The clear sun-shine of the gospel breaking forth upon the Indians in New-England. Or,…The clear sun-shine of the gospel breaking forth upon the Indians in Nevv-England. Or,…

But this may serve to satisfy your own or others desires concerning the progress of the Gospel among the Indians: the Lord Jesus seems at this day to be turning upside down the whole frame of things in the world, Kings Parliaments, Armies, Kingdoms, Authorities, Churches, Ministers, and if out of his free grace he looks not upon these hopeful beginnings, these will be so turned also; for opposition there is from men and devils against it, and I have feared in my own heart that within these few months there hath been some coolings among the best of these Indians; but we find it so also among many people that are English in their first work, but the Lord Jesus revives again; and therefore Mr. Eliot of late having told them that he was afraid that they began to be weary. they took it to heart, and propounded in my hearing at a late Indian Lecture at Noonanetum many profitable questions, viz. When they ⟨p. 32⟩prayed and heard the Word aright? and how they might know when they were weary of them? And what time it might be before the Lord might come and make them know him? And what the first sin of the Devils was? (He discoursing to them about the danger of Apostasy) At this time they are (as you may perceive by Mr. Eliots writings) about fencing in their ground and Town given them some hundreds of Acres, with a stone fence, for which end Mr. Eliot provides them Mattocks, Shovels and Crows of Iron, &c. and to encourage their slothfulness, promised to give a groat or six pence a rod, if they would thus far attend their own good, and work for themselves: all the poor Indians at Noonanetum are generally clad with such cloths as we can get them, and the Wigwams of the meanest of them equalize any Sachems in other places, being built not with mats but barks of Trees in good bigness, the rather that they may have their partitions in them for husbands and wives together, and their children and servants in their places also, who formerly were never private in what nature is ashamed of, either for the sun or any man to see. It's some refreshing to think that there is (if there was no more but) the name of Christ sounding in those dark and despicable Tartarian Tents;

But this may serve to satisfie your own or others desires concerning the progresse of the Gospel among the Indians: the Lord Jesus seemes at this day to bee turning upside down the whole frame of things in the world, Kings Parliaments, Armies, Kingdomes, Authorities, Churches, Ministers, and if out of his free grace hee looks not upon these hopefull beginnings, these will be so turned also; for opposition there is from men and devils against it, and I have feared in my own heart that within these few moneths there hath been some coolings among the best of these Indians; but wee find it so also among many people that are English in their first work, but the Lord Jesus revives again; and therefore Mr. Eliot of late having told them that hee was afraid that they began to bee weary. they took it to heart, and propounded in my hearing at a late Indian Lacture at Noonanetum many profitable questions, viz. When they