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Strength out of weakness. Or A glorious manifestation of the further progress of the…Strength out of weakness. Or A glorious manifestation of the further progresse of the…
Strength out of weakness. Or A glorious manifestation of the further progress of the gospel amongst the Indians in New-England. Held forth in sundry letters from divers ministers and others to the corporation established by Parliament for promoting the gospel among the heathen in New-England; and to particular members thereof since the last treatise to that effect, / formerly set forth by Mr Henry Whitfield late pastor of Guildford in New-England. ; Published by the aforesaid corporation.Strength out of weakness. Or A glorious manifestation of the further progresse of the gospel amongst the Indians in New-England. Held forth in sundry letters from divers ministers and others to the corporation established by Parliament for promoting the gospel among the heathen in New-England; and to particular members thereof since the last treatise to that effect, / formerly set forth by Mr Henry Whitfield late pastor of Gilford in New-England. ; Published by the aforesaid corporation.
London: printed by M. Simmons for John Blague and Samuel Howes, 1652
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
they have laid out three long fair streets there, two on this side the River, and one on that, and have several house-lots apportioned severally to every one, which do or be to inhabit there, and in many of them there are fruit-trees already planted, and they are building English houses for themselves, mean while living in Wigwams, whereof there is good store near the hill side, at present there being a goodly plain from the Town towards Dedham) over the River (that is, Charles River) they have made a firm high foot-bridge archwise ⟨p. 18⟩to walks to and fro, having heaped on the bottom timbers huge stones, the more to fortify it, and it was a great encouragement to them, that the last year, (when a like bridge made by the English in the new Dedham Village called Medfield, some four or five miles from them) was thrown down by the force of the floods or Ice, yet theirs did stand firm and upright. But to return to the Fort, and to the business of the day, that is Round and Capacious, and they have prepared there a large Canopy of Matts upon poles for Mr Eliot and the chief of his Company to sit under, and other sorts for themselves and other hearers. The Saneps or men by themselves and the Squaes or women by themselves, besides the English then present, (which were about thirty) there were I think not fewer then a hundred men women and young ones; among the Indians there be some greater proficients in knowledge, and of better utterance by far then their fellows, Grave and serious men, whom Mr Eliot hath trained up (or the Lord rather by his instructions and directions) to instruct and exhort the rest of the Indians in their Lords day and other meetings, when he cannot come to them himself. There be some five of these, one of them was prepared before we came, and appointed to begin this Exercise: the further relation of the manner of this Indians behaviour in preaching, together with the substance of that Sermon being before set down by Mr Eliot may be never omitted: other particulars in order to the exact description of the Indian Fort and buildings in Mr Eliots Letter is defective are here supplied.
they have laid out three long faire streets there, two on this side the River, and one on that, and have severall house-lots apportioned severally to every one, which doe or be to inhabite there, and in many of them there are fruit-trees already planted, and they are building English houses for themselves, meane while living in Wigwams, whereof there is good store neere the hill side, at present there being a goodly plaine from the Towne towards Dedham) over the River (that is, Charles River) they have made a firme high foote-bridge archwise