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A96415	The light appearing more and more towards the perfect day. Or, a farther discovery of the present state of the Indians in New-England, concerning the progresse of the Gospel amongst them. Manifested by letters from such as preacht to them there. / Published by Henry Whitfeld, late pastor to the Chuch [sic] of Christ at Gilford in New-England, who came late thence.	Whitfield, Henry, 1597-1660?; Mayhew, Thomas, fl. 1651.; Eliot, John, 1604-1690.	1651 (1651)	Wing W1999; Thomason E624_3; ESTC R206427	44,315	54

power and praise may be given to his great name Our work in civilizing them will go on the more slowly for want of tools for though I have bought a few for them we can do but little for alas a few will set but a few on work and they be very dear too had I store of horses this Autumne either to lend them or sell them at moderate prizes we should prepare by Gods blessing good store of ground for corne against next yeere and had I wherewith to buy corne to carry up to the place and have it in a readinesse to supply them that so they might tarry at their work and not be shut off through necessity to go get food that also would be a great furtherance and had we but means to maintaine a discreet diligent man to work with them and guide them in work that also would much further the work and many such things I could propound as very requisite unto the work but I lay my hand upon my mouth I will say no more I have left it with the Lord who hath hitherto appeared and he will appear for his own eternal praise in shining upon the day of our smal things in his due season The blessing of God upon this work doth comfortably hopefuly successefuly appear in the labours of my brother Mahu at Martins Vineyard insomuch that I hope they also will be after awhile ripe for this work of Civility and Cohabitation if once they see a successeful pattern of it and I doubt not but they will as these do ere long desire Church-fellowship and the Ordinances of Gods worship the cloud increaseth and the Lord seemeth to be coming in among them they are very desirous to have their children taught which is one argument that they truly love the knowledge of God as on the contrary it is a great ground of doubt of the truth of grace in that mans heart when he hath not an heart to take care to traine up his children in the truth and in the practise of all godlinesse but this care is in them and it is pity it should not be furthered by all meanes I have intreated a woman living neer where they dwell to do that office for their children and I pay her for it but when they go to their plantation we shall be in a streight for help that way the Indians so well like the parties who performeth that service that they intreat them to go with them which I look at as a finger of God they are I hope a godly couple and might be a blessing to them had we meanes to encourage them unto so difficult an enterprize for it is a great matter to go and live among such a people but in that case also I look up to the Lord and leave it with his holy care and wisdome and if the Lord move any hearts to help in this work I desire that the care of their schooling may be among the chiefest cares If the Lord please to prosper our poor beginnings my purpose is so for as the Lord shal enable me to give attendance unto the work to have schoole exercises for all the men by daily instructing of them to read and write c. Yea if the Lord affords us fit instruments my desire is that all the women may be taught to read I know the matter will be difficult every way for English people can only teach them to read English and for their own Language we have no book my desire therefore is to teach them all to write and read written hand and thereby with pains taking they may have some of the Scriptures in their own Language I have one already who can write so that I can read his writing well and he with some paines and teaching can read mine I hope the Lord will both inlarge his understanding and others also to do as he doth and if once I had some of themselves able to spell aright write and read it might further the work exceedingly and will be the speediest way Sir When I had gone thus farre in my Letters by a Ship that came in you wrote unto our Governour touching the two Libraries my brother Welds and Mr. Jenners and of the willingnesse of the Corporation to discharge for them for which cause I do humbly thank the Worshipful Corporation all the Christian and much respected Gentlemen my loving friends And Sir I thank you for all your faithful pains in this work and the more I am obliged thereunto because herein I am like to partake of the fruit of your labours the Lord Jesus give you a full reward Whereas you require the Catalogue of both Libraries it shall be done if God will but I am to go into the Countrey to the Indians now and have much businesse therefore know not whether I can do it by this Ship if I can I will This last Court of Commissioners sate at Hartford Conecticot so that I could not speak with them but this course I took by our Governours advice our General Court gave him with some other power to give instructions to our Commissioners therefore all my requests I did write unto him and he gave them in his Instructions to our Commissioners so they went strong Sir I have done at present Mr. Whitfeld will informe you farther in any particulars if need be The Lord of heaven blesse and assist you in all your wayes and I beg your prayers for me still and so rest Roxbury this 21 of the 8th 50 Yours in our Lord Jesus JOHN ELIOT The Conclusion ANd now loving Reader having brought thee along through these Divine dispensations of Gods merciful dealing with the Indians I shall briefly acquaint thee with the workings of my own thoughts under the apprehension of these things First I see plainly the fulfilling of that Divine truth and promise spoken of by David Psal. 138. 2. Thou hast magnified thy Word above all thy Name i. e. The Word in the Gospel brought and preached to men The Lord hath made this Word the only outward instrumental means to bring home these wandring sinners to this Word they have attended from the first from this they have received their light unto this they have given up themselves without this they will not stirre from this they will not depart from hence they have their peace and have seen good dayes under the Kingdome of our Lord Christ Secondly the Lord hath now declared one great end he had of sending many of his people to those ends of the earth for besides that the Lord hath made that Land a place of rest and a little sanctuary to them in these troubleous times and hath made it a place where mamany very many have been brought home to Christ even amongst themselves so now apparently in the conversion of many of the Heathens who sing and rejoyce in the wayes of the Lord Thirdly when I looked on my dear native Country in the bulke

of Shem. If these people be under a Covenant and Promise as ancient as Shem and Eber it is a ground of faith to expect mercy for them Now this I have thought that it seemeth to me as clear in the Scripture that these are the children of Shem as we of Japhet and Shem was a great man in the Church and to whom Abraham paid Tythes for I beleeve he was Melchisedceck yea it seemeth to me probable that these people are Hebrews of Eber whose sonnes the Scripture sends farthest East as it seemeth to me and learned Broughton put some of them over into America and certainly this Country was peopled Eastward from the place of the Arks resting seeing the finding of them by the West is but of yesterday Now Eber was also a great man in the Church Abraham the Hebrew saith the text and how often in the Scriptures doth the Lord use that blessed word of Grace and Covenant I am the God of the Hebrewes besides there be sundry Prophesies in Scripture unto the goings down of the Sunne and let it be considered whether America be not to be accounted among the places that are the goings down of the Sunne unto those places where those Promises were promulgated And when the Lord inlarged the Promise to Jacob as the light and extent of grace hath ever been encreasing and enlarging he promised to make him a Nation and a multitude of Nations which so farre as we regard a litteral accomplishment is in part accomplisht in the Nation of the Jewes and the other part remaineth as it may seem to be accomplisht in the lost Israelites scattered in the world principally if not wholly amongst the sons of Japhet and Shem and our God who can and will gather the scattered and lost dust of our bodies at the Resurrection can and will finde out these lost and scattered Israelites and in finding up them bring in with them the Nations among whom they were scattered and so shall Jacobs Promise extend to a multitude of Nations indeed and this is a great ground of faith for the conversion of the Easterne Nations and may be of help to our faith for these Indians especially if Rabbi Ben-Israel can make it appeare that some of the Israelites were brought into America and scattered here or if the Lord shall by any meanes give us to understand the same These meditations upon Scripture grounds do minister comfort encouragement to my heart with others also as That all Languages shall see his Glory and that all Nations and Kingdoms shall become the Kingdoms of the Lord Iesus and this I desire to do to look unto Scripture grounds only Oh this precious this perfect Word of God! You intimate also how zealously worthy Mr. Owen did prosecute this work the Lord reward him and the Lord accept him in all his holy labours Likewise you intimate how acceptable this work is to the Parliament that blessed Assembly whom the Lord Christ hath delighted to make instrumental to begin to set up the longed for prayed for and desired Kingdome of the Lord Jesus for we may see in some measure the accomplishment of that Prophesie of Christ Luke 21. 25. The peaceable summer beginning to arise out of these distressed times of perplexity all those signes preceding the glorious coming of Christ are accomplishing and a thick black cloud is gathered a cloud of blood confusion Heresies and Errors and the thickest and most portentous black part of that cloud is the Toleration of the most grosse and convicted impieties under the pretence of conscience which misapplication of the Sword of Authority if it should awhile prevaile cannot be innocent and will undoubtedly prolong the storme and delay of the reigne of Christ But notwithstanding all this black cloud who seeth not the glorious coming of the Lord Jesus breaking through this cloud and coming with power and great glory He is King of Kings and reigneth over Kings for where Justice reignes Christ doth reigne and that Antichristian principle for man to be above God whether the Pope in the Church or Monarches in the Common-wealth is thrown to the ground He that is above the Law is above the Word and he that is above the Word is above Christ Christ reigneth not over such as be above his Law But behold now Christ reigneth and gloriously breaks forth in the brightnesse of his coming and will in his time scatter all this thick black cloud yea the thickest of it Now this glorious work of bringing in and setting up the glorious kingdome of Christ hath the Lord of his free grace and mercy put into the hands of this renowned Parliament and Army Lord put it into all their hearts to make this designe of Christ their main first and chiefest endeavour according to the Word Seek first the Kingdom of heaven and the righteousnesse thereof and all other things shall be added And when the Lord Jesus is about to set up his blessed Kingdome among these poore Indians also how well doth it become the spirit of such instruments in the hand of Christ to promote that work also being the same businesse in some respect which themselves are about by the good hand of the Lord Surely Sir your chief work of this nature now is to follow this Indian work which sticks in the birth for want of means You would marvel if I should tell you how they long to come into a way of civility by co-habitation and by forming government among themselves that so they being in such order might have a Church and the Ordinances of Christ among them but want of a Magazine of all sorts of tools and materials for such a work is the present impediment The Lord is wiser then man and his time is best I will not say any thing now for farther direction about what is requisite for the work which the Lord is preparing their hearts unto my former Letters have said enough that way partly to you and partly to Mr. Pelham whose Letters I hope you have seen as containing sundry things necessary for your view and I doubt not but your wisdome will readily adde what is lacking in what I have projected only let me say this that I dayly still see more evidence that that is the very way which the Lord would have us take at present Let me I beseech you trouble you a little farther with some considerations about this great Indian work which lyeth upon me as my continual care prayer desire and endeavour to carry on namely for their schooling and education of youth in learing which is a principal means for promoting of it for future times If the Lord bring us to live in a Towne and Society we must have speiial care to have Schools for the instruction of the youth in reading that they may be able to read the Scriptures at least And therefore there must be some Annual revenew for the maintaining of such Schoolmasters and Dames Besides I do very

a great furtherance of the work I wholly leave it to your wisdom Having some leasure by the Ships delay I will insert a few questions which they have propounded viz. If a man know Gods Word but beleeve it not and he teach others is that good teaching and if others beleeve that which he teacheth is that good beleeving or faith upon this question I asked them how they could tell when a man knoweth Gods Word that he doth not beleeve it They answered me When he doth not do in his practice answerable to that which he knoweth If I teach on the Sabbath which you have taught us and forget some Is that a fin and some I mistake and teach wrong Is that a sin Do all evill thoughts come from the Devill and all good ones from God What is watchfulnesse How shall I finde happinesse What should I pray for at night and what at morning and what on the Sabbath day What is true Repentance or how shall I know when this is true How must I wait on God Shall we see Christ at the day of Judgment Can we see God When I pray for a soft heart why is it still hard Can one be saved by reading the book of the creature This question was made when I taught them That God gave us two books and that in the book of the creature every creature was a word or sentence c. You said God promised Moses to go with him how doth he go with us When such die as never heard of Christ whether do they go When the wicked die do they first go to heaven to the judgment seate of Christ to be judged and then go away to hell What is the meaning of the word Hebrews Why doth God say I am the God of the Hebrews When Christ arose whence came his soul When I answered from heaven It was replyed How then was Christ punished in our stead Or when did he suffer in our stead afore death or after When I pray every day why is my heart so hard still even as a stone How doth God arise and we worship at his feet what meaneth it This was when I preached out of Psal. 132. Why did they eate the Passeover with loynes girt and shooes on their feet What meaneth arise O Lord into thy resting place What meaneth hunger and thirst after righteousnesse and they blessed What meaneth thou shalt not covet any thing that is thy neighbours If one purposeth to pray and yet dieth before that time whether goeth his soul If I teach on the Sabbath something that some other Englishman taught me the Indians do not like it if it be not that which you have taught is this well Why must we be like Salt If I do not love wicked men nor good men am I good What meaneth that love enemies and wicked men Doth God know who shall repent and beleeve and who not When I answered in the affirmative then it was replyed Why then did God use so much meanes with Pharaoh What meaneth that his wife shall be like a Vine and his children like young plants What meaneth that blessed are they that mourn When I see a good example and know that it is right why do I not do the same What meaneth lifting up hands to God Whot anger is good and what is bad Do they dwell in severall houses in heaven or altogether and what do they How do you know what is done in heaven If a child die before he sinne whether goeth his soul By this question it did please the Lord clearly to convince them of original sin blessed be his name If one that prayes to God sins like him that prayes not is not he worse And while they discoursed of this point and about hating of wicked persons one of them shut it up with this They must love the man and do him good but hate his sin Why do English men so edgerly kill all shakes May a man have good words and deeds and a bad heart and another have bad words and deeds and yet a good heart What is it to eate Christ his flesh and drink his blood what meaneth it What meaneth a new heaven and a new earth Much honoured and respected in the Lord Jesus YOur faithful and unwearied paines about the Lords work for the good of his dear children here and for the furtherance of the Kingdome of Christ among these poor Indians shall doubtlesse be had in remembrance before the Lord not through merit but mercie By former Letters sent by Mr. Saltonstall I informed you of the present state of the Indian work and though I might adde farther matters yet I shal forbear only this still they continue constant and earnestly desire to set upon the way of cohabitation prepare for their enjoyment of that great blessing to gather a Church of Christ among them and since the writing of my last a Nipnet Sachem hath submitted himself to pray unto the Lord and much desireth one of our chief ones to live with him and teach him and those that are with him You wrote I thank you much encouraging to lose no time and follow the work though I borrow materials but I durst not do so the work is great as I informed you in my former Letters and I fear lest it should discourage you nor would I be too hasty to run before the Lord do clearly by Scripture rules say go nor on the other side would I hold them too long in suspence there may be weaknesse that way to their discouragement but it is the Lords work and he is infinite in wisdome and he will suit the work in such a time and place as shall best attain his appointed ends and his great glory Touching the way of their Government I also intimated the purpose of my heart that I intend to direct them according as the Lord shall please to help and assist to set up the Kingdome of Jesus Christ fully so that Christ shall reigne both in Church and Common-wealth both in Civil and Spiritual matters we will through his grace fly to the Scriptures for every Law Rule Direction Form or what ever we do And when every thing both Civil Spiritual are done by the direction of the word of Christ then doth Christ reigne and the great Kingdome of Jesus Christ which we weight for is even this that I do now mention and by this means all Kingdomes and Nations shall become the Kingdomes of Christ because he shall rule them in all things by his holy word humane wisdome in learned Nations will be loth to yeeld to Christ so farre much lesse will Princes and Monarches readily yeeld so farre to stoop to Christ and therefore the Lord will shake all Nations and put them into distresse and perplexity and in the conclusion they will be glad to stoop to Christ But as for these poore Indians they have no principles of their own nor yet wisdome of their their own I meane as