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,…

Another case of admonition was this, Cutshamaquin the Sachem having a son of about 14 or 15 years old, he had bin drunk, & had behaved himself disobediently, and rebelliously against his father and mother, for which sin they did blame him, but he despised their admonition. And before I knew of it, I did observe when I catechized him, when he should say the •ist Commandment, he did not freely say, Honour thy father, but wholly left out mother, and so he did the Lecture day before, but when this sin of his was produced, he was called forth before the Assembly, ⟨p. 22⟩and he confessed that what was said against him was true, but he ••h to accuse his father of sundry evils, as that he would have killed him in his anger, and that he forced him to drink Sack, and I know not what else: which behaviour we greatly disliked, showed him the evil of it, and Mr. Wilson being present laboured much with him, for he understood the English, but all in vain, his l••art was hard and hopeless for that time, therefore using due loving persuasions, we did sharply admonish him of his sin, and required him to answer further the next Lecture day, and so left him; and so stout he was, that when his father offered to pay his fine of 10 s. for his drunkenness according to their Law, he would not except it at his hand. When the next day was come, and other exercises finished, I called him forth, and he willingly came, but still in the same mind as before. Then we turned to his father, and exhorted him to remove that stumbling block out of his sons way, by confessing his own sins whereby he had given occasion of hardness of heart to his son; which thing was not sudden to him, for I had formerly in private prepared him thereunto, and he was very willing to hearken to that counsel, because his conscience told him he was blameworthy; and accordingly he did, he confessed his main and principal evils of his own accord: and upon this advantage I took occasion to put him upon confession of sundry other vices which I knew he had in former times been guilty of, and all the Indians knew it likewise; and put it after this manner, Are you now sorry for your drunkenness, filthiness, false dealing, lying, &c. which sins you committed before you knew God? unto all which cases, he expressed himself sorrowful, and condemned himself for them:

Another case of admonition was this, Cutshamaquin the Sachim having ason of about 14 or 15 yeers old, he had bin drunk, & had behaved himself disobediently, and rebelliously against his father and mother, for which sinne they did blame him, but he despised their admonition. And before I knew of it, I did observe when I catechized him, when he should say the ist Commandement, he did not freely say, Honor thy father, but wholly left out mother, and so he did the Lecture day before, but when this sinne of his was produced, he was called forth before the Assembly,