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by Doubtless one great and God aymed at was the punishment & destruction of many of the wicked Heathen whose iniquities were now full. the past period whereof was their malignant opposition to the offers of the Gospel. for the [[Pakanally?] & the narragansith those two great nations, upon whoms the sins of [[ ]] most especially fallen, for they are almost to fully destroyed, had on [[ ]] againe the Gospel offered for them. But their cheife Sackens? malignantly rejected & oposed it, if consequently the people followed their examples. And Not withstanding they were very conversant among the English especially the Narragansets with comendable for their industry with [[ ]] among the English. Yet had [[ ]] ^most of who no hearing ears onto its glad tidings of Salvation, offered in the Gospel & very few of whom? delights in comunion with the Christian Indians, And Reeve Fishall? masters a matter Remarque. After the warre began with Philip, the English having cause to be suspicious of the narraganssetts, sent som soldiers to Mr Simths of Wickford that lived nearest them, designating thereby to put them upon a nesscessity to declare themselves friends or enemies & to possess? upon them their? performance of former Articles of aggression? between the English & them, at which time being in July 1675 they complied to a treaty of continuement in peace with friendship with English. But among other articles the narragansets by their agent Potache? that the English should not send any among them to preach the Gospel or call upon them to pray to God. But the English [[ ]]