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,…

Fourthly, a fourth and last observation we took, was the story of an Indian in those parts, telling us of his dream many years since, which he told us of openly before many witnesses when we sate at meat: the dream is this, he said That about two years before the English came over into those parts there was a great mortality among the Indians, and one night he could not sleep above half the night, after which he fell into a dream, in which he did think he saw a great many men come to those parts in cloths, just as the English now are apparelled, and among them there a rose up a man all in black, with a thing in his hand which he now sees was all one English mans book; this black man he said stood upon a higher place then all the rest, and on the one side of him were the English, on the other a great number of Indians: this man told all the Indians that God was moosquantum or angry with them, and that he would kill them for their sins, whereupon he said himself stood up, and desired to know of the black man what God would do with him and his Squaw and Papooses but the black man would not answer him a first time, nor yet a second time, until he desired the third time, and then he smiled upon him, and told him that he and his Papooses should be safe, and that God would give unto them Mitcheu, (i. e.) victuals and other good things, and so he awakened. What similitude this dream hath with the truth accomplished, you may easily see. I attribute little to dreams, yet God may speak to such by them rather then to those who have a more sure Word to direct and warn them, yet this dream made us think surely this Indian will regard the black man now come among them rather then any others of them: but whether Satan, or fear, and guilt, or world prevailed, we cannot say, but this is certain, that he withdrew from the Sermon, and although he came at the latter end of it, as hoping it had been done, yet we could not persuade him then to stay and hear, but away he flung, and we saw him no more till next day.

Fourthly, a fourth and last observation wee took, was the story of an Indian in those parts, telling us of his dreame many yeers since, which he told us of openly before many witnesses when we sate at meat: the dreame is this, hee said That about two yeers before the English came over into those parts there was a great mortality among the Indians, and one night he could not sleep above half the night, after which hee fell into a dream, in which he did think he saw a great many men come to those parts in cloths, just as the English now are apparelled, and among them there a rose up a man all in black, with a thing in his hand which hee now sees was all one English mans book; this black man he said stood upon a higher place then all the rest, and on the one side of him were the English, on the other a great number of Indians: this man told all the Indians that God was moosquantum or angry with them, and that he would kill them for their sinnes, whereupon he said himself stood up, and desired to know of the black man what God would do with him and his Squaw and Papooses but the black man would not answer him a first time, nor yet a second time, untill he desired the third time, and then he smil'd upon him, and told him that he and his Papooses should be safe, and that God would give unto them Mitcheu, (i. e.) victualls and other good things, and so hee awakened. What similitude this dream hath with the truth accomplished, you may easily see. I attribute little to dreams, yet God may speak to such by them rather then to those who have a more sure Word to direct and warn them, yet this dream made us think surely this Indian will regard the black man now come among them rather then any others of them: but whether Satan, or fear, and guilt, or world prevailed, we cannot say, but this is certaine, that he withdrew from the Sermon, and although hee came at the latter end of it, as hoping it had been done, yet we could not perswade him then to stay and hear, but away he flung, and we saw him no more till next day.