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spirit_n	beget_v	father_n	son_n	11,645	5	6.8465	4	true

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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