A further account of the progress of the Gospel amongst the Indians in New…

Nishóhkou.

I called him forth, and said, Stand up and make your Confession before the Lord and his people.

He said, I Desire to confess before God and all these wise men, and God helping by the merciful help of his gracious spirit, that I may confess all my sins.

Hee said, I Desire to confess before God and all these wise men, and God helping by the mercifull help of his gracious spirit, that I may confess all my sins.

I heard that word, Gen. 5. that God made Adam in his own Image, both male and female; and after many years Adam begat a son in his own Image, having lost Gods Image. And God did form man in the womb of our mother, in Adams Image, and so I was formed in the Image of Adam; and when I was born I lived in the same way, in the Image of Satan, and original sin was rooted in my heart, and grew up there; also I ⟨p. 38⟩confess, that when I was a Child, my Parents and I were all wild, we prayed to many Gods, and many other sins we did, and all the people did the same, both men and women, they lived in all lusts, they prayed to every creature; the Sun, Moon, Stars, Sea, Earth, Fishes, Fowl, Beasts, Trees, &c. all these things I saw when I was a youth, and all these things I liked and loved to do, and was delighted with these things; in all these things I lived, and with these things my memory was exercised, and in my youth I did what I listed, as powwowing, or what else I would; when I was grown up, I loved lust, and delighted in it, I knew it not to be a sin, but an excellent delight: I loved all sin, but especially lust, and all that I did, was for the sake of lust, such things as women might like of; if I cut my hair, it was to please women; if I cut my hair in another fashion, and left a Lock on one side, it was with respect to lust; if I got fine clothes, stockings, shoes, all was for to serve lust; our meetings and drinkings were with respect to lust: so that this was the chief thing I did delight in; and these things were in my bones, and there grew; then the Minister came to Channit to teach us: I came to the Meeting, but in vain; I came for lust to look on women, always I did thus, and I thought teaching to be madness, and so I continued two years after we prayed to God; after two years I heard a little, my ears were a little opened; I first understood that word, He that doubteth, is like a wave of the Sea, driven to and fro, and tossed; and that word, If any man lack wisdom, let him ask it of God, who giveth freely, and upbraideth no man. Also the same Winter I heard that word,