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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A96415	The light appearing more and more towards the perfect day. Or, a farther discovery of the present state of the Indians in New-England, concerning the progresse of the Gospel amongst them. Manifested by letters from such as preacht to them there. / Published by Henry Whitfeld, late pastor to the Chuch [sic] of Christ at Gilford in New-England, who came late thence.	Whitfield, Henry, 1597-1660?; Mayhew, Thomas, fl. 1651.; Eliot, John, 1604-1690.	1651 (1651)	Wing W1999; Thomason E624_3; ESTC R206427	44,315	54

of Shem. If these people be under a Covenant and Promise as ancient as Shem and Eber it is a ground of faith to expect mercy for them Now this I have thought that it seemeth to me as clear in the Scripture that these are the children of Shem as we of Japhet and Shem was a great man in the Church and to whom Abraham paid Tythes for I beleeve he was Melchisedceck yea it seemeth to me probable that these people are Hebrews of Eber whose sonnes the Scripture sends farthest East as it seemeth to me and learned Broughton put some of them over into America and certainly this Country was peopled Eastward from the place of the Arks resting seeing the finding of them by the West is but of yesterday Now Eber was also a great man in the Church Abraham the Hebrew saith the text and how often in the Scriptures doth the Lord use that blessed word of Grace and Covenant I am the God of the Hebrewes besides there be sundry Prophesies in Scripture unto the goings down of the Sunne and let it be considered whether America be not to be accounted among the places that are the goings down of the Sunne unto those places where those Promises were promulgated And when the Lord inlarged the Promise to Jacob as the light and extent of grace hath ever been encreasing and enlarging he promised to make him a Nation and a multitude of Nations which so farre as we regard a litteral accomplishment is in part accomplisht in the Nation of the Jewes and the other part remaineth as it may seem to be accomplisht in the lost Israelites scattered in the world principally if not wholly amongst the sons of Japhet and Shem and our God who can and will gather the scattered and lost dust of our bodies at the Resurrection can and will finde out these lost and scattered Israelites and in finding up them bring in with them the Nations among whom they were scattered and so shall Jacobs Promise extend to a multitude of Nations indeed and this is a great ground of faith for the conversion of the Easterne Nations and may be of help to our faith for these Indians especially if Rabbi Ben-Israel can make it appeare that some of the Israelites were brought into America and scattered here or if the Lord shall by any meanes give us to understand the same These meditations upon Scripture grounds do minister comfort encouragement to my heart with others also as That all Languages shall see his Glory and that all Nations and Kingdoms shall become the Kingdoms of the Lord Iesus and this I desire to do to look unto Scripture grounds only Oh this precious this perfect Word of God! You intimate also how zealously worthy Mr. Owen did prosecute this work the Lord reward him and the Lord accept him in all his holy labours Likewise you intimate how acceptable this work is to the Parliament that blessed Assembly whom the Lord Christ hath delighted to make instrumental to begin to set up the longed for prayed for and desired Kingdome of the Lord Jesus for we may see in some measure the accomplishment of that Prophesie of Christ Luke 21. 25. The peaceable summer beginning to arise out of these distressed times of perplexity all those signes preceding the glorious coming of Christ are accomplishing and a thick black cloud is gathered a cloud of blood confusion Heresies and Errors and the thickest and most portentous black part of that cloud is the Toleration of the most grosse and convicted impieties under the pretence of conscience which misapplication of the Sword of Authority if it should awhile prevaile cannot be innocent and will undoubtedly prolong the storme and delay of the reigne of Christ But notwithstanding all this black cloud who seeth not the glorious coming of the Lord Jesus breaking through this cloud and coming with power and great glory He is King of Kings and reigneth over Kings for where Justice reignes Christ doth reigne and that Antichristian principle for man to be above God whether the Pope in the Church or Monarches in the Common-wealth is thrown to the ground He that is above the Law is above the Word and he that is above the Word is above Christ Christ reigneth not over such as be above his Law But behold now Christ reigneth and gloriously breaks forth in the brightnesse of his coming and will in his time scatter all this thick black cloud yea the thickest of it Now this glorious work of bringing in and setting up the glorious kingdome of Christ hath the Lord of his free grace and mercy put into the hands of this renowned Parliament and Army Lord put it into all their hearts to make this designe of Christ their main first and chiefest endeavour according to the Word Seek first the Kingdom of heaven and the righteousnesse thereof and all other things shall be added And when the Lord Jesus is about to set up his blessed Kingdome among these poore Indians also how well doth it become the spirit of such instruments in the hand of Christ to promote that work also being the same businesse in some respect which themselves are about by the good hand of the Lord Surely Sir your chief work of this nature now is to follow this Indian work which sticks in the birth for want of means You would marvel if I should tell you how they long to come into a way of civility by co-habitation and by forming government among themselves that so they being in such order might have a Church and the Ordinances of Christ among them but want of a Magazine of all sorts of tools and materials for such a work is the present impediment The Lord is wiser then man and his time is best I will not say any thing now for farther direction about what is requisite for the work which the Lord is preparing their hearts unto my former Letters have said enough that way partly to you and partly to Mr. Pelham whose Letters I hope you have seen as containing sundry things necessary for your view and I doubt not but your wisdome will readily adde what is lacking in what I have projected only let me say this that I dayly still see more evidence that that is the very way which the Lord would have us take at present Let me I beseech you trouble you a little farther with some considerations about this great Indian work which lyeth upon me as my continual care prayer desire and endeavour to carry on namely for their schooling and education of youth in learing which is a principal means for promoting of it for future times If the Lord bring us to live in a Towne and Society we must have speiial care to have Schools for the instruction of the youth in reading that they may be able to read the Scriptures at least And therefore there must be some Annual revenew for the maintaining of such Schoolmasters and Dames Besides I do very