When they came to a grave, they appeared to
be deeply affected with grief; and after they



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finiihed an intermeiit, they made great lamenta-
tioo. They believed m the immortality of the
soul, — but the joys of their heaven, whfoh was
eikpposed to be in the south-west, were entirely of
a carnal kind, i^

Such is a brief account of 41^ poor Pi^ns
among whom Mr Eliot proposed to labour ; and it
must be evident from it, that though their wretched
condition loudly called for the interference of Chris-
tian benevolence, there were many circumstances
connected with them, calculated to repel, and few
to attract his attentions. The Holy Spirit, how-
ever, who had set him apart far the work of
evangelism^ them, had inspired him with those
feelings and desires, which led him to overlook
whatever was repugnant in their situation and
character, and to trust in the efficacy of thai
word of God,^which is << sharper than any two-

s Roger Williams* Key into the language of. Ame-
rica, in Coll. of Mass. Hist. Soc. vol. iii. p. 203«-238.
Winslow*8 Account of New-England, annexed to his
Narrative of the FlanUtions, A. D. 1624, apud Belk-
nap*s American Biography, vol. ii. New-£ng1ands'
Plantation, London, 1630. Hutch. Hist, of Mass.
Bay, chap. vi. Gookin, in Coll. of Mass. Hist. Soc.
vol. i. Mather, b. iii. p. 191 — 193,— b. vi. p. 60—53.
Neal's Hist. New-England, vol. i. p. 22—46.
