"In 1652 Hamon L'Estrange, an English author writing on topics such as history and theology published an exegetical tract called "Americans no Jews, or improbabilities that the Americans are of that Race" in response to the tract by Thorowgood.In response to L'Estrange, Thorowgood published a second edition of his book in 1660 with a revised title and included a foreword written by John Eliot, a Puritan missionary to the Indians who had translated the Bible into an Indian language.