but that a Voyage may be made from London to Mexico in as little time as from London to Jerusalem In that respect If the New World should be made the seat of New Jerusalem if the City of the Great KING should be set on the Northern side of it Englishmen would meet with no Inconvenience thereby and they would find this Convenience that they might visit the Citizens of New Jerusalem and their Countrymen all under one As they go thether Barbados stands advanced three hundred Leagues Eastward ready to meet them with a Welcom to the New World And Jamaica is posted just in the way to invite them thother or to salute them in their passing by and to pilot them to St Juan de Ulva if there be occasion When homeward bound Providence will firstly take care of them and after that they will have their Countrymen to friend all along shoar Solitary Bermuda will be overjoyd if they happen to touch there And if in that Latitude any Captain shall commmand Helm a Starboard on purpose to visit our New English Tuzah they will be met with answerable Respect mutual Kindness shall render the Congress happy Yea if the spending of a Mast or springing of a Leak do oblige them to such a Diversion the Pleasantness of the Effect in bringing good Company together shall help to qualifie the bitterness of the Cause Ad cujus minimum fines Regnum Christi portensum iri testantur Prophetatum oracula This word minimum contains in it the most Light for America of any one in the whole Chapter The worthy Author seems here to begin to relent By this means being fairly got without the Invisible walls of the Imperial Prison and expatiating as far as Japan and the Cape of Good Hope I know nothing should hinder but that we may from thence take Shipping for the New World As for Psalm 72.8 and Isa 49.6 they are summoned to speak on our side And there are no less than Six times Three very Credible Witnesses who have given their Affidavit that the Conversion of American Indians is an Accomplishment of those glorious Prophesies Their Testimony is to be seen at large in their Epistle set before a Book published at London in the Year 1652. entituled Strength out of Weakness Or a Glorious MANIFESTATION of the further Progress of the GOSPEL AMONGST THE INDIANS IN NEW ENGLAND c. The Epistle is as followeth Christian Reader These ensuing Letters do represent unto thee and to the Churches the Outgoings of Christ as a Light to the Gentiles that the Grace which brings Salvation hath appeared unto them also in the furthest parts of the Earth for the accomplishment of that ancient and glorious Promise I will also give thee for a light to the Gentiles that thou mayst be my salvation to the End of the earth Isa 49.6 c. We have therefore thought fit to commend this great work of Christ unto the view of all the Saints under these following Considerations 1. Hereby the Kingdom of Christ is enlarged Aâ—ma diaboli Gentes crant … c autem Gentâ—um vulneratuâ— cap … quâ—… hab 〈…〉 A … in Psal 118. and the Promise made unto him in the Covenant between him and his Father accomplished his Dominion shall be from Sea to Sea from the Floud unto the Worlds End Therefore his design is upon all the Kingdoms of the Earth that he may take possession of them for Himself They shall all become the Kingdoms of our Lord and of his Christ Rev. 11.15 And the Kingdom Dominion under the whole Heaven being so possessed by Christ shall be given to the People of the Saints of the most High Dan. 7.18 27 c. 2. The glorious Gospeâ— of Christ is hereby Propagated c. 3. Hereby the Souls of men are rescued out of the snare of the Devil in which they were before held captive by him at his will c. 4. Hereby the fullness of the Gentiles draweth near to be accomplished that the Calling of the Jews may be hastened c. The first Conversion of the Gentiles in its fullness makes way for the coming in of the Jews the Kings of the East c. 5. That the LORD hath blessed the labours of our Brethren who were driven out from among us A gracious heart as he prays for so he cannot but rejoyce in the success of other mens labours as well as his own So the work which is Gods may prosper whoever be the Instrument 't is enough to him c. 6. This we hope may be but the First fruits of those great Nations unto Christ The Lord doth not usually cause to bring forth and then shut the womb Isaiah 66.9 Let no man despise the day of small things The Lord hath opened a great door which we hope Satan shall never be able any more to shut c. This we humbly offer unto all those that love the Lord JESUS in sincerity and remain Thine in the furtherance of the Gospel William Gouge Tho Goodwin Lazarus Seaman John Owen Edm Calamy Joseph Caryl Jer Whittaker Will Greenhil George Griffith Henry Whitfield Will Spurstow William Bridge Simeon Ashe Sidrach Simpson William Strong Philip Nye William Carter Ralph Venning In quatuor angulis terrae In the four Quarters of the Earth Rev. 20.8 In Asia Africa Europe America East West North and South saith Mr. Cotton MSS. p. 33. Phrasi repetita ex cap. 7.1 hoc est universo Christianismo per omnes mundi partes dilatato Ubique enim grassabitur apostasia sed magis in Oriente Occidente ubi apices erunt imperij c. Pareus col 1111. To suppose that America should not at all be containd in Rev. 7.1 and that all America and no other part of the World beside should be expressed by the very same words Rev. 20 8. Is to me a perfect Riddle which I can by no means expound And it seems Pareus never dream'd of any such thing Gog et Magog sunt Nationes parentes Turcico imperio Brightm p. 658. Quorum utrumque in Orbis Americani Arctici et Antarctici incolas competere nemÃni rei Geographicae perito ignotum est The whole Empire of America being Europaean is a firm and plain Demonstration of its being accessible Barthol de las Casas would fain make us believe that it hath been invaded before now Dr. Whitaker reports that the Spaniards killd more than they left alive de notis Eccl. p. 505. Carthagena was Assaulted Taken by Sir Francis Drake 1585. this very Summer 1697. Emptied of vast Treasures by a French Fleet. Ab Esse ad Posse valet Consequentia As for New Spain by reason of the Isthmus situm ita comparatum habent as that they may be more easily attacked on both sides than Jerusalem can Europe excells in Shipping and the Trade Wind carrieth their Fleets thether From China Japan and other parts of Asia a Fleet may invade them on the side of Acapulco
Phaenomena quaedam APOCALYPTICA Ad Aspectum NOVI ORBIS configurata Or some few Lines towards a description of the New HEAVEN As It makes to those who stand upon the NEW EARTH By Samuel Sewall sometime Fellow of Harvard Colledge at Cambridge in New-England Psalm 45.10 Forget also thy own people and thy fathers house Isai 11 14. But they shall fly upon the shoulders of the Philistins toward the west Act. 1.6 8 Lord wilt thou at this time restore again the kingdom to Israel ye shall be witnesses unto me unto the uttermost parts of the earth hasta lo ultimo de la tierra Spanish Bible Luke 15 24 For this My Son was dead and is alive again he was lost and is found V 32. For this thy Brother c. Ille non deerit Promissis restituet Regnum Israeli sed suo modo loco ac tempore Bullinger Nequis ista a me dicta aut adducta accipiat quasi contendendi aut adversandi studio ac non discendi potius ac conferendi gratia Fox Med. Apoc. p. 371. ad Phialam Sextam MASSACHVSET BOSTON Printed by Bartholomew Green and John Allen And are to be sold by Richard Wilkins 1697. TO THE HONORABLE Sir WILLIAM ASHVRST Knight GOVERNOUR and the COMPANY For the Propagation of the GOSPEL to the Indians in New-England and places adjacent in AMERICA THE Commendation of Erasmus in his Book entituled Ecclesiastes doth very justly belong to the English Nation upon account of their effectual Desires that the Americans might be gospelliz'd Pulcherrimum Deoque gratissimum erat dare potius quam accipere ijs quos stude mus Christo lucrifacere It was a most beautifull Thing Richard Ed in his Epist to P Martyâ— Decads of â—â— Ocean and most acceptable unto God rather to give to them than to receive from them whom we endeavour to gain for Christ. And yet their Praises are to be sung in a higher Note For I can't but think that either England or New-England or both Together is best is the only Bride Maid mentioned by Name in David's prophetical Epithalamium to assist at the Great Wedding now shortly to be made And for ought I know this Noble Gift Administred by your Hands may be partly intended Angels Incognito have sometimes made themselves guests to Men designing thereby to surprise them with a Requital of their Love to Strangers In like manner the English Nation in shewing Kindness to the Aboriginal Natives of America may possibly shew Kindness to Israelites unawares In the Year 1649. Mr. Downam gave his Conjecture to that purpose in his Appendix to New-English Letters then printed And Mr. Thorowgood was so far satisfied in his Opinion about it that he published a Treatise in the Year 1650. entituled Jews in America And it should seem many judicious Divines have been much of the same mind Mr. Eliot in his first Attempts to make them Christian was much concernd to find out some Promise in the Scriptures relating to them upon which he might ground his Faith and Hope in his incessant Labours for them But afterward he concluded that the Thirty seventh chapter of Ezekiel was written principally for their sake as also many other Scriptures In this Perswasion that worthy Person both liv'd and dy'd On the other hand if America be laid out as a Rendezvous for Gog and Magog this must needs tend to supersede all Desire and Endeavour for their Recovery But better Things are hoped concerning them even such as will issue in their Salvation when the fullness of Time is come In stead of being branded for Slaves with hot Irons in the Face nzo p. 11 â— and arms and driven by scores in mortal Chains they shall wear the Name of God in their foreheads and they shall be delivered into the glorious Liberty of the Children of God The Indians upon various Occasions do much affect to be called by a new Name which is given them by the Approbation of their Elders Persons of note among them that they may wash off their Mourning and be clean and that they may have a convenient Opportunity for publishing their New Name sometimes call for a solemn Dance Now tho their Miseries be very inveterate yet GOD can speedily and easily give them a New Name and in a moment change the Scene Asia Africa and Europe have each of them had a glorious Gospel Day None therefore will be grieved at any ones pleading that America may be made a Coparcener with her Sisters in the Free and Soveraign Grace of God God many times sets one thing against another and we may hope that Vnparallel'd Severity will be succeeded by Super abundant BENIGNITY And when the Messiah shall have gathered his Sheep belonging to this his American Fold His Churches Musick being them compleat in the Harmony of Four Parts The whole Universe shall ring again with seraphick Acclamations ONE FLOCK ONE SHEPHERD That your Honour and the Honourable Company and all concerned with you may be prospered by God in bringing forward this happy Match is the constant Desire and Prayer of Boston N. E. April 16th 1697. YOVR HONOVRS most humble Servant S. SEWALL TO THE HONORABLE WILLIAM STOUGHTON Esq Lieut. Governour AND COMMANDER in Chief in and over His Majesties Province of the Massachusets Bay in New England WHEN I look upon the Longing Desire Non nos a tent siliqucorum doci nae daemon rum Ang. Psal 138. 1589 15 Psal 47.4 and Parental Pity that was raised in Divines and Christians of all ranks both in England and here upon the very first Appearance of the American Predigal his coming to himself and being disposed to return unto his Father I cannot chuse but judge it to be very like to if not the very same that is spoken of Luke 15.20 But when he was yet a great way off his Father saw him and had Compassion and ran and fell on his neck and kissed him Venienti ocrit non verbe uno to squal deform amplectits Calvin p For as all physical Actions are of a Divine Original so the Actions of good and holy Men are in a peculiar manner ascribed to God A Relation entituled The DAY-BREAKING if not the SUN RISING of the GOSPEL with the INDIANS in New-England which was printed at London 1647. together with the following printed Relations do give a very pleasant Prospect of this notable Transaction from October 28. 1646. unto July 5. 1659. inclusively Bullinger Apoc. p. 2â— Ipse solus â— diceretur Aphricant Europaeus Asiatious Columbiun Christus â— tum hoc D ma hodic si vendicat The sorrowfull Decay and Languishing of the Work in many places since that time and the little Faith that is to be found in exercise concerning it are so far from being a ground of Discouragement that it gives us cause to expect that the set Time draweth very near for our blessed Lord Jesus Christ to be Recognised and Crowned KING of Kings LORD of
according to the measure and portion of Faith which God hath given us Let Him be pleased to cause that it may not dye in us but may produce fruits worthy of his Children He giving us Perseverance in the same we will ascribe Praise and Thanks unto Him to all Eternity Amen JEAN du BORDEL MATTHIEU VERMEIL PIERRE BOURDON ANDRE la FON When their Orthodox Confession was sent to Villagagnon he declared them Hereticks upon the Articles relating to the Sacrament of the Altar and Vows and said t was unlawfull for them to live any longer lest the Company should be infected with their Poison Yet his resolution to put them to death he kept as privat as he could till Friday the 9th of February 1558. on which day he orderd them to be brought from the Continent Their friends with tears disswaded them from going to their slaughter But they considering that God might have brought them into those parts and preserved them in millions of dangers for this end could not find in their hearts to desert the Cause of their dear Lord Jesus So John Bordel Matthew Vermeil and Andrew la Fon went into the boat But Peter Bourdon was left behind very sick Being come to the Island Villagagnon commanded that they should be brought before him who holding their Confession of Faith in his hand asked if they made and signed it They answered that they made it and signd it every one owning his Hand and seeing it was according to the Confession of the holy Apostles and Martyrs of the primitive Church they were resolved by the Grace of God to maintain it Their words were scarce out before Villagagnon discoverd a furious countenance threatening to put them to death if they continued in their damnable Opinion And presently commanded his Executioner to put Irons on their Legs and to every Chain to hang fifty or sixty pound weight and orderd them to be shut up in a nasty dark Prison and set a Guard of armed men upon them They comforted one another in Prayer singing of Psalms All the Company of the Island was very much troubled at this action and secretly comforted the Prisoners and gave them provisions which they stood in need of The next day in the morning he went well armd with a page into a little Hall whither he sent for John Bordel in his Irons of whom he demanded an explanation of the article of the Sacrament He confessed that the Bread and Wine were Signs of the Body and Blood of our Lord Jesus Christ confirming it by the saying of St Augustin Villag in a great passion gave him a blow on the face with his fist whereupon much blood flowed from his nose and mouth To the blow he added words agreeable You have lyed Villain St Austin never said so Before I eat I will reward the fruits of your Obstinacy As some tears fell with the blood Vil. upbraided him calling him a puny fresh water souldier that would cry for a fillip Then he asked him if he would maintain what he had writ and signd Bordel answered Yes untill by Authority of the holy Scriptures I am otherwise taught V. seeing the stedfastness of the man commanded his Executioner to bind him and carry him to a Rock which the water coverd twice a day three foot He and his page being armd attended the poor Sufferer to the place appointed Bordel passing by the prison where his companions were cryed out to them with a loud Voice Be of good Courage you will quickly be delivered from this miserable life As he went along he sung Psalms to the astonishment of bloody V. and his Executioner Being upon the Rock t was with much adoe that he got leave to commend himself to God in prayer before he went out of the world The Executioner being too slow for furious V. he threatend him with a cat of nine tails if he did not make haste therefore he immediatly threw him into the Sea where he rendred to God his Spirit calling upon the Name of our Lord Jesus till he was drownd Matthew Vermeil was brought next being greatly astonished at the death of his companion he pleaded with V. for his life with such Expostulations Have we robbed you or evilly entreated the least of your servants Have we plotted your death or done any thing to your dishonour No Villain said he you and your companions dye for no such things as these but because you are a most dangerous Pest to be separated from the Church lest you spoil the rest of my company The Martyr answered Eight moneths are not passed since you made an ample confession of the Points for which you make us dye this day Afterward he petitioned him again for his life offering to become his servant V. said he had nothing for him to do but he would think of it if he would recant his Error Vermeil seeing no hope given him but what was destructive to his Salvation became thereby resolv'd in his mind and Cryed out with a loud Voice I had rather dye to live eternally with the LORD than to live a little while and dye for ever with Satan After he had made his Prayer upon the Rock and commended his Soul to the Care of God he freely delivered himself into the hands of the Executioner and Crying out with a loud Voice Lord Jesus have mercy on me He gave up the ghost Andrew la Fon had not strength enough to climb up into this Rock of Martyrdom but by Promises Threatenings was drawn to some degree of Recantation Or else was favoured by Villagagnon for the sake of his Trade of a Tailor which was very necessary And so his life was spared But the bloody Sacrifice of Vil. is not yet ended One Victim remains viz. Peter Bourdon who was left very sick on the Continent Villagagnon went himself thither took one ashoar with him His first salutation to the poor sick man was that he must get up and go into the boat Bourdon would have excused himself from his inability to do him any service by reason of sickness Villagagnon told him this was to cure him The poor man not being able to stand much less go he caused him to be carried aboard Villagagnon asked whether he would stand to the Confession he had signd He answered he would consider of it As soon as they came ashoar the Executioner bound him without any more adoe advertising him to have a care of his Conscience Bourdon supposing that to be the place where his companions obtained the Victory over death he recommended his soul to God and Cryed with a loud Voice Lord God! I am of the same Paste with my Companions who maintained the Combat for thy Name with glory and honour I pray Thee shew me Favour that I may not succumb amidst the Allurements of Satan the World and the Flesh I pray Thee pardon all my Transgressions Offences that I have committed against thy Majesty and this in the