The Glorious progress of the Gospel amongst the Indians in New England manifested by three letters under the hand of that famous instrument of the Lord, Mr. John Eliot, and another from Mr. Thomas Mayhew, Jun., both preachers of the word, as well to the English as Indians in New England ... : together with an appendix to the foregoing letters, holding forth conjectures, observations, and applications, by I.D. ... / published by Edward Winslow.
      
       
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             The Glorious progress of the Gospel amongst the Indians in New England manifested by three letters under the hand of that famous instrument of the Lord, Mr. John Eliot, and another from Mr. Thomas Mayhew, Jun., both preachers of the word, as well to the English as Indians in New England ... : together with an appendix to the foregoing letters, holding forth conjectures, observations, and applications, by I.D. ... / published by Edward Winslow.
             Winslow, Edward, 1595-1655.
             I. D., Minister of the Gospell.
             Mayhew, Thomas, 1621-1657.
             Eliot, John, 1604-1690.
          
           [36] p.
           
             Printed for Hannah Allen ...,
             London :
             1649.
          
           
             The fourth of a series of 11 pamphlets, commonly known as the "Eliot tracts," published in London from 1643 to 1671.
             Reproduction of original in Yale University Library.
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           Massachuset Indians -- Missions.
        
      
    
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           THE
           Glorious
           Progress
           OF
           THE
           GOSPEL
           ,
           AMONGST
           THE
           Indians
           in
           New
           England
           .
           
             MANIFESTED
          
           By
           three
           Letters
           ,
           under
           the
           Hand
           of
           that
           famous
           Instrument
           of
           the
           Lord
           Mr.
           JOHN
           ELIOT
           ,
           And
           another
           from
           Mr.
           
             Thomas
             Mayhew
          
           jun
           :
           both
           Preachers
           of
           the
           Word
           ,
           as
           well
           to
           the
           
             English
          
           as
           
             Indians
          
           in
           
             New
             England
             .
          
           WHEREIN
           The
           riches
           of
           Gods
           Grace
           in
           the
           effectuall
           calling
           of
           many
           of
           them
           is
           cleared
           up
           :
           As
           also
           a
           manifestation
           of
           the
           hungring
           desires
           of
           many
           People
           in
           sundry
           parts
           of
           that
           Country
           after
           the
           more
           full
           Revelation
           of
           the
           Gospel
           of
           
             Iesus
             Christ
             ,
          
           to
           the
           exceeding
           Consolation
           of
           every
           Christian
           Reader
           .
           TOGETHER
           ,
           With
           an
           Appendix
           to
           the
           foregoing
           Letters
           ,
           holding
           forth
           Conjectures
           ,
           Observations
           ,
           and
           Applications
           .
           By
           
             I.
             D.
          
           Minister
           of
           the
           Gospell
           .
        
         
           
             Published
             by
          
           EDWARD
           WINSLOW
        
         
           
             Mal.
             I.
             II.
             
          
           From
           the
           rising
           of
           the
           Sun
           ,
           even
           unto
           the
           going
           down
           of
           the
           same
           ,
           my
           Name
           shall
           be
           great
           among
           the
           Gentiles
           ,
           and
           in
           every
           place
           incence
           shall
           be
           offered
           unto
           my
           Name
           ,
           and
           a
           pure
           Offering
           ;
           for
           my
           Name
           shall
           be
           great
           among
           the
           Heathen
           ,
           saith
           the
           Lord
           of
           Hosts
           .
        
         
           LONDON
           .
           Printed
           for
           
             Hannah
             Allen
          
           in
           
             Popes-head-Alley
             .
          
           1649.
           
        
      
       
       
       
         
           TO
           THE
           RIGHT
           HONOURABLE
           THE
           Parliament
           of
           England
           AND
           THE
           COUNCELL
           OF
           STATE
           .
        
         
           
             Right
             Honourable
             ,
          
        
         
           THat
           former
           Narative
           called
           ,
           
             The
             clear
             Sunshine
             of
             the
             Gospel
             ,
             breaking
             forth
             upon
             the
             Indians
             in
             New
             England
             ;
          
           dedicated
           to
           your
           Honours
           by
           divers
           Reverend
           and
           eminent
           Ministers
           of
           the
           Gospell
           in
           and
           about
           the
           City
           of
           London
           ,
           found
           such
           acceptance
           in
           your
           House
           ,
           as
           it
           begat
           a
           debate
           amongst
           your selves
           ,
           how
           the
           parliament
           of
           England
           might
           be
           serviceable
           to
           the
           Lord
           Jesus
           ,
           to
           help
           forward
           such
           a
           work
           begun
           ;
           which
           conduced
           so
           abundantly
           to
           the
           glory
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           good
           of
           men
           in
           the
           salvation
           of
           their
           soules
           .
           And
           in
           order
           thereunto
           your
           Honours
           were
           pleased
           to
           refer
           it
           to
           the
           Committee
           of
           forraign
           plantations
           ,
           to
           prepare
           and
           bring
           in
           an
           Ordinance
           
             for
             the
             encouragement
             and
             advancement
             of
             Learning
             and
          
           
           
             Piety
             in
             New
             England
             ,
          
           as
           appeareth
           by
           your
           Order
           March
           17.
           1647.
           
           This
           Honourable
           Committee
           with
           great
           readiness
           and
           chearfulness
           took
           it
           into
           their
           serious
           consideration
           ,
           and
           presented
           the
           result
           of
           their
           mature
           debates
           to
           this
           honourable
           House
           :
           But
           so
           many
           and
           weighty
           have
           been
           the
           occasions
           and
           businesses
           of
           the
           House
           ,
           that
           however
           the
           nature
           of
           the
           work
           and
           my
           duty
           (
           being
           appointed
           Agent
           though
           unworthy
           )
           on
           the
           behalf
           of
           New-England
           to
           this
           Parliament
           :
           yet
           durst
           not
           presse
           too
           hard
           to
           interrupt
           the
           great
           affaires
           your
           Honours
           have
           been
           in
           hand
           withall
           .
           Nevertheles
           ,
           I
           do
           now
           crave
           leave
           ,
           humbly
           to
           acquaint
           you
           ,
           that
           what
           was
           then
           judged
           deficient
           in
           the
           power
           granted
           to
           the
           Feoffees
           in
           that
           Ordinance
           ,
           is
           since
           corrected
           and
           amended
           ,
           and
           attendeth
           your
           Honours
           leisure
           for
           compleating
           and
           finishing
           the
           same
           .
        
         
           Undoubtedly
           the
           common
           enemy
           of
           mans
           salvation
           hath
           rejoyced
           that
           this
           work
           so
           happily
           begun
           ,
           hath
           not
           as
           yet
           received
           that
           countenance
           and
           encouragement
           from
           hence
           ,
           which
           your
           Honours
           intended
           and
           resolved
           many
           months
           since
           .
           Nevertheles
           ,
           I
           trust
           the
           most
           wise
           God
           hath
           turned
           this
           appearing
           losse
           into
           gaine
           ,
           by
           affording
           your
           Honours
           and
           the
           Nation
           a
           more
           clear
           account
           of
           the
           reall
           and
           glorious
           Progres
           of
           the
           
           Gospel
           among
           those
           poor
           Indians
           in
           AMERICA
           ,
           by
           such
           Intelligence
           I
           very
           lately
           received
           from
           thence
           ,
           under
           the
           hands
           of
           those
           Reverend
           &
           learned
           Ministers
           ,
           which
           are
           principally
           employed
           in
           preaching
           the
           Gospel
           to
           them
           in
           their
           own
           Language
           .
           And
           as
           I
           am
           daily
           and
           earnestly
           called
           upon
           to
           publish
           the
           same
           ,
           that
           the
           whole
           Nation
           may
           be
           acquainted
           therewith
           :
           So
           I
           took
           it
           to
           be
           my
           duty
           to
           present
           it
           in
           the
           first
           place
           to
           this
           honourable
           House
           ,
           and
           the
           Councel
           of
           State
           ;
           that
           your
           Honours
           might
           perceive
           how
           these
           poor
           Creatures
           cry
           out
           for
           help
           ;
           Oh
           come
           unto
           us
           ,
           teach
           us
           the
           knowledge
           of
           God
           ,
           tarry
           longer
           with
           us
           ,
           come
           and
           dwell
           amongst
           us
           ,
           at
           least
           depart
           not
           so
           soon
           from
           us
           .
           And
           others
           of
           them
           whose
           dwellings
           are
           near
           the
           Habitations
           of
           the
           English
           ,
           (
           whose
           hearts
           God
           hath
           touched
           )
           calling
           for
           and
           demanding
           a
           free
           and
           full
           participation
           of
           all
           the
           Ordinances
           of
           Jesus
           Christ
           All
           which
           ,
           and
           much
           more
           is
           evidently
           held
           forth
           in
           the
           following
           Narrative
           ,
           which
           I
           have
           with
           all
           faithfulnes
           collected
           and
           transcribed
           ,
           according
           as
           I
           received
           the
           same
           from
           persons
           that
           were
           Actors
           therein
           ,
           and
           are
           of
           known
           Integrity
           .
        
         
           There
           are
           two
           great
           questions
           Right
           Honourable
           ,
           which
           have
           much
           troubled
           ancient
           and
           
           modern
           writers
           ,
           and
           men
           of
           greatest
           depth
           and
           ability
           to
           resolve
           :
           the
           first
           ,
           what
           became
           of
           the
           ten
           Tribes
           of
           Israel
           ,
           that
           were
           carried
           into
           Captivity
           by
           the
           King
           of
           Siria
           ,
           when
           their
           own
           Countrey
           and
           Cities
           were
           planted
           and
           filled
           with
           strangers
           ?
           The
           second
           is
           ,
           what
           Family
           ,
           Tribe
           ,
           Kindred
           ,
           or
           people
           it
           was
           that
           first
           planted
           ,
           and
           afterwards
           filled
           that
           vast
           and
           long
           unknown
           Countrey
           of
           America
           ?
           Now
           however
           I
           confesse
           questions
           are
           sooner
           asked
           then
           resolved
           ;
           yet
           let
           me
           ac●…uaint
           your
           Honors
           ,
           that
           a
           godly
           Minister
           of
           this
           City
           writing
           to
           Rabbi-ben-Israel
           ,
           a
           great
           Dr.
           of
           the
           Jewes
           ,
           now
           living
           at
           Amsterdam
           ,
           to
           know
           whether
           after
           all
           their
           labor
           ,
           travells
           ,
           and
           most
           diligent
           enquiry
           ,
           they
           did
           yet
           know
           what
           was
           become
           of
           the
           ten
           Tribes
           of
           Israel
           ?
           His
           answer
           was
           to
           this
           effect
           ,
           if
           not
           in
           these
           words
           ,
           That
           they
           were
           certainly
           transported
           into
           America
           ,
           and
           that
           they
           had
           infallible
           tokens
           of
           their
           being
           there
           .
           Unto
           which
           if
           I
           may
           take
           the
           boldnesse
           to
           adde
           what
           my self
           ,
           with
           many
           others
           in
           New
           England
           have
           observed
           in
           the
           practice
           of
           the
           Indians
           there
           ,
           in
           relation
           to
           some
           things
           enjoyned
           in
           the
           ceremoniall
           Law
           of
           Moses
           ,
           about
           the
           purification
           of
           weomen
           ,
           which
           no
           men
           at
           this
           day
           do
           observe
           ,
           no●…
           beside
           the
           Jewes
           were
           ever
           known
           in
           that
           
           strictness
           to
           observe
           ,
           as
           these
           Indians
           there
           daily
           do
           :
           As
           also
           if
           the
           principles
           of
           the
           most
           grave
           and
           sober
           amongst
           them
           ,
           not
           only
           in
           reference
           to
           a
           Deity
           ,
           the
           soule
           of
           man
           ,
           the
           immortality
           of
           the
           soule
           ,
           and
           an
           eternity
           after
           death
           in
           happines
           or
           misery
           ;
           but
           also
           their
           manifold
           daily
           expressions
           ,
           bewailing
           the
           losse
           of
           that
           knowledge
           their
           Ancestors
           had
           about
           God
           ,
           and
           the
           way
           of
           his
           Worship
           ;
           the
           general
           deluge
           ,
           and
           of
           one
           man
           only
           that
           ever
           saw
           God
           ,
           which
           they
           hold
           forth
           to
           be
           a
           long
           time
           since
           ,
           (
           even
           with
           the
           greatest
           expression
           of
           length
           of
           time
           that
           may
           be
           )
           which
           certainly
           
             I
          
           believe
           to
           be
           
             Moses
             .
          
           As
           also
           if
           many
           other
           Circumstances
           well
           known
           to
           many
           ,
           (
           but
           not
           fit
           to
           be
           at
           large
           expressed
           in
           any
           Epistle
           )
           be
           duly
           considered
           ,
           It
           is
           not
           lesse
           probable
           that
           these
           Indians
           should
           come
           from
           the
           Stock
           of
           
             Abraham
             ,
          
           then
           any
           other
           Nation
           this
           day
           known
           in
           the
           world
           :
           Especially
           considering
           the
           juncture
           of
           time
           wherein
           God
           hath
           opened
           their
           hearts
           to
           enter
           tain
           the
           Gospel
           ,
           being
           so
           nigh
           the
           very
           years
           ,
           in
           which
           many
           eminent
           and
           learned
           Divines
           ,
           have
           from
           Scripture
           grounds
           ,
           according
           to
           their
           apprehensions
           foretold
           the
           conversion
           of
           the
           
             Iewes
             .
          
           However
           Right
           Honourable
           ,
           the
           work
           of
           communicating
           and
           encreasing
           the
           light
           of
           the
           Gospel
           
           is
           glorious
           in
           reference
           to
           
             Iewes
          
           &
           
             Gentiles
             .
          
           And
           as
           God
           hath
           set
           a
           signall
           marke
           of
           his
           presence
           upon
           your
           Assembly
           ,
           in
           strengthning
           your
           hands
           to
           redeem
           and
           preserve
           the
           civill
           Rights
           of
           the
           Common-weale
           :
           so
           doubtlesse
           may
           it
           be
           a
           comfortable
           support
           to
           your
           Honours
           in
           any
           future
           difficulties
           ,
           to
           contemplate
           ,
           that
           as
           the
           Lord
           offered
           you
           (
           in
           this
           designe
           )
           an
           happy
           opportunity
           to
           enlarge
           and
           advance
           the
           Territories
           of
           his
           Sonnes
           Kingdom
           :
           So
           he
           hath
           not
           denyed
           you
           (
           as
           I
           am
           confident
           he
           will
           not
           )
           an
           heart
           to
           improve
           the
           same
           ;
           and
           in
           as
           much
           as
           lies
           in
           you
           to
           make
           all
           the
           Nations
           of
           the
           Earth
           ,
           the
           Kingdoms
           of
           the
           Lord
           ,
           and
           of
           his
           Christ
           ;
           that
           so
           your
           Honours
           may
           still
           preserve
           your
           interest
           in
           his
           favour
           ,
           which
           is
           and
           shall
           be
           the
           prayers
           of
        
         
           
             Your
             Honours
             most
             humble
             Servant
             ,
             
               EDWARD
               WINSLOW
               .
            
          
        
      
    
     
       
       
         
           THE
           GLORIOUS
           PROGRESSE
           of
           the
           Gospel
           amongst
           the
           
             Indians
          
           in
           
             New-England
             ,
          
        
         
           IN
           the
           year
           of
           our
           Lord
           ,
           1646.
           it
           seemed
           good
           to
           the
           most
           high
           God
           ,
           to
           stirre
           up
           some
           reverend
           Ministers
           of
           the
           Gospel
           in
           
             New-England
             ,
          
           to
           consider
           how
           they
           might
           be
           serviceable
           to
           the
           Lord
           Jesus
           ,
           as
           well
           towards
           the
           Natives
           of
           that
           Countrey
           ,
           (
           as
           to
           their
           owne
           Congregations
           and
           Churches
           ,
           over
           which
           the
           Lord
           had
           set
           them
           )
           in
           bringing
           them
           to
           a
           right
           understanding
           of
           God
           and
           hemselves
           ;
           and
           so
           by
           degrees
           to
           hold
           forth
           unto
           them
           that
           Salvation
           by
           Jesus
           Christ
           to
           all
           that
           should
           beleeve
           and
           obey
           his
           Commands
           ;
           perswading
           themselves
           ,
           that
           God
           might
           have
           a
           select
           people
           amongst
           these
           Heathens
           ,
           and
           that
           for
           that
           end
           amongst
           many
           others
           he
           had
           planted
           so
           many
           Christian
           Congregations
           so
           neer
           them
           .
           And
           however
           the
           
             English
          
           were
           not
           wholly
           negligent
           this
           way
           ,
           but
           had
           in
           sundry
           parts
           of
           the
           Countrey
           long
           before
           brought
           divers
           to
           a
           pretty
           competency
           of
           right
           understanding
           in
           the
           mystery
           of
           salvation
           ,
           who
           lived
           orderly
           ,
           and
           dyed
           hopefully
           ;
           yet
           till
           such
           time
           as
           they
           were
           more
           generally
           acquainted
           with
           our
           conversation
           amongst
           our selves
           ,
           and
           with
           our
           demeanor
           towards
           them
           ,
           as
           well
           in
           peace
           ,
           as
           in
           such
           warres
           they
           had
           unavoidably
           drawn
           upon
           themselves
           ;
           whereby
           they
           had
           such
           experience
           of
           the
           justice
           ,
           prudence
           ,
           valour
           ,
           temperance
           ,
           and
           righteousnesse
           of
           the
           
             English
             ,
          
           as
           did
           not
           onely
           remove
           their
           former
           jealousies
           and
           feares
           concerning
           us
           ,
           and
           convict
           them
           of
           their
           owne
           uneven
           walking
           ;
           but
           begat
           a
           good
           opinion
           of
           our
           persons
           ,
           and
           caused
           them
           to
           affect
           our
           Laws
           and
           Government
           .
        
         
         
           Till
           now
           (
           together
           with
           the
           want
           of
           language
           )
           we
           had
           but
           some
           few
           that
           were
           wrought
           upon
           ;
           But
           in
           this
           acceptable
           year
           of
           the
           Lord
           ,
           (
           being
           it
           seems
           the
           appointed
           season
           for
           their
           visitation
           )
           God
           having
           stirred
           up
           these
           Ministers
           to
           seek
           a
           Blessing
           upon
           their
           endeavours
           ,
           and
           direct
           them
           in
           a
           right
           way
           ;
           they
           found
           the
           answer
           of
           their
           prayers
           by
           the
           good
           acceptation
           they
           had
           amongst
           the
           poore
           
             Indians
          
           where
           they
           first
           went
           ,
           &c.
           who
           soon
           became
           in
           love
           also
           with
           our
           Religion
           ,
           and
           mightily
           hungred
           and
           thirsted
           after
           the
           Knowledge
           of
           God
           in
           Christ
           ,
           as
           was
           published
           and
           made
           apparant
           to
           this
           Nation
           by
           a
           short
           Treatise
           ,
           called
           ,
           
             The
             day-breaking
             ,
             if
             not
             the
             Sun-rising
             of
             the
             Gospel
             with
             the
             Indians
             in
             New-England
             .
          
        
         
           In
           the
           year
           1647.
           being
           here
           upon
           some
           speciall
           service
           for
           the
           Countrey
           ,
           Letters
           came
           to
           my
           hands
           with
           some
           Papers
           from
           Mr.
           
             Tho.
             Shepard
             ,
          
           Pastor
           of
           the
           Church
           at
           
             Cambridge
          
           there
           ,
           which
           held
           forth
           a
           greater
           warmth
           of
           heavenly
           heat
           upon
           their
           (
           former
           frozen
           )
           spirits
           ;
           which
           I
           communicated
           to
           some
           eminent
           Ministers
           of
           and
           neere
           the
           City
           of
           
             London
             ;
             viz.
          
           Mr.
           
             Marshall
             ,
          
           Mr.
           
             Downham
             ,
          
           Mr.
           
             Thomas
             Goodwin
             ,
          
           Mr.
           
             Whitaker
             ,
          
           Mr.
           
             Nye
             ,
          
           Mr.
           
             Case
             ,
          
           Mr.
           
             Galamy
             ,
          
           Mr.
           
             Sydrack
             Simpson
             ,
          
           Mr.
           
             Ash
             ,
          
           Mr.
           
             Greenhill
             ,
          
           Mr.
           
             Carter
             ,
          
           and
           Mr.
           
             Bolton
             :
          
           And
           such
           was
           the
           esteem
           these
           reverend
           men
           had
           of
           it
           ,
           as
           by
           two
           severall
           Epistles
           under
           their
           hands
           they
           recommended
           it
           to
           the
           Parliament
           of
           
             England
             ,
          
           as
           a
           thing
           worthy
           their
           notice
           ,
           care
           ,
           and
           furtherance
           :
           And
           secondly
           ,
           to
           the
           godly
           and
           well-affected
           of
           this
           Nation
           ,
           who
           pray
           for
           ,
           and
           rejoyce
           in
           the
           thrivings
           of
           the
           Gospel
           of
           our
           Lord
           Jesus
           .
           This
           Narrative
           was
           also
           published
           ,
           and
           called
           ,
           
             The
             clear
             Sun-shine
             of
             the
             Gospel
             breaking
             forth
             upon
             the
             Indians
             in
             New-England
             .
          
        
         
           In
           the
           year
           1648.
           our
           Letters
           miscarried
           many
           of
           them
           ,
           in
           that
           the
           Ship
           that
           brought
           them
           was
           taken
           by
           the
           Prince
           of
           
             Wales
             ,
          
           to
           the
           Countries
           great
           prejudice
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           many
           other
           Vessels
           and
           their
           lading
           formerly
           ;
           by
           which
           miscarriage
           I
           was
           wholly
           hindred
           from
           giving
           any
           further
           account
           till
           this
           instant
           ,
           1649.
           
        
         
           And
           now
           having
           received
           some
           Letters
           ,
           and
           others
           brought
           to
           me
           by
           divers
           of
           quality
           here
           residing
           at
           present
           ,
           that
           appertaine
           to
           
             New-England
             ;
          
           and
           being
           exceedingly
           pressed
           to
           publish
           them
           by
           many
           godly
           and
           well-affected
           of
           the
           City
           and
           parts
           adjacent
           ,
           I
           shall
           by
           Gods
           help
           publish
           them
           all
           ,
           or
           so
           many
           of
           them
           as
           concernes
           the
           
             Indian
          
           work
           ;
           and
           if
           any
           doubt
           my
           faithfulnesse
           herein
           ,
           (
           as
           I
           hope
           none
           will
           that
           know
           me
           )
           I
           shall
           most
           willingly
           shew
           them
           the
           Originalls
           themselves
           .
           And
           before
           I
           come
           to
           this
           years
           Letters
           ,
           I
           received
           from
           Mr.
           
           
             Eliot
             ,
          
           shall
           begin
           with
           one
           came
           to
           my
           hands
           ,
           (
           dated
           
             Nov.
          
           1647.
           )
           after
           the
           last
           Treatise
           was
           put
           out
           .
           And
           I
           the
           rather
           take
           this
           course
           ,
           lest
           the
           young
           man
           should
           be
           discouraged
           in
           his
           labours
           so
           hopefully
           begun
           ;
           his
           name
           is
           Mr.
           
             Mayhew
             ,
          
           who
           teacheth
           the
           Word
           both
           to
           
             English
          
           and
           
             Indians
          
           upon
           an
           '
           Island
           called
           formerly
           
             Capawack
             ,
          
           by
           us
           
             Morthas
             Vineyard
             ,
          
           by
           which
           you
           may
           see
           't
           is
           not
           one
           Minister
           alone
           that
           laboureth
           in
           this
           great
           work
           :
           His
           Letter
           followeth
           :
        
         
           
             
               
                 SIR
                 ,
              
            
             
               THe
               encouragements
               I
               met
               withall
               touching
               the
               
                 Indians
              
               conversion
               ,
               
               next
               unto
               Gods
               glory
               ,
               and
               his
               gracious
               promises
               was
               ,
               the
               notable
               reason
               ,
               judgement
               ,
               and
               capacitie
               that
               God
               hath
               given
               unto
               many
               of
               them
               ;
               as
               also
               their
               zealous
               enquiring
               after
               true
               happinesse
               ,
               together
               with
               the
               knowledge
               I
               had
               of
               their
               tongue
               ,
               besides
               severall
               providences
               which
               hath
               advantaged
               my
               progresse
               therein
               ;
               as
               for
               instance
               :
            
             
               1.
               
               There
               was
               one
               
                 Ieogiscat
              
               about
               60.
               years
               of
               age
               ,
               who
               was
               sick
               of
               a
               consuming
               disease
               ,
               insomuch
               as
               the
               
                 Indian
                 Pawwawes
              
               gave
               him
               over
               for
               a
               dead
               man
               :
               Upon
               which
               resolution
               of
               all
               the
               
                 *
              
               
                 Pawwawes
              
               in
               the
               Island
               ,
               the
               sick
               distressed
               Heathen
               upon
               a
               Lords
               day
               came
               unto
               mee
               (
               the
               rest
               of
               the
               
                 English
              
               being
               then
               present
               )
               to
               desire
               me
               to
               pray
               unto
               God
               for
               him
               :
               And
               so
               when
               I
               had
               by
               reasoning
               with
               him
               convinced
               him
               of
               the
               weaknesse
               and
               wickednesse
               of
               the
               
                 Pawwaws
              
               power
               ;
               and
               that
               if
               health
               were
               to
               be
               found
               ,
               it
               must
               be
               had
               from
               him
               that
               gave
               life
               ,
               and
               breath
               ,
               and
               all
               things
               ;
               I
               commended
               this
               case
               unto
               the
               Lord
               ,
               whereof
               he
               rejoyced
               ,
               gave
               me
               thanks
               ,
               and
               he
               speedily
               recovered
               unto
               his
               former
               strength
               .
            
             
               2.
               
               In
               this
               present
               year
               1647.
               the
               eldest
               sonne
               of
               one
               
                 Vakapenessue
                 ,
              
               a
               great
               Sagamore
               of
               the
               Island
               ,
               being
               very
               sick
               ,
               took
               occasion
               to
               send
               for
               me
               to
               come
               unto
               him
               ;
               and
               when
               I
               came
               unto
               him
               ,
               I
               found
               him
               not
               more
               weak
               in
               body
               ,
               then
               strong
               in
               earnest
               desires
               ,
               that
               I
               should
               pray
               unto
               God
               for
               him
               ;
               so
               I
               instructed
               him
               ,
               and
               prayed
               for
               him
               :
               And
               when
               I
               had
               ended
               ,
               of
               his
               own
               accord
               he
               spake
               these
               words
               ,
               
                 Taubot
                 mannit
                 nu●…
                 quam
                 Cowin
                 .
                 viz.
              
               I
               thank
               thee
               God
               ,
               I
               am
               heavy
               to
               sleep
               ;
               and
               so
               I
               left
               him
               holding
               forth
               good
               affections
               :
               But
               shortly
               after
               he
               was
               changed
               altogether
               ,
               
               and
               contrary
               to
               the
               perswasion
               of
               other
               
                 Indians
              
               of
               severall
               Townes
               ,
               sought
               againe
               unto
               Witches
               .
               The
               Heathen
               seeing
               this
               ,
               they
               forsook
               the
               
                 *
              
               
                 Wigwam
                 ,
              
               saying
               ,
               We
               leave
               the
               house
               for
               the
               Devill
               and
               them
               that
               would
               tarry
               .
               This
               newes
               being
               brought
               me
               ,
               I
               much
               mervailed
               thereat
               ,
               yet
               sent
               him
               this
               message
               ,
               
                 viz.
              
               Tell
               
                 Saul
                 :
              
               (
               for
               the
               sick
               man
               was
               by
               the
               
                 English
              
               so
               called
               )
               that
               when
               I
               was
               with
               him
               ,
               I
               thought
               as
               then
               I
               told
               him
               ,
               that
               he
               would
               live
               ,
               because
               he
               sought
               for
               life
               unto
               the
               living
               God
               ,
               where
               if
               anywhere
               it
               was
               to
               be
               found
               :
               But
               tell
               him
               now
               ,
               that
               I
               think
               he
               will
               dye
               .
               I
               also
               added
               the
               example
               of
               
                 Ahaziah
                 ,
              
               who
               because
               he
               had
               the
               knowledge
               of
               the
               great
               God
               ,
               and
               sought
               unto
               an
               inferiour
               God
               ;
               God
               was
               angry
               with
               him
               ,
               and
               killed
               him
               :
               And
               so
               for
               that
               this
               
                 Saul
              
               was
               informed
               of
               the
               true
               God
               ,
               and
               is
               fallen
               from
               him
               to
               the
               earthen
               gods
               here
               below
               ;
               that
               God
               will
               kill
               him
               also
               ;
               and
               so
               it
               shortly
               came
               to
               passe
               .
            
             
               3.
               
               Not
               long
               after
               a
               
                 *
              
               
                 Sagamore
                 ,
              
               called
               ,
               
                 Towanquattick
                 ;
              
               had
               his
               eldest
               sonne
               ,
               whose
               name
               is
               
                 Sachachanimo
                 ,
              
               very
               sick
               of
               a
               Feaver
               ;
               this
               young
               man
               sent
               for
               me
               to
               come
               unto
               him
               ;
               and
               when
               I
               came
               ,
               his
               father
               and
               himself
               desired
               me
               to
               pray
               for
               him
               ,
               the
               which
               I
               did
               in
               their
               owne
               language
               ,
               and
               promised
               to
               come
               againe
               unto
               him
               very
               shortly
               ,
               if
               he
               mended
               not
               ,
               and
               use
               some
               other
               meanes
               also
               for
               his
               recovery
               :
               When
               I
               came
               againe
               unto
               him
               ,
               I
               found
               him
               very
               ill
               ,
               asked
               him
               (
               together
               with
               his
               friends
               )
               whether
               they
               were
               willing
               I
               should
               let
               him
               blood
               ?
               acquainting
               them
               that
               we
               used
               so
               to
               do
               in
               such
               cases
               .
               After
               some
               consideration
               ,
               they
               consented
               thereunto
               ,
               notwithstanding
               the
               
                 Pawwaws
              
               had
               told
               them
               before
               ,
               that
               he
               should
               dye
               ,
               because
               he
               sought
               not
               unto
               them
               :
               so
               I
               bound
               his
               arme
               ,
               and
               with
               my
               Pen-knife
               let
               him
               blood
               ;
               he
               bled
               freely
               ,
               but
               was
               exceeding
               faint
               ,
               which
               made
               the
               Heathen
               very
               sad
               ;
               but
               in
               a
               short
               time
               ,
               he
               begun
               to
               be
               very
               cheerfull
               ,
               whereat
               they
               much
               rejoyced
               ,
               &c.
               
               So
               I
               left
               them
               ,
               and
               it
               pleased
               the
               Lord
               the
               man
               was
               in
               a
               short
               time
               after
               very
               well
               .
            
             
               In
               these
               providences
               the
               Lord
               hath
               manifested
               both
               mercy
               and
               judgement
               ,
               and
               it
               is
               ,
               that
               he
               may
               raise
               up
               the
               Tabernacle
               of
               
                 David
              
               that
               is
               fallen
               ,
               and
               close
               up
               the
               breaches
               thereof
               ,
               and
               raise
               up
               its
               ruines
               ,
               and
               build
               it
               as
               in
               the
               dayes
               of
               old
               ,
               that
               they
               may
               possesse
               the
               Covenant
               of
               
                 Edom
                 ,
              
               and
               of
               all
               the
               Heathen
               which
               are
               called
               by
               my
               Name
               ,
               saith
               the
               Lord
               that
               doth
               this
               .
            
             
             
               But
               I
               pray
               you
               take
               notice
               of
               a
               speech
               of
               
                 Towanquatticks
              
               (
               beingthe
               Father
               of
               the
               young
               man
               recovered
               )
               who
               lamenting
               the
               losse
               of
               their
               knowledge
               said
               unto
               me
               ,
               *
               
               
                 That
                 a
                 long
                 time
                 agon
                 ,
                 they
                 had
                 wise
                 men
                 ,
                 which
                 in
                 a
                 grave
                 manner
                 taught
                 the
                 people
                 knowlege
                 ,
                 but
                 they
                 are
                 dead
                 ,
                 and
                 their
                 wisedome
                 is
                 buried
                 with
                 them
                 :
                 and
                 now
                 men
                 live
                 a
                 giddy
                 life
                 in
                 ignorance
                 till
                 they
                 are
                 white
                 headed
                 ,
                 and
                 though
                 ripe
                 in
                 yeares
                 ,
                 yet
                 then
                 they
                 go
                 without
                 wisedom
                 unto
                 their
                 graves
                 .
              
               He
               also
               told
               me
               ;
               that
               
                 he
                 wondred
                 the
                 English
                 should
                 be
                 almost
                 thirty
                 yeers
                 in
                 the
                 Country
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Indians
                 fools
                 still
                 ;
                 but
                 he
                 hoped
                 that
                 the
                 time
                 of
                 knowledge
                 was
                 now
                 come
                 ;
              
               wherefore
               himself
               with
               others
               desired
               me
               to
               give
               them
               an
               Indian
               meeting
               ,
               to
               make
               known
               the
               word
               of
               God
               unto
               them
               in
               their
               own
               tongue
               .
               And
               when
               he
               came
               to
               me
               to
               accomplish
               his
               desire
               thereabout
               ,
               he
               told
               me
               ,
               that
               *
               
               
                 I
                 should
                 be
                 to
                 them
                 ,
                 as
                 one
                 that
                 stands
                 by
                 a
                 running
                 River
                 ,
                 filling
                 many
                 vessels
                 :
                 Even
                 so
                 should
                 I
                 fill
                 them
                 with
                 everlasting
                 knowledge
                 .
              
               So
               I
               undertook
               to
               give
               them
               a
               meeting
               once
               a
               moneth
               ;
               but
               as
               soon
               as
               the
               first
               exercise
               was
               ended
               ,
               they
               desired
               it
               oftner
               then
               I
               could
               well
               attend
               :
               but
               once
               a
               Fortnight
               is
               our
               setled
               course
               .
               This
               I
               present
               to
               your
               consideration
               ;
               entreating
               you
               to
               present
               us
               unto
               the
               Lord
               for
               wisedom
               ,
               to
               preach
               unto
               the
               Heathen
               the
               unsearchable
               riches
               of
               Christ
               ,
               that
               so
               the
               root
               of
               
                 Iesse
              
               standing
               for
               an
               Ensigne
               of
               the
               people
               ,
               the
               Gentiles
               may
               seek
               unto
               it
               ,
               and
               his
               rest
               shall
               be
               glorious
               ,
               Amen
               .
            
             
               
                 
                   Great
                   Harbour
                   in
                   the
                   Vineyard
                
                 
                   18.
                   of
                   the
                   9.
                   1647.
                   
                
              
               
                 Yours
                 in
                 the
                 best
                 Bonds
                 Tho.
                 Mahew
                 ,
                 junior
                 .
              
            
          
        
         
           
             In
             the
             next
             place
             ,
             I
             shall
             present
             you
             with
             some
             Letters
             of
             that
             painfull
             yet
             unwearied
             Minister
             of
             the
             Gospel
             ,
             Mr.
          
           John
           Eliot
           ,
           
             who
             notwithstanding
             his
             faithfull
             labours
             in
             teaching
             that
             Church
             or
             Congregation
             of
             the
             English
             ,
             over
             which
             the
             Lord
             hath
             set
             him
             at
          
           Roxbury
           
             in
             the
             Government
             of
             the
          
           Massachusets
           ,
           
             yet
             taketh
             all
             occasions
             ,
             (
             neglecting
             no
             opportunity
             ,
             whether
             more
             remote
             ,
             or
             neere
             at
             hand
             )
             to
             advance
             the
             glory
             of
             God
             ,
             in
             calling
             those
             poor
             heathen
             to
             the
             saving
             knowledge
             of
             Iesus
             Christ
             ,
             and
             satisfying
             those
             hungry
             soules
             by
             administring
             the
             bread
             of
             life
             unto
             them
             :
             And
             however
             I
             cannot
             give
             you
             his
             first
             large
             Letter
             (
             as
             he
             tearmes
             it
             )
             being
             sent
             by
             way
             of
          
           Spaine
           ,
           
             and
             by
             that
             meanes
             not
             yet
             come
             to
             my
             hands
             ,
             yet
             take
             his
             second
             in
             his
             own
             words
             ,
             which
             will
             minister
             abundance
             of
             sweet
             consolation
             to
             every
          
           
           
             Christian
             Reader
             ,
             that
             God
             should
             in
             these
             latter
             times
             so
             magnifie
             his
             glorious
             grace
             in
             extending
             his
             everlasting
             mercies
             to
             those
             poor
             naked
             Indians
             .
             His
             Letter
             followeth
             .
          
        
         
           
             
               
                 Worthy
                 Sir
                 ,
              
            
             
               YOur
               cordiall
               and
               faithfull
               endeavours
               ,
               &c.
               
               I
               am
               bold
               now
               
               by
               the
               way
               of
               
                 Virginia
                 ,
              
               to
               trouble
               you
               with
               a
               few
               lines
               ,
               to
               expresse
               the
               thankfulnesse
               of
               my
               heart
               unto
               you
               ,
               for
               that
               one
               part
               of
               your
               care
               ,
               love
               ,
               and
               labour
               in
               furthering
               this
               work
               of
               preaching
               Christ
               to
               these
               poor
               
                 Indians
                 ,
              
               and
               declaring
               to
               them
               the
               way
               of
               eternall
               life
               and
               salvation
               ;
               which
               work
               I
               blesse
               the
               Lord
               goeth
               on
               not
               without
               successe
               ,
               beyond
               the
               ability
               of
               the
               Instruments
               :
               It
               is
               the
               Lord
               ,
               the
               Lord
               only
               who
               doth
               speak
               to
               the
               hearts
               of
               men
               ,
               and
               he
               can
               speak
               to
               theirs
               ,
               and
               doth
               ,
               (
               blessed
               be
               his
               name
               )
               so
               effectually
               ,
               that
               one
               of
               them
               I
               beleeve
               verilyis
               gone
               to
               the
               Lord
               ;
               a
               *
               
               woman
               ,
               who
               though
               she
               was
               not
               the
               first
               that
               came
               into
               the
               knowledge
               of
               Christ
               and
               the
               Gospel
               ,
               yet
               she
               was
               the
               first
               of
               ripe
               yeares
               that
               hath
               dyed
               since
               I
               taught
               them
               the
               way
               of
               salvation
               by
               Jesus
               Christ
               ,
               and
               the
               onely
               one
               .
               And
               though
               of
               the
               living
               I
               will
               not
               say
               much
               ,
               yet
               of
               the
               dead
               I
               may
               freely
               speak
               ;
               After
               I
               began
               to
               preach
               unto
               them
               ,
               her
               husband
               and
               she
               did
               quickly
               come
               in
               ;
               and
               after
               she
               came
               ,
               she
               was
               a
               diligent
               hearer
               ;
               and
               out
               of
               desire
               to
               live
               where
               the
               word
               of
               God
               was
               taught
               ,
               they
               fetched
               all
               the
               corne
               they
               spent
               ,
               sixteen
               miles
               upon
               their
               backs
               from
               the
               place
               of
               their
               planting
               :
               She
               was
               industrious
               ,
               and
               did
               not
               goe
               about
               to
               
                 English
              
               houses
               a
               begging
               ,
               as
               sundry
               doe
               ,
               (
               though
               it
               is
               well
               reformed
               now
               with
               many
               of
               them
               )
               but
               kept
               home
               ,
               kept
               her
               children
               to
               labour
               ,
               making
               baskets
               to
               sell
               ,
               &c.
               
               She
               quickly
               learned
               to
               spin
               well
               (
               for
               I
               got
               some
               wheels
               ,
               but
               want
               meanes
               to
               supply
               them
               and
               order
               them
               .
               )
               Her
               life
               was
               blamelesse
               after
               she
               submitted
               to
               the
               Gospel
               ,
               and
               was
               exemplary
               :
               She
               was
               the
               first
               woman
               that
               asked
               a
               question
               (
               by
               another
               man
               propounded
               for
               her
               )
               which
               was
               this
               ;
               
                 When
                 my
                 Husband
                 prayeth
                 in
                 his
                 house
                 ,
                 my
                 heart
                 think●…th
                 what
                 he
                 prayeth
                 ;
                 whether
                 is
                 this
                 praying
                 to
                 God
                 a
                 right
                 or
                 no
                 ?
              
               I
               thought
               it
               a
               sit
               question
               for
               a
               woman
               .
               She
               dyed
               of
               a
               sicknesse
               she
               took
               in
               childbed
               :
               I
               severall
               times
               visited
               her
               ,
               prayed
               with
               her
               ,
               asked
               her
               about
               her
               spirituall
               estate
               ?
               
                 She
                 told
                 me
                 she
                 still
                 loved
                 God
                 ,
                 though
                 he
                 made
                 her
              
               
               
                 sick
                 ,
                 and
                 was
                 resolved
                 to
                 pray
                 unto
                 him
                 so
                 long
                 as
                 she
                 lived
                 ,
                 and
                 to
                 refuse
                 powwawing
                 .
              
               She
               said
               also
               ,
               
                 that
                 she
                 beleeved
                 God
                 would
                 pardon
                 all
                 her
                 sins
                 ,
                 because
                 she
                 beleeved
                 that
                 Iesus
                 Christ
                 dyed
                 for
                 her
                 ;
                 and
                 that
                 God
                 was
                 well
                 pleased
                 in
                 him
                 ,
                 and
                 that
                 she
                 was
                 willing
                 to
                 dye
                 ,
                 and
                 beleeved
                 to
                 goe
                 to
                 Heaven
                 ,
                 and
                 live
                 happy
                 with
                 God
                 and
                 Christ
                 there
                 .
              
            
             
               It
               may
               be
               you
               may
               mervell
               at
               ,
               and
               scarce
               credit
               such
               expressions
               :
               but
               they
               are
               the
               points
               of
               Catechisme
               which
               I
               constantly
               teach
               the
               Children
               ;
               and
               the
               Children
               can
               very
               readily
               answer
               me
               in
               them
               ;
               and
               they
               be
               truths
               now
               familiarly
               known
               by
               the
               attentive
               hearers
               ,
               whereof
               she
               was
               one
               .
               And
               moreover
               of
               her
               own
               accord
               ,
               she
               called
               her
               children
               to
               her
               ,
               especially
               two
               up-grown
               daughters
               ,
               which
               she
               had
               before
               she
               married
               this
               man
               ,
               and
               said
               to
               them
               ,
               
                 I
                 shall
                 now
                 dye
                 ,
                 and
                 when
                 I
                 am
                 dead
                 ,
                 your
                 Grand-Father
                 and
                 Grand-mother
                 ,
                 and
              
               
               
                 Unckles
                 ,
                 &c.
                 will
                 send
                 for
                 you
                 to
                 come
                 live
                 amongst
                 them
                 ,
                 and
                 promise
                 you
                 great
                 matters
                 ,
                 and
                 tell
                 you
                 what
                 pleasant
                 living
                 it
                 is
                 among
                 them
                 ;
                 But
                 doe
                 not
                 beleeve
                 them
                 ,
                 and
                 I
                 charge
                 you
                 never
                 hearken
                 unto
                 them
                 ,
                 nor
                 live
                 amongst
                 them
                 ;
                 for
                 they
                 pray
                 not
                 to
                 God
                 ,
                 keep
                 not
                 the
                 Sabbath
                 ,
                 commit
                 all
                 manner
                 of
                 sinnes
                 and
                 are
                 not
                 punished
                 for
                 it
                 :
                 but
                 I
                 charge
                 you
                 live
                 here
                 ,
                 for
                 here
                 they
                 pray
                 unto
                 God
                 ,
                 the
                 word
                 of
                 God
                 is
                 taught
                 ,
                 sins
                 are
                 suppressed
                 ,
                 and
                 punished
                 by
                 Lawes
                 ;
                 And
                 therefore
                 I
                 charge
                 you
                 live
                 here
                 all
                 your
                 dayes
                 .
              
               And
               soon
               after
               this
               she
               dyed
               ,
               and
               it
               fell
               out
               indeed
               as
               she
               had
               said
               ,
               for
               there
               was
               earnest
               sending
               and
               soliciting
               for
               the
               maids
               to
               live
               with
               them
               :
               so
               that
               the
               case
               was
               propounded
               to
               me
               on
               a
               Lecture
               day
               ;
               and
               their
               Father
               in
               law
               opposed
               it
               ,
               not
               only
               as
               adjudging
               it
               evill
               ,
               but
               because
               of
               their
               mothers
               charge
               ;
               and
               by
               this
               meanes
               I
               came
               to
               know
               the
               Story
               .
               And
               though
               they
               doe
               ,
               as
               you
               know
               ,
               abhor
               the
               remembrance
               of
               their
               dead
               friends
               ;
               yet
               when
               I
               take
               occasion
               to
               speak
               of
               her
               ,
               and
               my
               reasons
               of
               hope
               that
               she
               is
               gone
               to
               heaven
               ,
               they
               entertian
               it
               with
               joy
               ,
               and
               sometimes
               with
               teares
               :
               I
               have
               been
               too
               tedious
               in
               this
               Story
               ,
               yet
               I
               doubt
               not
               but
               it
               will
               be
               acceptable
               unto
               you
               .
            
             
               For
               the
               further
               progresse
               of
               the
               work
               amongst
               them
               ,
               I
               doe
               
               perceive
               a
               great
               impediment
               ;
               Sundry
               in
               the
               Country
               in
               divers
               places
               would
               gladly
               be
               taught
               the
               knowledge
               of
               God
               and
               Iesus
               Christ
               ,
               and
               would
               pray
               unto
               God
               ,
               if
               I
               could
               goe
               unto
               them
               ,
               and
               teach
               them
               where
               they
               dwell
               :
               but
               to
               come
               to
               live
               here
               among
               or
               neer
               to
               the
               
                 English
                 ,
              
               they
               are
               not
               willing
               ,
               because
               they
               have
               neither
               
               tooles
               ,
               nor
               skill
               ,
               nor
               heart
               to
               fence
               their
               grounds
               ;
               and
               if
               it
               be
               not
               well
               fenced
               ,
               their
               Corne
               is
               so
               fpoyled
               by
               the
               
                 English
              
               Cattell
               ,
               and
               the
               English
               so
               loath
               to
               restore
               when
               they
               want
               fence
               ,
               that
               its
               a
               very
               great
               discouragement
               to
               them
               and
               me
               ;
               so
               that
               few
               come
               to
               dwell
               at
               the
               neer
               places
               where
               I
               ordinarily
               teach
               ,
               onely
               some
               strangers
               do
               come
               to
               hear
               ,
               and
               away
               again
               :
               So
               that
               I
               plainly
               see
               ,
               the
               way
               to
               do
               them
               good
               must
               be
               this
               .
               A
               place
               must
               be
               found
               (
               both
               for
               this
               and
               sundry
               other
               reasons
               I
               can
               give
               )
               some
               what
               remote
               from
               the
               English
               ,
               where
               they
               must
               have
               the
               word
               constantly
               caught
               ,
               and
               government
               constantly
               exercised
               ,
               meanes
               of
               good
               subsistance
               provided
               ,
               incouragements
               for
               the
               industrious
               ,
               meanes
               of
               instructing
               them
               in
               Letters
               ,
               Trades
               ,
               and
               Labours
               ,
               as
               building
               ,
               fishing
               ,
               Flax
               and
               Hemp
               dressing
               ,
               planting
               Orchards
               ,
               &c.
               
               Such
               a
               project
               in
               a
               fit
               place
               ,
               would
               draw
               many
               that
               are
               well
               minded
               together
               :
               but
               I
               feare
               it
               will
               be
               too
               chargeable
               ,
               though
               I
               see
               that
               God
               delighteth
               in
               small
               beginnings
               ,
               that
               his
               great
               name
               may
               be
               magnified
               .
            
             
               Few
               of
               our
               Southern
               Indians
               incline
               this
               way
               ,
               onely
               some
               of
               
                 Tihtacuit
                 .
              
               Young
               
                 Ousamequin
              
               is
               an
               enemy
               to
               praying
               to
               God
               ,
               and
               the
               old
               man
               too
               wise
               to
               look
               after
               it
               .
               Our
               
                 Cutshamoquin
              
               hath
               some
               subjects
               in
               
                 Marthas
              
               Vineyard
               ,
               and
               they
               hearing
               of
               his
               praying
               
               to
               God
               ,
               some
               of
               them
               doe
               the
               like
               there
               ,
               with
               some
               other
               ingenious
               Indians
               ,
               and
               I
               have
               intreated
               Mr.
               
                 Mahew
              
               (
               the
               young
               Scholler
               ,
               son
               to
               old
               Mr.
               
                 Mayhew
                 )
              
               who
               preacheth
               to
               the
               English
               ,
               to
               teach
               them
               ;
               and
               he
               doth
               take
               pains
               in
               their
               Language
               ,
               and
               teacheth
               them
               not
               without
               successe
               ,
               blessed
               be
               the
               Lord
               .
               And
               truly
               I
               think
               all
               the
               Ministers
               that
               live
               neer
               them
               should
               do
               well
               to
               do
               the
               like
               .
               I
               have
               earnestly
               solicited
               many
               so
               to
               do
               ,
               and
               I
               hope
               God
               will
               in
               his
               time
               bow
               their
               hearts
               thereunto
               .
               But
               I
               perceive
               our
               Western
               Indians
               up
               into
               the
               Inland
               do
               more
               earnestly
               embrace
               the
               Gospel
               .
               
                 Shawanon
              
               the
               great
               
                 Sachym
              
               of
               
                 Nashawog
              
               doth
               embrace
               the
               Gospel
               ,
               and
               pray
               unto
               God
               .
               I
               have
               been
               foure
               times
               there
               this
               Summer
               ,
               and
               there
               be
               more
               people
               by
               far
               ,
               then
               be
               amongst
               us
               ;
               and
               sundry
               of
               them
               do
               gladly
               hear
               the
               word
               of
               God
               ,
               but
               it
               is
               neer
               40.
               miles
               off
               ,
               and
               I
               can
               but
               seldom
               goe
               to
               them
               ;
               wherat
               they
               are
               troubled
               ,
               and
               desire
               I
               should
               come
               oftner
               ,
               and
               stay
               longer
               when
               I
               come
               .
            
             
               There
               is
               a
               great
               fishing
               place
               upon
               one
               of
               the
               Falls
               of
               
                 Merimack
              
               
               River
               called
               
                 Pautucket
                 ,
              
               where
               is
               a
               great
               confluence
               of
               Indians
               every
               Spring
               ,
               and
               thither
               I
               have
               gone
               these
               two
               yeares
               in
               that
               season
               ,
               and
               intend
               so
               to
               doe
               the
               next
               Spring
               (
               if
               God
               will
               .
               )
               Such
               confluences
               are
               like
               Faires
               in
               
                 England
                 ,
              
               and
               a
               sit
               season
               it
               is
               to
               come
               then
               unto
               them
               ,
               to
               teach
               them
               to
               know
               God
               ,
               and
               Iesus
               Christ
               ,
               and
               call
               upon
               his
               name
               .
               For
               whereas
               there
               did
               use
               to
               be
               gaming
               and
               much
               evill
               at
               those
               great
               meetings
               ,
               now
               there
               is
               praying
               to
               God
               ,
               and
               good
               conference
               ,
               and
               observation
               of
               the
               Sabbath
               ,
               by
               such
               as
               are
               well
               minded
               ;
               and
               no
               open
               prophanesse
               suffered
               as
               I
               heare
               of
               ,
               and
               my
               comming
               amongst
               them
               is
               very
               acceptable
               in
               outward
               appearance
               .
               This
               last
               Spring
               I
               did
               there
               meet
               old
               
                 Papassaconnaway
                 ,
              
               who
               is
               a
               great
               
                 Sogamore
                 ,
              
               and
               hath
               been
               a
               great
               Witch
               in
               all
               mens
               esteem
               (
               as
               I
               suppose
               your self
               have
               often
               heard
               )
               and
               a
               very
               politick
               wise
               man
               .
               The
               last
               yeare
               he
               and
               all
               his
               sonnes
               fled
               when
               I
               came
               ,
               pretending
               feare
               that
               we
               would
               kill
               him
               :
               But
               this
               yeare
               it
               pleased
               God
               to
               bow
               his
               heart
               to
               heare
               the
               word
               ;
               I
               preached
               out
               of
               Malachi
               I.
               11.
               which
               I
               thus
               render
               to
               them
               ;
               
                 From
                 the
                 rising
                 of
                 the
                 Sun
                 ,
                 to
                 the
                 going
                 down
                 of
                 the
                 same
                 thy
                 name
                 shall
                 be
                 great
                 among
                 the
                 Indians
                 ,
                 and
                 in
                 every
                 place
                 prayers
                 shall
                 be
                 made
                 to
                 thy
                 name
                 ,
                 pure
                 prayers
                 ,
                 for
                 thy
                 name
                 shall
                 be
                 great
                 among
                 the
                 Indians
                 .
              
               Whence
               I
               shewed
               them
               ,
               what
               mercy
               God
               had
               promised
               to
               them
               ;
               and
               that
               the
               time
               was
               now
               come
               wherein
               the
               Lord
               did
               begin
               to
               call
               them
               to
               repentance
               ,
               and
               to
               beleeve
               in
               Christ
               for
               the
               remission
               of
               their
               sins
               ,
               and
               to
               give
               them
               an
               heart
               to
               call
               upon
               his
               name
               ,
               forsaking
               their
               former
               wayes
               of
               
                 pawwawing
                 ,
              
               and
               praying
               to
               the
               Devill
               ,
               &c.
               
               And
               when
               I
               had
               done
               preaching
               ,
               they
               began
               to
               propound
               questions
               ,
               and
               one
               of
               them
               propounded
               this
               ;
               If
               it
               be
               thus
               as
               you
               teach
               ,
               then
               all
               the
               world
               of
               Indians
               are
               gone
               to
               hell
               to
               be
               tormented
               for
               ever
               ,
               untill
               now
               a
               few
               may
               goe
               to
               Heaven
               and
               be
               saved
               ;
               Is
               it
               so
               ?
               These
               principles
               of
               a
               twofold
               estate
               after
               this
               life
               ,
               for
               good
               and
               bad
               people
               ,
               Heaven
               and
               Hell
               ,
               I
               put
               amongst
               the
               first
               questions
               that
               I
               instruct
               them
               in
               ,
               and
               catechise
               the
               children
               in
               ;
               and
               they
               doe
               readily
               embrace
               it
               for
               a
               truth
               ,
               themselves
               by
               their
               own
               traditions
               having
               some
               principles
               of
               a
               life
               after
               this
               life
               ,
               and
               that
               good
               or
               evill
               ,
               according
               to
               their
               demeanour
               in
               this
               life
               .
               After
               a
               good
               space
               ,
               this
               old
               
                 Papassaconnoway
              
               speak
               to
               this
               purpose
               ,
               that
               indeed
               he
               had
               never
               prayed
               unto
               God
               as
               yet
               ,
               for
               he
               had
               never
               heard
               of
               God
               before
               ,
               as
               
               now
               he
               doth
               .
               And
               he
               said
               further
               ,
               that
               he
               did
               beleeve
               what
               I
               taught
               them
               to
               be
               true
               .
               And
               for
               his
               owne
               part
               ,
               he
               was
               purposed
               in
               his
               heart
               from
               thenceforth
               to
               pray
               unto
               God
               ,
               and
               that
               hee
               would
               perswade
               all
               his
               sonnes
               to
               doe
               the
               same
               ,
               pointing
               at
               two
               of
               them
               who
               were
               there
               present
               ,
               and
               naming
               such
               as
               were
               absent
               .
               His
               sonnes
               present
               ,
               especially
               his
               eldest
               sonne
               (
               who
               is
               a
               *
               
               Sachim
               at
               
                 Wadchuset
                 )
              
               gave
               his
               willing
               consent
               to
               what
               his
               father
               had
               promised
               ,
               and
               so
               did
               the
               other
               who
               was
               but
               a
               youth
               .
               And
               this
               act
               of
               his
               was
               not
               onely
               a
               present
               motion
               that
               soon
               vanished
               ,
               but
               a
               good
               while
               after
               he
               spake
               to
               Capt.
               
                 Willard
                 ,
              
               who
               tradeth
               with
               them
               in
               those
               parts
               for
               
                 Bever
              
               and
               
                 Otter
                 Skins
                 ,
              
               &c.
               that
               he
               would
               be
               glad
               if
               I
               would
               come
               and
               live
               in
               some
               place
               thereabouts
               to
               teach
               them
               ,
               and
               that
               Capt.
               
                 Willard
              
               would
               live
               there
               also
               :
               And
               that
               if
               any
               good
               ground
               or
               place
               that
               hee
               had
               would
               be
               acceptable
               to
               me
               ,
               he
               would
               willingly
               let
               me
               have
               it
               .
               I
               doe
               endeavour
               to
               engage
               the
               
                 Sachims
              
               of
               greatest
               note
               to
               accept
               the
               Gospel
               ,
               because
               that
               doth
               greatly
               animate
               and
               encourage
               such
               as
               are
               well-affected
               ,
               and
               is
               a
               damping
               to
               those
               that
               are
               scoffers
               and
               opposers
               ;
               for
               many
               such
               there
               be
               ,
               though
               they
               dare
               not
               appeare
               so
               before
               me
               .
            
             
               Thus
               you
               see
               by
               this
               short
               intimation
               ,
               that
               the
               sound
               of
               the
               Word
               is
               spread
               a
               great
               way
               ;
               yea
               ,
               farther
               then
               I
               will
               speake
               of
               ;
               and
               it
               appeareth
               to
               me
               ,
               that
               the
               Fields
               begin
               to
               look
               white
               unto
               the
               Harvest
               .
               Oh
               that
               the
               Lord
               would
               be
               pleased
               to
               raise
               up
               many
               labourers
               into
               this
               Harvest
               !
               But
               it
               is
               difficult
               ,
               not
               only
               in
               respect
               of
               the
               language
               ,
               but
               also
               in
               respect
               of
               their
               barbarous
               course
               of
               life
               and
               poverty
               ;
               there
               is
               not
               so
               much
               as
               meat
               ,
               drink
               ,
               or
               lodging
               for
               them
               that
               go
               unto
               them
               to
               preach
               among
               them
               ,
               but
               we
               must
               carry
               all
               things
               with
               us
               ,
               and
               somewhat
               to
               give
               unto
               them
               :
               So
               that
               the
               comming
               of
               Jesus
               Christ
               into
               these
               parts
               of
               the
               world
               ,
               is
               not
               as
               he
               formerly
               came
               amongst
               the
               Gentiles
               ,
               a
               poore
               underling
               ,
               and
               his
               servants
               poore
               ,
               living
               upon
               the
               Gospel
               where
               it
               was
               accepted
               among
               the
               rich
               Gentiles
               :
               But
               Christ
               will
               come
               unto
               these
               ,
               rich
               ,
               potent
               ,
               above
               them
               in
               learning
               ,
               riches
               ,
               and
               power
               ;
               and
               they
               shall
               flock
               unto
               the
               Gospel
               ,
               thereby
               to
               receive
               externall
               benificence
               and
               advancement
               ,
               as
               well
               as
               spirituall
               grace
               and
               blessings
               .
               And
               thus
               I
               bend
               my selfe
               to
               doe
               to
               my
               poor
               ability
               :
               I
               never
               go
               unto
               them
               empty
               ,
               but
               carry
               somewhat
               to
               distribute
               among
               them
               ;
               
               and
               so
               likewise
               when
               they
               come
               unto
               my
               house
               ,
               I
               am
               not
               willing
               they
               should
               go
               away
               without
               some
               refreshing
               ,
               neither
               do
               I
               take
               any
               gratuity
               from
               them
               unrewarded
               ;
               and
               indeed
               they
               doe
               account
               ,
               that
               they
               have
               nothing
               worth
               the
               giving
               unto
               me
               ;
               onely
               once
               when
               I
               was
               up
               in
               the
               Countrey
               ,
               a
               poore
               creature
               came
               to
               me
               as
               I
               was
               about
               to
               take
               Horse
               ,
               shaking
               me
               by
               the
               hand
               ,
               and
               with
               his
               other
               hand
               thrust
               somthing
               into
               my
               hand
               ,
               I
               looked
               what
               it
               was
               ,
               and
               it
               was
               a
               penny-worth
               of
               *
               
               
                 Wampom
                 ,
              
               upon
               a
               strawes
               end
               ;
               I
               seeing
               so
               much
               hearty
               affection
               in
               so
               small
               a
               thing
               ,
               I
               kindly
               accepted
               ,
               onely
               inviting
               him
               to
               my
               house
               ,
               that
               I
               might
               there
               shew
               my
               love
               to
               him
               .
            
             
               There
               is
               another
               great
               fishing
               place
               about
               threescore
               miles
               from
               us
               ,
               whether
               I
               intend
               (
               God
               willing
               )
               to
               go
               next
               Spring
               ,
               which
               belongeth
               to
               the
               forenamed
               
                 Papassaconnaway
                 ;
              
               which
               journey
               ,
               though
               it
               be
               like
               to
               be
               both
               difficult
               and
               chargeable
               for
               horse
               and
               men
               ,
               in
               fitting
               provisions
               ,
               yet
               I
               have
               sundry
               reasons
               which
               bow
               and
               draw
               my
               heart
               therennto
               .
               I
               desire
               your
               prayers
               to
               the
               Lord
               for
               me
               and
               for
               them
               ,
               that
               the
               Lord
               would
               open
               my
               mouth
               to
               speak
               in
               his
               Name
               to
               their
               understandings
               ,
               that
               with
               their
               hearts
               they
               may
               embrace
               that
               message
               which
               from
               the
               Lord
               I
               shall
               bring
               unto
               them
               .
            
             
               They
               have
               no
               meanes
               of
               Physick
               at
               all
               ,
               onely
               make
               use
               of
               
                 Pawwawes
              
               when
               they
               be
               sick
               ,
               which
               makes
               them
               loath
               to
               give
               it
               over
               :
               But
               I
               finde
               ,
               by
               Gods
               blessing
               ,
               in
               some
               meanes
               used
               in
               Physick
               and
               Chyrurgery
               ,
               they
               are
               already
               convinced
               of
               the
               folly
               of
               
                 Pawwawing
                 ,
              
               and
               easily
               perswaded
               to
               give
               it
               over
               utterly
               as
               a
               sinfull
               and
               diabolicall
               practise
               :
               but
               I
               much
               want
               some
               wholsome
               cordialls
               ,
               and
               such
               other
               medicines
               as
               I
               have
               here
               mentioned
               in
               the
               in
               closed
               .
            
             
               The
               
                 Indians
              
               about
               us
               which
               I
               constantly
               teach
               ,
               do
               still
               diligently
               and
               desirously
               attend
               ,
               and
               in
               a
               good
               measure
               practise
               (
               for
               the
               outward
               part
               of
               Religion
               ,
               both
               in
               their
               families
               and
               Sabbaths
               )
               according
               to
               their
               knowledge
               ;
               and
               by
               degrees
               come
               on
               to
               labour
               .
               I
               should
               be
               over-tedious
               and
               troublesome
               to
               you
               to
               runne
               into
               particulars
               ,
               onely
               let
               me
               give
               you
               a
               taste
               of
               their
               knowledge
               by
               their
               Questions
               ,
               a
               few
               whereof
               I
               did
               sometimes
               set
               downe
               ,
               though
               I
               have
               slipped
               many
               ,
               and
               very
               materiall
               ones
               ;
               these
               questions
               
               being
               asked
               at
               sundry
               times
               ,
               and
               at
               sundry
               meetings
               of
               the
               
                 Indians
                 .
              
            
             
               Quest
               .
               
                 How
                 many
                 good
                 people
                 were
                 in
              
               Sodome
               
                 when
                 it
                 was
                 burnt
                 ?
              
            
             
               
                 I
                 know
                 not
                 how
                 to
                 pray
                 to
                 Christ
                 and
                 the
                 Spirit
                 ,
                 I
                 know
                 a
                 little
                 how
                 to
                 pray
                 to
                 God
                 ?
              
            
             
               
                 Doth
                 the
                 Devill
                 dwell
                 in
                 us
                 as
                 we
                 dwell
                 in
                 an
                 house
                 ?
              
            
             
               
                 When
                 God
                 saith
                 ,
                 Honour
                 thy
                 Father
                 ,
                 doth
                 he
                 mean
                 three
                 Fathers
                 ?
                 our
                 Father
                 ,
                 and
                 our
                 Sachim
                 ,
                 and
                 God
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 When
                 the
                 Soule
                 goes
                 to
                 heaven
                 ,
                 what
                 doth
                 it
                 say
                 when
                 it
                 comes
                 there
                 ?
                 And
                 what
                 doth
                 a
                 wicked
                 Soule
                 say
                 when
                 it
                 commeth
                 into
                 Hell
                 ?
              
            
             
               
                 If
                 one
                 sleep
                 on
                 the
                 Sabbath
                 at
                 meeting
                 ,
                 and
                 another
                 awaketh
                 him
                 ,
                 and
                 he
                 be
                 angry
                 at
                 it
                 ,
                 and
                 say
                 ,
                 it
                 s
                 because
                 he
                 is
                 angry
                 with
                 him
                 that
                 he
                 so
                 doth
                 ,
                 Is
                 not
                 this
                 a
                 sinne
                 ?
              
            
             
               
                 If
                 any
                 talk
                 of
                 another
                 mans
                 faults
                 ,
                 and
                 tell
                 others
                 of
                 it
                 when
                 hee
                 is
                 present
                 to
                 answer
                 ,
                 is
                 not
                 that
                 a
                 sinne
                 ?
              
            
             
               
                 Why
                 did
                 Christ
                 dy●…
                 in
                 our
                 stead
                 ?
              
            
             
               
                 Seeing
              
               Eve
               
                 was
                 first
                 in
                 sinne
                 ,
                 whether
                 did
                 she
                 dye
                 first
                 ?
              
            
             
               
                 Why
                 must
                 we
                 love
                 our
                 enemies
                 ,
                 and
                 how
                 shall
                 we
                 doe
                 it
                 ?
              
            
             
               
                 How
                 doth
                 Christ
                 redeem
                 and
                 deliver
                 us
                 from
                 sinne
                 ?
              
            
             
               
                 When
                 every
                 day
                 my
                 heart
                 thinks
                 I
                 must
                 dye
                 ,
                 and
                 goe
                 to
                 hell
                 for
                 my
                 sins
                 ,
                 what
                 shall
                 I
                 doe
                 in
                 this
                 case
                 ?
              
            
             
               
                 May
                 a
                 good
                 man
                 sin
                 sometimes
                 ?
                 Or
                 may
                 he
                 be
                 a
                 good
                 man
                 ,
                 and
                 yet
                 sin
                 sometimes
                 ?
              
            
             
               
                 If
                 a
                 man
                 think
                 a
                 prayer
                 ,
                 doth
                 God
                 know
                 it
                 ,
                 and
                 will
                 he
                 blesse
                 him
                 ?
              
            
             
               
                 Who
                 killed
                 Christ
                 ?
              
            
             
               
                 If
                 a
                 man
                 be
                 almost
                 a
                 good
                 man
                 ,
                 and
                 dyeth
                 ;
                 whither
                 goeth
                 his
                 soule
                 ?
              
            
             
               
                 How
                 long
                 was
                 Adam
                 good
                 before
                 he
                 sinned
                 ?
              
            
             
               
                 Seeing
                 we
                 see
                 not
                 God
                 with
                 our
                 eyes
                 ,
                 if
                 a
                 man
                 dream
                 that
                 he
                 seeth
                 God
                 ,
                 doth
                 his
                 soule
                 then
                 see
                 him
                 ?
              
            
             
               
                 Did
                 Adam
                 see
                 God
                 before
                 he
                 sinned
                 ?
              
            
             
               
                 Shall
                 we
                 see
                 God
                 in
                 Heaven
                 ?
              
            
             
               
                 If
                 a
                 wicked
                 man
                 pray
                 ,
                 whether
                 doth
                 he
                 make
                 a
                 good
                 prayer
                 ?
                 or
                 when
                 doth
                 a
                 wicked
                 man
                 pray
                 a
                 good
                 prayer
                 ?
              
            
             
               
                 If
                 a
                 man
                 repent
                 ,
                 doth
                 God
                 take
                 away
                 his
                 sinnes
                 ,
                 and
                 forgive
                 him
                 ?
              
            
             
               
                 Whether
                 did
                 God
                 make
                 hell
                 before
                 Adam
                 sinned
                 ?
              
            
             
             
               
                 If
                 two
                 families
                 dwell
                 in
                 one
                 house
                 ,
                 and
                 one
                 prayeth
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 o●…her
                 not
                 ,
                 what
                 shall
                 they
                 that
                 pray
                 do
                 to
                 them
                 that
                 do
                 not
                 ?
              
            
             
               
                 Did
              
               Abimeleck
               ▪
               
                 know
                 ,
              
               Sarah
               
                 was
              
               Abrahams
               
                 wife
                 ?
              
            
             
               
                 Did
                 not
              
               Abraham
               
                 sin
                 in
                 saying
                 she
                 is
                 my
                 sister
                 ?
              
            
             
               
                 Seeing
                 God
                 promised
              
               Abraham
               
                 so
                 many
                 children
                 ,
                 like
                 the
                 starres
                 for
                 multitude
                 ,
                 why
                 did
                 he
                 give
                 him
                 so
                 few
                 ?
                 and
                 was
                 it
                 true
                 ?
              
            
             
               
                 If
                 God
                 made
                 hell
                 in
                 one
                 of
                 the
                 six
                 dayes
                 ,
                 why
                 did
                 God
                 make
                 Hell
                 before
              
               Adam
               
                 had
                 sinned
                 ?
              
            
             
               
                 Now
                 the
                 Indians
                 desire
                 to
                 goe
                 to
                 Heaven
                 ,
                 what
                 shall
                 we
                 do
                 that
                 we
                 may
                 go
                 thither
                 when
                 we
                 dye
                 ?
              
            
             
               
                 How
                 shall
                 I
                 bring
                 mine
                 heart
                 to
                 love
                 Prayer
                 ?
              
            
             
               
                 If
                 one
                 man
                 repent
                 ,
                 and
                 pray
                 once
                 in
                 a
                 day
                 ,
                 another
                 man
                 often
                 in
                 a
                 day
                 ;
                 whether
                 doth
                 one
                 of
                 them
                 go
                 to
                 Heaven
                 ,
                 the
                 other
                 not
                 ?
                 or
                 what
                 difference
                 is
                 there
                 ?
              
            
             
               
                 I
                 finde
                 I
                 want
                 wisdome
                 ,
                 what
                 shall
                 I
                 do
                 to
                 be
                 wise
                 ?
              
            
             
               
                 Why
                 did
              
               Abraham
               
                 buy
                 a
                 place
                 to
                 bury
                 in
                 ?
              
            
             
               
                 Why
                 doth
                 God
                 make
                 good
                 men
                 sick
                 ?
              
            
             
               
                 How
                 shall
                 the
                 Resurrection
                 be
                 ,
                 and
                 when
                 ?
              
            
             
               
                 Doe
                 not
                 Enlishmen
                 spoile
                 their
                 soules
                 ,
                 to
                 say
                 a
                 thing
                 cost
                 them
                 more
                 then
                 it
                 did
                 ?
                 and
                 is
                 it
                 not
                 all
                 one
                 as
                 to
                 steale
                 ?
              
            
             
               
                 You
                 say
                 our
                 body
                 is
                 made
                 of
                 clay
                 ,
                 what
                 is
                 the
                 Sunne
                 or
                 Moone
                 made
                 of
                 ?
              
            
             
               
                 If
                 one
                 be
                 loved
                 of
                 all
                 Indians
                 good
                 and
                 bad
                 ,
                 another
                 is
                 hated
                 of
                 all
                 saving
                 a
                 few
                 that
                 be
                 good
                 ,
                 doth
                 God
                 love
                 both
                 these
                 ?
              
            
             
               
                 I
                 see
                 why
                 I
                 must
                 feare
                 Hell
                 ,
                 and
                 do
                 so
                 every
                 day
                 .
                 But
                 why
                 must
                 I
                 feare
                 God
                 ?
              
            
             
               
                 How
                 is
                 the
                 tongue
                 like
                 fire
                 ,
                 and
                 like
                 poyson
                 ?
              
            
             
               
                 What
                 if
                 false
                 Witnesses
                 accuse
                 me
                 of
                 murther
                 or
                 some
                 soul
                 sin
                 ?
                 What
                 punishment
                 is
                 due
                 to
                 lyars
                 ?
              
            
             
               
                 If
                 I
                 reprove
                 a
                 man
                 for
                 sinne
                 ,
                 and
                 he
                 answer
                 ,
                 why
                 doe
                 you
                 speak
                 thus
                 angerly
                 to
                 me
                 :
                 Mr.
              
               Eliot
               
                 teacheth
                 us
                 to
                 love
                 one
                 another
                 ,
                 is
                 this
                 well
                 ?
              
            
             
               
                 Why
                 is
                 God
                 so
                 angry
                 with
                 murtherers
                 ?
              
            
             
               
                 If
                 a
                 wise
                 put
                 away
                 her
                 husband
                 because
                 he
                 will
                 pray
                 to
                 God
                 ,
                 and
                 she
                 will
                 not
                 ,
                 what
                 must
                 be
                 done
                 in
                 this
                 case
                 ?
              
            
             
               
                 If
                 there
                 be
                 young
                 women
                 pray
                 to
                 God
                 ,
                 may
                 such
                 as
                 pray
                 to
                 God
                 marry
                 one
                 that
                 will
                 not
                 pray
                 to
                 God
                 ?
                 or
                 what
                 is
                 to
                 bee
                 done
                 in
                 this
                 case
                 ?
              
            
             
             
               
                 Whether
                 doth
                 God
                 make
                 bad
                 men
                 dream
                 good
                 Dreames
                 ?
              
            
             
               
                 VVhat
                 is
                 Salvation
                 ?
              
            
             
               
                 VVhat
                 is
                 the
                 Kingdome
                 of
                 Heaven
                 ?
              
            
             
               
                 If
                 my
                 wife
                 doe
                 some
                 work
                 in
                 the
                 house
                 on
                 the
                 night
                 before
                 the
                 Sabbath
                 ,
                 and
                 some
                 work
                 on
                 the
                 Sabbath
                 night
                 ,
                 whether
                 is
                 this
                 a
                 sin
                 ?
              
            
             
               
                 If
              
               I
               
                 doe
                 that
                 which
                 is
                 a
                 sinne
                 ,
                 and
                 do
                 not
                 know
                 it
                 is
                 a
                 sin
                 ,
                 what
                 will
                 God
                 say
                 to
                 that
                 ?
              
            
             
               
                 VVhether
                 is
                 faith
                 set
                 in
                 my
                 heart
                 ,
                 or
                 in
                 my
                 minde
                 ?
              
            
             
               
                 VVhy
                 did
                 Christ
                 dye
                 for
                 us
                 ,
                 and
                 who
                 did
                 kill
                 him
                 ?
              
            
             
               By
               these
               questions
               you
               may
               see
               they
               somewhat
               savour
               the
               things
               of
               God
               and
               Christ
               ,
               and
               that
               their
               soules
               be
               in
               a
               searching
               condition
               after
               the
               great
               points
               of
               Religion
               and
               Salvation
               .
               And
               I
               will
               say
               this
               solemnly
               ,
               not
               suddenly
               ,
               nor
               lightly
               ,
               but
               before
               the
               Lord
               ,
               as
               I
               apprehend
               in
               my
               conscience
               ,
               were
               they
               but
               in
               a
               setled
               way
               of
               Civility
               and
               Government
               cohabiting
               together
               ,
               and
               I
               called
               (
               according
               to
               God
               )
               to
               live
               among
               them
               ,
               I
               durst
               freely
               joyne
               into
               Church-fellowship
               amongst
               them
               ,
               and
               could
               finde
               out
               at
               least
               twenty
               men
               and
               women
               in
               some
               measure
               fitted
               of
               the
               Lord
               for
               it
               ,
               and
               soone
               would
               be
               capable
               thereof
               :
               And
               we
               doe
               admit
               in
               charity
               some
               into
               our
               Churches
               ,
               of
               our
               owne
               ,
               of
               whose
               spirituall
               estate
               I
               have
               more
               cause
               of
               feare
               ,
               then
               of
               some
               of
               them
               :
               But
               that
               day
               of
               Grace
               is
               not
               yet
               come
               unto
               them
               .
               When
               Gods
               time
               is
               come
               ,
               he
               will
               make
               way
               for
               it
               &
               enable
               us
               to
               accomplish
               it
               .
               In
               the
               meane
               time
               ,
               I
               desire
               to
               wait
               ,
               pray
               ,
               and
               beleeve
               .
               But
               I
               will
               proceed
               no
               further
               at
               this
               time
               to
               trouble
               you
               with
               these
               things
               ,
               though
               I
               doubt
               not
               but
               they
               will
               be
               acceptable
               tidings
               to
               your
               heart
               ,
               and
               will
               be
               an
               occasion
               of
               quickning
               your
               prayers
               for
               them
               ,
               and
               for
               me
               also
               ,
               that
               utterance
               may
               be
               given
               mee
               ,
               and
               further
               knowledge
               of
               their
               language
               ,
               wherein
               for
               want
               of
               converse
               ,
               I
               can
               make
               but
               slow
               progresse
               .
               Thus
               commending
               you
               to
               the
               Grace
               ,
               guidance
               and
               protection
               of
               God
               in
               Christ
               ,
               I
               rest
               ,
            
             
               
                 Yours
                 to
                 be
                 commanded
                 in
                 Iesus
                 Christ
                 ,
                 IO.
                 ELIOT
                 .
              
               
                 Roxbury
                 
                   this
                   12.
                   of
                   Nov.
                   1648.
                   
                
              
            
          
        
         
         
           
             In
             the
             next
             place
          
           I
           
             shall
             offer
             a
             second
             Letter
             of
             his
             ,
             written
             to
             a
             Gentleman
             of
          
           New-England
           ,
           
             here
             residing
             at
             present
             ,
             upon
             his
             urgent
             occasions
             ;
             wherein
             the
             Reader
             may
             have
             further
             light
             concerning
             this
             great
             work
             now
             begun
             .
          
           Take
           his
           Letter
           as
           it
           followeth
           .
        
         
           
             
               
                 Sir
                 ,
              
            
             
               YOur
               faithfull
               and
               true
               love
               to
               Iesus
               Christ
               is
               expressed
               evidently
               to
               my
               heart
               ,
               among
               other
               waies
               very
               much
               in
               your
               solicitous
               thoughts
               and
               care
               about
               the
               good
               of
               these
               poor
               Indians
               ,
               and
               the
               furtherance
               of
               their
               conversion
               .
               God
               guided
               your
               discretion
               very
               seasonably
               in
               the
               Letters
               and
               Tokens
               you
               were
               pleased
               to
               send
               to
               those
               leading
               men
               ,
               which
               reallity
               of
               love
               was
               very
               thankfully
               accepted
               by
               them
               ,
               and
               they
               desire
               thanks
               to
               be
               returned
               for
               it
               ,
               &c.
               
            
             
               Your
               project
               for
               their
               Apparell
               which
               you
               first
               mention
               ,
               is
               very
               fitting
               ,
               but
               all
               the
               difficulty
               will
               be
               to
               get
               so
               much
               cloath
               as
               you
               speak
               of
               :
               Yet
               this
               they
               doe
               ;
               some
               old
               things
               I
               have
               gotten
               and
               given
               them
               ,
               and
               some
               they
               buy
               ;
               and
               they
               carefully
               keep
               them
               till
               meeting
               times
               ,
               and
               many
               of
               them
               at
               such
               times
               are
               pretty
               handsome
               ,
               both
               men
               ,
               women
               ,
               and
               children
               also
               :
               And
               whereas
               some
               good
               people
               may
               think
               fitting
               to
               send
               some
               gifts
               that
               way
               for
               them
               ,
               you
               shall
               find
               directions
               here
               inclosed
               ,
               what
               will
               best
               sute
               with
               their
               condition
               .
            
             
               Your
               next
               project
               for
               imployment
               of
               them
               in
               planting
               Orchards
               and
               Gardens
               ,
               it
               suiteth
               very
               well
               with
               my
               apprehensions
               ,
               and
               I
               have
               encouraged
               them
               that
               way
               ,
               and
               have
               promised
               them
               many
               hundred
               trees
               ,
               which
               I
               reserve
               in
               nurseries
               for
               them
               ,
               &
               hope
               they
               shall
               set
               them
               out
               ,
               or
               some
               of
               them
               the
               next
               Spring
               .
               The
               onely
               remora
               the
               fensing
               in
               of
               an
               Orchard
               ,
               we
               yet
               being
               upon
               the
               fencing
               in
               of
               a
               great
               Corne
               field
               ,
               where
               they
               have
               made
               (
               I
               think
               )
               200.
               rod
               of
               ditching
               already
               ,
               setting
               two
               rayles
               in
               the
               top
               ,
               and
               are
               to
               stone
               up
               the
               banks
               as
               they
               raise
               stones
               in
               planting
               :
               And
               when
               the
               field
               is
               fenced
               ,
               then
               they
               shall
               fence
               Orchards
               ,
               but
               they
               are
               hindred
               for
               want
               of
               Tooles
               ,
               and
               by
               bad
               Tooles
               discouraged
               ;
               their
               skill
               also
               being
               weak
               though
               the
               tooles
               were
               good
               ,
               but
               of
               30.
               or
               40.
               
               I
               have
               scarce
               any
               left
               .
               But
               we
               must
               endeavour
               to
               get
               a
               Magazine
               for
               them
               of
               all
               manner
               of
               Tooles
               ,
               &c.
               
               They
               had
               Sawyers
               
               at
               work
               last
               winter
               ,
               and
               will
               have
               more
               this
               winter
               (
               I
               hope
               )
               for
               they
               saw
               very
               good
               board
               and
               planke
               ,
               and
               could
               I
               be
               amongst
               them
               oftner
               ,
               they
               would
               both
               attend
               it
               better
               ,
               and
               doe
               things
               more
               orderly
               .
            
             
               They
               are
               willing
               to
               follow
               my
               advice
               in
               any
               reasonable
               thing
               ▪
               onely
               I
               am
               confident
               of
               what
               you
               write
               ,
               they
               must
               not
               be
               bent
               too
               hard
               at
               first
               ,
               and
               I
               find
               not
               many
               that
               do
               so
               duly
               consider
               that
               point
               as
               your self
               ;
               but
               because
               they
               be
               not
               in
               all
               points
               of
               labour
               as
               the
               
                 English
              
               be
               ,
               think
               all
               is
               too
               little
               or
               no
               purpose
               .
               It
               s
               hard
               to
               look
               upon
               the
               day
               of
               small
               things
               with
               patience
               enough
               .
               I
               finde
               it
               absolutely
               necessary
               to
               carry
               on
               civility
               with
               Religion
               :
               and
               that
               maketh
               me
               have
               many
               thoughts
               that
               the
               way
               to
               doe
               it
               to
               the
               purpose
               ,
               is
               to
               live
               among
               them
               in
               a
               place
               distant
               from
               the
               
                 English
                 ,
              
               for
               many
               reasons
               ;
               and
               bring
               them
               to
               co-habitation
               ,
               Government
               ,
               Arts
               ,
               and
               trades
               :
               but
               this
               is
               yet
               too
               costly
               an
               enterprize
               for
               
                 New-England
                 ,
              
               that
               hath
               expended
               it self
               so
               far
               in
               laying
               the
               foundation
               of
               a
               Common-weale
               in
               this
               wildernesse
               .
            
             
               For
               their
               Schooling
               ,
               a
               Gentleman
               in
               
                 London
              
               (
               whose
               name
               I
               could
               never
               learn
               )
               did
               give
               ten
               pounds
               towards
               it
               the
               last
               yeare
               ,
               which
               I
               thus
               disposed
               of
               ;
               five
               pounds
               I
               gave
               to
               a
               grave
               woman
               in
               
                 Cambridge
                 ,
              
               who
               taught
               the
               Indian
               children
               last
               yeare
               ;
               And
               God
               so
               blessed
               her
               labours
               ,
               that
               they
               came
               on
               very
               prettily
               .
               The
               other
               five
               pounds
               I
               gave
               to
               the
               Shcool-master
               of
               
                 Dorcester
                 ,
              
               and
               thither
               the
               Children
               of
               those
               Indians
               that
               lived
               thereabout
               went
               ,
               with
               a
               like
               good
               successe
               ,
               it
               not
               better
               ,
               because
               the
               children
               were
               bigger
               and
               more
               capable
               .
               This
               10.
               l.
               bill
               Captain
               
                 Harding
              
               paid
               here
               ,
               and
               was
               to
               take
               it
               at
               
                 London
                 :
              
               but
               I
               heare
               nothing
               from
               him
               ,
               no
               do
               I
               know
               whether
               the
               Gentleman
               will
               continue
               his
               gift
               :
               I
               feare
               for
               want
               of
               meanes
               both
               these
               Schooles
               will
               fall
               ;
               and
               the
               Children
               like
               to
               lose
               all
               that
               they
               have
               gotten
               the
               first
               yeare
               ,
               which
               is
               a
               work
               had
               need
               be
               closely
               followed
               :
               because
               they
               are
               to
               learn
               our
               language
               as
               well
               as
               to
               read
               ;
               onely
               I
               take
               my
               constant
               course
               of
               catechising
               them
               every
               Lecture
               day
               ,
               and
               I
               thank
               the
               Lord
               ,
               they
               are
               (
               many
               of
               them
               )
               very
               ready
               in
               their
               answers
               in
               the
               principles
               of
               Religion
               .
               And
               in
               that
               exercise
               I
               endeavour
               also
               to
               use
               them
               to
               good
               manners
               .
            
             
               Some
               of
               
                 S●…dbury
              
               Indians
               ,
               some
               of
               
                 Concord
              
               Indians
               ,
               some
               of
               
                 M●…sti●…k
              
               Indians
               ,
               and
               some
               of
               
                 Dedham
              
               Indians
               are
               ingenious
               ,
               and
               
               pray
               unto
               God
               ,
               and
               sometimes
               come
               to
               the
               place
               where
               I
               teach
               to
               heare
               the
               word
               .
               
                 Linn
              
               Indians
               are
               all
               naught
               save
               one
               ,
               who
               sometimes
               commeth
               to
               heare
               the
               word
               ,
               and
               telleth
               me
               that
               hee
               prayeth
               to
               God
               :
               and
               the
               reason
               why
               they
               are
               bad
               is
               ,
               partly
               and
               principally
               because
               their
               *
               
               
                 Sachim
              
               is
               naught
               ,
               and
               careth
               not
               to
               pray
               unto
               God
               :
               But
               I
               am
               overwearisome
               unto
               you
               ,
               and
               therefore
               will
               go
               no
               further
               at
               this
               time
               ;
               onely
               this
               one
               thing
               more
               ,
               whereas
               it
               hath
               pleased
               you
               to
               allow
               40.
               s.
               to
               the
               payment
               of
               a
               man
               who
               should
               direct
               the
               Indians
               about
               their
               labour
               ,
               and
               in
               planting
               of
               Orchards
               ;
               I
               shall
               be
               so
               bold
               as
               to
               appoint
               such
               as
               have
               deserved
               it
               to
               call
               for
               it
               ,
               and
               it
               shall
               be
               employed
               God
               willing
               to
               their
               best
               furtherance
               as
               neer
               as
               I
               can
               .
               And
               thus
               desiring
               God
               ,
               &c.
               
               I
               remaine
               .
            
             
               
                 Yours
                 to
                 be
                 commanded
                 any
                 thing
                 in
                 Christ
                 Iesus
                 John
                 Eliot
                 .
              
               
                 Roxbury
                 
                   this
                   13.
                   of
                   the
                   9.
                   1649.
                   
                
              
            
          
        
         
           
             Another
             Letter
             Courteous
             Reader
             dated
             in
          
           February
           
             last
             ,
             I
             received
             also
             from
             this
             our
             Indian
             Evangelist
             (
             if
             I
             may
             so
             terme
             him
             )
             and
             because
             it
             is
             replenished
             with
             many
             pithy
             questions
             of
             the
             Indians
             ,
             which
             imply
             a
             further
             progresse
             in
             knowledge
             ;
             and
             sundry
             other
             considerable
             passages
             worthy
             observation
             ,
             and
             very
             delightfull
             to
             a
             Christian
             spirit
             ,
             I
             thought
             it
             my
             duty
             to
             publish
             it
             to
             the
             world
             ,
             that
             so
             it
             might
             be
             a
             meanes
             to
             stir
             up
             all
             that
             are
             faithfull
             in
             Christ
             Iesus
             by
             prayer
             and
             otherwise
             to
             help
             forward
             this
             precious
             work
             begun
             ,
             so
             much
             conducing
             to
             the
             glory
             of
             God
             ,
             and
             the
             good
             of
             men
             .
          
           His
           Letter
           followeth
           .
        
         
           
             
               
                 Much
                 respected
                 and
                 longed
                 for
                 in
                 the
                 Lord
                 ,
              
            
             
               WEre
               you
               not
               about
               the
               Lords
               businesse
               ,
               an
               Instrument
               in
               his
               hand
               to
               manage
               some
               special
               affaires
               wherein
               his
               glory
               is
               much
               concerned
               ,
               your
               long
               absence
               could
               not
               but
               be
               imbittered
               with
               manifold
               troubles
               to
               your
               own
               spirit
               ,
               as
               it
               is
               like
               to
               be
               with
               losses
               and
               inconveniencies
               to
               your
               outward
               estate
               ;
               but
               I
               trust
               the
               Lord
               will
               have
               a
               speciall
               regard
               to
               all
               ,
               &c.
               
               I
               perceive
               others
               to
               be
               silent
               in
               giving
               you
               information
               about
               the
               progresse
               of
               the
               Lords
               work
               amongst
               the
               poor
               Indians
               ,
               and
               therefore
               I
               thought
               it
               necessary
               to
               do
               it
               ,
               knowing
               it
               will
               add
               to
               your
               comfort
               to
               heare
               that
               the
               Lord
               is
               still
               at
               worke
               ,
               but
               I
               have
               done
               it
               more
               largely
               already
               
               in
               Letters
               by
               Mr.
               
               
                 Usher
                 ,
              
               by
               way
               of
               
                 *
              
               
                 Maligo
                 ,
              
               as
               also
               by
               Mr.
               
                 Bracket
              
               of
               
                 Braintree
                 ,
              
               by
               the
               way
               of
               
                 Virginia
                 ,
              
               in
               Letters
               both
               to
               your self
               ,
               and
               also
               to
               Mr.
               
                 Pel●…am
                 ,
              
               &c.
               
               I
               only
               write
               now
               by
               this
               Ship
               ,
               lest
               it
               coming
               in
               before
               the
               other
               Ships
               ,
               you
               should
               receive
               some
               discouragement
               concerning
               the
               work
               ,
               as
               if
               it
               were
               sunk
               in
               the
               beginning
               ;
               but
               blessed
               be
               the
               Lord
               it
               is
               not
               so
               ,
               although
               the
               progresse
               is
               yet
               small
               :
               It
               is
               a
               day
               of
               small
               things
               ,
               an
               Embrio
               which
               the
               Lord
               expecteth
               should
               be
               furthered
               by
               the
               prayers
               of
               the
               Saints
               and
               Churches
               :
               And
               therefore
               I
               earnestly
               begg
               your
               prayers
               ,
               that
               the
               Lord
               would
               thrust
               forth
               more
               Laborers
               into
               this
               Harvest
               ;
               and
               because
               the
               meanes
               is
               exceeding
               small
               and
               inconsiderable
               for
               so
               vast
               an
               enterprize
               as
               this
               is
               :
               there
               is
               the
               more
               eminent
               need
               of
               Faith
               and
               Prayer
               ,
               that
               the
               Lord
               himself
               ,
               by
               his
               speciall
               grace
               ,
               favour
               ,
               and
               providence
               ,
               would
               appear
               in
               this
               matter
               :
               for
               the
               Lord
               must
               raigne
               in
               these
               latter
               dayes
               ,
               and
               more
               eminently
               &
               observably
               ,
               overtop
               all
               Instruments
               and
               meanes
               :
               And
               I
               trust
               he
               will
               mightily
               appear
               in
               this
               businesse
               ,
               as
               in
               other
               parts
               of
               the
               world
               .
            
             
               I
               have
               intimated
               in
               my
               other
               Letters
               ,
               what
               good
               hopes
               I
               have
               of
               sundry
               of
               them
               ,
               and
               that
               they
               begin
               to
               
                 enquire
                 after
                 baptisme
              
               
               
                 and
                 Church
                 Ordiuances
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 way
                 of
                 worshipping
                 God
                 as
                 the
                 Churches
                 here
                 do
                 ;
              
               but
               I
               shewing
               them
               how
               uncapable
               they
               be
               to
               be
               trusted
               therewith
               ,
               whilst
               they
               live
               so
               unfixed
               ,
               confused
               ,
               and
               ungoverned
               a
               life
               ,
               uncivilized
               and
               unsubdued
               to
               labor
               and
               order
               ;
               they
               begin
               now
               to
               enquire
               after
               such
               things
               .
               And
               to
               that
               end
               ,
               I
               have
               propounded
               to
               them
               that
               a
               sit
               place
               be
               found
               out
               for
               Cohabitation
               ,
               wherewith
               they
               may
               subsist
               by
               labor
               ,
               and
               settle
               themselves
               in
               such
               a
               way
               :
               And
               then
               they
               may
               have
               a
               Church
               ,
               and
               all
               the
               Ordinances
               of
               Christ
               amongst
               them
               .
               These
               and
               other
               things
               tending
               that
               way
               ,
               I
               have
               propounded
               to
               them
               ,
               and
               they
               seeme
               to
               me
               to
               accept
               them
               gladly
               ,
               and
               the
               longer
               they
               consider
               ,
               and
               the
               more
               they
               confer
               together
               of
               them
               ,
               the
               more
               acceptable
               they
               are
               unto
               them
               :
               And
               I
               wayting
               to
               see
               how
               the
               Lord
               would
               carry
               on
               this
               work
               by
               the
               wise
               and
               gracious
               eye
               &
               hands
               of
               his
               providence
               ,
               I
               took
               this
               to
               be
               one
               
                 speciall
                 and
                 eminent
                 smile
                 of
                 God
                 ,
              
               upon
               the
               
               work
               that
               he
               had
               stirred
               up
               ,
               the
               
                 Parliament
                 of
                 England
              
               to
               take
               it
               into
               consideration
               ,
               and
               to
               order
               the
               Committee
               of
               Lords
               and
               
               Commons
               for
               forraign
               Plantations
               to
               think
               of
               some
               meet
               way
               how
               they
               might
               best
               advance
               it
               :
               And
               indeed
               the
               way
               you
               mention
               in
               your
               Letter
               which
               they
               have
               taken
               ,
               
                 (
                 whcih
                 I
                 trust
                 is
                 perfected
                 long
                 before
                 this
                 time
                 ,
                 )
              
               I
               conceive
               to
               be
               a
               way
               of
               God
               ,
               and
               not
               only
               very
               acceptable
               to
               me
               ,
               but
               honourable
               to
               themselves
               ,
               and
               the
               Nation
               ,
               to
               be
               engaged
               in
               so
               pious
               and
               charitable
               a
               work
               ,
               if
               meanes
               may
               hereby
               be
               procured
               to
               a
               thorow
               carrying
               on
               the
               same
               .
            
             
               I
               have
               also
               intimated
               in
               my
               other
               Letters
               ,
               and
               sent
               word
               again
               in
               this
               ,
               what
               manner
               of
               
                 *
              
               provisions
               of
               all
               sorts
               wil
               be
               necessary
               to
               be
               sent
               over
               ,
               and
               that
               special
               care
               be
               had
               that
               the
               tooles
               for
               labour
               of
               all
               sorts
               may
               be
               of
               a
               good
               temper
               and
               well
               made
               ;
               otherwise
               they
               will
               be
               discouraged
               ;
               &c.
               the
               particulars
               as
               well
               for
               Phisick
               and
               Surgery
               ,
               as
               for
               Cloathing
               and
               Instruments
               for
               labour
               of
               all
               sorts
               is
               inclosed
               therein
               :
               But
               I
               will
               trouble
               you
               no
               further
               at
               this
               time
               with
               what
               I
               have
               written
               in
               my
               other
               Letters
               ,
               hoping
               the
               Lord
               will
               bring
               them
               to
               your
               hands
               :
               onely
               I
               shall
               intimate
               such
               things
               as
               have
               occurred
               since
               the
               writing
               of
               my
               former
               Letters
               .
            
             
               There
               is
               an
               
                 Indian
              
               living
               with
               Mr.
               
                 Richard
                 Calicott
              
               of
               
                 Dorchester
                 ,
              
               who
               was
               taken
               in
               the
               
                 Pequott
              
               Warres
               ,
               though
               belonging
               to
               
                 Loug
              
               Island
               ;
               this
               
                 Indian
              
               is
               ingenious
               ,
               can
               read
               ;
               and
               I
               taught
               him
               to
               write
               ,
               which
               he
               quickly
               learnt
               ,
               though
               I
               know
               not
               what
               use
               he
               now
               maketh
               of
               it
               :
               He
               was
               the
               first
               that
               I
               made
               use
               of
               to
               teach
               me
               words
               ,
               and
               to
               be
               my
               Interpreter
               .
               Now
               of
               late
               ,
               the
               Lord
               hath
               stirred
               up
               his
               heart
               to
               joyn
               unto
               the
               Church
               at
               
                 Dorchester
                 ,
              
               and
               this
               day
               I
               am
               going
               to
               the
               Elders
               ,
               meeting
               ,
               to
               the
               examination
               and
               Tryall
               of
               this
               young
               man
               ,
               in
               preparation
               for
               his
               admission
               into
               the
               Church
               .
            
             
               Likewise
               since
               I
               purposed
               to
               write
               to
               you
               of
               these
               matters
               ,
               I
               have
               taken
               care
               to
               note
               such
               Questions
               as
               they
               propound
               ,
               and
               I
               shall
               here
               set
               down
               such
               as
               have
               been
               propounded
               by
               them
               since
               my
               last
               Letters
               :
               For
               by
               them
               you
               may
               guesse
               at
               the
               progresse
               they
               make
               in
               knowledge
               .
            
             
               
                 
                   
                   
                     
                       Questions
                       .
                    
                     
                       
                         VVHy
                         have
                         not
                         beasts
                         a
                         soul
                         as
                         man
                         hath
                         ,
                         seeing
                         they
                         have
                         love
                         ,
                         anger
                         ,
                      
                       &c.
                       
                         as
                         man
                         hath
                         ?
                      
                    
                     
                       
                         How
                         is
                         the
                         spirit
                         of
                         God
                         in
                         us
                         ?
                         and
                         where
                         is
                         it
                         principally
                         present
                         ?
                      
                       
                       
                         Why
                         doth
                         God
                         punish
                         in
                         hell
                         for
                         ever
                         ?
                         man
                         doth
                         not
                         so
                         ,
                         but
                         after
                         a
                         time
                         lets
                         them
                         out
                         of
                         prison
                         again
                         .
                         And
                         if
                         they
                         repent
                         in
                         hell
                         ,
                         why
                         will
                         not
                         God
                         let
                         them
                         out
                         again
                         ?
                      
                    
                     
                       What
                       is
                       Faith
                       ?
                    
                     
                       Whether
                       do
                       you
                       think
                       I
                       have
                       Faith
                       ?
                    
                     
                       
                         a
                      
                       How
                       shall
                       I
                       know
                       when
                       God
                       accepts
                       my
                       prayers
                       ?
                    
                     
                       How
                       doth
                       Christ
                       make
                       peace
                       betwixt
                       God
                       and
                       man
                       ?
                       And
                       what
                       is
                       the
                       meaning
                       of
                       that
                       point
                       ?
                    
                     
                       Why
                       did
                       the
                       
                         Iewes
                      
                       give
                       the
                       Watchmen
                       money
                       to
                       tell
                       a
                       lye
                       ?
                    
                     
                       If
                       I
                       heare
                       Gods
                       Word
                       when
                       I
                       am
                       young
                       ,
                       and
                       do
                       not
                       believe
                       ,
                       but
                       when
                       I
                       am
                       old
                       I
                       believe
                       :
                       what
                       will
                       God
                       say
                       ?
                    
                     
                       In
                       wicked
                       dreames
                       doth
                       the
                       soule
                       sin
                       ?
                       
                         b
                      
                    
                     
                       Doth
                       the
                       soule
                       in
                       Heaven
                       know
                       things
                       done
                       here
                       on
                       earth
                       ?
                    
                     
                       Doth
                       the
                       soule
                       in
                       
                         Heaven
                      
                       remember
                       what
                       it
                       did
                       here
                       on
                       earth
                       before
                       he
                       dyed
                       ?
                    
                     
                       Who
                       first
                       gave
                       Lawes
                       to
                       men
                       ?
                    
                     
                       What
                       is
                       Law
                       ?
                    
                     
                       If
                       my
                       heart
                       be
                       full
                       of
                       evil
                       thoughts
                       ,
                       
                         c
                      
                       and
                       I
                       repent
                       and
                       pray
                       ,
                       and
                       a
                       few
                       houres
                       after
                       it
                       is
                       full
                       again
                       ,
                       and
                       I
                       repent
                       and
                       pray
                       again
                       ;
                       and
                       if
                       after
                       this
                       it
                       be
                       full
                       of
                       evill
                       thoughts
                       again
                       ,
                       what
                       will
                       God
                       say
                       ?
                    
                     
                       Why
                       did
                       the
                       earth
                       shake
                       at
                       Christs
                       Resurrection
                       ?
                    
                     
                       What
                       meaneth
                       this
                       ,
                       That
                       God
                       will
                       not
                       hold
                       him
                       guiltlesse
                       that
                       taketh
                       his
                       name
                       in
                       vaine
                       ?
                    
                     
                       What
                       force
                       of
                       wicked
                       men
                       is
                       lawfull
                       ,
                       and
                       what
                       is
                       not
                       ?
                    
                     
                       What
                       if
                       a
                       Minister
                       weare
                       long
                       hayre
                       ,
                       as
                       some
                       other
                       men
                       do
                       ,
                       what
                       will
                       God
                       say
                       ?
                    
                     
                       If
                       a
                       man
                       will
                       make
                       his
                       Daughter
                       marry
                       a
                       man
                       whom
                       she
                       doth
                       not
                       love
                       ,
                       what
                       will
                       God
                       say
                       ?
                       
                         d
                      
                    
                     
                     
                       Why
                       doth
                       Christ
                       compare
                       the
                       Kingdom
                       of
                       heaven
                       to
                       a
                       net
                       ?
                    
                     
                       Why
                       doth
                       God
                       so
                       hate
                       them
                       that
                       teach
                       others
                       to
                       commit
                       sin
                       ?
                    
                  
                
              
            
             
               SIR
               ,
            
             
               J
               Am
               now
               streightned
               in
               time
               ,
               and
               must
               hasten
               away
               my
               Letters
               :
               I
               can
               proceed
               no
               further
               at
               present
               ,
               and
               therefore
               with
               earnest
               desires
               of
               your
               Prayers
               ,
               I
               commit
               you
               to
               the
               gracious
               protection
               of
               the
               Lord
               ,
               who
               hath
               hitherto
               helped
               ,
               and
               will
               never
               faile
               those
               that
               trust
               in
               him
               .
            
             
               
                 Yours
                 in
                 any
                 service
                 I
                 can
                 in
                 Jesus
                 Christ
                 
                   Iohn
                   Eliott
                   .
                
              
               
                 Roxbury
                 
                   this
                   2.
                   of
                   the
                   12.
                   1648.
                   
                
              
            
          
        
      
       
       
         
           AN
           APPENDIX
           TO
           THE
           foregoing
           Letters
           ,
           holding
           forth
           Conjectures
           ,
           Observations
           ,
           and
           Applycatious
           of
           them
           .
        
         
           
             THe
             works
             of
             the
             Lord
             are
             great
             ,
             sought
             out
             of
             all
             them
             that
             love
             them
             ,
          
           saith
           the
           Psalmist
           ,
           
             Psal.
          
           111.
           3.
           
           The
           word
           which
           we
           render
           ,
           
             sought
             out
             ,
          
           hath
           a
           mighty
           
             Emphasis
          
           in
           it
           .
           T
           is
           a
           word
           used
           sometimes
           to
           
             Denote
          
           the
           
             Elaborate
             care
          
           of
           
             digging
          
           and
           
             searching
             into
             mines
             .
          
           And
           sometimes
           it
           s
           made
           use
           of
           to
           expresse
           the
           
             accurate
             labors
             of
             those
             who
             comment
             upon
             Writings
             .
          
           Indeed
           there
           is
           a
           
             golden
             mine
          
           in
           every
           work
           of
           God
           ;
           and
           the
           
             foregoing
             Letters
          
           to
           a
           gracious
           eye
           ,
           are
           as
           a
           discovery
           of
           a
           farmore
           precious
           
             mine
          
           in
           
             America
             ,
          
           then
           those
           
             Gold
          
           and
           
             Silver
          
           ones
           of
           
             India
             :
          
           For
           they
           bring
           tidings
           of
           the
           
             unsearchable
             ri●…hes
             of
             Christ
          
           revealed
           unto
           poor
           soules
           in
           those
           parts
           .
        
         
           Or
           if
           thou
           wilt
           (
           Reader
           )
           thou
           mayest
           eye
           
             this
             Work
             of
             God
          
           as
           a
           full
           
             text
             :
          
           affording
           matter
           ,
           both
           for
           
             Theoretick
             ,
          
           and
           
             practick
          
           conclusions
           .
        
         
           I
           must
           professe
           for
           my self
           ,
           I
           could
           not
           passe
           over
           so
           rich
           a
           mine
           without
           diging
           nor
           let
           passe
           so
           full
           a
           
             text
          
           (
           as
           this
           work
           of
           God
           in
           
             America
             )
          
           without
           some
           short
           comment
           :
           which
           the
           request
           of
           the
           worthy
           Publisher
           of
           these
           precious
           papers
           ,
           hath
           prevailed
           with
           me
           to
           affix
           ,
           and
           publish
           as
           an
           Appendix
           .
        
         
           The
           palpable
           and
           present
           acts
           of
           providence
           ,
           doe
           more
           then
           hint
           the
           approach
           of
           Jesus
           Christ
           :
           And
           the
           Generall
           consent
           of
           many
           judicious
           ,
           and
           godly
           Divines
           ,
           doth
           induce
           
             considering
             minds
          
           to
           beleeve
           ,
           that
           the
           conversion
           of
           the
           Jewes
           is
           at
           hand
           .
           It
           s
           the
           expectation
           of
           some
           of
           the
           wisest
           Jewes
           now
           living
           ,
           that
           about
           the
           year
           1650.
           
           
             Either
             we
             Christians
             shall
             be
             Mosaick
             ,
             or
             else
             that
             themselves
             Iewes
             shall
             be
             Christians
             .
          
           The
           serious
           consideration
           of
           the
           preceding
           Letters
           ,
           induceth
           me
           to
           think
           ,
           that
           there
           
           may
           be
           at
           least
           a
           remnant
           of
           the
           
             Generation
             of
             Iacob
          
           in
           
             America
             ,
          
           
           (
           peradventure
           some
           of
           the
           10.
           
           Tribes
           dispersions
           .
           )
           And
           that
           those
           sometimes
           poor
           ,
           now
           precious
           
             Indians
          
           (
           mentioned
           in
           those
           Letters
           )
           may
           be
           as
           the
           
             first
             fruits
          
           of
           the
           glorious
           harvest
           ,
           of
           
             Israels
             redemption
             .
          
           The
           observation
           is
           not
           to
           be
           sleighted
           (
           though
           the
           observer
           *
           
           modestly
           said
           it
           was
           
             more
             cheerfull
             then
             deep
             )
          
           that
           the
           first
           Text
           out
           of
           which
           Mr.
           
             Eliot
          
           preached
           ,
           was
           about
           the
           dry
           bones
           ,
           Ezek.
           37.
           9.
           10.
           
           
             That
             by
             prophesying
             to
             the
             wind
             ,
             the
             wind
             came
             and
             the
             dry
             bones
             lived
             :
          
           It
           may
           be
           there
           is
           not
           much
           weight
           in
           the
           observation
           ,
           that
           the
           word
           which
           the
           Indians
           use
           for
           wind
           ,
           is
           
             Waubon
             :
          
           and
           that
           an
           
             Indian
          
           of
           that
           name
           is
           ,
           and
           hath
           been
           very
           sedulous
           for
           their
           conversion
           :
           Yet
           to
           me
           there
           is
           ground
           for
           a
           very
           weighty
           thought
           ;
           that
           ,
           that
           portion
           of
           Scripture
           should
           be
           first
           of
           all
           openned
           to
           them
           ,
           which
           clearly
           foretold
           the
           conversion
           of
           
             Israel
             ,
             i.
             e.
          
           The
           10.
           
           Tribes
           universally
           understood
           ,
           and
           peculiarly
           meant
           by
           the
           name
           or
           notion
           of
           
             Israel
             ,
          
           when
           distinct
           from
           
             Iudah
             ,
          
           as
           in
           that
           prophesy
           it
           is
           )
           Why
           may
           we
           not
           at
           least
           
             conjecture
             ,
          
           that
           God
           by
           a
           special
           finger
           pointed
           out
           that
           text
           to
           be
           first
           openned
           ,
           which
           immediately
           concerned
           the
           persons
           to
           whom
           it
           was
           preached
           :
           Especially
           ,
           if
           (
           as
           some
           credibly
           affirme
           )
           that
           the
           
             Iewes
             of
             the
             Netherlands
          
           (
           being
           intreated
           thereunto
           )
           
             informe
             that
             after
             much
             inquiry
             they
             found
             some
             of
             the
             ten
             Tribes
             to
             be
             in
             America
             .
          
           When
           our
           Lord
           came
           to
           
             Nazaret
             ,
          
           and
           standing
           up
           to
           read
           :
           It
           s
           said
           there
           was
           delivered
           unto
           him
           the
           book
           of
           
             Isaias
             ,
          
           and
           he
           openned
           the
           book
           ,
           and
           found
           it
           written
           ,
           
             The
             spirit
             of
             the
             Lord
             is
             upon
             me
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           The
           bringing
           of
           that
           Scripture
           to
           our
           Lords
           hands
           so
           providentially
           ,
           was
           a
           hint
           (
           at
           least
           )
           that
           the
           present
           hearers
           were
           in
           an
           eminent
           manner
           concerned
           in
           that
           prophesie
           .
           What
           ever
           may
           be
           in
           this
           observation
           (
           which
           I
           humbly
           offer
           to
           the
           
             searching
             thoughts
             of
             judicious
             persons
             )
          
           I
           am
           much
           inclined
           to
           conjecture
           ,
           that
           there
           is
           a
           sprinkling
           at
           least
           of
           
             Abrahams
             seed
          
           in
           these
           parts
           ,
           The
           reasons
           of
           my
           inclination
           hereunto
           are
           these
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           
             They
             have
             (
             at
             least
             )
             a
             traditionall
             knowledge
             of
             God
             ,
             as
             the
             maker
             of
             heaven
             and
             earth
             .
          
           It
           s
           true
           ,
           they
           talk
           of
           other
           Gods
           ;
           but
           yet
           they
           hold
           that
           the
           chief
           God
           is
           he
           ,
           
             who
             made
             all
             things
             .
          
           Which
           agnition
           of
           God
           ,
           was
           peculiar
           to
           the
           
             Iewes
             ,
          
           in
           opposition
           to
           the
           
             Gentiles
             :
          
           Hence
           it
           was
           ,
           that
           when
           they
           were
           Captives
           in
           
             Babylon
             :
          
           this
           was
           that
           
             Character
             ,
          
           by
           which
           they
           were
           taught
           to
           distinguish
           the
           true
           God
           (
           which
           the
           
             Gentiles
          
           knew
           not
           )
           that
           he
           was
           the
           
             Maker
             of
             all
             things
             ,
          
           Jer.
           10.
           16.
           
        
         
         
           2.
           
           
             What
             ever
             they
             attribute
             unto
             others
             ,
             this
             they
             peculiarly
             attribute
             unto
             this
             God
             ,
          
           viz.
           
             that
             all
             things
             both
             good
             and
             evill
             ,
             are
             managed
             by
             his
             Providence
             ,
          
           and
           if
           they
           doe
           but
           hurt
           themselves
           ,
           they
           say
           't
           is
           a
           note
           of
           Gods
           displeasure
           :
           Hence
        
         
           3.
           
           Before
           ever
           any
           of
           them
           received
           any
           instruction
           from
           our
           
             English
             ,
          
           by
           tradition
           they
           were
           taught
           ,
           and
           did
           
             upon
             observation
             of
             a
             bad
             year
             ,
             or
             other
             ill
             successe
             ,
             meet
             and
             weep
             as
             unto
             God
             ;
             acknowledging
             it
             to
             be
             his
             h●…nd
             of
             displeasure
             upon
             them
             :
             And
             on
             the
             other
             side
             ,
             upon
             a
             good
             year
             ,
             or
             good
             successe
             in
             any
             businesse
             ,
             as
             of
             War
             ,
             &c.
             they
             used
             to
             meet
             and
             make
             a
             kind
             of
             acknowledgement
             of
             thanks
             to
             God
          
           for
           it
           .
        
         
           4.
           
           It
           is
           very
           observable
           ;
           that
           they
           are
           
             carefull
             to
             preserve
             the
             memory
             of
             their
             Families
             ,
             mentioning
             Unckles
             ,
             Grand-Fathers
             ,
             and
             Grand-mothers
             ,
          
           &c.
           and
           much
           studying
           the
           advancing
           of
           their
           houses
           and
           kindred
           .
           A
           thing
           which
           hath
           a
           great
           tang
           of
           ,
           and
           affinitie
           to
           the
           
             Iewes
          
           care
           of
           preserving
           the
           memoriall
           of
           their
           
             Tribes
             .
          
        
         
           5.
           
           Those
           of
           them
           who
           have
           been
           wrought
           upon
           ,
           tell
           of
           
             some
             face
             of
             Religion
             ,
             Wisedom
             ,
             and
             manners
             which
             long
             agoe
          
           their
           Ancestors
           had
           ,
           but
           that
           it
           was
           lost
           .
        
         
           6.
           
           (
           To
           omit
           other
           grounds
           of
           this
           conjecture
           .
           )
           The
           
             better
             and
             more
             sober
             sort
             of
             them
             ,
             delight
             much
             to
             expresse
             themselves
             in
             parables
             .
          
           *
           
           A
           thing
           peculiar
           to
           the
           Jewes
           ,
           as
           those
           who
           read
           their
           writings
           ,
           or
           consider
           Christs
           manner
           of
           expressing
           himself
           ,
           will
           easily
           see
           .
        
         
           These
           and
           the
           like
           considerations
           prevaile
           with
           me
           to
           entertain
           (
           at
           least
           )
           a
           
             Conjecture
             ,
          
           that
           these
           
             Indians
             in
             America
             ,
          
           may
           be
           
             Iewes
          
           (
           especially
           of
           the
           ten
           Tribes
           .
           )
           And
           therefore
           to
           hope
           that
           the
           work
           of
           Christ
           among
           them
           ,
           may
           be
           as
           a
           preparatory
           to
           his
           own
           appearing
           .
        
         
           If
           these
           reasons
           prevaile
           not
           with
           thee
           (
           Reader
           )
           to
           give
           quarter
           to
           my
           conjecture●…
           yet
           I
           cannot
           but
           perswade
           my self
           ,
           that
           the
           former
           Letters
           soberly
           &
           duly
           weighed
           ,
           will
           cause
           thee
           to
           subscribe
           with
           me
           to
           this
           conclusion
           ,
           that
           ,
           
             the
             work
             of
             God
             among
             the
             Indians
             in
             America
             ,
             is
             glorious
             ,
             and
             to
             be
             admired
             by
             all
             those
             ,
             who
             look
             after
             and
             rejoyce
             in
             the
             appearance
             of
             our
             Lord
             Iesus
             ,
          
           Surely
           the
           
             Sun
             of
             Righteousnesse
          
           is
           risen
           ,
           with
           
             healirg
             vertue
             under
             his
             wings
             ,
          
           upon
           those
           poor
           hearts
           ,
           who
           sate
           
             in
             darknesse
             ,
             and
             the
             shadow
             of
             death
             .
          
           And
           
           these
           godly
           persons
           who
           fled
           into
           
             America
          
           for
           shelter
           from
           
             Prelaticall
             persecution
             ,
          
           doe
           now
           appeare
           to
           be
           carried
           there
           by
           a
           sacred
           and
           sweet
           providence
           of
           Christ
           ,
           to
           make
           known
           his
           name
           to
           those
           poor
           soules
           ,
           who
           have
           been
           
             Captives
             to
             Satan
          
           these
           many
           Ages
           .
           The
           Christians
           when
           scattered
           abroad
           ,
           went
           to
           and
           fro
           preaching
           the
           word
           .
           And
           I
           wish
           from
           my
           soul
           ,
           that
           all
           these
           
             Ministers
             of
             the
             Dispertion
          
           (
           as
           I
           may
           call
           them
           )
           in
           
             New-England
             ;
          
           would
           stirre
           up
           themselves
           to
           this
           work
           of
           the
           Lord
           ,
           which
           (
           now
           it
           seems
           )
           he
           intended
           in
           his
           carrying
           of
           them
           thither
           .
           Surely
           these
           tydings
           as
           they
           are
           
             grounds
             of
             rejoycing
          
           to
           others
           a
           far
           off
           ;
           so
           they
           should
           be
           much
           more
           
             incouragements
             of
             putting
             to
             the
             hand
          
           of
           such
           as
           are
           there
           unto
           this
           harvest
           of
           the
           Lord
           .
           And
           so
           much
           the
           rather
           ,
           because
           the
           Gospel
           in
           its
           advancement
           amongst
           these
           
             Western
             Indians
             ,
          
           appeares
           to
           be
           
             not
             in
             word
             only
          
           (
           as
           it
           was
           by
           the
           
             Spaniards
          
           among
           their
           Indians
           )
           
             but
             also
             in
             power
             ,
             and
             in
             the
             Holy
             Ghost
             ,
             and
             in
             much
             assurance
             :
          
           Doe
           not
           these
           true
           reports
           shew
           
             what
             manner
             of
             entrance
             the
             Gospel
             hath
          
           
           
             among
             them
             :
             and
             how
             they
             turn
             unto
             God
             from
             Idels
          
           (
           from
           their
           
             pawwawes
             )
          
           to
           serve
           the
           
             living
             and
             true
             God
             ,
          
           and
           to
           
             look
             for
             his
             sonne
          
           from
           
             Heaven
             ,
          
           *
           
           &c.
           
        
         
           
             (
             Reader
             )
          
           I
           intreat
           thee
           to
           beare
           with
           me
           ,
           if
           in
           
             Commenting
             upon
             this
             work
             of
          
           God
           ,
           I
           offer
           a
           few
           notes
           to
           declare
           that
           in
           truth
           this
           work
           of
           God
           is
           not
           only
           in
           the
           
             Letter
             ,
          
           but
           in
           the
           
             Spirit
          
           and
           power
           of
           the
           
             Gospel
             .
          
           These
           things
           I
           note
           (
           and
           pray
           doe
           thou
           )
           to
           
           this
           purpose
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           The
           questions
           which
           are
           moved
           by
           the
           Indians
           comming
           and
           come
           in
           ,
           are
           such
           as
           are
           of
           great
           and
           weighty
           concernment
           ;
           And
           such
           as
           indeed
           evince
           a
           more
           then
           common
           working
           of
           the
           spirit
           by
           the
           word
           on
           them
           .
           Such
           are
           those
           that
           concerne
           
             spirituall
             joyning
             in
             prayer
             ,
          
           and
           a
           
             knowledge
             of
             Gods
             acceptation
             thereof
             .
          
           Those
           questions
           also
           that
           relate
           to
           the
           
             marrying
             of
             the
             godly
             with
             the
             wicked
             :
          
           (
           much
           like
           that
           of
           the
           
             Corinthians
          
           to
           
             Paul
             .
          
           1
           
             Cor.
          
           7.
           and
           2
           
             Cor.
          
           8.
           )
           and
           those
           that
           concern
           the
           
             evill
             of
             thoughts
             and
             dreames
             ,
          
           &c.
           
           See
           and
           consider
           the
           Questions
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           The
           full
           casting
           off
           their
           
             Pawwaws
             ;
          
           and
           not
           seeking
           to
           them
           :
           Although
           they
           much
           idolized
           them
           ,
           and
           albeit
           they
           know
           not
           as
           yet
           ,
           any
           meanes
           of
           help
           when
           sick
           ,
           but
           them
           .
        
         
           3.
           
           Their
           sweet
           and
           affectionate
           melting
           under
           the
           word
           of
           grace
           :
           and
           their
           exceeding
           hungring
           and
           thirsting
           after
           the
           enjoyment
           
           thereof
           .
           Together
           with
           enquiry
           after
           
             Syon
             ,
          
           and
           their
           great
           joy
           they
           declare
           in
           their
           hopes
           thereof
           .
           
        
         
           4.
           
           Lastly
           ,
           and
           especially
           the
           reall
           and
           undenyable
           evidences
           of
           the
           work
           of
           grace
           in
           power
           upon
           some
           particular
           persons
           mentioned
           :
           and
           particular
           that
           of
           the
           
             woman
          
           in
           whom
           I
           cannot
           but
           note
           these
           things
        
         
           1.
           
           Her
           desire
           to
           live
           by
           the
           ordinance
           of
           the
           word
           ,
           although
           
           with
           great
           trouble
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           Her
           Exemplarines
           of
           life
           ,
           after
           the
           Lord
           did
           work
           upon
           her
           .
        
         
           3.
           
           Her
           resolutions
           to
           love
           God
           ,
           
             though
             he
             made
             her
             sick
             .
          
           Oh!
           
             could
             she
             love
             God
             ,
             except
             he
             loved
             her
             first
             ?
          
        
         
           4.
           
           Her
           belief
           that
           God
           was
           well
           pleased
           with
           her
           in
           Christ
           ,
           and
           hereupon
           her
           willingnesse
           to
           dye
           ,
           in
           assurance
           of
           going
           to
           Heaven
           .
        
         
           5.
           
           Her
           care
           of
           her
           Children
           upon
           her
           first
           knowing
           of
           God
           :
           and
           her
           charging
           them
           not
           to
           live
           with
           their
           kindred
           ,
           pressing
           it
           chiefly
           with
           this
           ,
           that
           
             they
             prayed
             not
             ,
          
           and
           that
           they
           
             committed
             sin
             ,
             and
             were
             not
             punished
             :
          
           Oh
           holy
           and
           high
           attainment
           !
           to
           see
           an
           
             evlil
             in
             sinning
             and
             not
             being
             punished
             .
          
           This
           was
           the
           great
           evill
           threatned
           .
           
             Hosea
          
           9.
           14.
           
        
         
           What
           doe
           all
           these
           things
           declare
           ?
           but
           this
           :
           That
           Christ
           hath
           made
           the
           
             day
             of
             his
             power
          
           to
           arise
           upon
           those
           poor
           soules
           :
           In
           making
           
           them
           
             a
             willing
             people
             :
          
           And
           what
           improvement
           should
           we
           make
           of
           this
           comment
           upon
           the
           work
           of
           the
           Lord
           ,
           if
           not
           this
           or
           the
           like
           ;
        
         
           First
           ,
           To
           study
           and
           search
           into
           the
           works
           of
           the
           Lord
           ,
           to
           see
           how
           he
           counterplots
           the
           enemy
           in
           his
           designes
           :
           In
           making
           the
           late
           Bishops
           persecuting
           of
           the
           Godly
           tend
           to
           the
           promoting
           of
           the
           Gospel
           .
        
         
           Secondly
           ,
           To
           take
           heed
           of
           dispising
           the
           
             day
             of
             small
             things
             .
          
           It
           being
           Gods
           way
           to
           lay
           most
           glorious
           workes
           upon
           little
           and
           despicable
           foundations
           :
           And
           to
           advance
           the
           Treasury
           of
           the
           Gospel
           in
           earthen
           vessels
           ,
           even
           to
           the
           ends
           of
           the
           Earth
           ,
        
         
           Thirdly
           ,
           To
           be
           ashamed
           of
           ,
           and
           bewaile
           our
           want
           of
           affection
           to
           ,
           and
           estimation
           of
           that
           glorious
           Gospel
           ,
           and
           those
           great
           things
           of
           Christ
           :
           which
           these
           poor
           Heathens
           upon
           the
           little
           Glymmerings
           and
           tasts
           so
           exceedingly
           value
           and
           improve
           .
        
         
         
           Fourthly
           :
           Doth
           not
           the
           observation
           of
           the
           preceeding
           reports
           ,
           clearly
           confirme
           the
           
             Doctrine
             of
             the
             Sabboth
             ,
          
           and
           the
           
             practise
             of
             prayer
             :
          
           Oh
           tremble
           ye
           
             Sabboth-slighters
             ,
          
           and
           
             duty-dispisers
             ,
          
           Christ
           hath
           witnesses
           against
           you
           in
           
             America
             !
          
           Be
           ashamed
           ye
           pretended-Men
           and
           
             fathers
          
           in
           Christ
           for
           comming
           short
           of
           
             Babes
          
           and
           
             Children
             !
          
           In
           truth
           the
           very
           light
           of
           Nature
           will
           condemne
           you
           .
           Prayer
           in
           all
           ages
           (
           and
           that
           not
           mentall
           ,
           but
           verball
           ,
           and
           expresse
           )
           hath
           been
           that
           by
           which
           the
           
             Deity
          
           hath
           been
           
             agnized
          
           and
           worshipped
           .
           The
           
             converted
             Heathens
          
           in
           
             New-Eng
             and
             ,
          
           goe
           beyond
           you
           ,
           O
           ye
           
             Apostate
             Christians
          
           in
           
             England
             !
          
        
         
           Lastly
           ,
           be
           incouraged
           to
           put
           to
           your
           helping
           hand
           unto
           the
           work
           of
           the
           Lord
           .
           And
           to
           that
           end
           ,
        
         
           1.
           
           
             Arise
             ye
             heads
             of
             our
             Tribes
             in
             Old
             England
             ,
          
           and
           extend
           your
           help
           to
           further
           Christs
           labourers
           in
           
             N.
             -England
             .
          
           Rather
           ste●…l
           from
           your
           sleep
           an
           houre
           ,
           then
           suffer
           that
           good
           Ordinance
           to
           lye
           asleep
           so
           long
           ;
           which
           if
           drawn
           into
           an
           Act
           ,
           will
           exceedingly
           further
           this
           blessed
           work
           .
           Surely
           if
           you
           were
           petitioned
           to
           in
           the
           name
           of
           Christ
           ,
           and
           his
           Gospel
           ,
           to
           give
           money
           out
           of
           your
           own
           purse
           to
           exalt
           him
           in
           furthering
           it
           .
           Durst
           you
           deny
           it
           ?
           How
           much
           lesse
           can
           you
           deny
           the
           passing
           of
           an
           Act
           to
           enable
           some
           to
           receive
           and
           dispose
           what
           others
           would
           gladly
           give
           .
           The
           work
           is
           so
           clear
           ,
           that
           you
           need
           not
           many
           houres
           to
           debate
           it
           :
           And
           I
           hope
           you
           are
           so
           willing
           that
           I
           shall
           not
           need
           more
           words
           to
           presse
           it
           ,
           only
           let
           me
           add
           this
           that
           as
           Ministers
           ,
           so
           Statists
           do
           finde
           personall
           examples
           ,
           the
           most
           powerfull
           motives
           to
           practick
           doctrines
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           
             Rouze
             up
             your selves
             my
             Brethren
             ;
             ye
             Preachers
             of
             the
             Gospel
             ,
          
           this
           work
           concernes
           you
           .
           Contrive
           and
           plot
           ,
           preach
           for
           ,
           and
           presse
           the
           advancement
           hereof
           .
           It
           s
           cleare
           you
           may
           do
           much
           :
           Let
           not
           this
           be
           your
           condemnation
           ,
           that
           you
           did
           nothing
           .
        
         
           3.
           
           
             Come
             forth
             ye
             Masters
             of
             money
             ,
          
           part
           with
           your
           Gold
           to
           promote
           the
           Gospel
           ;
           Let
           the
           gift
           of
           God
           in
           temporal
           things
           make
           way
           ,
           for
           the
           Indians
           receipt
           of
           spiritualls
           .
           If
           you
           give
           any
           thing
           
             yearly
             ,
          
           remember
           Christ
           will
           be
           yout
           
             Pensioner
             .
          
           If
           you
           give
           any
           thing
           into
           
             banke
             ,
          
           Christ
           will
           keep
           
             account
          
           thereof
           ,
           and
           reward
           it
           .
           You
           hear
           of
           what
           things
           are
           necessary
           in
           order
           to
           the
           advancement
           of
           that
           one
           
             thing
             necessary
             .
          
           Rest
           assured
           of
           this
           ,
           what
           ever
           you
           give
           will
           be
           well
           and
           wisely
           improved
           .
           And
           as
           far
           as
           the
           Gospel
           is
           mediately
           advanced
           by
           your
           money
           ,
           be
           sure
           you
           will
           be
           remembred
           .
        
         
         
           But
           to
           winde
           up
           all
           ,
           
             Fal
             down
             O
             all
             ye
             who
             love
             the
             Lord
             Iesus
             :
             &
             bow
             your
             knees
             t●…
             his
             father
             &
             yours
             in
             his
             name
             ,
             to
             prosper
             the
             progresse
             made
             of
             the
             Gospel
             among
             the
             Indians
             in
             N-England
             .
          
           Pray
           that
           an
           effectuall
           door
           may
           be
           openned
           there
           .
           Remember
           Mr.
           
             Eliot
             .
          
           Forget
           not
           Mr.
           
             Mayhew
             ,
          
           and
           all
           other
           that
           labour
           in
           the
           work
           .
           Pray
           for
           them
           that
           Christs
           work
           may
           prosper
           in
           their
           hands
           .
           Christ
           calls
           upon
           you
           by
           these
           Letters
           ,
           and
           saith
           .
           
             The
             harvest
             is
             great
             ,
             but
             the
             Labourers
             are
             few
             ,
             pray
             ye
             therefore
             the
             Lord
             of
             the
             harvest
             to
             send
             forth
             Labourers
             into
             his
             vineyard
             .
          
           If
           you
           thus
           heare
           Christ
           ,
           and
           obey
           his
           voice
           ,
           you
           shall
           accomplish
           the
           end
           of
           this
           Appendix
           ,
           and
           exceedingly
           rejoyce
           the
           heart
           of
           the
           Author
           thereof
           ,
           who
           is
        
         
           
             An
             unworthy
             Labourer
             in
             Christs
             work
             here
             ,
             and
             an
             ardent
             desirer
             of
             further
             progresse
             thereof
             in
             
               New-England
               .
            
             J.
             D.
             
          
        
         
           FJNJS
           .
        
         
      
    
     
       
         Notes, typically marginal, from the original text
         
           Notes for div A66681e-390
           
             Mr.
             Mayhews
             Letter
             from
             Capawack
             ,
             Novemb
             18
             ,
             1647.
             
          
           
             *
             Such
             as
             cure
             by
             devil'i●…h
             sorcery
             ,
             and
             to
             whom
             the
             devil
             appeares
             sometimes
             .
          
           
             *
             The
             Indians
             so
             call
             their
             houses
             .
          
           
             *
             A
             Prince
             or
             Ruler
             amongst
             them
             .
          
           
             An
             indian
             speech
             worthy
             our
             consideration
             .
          
           
             The
             better
             sort
             of
             them
             are
             full
             of
             such
             like
             expressions
             ,
             affecting
             to
             speak
             in
             Parables
             .
          
           
             Mr.
             Eliots
             2.
             
             Letter
             in
             48.
             concerning
             the
             progresse
             of
             the
             Gospel
             among
             the
             Indians
             .
          
           
             A
             precious
             testimony
             of
             an
             indian
             woman
             conceived
             to
             dye
             a
             Christian
             .
          
           
             A
             precious
             dying
             speech
             of
             an
             indian
             woman
             to
             her
             children
             .
          
           
             Note
             what
             hinders
             the
             progresse
             of
             the
             Gospel
             amongst
             them
             .
          
           
             Examples
             in
             Superio●…
             very
             prevalent
             .
          
           
             The
             same
             signignification
             with
             Sagamore
             viz
             one
             b●…aring
             ●…le
             among
             them
             .
          
           
             A
             beade
             they
             make
             ,
             and
             is
             highly
             esteemed
             among
             the
             Indians
             ,
             equal
             to
             money
             with
             u●…
             .
          
           
             Bad
             Governour
             have
             an
             evill
             infl●…nce
             upon
             the
             p●…pl
             ,
          
           
             *
             These
             Letters
             and
             Passengers
             are
             not
             yet
             come
             n●…
             England
             
          
           
             They
             shal
             ask
             the
             way
             〈…〉
             
          
           
             ☞
             
          
           
             *
             It
             would
             be
             neither
             pleasing
             n●…r
             〈…〉
             ,
             and
             ther●…o●…e
             are
             l●…t
             out
             .
          
           
             The
             indwelling
             of
             the
             spirit
             in
             us
             is
             mysterious
             .
          
           
             a
             A
             choice
             spirit
             looks
             after
             his
             prayers
             .
          
           
             b
             See
             Eccles.
             6.
             7.
             
          
           
             c
             A
             soft
             and
             serious
             spirited
             Christian
             eyes
             his
             thoughts
             .
          
           
             d
             Forced
             marriages
             scrupled
             by
             Indians
             .
          
        
         
           Notes for div A66681e-4250
           
             Conjectures
             .
          
           
             
               Mr.
            
             Shepherd
             in
             the
             clear
             Sun-shine
             ,
             &
             pag.
             33.
             
          
           
             See
             pag.
             5.
             
          
           
             1
             Thes.
             1.
             
          
           
             See
             the
             Womans
             speech
             pag.
             7.
             
          
           
             Observation
             .
          
           
             Vide
             pag.
             27.
             
          
           
             pag.
             6
             ,
             7.
             
          
           
             Application
             .