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73 conceived to loose his life through famine. the other widdow who went away at that time & her daughter were also recovred. This widdow Job married afterward, not knowing how better to requite her love shewed in norishing & preferring his 3 - children: when they were among the enimie & they now lived comfortably together. So t after all the troubles sorrows & callamaties this man Job underwent (as wee have before touched). God Gave him all his children in safety & a sutable wife & vindicated him from all the callummy & aspersions, cast on him & by Good demonstrations cleared his integrity & faithfulness to Gods cause & the English interest & hath made him very servicable & victorious since in the warr against the enimy. One thing I shall further mention, that is of remark before I pass the History of the matter. Joseph Tukapawillin minister or pastor of the church at Hassannamesit before spoken of, while hee was at Boston & befor hee was sent to deere Iland, some persons had compasion upon his distressed condition: particularly capt Nicholas page & his wife, who tooke him & his children & his aged father to their house in Boston & refreshed their bowels with food & other comforts ^ & milk to preservd the poore infants life, this poore man was much affected with & thankfull for their Love, while hee was at Capt Pages - Mr John Eliot (his spiritual father in Cht Christ) came to visit him with some others formerly aquainted with him & spake divers words of comfort to him sutable to his condition, Divers things were spoken to him & wisely Answered by him, which I shall not mention. but only one passage I noted beeing present said Joseph to Mr Eliot, O Sr said hee I am Greatly Distresed this day on every side, the English have taken away som of my estate my corn, catal my plow, cart chaines, & other goods, the enimys Indians have also taken a part of what I had, And the wicked Indians mock & scoff at mee say to my now what is becom of your praying to God, the English