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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A93076	The clear sun-shine of the gospel breaking forth upon the Indians in Nevv-England. Or, An historicall narration of Gods wonderfull workings upon sundry of the Indians, both chief governors and common-people, in bringing them to a willing and desired submission to the ordinances of the gospel; and framing their hearts to an earnest inquirie after the knowledge of God the Father, and of Jesus Christ the Saviour of the world. / By Mr. Thomas Shepard minister of the gospel of Jesus Christ at Cambridge in New-England.	Shepard, Thomas, 1605-1649.	1648 (1648)	Wing S3109; Thomason E431_14; ESTC R206115	39,184	54

shall pay for every time so abusing themselves 20 s. 2. That there shall be no more Pawwowing amongst the Indians And if any shall hereafter * Pawwows are Witches or Sorcere●s that cure by help of the devill Pawwow both he that shall Pawwow he that shall procure him to Pawwow shall pay 20 s. apeece 3. They doe desire that they may be stirred up to seek after God 4. They desire they may understand the wiles of Satan and grow out of love with his suggestions and temptations 5. That they may fall upon some better course to improve their time then formerly 6. That they may be brought to the sight of the sinne of lying and whosever shall be found faulty herein shall pay for the first offence 5 s. the second 10 s. the third 20 s. 7. Whosoever shall steale any thing from another shall restore fourfold 8. They desire that no Indian hereafter shall have any more but one wife 9. They desire to prevent falling out of Indians one with another and that they may live quietly one by another 10. That they may labour after humility and not be proud 11. That when Indians doe wrong one to another they may be lyable to censure by fine or the like as the English are 12. That they pay their debts to the English 13. That they doe observe the Lords-Day and whosoever shall prophane it shall pay 20 s. 14. That there shall not be allowance to pick Lice as formerly and eate them and whosoever shall offend in this case shall pay for every louse a penny 15. They will weare their haire comely as the English do and whosoever shall offend here in shall pay 5 s. 16. They intend to reforme themselves in their former greasing themselves under the Penalty of 5 s. for every default 17. They doe all resolve to set up prayer in their wigwams and to A Wigwam is such a dwelling house as they live in seek to God both before and after meate 18. If any committhe sinne of fornication being single persons the man shall pay 20 s. and the woman 10 s. 19. If any man lie with a breast he shall die 20. Whosoever shall play at their former games shall pay 10 s. 21. Whosoever shall commit adultery shall be put to death 22. Wilfull Murder shall be punished with death 23. They shall not disguise themselves in their mournings as formerly nor shall they keep a great noyse by howling 24. The old Ceremony of the Maide walking alone and living apart so many dayes 20 s. 25. No Indian shall take an English mans * A Canooe is a small Boate. Canooe without leave under the penaltie of 5 s. 26. No Indian shall come into any English mans house except he first knock and this they expect from the English 27. Whosoever beats his wife shall pay 20 s. 28. If any Indian shall fall out with and beate another Indian he shall pay 20 s. 29. They desire they may bee a towne and either to dwell on this side the Beare Swamp or at the East side of Mr. Flints Pond Immediatly after these things were agreed upon most of the Indians of these parts set up Prayer morning and evening in their families and before and after meat They also generally cut their haire and were more civill in their carriage to the English then formerly And they doe manifest a great willingnesse to conform themselves to the civill fashions of the English The Lords day they keepe a day of rest and minister what edification they can to one another These former orders were put into this forme by Captaine Simond Willard of Concord whom the Indians with unanimous consent intreated to bee their Recorder being very solicitous that what they did agree upon might be faithfully preserved without alteration Thomas Flint Simon Willard These things thus wrought in a short time about Concord side I looke upon as fruits of the ministery of the Word for although their high esteem bred lately in them especially the chief and best of the English together with that mean esteem many of them have of themselves and therefore will call themselves sometimes poore Creatures when they see and heare of their great distance from others of the English I say although these things may be some causes of making these orders and walking in these courses yet the chiefe cause seemes to bee the power of the Word which hath been the chiefe cause of these Orders and therefore it is that untill now of late they never so much as thought of any of these things I am not able to acquaint you very much from my owne eye and care witnesse of things for you know the neare relation between me and the fire side usually all winter time onely I shall impart two or three things more of what I have heard and seen and the rest I shall relate to you as I have received from faithfull witnesses who testifie nothing to me by their writings but what is seene in the open Sun and done in the view of all the world and generally known to be true of people abiding in these parts wee live in As soone as ever the fiercenesse of the winter was past March 3. 1647. I went out to Noonanetum to the Indian Lecture where Mr. Willson Mr. Alleu of Dedham Mr. Dunster beside many otherChristains were present on which day perceiving divers of the Indian women well affected and considering that their soules might stand in need of answer to their scruples as well as the mens yet because we knew how unfit it was for women so much as to aske questions publiquely immediatly by themselves wee did therefore desire them to propound any questions they would bee resolved about by first acquainting either their Husbands or the Interpreter privately therewith whereupon we heard two questions thus orderly propounded which because they are the first that ever were propounded by Indian women in such an ordinance that ever wee heard of and because they may bee otherwise usefull I shall therefore set them downe The first question was propounded by the wise of one Wampooas a well affected Indian viz. whether said she do I pray when my husband prayes if I speak nothing as he doth yet if I like what he saith and my heart goes with it for the Indians will many times pray with their wives and with their children also sometime in the fields shee therefore searing lest prayer should onely be an externall action of the lips enquired if it might not be also an inward action of the heart if she liked of what he said The second question was propounded by the Wise of one Totherswampe her meaning in her question as wee all perceived was this viz. Whether a husband should do well to pray with his wife and yet continue in his passions be angry with his wife But the modesty and wisdome of the woman directed her to doe three things in one sor thus shee