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BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE 



Eliot (J.) — Continued. 



[ ] Christiane OOnoowae Sampoo- 



waouk. 



Second column: The same in Eng- 

 lish. I A Christian Covenanting Can- 

 fession \_sic']. 



[Cambridge: printed by Samuel 

 Green? 166-?] (*) 



1 page, verso blank, printed in two columns, 

 Massachusetts Indian and English, with a line 

 of 55 small ornaments at the top, 4°. 



The text measures nearly 6§ by 5J inches, 

 which is au inch wider than the text of a page 

 of the Indian bible. It is printed with the same 

 kind of type that was used for the bible. Each 

 column is divided by a line rule into two parts. 

 The upper or smaller divisions contain, in In- 

 dian on the left-hand side and in English on the 

 right, articles of belief numbered 1- to 9, with 

 references to bible texts. The third article, 

 which was enlarged in the English column of 

 the edition described below, reads as follows in 

 this edition: "3 He made Adam to rule this 

 Lower world. Gen. i. 26, 27." The lower di- 

 visions contain additional articles and the 

 church covenant, in eight paragraphs, of which 

 the first five only are numbered. The covenant 

 begins thus: "5. For these causes, wee that 



dwell in this Towne called are gladly 



willing to bind our selves to God, to Kemember 

 the Sabbath day to keep it holy, so long as we 

 live," etc. 



The copy here described is in the library of 

 the University of Edinburgh, and is supposed 

 to be unique. On the lower margin below the 

 text, is the following inscription in the hand- 

 writing of the Rev. William Trail, minister of 

 Borthwick: "This Indian Confession & Cove- 

 nant of the Converts in New-England was 

 brought from thence in the year 1690 & after- 

 wards gifted to the Bibliotheek of the CoUedge 

 of Ed'r (my alma mater) by W. Trail." The 

 other side of the leaf contains the indorsement: 

 "Indian Confession of Faith in N"ew England, 

 given be Mr. Trail, Min., Borthwick, 1699." 

 The whole is reprinted on pages xlvii-liv of 

 the introduction to the second edition of Dr. 

 John Small's reprint of Eliot's Indian primer 

 of 1669, Edinburgh, 1880, preceded by an ac- 

 count of its history and a biographical sketch 

 of the Rev. Mr. Trail, and accompanied by a 

 full-sized photo-lithographic fac-simile of the 

 original broadside, from which the above de- 

 scription has been made. The fac-simile given 

 herewith is copied from an electrotype kindly 

 furnished me by Dr. Small. Inreproducingitby 

 another process the size of the sheet has been 

 made a little smaller than the original. 



The year in which the covenanting confession 

 was first printed is jiot known with certainty. 

 According to Dr. Trumbull, "The first Indian 

 church was gathered in 1660, at Natick; but 

 Mr. Eliot had proposed the admission of the 

 Indian converts to church estate, eight or 

 nine years before this. Some peculiarities of 



Eliot (J.) — Continued. 



orthography in the Indian version of this ' cov- 

 enanting confession' seem to indicate that it 

 was printed before the Bible. It is alluded to 

 by Cotton Mather (Magnalia, ni. 3. p. 178): 

 'Unto the general engagements of a covenant 

 with God which it was his desire to bring the 

 Indians into, he added a particular article, 

 wherein they bind themselves mehquontamu- 

 nat Sabbath, pahketeaunat tohsohke pomanta- 

 mog, i. e., to remember the Sabbath-day, ta 

 keep it holy, as long as we live.'" In the 

 Memorial History of Boston Mr. Trumbull 

 adds : " Probably it was printed before— hut 

 not long before — the gathering of the first In- 

 dian church at Natick, in 1660." 



[ ] Christiane OOnoowae Sampoo- 



waonk. 



Second column : The same in Eng- 

 lish. I A Christian Covenanting Con- 

 fession. 



[Cambridge: printed by Samuel 

 Green? 167-?] 



1 page, verso blank, printed in two columns, 

 Massachusetts Indian and English, with a 

 line of 52 small ornaments at the top, 4°. 



This seems to be a later edition, as it con- 

 tains several slight changes and a few addi- 

 tional words and Scripture references. The 

 third article in the upper division of the En- 

 glish column was made to read as follows : "3. 

 He made Adam to Rule this Lower world, he 

 being made perfectly Righteous. Gen. I. 26, 

 27." 



The only copy known of this edition, which 

 is in the Congregational Library at Boston, 

 lacks a small portion of the lower right-hand, 

 corner. The fac-simile given herewith is from a. 

 heliotype, made a few years ago, in the posses- 

 sion of the compiler of this bibliography, and is^ 

 probably slightly reduced in size. 



[ -] The new | testament | of our | 



lord and saviour | Jesus Christ. | Trans- 

 lated into the | Indian language, | and 

 I Ordered to be Printed by the Com- 

 missioners of the United Colonies | in 

 New-England, | At the Charge, and 

 withtheConsent of the | corporation in 

 England | For the Propagation of the 

 Gospel amongst the Indians | in New- 

 England. I 



Cambridg: | Printed by Samuel Green 

 and Marmaduke Johnson. | MDCLXI 

 [1661]. 



Second title: "Wusku | wuttestamentum | 

 nul-lordumun | Jesus Christ | Nuppoquohwus- 

 suaeneumun. | [Diamond-shaped figure of 32 

 pieces betsveen two lines.] | 



Cambridge : 1 Printed by Samuel Green and 

 Marmaduke Johnson. | MDCLXI [1661]. 



Translation : New | his-testament | our-lord |: 

 Jesus Christ | our-deliverer. 



