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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

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

the dead and of the last Judgement wherein they were through the grace of Christ in some measure instructed But it was said that they did perceive that they were instructed in points of Catechisme by what they had heard from them When they came to a conclusion one of the Elders viz. Mr. Ezek Rogers having first privately conferred with such of the Elders as sate near him spake words of acceptance and encouragement both to me and to the Indians in the name of the rest But Mr. Walton did not write them and therefore I omit the rehearsing of them This great and solemne work of calling up these poor Indians unto that Gospel light and beauty of visible Church-estate having now passed through a second Tryall In the former whereof of they expressed what experience they had found of Gods grace in their hearts turning them from dead works to seek after the living God and salvation in our Saviour Jesus Christ In this second they have in some measure declared how far the Lord hath let in the light of the good knowledge of God into their soules and what tast they have of the Principles of Religion and doctrine of salvation Now the Question remaineth What shall we further doe And when shall they enjoy the Ordinances of Iesus Christ in Church-estate The work is very solemne and the Question needeth a solemn Answer It is a great matter to betrust those with the holy priviledges of Gods house upon which the name of Christ is so much called who have so little knowledge and experience in the waye of Christ so newly come out of that great depth of darknesse and wild course of life in such danger of polluting and defiling the name of Christ among their barbarous friends and Countrey-men and under so many doubts and jealousies of many people and having not yet stood in the wayes of Christ so long as to give sufficient proof and experience of their stedfastnesse in their new begun profession Being also the first Church gathered among them it is like to be a pattern and president of after proceedings even unto following Generations Hence it is very needfull that this proceeding of ours at first be with all care and warinesse guided for the most effectuall advancement of the holinesse and honour of Jesus Christ among them Upon such like grounds as these though I and some others know more of the sincerity of some of them then others doe and are better satisfied with them Yet because I may be in a temptation on that hand I am well content to make slow hast in this matter remembring that word of God Lay hands suddenly upon no man Gods works among men doe usually goe on slowly and he that goeth slowly doth usually goe most surely especially when he goeth by counsell Sat cito si sat bene the greater proof we have of them the better approbation they may obtain at last Besides we having had one publick meeting about them already this summer it will be difficult to compasse another for we have many other great occasions which may hinder the same and it is an hard matter to get Interpreters together to attend such a work they living so remote The dayes also will soon grow short and the nights cold which will be an hindrance in the attendance unto the accomplishment of that work which will most fitly be done at Natick But above all other Reasons this is greatest that they l●ving in sundry Towns and places remote from each other and labourers few to take care of them it is necessary that some of themselves should be trained up and peculiarly instructed unto whom the care of ruling and ordering of them in the affaires of Gods house may be committed in the absence of such as look after their instruction So that this is now the thing we desire to attend for the comfort of our little Sister that hath no breasts that such may be trained up and prepared unto whom the charge of the rest may be committed in the Lord And upon this ground we make the slower hast to accomplish this work among them Mean while I hope the Commissioners will afford some encouragement for the furtherance of the instruction of some of the most godly and able among them who may be in a speciall manner helpfull unto the rest in due order and season And thus have I briefly set down our present state in respect of our Ecclesiasticall proceedings I beg the prayers of the good people of the Lord to be particularly present at the Throne of Grace in these matters according as you have hereby a particular Information how our condition is And for me also who am the most unfit in humane reason for such a work as this but my soule desireth to depend and live upon the Lord Jesus and fetch all help grace mercy assistance and supply from him And herein I doe improve his faithfull Covenant and Promises and in perticular the Lord doth cause my soule to live upon that word of his Psal. 37. 3 4 5 6 7. wherein I have food rayment and all necessaries for my selfe and Children whom I have dedicated unto the Lord to serve him in this work of his if he will please to accept of them and this supply I live upon in these rich words of gracious Promise vers. 3. Trust in the Lord and doe good dwell in the Land and verily thou shalt be fed Herein also I find supply of grace to believe the conversion of these poor Indians that not only in this present season in what I doe already see but in the future also further then by mine eye or reason I can see Which supply of grace I live upon in those words of his gracious Promise which I apply and improve in this particular respect vers. 4. Delight thy selfe also in the Lord and he shall give thee the desires of thy heart Herein also I find supply of grace to believe that they shall be in Gods season which is the fittest brought into Church-Estate faith fetching this particular blessing out of the rich Fountaine of those gracious words of Promise Commit thy way unto the Lord trust also in him and he shall bring it to passe Herein also my soule is strengthned and quieted to stay upon the Lord and to be supported against all suspitious jealousies hard speeches and unkindnesses of men touching the sincerity and reallity of this work and about my carriage of matters and supply herein Which grace my soule receiveth by a particular improvement of that rich treasury of the Promise in these words vers. 6. And he shall bring forth thy righteousnesse as the light and thy judgement as the noon day And herein likewise I find supply of grace to wait patiently for the Lords time when year after year and time after time I meet with disappointments Which grace I receive from the commanding force of that gracious Promise vers. 7. Rest in the Lord and wait patiently for him fret not thy selfe either for one cause or for another Thus I live and thus I labour here I have supply and here is my hope I beg the help of prayers that I may still so live and labour in the Lords work and that I may so live and dye THe Corporation appointed by Act of Parliament for Propagation of the Gospel amongst the Heathen Natives in New-England desire all men to take notice That such as desire to be satisfied how the moneys Collected are disposed of may if they please repaire to Coopers-Hall London any Saturday between the houres of Nine and Twelve in the forenoone where the said Corporation meet FINIS