
           ,
           by
           being
           brought
           from
           their
           scattered
           and
           wild
           course
           of
           life
           ,
           unto
           civill
           Co-habitation
           and
           Government
           ,
           
           before
           they
           could
           ,
           according
           to
           the
           will
           of
           God
           revealed
           in
           the
           Scriptures
           ,
           be
           fit
           to
           be
           betrusted
           with
           the
           sacred
           Ordinances
           of
           Jesus
           Christ
           ,
           in
           Church-Communion
           .
           And
           therefore
           I
           propounded
           unto
           them
           ,
           that
           they
           should
           look
           out
           some
           fit
           place
           to
           begin
           a
           Towne
           ,
           unto
           which
           they
           might
           resort
           ,
           and
           there
           dwell
           together
           ,
           enjoy
           Government
           ,
           and
           be
           made
           ready
           and
           prepared
           to
           be
           a
           People
           among
           whom
           the
           Lord
           might
           delight
           to
           dwell
           and
           Rule
           .
        
         
           When
           they
           understood
           the
           mind
           of
           God
           in
           this
           matter
           ,
           they
           were
           desirous
           to
           set
           upon
           the
           work
           :
           The
           reallity
           of
           which
           desires
           ,
           the
           living
           have
           actually
           expressed
           ,
           by
           their
           performance
           thereof
           (
           in
           some
           poor
           measure
           )
           and
           some
           of
           them
           dying
           ,
           left
           their
           earnest
           affections
           and
           desires
           with
           the
           rest
           ,
           to
           set
           upon
           that
           work
           ;
           especially
           
             
               Wampocas
            
             ,
          
           a
           godly
           man
           ,
           of
           whose
           death
           and
           exhortations
           that
           way
           ,
           I
           have
           made
           some
           mention
           in
           some
           former
           Letters
           .
        
         
           We
           accordingly
           attended
           thereunto
           ,
           to
           search
           for
           a
           fit
           place
           ,
           and
           finally
           ,
           after
           sundry
           journeyes
           and
           travells
           to
           severall
           places
           ,
           the
           Lord
           did
           by
           his
           speciall
           providence
           ,
           and
           answer
           of
           prayers
           ,
           pitch
           us
           upon
           the
           place
           where
           we
           are
           at
           
             Natick
             .
          
           Unto
           which
           place
           my
           purpose
           at
           first
           was
           to
           have
           brought
           all
           the
           Praying
           
             Indians
          
           to
           Co-habit
           together
           :
           But
           it
           so
           fell
           out
           (
           by
           the
           guidance
           of
           God
           ,
           as
           it
           now
           appeareth
           )
           that
           because
           the
           
             Cohannet
             Indians
          
           desired
           a
           place
           which
           they
           had
           reserved
           for
           themselves
           ,
           and
           I
           finding
           that
           I
           could
           not
           at
           that
           time
           pitch
           there
           without
           opposition
           from
           some
           
             English
             ,
          
           I
           refused
           that
           place
           ,
           and
           pitched
           at
           
             Natick
             ,
          
           where
           I
           found
           no
           opposition
           at
           present
           .
           This
           choyce
           of
           mine
           did
           move
           in
           the
           
             Cohannet
             Indians
          
           a
           jealousie
           that
           I
           had
           more
           affection
           unto
           those
           other
           
             Indians
             ,
          
           then
           unto
           them
           .
           By
           which
           occasion
           (
           together
           with
           some
           other
           Providences
           of
           God
           ,
           as
           the
           death
           of
           
             
               Cutshamoquin
            
             ,
          
           and
           the
           coming
           of
           
             I●sias
             ,
          
           to
           succeed
           in
           the
           Sachemship
           in
           that
           place
           )
           their
           minds
           were
           quite
           alienated
           from
           the
           place
           of
           
             Natick
             ,
          
           though
           not
           from
           the
           work
           ,
           for
           they
           desire
           to
           make
           a
           Towne
           in
           that
           fore-mentioned
           place
           of
           their
           owne
           ,
           named
           
             Ponkipog
             ,
          
           and
           are
           now
           upon
           the
           work
           .
           And
           indeed
           ,
           it
           now
           appeareth
           to
           be
           of
           the
           Lord
           ,
           because
           we
           cannot
           have
           competent
           accommodations
           at
           
             Natick
             ,
          
           for
           those
           that
           be
           there
           ,
           which
           are
           about
           fifty
           Lots
           ,
           more
           or
           lesse
           .
           
           And
           furthermore
           ,
           by
           the
           blessing
           of
           God
           upon
           the
           work
           ,
           there
           are
           People
           ,
           partly
           prepared
           ,
           and
           partly
           preparing
           for
           three
           Townes
           more
           .
           Insomuch
           ,
           as
           that
           it
           is
           most
           evident
           ,
           that
           had
           I
           procceded
           according
           to
           my
           first
           intentions
           ,
           to
           have
           called
           them
           all
           unto
           that
           one
           place
           ,
           we
           must
           have
           been
           forced
           very
           quickly
           to
           have
           scattered
           againe
           ,
           for
           want
           of
           accommodations
           for
           so
           great
           a
           company
           of
           Inhabitants
           ,
           and
           so
           have
           discouraged
           them
           at
           our
           first
           onset
           of
           drawing
           them
           from
           their
           scattered
           way
           of
           living
           ,
           unto
           Co-habitation
           :
           seeing
           it
           would
           have
           brought
           them
           unto
           such
           wants
           and
           streights
           as
           they
           could
           not
           have
           grapled
           withall
           ,
           but
           rather
           would
           have
           been
           occasioned
           to
           think
           there
           were
           insuperable
           difficulties
           in
           this
           enterprise
           :
           Whereas
           in
           lesser
           companies
           they
           may
           find
           a
           more
           plentifull
           and
           better
           course
           of
           life
           then
           they
           found
           in
           that
           former
           way
           out
           of
           which
           they
           are
           called
           ;
           as
           through
           Gods
           mercy
           ,
           and
           the
           bounty
           of
           good
           people
           in
           
             England
             ,
          
           whose
           love
           layeth
           the
           foundation-stone
           of
           the
           work
           ,
           they
           doe
           already
           feele
           and
           find
           at
           
             Natick
             ,
          
           and
           begin
           to
           find
           at
           
             Ponkipog
             .
          
        
         
           In
           prosecution
           of
           this
           work
           in
           the
           year
           1650
           we
           began
           by
           the
           Lords
           assistance
           our
           first
           Towne
           at
           
             Natick
             ,
          
           where
           we
           built
           a
           Fort
           ,
           and
           one
           dwelling-house
           .
           In
           the
           year
           51
           after
           Fasting
           and
           Prayer
           about
           that
           matter
           ,
           they
           gave
           up
           themselves
           and
           their
           Children
           to
           be
           governed
           by
           the
           Lord
           ,
           according
           to
           his
           word
           ,
           in
           all
           wayes
           of
           civility
           ,
           and
           chose
           among
           themselves
           Rulers
           of
           ten
           ,
           fifty
           ,
           and
           an
           hundred
           ,
           
             according
          
           to
           the
           holy
           Patterne
           ,
           so
           far
           as
           they
           could
           :
           In
           which
           way
           of
           Government
           the
           Lord
           hath
           not
           a
           little
           owned
           them
           ,
           and
           blessed
           them
           .
        
         
           In
           the
           year
           52
           I
           perceiving
           the
           grace
           of
           God
           in
           sundry
           of
           them
           ,
           and
           some
           poor
           measure
           of
           fitnesse
           (
           as
           I
           was
           perswaded
           )
           for
           the
           enjoyment
           of
           Church-fellowship
           ,
           and
           Ordinances
           of
           Jesus
           Christ
           ,
           I
           moved
           in
           that
           matter
           ,
           according
           as
           I
           have
           in
           the
           Narration
           thereof
           ,
           briefly
           declared
           .
           In
           the
           year
           53
           I
           moved
           not
           that
           way
           ,
           for
           these
           Reasons
           .
        
         
           I
           having
           sent
           their
           Confessions
           to
           be
           published
           in
           
             England
             ,
          
           I
           did
           much
           desire
           to
           hear
           what
           acceptance
           the
           Lord
           gave
           unto
           them
           ,
           in
           the
           hearts
           of
           his
           people
           there
           ,
           who
           daily
           labour
           at
           the
           Throne
           of
           grace
           ,
           and
           by
           other
           expressions
           of
           their
           loves
           ,
           for
           an
           holy
           birth
           of
           this
           work
           of
           the
           Lord
           ,
           to
           the
           praise
           of
           Christ
           ,
           and
           
           the
           inlargement
           of
           his
           Kingdome
           .
           As
           also
           my
           desire
           was
           ,
           that
           by
           such
           Books
           as
           might
           be
           sent
           hither
           ,
           the
           knowledge
           of
           their
           Confessions
           might
           be
           spread
           here
           ,
           unto
           the
           better
           and
           fuller
           satisfaction
           of
           many
           ,
           then
           the
           transacting
           thereof
           in
           the
           presence
           of
           some
           could
           doe
           .
           These
           Books
           came
           by
           the
           latter
           Ships
           (
           as
           I
           remember
           )
           that
           were
           bound
           for
           
             New-England
             ,
          
           and
           were
           but
           newly
           out
           when
           they
           set
           saile
           ,
           and
           therefore
           I
           had
           not
           that
           answer
           that
           year
           ,
           which
           my
           soule
           desired
           ,
           though
           something
           I
           had
           which
           gave
           encouragement
           ,
           and
           was
           a
           tast
           of
           what
           I
           have
           more
           
             fully
          
           heard
           from
           severall
           this
           year
           ,
           praised
           be
           the
           Lord
           .
        
         
           Besides
           ,
           there
           fell
           a
           great
           damping
           and
           discouragement
           upon
           us
           ,
           by
           a
           jealousie
           too
           deeply
           apprehended
           ,
           though
           utterly
           groundlesse
           ,
           
             viz.
          
           That
           even
           these
           praying
           
             Indians
          
           were
           in
           a
           conspiracy
           with
           others
           ,
           and
           with
           the
           
             Dutch
             ,
          
           to
           doe
           mischief
           to
           the
           
             English
             ,
          
           In
           which
           matter
           ,
           though
           the
           ruling
           part
           of
           the
           People
           looked
           otherwise
           upon
           them
           ,
           yet
           it
           was
           no
           season
           for
           me
           to
           stir
           or
           move
           in
           this
           matter
           ,
           when
           the
           waters
           were
           so
           troubled
           .
           This
           businesse
           needeth
           a
           calmer
           season
           ,
           and
           I
           shall
           account
           it
           a
           savour
           of
           God
           when
           ever
           he
           shall
           please
           to
           cause
           his
           face
           to
           shine
           upon
           us
           in
           it
           .
           Yet
           this
           I
           did
           the
           last
           year
           ,
           after
           the
           Books
           had
           been
           come
           a
           season
           ,
           there
           being
           a
           great
           meeting
           at
           
             Beston
             ,
          
           from
           other
           Colonies
           as
           well
           as
           our
           owne
           ,
           and
           the
           Commissioners
           being
           there
           ,
           I
           thought
           it
           necessary
           to
           take
           that
           opportunity
           to
           prepare
           and
           open
           the
           way
           in
           a
           readinesse
           against
           this
           present
           year
           ,
           by
           making
           this
           Proposition
           unto
           them
           ;
           namely
           ,
           
             That
             they
             having
             now
             seen
             their
             confessions
             ,
             if
             upon
             further
             triall
             of
             them
             in
             point
             of
             knowledge
             ,
             they
             be
             found
             to
             have
             a
             competent
             measure
             of
             understanding
             in
             the
             fundamentall
             points
             of
             Religion
             ;
             and
             also
             ,
             if
             there
             be
             due
             testimony
             of
             their
             conversation
             ,
             that
             they
             walke
             in
             a
             Christian
             manner
             according
             to
             their
             light
             ,
             so
             that
             Religion
             is
             to
             be
             seen
             in
             their
             lives
             ;
             whether
             then
             it
             be
             according
             to
             God
             ,
             and
             acceptable
             to
             his
             people
             ,
             that
             they
             be
             called
             up
             unto
             Church-estate
             ?
          
           Unto
           which
           I
           had
           I
           blesse
           the
           Lord
           ,
           a
           generall
           approbation
           .
        
         
           Accordingly
           this
           year
           54
           I
           moved
           the
           Elders
           ,
           that
           they
           would
           give
           me
           advice
           and
           assistance
           in
           this
           great
           businesse
           ,
           &
           that
           they
           would
           at
           a
           fit
           season
           examine
           the
           
             Indians
          
           in
           point
           of
           their
           knowledge
           ,
           because
           we
           found
           by
           the
           former
           triall
           ,
           that
           a
           day
           will
           be
           too
           little
           (
           if
           the
           Lord
           please
           to
           call
           them
           on
           to
           Church-fellowship
           )
           
           to
           examine
           them
           in
           points
           of
           Knowledge
           ,
           and
           hear
           their
           Confessions
           ,
           and
           guide
           them
           into
           the
           holy
           Covenant
           of
           the
           Lord
           .
           Seeing
           all
           these
           things
           are
           to
           be
           transacted
           in
           a
           strange
           language
           ,
           and
           by
           Interpreters
           ,
           and
           with
           such
           a
           people
           as
           they
           be
           in
           these
           their
           first
           beginnings
           .
           But
           if
           they
           would
           spend
           a
           day
           on
           purpose
           to
           examine
           them
           in
           their
           knowledge
           ,
           there
           would
           be
           so
           much
           the
           more
           liberty
           to
           doe
           it
           fully
           and
           throughly
           (
           as
           such
           a
           work
           ought
           to
           be
           )
           as
           also
           when
           they
           may
           be
           called
           to
           gather
           into
           Church-Communion
           ,
           it
           may
           suffice
           that
           some
           one
           of
           them
           should
           make
           a
           Doctrinall
           Confession
           before
           the
           Lord
           and
           his
           people
           ,
           as
           the
           rule
           of
           faith
           which
           they
           build
           upon
           ,
           the
           rest
           attesting
           their
           consent
           unto
           the
           same
           :
           And
           themselves
           (
           the
           Elders
           I
           mean
           ,
           if
           the
           Lord
           so
           far
           assist
           the
           
             Indians
             ,
          
           as
           to
           give
           them
           satisfaction
           )
           might
           testifie
           that
           upon
           Examination
           they
           have
           found
           a
           competency
           of
           knowledge
           in
           them
           to
           inable
           them
           unto
           such
           a
           work
           and
           state
           .
           And
           thus
           the
           work
           might
           be
           much
           shortned
           ,
           and
           more
           comfortably
           expedited
           in
           one
           day
           .
           I
           found
           no
           unreadinesse
           in
           the
           Elders
           to
           further
           this
           work
           .
        
         
           Some
           dispute
           there
           was
           about
           Officers
           in
           the
           Church
           ,
           if
           they
           should
           be
           found
           fit
           matter
           to
           proceed
           ,
           of
           which
           I
           shall
           anon
           speak
           God-willing
           .
        
         
           They
           concluded
           to
           attend
           the
           work
           ,
           and
           for
           severall
           Reasons
           advised
           that
           the
           place
           should
           be
           at
           
             Roxbury
             ,
          
           and
           not
           at
           
             Natick
             ,
          
           and
           that
           the
           
             Indians
          
           should
           be
           called
           thither
           ,
           the
           time
           they
           left
           to
           me
           to
           appoint
           ,
           in
           such
           a
           season
           as
           wherein
           the
           Elders
           may
           be
           at
           best
           liberty
           from
           other
           publick
           occasions
           The
           time
           appointed
           was
           the
           13
           of
           the
           4
           moneth
           ;
           mean
           while
           I
           dispatched
           Letters
           unto
           such
           as
           had
           knowledge
           in
           the
           Tongue
           ,
           requesting
           that
           they
           would
           come
           and
           help
           in
           Interpretation
           ,
           or
           attest
           unto
           the
           truth
           of
           my
           Interpretations
           .
           I
           sent
           also
           for
           my
           Brother
           
             Mayhu
             ,
          
           who
           accordingly
           came
           ,
           and
           brought
           an
           Interpreter
           with
           him
           .
           Others
           whom
           I
           had
           desired
           ,
           came
           not
           .
           I
           informed
           the
           
             Indians
          
           of
           this
           appointment
           ,
           and
           of
           the
           end
           it
           was
           appointed
           for
           ,
           which
           they
           therefore
           called
           ,
           and
           still
           doe
           ,
           when
           they
           have
           occasion
           to
           speak
           of
           it
           ,
           
             Natootomuhteáe
             kesuk
             ,
             A
             day
             of
             asking
             Questions
             ,
          
           or
           ,
           
             A
             day
             of
             Examination
             .
          
           I
           advised
           them
           to
           prepare
           for
           it
           ,
           and
           to
           pray
           earnestly
           about
           it
           ,
           that
           they
           might
           be
           accepted
           among
           Gods
           people
           ,
           if
           it
           were
           the
           will
           of
           God
           .
        
         
         
           It
           pleased
           God
           so
           to
           guide
           ,
           that
           there
           was
           a
           publick
           Fast
           of
           all
           the
           Churches
           ,
           betwixt
           this
           our
           appointment
           ,
           and
           the
           accomplishment
           thereof
           :
           which
           day
           they
           kept
           ,
           as
           the
           Churches
           did
           ,
           and
           this
           businesse
           of
           theirs
           was
           a
           Principall
           matter
           in
           their
           Prayers
        
         
           It
           hath
           pleased
           God
           to
           lay
           his
           hand
           in
           sicknesse
           upon
           
             Monequassun
          
           our
           
             Natick
          
           Schoolmaster
           ,
           so
           that
           we
           greatly
           wanted
           his
           help
           and
           concurrence
           in
           this
           businesse
           .
           Yea
           ,
           and
           such
           is
           his
           disease
           (
           
             viz.
          
           an
           
             Vlcer
          
           in
           his
           Lungs
           )
           that
           I
           fear
           the
           Lord
           will
           take
           him
           away
           from
           us
           ,
           to
           the
           great
           hindrance
           of
           our
           work
           ,
           in
           respect
           of
           humane
           means
           :
           
             Lord
             increase
             our
             faith
             !
          
        
         
           There
           fell
           out
           a
           very
           great
           discouragement
           a
           little
           before
           the
           time
           ,
           which
           might
           have
           been
           a
           scandall
           unto
           them
           ,
           and
           I
           doubt
           not
           but
           Satan
           intended
           it
           so
           ;
           but
           the
           Lord
           improved
           it
           to
           stir
           up
           faith
           and
           Prayer
           ,
           and
           so
           turned
           it
           another
           way
           :
           Thus
           it
           was
           .
           Three
           of
           the
           unsound
           sort
           of
           such
           as
           are
           among
           them
           that
           pray
           unto
           God
           ,
           who
           are
           hemmed
           in
           by
           Relations
           ,
           and
           other
           means
           ,
           to
           doe
           that
           which
           their
           hearts
           love
           not
           ;
           and
           whose
           Vices
           Satan
           improveth
           to
           scandalize
           and
           reproach
           the
           better
           sort
           withall
           ;
           while
           many
           ,
           and
           some
           good
           People
           are
           too
           ready
           to
           say
           they
           are
           all
           alike
           .
           I
           say
           three
           of
           them
           had
           gotten
           severall
           quarts
           of
           Strong-water
           ,
           (
           which
           sundry
           out
           of
           a
           greedy
           desire
           of
           a
           little
           gaine
           ,
           are
           too
           ready
           to
           sell
           unto
           them
           ,
           to
           the
           offence
           and
           grief
           of
           the
           better
           sort
           of
           
             Indians
             ,
          
           and
           of
           the
           godly
           
             English
          
           too
           )
           and
           with
           these
           liquors
           ,
           did
           not
           onely
           make
           themselves
           drunk
           ,
           but
           got
           a
           Child
           of
           eleven
           years
           of
           age
           ,
           the
           Son
           of
           
             Toteswamp
             ,
          
           whom
           his
           Father
           had
           sent
           for
           a
           little
           Corne
           and
           Fish
           to
           that
           place
           near
           
             Watertowne
             ,
          
           where
           they
           were
           .
           Unto
           this
           Child
           they
           first
           gave
           too
           spoonfulls
           of
           Strong-water
           ,
           which
           was
           more
           then
           his
           head
           could
           bear
           ;
           and
           another
           of
           them
           put
           a
           Bottle
           ,
           or
           such
           like
           Vessell
           to
           his
           mouth
           ,
           and
           caused
           him
           to
           drink
           till
           he
           was
           very
           drunk
           ;
           and
           then
           one
           of
           them
           domineered
           ,
           and
           said
           ,
           
             Now
             we
             will
             see
             whether
             your
             father
             will
             punish
             us
             for
             Drunkennesse
          
           (
           for
           he
           is
           a
           Ruler
           among
           them
           )
           
             seeing
             you
             are
             drunk
             with
             us
             for
             company
             ;
          
           and
           in
           this
           case
           lay
           the
           Child
           abroad
           all
           night
           .
           They
           also
           fought
           ,
           and
           had
           been
           severall
           times
           Punished
           formerly
           for
           Drunkennesse
           .
        
         
           When
           
             Toteswamp
          
           heard
           of
           this
           ,
           it
           was
           a
           great
           shame
           and
           
           breaking
           of
           heart
           unto
           him
           ,
           and
           he
           knew
           not
           what
           to
           doe
           .
           The
           rest
           of
           the
           Rulers
           with
           him
           considered
           of
           the
           matter
           ,
           they
           found
           a
           complication
           of
           many
           sins
           together
           .
        
         
           
             1
             The
             sin
             of
             Drunkennesse
             ,
             and
             that
             after
             many
             former
             Punishments
             for
             the
             same
             .
          
           
             2
             A
             willfull
             making
             of
             the
             Child
             drunk
             ,
             and
             exposing
             him
             to
             danger
             also
             .
          
           
             3
             A
             degree
             of
             reproaching
             the
             Rulers
             .
          
           
             4
             Fighting
             .
          
        
         
           Word
           was
           brought
           to
           me
           of
           it
           ,
           a
           little
           before
           I
           took
           Horse
           to
           goe
           to
           
             Natick
          
           to
           keep
           the
           Sabbath
           with
           them
           ,
           being
           about
           ten
           dayes
           before
           the
           appointed
           Meeting
           .
           The
           Tidings
           sunk
           my
           spirit
           extreamly
           ,
           I
           did
           judge
           it
           to
           be
           the
           greatest
           
             frowne
          
           of
           God
           that
           ever
           I
           met
           withall
           in
           the
           work
           ,
           I
           could
           read
           nothing
           in
           it
           but
           displeasure
           ,
           I
           began
           to
           doubt
           about
           our
           intended
           work
           :
           I
           knew
           not
           what
           to
           doe
           ,
           the
           blacknesse
           of
           the
           sins
           ,
           and
           the
           Persons
           reflected
           on
           ,
           made
           my
           very
           heart
           faile
           me
           :
           For
           one
           of
           the
           offendors
           (
           though
           least
           in
           the
           offence
           )
           was
           he
           that
           hath
           been
           my
           Interpreter
           ,
           whom
           I
           have
           used
           in
           Translating
           a
           good
           part
           of
           the
           Holy
           Scriptures
           ;
           and
           in
           that
           respect
           I
           saw
           much
           of
           Satans
           venome
           ,
           and
           in
           God
           I
           saw
           displeasure
           .
           For
           this
           and
           some
           other
           acts
           of
           Apostacy
           at
           this
           time
           ,
           I
           had
           thoughts
           of
           casting
           him
           off
           from
           that
           work
           ,
           yet
           now
           the
           Lord
           hath
           found
           a
           way
           to
           humble
           him
           .
           But
           his
           Apostacy
           at
           this
           time
           was
           a
           great
           Tryall
           ,
           and
           I
           did
           lay
           him
           by
           for
           that
           day
           of
           our
           Examination
           ,
           I
           used
           another
           in
           his
           room
           .
           Thus
           Satan
           aimed
           at
           me
           in
           this
           their
           miscarrying
           ;
           and
           
             Toteswamp
          
           is
           a
           Principall
           man
           in
           the
           work
           ,
           as
           you
           shall
           have
           occasion
           to
           see
           anon
           God-willing
           .
        
         
           By
           some
           occasion
           our
           Ruling
           Elder
           and
           I
           being
           together
           ,
           I
           opened
           the
           case
           unto
           him
           ,
           and
           the
           Lord
           guided
           him
           to
           speak
           some
           gracious
           words
           of
           encouragement
           unto
           me
           ,
           by
           which
           the
           Lord
           did
           relieve
           my
           spirit
           ;
           and
           so
           I
           committed
           the
           matter
           and
           issue
           unto
           the
           Lord
           ,
           to
           doe
           what
           pleased
           him
           ,
           and
           in
           so
           doing
           my
           soul
           was
           quiet
           in
           the
           Lord
           .
           I
           went
           on
           my
           journey
           ,
           being
           the
           6
           day
           of
           the
           week
           ;
           when
           I
           came
           at
           
             Natick
             ,
          
           the
           Rulers
           had
           then
           a
           Court
           about
           it
           .
           Soon
           after
           I
           came
           there
           ,
           the
           Rulers
           came
           to
           me
           with
           a
           Question
           about
           this
           matter
           ,
           they
           related
           the
           whole
           businesse
           unto
           me
           ,
           with
           much
           trouble
           and
           grief
           .
        
         
         
           Then
           
             Toteswamp
          
           spake
           to
           this
           purpose
           ,
           
             I
             am
             greatly
             grieved
             about
             these
             things
             ,
             and
             now
             God
             tryeth
             me
             whether
             I
             love
             Christ
             or
             my
             Child
             best
             .
             They
             say
             ,
             They
             will
             try
             me
             ;
             but
             I
             say
             ,
             God
             will
             try
             me
             .
             Christ
             saith
             ,
             He
             that
             loveth
             father
             ,
             or
             mother
             ,
             or
             wife
             ,
             or
             Child
             ,
             better
             then
             me
             ,
             is
             not
             worthy
             of
             me
             .
             Christ
             saith
             ,
             I
             must
             correct
             my
             Child
             ,
             if
             I
             should
             refuse
             to
             doe
             that
             ,
             I
             should
             not
             love
             Christ
             .
             God
             bid
             Abraham
             kill
             his
             Son
             ,
             Abraham
             loved
             God
             ,
             and
             therefore
             he
             would
             have
             done
             it
             ,
             had
             not
             God
             with-held
             him
             .
             God
             saith
             to
             me
             ,
             onely
             punish
             your
             Child
             ,
             and
             how
             can
             I
             love
             God
             ,
             if
             I
             should
             refuse
             to
             doe
             that
             ?
          
           These
           things
           he
           spake
           in
           more
           words
           ,
           and
           much
           affection
           ,
           and
           not
           with
           dry
           eyes
           :
           Nor
           could
           I
           refraine
           from
           teares
           to
           hear
           him
           .
           When
           it
           was
           said
           ,
           The
           Child
           was
           not
           so
           guilty
           of
           the
           sin
           ,
           as
           those
           that
           made
           him
           drunk
           ;
           he
           said
           ,
           
             That
             he
             was
             guilty
             of
             sin
             ,
             in
             that
             he
             feared
             not
             sin
             ,
             and
             in
             that
             he
             did
             not
             believe
             his
             counsells
             that
             he
             had
             often
             given
             him
             ,
             to
             take
             heed
             of
             evill
             company
             ;
             but
             he
             had
             believed
             Satan
             and
             sinners
             more
             then
             him
             ,
             therefore
             he
             needed
             to
             be
             punished
             .
          
           After
           other
           such
           like
           discourse
           ,
           the
           Rulers
           left
           me
           ,
           and
           went
           unto
           their
           businesse
           ,
           which
           they
           were
           about
           before
           I
           came
           ,
           which
           they
           did
           bring
           unto
           this
           conclusion
           ,
           and
           judgement
           ,
           They
           judged
           the
           three
           men
           to
           sit
           in
           the
           stocks
           a
           good
           space
           of
           time
           ,
           and
           thence
           to
           be
           brought
           to
           the
           whipping-Post
           ,
           &
           have
           each
           of
           them
           twenty
           lashes
           .
           The
           boy
           to
           be
           put
           in
           the
           stocks
           a
           little
           while
           ,
           and
           the
           next
           day
           his
           father
           was
           to
           whip
           him
           in
           the
           School
           ,
           before
           the
           Children
           there
           ;
           all
           which
           Judgement
           was
           executed
           .
           When
           they
           came
           to
           be
           whipt
           ,
           the
           Constable
           fetcht
           them
           one
           after
           another
           to
           the
           Tree
           (
           which
           they
           make
           use
           of
           instead
           of
           a
           Post
           )
           where
           they
           all
           received
           their
           Punishments
           :
           which
           done
           ,
           the
           Rulers
           spake
           thus
           ,
           one
           of
           them
           said
           ,
           
             The
             Punishments
             for
             sin
             are
             the
             Commandements
             of
             God
             ,
             and
             the
             worke
             of
             God
             ,
             and
             his
             end
             was
             ,
             to
             doe
             them
             good
             ,
             and
             bring
             them
             to
             repentance
             .
          
           And
           upon
           that
           ground
           he
           did
           in
           more
           words
           exhort
           them
           to
           repentance
           ,
           and
           amendment
           of
           life
           .
           When
           he
           had
           done
           ,
           another
           spake
           unto
           them
           to
           this
           purpose
           ,
           
             You
             are
             taught
             in
             Catechisme
             ,
             that
             the
             wages
             of
             sin
             are
             all
             miseries
             and
             calamities
             in
             this
             life
             ,
             and
             also
             death
             ,
             and
             eternall
             damnation
             in
             hell
             .
             Now
             you
             feele
             some
             smart
             as
             the
             fruit
             of
             your
             sin
             ,
             and
             this
             is
             to
             bring
             you
             to
             repentance
             ,
             that
             so
             you
             may
             escape
             the
             rest
             .
          
           And
           in
           more
           words
           he
           exhorted
           them
           
           to
           repentance
           .
           When
           he
           had
           done
           ,
           another
           spake
           to
           this
           purpose
           ,
           
             Heare
             all
             yee
             people
          
           (
           turning
           himselfe
           to
           the
           People
           who
           stood
           round
           about
           ,
           I
           think
           not
           lesse
           then
           two
           hundred
           ,
           small
           and
           great
           )
           
             this
             is
             the
             Commandement
             of
             the
             Lord
             ,
             that
             thus
             it
             should
             be
             done
             unto
             sinners
             ;
             and
             therefore
             let
             all
             take
             warning
             by
             this
             ,
             that
             you
             commit
             not
             such
             sins
             ,
             least
             you
             incur
             these
             Punishments
             .
          
           And
           with
           more
           words
           he
           exhorted
           the
           People
           .
           Others
           of
           the
           Rulers
           spake
           also
           ,
           but
           some
           things
           spoken
           I
           understood
           not
           ,
           and
           some
           things
           slipt
           from
           me
           :
           But
           these
           which
           I
           have
           related
           remained
           with
           me
           .
        
         
           When
           I
           returned
           to
           
             Roxbury
             ,
          
           I
           related
           these
           things
           to
           our
           Elder
           ,
           to
           whom
           I
           had
           before
           related
           the
           sin
           ,
           and
           my
           grief
           :
           who
           was
           much
           affected
           to
           hear
           it
           ,
           and
           magnified
           God
           .
           He
           said
           also
           ,
           That
           their
           sin
           was
           but
           a
           Transient
           act
           ,
           which
           had
           no
           Rule
           ,
           and
           would
           vanish
           :
           But
           these
           Judgements
           were
           an
           Ordinance
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           would
           remaine
           ,
           and
           doe
           more
           good
           every
           way
           ,
           then
           their
           sin
           could
           doe
           hurt
           ,
           telling
           me
           what
           cause
           I
           had
           to
           be
           thankfull
           for
           such
           an
           issue
           :
           Which
           I
           therefore
           relate
           ,
           because
           the
           Lord
           did
           speak
           to
           my
           heart
           ,
           in
           this
           exigent
           ,
           by
           his
           words
           .
        
         
           When
           the
           Assembly
           was
           met
           for
           Examination
           of
           the
           
             Indians
             ,
          
           and
           ordered
           ,
           I
           declared
           the
           end
           and
           Reason
           of
           this
           Meeting
           ,
           and
           therefore
           declared
           ,
           That
           any
           one
           ,
           in
           due
           order
           ,
           might
           have
           liberty
           to
           propound
           any
           Questions
           for
           their
           satisfaction
           .
           Likewise
           ,
           I
           requested
           the
           Assembly
           ,
           That
           if
           any
           one
           doubted
           of
           the
           Interpretations
           that
           should
           be
           given
           of
           their
           Answers
           ,
           that
           they
           would
           Propound
           their
           doubt
           ,
           and
           they
           should
           have
           the
           words
           scanned
           and
           tryed
           by
           the
           Interpreters
           ,
           that
           so
           all
           things
           may
           be
           done
           most
           clearly
           .
           For
           my
           desire
           was
           to
           be
           true
           to
           Christ
           ,
           to
           their
           soules
           ,
           and
           to
           the
           Churches
           :
           And
           the
           trying
           out
           of
           any
           of
           their
           Answers
           by
           the
           Interpreters
           ,
           would
           tend
           to
           the
           satisfaction
           of
           such
           as
           doubt
           ,
           as
           it
           fell
           out
           in
           one
           Answer
           which
           they
           gave
           ;
           the
           Question
           was
           ,
           
             How
             they
             knew
             the
             Scriptures
             to
             be
             the
             word
             of
             God
             ?
          
           The
           finall
           Answer
           was
           ,
           Because
           they
           did
           find
           that
           it
           did
           change
           their
           hearts
           ,
           and
           wrought
           in
           them
           wisedome
           and
           humility
           .
           This
           Answer
           being
           Interpreted
           to
           Assembly
           ,
           my
           Brother
           
             Mahu
          
           doubted
           ,
           especially
           of
           the
           word
           
             [
             Hohpoóonk
             ]
          
           signifying
           
             Humility
             ,
          
           it
           was
           scanned
           by
           the
           Interpreters
           ,
           and
           proved
           to
           be
           right
           ,
           and
           he
           rested
           satisfied
           therein
           .
           I
           was
           purposed
           my
           
           selfe
           to
           have
           written
           the
           Elders
           Questions
           ,
           and
           the
           
             Indians
          
           Answers
           ,
           but
           I
           was
           so
           imployed
           in
           propounding
           to
           the
           
             Indians
          
           the
           Elders
           Questions
           ,
           and
           in
           returning
           the
           
             Indians
          
           Answers
           ,
           as
           that
           it
           was
           not
           possible
           for
           me
           to
           write
           ,
           unlesse
           I
           had
           caused
           the
           Assembly
           to
           stay
           upon
           it
           ,
           which
           had
           not
           been
           fitting
           ;
           therefore
           seeing
           Mr.
           
             Walton
          
           writing
           ,
           I
           did
           request
           him
           to
           write
           the
           Questions
           and
           Answers
           ,
           and
           help
           me
           with
           a
           Copy
           of
           them
           ,
           which
           I
           thank
           him
           ,
           he
           did
           ,
           a
           Copy
           whereof
           I
           herewith
           send
           to
           be
           inserted
           in
           this
           place
           ,
           on
           which
           ,
           this
           only
           I
           will
           animadvert
           ,
           That
           the
           Elders
           in
           wisdome
           thought
           it
           not
           fit
           to
           ask
           them
           in
           Catechisticall
           method
           strictly
           ,
           in
           which
           way
           Children
           might
           Answer
           :
           But
           that
           they
           might
           try
           whether
           they
           understood
           what
           they
           said
           ,
           they
           traversed
           up
           and
           downe
           in
           Questions
           of
           Religion
           ,
           as
           here
           you
           see
           .
        
         
           
             Postscript
             .
          
           
             LET
             the
             Reader
             take
             notice
             ,
             That
             these
             Questions
             were
             not
             propounded
             all
             to
             one
             man
             ,
             but
             to
             sundry
             ,
             which
             is
             the
             reason
             that
             sometime
             the
             same
             Questions
             are
             propounded
             againe
             and
             againe
             .
             Also
             the
             number
             Examined
             were
             about
             eight
             ,
             namely
             ▪
             so
             many
             as
             might
             be
             first
             called
             forth
             to
             enter
             into
             Church-Covenant
             ,
             if
             the
             Lord
             give
             opportunity
             .
          
        
      
       
       
         
           THE
           EXAMINATION
           OF
           THE
           INDIANS
           AT
           Roxbury
           ,
           
             The
             13th
             Day
             of
             the
             4th
             Month
             ,
             1654.
             
          
        
         
           
             Quest
             :
          
           WHat
           is
           God
           ?
        
         
           
             Answ
             :
          
           An
           Ever-living
           Spirit
           .
        
         
           
             Q.
          
           What
           are
           the
           Attributes
           of
           God
           ?
        
         
           
             A.
          
           God
           is
           Eternall
           ,
           Infinite
           ,
           Wise
           ,
           Holy
           ,
           Just
           .
        
         
           
             Q.
          
           In
           which
           of
           these
           are
           we
           like
           unto
           God
           ?
        
         
           
             A.
          
           In
           Wisedome
           ,
           Holinesse
           ,
           and
           Righteousnesse
           :
           But
           in
           Infinitenesse
           and
           Eternity
           ,
           God
           is
           onely
           like
           himselfe
           .
        
         
           
             Q
          
           How
           many
           Gods
           are
           there
           ?
        
         
           
             A.
          
           There
           is
           one
           onely
           God
           .
        
         
         
           
             Q.
          
           Have
           not
           some
           Indians
           many
           Gods
           ?
        
         
           
             A.
          
           They
           have
           many
           Gods
           .
        
         
           
             Q.
          
           How
           doe
           you
           know
           these
           Gods
           are
           no
           Gods
           ?
        
         
           
             A.
          
           Before
           the
           English
           came
           we
           knew
           not
           but
           that
           they
           were
           Gods
           ,
           but
           since
           they
           came
           we
           know
           they
           are
           no
           Gods
        
         
           
             Q.
          
           What
           doe
           you
           find
           in
           the
           true
           God
           ,
           that
           you
           find
           not
           in
           false
           Gods
           ?
        
         
           
             A.
          
           I
           see
           in
           the
           English
           many
           things
           ,
           that
           God
           is
           the
           true
           God
           .
        
         
           
             Q.
          
           What
           good
           things
           see
           you
           in
           the
           English
           ?
        
         
           
             A.
          
           I
           see
           true
           love
           ,
           that
           our
           great
           
             Sachems
          
           have
           not
           ,
           and
           that
           maketh
           me
           think
           that
           God
           is
           the
           true
           God
           .
        
         
           
             Q.
          
           Doe
           you
           love
           God
           ?
        
         
           
             A.
          
           A
           little
           I
           love
           God
           ,
           my
           heart
           wanteth
           wisedome
           ,
           but
           I
           doe
           desire
           to
           love
           him
           .
        
         
           
             Q.
          
           Why
           doe
           you
           love
           God
           ?
        
         
           
             A.
          
           Because
           we
           are
           taught
           this
           ,
           that
           when
           we
           dye
           ,
           we
           must
           goe
           to
           God
           ,
           and
           live
           ever
           with
           him
           .
        
         
           
             Q.
          
           Who
           among
           the
           Indians
           shall
           goe
           to
           God
           ,
           and
           what
           are
           the
           signes
           that
           they
           shall
           goe
           to
           God
           ?
        
         
           
             A.
          
           Every
           man
           that
           truly
           believeth
           in
           Jesus
           Christ
           shall
           goe
           to
           heaven
           .
        
         
           
             Q.
          
           Whether
           have
           you
           not
           many
           jealousies
           and
           feares
           that
           you
           love
           not
           God
           in
           truth
           ?
        
         
           
             A.
          
           I
           hope
           I
           have
           some
           love
           to
           God
           ,
           but
           I
           know
           that
           I
           have
           but
           little
           knowledge
           of
           him
           ,
           I
           hope
           I
           love
           him
           .
        
         
           
             Q.
          
           How
           doe
           you
           understand
           that
           God
           ruleth
           in
           your
           heart
           ?
        
         
           
             A.
          
           Before
           I
           prayed
           to
           God
           ,
           I
           knew
           nothing
           of
           God
           ,
           but
           since
           I
           have
           been
           taught
           ,
           I
           desire
           to
           believe
           .
        
         
           
             Q.
          
           What
           is
           faith
           in
           Iesus
           Christ
           ?
        
         
           
             A.
          
           I
           confesse
           I
           deserve
           to
           be
           damned
           for
           ever
           ,
           and
           I
           am
           not
           able
           to
           deliver
           my selfe
           ,
           but
           I
           betrust
           my
           soule
           with
           Jesus
           Christ
           .
        
         
           
             Q.
          
           Whether
           doth
           not
           your
           soule
           groane
           within
           you
           ,
           under
           the
           sense
           of
           unbelief
           ,
           and
           other
           sins
           ?
        
         
           
             A.
          
           Since
           I
           have
           been
           taught
           ,
           I
           find
           my selfe
           very
           weak
           ,
           there
           is
           a
           little
           in
           me
           ,
           sometimes
           my
           heart
           mournes
           ,
           sometimes
           I
           desire
           more
           .
        
         
         
           
             Q.
          
           How
           doe
           you
           know
           the
           word
           of
           God
           is
           Gods
           word
           ?
        
         
           
             A.
          
           I
           believe
           the
           word
           that
           you
           teach
           us
           ,
           was
           spoken
           of
           God
           .
        
         
           
             Q.
          
           Why
           doe
           you
           believe
           it
           ?
        
         
           
             A.
          
           Therefore
           I
           believe
           it
           to
           be
           the
           word
           of
           God
           ,
           because
           when
           we
           learn
           it
           ,
           it
           teacheth
           our
           hearts
           to
           be
           wise
           and
           humble
           .
        
         
           
             Q.
          
           Whether
           are
           not
           your
           sins
           ,
           and
           the
           temptations
           of
           
             Hobbomak
          
           more
           strong
           since
           ,
           then
           before
           you
           prayed
           to
           God
           ?
        
         
           
             A.
          
           Before
           I
           preyed
           to
           God
           ,
           I
           knew
           not
           what
           Satans
           temptations
           were
           .
        
         
           
             Q.
          
           Doe
           you
           know
           now
           ?
        
         
           
             A.
          
           Now
           I
           have
           heard
           what
           Satans
           temptations
           are
           .
        
         
           
             Q.
          
           What
           is
           a
           temptation
           of
           the
           Devill
           in
           your
           heart
           ,
           doe
           you
           understand
           what
           it
           is
           ?
        
         
           
             A.
          
           Within
           my
           heart
           there
           are
           Hypocrisies
           ,
           which
           doe
           not
           appear
           without
           .
        
         
           
             Q.
          
           Whether
           doe
           not
           you
           find
           this
           a
           principall
           temptation
           from
           the
           wickednesse
           of
           your
           heart
           ,
           to
           drive
           you
           away
           from
           Christ
           ,
           and
           not
           to
           believe
           the
           gracious
           Promises
           in
           Iesus
           Christ
           ?
           Or
           whether
           when
           you
           find
           wickednesse
           in
           your
           heart
           ,
           you
           are
           not
           tempted
           ,
           that
           you
           cannot
           believe
           ?
        
         
           
             A.
          
           My
           heart
           doth
           strongly
           desire
           to
           goe
           on
           in
           sin
           ,
           but
           this
           is
           a
           strong
           temptation
           ,
           but
           Faith
           is
           the
           work
           of
           Jesus
           Christ
           .
        
         
           
             Q.
          
           Why
           doe
           some
           believe
           in
           Christ
           ,
           and
           not
           others
           ,
           what
           maketh
           the
           difference
           ?
        
         
           
             A.
          
           Because
           Satan
           speaks
           to
           some
           ,
           and
           bids
           them
           not
           believe
           ,
           and
           they
           hearken
           to
           him
           ,
           and
           God
           speaks
           to
           others
           ,
           and
           they
           believe
           God
           .
        
         
           
             Q.
          
           Why
           doe
           they
           believe
           God
           ?
        
         
           
             A.
          
           It
           is
           the
           work
           of
           the
           Spirit
           of
           God
           ,
           teaching
           them
           to
           believe
           in
           Jesus
           Christ
           .
        
         
           Another
           Indian
           being
           asked
           what
           he
           could
           say
           further
           to
           it
           ,
           he
           Answered
           ,
           
             Jesus
             Christ
             sendeth
             his
             Spirit
             into
             their
             hearts
             ,
             and
             teacheth
             them
             .
          
        
         
           
             Q.
          
           What
           moveth
           Iesus
           Christ
           to
           send
           his
           Spirit
           ,
           whether
           any
           thing
           in
           your selfe
           ?
        
         
           
             A.
          
           I
           believe
           ,
           the
           Promise
           of
           God
           .
        
         
           
             Q.
          
           Whether
           doe
           you
           indeed
           believe
           there
           is
           a
           God
           ,
           Christ
           ,
           Heaven
           ,
           Hell
           ,
           whether
           have
           you
           any
           doubts
           concerning
           these
           thing
           ,
           or
           no
           ?
        
         
         
           
             A
             ,
          
           I
           doe
           but
           a
           little
           know
           my
           owne
           thoughts
           ,
           but
           God
           throughly
           knoweth
           my
           heart
           ,
           I
           desire
           to
           believe
           these
           things
           ,
           I
           desire
           not
           to
           be
           an
           Hypocrite
           .
        
         
           
             It
             being
             put
             to
             another
             Indian
             for
             further
             answer
             ,
             he
             answered
             ,
          
           My
           heart
           desires
           truly
           to
           pray
           unto
           God
           ,
           and
           I
           more
           and
           more
           desire
           to
           believe
           these
           things
           .
           When
           I
           am
           taught
           by
           the
           word
           Preached
           ,
           I
           desire
           to
           believe
           in
           particular
           ,
           I
           desire
           to
           believe
           as
           long
           as
           I
           live
           .
        
         
           
             Q.
          
           What
           is
           the
           Word
           of
           God
           ?
        
         
           
             A.
          
           That
           wherein
           God
           hath
           written
           his
           Will
           ,
           and
           therein
           taught
           the
           way
           to
           Heaven
           .
        
         
           
             Q.
          
           What
           is
           sin
           ?
        
         
           
             A.
          
           There
           is
           the
           root
           sin
           ,
           an
           evill
           heart
           ;
           and
           there
           is
           actuall
           sin
           ,
           sin
           is
           a
           breaking
           of
           the
           Law
           of
           God
           .
        
         
           
             Q.
          
           Wherein
           doe
           you
           breake
           the
           Law
           of
           God
           ?
        
         
           
             A.
          
           Every
           day
           in
           my
           heart
           ,
           words
           ,
           and
           works
           .
        
         
           
             Q.
          
           Why
           are
           you
           troubled
           for
           sin
           ,
           that
           none
           ever
           knew
           but
           your selfe
           ?
        
         
           
             A.
          
           I
           fear
           God
           ,
           and
           Jesus
           Christ
           .
        
         
           
             Q.
          
           What
           doe
           you
           believe
           about
           the
           immortality
           of
           the
           soule
           ,
           and
           resurrection
           of
           the
           body
           ?
           doth
           the
           soule
           dye
           when
           the
           body
           dyeth
           ?
        
         
           
             A.
          
           I
           believe
           ,
           when
           the
           body
           of
           a
           good
           man
           dyeth
           ,
           the
           Angels
           carry
           his
           soule
           to
           heaven
           ,
           when
           a
           wicked
           man
           dyeth
           ,
           the
           Devills
           carry
           his
           soule
           to
           hell
           .
        
         
           
             Q.
          
           How
           long
           shall
           they
           be
           in
           that
           state
           ?
        
         
           
             A.
          
           Untill
           Christ
           cometh
           to
           Judgement
           .
        
         
           
             Q.
          
           When
           Christ
           cometh
           to
           judge
           the
           world
           ,
           what
           then
           shall
           become
           of
           them
           ?
        
         
           
             A.
          
           The
           dead
           bodies
           of
           all
           men
           shall
           rise
           againe
           ,
        
         
           
             Q.
          
           Whether
           shall
           they
           ever
           dye
           any
           more
           ?
        
         
           
             A.
          
           Good
           men
           shall
           never
           dye
           any
           more
           .
        
         
           
             Q.
          
           Whether
           doe
           you
           believe
           that
           these
           very
           bodies
           of
           ours
           shall
           rise
           againe
           ?
        
         
           
             A.
          
           This
           body
           which
           rots
           in
           the
           earth
           ,
           this
           very
           body
           ,
           God
           maketh
           it
           new
           .
        
         
           
             Q.
          
           Who
           is
           Iesus
           Christ
           ?
        
         
         
           
             A.
          
           Jesus
           Christ
           is
           the
           Son
           of
           God
           ,
           yet
           borne
           man
           ,
           and
           so
           both
           God
           and
           man
        
         
           
             Q.
          
           Why
           was
           Christ
           Iesus
           a
           man
           ?
        
         
           
             A.
          
           That
           he
           might
           dye
           for
           us
           .
        
         
           
             Q.
          
           Why
           is
           Christ
           Iesus
           God
           ?
        
         
           
             A.
          
           That
           his
           death
           might
           be
           of
           great
           value
           .
        
         
           
             Q.
          
           Why
           doe
           you
           say
           ,
           Christ
           Iesus
           was
           a
           man
           that
           he
           might
           dye
           ,
           doe
           onely
           men
           dye
           ?
        
         
           
             A.
          
           He
           dyed
           for
           our
           sins
           .
        
         
           
             Q.
          
           What
           reason
           or
           justice
           is
           there
           ,
           that
           Christ
           should
           dye
           for
           our
           sins
           ?
        
         
           
             A.
          
           God
           made
           all
           the
           world
           ,
           and
           man
           sinned
           ,
           therefore
           it
           was
           necessary
           Christ
           should
           dye
           to
           carry
           men
           up
           to
           Heaven
           .
           God
           hath
           given
           unto
           us
           his
           Son
           Jesus
           Christ
           ,
           because
           of
           our
           sins
           .
        
         
           
             The
             Question
             being
             put
             to
             another
             for
             further
             Answer
             ,
             his
             Answer
             was
             ,
          
           That
           God
           so
           loved
           the
           word
           ,
           that
           he
           gave
           his
           onely
           begotten
           Son
           ,
           that
           whosoever
           believeth
           in
           him
           should
           not
           perish
           ,
           but
           have
           everlasting
           life
           .
        
         
           
             Q.
          
           What
           is
           God
           ?
        
         
           
             A.
          
           An
           Ever-living
           Spirit
        
         
           
             Q.
          
           What
           are
           the
           Attributes
           of
           God
           ?
        
         
           
             A.
          
           As
           before
           .
        
         
           
             Q.
          
           In
           these
           Attributes
           wherein
           are
           we
           like
           God
           ?
        
         
           
             A.
          
           As
           before
           .
        
         
           
             Q.
          
           How
           many
           Gods
           are
           there
           ?
        
         
           
             A.
          
           One
           onely
           God
           ,
           but
           he
           is
           three
           ,
           the
           Father
           ,
           Son
           ,
           and
           Holy
           Ghost
           ?
        
         
           
             Q.
          
           What
           is
           Eternall
           ?
        
         
           
             A.
          
           Man
           is
           not
           like
           God
           in
           Eternall
           being
           .
        
         
           
             Q.
          
           What
           is
           infinite
           ?
        
         
           
             A.
          
           All
           the
           World
           hath
           an
           end
           ,
           but
           God
           hath
           no
           end
           .
        
         
           
             Q.
          
           Had
           God
           any
           beginning
        
         
           
             A.
          
           No
           ,
           but
           he
           is
           ever
           .
        
         
           
             Q.
          
           Was
           there
           alwayes
           an
           Heaven
           and
           Earth
           ,
           how
           came
           they
           to
           be
           ?
        
         
           
             A.
             Iehovah
          
           made
           them
           ,
           and
           Governeth
           them
           all
           .
        
         
           
             Q.
          
           Were
           they
           euer
           ?
        
         
         
           
             A.
          
           No
           .
        
         
           
             Q.
          
           How
           did
           God
           make
           the
           world
           ?
        
         
           
             A.
          
           Onely
           the
           Will
           of
           God
           .
        
         
           
             Q.
          
           Out
           of
           what
           matter
           did
           God
           make
           the
           world
           ?
        
         
           
             A.
          
           Not
           of
           any
           thing
           at
           all
           .
        
         
           
             Q.
          
           How
           long
           was
           God
           making
           the
           world
           ?
        
         
           
             A.
          
           Six
           dayes
           .
        
         
           
             Q.
          
           How
           cometh
           it
           to
           passe
           that
           the
           Sun
           riseth
           and
           setteth
           ,
           that
           there
           is
           winter
           and
           Summer
           ,
           day
           and
           night
           ?
        
         
           
             A.
          
           All
           are
           the
           work
           of
           God
           .
        
         
           
             Q.
          
           Now
           the
           world
           is
           made
           ,
           can
           it
           keepe
           it selfe
           ?
           By
           whose
           strength
           is
           it
           kept
           together
           ?
        
         
           
             A.
          
           God
           preserveth
           it
           ,
           he
           made
           it
           ,
           and
           keeps
           it
           all
           .
        
         
           
             Q.
          
           In
           what
           condition
           was
           man
           made
           ?
        
         
           
             A.
          
           Very
           good
           ,
           like
           unto
           God
           .
        
         
           
             Q.
          
           What
           is
           the
           Image
           of
           God
           in
           man
           ?
        
         
           
             A.
          
           Holinesse
           ,
           Wisedome
           ,
           and
           Righteousnesse
           .
        
         
           
             Q.
          
           Was
           there
           then
           any
           sin
           in
           the
           soule
           of
           man
           ?
        
         
           
             A.
          
           No
           .
        
         
           
             Q.
          
           What
           Covenant
           did
           God
           make
           wth
           
             Adam
             ?
          
        
         
           
             A.
          
           A
           Covenant
           of
           Works
           ,
           
             Doe
             this
             and
             live
             ,
          
           thou
           and
           thy
           Children
           ,
           
             Sin
             ,
             and
             dye
             ,
          
           thou
           and
           thy
           Children
           .
        
         
           
             Q.
          
           How
           many
           Commandements
           are
           there
           ?
        
         
           
             A.
          
           Ten
        
         
           
             Q.
          
           What
           is
           the
           first
           Commandement
           ?
        
         
           
             A.
          
           God
           spake
           these
           words
           ,
           and
           said
           ,
           
             Thou
             shalt
             have
             no
             other
             Gods
             but
             me
             .
          
        
         
           
             Q.
          
           What
           was
           the
           sin
           of
           
             Adam
             ?
          
        
         
           
             A.
          
           He
           believed
           the
           Devil
           ,
           and
           eat
           of
           the
           Tree
           in
           the
           midst
           of
           the
           Garden
           ,
           of
           which
           God
           commanded
           him
           not
           to
           eat
           .
        
         
           
             Q.
          
           When
           
             Adam
          
           sinned
           ,
           what
           befell
           him
           ?
        
         
           
             A.
          
           He
           lost
           the
           Image
           of
           God
           .
        
         
           
             Q.
          
           What
           is
           that
           Image
           of
           God
           ,
           which
           he
           lost
           ?
        
         
           
             A.
          
           Wisedome
           ,
           Holinesse
           ,
           and
           Righteousnesse
           .
        
         
           
             Q.
          
           To
           whom
           is
           man
           now
           like
           ?
        
         
           
             A.
          
           He
           is
           like
           unto
           Satan
           .
        
         
           
             Q.
          
           What
           is
           this
           likenesse
           to
           Satan
           ?
        
         
           
             A.
          
           He
           is
           Unholy
           ,
           Foolish
           ,
           and
           Unrighteous
           .
        
         
         
           
             Q.
          
           How
           many
           kinds
           of
           sin
           are
           there
           ?
        
         
           
             A.
          
           An
           evill
           heart
           ,
           and
           evill
           works
           .
        
         
           
             Q.
          
           What
           doe
           you
           call
           it
           ?
        
         
           
             A.
          
           We
           daily
           break
           Gods
           Commandements
           ,
           and
           there
           is
           the
           root
           sin
           .
        
         
           
             Q.
          
           What
           is
           the
           wages
           of
           sin
           ?
        
         
           
             A.
          
           All
           miseries
           in
           this
           life
           ,
           and
           death
           ,
           and
           damnation
           .
        
         
           
             Q.
          
           Whose
           wages
           is
           death
           ?
        
         
           
             A.
          
           All
           unbelievers
           .
        
         
           
             Q.
          
           Seeing
           but
           one
           man
           
             Adam
          
           sinned
           ,
           how
           come
           all
           to
           dye
           ?
        
         
           
             A.
             Adam
          
           deserved
           for
           us
           all
           ,
           that
           we
           should
           dye
           .
        
         
           The
           Question
           being
           put
           to
           another
           for
           further
           answer
           ,
           he
           answered
           ,
           
             Adam
          
           was
           the
           first
           man
           ,
           and
           father
           of
           all
           men
           ,
           and
           in
           him
           we
           sinned
           .
        
         
           
             Q.
          
           Who
           is
           Iesus
           Christ
           ?
        
         
           
             A.
          
           Christ
           is
           God
           ,
           born
           like
           man
           ,
           God
           and
           man
           in
           one
           person
           .
        
         
           
             Q.
          
           Why
           was
           Christ
           man
           ?
        
         
           
             A.
          
           That
           he
           might
           dye
           .
        
         
           
             Q.
          
           Why
           was
           Christ
           God
           ?
        
         
           
             A.
          
           That
           his
           death
           might
           be
           of
           great
           value
           .
        
         
           
             Q.
          
           How
           many
           are
           the
           Offices
           of
           Christ
           ?
        
         
           
             A.
          
           Three
           .
           A
           Priest
           ,
           a
           Prophet
           ,
           a
           King
           .
        
         
           
             Q.
          
           What
           Sacrifice
           did
           Christ
           offer
           ?
        
         
           
             A.
          
           His
           owne
           body
           .
        
         
           
             Q.
          
           What
           hath
           Christ
           done
           for
           us
           ?
        
         
           
             A.
          
           He
           hath
           dyed
           for
           us
           .
        
         
           
             Q.
          
           What
           death
           dyed
           Christ
           for
           us
           ?
           Who
           put
           him
           to
           death
           ?
        
         
           
             A.
          
           Wicked
           men
           .
        
         
           
             Q.
          
           What
           else
           hath
           Christ
           done
           for
           us
           ?
        
         
           
             A.
          
           He
           hath
           kept
           all
           the
           Commandements
           of
           God
           for
           us
           ,
           and
           also
           dyed
           for
           us
           .
        
         
           
             Q.
          
           What
           hath
           Christ
           deserved
           ,
           or
           merited
           for
           us
           ?
        
         
           
             A.
          
           Pardon
           of
           sin
           ,
           and
           eternall
           life
           .
        
         
           
             Q.
          
           The
           same
           Question
           was
           asked
           another
           ,
           
             What
             hath
             Christ
             merited
             ?
          
        
         
         
           
             A.
          
           Pardon
           of
           all
           our
           sins
           ,
           because
           he
           paid
           a
           ransome
           ,
           the
           favour
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           Eternall
           life
           .
        
         
           
             Q.
          
           What
           else
           hath
           Christ
           done
           for
           us
           ?
        
         
           
             A.
          
           He
           rose
           again
           ,
           and
           ascended
           into
           Heaven
        
         
           
             Q.
          
           What
           doth
           Christ
           in
           heaven
           for
           us
           ?
        
         
           
             A.
          
           He
           appeareth
           for
           us
           before
           God
           ,
           he
           prayeth
           for
           us
           ,
           and
           giveth
           us
           the
           New
           Covenant
           .
        
         
           
             Q.
          
           What
           is
           the
           New
           Covenant
           ?
        
         
           
             A.
          
           The
           Covenant
           of
           Grace
           ,
           Repent
           and
           believe
           in
           Christ
           ,
           and
           be
           saved
           .
        
         
           
             Q.
          
           Shall
           all
           men
           be
           saved
           by
           Iesus
           Christ
           ?
        
         
           
             A.
          
           All
           that
           believe
           in
           Christ
           shall
           goe
           to
           heaven
           ,
           and
           be
           saved
           .
        
         
           
             Q.
          
           Why
           doth
           thy
           heart
           desire
           Iesus
           Christ
           more
           then
           sin
           ,
           and
           thy
           former
           Idolls
           ?
        
         
           
             A.
          
           Before
           we
           prayed
           to
           God
           ,
           I
           did
           not
           desire
           Jesus
           Christ
           ,
           I
           did
           desire
           my
           sins
           ,
           but
           now
           I
           see
           my
           need
           of
           Jesus
           Christ
           .
        
         
           
             Q.
          
           Why
           doe
           you
           need
           Christ
           ?
        
         
           
             A.
          
           When
           I
           dye
           ,
           Christ
           carrieth
           my
           soule
           to
           heaven
           .
        
         
           
             The
             same
             put
             to
             another
             for
             further
             answer
             ,
             he
             answered
             ,
          
           We
           need
           Jesus
           Christ
           ,
           because
           we
           are
           full
           of
           sinne
           .
        
         
           
             Q.
          
           How
           doth
           Christ
           work
           Grace
           in
           our
           hearts
           ?
        
         
           
             A.
          
           I
           beleive
           Christ
           hath
           sent
           his
           Spirit
           into
           my
           heart
           by
           his
           word
           .
        
         
           
             Q.
          
           What
           is
           repentance
           for
           sinne
           ?
        
         
           
             A.
          
           I
           am
           ashamed
           of
           my selfe
           ,
           and
           broken
           is
           my
           heart
           ,
           I
           hate
           ,
           and
           am
           aware
           of
           all
           sin
           .
        
         
           
             Q.
          
           What
           most
           of
           all
           breaks
           your
           heart
           ,
           why
           is
           your
           heart
           broken
           ?
        
         
           
             A.
          
           Because
           I
           have
           sinned
           against
           God
           .
        
         
           
             Q.
          
           What
           see
           you
           in
           sin
           that
           breaks
           your
           heart
           ?
        
         
           
             A.
          
           It
           is
           not
           my
           owne
           work
           ,
           but
           Christ
           sends
           his
           Spirit
           ,
           and
           breaks
           my
           heart
           .
        
         
           
             Q.
          
           What
           doth
           he
           put
           into
           your
           heart
           ,
           that
           causeth
           your
           heart
           to
           break
           ?
        
         
           
             A.
          
           The
           Spirit
           .
        
         
         
           
             Q.
          
           What
           wounds
           your
           heart
           most
           ,
           because
           you
           sin
           ,
           or
           because
           you
           
             must
          
           goe
           to
           hell
           ?
        
         
           
             A.
          
           Because
           we
           must
           goe
           to
           hell
           .
        
         
           
             Q.
          
           When
           you
           heare
           that
           
             Adam
          
           by
           his
           sin
           deserved
           eternall
           death
           ,
           and
           when
           you
           hear
           of
           the
           grace
           of
           God
           sending
           Iesus
           to
           save
           you
           ,
           which
           of
           these
           break
           your
           heart
           m●st
           ?
        
         
           
             A.
          
           Pardon
           of
           sin
           goeth
           deepest
           .
        
         
           
             Q.
          
           What
           worke
           of
           the
           Spirit
           finde
           you
           in
           your
           heart
           ?
        
         
           
             A.
          
           The
           Spirit
           of
           God
           breaketh
           my
           heart
           to
           repent
           of
           all
           my
           sin
           ,
           and
           turneth
           me
           from
           sin
           to
           believe
           in
           Jesus
           Christ
           .
        
         
           
             Q.
          
           Whether
           have
           you
           found
           at
           any
           time
           any
           such
           worke
           in
           your selfe
           ?
        
         
           
             A.
          
           I
           am
           ashamed
           of
           my selfe
           ,
           I
           doe
           not
           throughly
           find
           it
           in
           my
           heart
           to
           be
           so
           .
        
         
           
             Q.
          
           When
           God
           sendeth
           his
           Spirit
           ,
           what
           doth
           it
           worke
           in
           us
           ?
        
         
           
             A.
          
           A
           change
           of
           the
           heart
           .
        
         
           
             Q.
          
           What
           change
           hath
           God
           wrought
           in
           you
           of
           late
           ,
           which
           was
           not
           in
           you
           in
           former
           times
           ?
        
         
           
             A.
          
           The
           Spirit
           turneth
           us
           from
           our
           sins
           ,
           to
           believe
           in
           Jesus
           Christ
           .
        
         
           
             Q.
          
           Doe
           you
           finde
           this
           in
           your
           heart
           ,
           that
           your
           heart
           is
           turned
           from
           your
           sins
           ?
        
         
           
             A.
          
           I
           find
           my
           heart
           turned
           ,
           I
           leave
           my
           stealing
           ,
           lying
           ,
           lust
           ,
           and
           now
           my
           heart
           believeth
           in
           Jesus
           Christ
           .
        
         
           
             Q.
          
           Doe
           you
           believe
           in
           Iesus
           Christ
           ?
        
         
           
             A.
          
           I
           doe
           believe
           in
           Jesus
           Christ
           .
        
         
           
             Q.
          
           What
           is
           it
           to
           believe
           in
           Iesus
           Christ
           ?
        
         
           
             A.
          
           I
           confesse
           I
           deserve
           to
           be
           damned
           ,
           and
           am
           not
           able
           to
           deliver
           my selfe
           ,
           and
           therefore
           I
           doe
           give
           up
           my selfe
           unto
           Jesus
           Christ
           ,
           and
           trust
           in
           him
           ,
           casting
           away
           my
           sins
           .
        
         
           
             Q.
          
           Why
           doe
           you
           cast
           away
           your
           sins
           ?
        
         
           
             A.
          
           They
           make
           me
           that
           I
           cannot
           love
           Jesus
           Christ
           .
        
         
           
             Q.
          
           Is
           there
           any
           Promise
           set
           home
           on
           your
           heart
           that
           comforteth
           you
           ,
           what
           Promise
           doe
           you
           remember
           ?
        
         
           
             A.
          
           I
           believe
           the
           Promise
           of
           God
           ,
           that
           he
           will
           pardon
           believers
           in
           Jesus
           Christ
           .
        
         
           So
           far
           they
           proceeded
           in
           
             Questions
          
           and
           
             Answers
             .
          
        
         
         
           Some
           or
           other
           of
           the
           Elders
           did
           severall
           times
           publickly
           call
           upon
           the
           Interpreters
           ,
           to
           be
           attentive
           to
           all
           things
           that
           passed
           ,
           because
           they
           must
           relye
           upon
           their
           testimony
           ,
           or
           to
           that
           purpose
           ,
           praying
           them
           to
           speak
           if
           they
           doubted
           of
           any
           thing
           .
        
         
           In
           the
           conclusion
           ,
           the
           Elders
           saw
           good
           to
           call
           upon
           the
           Interpreters
           to
           give
           a
           publick
           testimony
           to
           the
           truth
           of
           Mr.
           
           
             Eliets
          
           Interpretations
           of
           the
           
             Indians
          
           Answers
           ,
           which
           Mr.
           
             Mahu
             ,
          
           and
           the
           two
           Interpreters
           by
           him
           ,
           did
           ,
           all
           speaking
           one
           after
           another
           ,
           to
           this
           purpose
           ,
           
             That
             the
             Interpretations
             which
             Mr.
          
           Eliot
           
             gave
             of
             their
             Answers
             ,
             was
             for
             the
             substance
             the
             same
             which
             the
          
           Indians
           
             answered
             ,
             many
             times
             the
             very
             words
             which
             they
             spake
             ,
             and
             alwayes
             the
             sense
             .
          
        
         
           
             WILLIAM
             WALTON
             .
          
        
      
       
         
           WHen
           the
           day
           was
           well
           spent
           ,
           in
           this
           above-written
           manner
           ,
           some
           that
           were
           aged
           desired
           that
           an
           end
           might
           be
           put
           unto
           this
           work
           for
           this
           time
           ,
           because
           by
           this
           tast
           which
           they
           had
           ,
           they
           saw
           that
           which
           gave
           them
           comfortable
           satisfaction
           .
           Then
           I
           desired
           that
           (
           if
           it
           might
           be
           without
           prejudice
           to
           any
           )
           they
           might
           be
           further
           tryed
           with
           Questions
           about
           Christ
           ,
           and
           grace
           wrought
           in
           us
           by
           the
           Spirit
           ;
           and
           about
           the
           Ordinances
           of
           Christ
           (
           concerning
           which
           ,
           no
           Questions
           had
           been
           yet
           propounded
           )
           and
           also
           about
           the
           
             estate
          
           of
           man
           after
           death
           ,
           of
           the
           resurrection
           of
           the
           dead
           ,
           and
           of
           the
           last
           Judgement
           ,
           wherein
           they
           were
           ,
           through
           the
           grace
           of
           Christ
           ,
           in
           some
           measure
           instructed
           .
           But
           it
           was
           said
           ,
           that
           they
           did
           perceive
           that
           they
           were
           instructed
           in
           points
           of
           Catechisme
           ,
           by
           what
           they
           had
           heard
           from
           them
           .
           When
           they
           came
           to
           a
           conclusion
           ,
           one
           of
           the
           Elders
           
             (
             viz.
          
           Mr.
           
           
             Ezek
             :
             Rogers
             )
          
           having
           first
           privately
           conferred
           with
           such
           of
           the
           Elders
           as
           sate
           near
           him
           ,
           spake
           words
           of
           acceptance
           and
           encouragement
           both
           to
           me
           ,
           and
           to
           the
           
             Indians
             ,
          
           in
           the
           name
           of
           the
           rest
           .
           But
           Mr.
           
             Walton
          
           did
           not
           write
           them
           ,
           and
           therefore
           I
           omit
           the
           rehearsing
           of
           them
           .
        
         
           This
           great
           and
           solemne
           work
           of
           calling
           up
           these
           poor
           
             Indians
          
           unto
           that
           Gospel
           light
           and
           beauty
           of
           visible
           Church-estate
           ,
           having
           
           now
           passed
           through
           a
           second
           Tryall
           :
           In
           the
           former
           whereof
           ,
           of
           ,
           they
           expressed
           what
           experience
           they
           had
           found
           of
           Gods
           grace
           in
           their
           hearts
           ,
           turning
           them
           from
           dead
           works
           ,
           to
           seek
           after
           the
           living
           God
           ,
           and
           salvation
           in
           our
           Saviour
           Jesus
           Christ
           .
           In
           this
           second
           they
           have
           in
           some
           measure
           declared
           how
           far
           the
           Lord
           hath
           let
           in
           the
           light
           of
           the
           good
           knowledge
           of
           God
           into
           their
           soules
           ,
           and
           what
           tast
           they
           have
           of
           the
           Principles
           of
           Religion
           ,
           and
           doctrine
           of
           salvation
           .
           Now
           the
           Question
           remaineth
           ,
           
             What
             shall
             we
             further
             doe
             ?
             And
             when
             shall
             they
             enjoy
             the
             Ordinances
             of
             Iesus
             Christ
             in
             Church-estate
             ?
          
        
         
           The
           work
           is
           very
           solemne
           ,
           and
           the
           Question
           needeth
           a
           solemn
           Answer
           .
           It
           is
           a
           great
           matter
           to
           betrust
           those
           with
           the
           holy
           priviledges
           of
           Gods
           house
           ,
           upon
           which
           the
           name
           of
           Christ
           is
           so
           much
           called
           ,
           who
           have
           so
           little
           knowledge
           and
           experience
           in
           the
           waye
           ;
           of
           Christ
           ,
           so
           newly
           come
           out
           of
           that
           great
           depth
           of
           darknesse
           ,
           and
           wild
           course
           of
           life
           ;
           in
           such
           danger
           of
           polluting
           and
           defiling
           the
           name
           of
           Christ
           among
           their
           barbarous
           friends
           and
           Countrey-men
           ;
           and
           under
           so
           many
           doubts
           and
           jealousies
           of
           many
           people
           ;
           and
           having
           not
           yet
           stood
           in
           the
           wayes
           of
           Christ
           so
           long
           ,
           as
           to
           give
           sufficient
           proof
           and
           experience
           of
           their
           stedfastnesse
           in
           their
           new
           begun
           profession
           .
           Being
           also
           the
           first
           Church
           gathered
           among
           them
           ,
           it
           is
           like
           to
           be
           a
           pattern
           and
           president
           of
           after
           proceedings
           ,
           even
           unto
           following
           Generations
           .
           Hence
           it
           is
           very
           needfull
           that
           this
           proceeding
           of
           ours
           at
           first
           ,
           be
           with
           all
           care
           and
           warinesse
           guided
           ,
           for
           the
           most
           effectuall
           advancement
           of
           the
           holinesse
           and
           honour
           of
           Jesus
           Christ
           among
           them
           .
        
         
           Upon
           such
           like
           grounds
           as
           these
           ,
           though
           I
           and
           some
           others
           know
           more
           of
           the
           sincerity
           of
           some
           of
           them
           ,
           then
           others
           doe
           ,
           and
           are
           better
           satisfied
           with
           them
           :
           Yet
           because
           I
           may
           be
           in
           a
           temptation
           on
           that
           hand
           ,
           I
           am
           well
           content
           to
           make
           slow
           hast
           in
           this
           matter
           ,
           remembring
           that
           word
           of
           God
           ,
           
             Lay
             hands
             suddenly
             upon
             no
             man
          
           Gods
           works
           among
           men
           ,
           doe
           usually
           goe
           on
           slowly
           ,
           and
           he
           that
           goeth
           slowly
           ,
           doth
           usually
           goe
           most
           surely
           ,
           especially
           when
           he
           goeth
           by
           counsell
           .
           
             Sat
             cito
             si
             sat
             bene
             ,
          
           the
           greater
           proof
           we
           have
           of
           them
           ,
           the
           better
           approbation
           they
           may
           obtain
           at
           last
           .
           Besides
           ,
           we
           having
           had
           one
           publick
           meeting
           about
           them
           already
           this
           summer
           ,
           it
           will
           be
           difficult
           to
           
           compasse
           another
           ,
           for
           we
           have
           many
           other
           great
           occasions
           ,
           which
           may
           hinder
           the
           same
           ,
           and
           it
           is
           an
           hard
           matter
           to
           get
           Interpreters
           together
           to
           attend
           such
           a
           work
           ,
           they
           living
           so
           remote
           .
           The
           dayes
           also
           will
           soon
           grow
           short
           ,
           and
           the
           nights
           cold
           ,
           which
           will
           be
           an
           hindrance
           in
           the
           attendance
           unto
           the
           accomplishment
           of
           that
           work
           ,
           which
           will
           most
           fitly
           be
           done
           at
           
             Natick
             .
          
        
         
           But
           above
           all
           other
           Reasons
           this
           is
           greatest
           ,
           that
           they
           l●ving
           in
           sundry
           Towns
           and
           places
           remote
           from
           each
           other
           ,
           and
           labourers
           few
           to
           take
           care
           of
           them
           ,
           it
           is
           necessary
           that
           some
           of
           themselves
           should
           be
           trained
           up
           ,
           and
           peculiarly
           instructed
           ,
           unto
           whom
           the
           care
           of
           ruling
           and
           ordering
           of
           them
           in
           the
           affaires
           of
           Gods
           house
           may
           be
           committed
           ,
           in
           the
           absence
           of
           such
           as
           look
           after
           their
           instruction
           .
           So
           that
           this
           is
           
             now
          
           the
           thing
           we
           desire
           to
           attend
           ,
           for
           the
           comfort
           of
           our
           little
           
             Sister
             that
             hath
             no
             breasts
             ,
          
           that
           such
           may
           be
           trained
           up
           ,
           and
           prepared
           ,
           unto
           whom
           the
           charge
           of
           the
           rest
           may
           be
           committed
           in
           the
           Lord
           .
           And
           upon
           this
           ground
           we
           make
           the
           slower
           hast
           to
           accomplish
           this
           work
           among
           them
           .
           Mean
           while
           I
           hope
           the
           Commissioners
           will
           afford
           some
           encouragement
           for
           the
           furtherance
           of
           the
           instruction
           of
           some
           of
           the
           most
           godly
           and
           able
           among
           them
           ,
           who
           may
           be
           in
           a
           speciall
           manner
           helpfull
           unto
           the
           rest
           ,
           in
           due
           order
           and
           season
           .
        
         
           And
           thus
           have
           I
           briefly
           set
           down
           our
           present
           state
           in
           respect
           of
           our
           Ecclesiasticall
           proceedings
           .
           I
           beg
           the
           prayers
           of
           the
           good
           people
           of
           the
           Lord
           ,
           to
           be
           particularly
           present
           at
           the
           Throne
           of
           Grace
           ,
           in
           these
           matters
           ,
           according
           as
           you
           have
           hereby
           a
           particular
           Information
           how
           our
           condition
           is
           .
           And
           for
           me
           also
           ,
           who
           am
           the
           most
           unfit
           in
           humane
           reason
           for
           such
           a
           work
           as
           this
           ,
           but
           my
           soule
           desireth
           to
           depend
           and
           live
           upon
           the
           Lord
           Jesus
           ,
           and
           fetch
           all
           help
           ,
           grace
           ,
           mercy
           ,
           assistance
           ,
           and
           supply
           from
           him
           .
           And
           herein
           I
           doe
           improve
           his
           faithfull
           Covenant
           and
           Promises
           ,
           and
           in
           perticular
           ,
           the
           Lord
           doth
           cause
           my
           soule
           to
           live
           upon
           that
           word
           of
           his
           ,
           
             Psal.
             37.
             3
             ,
             4
             ,
             5
             ,
             6
             ,
             7.
          
           wherein
           I
           have
           food
           ,
           
             rayment
          
           ,
           and
           all
           necessaries
           for
           my selfe
           and
           Children
           (
           whom
           I
           have
           dedicated
           unto
           the
           Lord
           ,
           to
           serve
           him
           in
           this
           work
           of
           his
           ,
           if
           he
           will
           please
           to
           accept
           of
           them
           )
           and
           this
           supply
           I
           live
           upon
           in
           these
           rich
           words
           of
           gracious
           Promise
           ,
           
             vers.
             3.
             
             Trust
             in
             the
             Lord
             ,
             and
             doe
             good
             ,
             dwell
             in
             the
             Land
             ,
             and
             verily
             thou
             shalt
             be
             fed
             .
          
        
         
           Herein
           also
           I
           find
           supply
           of
           grace
           to
           believe
           the
           conversion
           of
           
           these
           poor
           
             Indians
             ,
          
           &
           that
           not
           only
           in
           this
           present
           season
           ,
           in
           
             what
          
           I
           doe
           already
           see
           ,
           but
           in
           the
           future
           also
           ,
           further
           then
           by
           mine
           eye
           or
           reason
           I
           can
           see
           .
           Which
           supply
           of
           grace
           ,
           I
           live
           upon
           in
           those
           words
           of
           his
           gracious
           Promise
           ,
           which
           I
           apply
           and
           improve
           in
           this
           particular
           respect
           ,
           
             vers.
             4.
             
             Delight
             thy selfe
             also
             in
             the
             Lord
             ,
             and
             he
             shall
             give
             thee
             the
             desires
             of
             thy
             heart
             .
          
        
         
           Herein
           also
           I
           find
           supply
           of
           grace
           to
           believe
           ,
           that
           they
           shall
           be
           in
           Gods
           season
           ,
           which
           is
           the
           fittest
           ,
           brought
           into
           Church-Estate
           ;
           faith
           fetching
           this
           particular
           blessing
           out
           of
           the
           rich
           Fountaine
           of
           those
           gracious
           words
           of
           Promise
           ,
           
             Commit
             thy
             way
             unto
             the
             Lord
             ,
             trust
             also
             in
             him
             ,
             and
             he
             shall
             bring
             it
             to
             passe
             .
          
        
         
           Herein
           also
           my
           soule
           is
           strengthned
           and
           quieted
           ,
           to
           stay
           upon
           the
           Lord
           ,
           and
           to
           be
           supported
           against
           all
           suspitious
           jealousies
           ,
           hard
           speeches
           ,
           and
           unkindnesses
           of
           men
           touching
           the
           sincerity
           and
           reallity
           of
           this
           work
           ,
           and
           about
           my
           carriage
           of
           matters
           ,
           and
           supply
           herein
           .
           Which
           grace
           my
           soule
           receiveth
           by
           a
           particular
           improvement
           of
           that
           rich
           treasury
           of
           the
           Promise
           in
           these
           words
           ,
           
             vers.
             6.
             
             And
             he
             shall
             bring
             forth
             thy
             righteousnesse
             as
             the
             light
             ,
             and
             thy
             judgement
             as
             the
             noon
             day
             .
          
           And
           herein
           likewise
           I
           find
           supply
           of
           grace
           ,
           to
           wait
           patiently
           for
           the
           Lords
           time
           ,
           when
           year
           after
           year
           ,
           and
           time
           after
           time
           ,
           I
           meet
           with
           disappointments
           .
           Which
           grace
           I
           receive
           from
           the
           commanding
           force
           of
           that
           gracious
           Promise
           ,
           
             vers.
             7.
             
             Rest
             in
             the
             Lord
             ,
             and
             wait
             patiently
             for
             him
             ,
             fret
             not
             thy selfe
             ,
          
           either
           for
           one
           cause
           ,
           or
           for
           another
           .
           Thus
           I
           live
           ,
           and
           thus
           I
           labour
           ,
           here
           I
           have
           supply
           ,
           and
           here
           is
           my
           hope
           ,
           I
           beg
           the
           help
           of
           prayers
           ,
           that
           I
           may
           still
           so
           live
           and
           labour
           in
           the
           Lords
           work
           ,
           and
           that
           I
           may
           so
           live
           and
           dye
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         
           THe
           Corporation
           (
           appointed
           by
           Act
           of
           Parliament
           )
           for
           Propagation
           of
           the
           Gospel
           amongst
           the
           Heathen
           Natives
           in
           
             New-England
             ,
          
           desire
           all
           men
           to
           take
           notice
           ,
           That
           such
           as
           desire
           to
           be
           satisfied
           how
           the
           moneys
           Collected
           ,
           are
           disposed
           of
           ,
           may
           (
           if
           they
           please
           )
           repaire
           to
           
             Coopers-Hall
             ,
             London
             ,
          
           any
           
             Saturday
             ,
          
           between
           the
           houres
           of
           Nine
           and
           Twelve
           in
           the
           forenoone
           ,
           where
           the
           said
           Corporation
           meet
           .
        
         
           FINIS
           .