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A66681	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.	1649 (1649)	Wing W3036; ESTC R12394	24,811	38

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

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 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 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

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

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