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A96422	Strength out of weakness. Or A glorious manifestation of the further progresse of the gospel amongst the Indians in New-England. Held forth in sundry letters from divers ministers and others to the corporation established by Parliament for promoting the gospel among the heathen in New-England; and to particular members thereof since the last treatise to that effect, / formerly set forth by Mr Henry Whitfield late pastor of Gilford in New-England. ; Published by the aforesaid corporation.	Gouge, William, 1578-1653.; Whitfield, Henry, 1597-1660?; Eliot, John, 1604-1690.; Wilson, John, 1588-1667.; Leverich, William, d. 1677.; Bessey, Anthony, 1609?-1657?; Mayhew, Thomas, 1621-1657.; Endecott, John, 1588?-1665.; French, William, 1603?-1681.; Allen, Thomas, 1608-1673.; Society for Propagation of the Gospel in New England.	1652 (1652)	Wing W2002; ESTC R223436	37,294	59

out of Reverence to the Command o● the Lord when such as had not that principle were farre from such workes of mercy it pleased God to try them in the time of the Pox for some of them did hazard their owne lives for to them it is very mortall in obedience to the Command of the Lord to shew mercy to them that were sicke and some were infected thereby and fell sicke and lay with much chearefullnesse and patience under Gods hand and through the Lords mercy are well againe others who did shew mercy in that case escaped the sicknesse to the praise of God Likewise God is pleased to try their Charitie by an old Paraliticke or Palsie sick-man whose owne Children being prophane and tyred with the burthen of him his retentive power of houlding excrements being loosened and having a loosenesse sometimes he is very noysome and burthensome they forsooke him and he had perished but that the Lord stirred up by the word of his grace their hearts to shew mercy to him for he was while he was sicke at six shilling a weeke charge for wee offered twelve-pence a night to any to tend him and for meere hyre none would abide it but out of mercy and Charitie some of the Families did take care of him and gave freely some weeks and others were payd out of their publique money namely such as hath been taken off such as have been Transgressors by Fine or Mulct and still he is at foure shillings a weeke charge being better in health in so much that all their publique money is spent and much more and wee have Collections among them for the same use The old man who hath been and still is wise doth wisely testifie that their love is sincere and that they truely pray to God and I hope so doth he and shall be saved I could with a word speaking in our Churches have this poore man relived but I doe not because I thinke the Lord hath done it for the tryall of their grace and exercise of their love and to traine them up in works of Charitie and in the way of Christ to make Collections for the poore I see how the Lord provideth to further the progresse of the Gospel by these tryalls and afflictions yea there be more passages of this winters worke wherein the Lord hath taught us by the Crosse For one of our first and principall men is dead which though it be a great blow and damping to our worke in some Respects yet the Lord hath not left the rest to discouragement thereby nay the worke is greatly furthered for hee made so gracious an end of his life and imbraced death with such holy submission to the Lord and was so little terrified at it as that it hath greatly strengthened the Faith of the living to be constant and not to feare death greatly commending of the death of Wamporas for that was his name I thinke he did more good by his death then he could have done by his life one of his sayings was That God giveth us three mercies in this world the first is health and strength the second is food and cloaths the third is sicknesse and death and when wee have had our share in the two first why should wee not be willing to take our part in the third for his part he was I heard him speake thus and at other times also and at his last he so spake and it so tooke with them that I observe it in their prayers that they so reckon up Gods dispensations to them his last words which he spake in this world were these Jehova Aninnumah Jesus Christ that is Oh Lord give mee Jesus Christ and when hee could speake no more he continued to lift up his hands to Heaven according as his strength lasted unto his last breath so that they say of him he dyed praying when I visited him the last time that I saw him in this world not doubting but I shall see him againe with Christ in Glory one of his sayings was this Foure yeares and a Quarter since I came to your house and brought some of our Children to dwell with the English now I dye I strongly intreate you for that is their phrase that you would strongly intreate Elder Heath with whom his Sonne liveth and the rest which have our Children that they may be taught to know God so as that they may teach their Countrymen because such an example would doe great good among them his heart was much upon our intended worke to gather a Church among them I told him I greatly desired that he might live if it were Gods will to be one in that worke but if he should now dye he should goe to a better Church where Abraham and Isaac and Jacob and Moses and all the dead Saints were with Jesus Christ in the presence of God in all happinesse and Glory he said he feared not death he was willing to dye and turning to the Company which were present hee spake unto them thus I now shall dye but Jesus Christ calleth you that live to goe to Naticke that there the Lord might rule over you that you might make a Church and have the Ordinance of God among you believe in his Word and doe as hee commandeth you With many such words exhorting them which they could not heare without weeping A little before his death hee spake many gracious words unto them wherein one passage was this Some delight to heare and speake idle and foolish words but I desire to heare and speake onely the words of God exhorting them so to doe likewise his gracious words were acceptable and affecting that whereas they used to flie and avoyde with terrour such as lye dying now on the contrary they flocked together to heare his dying words whose death and buriall they beheld with many teares nor am I able to write his Storie without weeping Another affliction and damping to our worke was this that it hath pleased God to take away that Indian who was most active in Carpentrey and who had framed me an house with a little direction of some English whom I sometime procured to goe with mee to guide him and to set out his worke hee dyed of the Pox this winter so that our house lyeth not yet raised which maketh my aboade amongst them more difficult and my tarriance shorter then else I would but the Lord helpeth me to remember that he hath said Endure thou hardnesse as a good Souldier of Jesus Christ These are some of the gracious tryalls and Corrections the Lord hath exercised us withall yet he hath mingled them with much love and favour in other respects for it hath pleased God this winter much to inlarge the abilitie of him whose helpe I use in translating the Scriptures which I account a great furtherance of that which I most desire namely to communicate unto to them as much of the Scriptures in their owne language as I am able Besides it

Christ when he hath rode forth upon a red Horse to the destruction of his Enemies for he is glorious in his Apparell even when his garments are dipt in bloud but much more when he rides forth upon a white Horse for the Conversion of Soules and goes on Conquering and to Conquer Wee have therefore thought fit to commend this great worke of Christ unto the view of all the Saints under these following Considerations First Hereby the Kingdome of Christ is enlarged and the promise made unto him in the Covenant between him and his Father accomplished his Dominion shall be from Sea to Sea and from the floud unto the Worlds end therefore his designe is upon all the Kingdomes of the Earth that he may take possession of them for himselfe they shall all become the Kingdomes of the Lord and of his Christ Revel. 11. 15. And the Kingdome and Dominion under the whole Heaven being so possessed by Christ shall be given to the Saints of the most High Dan. 7. 18. Our prayer is Thy Kingdome come to see the promise made unto Christ fullfilled and the Prayers of the Saints answered should be matter of great rejoycing unto us and of high Praises unto God Secondly The glorious Gospel of Christ is hereby Propagated which is the Scepter of his Kingdome the Rod of his Power which wee pray may run and be glorified And when we consider by how many even amongst us the Gospel is rejected for men reject the Councell of God against themselves by how many it is resisted for there are many adversaries and by how many the Gospel is perverted being made another Gospel by strange Interpretations one of the great acts of Sacriledge of our times stealing the sence of the Scripture from the words of the Scripture Now to see the Gospel lifted up as an Ensigne to the Nations and they to flow unto it should be matter of great rejoycing to the soules of those who love the Gospel in sinceritie Thirdly Hereby the soules of men are rescued out of the snare of the Devill in which they were before held captive at his will The Lord hath manifested that there is a seed according to the Election of grace even amongst these also as well as other Gentiles that the Lord hath visited them to take out of them a people for his Name yea that even they who in a more immediate manner among them worshipped the Devill their Witches call'd in their language Pawwawes that even these should be deliver'd Satan falling from Heaven like lightning before the Gospel should greatly exalt free grace in our hearts the great Love of God is Love to Soules and our tenderest compassion should be manifested in pittying of Soules neither know wee any other ordinary way that the Lord has appointed but the preaching of the Gospel for the winning of Soules to himselfe That being the Power of God to salvation Fourthly Hereby the fullnes of the Gentiles draws neere to be accomplished that the calling of the Jewes may be hastned the Scripture speaks of a double conversion of the Gentiles the first before the conversion of the Jewes they being Branches wilde by nature grafted into the True Olive Tree in stead of the naturall Branches which are broken off This fullnesse of the Gentiles shall come in before the conversion of the Jewes and till then blindnesse hath hapned unto Israel Rom. 11. 25. The Second after the conversion of the Jewes as appeares Acts 15 16 17. After this I will returne and will build againe the Tabernacle of David which is fallen downe and I will build againe the ruines thereof and I will set it up that the residue of men might seek after the Lord and all the Gentiles upon whom my Name is called sayth the Lord Hence it appeares that there are some Gentiles upon whom the Lords Name is called that are a people to him even whilst the Tabernacle of David lyes in its ruines and when he hath built againe this Tabernacle of David that there are a residue of men the remainder of the Gentiles that shall enquire after the Lord and worship him together with those Gentiles that were formerly converted and upon whom his Name was called The first conversion of the Gentiles in its fullnesse makes way for the coming in of the Jewes the King of the East therefore to see this worke goe on should cause the people of God to lift up their heads and expect that the Time of the fullfilling that Promise is neere Fifthly That the Lord hath blessed the labours of our Brethren who were driven out from among us A gracious heart as he prayes for so he cannot but rejoyce in the successe of other mens labours as well as his owne so the worke which is Gods may prosper who ever be the Instrument 't is enough to him When Peter gave an account to the Apostles and Brethren of the Conversion of Cornelius and his family who were as it were the first fruits of the Gentiles they all glortfied God saying Then hath God also to the Gentiles granted Repentance unto life Act. 11. 18. And if they could rejoyce in the Conversion of the Gentiles which they knew would be with the rejection of the Jewes how much more should wee rejoyce in this great worke who may grow together upon the same good Olive Tree That when other Nations who have planted in those furthest parts of the Earth have onely sought their owne advantage to possesse their Land Transport their gold and that with so much covetousnesse and cruelty that they have made the name of Christianitie and of Christ an abomination that the Lord should be pleased to make use of our Brethren that went forth from us to make manifest the savour of Christ among the people and to winne their soules to him How should wee rejoyce that the Lord hath so farre prosper'd such an undertaking It was a holy ambition in Paul to preach the Gospel where Christ was not named that he might not glory in another mans line It is certainly a great honour to be Instrumentall to bring soules to Christ who before never heard of his Name Sixthly This wee 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 wombe Isa. 66. 9. Let no man despise the day of small things the Lord hath opened a great doore which we hope Satan shall never be able any more to shut Such Considerations as these have filled and affected our hearts in the reading and meditation of this great worke of the Lord and wee hope being communicated may be a good means to awaken the godly and faithfull of this Nation to observe the Presence and appearances of God amongst his people there that wee also may say What shall we doe for our Sister in the day that shee shall be spoken for Shall we not be abundant in Prayer that the Lord

as they might propound and to stirre them up to call on God I did accordingly and sent him a Present by them but the proud Sachem did little lesse then despise the offer though hee tooke the Present So they thought they should have returned without successe but when they came among the people especially such as were a little more remote from the great and proud ones they received them with great gladnesse one Company taking one of ours among them others taking the other of our men amongst them they asked them many Questions expressed their readinesse to call upon God if they had any to teach them expressing likewise that they did not expect their Sachems would pray to God because they vvere so proud by which I doe perceive that the Lord is preparing a plentifull harvest and not onely by this but by many other Evidences There is a great Countrey lying betweene Conectacott and the Massachusets called Nipnet where there be many Indians dispersed many of which have sent to our Indians desiring that some may be sent unto them to teach them to pray unto God And sometimes some of our best men doe goe to severall places for a little while and returne againe and not without successe These things being so the worke which vvee now have in hand will be as a patterne and Copie before them to imitate in all the Countrey both in civilizing them in their order government Law and in their Church proceedings and administrations and hence great care lyeth upon mee to set them right at first to lay a sure foundation for such a building as I foresee will be built upon it and in this matter I greatly need pray The order of proceeding with them is first to gather them together from their scattered course of life to cohabitation and civill order and Government and then to forme them the Lord having fitted them into visible Church-state for the guidance whereof I have instructed them that they should looke onely into the Scriptures and out of the word of God fetch all their Wisedome Lawes and Government and so shall they be the Lords people and the Lord above shall Reigne over them and governe them in all things by the word of his mouth Sundry of these which pray unto God have formerly subjected themselves unto the English So that in this Government among themselves they doe reserve themselves in that poynt to owne them as their superiours to make appeales unto them as neede may require and experience for these many yeares shew that though they have so subjected themselves yet the onely benefit they have is protection as for hearing and determining their causes the difference of language and paucitie of Intepreters prohibits and if their causes come they be so longsome and yet of small importance that it is of necessitie that either they must have no government as hitherto it hath been or else they must have it among themselves Besides all or many of their differences and causes they usually brought to mee which was not convenient and I was willing to avoyde themselves also found great need that some should be over them to judge their causes and end differences and much desired it Therefore upon the sixt day of the sixt Moneth of this present yeare their Pallizadoe Fort being finished they had a great meeting and many came together from diverse parts though sundry were hindred and came not at that time where with prayer to God I read and expounded to them the 18th of Exodus which I had done severall times before and finally they did solemnly choose two Rulers among themselves they first chose a Ruler of an Hundred then they chose two Rulers of Fifties then they chose Ten or Tithing Men so I call them in English for so they were called as is reported in England vvhen England did flourish happily under that kinde of Government And lastly for that dayes worke every man chose who should be his Ruler of ten the Rulers standing in order and every man going to the man he chose and it seemed unto mee as if I had seene scattered bones goe bone unto his bone and so lived a civill politicall life and the Lord was pleased to minister no small comfort unto my spirit when I saw it After this worke was ended they did enter into Covenant with God and each other to be the Lords people and to be governed bythe word of the Lord in all things The words of which Covenant are these in English Wee doe give our selves and our Children unto God to be his people Hee shall rule us in all our affaires not onely in our Religion and affaires of the Church these wee desire as soone as wee can if God will but also in all our workes and affaires in this world God shall rule over us Isa. 33. 22. The Lord is our Judge the Lord is our Law-giver the Lord is our King Hee will save us the Wisedome which God hath taught us in his Booke that shall guide us and direct us in the way Oh Jehovah teach us wisedome to finde out thy wisedome in thy Scriptures let the grace of Christ helpe us because Christ is the wisedome of God send thy Spirit into our hearts and let it teach us Lord take us to be thy people and let us take thee to be our God This Act of forming themselves into the Government of God and entring into this Government is the first publique Record among the Indians and for ought I know the first that ever was among them and now our next worke is to prepare them for Church-estate to which end I doe instruct them that the Visible Church of Christ is builded upon a lively confession of Christ and Covenanting to walke in all the Administrations of the publique worship of God under the Government and Discipline of Jesus Christ I doe therefore exhort them to try their hearts by the word of God to finde out what change the Lord hath wrought in their hearts and this is the present vvorke vvee have in hand Give mee leave much honoured Friends to goe a little backe in my relation that I might be more particular because these Letters I prepared in the sixt Moneth after they had chosen their Officers as I was propounding and teaching them the above-written Covenant for that I did often before wee did solemnely accomplish it that so they might doe it as an Act of knowledge and faith Now let mee relate the order of our proceeding Having againe and againe read this Covenant to them and instructed them in the meaning of it it pleased God to wrack Mr Webbers Ship at Conahasset though the Lord dealt favourably most goods were saved though much spoyled this was on the first day of the 7th Moneth wherefore at a Lecture at Natik on the 10th of the same Moneth I informed them of the plentifull supply which the Lord had made your selves his instruments to send unto them for the

furtherance of this our worke and also how the Lord had frowned upon it and undoubtedly it was a fruit of sinne and therefore the Lord called them to repentance and make peace with God besides wee were beginning a great worke of civill Cohabitation and Governement and they wanted wisdome to carry on such a worke and the Lord had promised if any want wisdome aske it of God who gives liberally citing that of James which I had formerly preached on Moreover wee were in preparation for a Church-state and that was a great matter to seeke the Lord in and lastly they having chosen Rulers and intending to enter into a Covenant to promise unto God to be his people and to be ruled in all things by his Word Gods appointment is that such a Covenant should be entred into in a solemne day of fasting and prayer and all these causes concurred to put us on unto that worke Now though wee never yet had kept such a day unto the Lord yet I had instructed them therein for in the Spring wee had a generall day of humiliation in all the Churches and thereupon they moved this question Why the English often fasted and prayed and I never yet taught them so to doe to which I did answer by that of Christ unto the Disciples but told them that when wee set upon the great vvorkes of God to be his people governed by his Word and to gather a Church then they should be called of God unto it c. and now it came to passe my motion they deliberated on with some conference as their manner is and finally did consent unto it then I told them it was needfull they should pray and teach that day sundry of them and wee agreed that all such as vvere called to be Rulers should exercise that day or so many as wee had time for their exercise Before that day came even then when it was appointed Cutshamoquin the chiefe Sachem and therefore chosen the chiefe for hee is constant in his profession though doubtfull in respect of the throughnesse of his heart was in the Countrey neere Narragan set about appeasing some strife among some Sachems In which Journey some of those bad Indians and Cutshamoquin with them did buy much strong Water at Gortons Plantation and had a great drinking from which the wiser sort did withdraw themselves but Cutshamoquin was in it though not unto drunkennesse yet his Act was scandalous Before vvee solemnly appeared before God and made the above-written Covenant I advised with Mr Cotton about it and his Counsaile was to add these words in the beginning Wee are the sonnes of Adam wee and our forefathers have a long time been lost in our sinnes but now the mercy of the Lord beginneth to finde us out againe therefore the grace of Christ helping us wee doe give our selves and our Children c. When the day came this Act of Cutshamoquin being broken out wee suffered not him to teach onely he began the day with confession of his sinne and made a short prayer wherein he confessed Satan acted in his heart begged pardon and that the Spirit of God might dwell in him and act in him for time to come and so ended Then another of them began with prayer and for his Text tooke that in the 7th of Luke 36. to the end though they doe not know the Booke Chapter or Verse but distinguish my Lectures by the first materiall word in it Christ being invited by Symon the Pharisee the Woman washt his feete with her teares c. At vvhich Symon stumbling Christ spake the parable of the two Debtors both freely forgiven with the application all which he repeated pretty well and after his teaching he prayed againe and ended The second tooke for his Text the Lords Prayer because it is said he a day of prayer The third tooke for his Text the 7th of Matthew 19. to the end Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit is cut downe c. And upon that parable of the two Builders on the rocke the first the other on the sand c. By this time the day was well up then I taught out of the 9th of Ezra 3. 9. where I described a day of fasting and the right carriage of it yet by the parable of a Nut I shewed that outward acts are as the shell which is necessary but a broken and believing heart is the kernell and so ended the forepart of the day After a little respite in which time a Question came to mee if it were lawfull to take a pipe of Tobacco we met againe the first took his Text Joh. 3. 16. 22. and his Preface was I reade or rehearse this and let every one reade it in his owne heart The second took his Text Matth. 13. 24. to 31. from the parable of him that sowed good seed and the enemie came and while they slept sowed tares c. The third took his Text Luke 3d. 4 5 6. ver. Prepare yee the way of the Lord make his paths straight c. By this time night drew on then I took for my Text Deut. 29. and the 1. to 16. where Israel entred into Covenant with the Lord and finally our Covenant in the forerecited words I expressed and they joyntly consented unto first the Rulers then all the people then was the Collections for the poore and by dark night wee finished our worke Thus have I briefly described that blessed day wherein these poore soules solemnely became the people of the Lord this was on the 24th day of the 7th Moneth 1651. Upon the 8th of the Oct. Moneth which was our next Lecture for it is in that place but once in a fortnight I houlding a Lecture each other weeke still at any other place it pleased our Governour with many others attending him to visit our poore workes and day of small things where they viewed our house our Fort our Bridge advised about a place for a Mill c. At the season they came unto our Lecture and observed the carriage and behaviour of things and men among other things one of our Indians did as we are wont exercise which they tooke so much notice of and were so farre affected with as that it pleased the Governour to advice me to write the substance of that which he spake which is as followeth his Text was Matth. 13. 44 45 46. Againe the Kingdome of heaven is like vnto treasure hid in a feild the which when a man hath found he hideth and for joy thereof goeth and selleth all that he hath and buyeth the feild 45. Againe the Kingdome of heaven is like unto a Marchant-man seeking goodly pearles 46. Who when he had found one pearle of great price he went and sould all that he had and bought it The substance of these words he did twice rehearse then for instruction he first propounded what is this treasure which is hid in a feild he answered it is Repentance for

of the Lord amongst them The good providence of God in bringing you unto us and the free engaging of your selfe in this worke of the Lord and that upon the best ground did fully perswade my heart of your faithfullnesse therein and of an inward blessing from God upon us thereby although I should never have seene a returne in outward supplies as now through mercy I have as an acceptable and very helpfull fruit of Christian goodnes and bounty received from your selfe and Christian Friends that the Lord hath stirred up both to pray earnestly and contribute freely for the promoting of the worke of the Lord in my hand amongst the poore Indians Sir assure your selfe and let all our beloved Friends know that what is done by you together in this behalfe doth not onely strengthen my hands and give me advantage to be more helpful to the Indians but also is a further encouragement unto my heart from the Lord to doe to the utmost of my power in this service he hath called me unto and wherein he hath afforded me his gracious presence unto this day and not onely in supporting me therein but also in some remarkeable passages of his power and mercy amongst the Indians those miserable Captives something whereof your selfe have been an eye witnes unto and have already heard yet now being further advantaged through the grace of God appearing with us and knowing it will be acceptable to your selfe and our dearely beloved Christian Friends that long for and rejoyce in the gracious appearance of Jesus Christ in his Kingly Soveraigntie and power where he hath not formerly been knowne I shall by the helpe of God certifie you how the Lord hath carried on his own worke with us since your departure from us It pleased the Lord who had drawne the Indians from the Pawwaws to worship himselfe whereat the Pawwaws were much discontented yet now to perswade two of themselves to run after those that followed hard after God desiring that they might goe with them in the wayes of that God whose name is Jehovah and they came much convinced of their sinnes that they had lived in and especially of their Pawwawing saying I throw it from mee with hatred of it being sorry that ever I medled with it And now I have heard of Jehovah by his helpe I put it under my feete and hope to trample it downe in the dust with the Devill and Pawwawnomas or imps I throw it into the fire and burne it Thus they fully made knowne unto all both by word and gesture and by more such like expressions they then used not onely their indignation against it but that they would never make use of it more One of them did then discover the bottome of his witchcraft confessing that at first he came to be a Pawwaw by Diabolicall Dreames wherein he saw the Devill in the likenesse of foure living Creatures one was like a man which he saw in the Ayre and this told him that he did know all things upon the Island and what was to be done and this he said had its residence over his whole body Another was like a Crow and did looke out sharply to discover mischiefes coming towards him and had its residence in his head The third was like to a Pidgeon and had its place in his breast and was very cunning about any businesse The fourth was like a Serpent very subtile to doe mischiefe and also to doe great cures and these he said were meere Devills and such as he had trusted to for safetie and did labour to raise up for the accomplishment of any thing in his diabolicall craft but now he saith that he did desire that the Lord would free him from them and that he did repent in his heart because of his sinne The other said his Conscience was much troubled for his sinne and they both desired the Lord would teach them his wayes have mercy upon them and pardon their sinnes for Jesus Christ his sake and truely it did give to us who were present a great occasion of praising the Lord to see those poore naked sonnes of Adam and slaves to the Devill from their birth to come toward the Lord as they did with their joynts shaking and their bowells trembling their spirits troubled and their voyces with much fervency uttering words of sore displeasure against sin and Satan which they had imbraced from their Childhood with so much delight accounting it also now their sinne that they had not the knowledge of God Secondly that they had served the Devill the Enemy both of God and Man Thirdly that they were so hurtfull in their lives and were also thankfull that now through the blessing of God they had an opportunitie to be delivered out of that dangerous Condition The Indians did all much rejoyce to see the Pawwaws turne from their wicked wayes to serve the Lord Not long after the Pawwaws had forsaken their old way on a Lecture day after Exercise diverse Indians desired to become the servants of the Lord amongst whom was a Pawwaw called Tequanonim who was of great esteeme and very notorious for he as they said and in their ignorance conceived never did hurt to any but alwayes good endeavouring the good and preservation of the Indians whereunto also he was accompted by them to be strongly provided And as himselfe said he had been possessed from the Crowne of the head to the soal of the foote with Pawwawnomas not onely in the shape of living Creatures as Fowles Fishes and creeping things but Brasse Iron and Stone It was therefore the more to be acknowledged the worke of God that he should forsake this way his friends his gaine to follow the Lord whose wayes are so despisable in the eyes of devillish minded men This Pawwaw declaring by what meanes the Lord tooke him off this devillish Trade said that he had heard some things from my Father who tooke occasion to discourse with him about the way of true happinesse that he should never forget blessed be God his Counsell had so good an effect as I hope it hath on many others It pleased the Lord who will have all the gods of the earth to be terrible unto him For he meeting Mumanequem in the wood by accident told him that he was glad he had an opportunitie to speake his minde unto him for he had many searchings of heart about his Pawwawing and did thinke it was not a good way and that God was angry with him for it for said he my wife hath been a long time sicke and the more I Pawwaw for her the sicker she is And this doth agree with an observation of the Indians of this Island viz. that since the Word of God hath been taught unto them in this place the Pawwaws have been much foyled in their devillish taskes and that instead of curing have rather killed many but in a word the fruit of this and all other meanes was a publique manifestation of

there were some Ministers and diverse other godly men there that attended mee thither his Text was in Matthew 13. 44 45 46. He continued in his Exercise full halfe an houre or more as I judged it his gravitie and utterance was indeed very commendable which being done Mr Eliot taught in the Indian tongue about three quarters of an houre as neere as I could guesse the Indians which were in number men women neere about one hundred seemed the most of them so to attend him the men especially as if they would loose nothing of what was taught them which reflected much upon some of our English hearers After all there was a Psalme sung in the Indian tongue and Indian meeter but to an English tune read by one of themselves that the rest might follow and he read it very distinctly without missing a word as we could judge and the rest sang chearefully and prettie tuneablie I rid on purpose thither being distant from my dwelling about thirty-eight or fortie miles and truely I account it one of the best Journeys I made these many yeares Some few dayes after I desired Mr Eliot briefely to write mee the substance of the Indians Exercise which when he went thither againe namely to Naticke where the Indians dwell and where the Indian taught he read what he remembred of it first to their Schoole-Master who is an Indian and teacheth them and their Children to write and I saw him write also in English who doth it true and very legible and asked him if it were right and he said yea also he read it unto others and to the man himselfe who also owned it To tell you of their industry and ingenuitie in building of an house after the English manner the hewing and squaring of their tymber the sawing of the boards themselves and making of a Chimney in it making of their groundsells and wall-plates and mortising and letting in the studds into them artificially there being but one English-man a Carpenter to shew them being but two dayes with them is remarkeable They have also built a Fort there with halfe trees cleft about eight or ten Inches over about ten or twelve foote high besides what is intrencht in the ground which is above a quarter of an acre of ground as I judge They have also built a foote bridge over Charles River with Groundsells and Spurres to uphold it against the strength of the Flood and Ice in the Winter it stood firme last Winter and I thinke it will stand many Winters They have made Drummes of their owne with heads and brases very neatly and artificially all which shewes they are industrious and ingenuous And they intend to build a Water-Mill the next Sommer as I was tould when I was with them Some of them have learnt to mow Grasse very well I shall no further trouble you with any more relation at this time concerning them But a word or two further with your patience concerning other Indians The worke of God amongst the Indians at Martins Vineyard is very hopefull and prosperous also I mist of Mr Mayhew their Teacher who was lately at Boston and therefore cannot give you a particular account thereof at this present time yet I cannot but acquaint you what other motions there are touching other Indians There came to us upon the 20th of this instant Moneth at the generall Court one Pummakummin Sachem of Qunnubbágge dwelling amongst or neere to the Narragansets who offered himselfe and his Men to worship God and desired that some English may be sent from the Massachusets Government to plant his River that thereby he may be partaker of Government and may be instructed by the English to know God Wee shall I hope take some care and course about it and I hope wee shall have more helpe to carry on that worke also For there are some Schollers amongst us who addict themselves to the study of the Indian Tongue The Lord in mercy recompence it into your Bosomes all that labour of love vouchsafed to the poore Indians which are the hearty prayers and earnest desire of much honoured Your loving Friend in all service of Christ John Endecott Boston the 27th of the Eight 1651. The next thing we present the reader withall is a private passage from one in New England to his godly Friend here who was so much affected therewith as he found out our Treasurer of the Corporation by name Mr Richard Floyd at the Meremaide in Cheapside and desired it might be published to the world amongst other things when we should publish and print what we received of like nature And how ever it is but briefe in it selfe yet full of sweetnesse and plainnes of spirit which we offer to thy view THe best News I can write you from New England is the Lord is indeed converting the Indians and for the refreshing of your heart and the hearts of all the Godly with you I have sent you the Relation of one Indian of two yeares profession that I tooke from his owne mouth by an Interpreter because he cannot speake or understand one word of English The first Question was Q. How did you come first to any sight of sinne A. His answer was before the Lord did ever bring any English to us my conscience was exceedingly troubled for sinne but after Mr Mahew came to preach and had been here some time one chiefe Sagamore did imbrace the Gospel and I hearing of him I went to him and prayed him to speake something to mee concerning God and the more I did see of God the more I did see my sinne and I went away rejoycing that I knew any thing of God and also that I saw my sinne Q. I pray what hurt doe you see in sinne A. Sinne sayth he is a continuall sicknesse in my heart Q. What further evill doe you see in sinne A. I see it to be a breach of all Gods Commandements Q. Doe you see any punishment due to man for sinne A. Yea sayth he I see a righteous punishment from God due to man for sinne which shall be by the Devills in a place like unto fire not that I speake of materiall fire sayth he where man shall be for ever dying and never dye Q. Have you any hope to escape this punishment A. While I went on in the way of Indianisme I had no hope but did verily believe I should goe to that place but now I have a little hope and hope I shall have more Q. By what meanes doe you look for any hope A. Sayth he by the satisfaction of Christ I prayed the Interpreter to tell him from mee that I would have him thinke much of the satisfaction of Christ and so he told him I prayed him to returne mee his Answer A. I thanke him kindly for his good Counsell it doth my heart good sayd he to heare any man speak of Christ Q. What would you thinke if the Lord should save you from misery A. If the Lord