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THE
DAY BREAKING
IF NOT THE
^ttii Htfiuo of t\)c (Bofpci
WITH THE
INDIANS IN NEW ENGLAND.
NEW YORK:
REPRINTED FOR JOSEPH SABIN,
1865.
No, ///
Edition 250 Copies,
OF WHICH 50 ARE ON LARGE PAPER.
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THE
DAY-BREAKING
IF NOT
The Sun-Rifing
OF THE
GOSPELL
With the
INDIANS in N^w-England.
Zach. 4. 10.
Wbo hath iejpifed the day offmall things f
Matth. 13. 13.
The Kingdome of heaven is like to a graine ofmujlard seed.
Ibid, verfe 33.
The Kingdome of heaven is like unto Leven.
LONDON
Printed by Rich. Cotes, for Fulk Clifton and are to bee
fold at his Ihop under Saint Margaretts Church on
New-fifti-ftreet Hill, 1647.
/JaffiH^SVMAi4^rM^fH^?l^r^^
To the Reader.
Ee that perid thefe following Relations
is a Minijier of Chriji in New Eng-
land, yo eminently godly and faithfully
that what he here reports, as an eye or
an eare witnejfe, is not to be quejlioned;
Were he willing his name Jhould be mentioned, it
would bee an abundant, if not a redundant, Tejiimo-
niall to all that know him,
Nathan, Warde.
*f*M««ffl!^Hkf«i|e«^^
TRVE RELATION
OF
Our beginnings with the INDIANS.
Pon OiSlober 28. 1646. four of us
(having fought God) went unto
the Indians inhabiting within our
bounds, with defire to make known
the things of their peace to them,
A little before we came to their
Wigwams, five or fix of the chief
of them met us with Englifh falu-
tations, bidding us much welcome, who leading us
unto the principall Wigwam of '^'Waaubon^ we found *The name of |
many more Indians^ men women, children, gathered an Indian,
together from all quarters round about, according to ap-
pointment, to meet with us, and learne of us. Waaubon
the chief minifl:er of Jufl:ice among them exhorting and
inviting them before thereunto, bei^g one who gives
more grounded hopes of ferious refj. ^*-. to the things of
God,then any that as yet I have knowi.e of that forlorne
generation ; and therefore fince wee firfl: began to deale
ferioufly with him, hath voluntarily oflFered his eldeft
fon to be educated and trained up in the knowledge of
God, hoping, as hee told us, that he might come to
know him, although hee defpaired much concerning
himfelf ; and accordingly his fon was accepted, and is
now at fchool in Dedhaniy whom we found at this time
ftanding
( 2 )
(landing by his father among the reft of his Indian
brethren in Englifh clothes.
They being all there affembled, we began with
prayer, which now was in Englifh, being not fo farre
acquainted with the Indian language as to exprefle our
hearts herein before God or them, but wee hope it
will bee done ere long, the Indians defiring it that they
alfo might know how to pray, but thus wee began in
an unknowne tongue to them, partly to let them know
that this dutie in hand was ferious and facred, (for fo
much fome of them underftand by what is undertaken
at prayer) partly alfo in regard of our felves, that wee
might agree together in the fame requeft and heart
forrowes for them even in that place where God was
never wont to be called upon.
When prayer was ended it was a glorious affeding
fpedacle to fee a company of perifhing, forlorne out-
cafts, dilligently attending to the bleffed word of falva-
tion then delivered ; profeffing they underftood all
that which was then taught them in their owne tongue ;
it much afFeded us that they.fhould fmell fome things
of the Alabafter box broken up in that darke and
gloomy habitation of filthinefle and uncleane fpirits.
For about an houre and a quarter the Sermon con-
tinued, wherein one of our company ran thorough all
the principall matter of religion, beginning firft with a
reptition of the ten Commandements, and a briefe ex-
plication of them, then fhewing the curfe and dreadfull
wrath of God againft all thofe who brake them, or any
one of them, or the leaft title of them, and fo applyed
it unto the condition of the Indians prefent, with much
fweet affedion ; and then preached Jefus Chrift to
them the onely meanes of recovery from finne and
wrath and eternall death, and what Chrift was, and
whither he was now gone, and how hee will one day
come
( 3 )
come againe to judge the world in flaming fire; and
of the blefled eftate of all thofe that by faith beleeve in
Chrift, and know him feelingly : he fpake to them
alfo (obferving his owne method as he faw mofl: fit to
edifie them) about the creation and fall of man, about
the greatnefl!e and infinite being of God, the maker of
all things, about the joyes of heaven, and the terrours
and horrours of wicked men in hell, perfwading them
to repentance for feverall fins which they live in, and
many things of the like nature; not meddling with
any matters more difficult, and which to fuch weake
ones might at firfl: feeme ridiculous, untill they had
tafl:ed and beleeved more plaine and familiar truths.
Having thus in a fet fpeech familiarly opened the
principal matters of Salvation to them, the next thing
wee intended was difcourfe with them by propounding
certaine queftions to fee what they would fay to them,
that fo wee might fkrue by variety of meanes fome-
thing or other of God into them ; but before wee did
this we afked them if they underftood all that was
already fpoken, and whether all of them in the fFig-
warn did underftand or onely fome few ? and they an-
fwered to this queftion with multitude of voyces,
that they all of them did underftand all that which
was then fpoken to them. We then defired to know
of them, if they would propound any queftion to us
for more cleare underftanding of what was delivered ;
whereupon feverall of them propounded prefently feve-
rall queftions, (far diflferent from what fome other In-
dians under Kitchomakia in the like meeting about fix The name of
weeks before had done, viz. i. What was the caufe of the chicfe In-
Thunder. 2. Of the Ebbing and Flowing of the Sea. dians about us.
3. Of the wind) but the queftions (which wee thinke
fome fpeciall wifedome of God directed thefe unto)
(which thefe propounded) were in number fix.
B How
( + )
I ^eft. How may wee come to know Jefus Chrift ?
Anfw. 0"f fifft anfwer was. That if they were to read our
Bible, the book of God, therein they fhould fee moft
cleerely what Jefus Chrift was ; but becaufe they could
not do that ; therefore. Secondly, we wiftit them to
thinke, and meditate of fo much as had been taught
them, and which they now heard out of Gods booke,
and to thinke much and often upon it, both when
they did lie downe on their Mats in their Wigwams^
and when they rofe up, and to goe alone in the fields
and woods, and mufe on it, and fo God would teach
them ; efpecially if they ufed a third helpe, which
was,
3 Prayer to God to teach them and reveale Jefus
Chrift unto them ; and wee told them, that although
they could not make any long prayers as the Englifti
could, yet if they did but figh and groane, and fay
thus ; Lord make mee know Jefus Chrift, for I know
him not, and if they did fay fo againe and againe with
their hearts that God would teach them Jefus Chrift,
becaufe hee is fuch a God as will bee found of them
that feeke him with all their hearts, and hee is a God
hearing the prayers of all men both Indian as well as
Englifh, and that Englijh men by this meanes have
come to the knowledge of Jefus Chrift.
The laft helpe wee gave them was repentance, they
muft confefle their finnes and ignorance unto God,
and mourne for it, and acknowledge how juft it is,
for God to deny them the knowledge of Jems Chrift
or any thing elfe becaufe of their iinnes.
Thefe things were fpoken by him who had preached
to them in their owne language, borrowing now and
then fome fmall helpe from the Interpreter whom wee
brought with us, and who could oftentimes exprefle
our minds more diftindly than any of us could ; but
this wee perceived, that a few words from the Preacher
were
( 5 )
if
were more regarded then many from the Indian Inter-
preter.
One of them after this anfwer, reply ed to us that 2 ^efl.
hee was a little while fince praying in his Wigwaniy
unto God and Jefus Chrift, that God would give him
a good heart, and that while hee was praying, one of
his fellow Indians interrupted him, and told him, that
hee prayed in vaine, becaufe Jefus Chrift underftood
not what Indians fpeake in prayer, he had bin ufed to
heare Englifli man pray and fo could well enough under-
ftand them, but Indian language in prayer hee thought
hee was not acquainted with it, but was a ftranger to it,
and therefore could not underftand them. His quef-
tion therefore was, whether Jefus Chrift did under-
ftand, or God did underftand Indian prayers.
This queftion founding juft like themfelves wee Avfw.
ftudied to give as familiar an anfwer as wee could,
and therefore in this as in all other our anfwers, we
endeavoured to fpeake nothing without clearing of it
up by fome familiar fimilitude ; our anfwer fummarily
was therefore this, that Jefus Chrift and God by him
made all things, and makes all men, not onely Englijh
but Indian men, and if hee made them both (which wee
know the light of nature would readily teach as they
had been alfo inftruded by us) then hee knew all that
was within man and came from man, all his defires,
and all his thoughts, and all his fpeeches, and fo all
his prayers ; and if hee made Indian men, then hee
knowes all Indian prayers alfo : and therefore wee bid
them looke upon that Indian Bafket that was before
them, there was black and white ftrawes, and many
other things they made it of, now though others did
not know what thofe things were who made not the
Bafket, yet hee that made it muft needs tell all the
things in it, fo (wee faid) it was here.
Another
3 Q.«^ft'
AJnw,
4 6«C/?-
Anfw.
5 Q«^A
( 6 )
Another propounded this queftion after this anfwer.
Whether Englifli men were ever at any time fo ignorant
of God and Jefus Chrift as thcmfelves ?
When wee perceived the root and reach of this
queftion, wee gave them this anfwer, that there are
two forts of Englifli men, fome are bad and naught,
and live wickedly and loofely, (defcribing them) and
thefe kind of Engliflimen wee told them were in a
manner as ignorant of Jefus Chrift as the Indians now
are ; but there are a fecond fort of Englifli men, who
though for a time they lived wickedly alfo like other
prophan-i and ignorant Englifli, yet repenting of their
finnes, and feeking after God and Jefus Chrift, they
are good men now, and now know Chrift, and love
Chrift, and pray to Chrift, and are thankfull for all they
have to Chrift, and fliall at laft when they dye, goe up to
heaven to Chrift; and we told them all thefe alfo were
once as ignorant of God and Jefus Chrift as the Indians
are, but by feeking to know him by reading his booke,
and hearing his word, and praying to him, &c. they
now know Jefus Chrift and juft fo ftiall the Indians
know him if they fo feeke him alfo, although at the
prefent they bee extremely ignorant of him.
How can there be an Image of God, becaufe it's
forbidden in the fecond Commandement ?
. Wee told them that Image was all one Pifture, as
the Pidlure of an Indian^ Bow and Arrowes on a tret ,
with fuch little eyes and fuch faire hands, is not an
Indian but the Pidure or Image of an Indian^ and that
Pidure man makes, and it can doe no hurt nor good.
So the Image of Pidure of God is not God, but
wicked men make it, and this Image can doe no good
nor hurt to any man as God can.
Wether, if the father be naught, and the child good,
will God bee offended with that child, becaufe in the
fecond
( 7 )
fecond Commandement it's faid, that hee vifits the
finnes of fathers upon the children ?
Wee told them the plaineft anfwerwee could thinkt ^ft/w.
of, viZy that if the child bee good, and the father bad,
God will not bee offended with the child, if hee re-
pents of his owne and his fathers finnes, and followes
not the fteps of his wicked father ; but if the child bee
alfo bad, then God will vifit the fins of fathers upon
them, and therefore wiflit them to confider of the
other part of the promife made to thoufands of them
that love God and the Evangenefli Jehovahy i. e. the
Commandements of Jehovah.
How all the world is become fo full of people, if 6 Qu.jL
they were all once drowned in the Flood ?
Wee told them the ftory and caufes of Noahs pre- ^nfw.
fervation in the Arke at large, and fo their queftion-
ing ended ; and therefore wee then faw cur time of
propounding fome few queftions to them^ and fo take
occafion thereby to open matters of God more fully.
Our firfl: queftion was. Whether they did not defire Quejl. i
to fee God, and were not tempted to thinke that there
was no God, becaufe they cannot fee him ?
Some of them replyed thus ; that indeed tb'^y did An/w.
defire to fee him if it could bee, but they had heard
from us that he could not be feene, and they did be-
leive that though their eies could not fee him, yet that
hee was to bee feene with their foule within : Here-
upon we fought to confirme them the more, and aiked
them if they faw a great tVigwamy or a great houfe,
would they think that '^Racoones or Foxes built it that *a begft fome-
had no wifedome ? or would they thinke that it made what like a Fox
it felfe ? or that no wife workman made it, becaufe
they could not fee him that made it ? No but they
would beleeve fome wife workman made it though
they did not fee him ; fo fiiould they beleeve con-
cerning
■
Queji. 2.
♦Three Indian
name of places
where the Eng-
lilh fit downe.
That Hee was
prefent every
where.
3 QiifA
An/w,
{ 8 )
cerning God, when they looked up to heaven, Sunne,
Moone, and Stars, and faw this great houfe he hath
made, though they do not fee him with their eyes, yet
they have good caufe to beleeve with their foules that
a wife God, a great God made it.
We knowing that a great block in their way to be-
leiving is that there Ihould bee but one God, (by the
profeffion of the Engliih) and yet this God in many
places ; therefore we afked them whether it did not
feeme ftrange that there ihould bee but one God, and
yet this God in ^MaJfachufettSy at Cone£facuty at ^imi-
peiocky in old England, in this Wigwam^ in the next
every where.
Their anfwer was by one moft fober among them,
that indeed it was ftrange, as everything elfe they heard
preached was ftrange alfo, and they were wonderfull
things which they never heard of before ; but yet they
thought it might bee true, and that God was fo big
every where : whereupon we further illuftrated what
wee faid, by wifhing them to conftder of the light of
the Sun, which though it be but a creature made by
God, yet the fame light which is in this Wigwam was
in the next alfo, and the fame light which was here at
Majfachufetts was at ^inipeiock alfo and in old Eng-
land alfo, and every where at one and the fame time
the fame, much more was it fo concerning God.
Whether they did not finde fomewhat troubling
them within after the commiflion of fin, as murther,
adultery, theft, lying, &c. and what they thinke would
comfort them againft that trouble when they die and
appeare before God, (for fome knowledge of the im-
mortality of the foule almoft all of them have.)
They told us they were troubled, but they could
not tell what to fay to it, what ihould comfort them ;
hee therefore who fpake to then! at iirft concluded with
a
( 9 )
a dolefull defcription (fo farre as his ability to fpeake
in that tongue would carry him) of the trembling and
mourning condition of every foul that dies in finne,
and that fhall be caft out of favor with God.
Thus after three houres time thus fpent with them,
wee afked them if they were not weary, and they an-
fwered. No. But wee refolved to leave them with an
appetite ; the chiefe of them feeing us conclude with
prayer, defired to know when wee would come againe,
fo wee appointed the time, and having given the chil-
dren fome apples, and the men fome tobacco and what
elfe we then had at hand, they defired fome more
ground to build a Town together, which wee did much
like of, promifing to fpeake for them to the generall
Court, that they might poflefle all the compafle of that
hill, upon which their Wigwams then ftood, and fo wee
departed with many welcomes from them.
A true relation of our coming to the Indians ajecond time,
VPon November ii. 1646. we came the fecond time
unto the fame Wigwam of Waawbon, we found
many more Indians met together then the firft time
wee came to them : and having feates provided for us
by themfelves, and being fate downe a while, wee be-
gan againe with prayer in the Englifti tongue ; our
beginning this time was with the younger fort of In-
dian children in Catechizing of them, which being the
firft time of inftru<fting them, we thought meet to aike
them but only three queftions in their own language,
that we might not clog their mindes or memories with
too much at firft, the queftions (afked and anfwered in
the Indian tongue) were thefe three, i. ^«. Who made
you and all the world ? Anjw God. 2. ^« Who
doe
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doe you looke fhould (ave you and redeeme you from
Sinne and hell ? Anfw. Jefus Chrift. 3 ^«. How
many commandments hath God given you to keepe ?
Anfw. Ten. Thefe queftions being propounded to
the Children feverally, and one by one, and the
anfwers being fhort and eafie, hence it came to pafle
that before wee went thorow all, thofe who were
laft catechifed had more readily learned to anfwer to
them, by hearing the fame queftion fo oft propounded
and anfwered before by their fellowes ; and the other
Indians who were growne up to more yeares had per-
fectly learned them, whom wee therefore defired to
teach their children againe when wee were abfent, that
fo when we came againe wee might fee their profiting,
the better to encourage them hereunto, wee therefore
gave fomething to every childe.
This Catechifme being foon ended, hee that preach-
ed to them, began thus (fpeaking to them in their
owne language) viz. Wee are come to bring you good
newes from the great God Almighty maker of Heaven and
Earthy and to tell you how evill and wicked men may come
to bee good, Jo as while they live they may be happy, and
when they die they may go to God and live in Heaven,
Having made this preface, he began firft to fet forth
God unto them by familiar defcriptions, in his glorious
power, goodnefle, and greatnefle, and then fet forth
before them what his will was, and what hee required
of all men even of the Indians themfelves, in the ten
Commandements, and then told them the dreadfull
torment and puniihment of all fuch as breake any one
of thofe holy commandements, and how angry God
was for any finne and tranfgreflion, yet notwithftand-
ing hee had fent Jefus Chrift to die for their finnes
and to pacific God by his fufferings in their ftead and
roome, if they did repent and beleeve the Gofpell, and
that
^^4
(
II
)
I
that he would love the poore miferable Indians if now
they fought God andbeleevedin JefusChrift: threatning
the fore wrath of God upon all fuch as flood out and
negledled fuch great falvation which now God offered
unto them, by thofe who fought nothing more then
their falvation : thus continuing to preach the fpace of
an houre, we defired them to propound fome quef-
tions : which were thefe following. Before I name them
it may not be amiffe to take not'ce of the mighty
power of the word which vifibly appeared efpecially in
one of them, who in hearing thefe things about finne
and hell, and Jefus Chrifl, powred out many teares
and fhewed much afflidion without affedlation of be-
ing feene, defiring rather to conceale his griefe which
(as was gathered from his carriage) the Lord forced
from him.
The firfl Queftion was fuddenly propounded by an i Q,ueft.
old man then prefent, who hearing faith and repent-
ance preacht upon them to finde falvation by Jefus
Chrifl, hee afked wether it was not too late for fuch an
old man as hee, who was neare death to repent or
feek after God.
This Queflion affedled us not a little with com- Anjw.
pafTion, and we held forth to him the Bible, and told
him what God faid in it concerning fuch as are hired
at the eleventh houre of the day : wee told him alfo
that if a father had a fonne that had beene difobedient
many yeares, yet if at lafl that fonne fall downe upon
his knees and weepe and defire his father to love him,
his father is fo mercifull that hee will readily forgive
him and love him ; fo wee faid it was much more with
God who is a more mercifull father to thofe whom hee
hath made, then any father can bee to his rebellious
childe whom he hath begot, if they fall downe and
weepe, and pray, repent, and defire forgivenefTe for
C Jefus
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Jefus Chrift's fake : and wee farther added that looke
as if a father did call after his childe to return and
repent promifing him favour, the childe might then
bee fure that his father would forgive him ; fo wee
told them that now was the day of God rifen upon
them, and that now the Lord was calling of them to
repentance, and that he had fent us for that end to
preach repentance for the remiflion of fins, and that
therefore they might bee fure to finde favour though
they had Lived many years in finne, and that therefore
if now they did repent it was not too late as the old
man feared, but if they did not come when they were
thus called, God would bee greatly angry with them,
efpecially confidering that now they muft finne againft
knowledge, whereas before we came to them they
knew not any thing of God at all.
2 Q,ueji, Having fpent much time in clearing up the firft
queftion, the next they propounded (upon our anfwer)
was this, w'z, How came the Englifli to differ fo much
from the Indians in the knowledge of God and Jefus
Chrifl:, feeing they had all at firft but one father ?
Wee confefl*ed that it was true that at firft wee had
all but one father, but after that our firft father fell,
hee had divers children fome were bad and fome good,
thofe that were bad would not take his counfell but
departed from him and from God, and thofe God left
alone in finne and ignorance, but others did regard
him and the counfell of God by him, and thofe knew
God, and fo the difference arofe at firft, that fome to-
gether with their pofterity knew God, and others did
not ; and fo we told them it was at this day, for like
as if an old man an aged father amongft them have
many children, if fome bee rebellious againft the
counfell of the father, he fhuts them out of doores,
and lets them goe, and regard them not, unlefs they
return
An/w.
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return and repent, but others that will bee ruled by
him, they learne by him and come to know his minde;
fo wee faid Englifhmen feek God, dwell in his houfe,
heare his word, pray to God, inftrud their children
out of Gods booke, hence they come to know God ;
but Indians forefathers were a ftubborne and rebel-
lious children, and would not heare the word, did not
care to pray nor to teach their children, and hence In-
dians that now are, do not know God at all : and fo
muft continue unlefs they repent, and return to God
and pray, and teach their children what they now may
learne : but withall wee told them that many Englifh-
men did not know God but were like to Kitchamakins
drunken Indians; Nor were wee willing to tell them
the Story of the fcattering of Noahs children fince the
flood, and thereby to (hew them how the Indians
come to bee fo ignorant, becaufe it was too difficult,
and the hiflory of the Bible is referved for them (if
God wi 1) to be opened at a more convenient feafon in
their owne tongue.
Their third Queflion was. How may wee come to 3 ^eft,
ferve God.
Wee afked him that did propound it whether he did Jn/w.
defire indeed to ferve him ? and he faid, yes, Here-
upon wee faid, firft, they mufl lament their blindneffe
and finfulneffe that they cannot ferve him ; and their
ignorance of God's booke (which wee pointed to)
which direds how to ferve him. Secondly, that they
could not ferve God but by feeking forgivenefTe of
their finnes and power againfl their finnes in the bloud
of Jefus Chrifl who was preached to them. Thirdly,
that looke as an Indian childe, if he would ferve his
father, hee mufl firfl know his fathers will and love
his father too, or elfe he can never ferve him, but if
hee did know his fathers will and love him, then he
would
4 ^^fi-
An/to.
A Berry which
is ripe in the
Winter and
very fowre
they are called
here Bear-
berries.
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would ferve him, and' then if he Ihould not doe fome
things as his father commands him, and yet afterwards
grieve for it upon his knees before his father, his
father would pity and accept him : fo wee told them
it was with God, they muft labour to know his will
and love God, and then they will bee willing to, ferve
him, and if they fhould then fin, yet grieving for it
before God he would pity and accept them.
Their fourth Queftion was. How it comes to pafl^e
that the Sea water was fait, and the Land water frefti.
'Tis fo from the wonderfull worke of God, as why
are Strawberries fweet and Cranberries fowre there is no
reafon but the wonderfull worke of God that made
them fo : our ftudy was chiefly to make them acknow-
ledge God in his workes, yet wee gave them alfo the
reaJon of it from naturall caufes which they lefl!e un-
derftood, yet did underftand fomewhat appearing by
thoir ufuall fignes of approving what they under-
ftand.
Their fifth Queftion was, that if the water was
higher than the earth, how comes it to pafl!e that it
doth not overflow all the earth ?
Wee ftill held God before them, and ftiewed that
this muft needes bee the wonderfull worke of God,
and wee tooke an apple and thereby ftiewed them how
the earth and water made one round globe like that
apple ; and how the Sun moved about it ; and then
fhewed them how God made a great hole or ditch,
into which hee put the waters of the Sea, fo that though
it was upon the earth and therefore above the earth,
yet we told them^ that by making fo deepe a hole
the waters were kept within compaflle that they could
not overflow, juft as if Indians making a hole to put
in much water, the water cannot overflow nor runne
abroad, which they would if they had no fuch hole ;
fo
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fo it was with God, it was his mighty power that digged
a hole for all Sea-waters, as a deepe ditch, and there
by God kept them in from overflowing the whole
earth, which otherwife would quickly drowne all.
They having fpent much conference amongft them- 6 Q^ueft.
felves about thefe Queftions and the night haftening,
we defired them to propound fome other Queftions,
or if not, we would afke them fome, hereupon one of
them afked us ; If a man hath committed adultery or
ftolen any goods, and the Sachim doth not puniih
him, nor by any law is hee punifhed, if alfo he reftore
the goods he hath ftolen, what then ? whether is not
all well now ? meaning that if Gods Law was broken
and no man puniftied him for it, that then no punifli-
ment fhould come from God for it, and as if by re-
ftoring againe an amends was made to God.
Although man be not offended for fuch finnes yttAn/w.
God is angry, and his anger burnes like fire againft all
finners i and here wee fet out the holinelTe and terrour
of God in refpeft of the leaft finne ; yet if fuch a finner
with whom God is angry fly to Jefus Chrift, and re-
pent and feeke for mercy and pardon for Chrift's fake,
that then God will forgive and pity. Upon the hear-
ing of which anfwer hee that propounded the queftion
drew fomewhat backe and hung downe his head as a
man fmitten to the very hearty with his eyes ready to
drop, and within a little while after brake out into a
complaint. Mee little know Jefus Chrift, otherwife he
thought he ftiould feeke him better : we therefore told
him, that looke as it was in the morning at firft there is
but a little light, then there is more light, then there is
day, then the Sun is up, then the Sun warmes and
heates, &c. fo it was true they knew but little of Jefus
Chrift now, but wee had more to tell them concerning
him
f
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him hereafter, and after that more and after that more,
untill at laft they may come to know Chrift as the
Englifh doe ; and wee taught them but little at a time,
becaufe the could not underftand but little, and if they
prayed to God to teach them, he would fend his Spirit
and teach them more, they and their fathers had lived
in ignorance untill now, it hath beene a long night
wherein they have flept and have not regarded God,
but now the day-light began to ftirre upon them, they
might hope therefore for more ere long, to bee made
knowne to them.
Thus having fpent fome houres with them, wee
propounded two Queftions.
1 ^ift' What do you remember of what was taught you
fince the laft time wee were here ?
Anjw. After they had fpoken one to another for fome time,
one of them returned this anfwer, that they did much
thanke God for our comming, and for what they heard,
they were wonderfull things unto them.
2 Q^ueji. Doe you beleeve the things that are told you, vix
that God is mufquantum^ i, e. very angry for the leaft
finne in your thoughts, or words or workes ?
They faid yes, and hereupon we fet forth the ter-
rour of God againft finners, and mercy of God to the
penitent, and to fuch as fought to know Jefus Chrift,
and that as finners ftiould bee after death, Chechainuppany
i. e. tormented alive (for wee know no other word in
the tongue to exprefle extreame torture by) fo beleevers
ftiould after death Wowein wicke Jehovah^ i, e. live in
all blifle with Jehovah the blefled God : and fo we
concluded conference.
Having thus fpent the whole afternoon and night
being almoft come upon us ; confidering that the In-
dians formerly defired to know how to pray, and did
thinke that Jefus Chrift did not underftand Indian
language,
An/to.
■f
( 17 )
language, one of us therefore prepared to pray in their
owne language, and did fo for about a quarter of an
houre together, wherein divers of them held up eies
and hands to heaven ; all of them (as wee underftood
afterwards) underftanding the fame ; but one of them
I caft my eye upon, was hanging downe his head with
his rag before his eyes weeping; at firft I feared it was
fome forenefs of his eyes, but lifting up his head
againe, having wiped his eyes (as not defirous to be
feene) I eafily perceived that his eyes were not fore,
yet fomewhat red with crying ; and fo held up his
head for a while, yet fuch was the prefence and mighty
power of the Lord Jefus on his heart that hee hung
downe his head againe, and covered his eyes againe
and fo fell wiping and wiping of them weeping abund-
antly, continuing thus till prayer was ended, after
which hee prefently turnes from us, and turnes his face
to a fide and corner of the Wigwam, and there fals a
weeping more aboundantly by himfelfe, which one of
us perceiving, went to him, and fpake to him encour-
aging words ; at the hearing of which hee fell a weep-
ing more and more ; fo leaveing of him, he who fpake
to him came unto mee (being newly gone out of the
Wigwam) and told mee of his teares, fo we refolved to
goe againe both of us to him, and fpeake to him againe,
and wee met him comming out of the Wigwam, and
there wee fpake again to him, and he there fell into a
more aboundant renewed weeping, like one deeply
and inwardly afFefted indeed which forced us alfo to
fuch bowels of compaflion that wee could not forbeare
weeping over him alfo : and fo wee parted greatly re-
joy cing for fuch forrowing.
Thus I have as faithfully as I could remember given
you a true account of our beginnings with the Indians
within our owne bounds; which cannot but bee matter
of
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of more ferious thoughts what further to doe with
thefe poore Natives the dregs of mankinde and the
faddeft fpedacles of mifery of meere men upon earth :
wee did thinke to forbeare going to them this winter,
but this laft dayes worke wherein God fet his feal
from heaven of acceptance of our little, makes thofe
of us who are able, to refolve to adventure thorow
froft and fnow, left the fire go out of their hearts for
want of a little more fewell : to which wee are the
more incouraged, in that the next day after our being
with them, one of the Indians came to his houfe who
preacht to them to fpeake with him, who in private
conference wept exceedingly, and faid that all that
night the Indians could not fleepe, partly with trouble
of mind, and partly with wondring at the things they
heard preacht amongft them : another Indian comming
alfo to him the next day after, told him how many of
tho wicked fort of Indians began to oppofe thefe be-
ginnings.
Whence thefe Indians came here to inhabit is not
certaine, his reafons are moft probable who thinke
they are Tartars pafling out of Afia into America by
by the Straits of Anian, who being fpilt by fome re-
venging hand of God upon this continent like water
upon the ground are fpread as farre as thefe Atlanticke
fhores, there being but few of them in thefe parts in
comparifon of thofe which are more contiguous to the
Anian Straits, if wee may credit fome Hiftorians herein:
what ever thefe conjectures and uncertainties bee, cer-
taine it is that they are inheritors of a grievous and
fearfull curfe living fo long without Ephod or Tera-
phim, and in neareft alliance to the wilde beafts that
perifti ; and as God delights to convey bleflings of
mercy to the pofterity of fome, in refped: to his pro-
mife to their fathers, fo are curfes entailed and come
by
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by naturall defcent unto others, for fome great finnes
of their Anceftors, as no doubt it is in refped of thefe.
For notwithftanding the deepeft degeneracies are no
ftop to the overflowing grace and bloud of Chrift,
when the time of Ic* (hall come, no not to thefe
poore outcafts, the utmoft ends of the earth being ap-
pointed to bee in time, the Sonne of Gods poflefllon.
Wee are upbraided by fome of our Countrymen
that fo little good is done by our profefling planters
upon the hearts of Natives ; fuch men have furely
more fplene than judgment, and know not the vaft
diftance of Natives from common civility, almoft hu-
manity it felfe, and 'tis as if they fhould reproach us
for not making the windes to blow when wee lift our
felves, it muft certainely be a fpirit of life from God
(not in mans power) which muft put flefti and finewes
unto thefe dry bones ; if wee would force them to bap-
tifme (as the Spaniards do about Cufco, Peru, and
Mexico, having learnt them a fhort anfwer or two to
fome Popilh queftions) or if we would hire them to
it by giving them coates and fhirts, to allure them to
it (as fome others have done,) wee could have gathered
many hundreds, yea thoufands it may bee by this time,
into the name of Churches ; but wee have not learnt
as yet that art of coyning Chriftians, or putting
Chrifts name and Image upon copper mettle. Al-
though I thinke we have much caufe to bee humbled
that wee have not endeavoured more than wee have
done their converfion and peace with God, who enjoy
the mercy and peace of God in their land. Three
things have made us thinke (as they once did of
building the Temple) it is not yet time for God to
worke, i Becaufe till the Jewes come in, there is a
feale fet upon the hearts of thofe people, as they
thinke from fome Apocalypticall places. 2 That as
D in
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in nature there is no progrefles ab extreme ad extremum
nift per media, fo in religion fuch are fo extremely de-
generate, muft bee brought to fome civility before re-
ligion can profper, or the word take place. 3 Becaufe
we want miraculous and extraordinary gifts without
which no converfion can bee expedted amongft thefe ;
but me thinkes now that it is with the Indians as it
was with our New-Englifh ground when we firft came
over, there was fcarce any man that could beleeve that
Englifh graine would grow, or that the Plow could
doe any good in this woody and rocky foile. And
thus they continued in this fupine unbeliefe for fome
years, till experience taught them otherwife, and all
fee It to bee fcarce inferiour to Old-Englifh tillage,
but beares very good burdens : fo wee have thought
of our Indian people, and therefore have been dis-
couraged to put plow to fuch dry and rocky ground,
but God having begun thus with fome few it may bee
they are better foile for the Gofpel than wee can
thinke : I confefle I think no great good will bee done
till they bee more civilifed, but why may not God be-
gin with fome few, to awaken others by degrees ? nor
doe I expedt any great good will bee wrought by the
Engliih (leaving fecrets to God) (although the Englifti
fhall furely begin and lay the firft ftones of Chrifts King-
dome and Temple amongft them) becaufe God is wont
ordinarily to convert Nations, and peoples by fome of
their owne country men who are neareft to them, and
can beft fpeake, and moft of all pity their brethren and
countrimen, but yet if the leaft beginnings be made by
the converfion of two or three, its worth all our time
and travailes, and caufe of much thankfulnefle for fuch
feedes, although no great harvefts fhould immediately
appeare ; furely this is evident, firft that they never
heard heart-breaking prayer and preaching before now
in
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in there owne tongue, that we know of, fecondly, that
there were never fuch hope of a dawning of mercy
toward them as now, certainly thofe abundant teares
which we faw Ihed from their eies, argue a mighty and
blefled prefence of the fpiritof Heaven in their hearts,
which when once it comes into fuch kinde of fpirits
will not eafily out againe.
The chiefe ufe that I can make of thefe hopeful!
beginnings, befides rejoycing for fuch (hinings, is from
Eq/y 1. 5. Oh houje of Ifrael, let us walke in the light of
the Lord ; Confidering that thefe blinde Natives be-
ginne to look towards God mountaine now
The obfervations I have gathered by converfing
with them are fuch as thefe.
That none of them llept Sermon or derided Gods
meffenger : Woe unto thofe Englifh that are growne
bold to doe that, which Indians ^''ill not. Heathens
dare not.
That there is need of learning in Minifters who
preach to Indians, much more to Englifh men and
gracious Chriftians, for thefe had fundry philofophicall
queftions, which fome knowledge of the arts muft
helpe to give anfwer to ; and without which thefe would
not have beene fatisfied : worfe then Indian ignorance
hath blinded their eies that renounce learning as an
enemy to Gofpell Minifteries.
That there is no neceflity of extraordinary gifts nor
miraculous fignes alway to convert Heathens, who being
manifeft and profeffed unbeleevers may exped them as
foone as any ; (fignes being given for them that be-
leeve not i Cor. 14. 22.) much lefTe is there any need
of fuch gifts for gathering Churches amongft profef-
fing Chriftians, (fignes not being given for them which
beleeve,) for wee fee the Spirit of God working
mightily upon the hearts of thefe Natives in an or-
dinary
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dinary way, and I hope will ; they being but a rem-
nant, the Lord ufing to (hew mercy to the remnant ;
for there bee but few that are left alive from the
Plague and Pox, which God fent into thofe parts, and
if one or two can underftand they ufually talke of it
as wee doe of newes, it flies fuddainely farre and
neare, and truth fcattered will rife in time, for ought
we know.
IfEnglifh men begin to defpife the preaching of
faith and repentance, and humiliation for finne, yet
the poore Heathens will bee glad of it, and it fhall
doe good to them, for fo they are, and foe it begins to
doe ; the Lord grant that the foundation of our Eng-
lifh woe, be not laid in the ruine and contempt of
thofe fundamentall do6trines of faith, repentance, hu-
miliation for fin, &c. but rather relifhing the novelties
and dreames of fuch men as are furfetted with the or-
dinary food of the Gofpell of Chriit. Indians fhall
weepe to heare faith and repentance preached, when
Englilh men fhall mourne, too late, that are weary of
fuch truths.
That the deepeft eflrangements of man from God is
no hindrance to his grace nor to the Spirit of grace,
for what Nation or people ever fo deeply degenerated
fince Adams fall as thefe Indians, and yet the Spirit of
God is working upon them ?
That it is very likely if ever the Lord convert any
of thefe Natives, that they will mourne for fin exceed-
ingly, and confequently love Chrifl dearely, for if by
a little meafure of light fuch heart-breakings have ap-
peared, what may wee thinke will bee, when more is
let in ? they are fome of them very wicked, fome very
ingenious, thefe latter are very apt and quick of un-
derflanding and naturally fad and melancholly (a good
fervant to repentance,) and therefore there is the
greater
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greater hope of great heart-ftreakings, if ever God
brings them efFedually home, for which we (hould af-
fedtionately pray.
A third meeting with the Indians.
November 26. I could not goe my felfe, but
heard from thofe who went of a third meeting ;
the Indians having built more Wigwams in the wonted
place of meeting to attend upon the Word the more
readily. The preacher underftanding how many of
the Indians difcouraged their fellows in this worke,
and threatning death to fome if they heard any more,
fpake therefore unto them, about temptation of the
Devill, how hee tempted to all manner of finne, and
how the evill heart clofed with them, and how a good
heart abhorred them; the Indians were this day more
ferious than ever before, and propounded divers
queftions againe; as i. Becaufe fome Indians fay that
we muft pray to the Devill for all good, and fome to
God ; they would know whether they might pray to the
Devill or no. 2 They faid they heard the word humilia-
tion oft ufed in our Churches, and they would know
what that meant ? 3 Why the Englifh call them In-
dians, becaufe before they came they had another
name ? 4 What a Spirit is ? 5 Whether they fhould
beleeve Dreames ? 6 How the Englifh come to know
God fo much and they fo little? To all which they
had fit anfwers ; but being not prefent I (hall not fet
them downe : onely their great defire this time was to
have a place for a Towne and to learn to fpinne.
Sir, I did thinke I (hould have writ no more to you
concerning the Indians; but the Ship lingers in the
Harbour, and the Lord Jefus will have you fee more
of
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of his conquefts and triumphes among thefe forlorne
and degenerate people, furely hee heares the prayers
of the deftitute and that have long lien downe in the
duft before God for thefe poore prifoners of the pit :
furely fome of thefe American tongues and knees muft
confefle him, and bow downe before him : for the
Saturday night after this third meeting (as I am in-
formed from that man of God who then preached
The name of *° them) there came to his houfe one Wampas a wife
an Indian. and fage Indian, as a meflenger fent to him from the
reft of the company, to offer unto him his owne fonne
and three more Indian children to bee trained up
among the Englifh, one of the children was nine
yeares old, another eight, another five, another foure :
and being demanded why they would have them
brought up among the Englifh, his anfwer was, be-
caufe they would grow rude and wicked at home, and
would never come to know God, which they hoped
they fhould doe if they were conftantly among the
Englifh.
This Wampas came alfo accompanied with two more
Indians, young lufty men, who offered themfelves
voluntarily to the fervice of the Englifh that by dwell-
ing in fome of their families, they might come to know
Jefus Chrift ; thefe are two of thofe three men whom
wee faw weeping, and whofe hearts were fmitten at our
fecond meeting above mentioned, and continue ftill
much afFefted, and gave great hopes ; thefe two are
accepted of and received into two of the Elders houfes,
but the children are not yet placed out becaufe it is
moft meet to doe nothing that way too fuddainly, but
they have a promife of acceptance and education of
them either in learning or in fome other trade of life
in time convenient, to which Wampas replyed that the
Indians deiired nothing more.
Thefe
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Thefe two young men who are thus difpofed of,
being at an Elders houfe upon the Sabbath day night,
upon fome conference with them, one of them began
to confefle how wickedly he had lived, and with how
many Indian women hee had committed filthinefle, and
therefore profefled that hee thought God would never
look upon him in love. To which hee had this an-
fwer, that indeed that finne of whoredome wps exceed-
ing great, yet if hee fought God for Chrifts fake to
pardon him, and confeffe his finne and repented of it
indeed, that the Lord would fhew him mercy ; and
hereupon acquainted him with the ftory of Chrifts
conference with the Samaritan woman, John 4. and
how Jefus Chrift forgave her although ftiee lived in
that finne of filthinefle, even when Chrift began to
fpeake to her : whereupon he fell a weeping and lament-
ing bitterly, and the other young man being prefent
and confeiiing the like guiltinefl'e with his fellow, hee
burft out alfo into a great mourning, wherein both con-
tinued for above halfe an houre together at that time
alfo.
It is wonderfuU to fee what a little leven and that
fmall muftardfeed of the Gofpell will doe, and how
truth will worke when the fpirit of Chrift hath the fet-
ting of it on, even upon hearts and fpirits moft un-
capable ; for the laft night after they had heard the
word this third time, there was an Englifti youth of
good capacitie who lodged in Waaubons Wigwam that
night upon fpeciall occafion, and hee aflured us that the
fame night Waaubon inftrudled all his company out of
the things which they had heard that day from the
Preacher, and prayed among them, and awaking often
that night continually fell to praying and fpeaking to
fome or other of the things hee had heard, lb that this
man (being a man of gravitie and chiefe prudence and
counfell
f^
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That is King, counfell among them, although no * Sachem) is like to
be a meanes of great good to the reft of his company
unlefle cowardice or witchery put an end (as ufually
they have done) to fuch hopefull beginnings.
The old man who afkt the firft queftion the fecond
time of our meting {viz whether there was any hope
for fuch old men or no) hath fix fonnes, one of his
That is Sorce- fonnes was a Pawwaw, and his wife a great Pawwaw^
rers and ^nd both thefe God hath convinced of their wicked-
nefle, and they refolve to heare the word and feeke to
the devill no more. This, the two Indians who are come
to us acquaint us with, and that they now fay, that
Chepian, i. e. the devill is nought, and that God is the
author onely of all good ast hey have beene taught. Hee
therefore who preacheth to the Indians defired them
to tell him who were Pawwaws when hee went againe
to preach amongft them ; and upon fpeciall occafion
this Decemb. 4 being called of God to another place
where the Indians ufed to meet, and having preacht
among them, after the Sermon, hee that was the Paw-
waw of that company was difcovered to him, to whom
he addrefled himfelfe and propounded thefe queftions,
vis I. Whether doe you thinke that God or Chepian
is the author of all good.? he anfwered, God. 2. If
God bee the author of all good, why doe you pray to
Chepian the devill ? The Pawwaw perceiving him to
propound the laft queftion with a fterne countenance
and unaccuftomed terrour, hee gave him no anfwer, but
fpake to other Indians that hee did never hurt any
body by his Paz. oj awing y and could not bee got by all
the meanes and turnings of queftions that might bee,
to give the leaft word of anfwer againe ; but a little
after the conference was ended, hee met with this
Pawwaw alone and fpake more lovingly and curteoufly
to him, and afkt him why hee would not anfwer, he
then
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then told him that his laft queftion ftruck a terrour
into him and made him afraid, and promifed that at
the next meeting hee would propound fome queftions
to him as others did.
And here it may not bee amifle to take notice of
what thefe two Indians have difcovered to us concern-
ing thefe Pawwaws : for they were afkt how they came
to be made Pawwaws, and they anfwered thus, that
if any of the Indians fall into any ftrange dreame wherein
Chepian appears unto them as a ferpent, then the next
day they tell the other Indians of it, and for two dayes
after the reft of the Indians dance and rdoyce for what
they tell them about this Serpent, and \o they become
their Pawwaws: Being further aikt what doe thefe
Pawwaws, and what ufe are they of; and they faid the
principall imployment is to cure the fick by certaine
odde geftures and beatings of themfelves, and then
they pull out the ficknefle by applying their hands to
the fick perfon and fo blow it away : fo that their
Pawwaws are great witches having fellowlhip with the
old Serpent, to whom they pray, and by whofe meanes
they heale ficke perfons, and (as they faid alfo) will
fliew many ftrange juglings to the wonderment of the
Indians, they affirmed alfo that if they did not cure
the fick party (as very often they did not) that then
they were reviled, and fometimes killed by fome of
the dead mans friends, efpecially if they could not
get their mony againe out of their hands, which they
receive aforehand for their cure.
Wee have caufe to be very thankfuU to God who
hath moved the hearts of the generall court to pur-
chafe fo much land for them to make their towne in
which the Indians are much taken
with * and it is fomewhat obfervable *Z^' towne the indiamdid
1 ., y r^ r J dejtre to knoiu ivnat name it
that while the Court were connder- (houid have, and ifwauoU
£ ing
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Mew it /bould bee called
'^oona.tomtnytvhichjignifiet
in Engl'xjh rejoycing, hecaufe
they hearing the ivorJ, and
Jeeking to knoiv God, the
Englifh did rejoyce at it,
and God did rejoyce at it,
ivhich pleafed them much,
Gf therefore that is to be the
name of their toivn.
ing where to lay out their towne, the
Indians (not knowing of any thing)
were about that time confulting
about Lawes for themfelves, and
there company who fit downe with
Waauhon ; there were ten of them,
two of them are forgotten.
Their Lawes were thefe
I. That if any man be idle a weeke, at moft a fort-
night, hee fhall pay five fliillings.
2 If any unmarried man fhall lie with a young wo-
man unmarried, he fhall pay twenty fhillings
3. If any man fhall beat his wife, his hands fhall bee
tied behind him and carried to the place of juftice to
bee feverely punifhed.
4 Every young man if not anothers fervant, and if
unmarried, hee fhall be compelled to fet up a fVigwam
and plant for himfelfe, and not live fhifting up and
downe to other Wigwams.
5 If any woman fhall not have her haire tied up but
hang loofe or be cut as mens haire, fhe fhall pay five
fhillings.
6 If any woman fhall goe with naked breafls they
fhall pay two fhillings fixpence.
7 All thofe men that weare long locks fhall pay five
fhillings.
8 If any fhall kill their lice betweene their teeth,
they fhall pay five fhillings. This Law though ridicu-
lous to Englifh eares yet tends to preferve cleanlinefs
among Indians.
Tis wonderfull in our eyes to underfland by thefe
two honefl Indians^ Vv hat Prayers Waaubon and the refl
of them ufe to make, for hee that preacheth to them
profefTeth hee never yet ufed any of their words in his
prayers.
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prayers, from whom otherwife it might bee thought
that they had learnt them by rote, one is this.
Amanaomen Jehovah tahajfen metagh.
Take away Lord my Stony heart.
Another
Cheehefom Jehovah kekowhogkew,
Wafh Lord my foule.
Another
Lord lead me when I die to heaven.
Thefe are but a tafte, they have many more, and
thefe more enlarged then thus exprefTed, yet what are
thefe but the fprinklings of the fpirit and blood of
Chrift Jefus in their hearts ? and 'tis no fmall matter
that fuch dry barren and long-accurfed ground (hould
yeeld fuch kind of increafe in fo fmall a time, I would
not readily commend a faire day before night, nor
promife much of fuch kind of beginnings, in all per-
fons, nor yet in all of thefe, for wee know the profeflion
of very many is but a meere paint, and their beft graces
nothing but meere flafhes and pangs, which are fuddainly
kindled and as foon go out and are extindl againe, yet
God doth not ufually fend his Plough & Seedfman
to a place but there is at lead fome little peece of good
ground, although three to one bee naught : and mee
thinkes the Lord Jefus would never have made fo fit
a key for their locks, unlefle hee had intended to open
fome of their doores, and fo to make way for his com-
ming in. Hee that God hath raifed up and enabled
to preach unto them, is a man (you know) of a moft
fweet, humble, loving, gratious and enlarged fpirit,
whom God hath bleft, and furely will ftill delight in &
do good by. I did thinke never to have opened my
mouth to any, to defire thofe in England to further
any good worke here, but now I fee fo many things
inviting to fpeake in this bufinefle, that it were well if
you
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did lay before thofe that are prudent and able thefe
confiderations.
1 That it is prettie heavy and chargeable to educate
and traine up thofe children which are already offered
us, in fchooling, cloathing, diet, and attendance, which
they muft have.
2 That in all probabilities many Indians in other
places, expecially under our jurifdidion, will bee pro-
voked by this example in thefe, both to defire preach-
ing, and alfo to fend their children to us, when they
fee that fome of their fellows fare fo well among the
Englifli, and the civill authoritie here fo much favour-
ing and countenancing of thefe, and if many come in,
it will bee more heavy to fuch as onely are fit to keepe
them, and yet have their hands and knees infeebled
fo many wayes befides.
3 That if any fhall doe any thing to encourage this
worke, that it may be given to the Colledge for fuch
an end and ufe, that fo from the Colledge may arife
the yeerly revenue for their yeerly maintenance. I
would not have it placed in any particular mans
hands for feare coufenage or mifplacing or carelefle
keeping and improving ; but at the Colledge it s under
many hands and eyes the chief and beft of the country
who have ben & will be exadly carefull of the right
and comely difpofing of fuch things ; and therefore, if
any thing bee given, let it be put in fuch hands as
may immediately diredt it to the Prefident of the Col-
ledge, who you know will foone acquaint the reft with
it ; and for this end if any in England have thus given
any thing for this end^ I would have them fpeake to
thofe who have received it lo fend it this vay, which
if it bee withheld I thinke 'tis no lefle than facrilege :
but if God moves no hearts to fuch a work, I doubt
not then but that more weake meanes Ihall have the
honour of it in the day of Chrift.
.
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I
A fourth meeting with the Indians,
THis day being Decemb^ 9. the children being cate-
chifed, and that place of Ezekiel touching the
dry bones being opened, and applyed to their condi-
tion ; the Indians offered all their children to us to bee
educated amongft us, and inftruded by us, complain-
ing to us that they were not able to give any thing to
the Englifti for their education : for this reafon there
are therefore preparations made towards the fchooling
of them, and fetting up a Schoole among them or very
neare unto them. Sundry queftions alfo were pro-
pounded by them to us, and of us to them ; one of
them being a(kt what is finne ? hee anfwered a noughty
heart. Another old man complained to us of his
feares, viz, that hee was fully purpofed to keepe the
Sabbath, but ftill he was in feare whether he fhould go
to hell or heaven ; and thereupon the juftification of
a {inner by faith in Chrift was opened unto him as the
remedy againft all feares of hell. Another complayned
of other Indians that did revile them, and call them
Rogues and fuch like fpeeches for cutting off their
Locks, and for cutting their Haire in a modeft manner
as the New-Englifh generally doe ; for fince the word
hath begun to worke upon their hearts, they have dif-
cerned the vanitie and pride which they placed in
their haire, and have therefore of their owne accord
(none fpeaking to them that wee know of) cut it mo-
deftly ; there were therefore encouraged by fome there
prefent of chiefe place and account with us, not to
feare the reproaches of wicked Indians, nor their witch-
craft and Pawwaws and poyfonings, but let them know
that if they did not diflemble but would feeke God
unfaignedly, that they would ftand by them, and that
God
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God alfo would be with them. They told us alfo of
divers Indians who would come and ftay with them
three or foure dayes, and one Sabbath, and then they
would goe from them, but as for themfelves, they told
us they were fully purpofed to keepe the Sabbath, to
which wee incouraged them, and night drawing on
were forced to leave them, for this time.
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FINIS.