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ifurfter Si^aniMation 
 
 Of the 
 
 f 
 
 ROGRESS OF THE lOfOSPEL, 
 
 d, 
 
 AMONG THE 
 
 Indians in New England, 
 
 NEW YORK: 
 
 REPRINTED FOR JOSEPH SABIN, 
 
 1865. 
 
Aft. 
 
 Edition 250 Copies, 
 of which 50 are on large paper. 
 
 MuNSELL, Printer. 
 
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 I IN 
 
 , NEW- ENGLAND, 
 
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 g Of the means ufed effeitually to advance the fame. | 
 
 i SET FORTH ! 
 
 ■3 In certaine Letters fent from' thence de- i 
 % daring a purpofe of Printing the Scriptures 
 % in the Indian Tongue into which they; 
 
 % are already Tranflated. 
 
 I With which Letters are likewife fent an I 
 
 ^ Epitome of fome Exhortations delivered by g 
 
 I the Indians at a fall, as Teftimonies of |; 
 
 S their obedience to the Gofpell. % 
 
 % As alfo fome helps directing to the Indians how to g 
 % improve naturall reafon unto the knowledge | 
 g of the true God. | 
 
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 % ration oi New-England, I 6 Ki^. °" 
 
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 TO THE 
 
 CHRISTIAJV READER. 
 
 Beloved Brethren, 
 
 S it is the Ardent prayer of all that love the Lord 
 "Jefus in Jincerity, that his Kingdome may be 
 enlarged, and the glorious light of the Gofpell ^{f}- *7- 3- S- 
 may Jhine forth into all Nations, that all the ends 98. 3. 
 of the world may fee the falvation of our ^*''» ifa"j*',g ^' 
 that the Stone cut out without hands may become Zeph. a. n. 
 fo great a mountaine as to fill the Earth, that the Idols may be ut- 
 terly abolifhed, and the Gods of the Earth famiflied, and that all 
 the IJles of the Heathen may worjhip the only true God: So the 
 Jirange i^ fcarcely to be paraleld concujjions which have been in the 
 world of late yeares, and fo fill continue, may feeme to be no im- 
 probable harbingers of the more glorious manifejlations of Chrijl 
 thereunto, in anfwer to thofe deftres of his fervants. For the 
 Shaking of all Nations maketh way for the coming of him, who is ^'S- ^- 7- 
 the defire of all Nations. The wind, and the earthquake, and 
 the fire did ujherin the ftill voyce which fpake unto Eliah. When i King. 19. n. 
 the Spirit came down upon the Apojiles, there was a found as of a *' '^' 
 rufliing mighty wind, and the houfe was Jhaken, when the people Aft. 2. 2. 
 therein were to be filled with the holy Ghoji. 
 
 How much thofe winds and Jhakings which carried many good 
 men out of Old into New England have made way to the pub- 
 lifliing of the name of Chriji in thofe barbarous places. How the 
 day of fmall things hath not been altogether defpicable there. How 
 the leaven of the Gofpell doth flill continue to feafon. more of the 
 
 lump 
 
To the Chriftian Reader. 
 
 Ifa. 19. 1 8. 
 Ifa. 44. s. 
 
 Prov. 3. 9. 
 Numb. 15. 19. 
 Ifa, 60. 9, 
 Ifa. 23. ig. 
 
 I Tim. 6. 17, 
 18, 19. 
 
 I Chron. 29 
 
 14- 
 
 Nehem. 4. 6. 
 £xod. 35. 5. 
 Brierwood de 
 nummis lu- 
 daeorum cap. 6. 
 
 lump., as It hath by many former publijhed fpecimina been demon- 
 Jirated, fo thefe papers now printed by the care of the Corporation 
 for New-England, do give us further evidence & affurance there- 
 of And truly it cannot but be matter both of abundant thanks, 
 givings to God., to find poor Americans fpeking the languag of 
 Canaan, fubfcribing with their hand unto the Lord., and firnaming 
 themfelves by the name of Ifrael : ^ alfo of great comfort and en- 
 couragement unto all thofe whofe hearts the Lord hath Jlirred up, 
 either here in a way of liberall contribution., to honour him with 
 their fubjiance., and to brimg their Silver and Gold unto the name 
 of the Lord, that their merchandize may be Holinefle unto him : 
 or there, in a way of labour and fervice, fetting their heart and 
 hand to fnatch poor fouls as brands out of the fire, to fee fuch a 
 ftgnall blejjing upon their paines and prayers, and fuch feeds of the 
 Everlafting Gofpel come up in fo barren and deflate a foile, making 
 way unto a plentifull harveji for thofe who Jhall after enter upon 
 their labours. No monies, no fiudies will make a more ample re- 
 turne then thofe which are laid up in heaven, which are laid out 
 upon building the houfe of God. If David and his princes did 
 praife the Lord, for that they were able to offer fo willingly towards 
 the ereiiing of a materiall Temple, yir which was gathered one of 
 the greateji fumms, as feme learned judge, that we read of in any 
 hifiory, how much reafon have we to bleffe God when he giveth us 
 hearts to offer willingly towards the building 9/" living and fpirituall 
 Temples, and when he letteth us fee fo glorious a returne to our 
 prayers, contributions, and labours in the converfion of many fouls 
 unto God. 
 
 To the end that God may be glorified, good men, who have al- 
 ready furthered thit excellent work, may be comforted, and others 
 excited and provoked to put to their hand unto the advancement 
 thereof, are thefc papers publijhed, being tejiimonies of the great 
 
 %eale 
 
To the Chriftian Reader. 
 
 %eale and care of our Brethren there to promote the Gofpell, and of 
 the blejjing of God on their labours, in the profefled fubjeftion of 
 many poor foules thereunto. 
 
 Two great works we find here further undertaken in order to 
 that fervice. 
 
 The one fame helps and direftions to the Indians how to im- 
 prove their naturall reafon unto the knowledg of the true God. 
 The reafon why there is fo Jhort and imperfeU a fpecimen given of 
 it is, becaufe the Jhips came away from New-England, before any 
 more of the Copy was wrought off" from the preffe. It is a work 
 likely to be by the blejjing of God offmgular ufe to the natives there, 
 and a very proper and necefjary courje for thoje to take who wouyd 
 convert and perjwade Pagans to heleeve the Truth. 
 
 The Lord was pleajed at the firji preaching of the Gofpel to y. . , 
 confirme it with figns and wonders following, for the more Jpeedy Aft. 14. 3. 
 
 . Heb. 2. 4 
 
 planting of it by only twelve, and thofe pojjihly aged men, in fo 
 many places of the world. And how farre he may Jiill bear wit- 
 nejje thereunto, not only by the holy lives of Chrijiians, but by emi- 
 nent and remarkable providences, which may tantamount to miraclesi 
 I Jhall not here inquire. But certainly here may be much ufe made 
 of naturall reafon, to demonjirate unto Pagans the falfenejje of the 
 way they are in, and fo to prepare a way for entertainment of the 
 Truth. Though the Doifrine of the Gofpel be fupernaturall, and ^^ Cor 2 q 10 
 not invejiigable by humane dijquifttions, being made known to ^^'- '• '*• 
 men and Angells onely by the Revelation of the Holy Spirit : yet 
 when it is revealed, the awakening of Legall impreffions in the 
 naturall confcience, will provoke men to attend, &' prepare them 
 
 , ■ n „ 1 , , ' ^ ^ ^rijiot. Ethic. 
 
 to entertain it, when it Jhall be preached unto them. i. i 
 
 1 . All men have in them a deftre of Happinefle, and an aver- 
 Jationfrom mifery. 
 
 2. All men more or leffe leave fome indeleble impreffions of a God- 
 
 B head. 
 
 . ('. 1. 
 
To the Chriftian Reader. 
 
 Nulla gens 
 eft neq ; tam 
 immanfueta, 
 neq ; tam fera, 
 quae non, etl- 
 amfi Ignoret 
 qualem habe 
 te deum dece- 
 at, tamen ha- 
 bendum fciat. 
 Luero de le- 
 gibus, Hi. 1. 
 Deum agnof- 
 cis ex operi- 
 bus ejus Tuf- 
 cut, qu. J2 I. 
 Nulla gens ta 
 fera, nemo 
 omnium tam 
 immanis, cu- 
 jus mentem 
 non imbuerit 
 del opinio. 
 Ibid. 
 
 Senec Ep. Ii8. 
 a Pluto in 
 Phaedro et a- 
 pud Plutarch 
 confolat ad 
 Afdlon. 
 Cicero de fe- 
 neftute. Senec. 
 Epiji. 1 1 8. 
 confolat ad 
 Polyb c. 28. 
 b Jwvenal. 
 Tertull. lib. de 
 Teftimonio a- 
 
 Joh. la. 31, 16 
 II. 
 
 head, which cannot be utterly worne out., heathen Philofophers have 
 acknowledged that no nation in the world is fo barbarous where the 
 confejjion and adoration of a Deity is not to be found. 
 
 3. There are innate prafenjions of the Immortality of the foul 
 within itfelfe., for '■Heathen Philofophers have by the light of 
 nature difcover'd and acknowledg'd it. 
 
 4. There is a natural duvlijpriifig or habit of morall and prac- 
 tical! principles, and confequently there are naturall imprejfions of 
 guilt and fear upon the confcience, and tacit evidences of judgment 
 due unto the workers of iniquity. An ^heathen Poet could fay., 
 Frigida mens eft Criminibus, tacita fudant prascordia culpa. 
 
 5. There being in all men a naturall deftre of Good, and a 
 naturall Tejiimony of Confcience that God is the giver of it, fo that 
 when evills are upon them which they cannot remove themfelves, 
 they naturally call out for a divine helpe above them to give them 
 deliverance ; from hence it cometh to pajfe, that there are innate 
 apprehenfions of fome Religion necejfary, in order to the knowledge 
 and fervice of a God, as a requifite means to the obtaining of fo 
 dejireable an end as Happinefle is. , 
 
 6. Since it is exafily confonant to right reafon, that he to whom ' 
 fervice is due, Jhould direSi and prefcribe the way whereby he will 
 
 beferved {for toferve another is to do that which he willeth to be 
 done :) It is therefore necejfary that the way of fervice and Religion 
 be revealed unto us from God. 
 
 7. Becaufe thefe premifes are indelebly written in the minds of 
 men by nature. Therefore Satan not being able, as Prince of this 
 world alone, to carry men on in a quiet way of wickedneffe, without 
 
 fome face of Religion and worjhip amongfl them, hath invaded the 
 name of a God and made himfelfe God of this world, and as a 
 God, hath fet up various wayes of wicked worfhip confifient with 
 his other principles and laws of wicked lufts, thereby to bind men 
 
 the 
 
To the Chriftian Reader. 
 
 the fajler unto himfelfe, ut fiant miferis deli<Sa religiofa, as Cy- 
 prian yp««^j, that men might be tied by their Religion unto wicked-- 
 nejfe. 
 
 Now the work of Chrift in the Gofpel is. i , As he is Prince of 
 
 ■ , rr Heb 7. z. 
 
 rignteoufnefle to dejiroy the lufts and works of the Devill. 2. As i joh 3. 8. 
 he is God bleffed for ever, to abolijh the Idols, to famijh the Gods, Aft" 14. le. 
 and to turne men from vanities unto the living God which made 
 heaven and earth. 
 
 This to doe, we may in this manner proceed with an heathen who 
 knows not God. We may convince him by his own naturall and 
 implanted light. 
 
 1. That there is a God who is righteous and holy, who cannot 
 be deceived, will not be mocked. 
 
 2. That this God hath implanted in all men a light and law of Rom. 2. 14, 15. 
 nature, by which they are to walk. 
 
 3. That he, with whofe foul we deale, hath violated that light 
 
 and law of nature, and ii thereby become a finner. Rom. 1. ag, 30. 
 
 4. That finne is attended with guilt and punijhment, & 3- 9- 
 bindeth the finner over unto death and judgment. 
 
 5. That there is in hint a naturall defire to be delivered from 
 death and to be happy. 
 
 6. That he ii not able by any Jlrength or power of his own to 
 free hirnfelfe from death, or to make himfelfe happy. 
 
 7. That that way of worjhip and fervice which he trufteth in 
 for this deliverance, will never be able to effeSi it for him. For 
 
 the vanity of Idolatrous and Satanicall worfliip may by evidence of 
 Reafon, and by the inherent charaSiers of impurity and abfurdity 
 within itfelfe, be demonfirated. By that way the Lord in Scripture 
 ufuallydoth difprove it. Deut. 4. 28. Pfal. 1 15. 4, 8. Ifa. 41. 24, 
 28. Ifa. 44. 9, 20. Ifa, 46. 1-9. Jer. 10. 3, 11. Habak. 2. 18, 
 20. Aift. 14. If, 17. Ad. 17. 23, 31. Rom. i. 23, 25. 
 
 8. Being 
 
To the Chriftian Reader. 
 
 8. Being thus brought into Jiraits and extremities, and reduced 
 ad impoffibile very f elf -love, awakened by the fpirit of bondage, will 
 diSiate unto a man, when he is convinced of being utterly out of the 
 
 Adls 1 6. 30. way, to enquire what he fllall do to be faved, and to lijlen unto 
 that, which is by credible perfons reported to be the right way. 
 
 9. Being thus perfwaded to look into the Gofpel, which is repre- 
 fented unto him as the alone way unto falvation. He findeth in- 
 herent charaSfers of purity, Sanftity, and fpiritual beauty in it. 
 He conjidereth the miracles and Martyrdomes whereby it hath 
 been confirmed {which he hath no more reafort to dijirufi then the 
 truth of any other hijiory) He conjidereth the prevalency of it in 
 the world by the minijiry of twelve poor men, notwithjianding all 
 the perfecutions which have been from time to time raifed againjl 
 it. He conftdereth the holy lives of the Profejfors of it, whereby 
 the wicked lujls which his impure religion alloweth, are Jhamed and 
 rebuked. He conftdereth the nature of it wholly contrary to carnall 
 and fecular interejis, no way complying with, or giving the leaji 
 countenance unto any fmful delights : fo that it is evident that it 
 was not contrived or obtruded upon men by humane wifdome, or to 
 gratifie any carnall deftgne upon thefe and the like conf derations 
 
 I Pet 1 8 being fet on by the finger of the holy Spirit, he is perfwaded to be- 
 
 Rom. 15. 13. igg^e the Gofpel, and by beleeving comes to reape thofe foyes and 
 comforts as make him know whom he hath beleeved. 
 
 The other work which is fet about in order to the premoting of 
 the Gofpel amongft the poor Indians is the tranflating of the 
 Scripture into their tongue, and Printing it for their ufe, which as 
 it is a necejfary and an excellent worke, and a work of great labour 
 {in conftderation whereof the Reverend Tranjlator deferveth great 
 thanks and encouragement') fo will it be a worke of co/i and charges 
 to provide paper, workmen, and letters for fo large a work. And 
 therefore, as men, when the foundation of a goodly building is going 
 about, will lay a ftone with their own hands, to jhew fame bounty 
 
 and 
 
To the Chriftian Reader. 
 
 and encouragement to the workmen who are to carry it on ; fo the 
 laying of this foundation ftone feemeth to call unto all thofe whofe 
 hearts the Lord hath made willing^ to give in their helping hand 
 and chearfull ajji/iance, unto a work tending fo immediately to the 
 Salvation of fouls and glory of that God^ who hath promifed. That 
 they who few bountifully fhall reape bountifully, who will mul- 
 tiply their feed fown, and increafe the fruit of their righteoufnefle. 
 Certainly if Chrijl look on the fupplies which are given to his poor 
 brethren for their bodily relief e^ as given to himfelfe ; much more 
 will he accept and reward the endeavours of thofe^ who lay out 
 their bounty, as he did his blood, y^r the good of mens fouls, and 
 the advancement of his kingdome. To his blejjing I commend you, 
 and this excellent fervice 
 
 Yours and the Churches 
 I Aprill 1659. Servant in our Com- 
 
 mon Lord. 
 
 Kd : Reynolds. 
 
 (^■*3toii3aiiaaGiOio^ 
 

 This following Letter is fent from the Commiffi oners for the 
 
 united Colonies of New- England in New-England, 
 
 and direfted as followeth. 
 
 For the much honoured Corporation for the propagation of the 
 Gofpel amongft the Indians in New-England, thefe prefent. 
 
 Honoured and worthy Gentlemen. 
 
 Y our laft of 16''' inftant, we certified you 
 of our purpofe to fend M'' Peirfons Chati- 
 chifme by the firft opportunity to be Print- 
 ed in England; Since which time ; it is 
 come unto our hands but upon further con- 
 fideration in regard of the hazard of fend- 
 ing, and difficulty of true Printing it ; 
 without a fit overfeer of the preffe by one fkilled in the language ; 
 we have chofen rather to have it printed here ; and accordingly 
 have taken order for the fame ; and hope it will be finifhed within 
 three months, we have fent you herewith the accounts of this 
 years dilburfements in reference to the Indian work, & (hall be 
 ready to attend your advice in any particular therein mentioned. 
 Many charges will be dayly growing, but we hope there will be 
 fufficient in M' Vjhers hands to difcharge the fame till the Spring: 
 and for after fupply to carry on the work be pleafed to take no- 
 tice that we have drawn upon you three Bills of Exchange of 
 one tenure and date for five hundred pounds to be payd to M' 
 "John Harwood for the ufe of M"' Hezekiah VJher, and have taken 
 his Bill to fatisfie fo much here, according to his former agree- 
 ment with us, we pray you to take care it be duely paid at the 
 
 day, 
 
( 2 ) 
 
 day, without which the worke cannot be comfortably carryed 
 on, it is our joynt and unfeigned defires with you ; that thofe 
 gifts and contributions may be improved according to the pious 
 minds of the Donors ; for the promoting the knowledge of God 
 in Jefus Chrift amongft thefe poore Natives ; and we hope and 
 beleeve there is a reall good efFedt in feverall places, which that 
 it may dayly increafe to the bringing of many poor fouls to 
 heaven, is the earneft prayer of 
 
 Bqfton 22. Sept, 
 1658. 
 
 GENTLEMEN, 
 Your very loving friends and Servants, 
 The Commiffioners of the 
 united Colonies. 
 
 {"John Endicott PrefidentN 1 John Winthorpe 
 ) Simon Bradftreete f jjohn Talcot 
 
 ] Thomas Prence ( ^Francis Newman 
 
 i 
 
 .'Jofiah Winjlow 1 \William Leete / 
 
 A Letter 
 
A Letter from M'^ John Eliot direfted to W Richard Floyd 
 Treafurer of the corporation for New England. 
 
 To his much refpeSied and Chrijiian friend M" Floyd Treafurer 
 of the Corporation for promoting Religion among the Indians in 
 New-England. thefe prefent. 
 
 Chrijiian Friend and Beloved in the Lord. 
 
 Fter Salutations in the Lord Jefus. I fhall 
 not trouble you with any thing at prefent lave 
 this one bufineffe of moment, touching the 
 Printing of the Bible in the Indian Language, 
 touching which bufineffe fundry of the Elders 
 did petition unto the Commiflioners, moving 
 them to further it, as a principall means of promoting Religion 
 among them. And God fo guided (without mans contrivance) 
 that I was there when it came in. They moved this doubt 
 whether the Tranflation I had made was generally underftood ? 
 to which I anfwered, that upon my knowledge 
 it was underftood as farre as ConeEiicot : for there ConeHicot is about 
 I did read fome part of my Tranflation before loo miles up in the 
 many hundred Englifli Witneffes, and the Country. 
 Indians manifefted that they did underftand 
 what I read, perfeftly, in refped: of the language, they further 
 queftioned whether I had expreffed the Tranflation in true lan- 
 guage ? I anfwered that I feared after times will find many in- 
 firmities in it, all humane works are subjedl to infirmity, yet 
 thofe pieces that were printed, vi%. Genefis and Matthew^ I had 
 fent to fuch as I thought had beft flcill in the language, and in- 
 treated their animadverfions, but I heard not of any faults they 
 found. When the Commiflioners ended their meeting, they 
 C did 
 
(4) 
 
 did commit the further confideration of this matter to our Com- 
 miilioners, as I underftand, of whom our Governour is prefident. 
 Therefore at the coming away of this Ship, I repaired to the 
 Governour about it. I propofed this expedient, for the more 
 eafie profecution of this work, viz. that your felves might be 
 moved to hire fome honeft young man, who hath Ikill to com- 
 pofe, (and the more fkill in other parts of the work, the better) 
 fend him over as your fervant, pay him there to his content, or 
 ingage payment, let him ferve you here in New-England at the 
 prefle in Harvard Colledge, and work under the Coliedg Printer, 
 in impreffing the Bible in the Indian language, and with him 
 fend a convenient ftock of Paper to begin withall. The Gov- 
 ernour was pleafed to fend for M' Norton to advife in it, who 
 came and did heartily further it, whereupon the Governour pro- 
 mifed to write unto your felves, and propofe the matter, which 
 alfo I doe, and doe earneftly intreat your afliftance herein. And 
 I befeech the Lord to bow your hearts, and incourage you in 
 promoting fo good a work, fo profitable for the furtherance of 
 Religion, which to further ip the beft manner, I know is already 
 the bent of your hearts, and your conftant prayer and endeavour, 
 and thus copimitting you, and all yopr weighty affaires unto the 
 Lord, I reft 
 
 Roxbury this 28 of Tours to ferve you in the 
 
 the lo"" 1658. Service of Chriji. 
 
 John Elliot. 
 
 A Letter 
 
A**aft*!S(a«(ft&ft&,5!£«jM**iScftftft.?c&aftaftfta<A*)t)&S(ft.Xc!!i!S!&«>S: 
 
 *W«W*'S=i'=?'S<«««'y'S''S''X''j;<W¥*W'f'S««««''!?*W=S'*'ff****WWTOTO 
 
 A Letter from "John Bndicott Efq ; Prefident of the Commif- 
 
 fioners for the united Colonies in New-England to the 
 
 Corporation here in ENGLAND. 
 
 For Mr Richard Floyd Treafurir and the reji af the Gentle- 
 Men of the Corporation for the affaires of New-Eng- 
 land, thefe^ 
 
 Honourable Gentlemen. 
 
 tJavd been moved by divers able and godly 
 men here with us td propound uilto your pious 
 confideration, whether it be not needful for the 
 better inftruftion of the Irididm amOngft us in 
 the true knowledge of God, to get the whole 
 Bible of the old and new T'eftament, which is 
 already Tranflated into the Indidn tongUe, to be printed ; Many 
 here with us Divines and others judge it 'A. thing that will be ac- 
 ceptable to Godj and very profitable for the poor Heathens. If 
 your felves doe fo efteeme of it too, it will be neceflary to pro- 
 vide paper and letters and fuch things as may further the work, 
 as alfo a Journey man Printer to be helpeftill under M'' Greene 
 our Printer to expedite the work. This is only propounded to 
 your ferious confideration, which if God pleafe to put into your 
 hearts to further, being fo good a work ; It will rejoyce the 
 hearts of many godly ones here, and I doubt not of many there 
 alfo. The reft of the Commiffioners being gone home to their 
 
 own 
 
( 6) 
 
 own dwellings, and none left here at Bojion of the Commiflioners 
 but my felfe : and the Ship being ready to fet fayle I have made 
 bold to write thefe few lines unto you, and leave the iffue of all 
 to God, and your godly wifdomes : M"^ Eliot will be ready at all 
 times to correft the flieets as faft as they are printed, and defi- 
 reth nothing for his paines. I fliall not trouble you further at 
 this time, but fliall defire the Lord fo to. guide you in all your 
 affaires, as God may have the glory of all, and your felves com- 
 fort and peace. So prayeth 
 
 Bojion the 28 of Tour Vnworth^ 
 
 Decern. 1658, Servant. 
 
 yohn Endicott. 
 
 Qmieiiciiaisix^^ 
 
 H. 
 
 ere 
 
Here followes another Letter from M'. John Eliot of New- 
 England^ directed to the Corporation, vix. 
 
 To the Honourable Corporation for fpreading the Gofpeli among 
 
 the poor Indians in New England. 
 
 thefe prefent. 
 
 Chrijiian Qentleinen, and much honoured in the Lord. 
 
 ' Our conftant prayers and paines for the promot- 
 ing of the Kingdome of Chrift Jefus in thefe 
 ends 6f the earth, among thefe our poor Indians, 
 is a work of fweet favour unto the Lord ; and 
 your labour of love beftowed therein ; fhall be 
 affuredly rewarded, when the Lord fhall fay unto you (out of the 
 riches of his free Grace) Come ye hlefjedof my Father, &c., and, 
 what you did unto them, you did it unto me, and in that day, 
 Blefled is the man who hath his hands full of fuch free will 
 offerings. The Lord hath given us this amazing blow to take 
 
 '^DAf Ms V hew 
 
 away my brother Mayhew.'^ His aged Father doth his en- ^^s caft away 
 deavour to uphold the worke among the poor Indians, whom S""""!, '^"' 
 by letters I have incouraged what I can, and moved in his be- England, with 
 halfe, our Commiflioners, and they have given him fome en- was a Preacher 
 incouragement, fo that the work in that place is not fallen to '"""Sfi '^' 
 
 ° . "^ Indians. 
 
 the ground, I blefTe the Lord for it. As for the work among 
 us, I fhall for the prefent be filent, for feverall Reafons, only let 
 the work it felfe fpeake. I am bold to prefent you here inclofed, 
 with a few notes which my Sonne and I gathered up, which 
 
 were 
 
( 8 ) 
 
 were delivered by the perfons here named, in a day of fafting 
 and prayer ; out of which fhort notes you may fee what life is 
 in the work. The very reafon of my gathering up thefe notes ; 
 was becaufe my Sonne (who had not been at a faft among us 
 before) was very much afFedled with w'hat they delivered, fo far 
 as he underftood them, and when I had communicated thefe 
 notes to fome, they w'ere very w/ell reliflied, & thereby I Was 
 imboldened to prefent them to your felves, not knowing, but (if 
 the Lord pleafe) thereby you may have more reall information 
 of their ftate and progrefle, then by any thing which were meet 
 for me to fay. F'or my felfe I feele my ftrength to decay, and 
 I am not able to doe and bear what I have done, and although 
 temptation may fometime breed Waverings, yet my foul doth 
 defire & beleeve, that I fhall live and dye in the Work. And aS 
 I have dedicated my fons to ferve the Lord in this Work (if he 
 pleafe to accept them) fo I doe it as they conie up ; and this 
 yeare my fecond fon having taken his firft degree in the Col- 
 ledge, I prefented him alfo unto our Commiffioners, and he is 
 accepted unto the work : which mercy my foul doth greatly re- 
 joyce in, and I humbly beg your prayers for them, that the! 
 Lord would bow their green fpirits unto the worke, and inable 
 them to overlooke the difficultyes and difcouragements Which 
 lye in the Way, and thus committing you unto the Lord, and to 
 the guidance of his holy Word, I reft 
 
 Roxbury this lO'*" of Tours to ferve you 
 
 the lo*, 1658. in the Service of 
 
 our dear Saviour, 
 
 John Eliot. 
 
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 Here followeth a Briefe Epitomy of fuch Ex- 
 hortations as thefe Indians hereafter named, 
 
 did deliver upon a late day of failing and prayer 
 
 at Natici, much more largely, 15"" of the 9"" 
 
 month, 1658. 
 
 The caufes of this faft were partly in preparation for gathering a 
 Church, and becaufe of much rain, and fickneffe and other 
 tryalls. 
 
 An Exhortation from Waban, an Indian. 
 
 The Text of Scripture he fpake of was, 
 Matth. 9. 12, 13. 
 
 12. But when Jefjts heard that, he faid unto them, Ihey that be 
 whole need not a Phyjiticfn, bftt they that are ftck, 
 
 13. But goe ye and learne "ivhat that meaneth ; I will have mercy 
 and not facrifice ; for I carne not to call the righteous, but Jinners 
 to Repentance. 
 
 I am a poor weak man, and know but little, and therefore I Ihall 
 
 fay but little. 
 
 ^**S!Hefe words are a fimilitude, that as fome be fick, and fome 
 %V^ well ; and we fee in experience that when we be fick, we 
 need a Phifitian, & goe to him, and make ufe of his Phifick ; but 
 they that be well doe not fo, they need it not and care not for it : 
 
 So 
 
( 10 ) 
 
 So it is with foul-fickneffe ; and we are all fick of that ficknefle 
 in our fouls, but we know it not : we have many at this time 
 fick in body, for which caufe we do faft and pray this day, and 
 cry to God ; but more are fick in their fouls : we have a great 
 many difeafes and ficknefles in our fouls [he inftanced, as Idle- 
 nefle, negleft of the Sabboth, Paffion, &c.2 Therefore what 
 fhould we doe this day ? goe to Chrift the Phifitian ; for Chrift 
 is a Phyfitian of fouls; he healed mens bodies, but he can 
 heale fouls alfo : he is a great Phyfitian, therefore let all finners 
 goe to him. Therefore this day know what need we have of 
 Chrift, and let us goe to Chrift to heale us of our fins, and he 
 can heale us both foul and body. Again, what is that leflbn, 
 which Chrift would have us learne, that he came not to call the 
 righteous^ but Jinners to repentance. What ! Doth not God love 
 them that be righteous ? Doth he not call them to him ? Doth 
 not God love righteoufneffe ? Is not God righteous ? Anfw. 
 The righteous here are not meant thofe that are truly righteous, 
 but thofe that are Hypocrites ; that feem righteous, and are not ; 
 that think themfelves righteous, but are not fo indeed ; fuch God 
 calleth not, neither doth he care for them : but fuch as fee their 
 fins, and are fick of fin, them Chrift calleth to repentance, and 
 to believe in Chrift, therefore let us fee our need of Chrift, to 
 heale all our difeafes of foul and body. 
 
 Deli- 
 

 Delivered at the fame time by Nifliohkou, another Indian. 
 
 The Text he fpake of was, 
 Gen. 8. 20, 21. 
 
 20. Jnd Noah built an Altar unto Jehovah, and took of every 
 clean Beaji, and of every clean fowle, and offered burnt offerings 
 on the Altar. 
 
 2 1 . And the Lord fmelled a fweet Savour ; and the Lord faid in 
 his heart, I will not againe curfe the ground any more for mans 
 
 fake ; for the imaginations of mans heart is evill from his youth, 
 neither will I again fmite any more every thing living as I have 
 done. 
 
 A little I fliall fay, according to that little I know. 
 
 'N that A^fffj/Jfacrificed to God he (hewed himfelf 
 thankfull ; in that he worfhiped God, he ftiewed him- 
 felfe godly ; in that he facrificed clean beafts, he fhewed 
 that God is an holy God, pure and clean, and all that 
 come to God, and worftiip him, muft be pure and clean : 
 and know that we muft by repentance purge our felves, and 
 cleanfe our hearts from all fin ; which is a work we are to doe 
 this day. In that he facrificed, it was the manner of worfhiping 
 God in old time : but what facrifices muft we oiFer now ? Anfw. 
 By that Pfal. 4. 5. Offer to God the facrifices of right eoufneffe, 
 and trufl in the Lord. Thefe are true and fpirituall facrifices 
 which God requireth at our hands. Sacrifices of Righteoufneffe, 
 that is, we muft look to our hearts, and Converfation, that they 
 be righteous, and then we fhall be acceptable to God, when we 
 worftiip him : but if we be unrighteous and unholy, and wicked, 
 we fliall not be accepted, our facrifices are nought. Againe, we 
 D muft 
 
( '2 ) 
 
 muft trujt in the Lord : for who elfe fhould we truft in, we muft 
 believe in the word of God ; for if we doubt of God, and doubt 
 of his word, then our facrifices are little worth ; but if we truft 
 ftedfaftly in the Lord then our facrifices are good. Again, what 
 kind of facrifices muft we offer ? Anfw. We muft offer fuch as 
 Abraham offered ; and what facrifice did he offer. Anfw. fee 
 Gen. 22. 1 2. Now I know that thou feareji me., feeing thou haji 
 not withheld thy fon^ thy only fon from me ; he had but one dearly 
 beloved fon, and he offered him to God ; & then God faith, / 
 know thou fearefi me., hecaufe thou haJi not withheld thy fon: This 
 was to facrifice indeed and in truth ; fo we muft facrifice indeed, 
 and in truth, but God doth not require us to facrifice our fons, 
 but our beloved fins, our deareft fins: God calleth us this day 
 to part with all our fins, though never fo beloved, and we muft 
 not withhold any of them from him : if we will not part with 
 all, it is not a right facrifice : we muft part with thpfe fins we 
 love beft, and then we offer a good facrifice. Again, God fmelt 
 a fweet favour in Noahs facrifice, & fo when we offer fuch wor- 
 fliip to God as is cleane, and pure, and facrifice as Abraham did, 
 then God accepts our facrifice. Again, God manifefted his ac- 
 ceptance of Noahs facrifice, by promifing to drown the world no 
 more, but gave him fruitfull times and feafons. God hath chaf^ 
 tized us of late with fuch raines, as if he would drown us, and 
 he hath drowned and fpoiled a great deale of hay, and threatens 
 to kill our Cattel, and for this we faft and pray this day ; now if 
 we offer a fpirituall facrifice, clean and pure as Noah did, then 
 God will fmell a favour of reft in us, as he did in Noah., and 
 then he will withhold the Rain, and give us fruitfull feafons. 
 
 Thefe 
 
Thefe two before mentioned did exercife the foie part of the day 
 (befides what we did) the four next exercifed in the afternoon. 
 The firft of which was 
 
 AntOn'^. 
 
 The Scripture w""" he grounded his exercife upon was 
 
 Mdtth. 6. 1 6, 17, 18. 
 
 16. Mor cover y when ye fdji-, he not ds the Hypocrites, of a fad 
 
 Oountendnce, for they disfigure their face, that they may appear e 
 
 unto men to fafi : Verily I fay unto you, they have their reward. 
 
 fj. But thou when thoU fajiejl, dnoint thine head, and Wajh thy 
 
 face. 
 18. That thou appear not Unto men to fafi, hut Unto thy father that 
 is infecret, and thy father that feeth irt fetret, Jhall reward thee 
 epenly. 
 
 A little Pie fpeak, According to thlt poor little I know. 
 
 I He Do£trine that Chrift teacheth us in thefe 
 words, is the Do£trine of fafting and prayer ; 
 and the duty we doe this day, is to pradlice this 
 Doftrine, for God calleth us this day to fafting 
 and prayer. There may be many caufes of 
 prayer to God this day ; as to prepare our hearts for Church- 
 covenant, and Ordinances, and to pray for the taking away 
 our fickneffe, and thefe great rains [here he did enumerate 
 fundry caufes of feeking God] But why muft we faft ? Anfw. 
 That we might the more efFeftually mourn for fin. If any of 
 you bury a child or a friend, then you will mourn and faft too, 
 for if we offer you meat, you will refufe it, yea you cannot eat, 
 becaufe your heart is fo full of forrow : no matter for meat then, 
 
 your 
 
( H ) 
 
 your tears, and fighs, and forrows fill you fo, that you cannot 
 eat ; fo that fafting is an help to mourning. Now this is a day 
 of mourning, and what doe \Ve mourn for ? Hot fdr a ehild or a 
 friend, but for a- greater matter; we muft mourn for our fins, 
 and we ftiould be fo filled, and pofleffed with mourning for our 
 fins, that we fliould forget huriger, ye fo afflidled in our hearts, 
 that we cannot eat though it ftiould be offered unto us : our 
 hearts fliould be fo full of forrow, that we cannot be anjiungry 
 nor eat. Againe we faft that we might repent of our fihs, and 
 amend our lives, according to that Matth. 3. 8. bring forth there- 
 fore fruits tneit for Repentance. This is a day of Repentance, 
 we muft therefore faft this day, fo as becometh Repentance, 
 therefore we muft confefle our fins, and we muft mourn for our 
 fins, and we muft forfake our fins, for thefe are works meet for 
 Repentance. Again, we tnuji not be like hypocrites in our 
 fajiing^ for they disfigure their faces., and feem to men as if they 
 mourned and fafted, and repented, but in their hearts they doe 
 not fo, and therefore God who knoweth what is in the heart, and 
 feeth in fecret, he doth know their hypocrifie, and fo he knoweth 
 our hypocrifie, if we come here, and appear to man as if we 
 fafted, and yet in our hearts we faft not, if we do not mourn and 
 repent for fin, we do not faft, God doth not account that to be 
 a faft. Again, fuch as faft an hypocritical faft, they fliall be 
 fure to be rewarded, and what reward will God give to fuch as 
 faft like hypocrites ? I anfwer, that you may fee what the wages 
 of hypocrites is. Mat. 24. 51. Jhall cut him afunder, ^ appoynt 
 him his portion with the hypocrites, there Jhall be weeping and gnajh- 
 ing of teeth, and this is evill wages : and therefore let us be 
 moved, to keep a right faft this day, by repeiiting of our fins, 
 and amending of our lives, and then the Lord will reward us 
 openly, if he fee that our hearts are right before him. 
 
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 The next that followed was yohn Speene. 
 
 The Scripture he fpake of was, 
 Matth. 9. 14, 15. 
 
 14. Then came to him the difciples of John, faying, why doe we 
 I and the Pharifees fajl oft, but thy DifcipUs fajl not. 
 
 15. And fefus faid unto them, can the children of the Bridechamber 
 Mourn, as long as the Bridegroom is "With them, but the dayes will 
 cottle, when the Bridegroom Jhall be taken from them, and then 
 they Jhall fajt. 
 
 A little I will fay, for I can fey but little, for I am weak and 
 know but little. 
 
 His is a Parable, as when young people are 
 at a wedding, there is feafting, and joy, 
 and mirth, but no forrow, nor mourning, 
 nor weeping : So when Chrift is with his 
 people, he brings joy and comfort with him, 
 and fills their hearts with comfort : but if 
 he be angry, and depart from his people, and 
 leave them 16 affliftions, then there is forrow, and mourning, and 
 weeping, and falling, aS it is this day with us ; for we are called to 
 faffing this day, becaufe of the great raine, and great floods, and 
 unfeafonable \Veather, whereby the Lord fpoileth our labours : our 
 Corne is much fpoiled with the wet : fo that the Lord doth threaten 
 us with want of food ; alfo our hay is much fpoiled, fo that God 
 threatneth to ftarve and kill our Cattel : alfo we have great 
 
 fickneffe 
 
( i6 ) 
 
 ficknefle among us ; fo that many are dedd : the! burying place 
 of this Town hath many graves, and fo it is in all our Towns 
 among the praying Indians. Alfo in our houfes are many fick, 
 and a great many are crazy, and weak, and not well ; God 
 threatneth to kill us, and therefore furely he is angry, and what 
 maketh him angry ? we may be fure it is our fins, for we are 
 great finners. This day is therefore a day of Repentance, of 
 fafting, and of mourning. And what are we to doe in this day 
 of fafting ? JnfuU. We muft fearch out all our fins, and with 
 hearty Repentance forfake them. And when we goe about to 
 fearch out our fins, we muft remember that there be three places 
 where We muft fearCh for fin : Firft', in oUr hearts v Secondly, irt 
 our Words ; ^ly, in our works and doings, and in all thefe places 
 we find too many, but efpecially in our hearts ; for there be evill 
 thoughts, and the root fin [that is to fay Originall fin ; for fo we 
 call it in their language] and therefore it is a great work to fearch 
 our hearts, & find out the roots of fin : and if any doe fay it is 
 an hard Work, and I know not how to dpe it : 1 anfwer, it is true, 
 it is hard Work, but therefore we muft take fo much the more 
 . paines, and care to do it, as we doe about hard works. If any 
 fay I cannot tell how to find out my fins : I anfwer, we muft 
 this day pray unto the Lord to help us to find them out, and 
 to forfake them, for he knoweth them all, 
 
 Againe, another caufe of our fafting this day, is to prepare us 
 to make a church of Chrift among us : and if you fay what muft 
 we doe to prepare for Church-eftate. I anfwer we muft repent 
 of our fin, and make our felves clean, we ffiuft get cleannefle of 
 heart, when we come neer unto God, according to that Mat. 3. 
 2. Repent for the Kingdome of Heaven is at hand. 
 
 Againe, to prepare us for church eftate, we muft pray unto 
 God, to fend his Spirit into our hearts, becaufe the Spirit of God 
 
 will 
 
( '7 ) 
 
 will convert us, and purge our hearts, and fanflifie us, and teach 
 us to pray, and comfort us, and will never leave us, till he have 
 brought us to the Kingdome of heaven (as you know we are 
 taught in our catechifme) And it is the gift of God to fend his 
 Spirit into our hearts, and Chrift hath promifed to doe it for us, 
 as the word of God fpeaketh. Mat. 3. ii. I indeed baptize you 
 with water unto repentance, but he that cotneth after me is mightier 
 then /, whofe Jhooes I am not worthy to bear : he Jha II baptize you with 
 the holy ghoji, and with fire. Where we fee that "John did bap- 
 tize them with water, but Chrift doth baptize them with the 
 holy ghoft & fire ; we defjre to be baptized by man, and man 
 baptizeth with water, and that is a fign of Repentance ; but we 
 muft look for the baptifme of Chrift, & he giveth us his Spirit, 
 that is his baptizing. And when Chrift baptizeth with his Spirit, 
 that doth more then water can doe, for the Spirit doth purge our 
 foules, and maketh our hearts pure and clean. 
 
 Again, he baptizeth with fire, what is that \ I Anf. not out- 
 ward fire, but fpirituall, and it is a fimilitude, thus : what will 
 fire doe ? I anfwer, you all know what fire will do ; for when 
 your Tobacco-pipes are filthy, foule, ftinking, unfit for your ufe, 
 you caft them into the fire, and that doth not burn them up, but 
 burneth up all their filth, and maketh them clean and fweet, & 
 fit for your ufe. So our hearts are filthy, and unfit for Gods 
 ufe, but caft our hearts into the word, for there the Spirit is, and 
 then the Spirit of God will burn out all our filth and fin, and 
 make us fweet, and fit for the Lords ufe, 
 
 Ano- 
 

 Another that preacht, Piumbuhhon, 
 
 The Scripture which he did infift upon was, 
 
 Matth. 5, I. ad 10. 
 
 r. And feeing the multitude^ he went up into a Mountain and 
 when he was fet his Difciples came unto him^ and^ he opened his 
 mouthy and taught them faying^ 
 
 2. Blejfed are the poore in Spirit^ &c. 
 
 I will fpeak but a little, becaufe I am a poor creature. 
 
 I Ere we fee that when Chrift faw the Multiude 
 come together, he taught them ; in like man- 
 ner you all being come together, this day Chrift 
 teacheth you, for it is Chrift, teacheth us all by 
 his word, and thefe are Chrift his words, which 
 I fpeak unto you, and therefore heare ye Chrift 
 
 this day, for all thefe words of blefling Chrift doth fpeak this 
 
 day unto this multitude. 
 
 1. For poverty of fpirit, we are the moft poor, feeble, defpi- 
 cable in the world, but let us look in what cafe our fpirits be, 
 for if our hearts be anfwerably poor, and low, as our outward 
 condition is, then we are in the way to be made truly rich, for 
 the Kingdome of heaven is promifed to fuch as are poor in fpirit. 
 
 2. For mourning this is a day of mourning, and not fo much 
 for affliftions, as for our fins, now if we doe truly and heartily 
 mourn for our fins, then the bleffing is promifed to us and God 
 will find a time and way to comfort us, 
 
 3- 
 
( 19 ) 
 
 3- Again, They that be meek and patient are bleffed, there- 
 fore thofe that be froward and pafEonate and make ftrife, they 
 are not bleffed, and therefore we have caufe to mourn this day, 
 for our often paflions and fallings out, and learn to be meek and 
 patient. 
 
 4. Again, They that hunger and thirft after righteoufneffe 
 are bleffed : This is a day of hunger and thirft, and fafting for our 
 bodyes, that we might mourn for our fins, but it is a day of feaft- 
 ing for our foules, and Chrift doth here offer a great many bleff- 
 ings for our foules to feaft withall, if therefore our fouls be hun- 
 gry after righteoufneffe and godlineffe, then we are bleffed. 
 
 5. Again, God is n:)ercifull and commandeth us to be fo too, 
 and will therefore bleffe thofe that are like unto himfelfe. 
 
 6. They that are pure in heart are bleffed, and this purity of 
 heart the Spirit of God worketh in us, when he cometh and 
 dwelleth in us (as we are taught in our Catechifme) and there- 
 fore Chrift doth bleffe them. 
 
 7. Bleffed are the peace-makers^ and who be peace-makers ? I 
 anfwer, that the Devil is the maker of ftrife, and he is alwayes 
 fo doing, ibmetimes in one place, fon^etimes in another, and fo 
 he is labouring to do in all the Towns of the praying Indians ; 
 but fuch as be wife and Godly will not fuffer the ftrife to con- 
 tinue, but will ufe fuch means as ihall reconcile them, and make 
 them friends againe, and this is a bleffed worke fo to doe. 
 
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 The laft that Exercifed was Wutafakompavin^ whdm I formerly 
 wrote of by the name Poliquanum, 
 
 The Tejit he fpakd cJf wasfj , 
 Matth. 8. 2, ^. 
 
 2. And he there came a Leper and worjhiped him^ faying, Majter, 
 if thou wilt thou canjl make me clean. 
 
 3. And fefus putting forth his hand touched him faying, I will be 
 thou clean, and immediately his leprofte was cleanfed. 
 
 A very little am I able to fay, and befides it is late (for it was 
 very neer night) 
 
 ^TpHis day is a day of feftirlg and prayer for many caiifes, arid 
 one is for the many ficknefles, and deaths among us, and 
 this Text doth fbew us the beft Phyfitian in the world, and the 
 beft way of caring all difeafes. Chrift is the great Phyfitian, he 
 healed many when he was on earth, and he healed this Leper. 
 This fick man came to Chrift and worfliipped him and confeffed 
 his power to heal him if he would, which confeflion of his was 
 fo plealing to Chrift, as that he prefently touched him and 
 healed him. So let us this day cry to Chrift, aind virorftiip him, 
 and if we do it in faith then he will heal us. 
 
 Again, God doth chaftife us with raine, and Ipoyleth our 
 Corn, and Hay, but let us take heed that in our hearts we be 
 not angry at God, for God is righteous, and we are finners, 
 let us be angry at our fins, and repent this day, and goe to 
 Chrift as this man did, and then he will blefTe us. 
 
 Pofifcript. 
 
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 t "JPon thefe excrcifes I will animadvert alittlci Thefe things argQe a 
 good favor of fpirituall things in the fpeaker, and here is fpirituall 
 food for the hearer. I doe know afluredly that many Godly and favory 
 tnatters, and paflages have flipped from me, and thefe expreflions are but 
 a little of a great deale. 1 know not that I have added any matter, 
 which they fpake not, but haW let flip, much which they fpake. I have 
 cloathed it with our Englifli Idiom which is the grealeJt difference which 
 1 have knowingly made, but their Idiom to them is, as ours is to us. 
 They have none Bf the Scriptures printed in their own Language, fave 
 Genefis, and Matthew, and a few Pfalmes in Meeter, and I bleffe the 
 Lord they have fo much, and fuch as fee thefe Notes may eafily obferve 
 that they read them, and improve them, which putteth my foule into an 
 earneft longing that they might have more zeal. I blefle the Lord, that 
 the whole book of God is tranflated into their own language, it wanteth 
 biit revifing, tranfcribing, and printing. Oh that the Lord would fo 
 move, that by fome means or other it may be printed. 
 
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