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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A39229	A late and further manifestation of the progress of the gospel amongst the Indians in Nevv-England declaring their constant love and zeal to the truth : with a readiness to give accompt of their faith and hope, as of their desires in church communion to be partakers of the ordinances of Christ : being a narrative of the examinations of the Indians, about their knowledge in religion, by the elders of the churches / related by Mr. John Eliot.	Eliot, John, 1604-1690.; Walton, William, d. 1668. Examination of the Indians at Roxbury.; Society for Propagation of the Gospel in New England.	1655 (1655)	Wing E517; ESTC R9453	17,654	32

they related the whole businesse unto me with much trouble and grief Then Toteswamp spake to this purpose I am greatly grieved about these things and now God tryeth me whether I love Christ or my Child best They say They will try me but I say God will try me Christ saith He that loveth father or mother or wife or Child better then me is not worthy of me Christ saith I must correct my Child if I should refuse to doe that I should not love Christ God bid Abraham kill his Son Abraham loved God and therefore he would have done it had not God with-held him God saith to me onely punish your Child and how can I love God if I should refuse to doe that These things he spake in more words and much affection and not with dry eyes Nor could I refraine from teares to hear him When it was said The Child was not so guilty of the sin as those that made him drunk he said That he was guilty of sin in that he feared not sin and in that he did not believe his counsells that he had often given him to take heed of evill company but he had believed Satan and sinners more then him therefore he needed to be punished After other such like discourse the Rulers left me and went unto their businesse which they were about before I came which they did bring unto this conclusion and judgement They judged the three men to sit in the stocks a good space of time and thence to be brought to the whipping-Post have each of them twenty lashes The boy to be put in the stocks a little while and the next day his father was to whip him in the School before the Children there all which Judgement was executed When they came to be whipt the Constable fetcht them one after another to the Tree which they make use of instead of a Post where they all received their Punishments which done the Rulers spake thus one of them said The Punishments for sin are the Commandements of God and the worke of God and his end was to doe them good and bring them to repentance And upon that ground he did in more words exhort them to repentance and amendment of life When he had done another spake unto them to this purpose You are taught in Catechisme that the wages of sin are all miseries and calamities in this life and also death and eternall damnation in hell Now you feele some smart as the fruit of your sin and this is to bring you to repentance that so you may escape the rest And in more words he exhorted them to repentance When he had done another spake to this purpose Heare all yee people turning himselfe to the People who stood round about I think not lesse then two hundred small and great this is the Commandement of the Lord that thus it should be done unto sinners and therefore let all take warning by this that you commit not such sins least you incur these Punishments And with more words he exhorted the People Others of the Rulers spake also but some things spoken I understood not and some things slipt from me But these which I have related remained with me When I returned to Roxbury I related these things to our Elder to whom I had before related the sin and my grief who was much affected to hear it and magnified God He said also That their sin was but a Transient act which had no Rule and would vanish But these Judgements were an Ordinance of God and would remaine and doe more good every way then their sin could doe hurt telling me what cause I had to be thankfull for such an issue Which I therefore relate because the Lord did speak to my heart in this exigent by his words When the Assembly was met for Examination of the Indians and ordered I declared the end and Reason of this Meeting and therefore declared That any one in due order might have liberty to propound any Questions for their satisfaction Likewise I requested the Assembly That if any one doubted of the Interpretations that should be given of their Answers that they would Propound their doubt and they should have the words scanned and tryed by the Interpreters that so all things may be done most clearly For my desire was to be true to Christ to their soules and to the Churches And the trying out of any of their Answers by the Interpreters would tend to the satisfaction of such as doubt as it fell out in one Answer which they gave the Question was How they knew the Scriptures to be the word of God The finall Answer was Because they did find that it did change their hearts and wrought in them wisedome and humility This Answer being Interpreted to Assembly my Brother Mahu doubted especially of the word Hohpoóonk signifying Humility it was scanned by the Interpreters and proved to be right and he rested satisfied therein I was purposed my selfe to have written the Elders Questions and the Indians Answers but I was so imployed in propounding to the Indians the Elders Questions and in returning the Indians Answers as that it was not possible for me to write unlesse I had caused the Assembly to stay upon it which had not been fitting therefore seeing Mr. Walton writing I did request him to write the Questions and Answers and help me with a Copy of them which I thank him he did a Copy whereof I herewith send to be inserted in this place on which this only I will animadvert That the Elders in wisdome thought it not fit to ask them in Catechisticall method strictly in which way Children might Answer But that they might try whether they understood what they said they traversed up and downe in Questions of Religion as here you see Postscript LET the Reader take notice That these Questions were not propounded all to one man but to sundry which is the reason that sometime the same Questions are propounded againe and againe Also the number Examined were about eight namely so many as might be first called forth to enter into Church-Covenant if the Lord give opportunity THE EXAMINATION OF THE INDIANS AT Roxbury The 13th Day of the 4th Month 1654. Quest WHat is God Answ An Ever-living Spirit Q. What are the Attributes of God A. God is Eternall Infinite Wise Holy Just Q. In which of these are we like unto God A. In Wisedome Holinesse and Righteousnesse But in Infinitenesse and Eternity God is onely like himselfe Q How many Gods are there A. There is one onely God Q. Have not some Indians many Gods A. They have many Gods Q. How doe you know these Gods are no Gods A. Before the English came we knew not but that they were Gods but since they came we know they are no Gods Q. What doe you find in the true God that you find not in false Gods A. I see in the English many things that God is the true God

condition was man made A. Very good like unto God Q. What is the Image of God in man A. Holinesse Wisedome and Righteousnesse Q. Was there then any sin in the soule of man A. No Q. What Covenant did God make wth Adam A. A Covenant of Works Doe this and live thou and thy Children Sin and dye thou and thy Children Q. How many Commandements are there A. Ten Q. What is the first Commandement A. God spake these words and said Thou shalt have no other Gods but me Q. What was the sin of Adam A. He believed the Devil and eat of the Tree in the midst of the Garden of which God commanded him not to eat Q. When Adam sinned what befell him A. He lost the Image of God Q. What is that Image of God which he lost A. Wisedome Holinesse and Righteousnesse Q. To whom is man now like A. He is like unto Satan Q. What is this likenesse to Satan A. He is Unholy Foolish and Unrighteous Q. How many kinds of sin are there A. An evill heart and evill works Q. What doe you call it A. We daily break Gods Commandements and there is the root sin Q. What is the wages of sin A. All miseries in this life and death and damnation Q. Whose wages is death A. All unbelievers Q. Seeing but one man Adam sinned how come all to dye A. Adam deserved for us all that we should dye The Question being put to another for further answer he answered Adam was the first man and father of all men and in him we sinned Q. Who is Iesus Christ A. Christ is God born like man God and man in one person Q. Why was Christ man A. That he might dye Q. Why was Christ God A. That his death might be of great value Q. How many are the Offices of Christ A. Three A Priest a Prophet a King Q. What Sacrifice did Christ offer A. His owne body Q. What hath Christ done for us A. He hath dyed for us Q. What death dyed Christ for us Who put him to death A. Wicked men Q. What else hath Christ done for us A. He hath kept all the Commandements of God for us and also dyed for us Q. What hath Christ deserved or merited for us A. Pardon of sin and eternall life Q. The same Question was asked another What hath Christ merited A. Pardon of all our sins because he paid a ransome the favour of God and Eternall life Q. What else hath Christ done for us A. He rose again and ascended into Heaven Q. What doth Christ in heaven for us A. He appeareth for us before God he prayeth for us and giveth us the New Covenant Q. What is the New Covenant A. The Covenant of Grace Repent and believe in Christ and be saved Q. Shall all men be saved by Iesus Christ A. All that believe in Christ shall goe to heaven and be saved Q. Why doth thy heart desire Iesus Christ more then sin and thy former Idolls A. Before we prayed to God I did not desire Jesus Christ I did desire my sins but now I see my need of Jesus Christ Q. Why doe you need Christ A. When I dye Christ carrieth my soule to heaven The same put to another for further answer he answered We need Jesus Christ because we are full of sinne Q. How doth Christ work Grace in our hearts A. I beleive Christ hath sent his Spirit into my heart by his word Q. What is repentance for sinne A. I am ashamed of my selfe and broken is my heart I hate and am aware of all sin Q. What most of all breaks your heart why is your heart broken A. Because I have sinned against God Q. What see you in sin that breaks your heart A. It is not my owne work but Christ sends his Spirit and breaks my heart Q. What doth he put into your heart that causeth your heart to break A. The Spirit Q. What wounds your heart most because you sin or because you must goe to hell A. Because we must goe to hell Q. When you heare that Adam by his sin deserved eternall death and when you hear of the grace of God sending Iesus to save you which of these break your heart m●st A. Pardon of sin goeth deepest Q. What worke of the Spirit finde you in your heart A. The Spirit of God breaketh my heart to repent of all my sin and turneth me from sin to believe in Jesus Christ Q. Whether have you found at any time any such worke in your selfe A. I am ashamed of my selfe I doe not throughly find it in my heart to be so Q. When God sendeth his Spirit what doth it worke in us A. A change of the heart Q. What change hath God wrought in you of late which was not in you in former times A. The Spirit turneth us from our sins to believe in Jesus Christ Q. Doe you finde this in your heart that your heart is turned from your sins A. I find my heart turned I leave my stealing lying lust and now my heart believeth in Jesus Christ Q. Doe you believe in Iesus Christ A. I doe believe in Jesus Christ Q. What is it to believe in Iesus Christ A. I confesse I deserve to be damned and am not able to deliver my selfe and therefore I doe give up my selfe unto Jesus Christ and trust in him casting away my sins Q. Why doe you cast away your sins A. They make me that I cannot love Jesus Christ Q. Is there any Promise set home on your heart that comforteth you what Promise doe you remember A. I believe the Promise of God that he will pardon believers in Jesus Christ So far they proceeded in Questions and Answers Some or other of the Elders did severall times publickly call upon the Interpreters to be attentive to all things that passed because they must relye upon their testimony or to that purpose praying them to speak if they doubted of any thing In the conclusion the Elders saw good to call upon the Interpreters to give a publick testimony to the truth of Mr. Eliets Interpretations of the Indians Answers which Mr. Mahu and the two Interpreters by him did all speaking one after another to this purpose That the Interpretations which Mr. Eliot gave of their Answers was for the substance the same which the Indians answered many times the very words which they spake and alwayes the sense WILLIAM WALTON WHen the day was well spent in this above-written manner some that were aged desired that an end might be put unto this work for this time because by this tast which they had they saw that which gave them comfortable satisfaction Then I desired that if it might be without prejudice to any they might be further tryed with Questions about Christ and grace wrought in us by the Spirit and about the Ordinances of Christ concerning which no Questions had been yet propounded and also about the estate of man after death of the resurrection of

Q. What good things see you in the English A. I see true love that our great Sachems have not and that maketh me think that God is the true God Q. Doe you love God A. A little I love God my heart wanteth wisedome but I doe desire to love him Q. Why doe you love God A. Because we are taught this that when we dye we must goe to God and live ever with him Q. Who among the Indians shall goe to God and what are the signes that they shall goe to God A. Every man that truly believeth in Jesus Christ shall goe to heaven Q. Whether have you not many jealousies and feares that you love not God in truth A. I hope I have some love to God but I know that I have but little knowledge of him I hope I love him Q. How doe you understand that God ruleth in your heart A. Before I prayed to God I knew nothing of God but since I have been taught I desire to believe Q. What is faith in Iesus Christ A. I confesse I deserve to be damned for ever and I am not able to deliver my selfe but I betrust my soule with Jesus Christ Q. Whether doth not your soule groane within you under the sense of unbelief and other sins A. Since I have been taught I find my selfe very weak there is a little in me sometimes my heart mournes sometimes I desire more Q. How doe you know the word of God is Gods word A. I believe the word that you teach us was spoken of God Q. Why doe you believe it A. Therefore I believe it to be the word of God because when we learn it it teacheth our hearts to be wise and humble Q. Whether are not your sins and the temptations of Hobbomak more strong since then before you prayed to God A. Before I preyed to God I knew not what Satans temptations were Q. Doe you know now A. Now I have heard what Satans temptations are Q. What is a temptation of the Devill in your heart doe you understand what it is A. Within my heart there are Hypocrisies which doe not appear without Q. Whether doe not you find this a principall temptation from the wickednesse of your heart to drive you away from Christ and not to believe the gracious Promises in Iesus Christ Or whether when you find wickednesse in your heart you are not tempted that you cannot believe A. My heart doth strongly desire to goe on in sin but this is a strong temptation but Faith is the work of Jesus Christ Q. Why doe some believe in Christ and not others what maketh the difference A. Because Satan speaks to some and bids them not believe and they hearken to him and God speaks to others and they believe God Q. Why doe they believe God A. It is the work of the Spirit of God teaching them to believe in Jesus Christ Another Indian being asked what he could say further to it he Answered Jesus Christ sendeth his Spirit into their hearts and teacheth them Q. What moveth Iesus Christ to send his Spirit whether any thing in your selfe A. I believe the Promise of God Q. Whether doe you indeed believe there is a God Christ Heaven Hell whether have you any doubts concerning these thing or no A I doe but a little know my owne thoughts but God throughly knoweth my heart I desire to believe these things I desire not to be an Hypocrite It being put to another Indian for further answer he answered My heart desires truly to pray unto God and I more and more desire to believe these things When I am taught by the word Preached I desire to believe in particular I desire to believe as long as I live Q. What is the Word of God A. That wherein God hath written his Will and therein taught the way to Heaven Q. What is sin A. There is the root sin an evill heart and there is actuall sin sin is a breaking of the Law of God Q. Wherein doe you breake the Law of God A. Every day in my heart words and works Q. Why are you troubled for sin that none ever knew but your selfe A. I fear God and Jesus Christ Q. What doe you believe about the immortality of the soule and resurrection of the body doth the soule dye when the body dyeth A. I believe when the body of a good man dyeth the Angels carry his soule to heaven when a wicked man dyeth the Devills carry his soule to hell Q. How long shall they be in that state A. Untill Christ cometh to Judgement Q. When Christ cometh to judge the world what then shall become of them A. The dead bodies of all men shall rise againe Q. Whether shall they ever dye any more A. Good men shall never dye any more Q. Whether doe you believe that these very bodies of ours shall rise againe A. This body which rots in the earth this very body God maketh it new Q. Who is Iesus Christ A. Jesus Christ is the Son of God yet borne man and so both God and man Q. Why was Christ Iesus a man A. That he might dye for us Q. Why is Christ Iesus God A. That his death might be of great value Q. Why doe you say Christ Iesus was a man that he might dye doe onely men dye A. He dyed for our sins Q. What reason or justice is there that Christ should dye for our sins A. God made all the world and man sinned therefore it was necessary Christ should dye to carry men up to Heaven God hath given unto us his Son Jesus Christ because of our sins The Question being put to another for further Answer his Answer was That God so loved the word that he gave his onely begotten Son that whosoever believeth in him should not perish but have everlasting life Q. What is God A. An Ever-living Spirit Q. What are the Attributes of God A. As before Q. In these Attributes wherein are we like God A. As before Q. How many Gods are there A. One onely God but he is three the Father Son and Holy Ghost Q. What is Eternall A. Man is not like God in Eternall being Q. What is infinite A. All the World hath an end but God hath no end Q. Had God any beginning A. No but he is ever Q. Was there alwayes an Heaven and Earth how came they to be A. Iehovah made them and Governeth them all Q. Were they euer A. No Q. How did God make the world A. Onely the Will of God Q. Out of what matter did God make the world A. Not of any thing at all Q. How long was God making the world A. Six dayes Q. How cometh it to passe that the Sun riseth and setteth that there is winter and Summer day and night A. All are the work of God Q. Now the world is made can it keepe it selfe By whose strength is it kept together A. God preserveth it he made it and keeps it all Q. In what