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A46842	Of the conversion of five thousand and nine hundred East-Indians, in the isle Formosa, neere China to the profession of the true God, in Jesus Christ : by meanes of M. Ro, Junius, a minister lately in Delph in Holland / related by ... M. C. Sibellius ... in a Latine letter ; translated ... by H. Jessei ... ; with a post-script of the Gospels good sucesse also amongst the VVest-Indians, in New England.	Sibelius, Caspar, 1590-1658.; Jessey, Henry, 1603-1663.; Shepard, Thomas, 1605-1649. Clear sunshine.; Wilson, John, 1588-1667. Day-breaking.; Winslow, Edward, 1595-1655. Glorious progress of the Gospel.	1650 (1650)	Wing J697; ESTC R14902	23,858	49

I durst freely joyne into Church-fellowship with many of them Yours I. ELIOT Roxbury this 12. of Nov. 1648. The summe of another Letter of Mr. Eliot to a Gentleman of NEW-ENGLAND residing here at presient SIR YOur care about the good of these poore Indians for their Apparell For imployment of them in Planting they wanting Apparell and Tooles are willing to follow my advice in any reasonable thing For their Schooling a Gentleman in London whose Name I could never learne gave x. li. towards it the last yeare Paid by Capt. Harding Lin Indians are all naught for such is their Sachim Yours I. ELIOT Part of another Letter from him writ the xii Month of the last yeare 1648. current 1649. Sundry of them viz. of these Indians enquire after Baptisme and Church Ordinances and the Way of Worshipping God as the Churches here do I take this to be one speciall and eminent smile of God upon the Worke that he hath stirred up The Parliament of England taking it into Consideration to thinke on some meet way how they might aduance it ¶ I have noted some more of the Questions by the Indians for by them you may guesse at their PROGRESSE Questions by Indians Why have not Beasts a Soule as Man hath seeing they have Love Anger c. as Man hath How is the Spirit of God in us Why doth God punish in Hell for ever Man will let out of Prison What is Faith Do you thinke I have Faith How shall I know when God accepts my Prayer How makes Christ Peace between God and man In Wicked Dreames doth the Soule sin If my heart be full of ill thoughts and I repent pray and yet its full againe and againe What will God say What meaneth this God will not hold him guiltlesse that taketh his Name in vaine If a man will force his Daughter to marrie one that she doth not love what will God say c. Sir I am Yours in any service I can in Jesus Christ. I. Eliot Roxbury this second of the 12 Moneth 1648. 1649. current The rest of the Letter and of other Letters and more of the Indian Questions the Reader may see with many more remarkable Passages and profitable Observations and Applications with conjectures made in an APPENDIX thereunto in a Booke Published by Mr. E. Winslow called The GLORIOUS PROGRESSE of the Gospell amongst the Indians in New-England To which Book with the two former Bookes of the same Subiect viz. The DAY-DREAKE of the Gospell with the Indians sold by Mr. Clifton on Fishstreet-hill and the CLEARE SVN-SHINE sold neere the Exchange by Mr. Bellamie The Godly Reader to whom these Glorious and Honourable Workes of God are most precious is referred for his further satisfaction ¶ The Parliament of England for the advancing of this good Worke made an ACT called An ACT for promoting and propagating of the Gospell of JESUS CHRIST in NEW-ENGLAND 27. Iulie 1649. Ordered by them to be Printed Sold by Mr. Husbands A Breviate whereof followeth WHereas the Commons of England assembled in Parliament have received certain Intelligonce from divers godly Ministers and others in New-England that divers of the Heathen-Natives through the pious care of some godly English who preach the Gospell to them in their owne Indian-Language not onely of Barbarous are become Civill but many of them forsake their accustomed Charms and Sorcerses and other Satanicall Delusions doe now call upon the Name of the Lord and give great Testimonie of the power of God drawing them from Death and Darknes to the Life and Light of the Glorious Gospell Jesus Christ. Which appeareth by their lamenting with teares their mispent Lives teaching their Children what they are instructed themselves being carefull to place them in godly Famalies and English Schooles betaking themselves to one Wife putting a way the rest and by their constant Prayers to Almightie God morning and evening in their Families expressed in all appearance with much Devotion and zeale of heart All which considered we cannot but in behalfe of the Nation we represent rejoyce and give Glory to God for the beginning of so glorious a Propagation of the Gospell amongst those poore Heathen Which cannot be prosecuted with that expedition as is desired unlesse fit Instruments be encouraged and maintained to pursue it Schooles Cloathing be provided and many other Necessaries Be it therefore Enacted by this present Parliament that for the furthering so good a Worke new- there shall be a Corporation in England consisting of sixtéene viz. a President Treasurer and fourtéene Assistants And that William Steel Esq Harbert Pelham Esq James Sher'ey Abraham Babington Robert Houghton Richard Hutchinson George Dun Robert Tomson William Mullins John Hodgson Edward Parks Edward Clud Richard Lloyd Tho Aires John Stone and Edward Winslow Citizens of London be the first sixtéene Persons out of whom the said sixtéene Persons or the greater number of them shall chuse one of the said sixiéene to be President another to be Treasurer They or any nine of them to appoint a Common Seal And be it Enacted That a generall Collection be made for the purposes beforesaid through all England and Wales And that the Ministers read this Act and exhort the people to a chearfull Contribution to so pious a Worke. Hen Scobell Clerie Parliamenti Blessed be Iehovah the God of Heaven who hath stirreh up such a thing as this in the heart of Parliament of England to promote the Gospell amongst those West-Indians in New-England and into the hearts of the Ministers of severall Colleges in Cambridge and of the Delegates of the Universitie of Oxford to provoke the Ministers of England and Wales to stir up their Congregations to a liberall Contribution of pecuniarie helps towards the promotion of so glorious undertaking As by their Letters may more fully appear Dated at Cambridge Octob. 24. 1649. Subscribed Ant. Tuckney Procanc T. Hill Io. Arrowsmith Benj. Whitchcock S. Bolton W. Spurston La. Seaman Rich. Love Rich. Minshall W. Del Rich. Vines Oxford dated Octob. 22. 1649. Signed in the Name and by the Authoritie of the Delagates Ed Reynolds Vice Canc. OXON I wish those pithy savoury Letters may be read for the more affecting the Hearts of all Godly people that they may not sow sparingly but liberally as hoping for a Harvest and reaping plentifully Thus you have heard the joyfull Relation of the Conversion of many Indians both in the East and in the West and evident Confirmations of both And now is this nothing to you all ye that read or heare of those things Is there no Application hereof that we should make for our owne further profit and Edification Surely as every Word of God is for our good All Scripture being by inspiration of God is profitable So also are all the Workes of God Especially such Glorious Workes of God