. Strength out of weakness : or A glorious manifestation of the further progress of the gospel among the Indians in New England . bferve the manner of myteaching them, for they imitate me, as for ourmethod of preaching to the Eng/ijh by way ofDodlrine, Reafon, and Ufe, neither have I libertyof fpeech for that way of teaching, being very un-fkilfull in their Language, nor have they fufficientability of underftanding to profit by it, fo well asby this way, whereof you have herein a little Tafte. Jo Eliot. The next Letter good Reader [for we place themaccording to their Jeverall dates) is one tha
. Strength out of weakness : or A glorious manifestation of the further progress of the gospel among the Indians in New England . bferve the manner of myteaching them, for they imitate me, as for ourmethod of preaching to the Eng/ijh by way ofDodlrine, Reafon, and Ufe, neither have I libertyof fpeech for that way of teaching, being very un-fkilfull in their Language, nor have they fufficientability of underftanding to profit by it, fo well asby this way, whereof you have herein a little Tafte. Jo Eliot. The next Letter good Reader [for we place themaccording to their Jeverall dates) is one that came fromMr John Wilfon that reverend holy man who isPajior of the Church of Chrijl at Bofton in NewEngland, who accompanying the Governour, togetherwith Mr Eliot andjundry others, to their new Townebuilt by the Converted Indians, where they purpofe byGods permijjion to cohabife^together, that fo they mayenjoy all thofe Ordinances the Lord Jefus hath left unto ( 23 ) unto his Church. Now what Mr Wilfon there faw,heard and obferved, that he hath written over to us,and we have publtjhed for thy information and Honoured and ever deare Sir. sOuching the Work of God amongthe Indians, for ought I heare orfee from them that are moft con-verfant therein, as Mr E/iot, MrMahew, and Mr Leverich, withwhom I have made diligent en-quiry ; it doth profperoiifly fuc-ceed to their great encourage-ment, and ours in the Lord. There was here fomefew weeks fince, the prime Indian at Marthas Vine-yard with Mr Mahewe [Huntanequinn) a grave andfolemn Man, with whom I had ferious difcourfe,Mr Mahewe being prefent as Interpreter betweenus, who is a great proficient both in knowledgeand utterance, and love, and pradiice of the thingsof Chrift, and of ReHgion, much honoured andreverenced, and attended by the reft of the Indians there, who are folemnly Covenanted together, Iknow not how many, but between thirty and fortyat the Leaft, and receive none into their Fraternityor Combination, bu
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