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             Massachusetts, or, The first planters of New-England the end and manner of their coming thither, and abode there: in several epistles ...
             Dudley, Thomas, 1576-1653.
             Allin, John, 1596-1671.
             Shepard, Thomas, 1605-1649.
             Cotton, John, 1584-1652.
             Massachusetts
          
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             Supposed to have been printed at the suggeston of Joshua Scottow; also attributed to Thomas Dudley, son of Governor Joseph Dudley, cf. Young, A. Chronicles of the first planters of the colony of Massachusetts Bay, Boston, 1846, p. 340, note; and Allen, Wm. Amer. Biog. Dic.
             The humble request of His Majesties loyal subjects, the governour and the company late gone for New-England, to the rest of their brethen, in and of the Church of England -- To the ... Lady Bridget, countess of Lincoln -- The preface of the Reverend Mr. John Allin, of Dedham, and of Mrs. Thomas Shepard of Cambridge ... before their Defence of the answer made unto the nine questions -- Cotton, J. In Domini Nortoni librum, ad lectorem præfatio apologetica.
          
        
      
    
     
       
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           MASSACHUSETTS
           OR
           The
           first
           Planters
           of
           
             New-England
             ,
          
           The
           
             End
          
           and
           
             Manner
          
           of
           their
           coming
           thither
           ,
           and
           Abode
           there
           :
           In
           several
           EPISTLES
        
         
           
             Psal.
             84.
             3.
             
          
           
             
               Yea
               ,
               the
               sparrow
               hath
               found
               an
               house
               ,
               and
               the
               Swallow
               a
               Nest
               for
               her self
               ,
               where
               she
               may
               lay
               her
               Young
               ;
               even
               thy
               Altars
               ,
               O
               LORD
               of
               hosts
               ,
               my
               King
               ,
               and
               my
               God.
               
            
          
        
         
           
             John
             ,
             4.
             21.
             
          
           
             
               Iesus
               saith
               unto
               her
               ,
               Woman
               ,
               believe
               me
               ,
               the
               hour
               cometh
               when
               ye
               shall
               neither
               in
               this
               mountain
               ,
               nor
               yet
               at
               Ierusalem
               ,
               worship
               the
               Father
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             Rev.
             14.
             4.
             
          
           
             —
             
               These
               are
               they
               which
               follow
               the
               Lamb
               whithersoever
               He
               goeth
            
             —
          
        
         
           
             Tantum
             interest
             ,
             non
             
               Qualia
               ,
            
             sed
             
               Qualis
            
             quisque
             patiatur
             .
             In
             Tabernaculo
             
               Testimonij
               ,
            
             quod
             erat
             in
             Itinere
             populi
             Dei
             ,
             velut
             Templum
             
               deambulatorium
               ,
            
             &c.
             
          
           
             
               Augustin
               .
            
             de
             Civitate
             Dei.
             column
             .
             46.
             ex
             
               Lib
            
             15.
             
             
               Cap.
            
             20.
             column
             .
             845.
             
          
        
         
           
             
               Vestra
               autem
               Pietas
               ,
               Viri
               exules
               ,
               quae
               maluit
               Patriam
               quam
               Evangelium
               deserere
               ;
               Commodisque
               carere
               temporarijs
               ,
               quam
               permisceri
               sacris
               a
               Christo
               alienis
               ,
               Egregiam
               sane
               meretur
               laudem
               .
            
          
           
             Bullinger
             
               praefat
               in
               comment
               .
            
             Apoc.
             p.
             16.
             
          
        
         
           
             Boston
          
           in
           
             New-England
             ,
          
           Printed
           by
           
             B.
             Green
             ,
          
           and
           
             I.
             Allen.
          
           Sold
           by
           
             Richard
             Wilkins
             ,
          
           at
           his
           Shop
           near
           the
           Old-Meeting-House
           .
           1696.
           
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
         
           THE
           HUMBLE
           Request
           Of
           His
           MAJESTIES
           Loyal
           Subjects
           ,
           the
           Governour
           and
           the
           Company
           late
           gone
           for
           
             NEW-ENGLAND
             :
          
           To
           the
           rest
           of
           their
           Brethren
           ,
           in
           and
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           
             ENGLAND
             .
          
           For
           the
           obtaining
           of
           their
           Prayers
           ,
           and
           the
           removal
           of
           suspicions
           and
           mis
           constructions
           of
           their
           Intentions
           .
        
         
           
             Reverend
             FATHERS
             and
             BRETHREN
             ;
          
        
         
           THE
           general
           rumour
           of
           this
           solemn
           Enterprise
           ,
           wherein
           our selves
           with
           others
           ,
           through
           the
           providence
           of
           the
           Almighty
           ,
           are
           ingaged
           ,
           as
           it
           may
           spare
           us
           the
           labour
           of
           impa●●●ing
           our
           occasion
           
           unto
           you
           ,
           so
           it
           gives
           us
           the
           more
           incouragement
           to
           strengthen
           our selves
           by
           the
           procurement
           of
           the
           prayers
           and
           blessings
           of
           the
           Lords
           faithful
           Servants
           :
           For
           which
           end
           we
           are
           bold
           to
           have
           recourse
           unto
           you
           ,
           as
           those
           whom
           
             God
          
           hath
           placed
           nearest
           his
           throne
           of
           Mercy
           ;
           which
           as
           it
           affords
           you
           the
           more
           opportunity
           ,
           so
           it
           imposeth
           the
           greater
           bond
           upon
           you
           to
           intercede
           for
           his
           people
           in
           all
           their
           straits
           ,
           we
           beseech
           you
           therefore
           by
           the
           Mercies
           of
           the
           LORD
           JESUS
           to
           consider
           us
           as
           your
           Brethren
           ,
           standing
           in
           very
           great
           need
           of
           your
           help
           ,
           and
           earnestly
           imploring
           it
           .
           And
           howsoever
           your
           Charity
           may
           have
           met
           with
           some
           occasion
           of
           discouragement
           through
           the
           misreport
           of
           our
           intentions
           ,
           or
           through
           the
           disaffection
           ,
           or
           indiscretion
           ,
           of
           some
           of
           us
           ,
           or
           rather
           amongst
           us
           :
           for
           we
           are
           not
           of
           those
           that
           dream
           of
           perfection
           in
           this
           World
           ;
           yet
           we
           desire
           you
           would
           be
           pleased
           to
           take
           notice
           of
           the
           Principals
           ,
           and
           Body
           of
           our
           Company
           ,
           as
           those
           who
           esteem
           it
           our
           honour
           to
           call
           the
           Church
           of
           
             England
             ,
          
           from
           whence
           we
           rise
           ,
           our
           dear
           Mother
           ,
           and
           cannot
           part
           from
           our
           Native
           Country
           ,
           where
           she
           specially
           resideth
           ,
           without
           much
           sadness
           of
           heart
           ,
           and
           many
           tears
           in
           our
           eyes
           ,
           ever
           acknowledging
           that
           such
           hope
           and
           part
           as
           we
           have
           obtained
           in
           the
           common
           salvation
           ,
           we
           have
           received
           in
           her
           bosome
           ,
           and
           suckt
           it
           from
           her
           breasts
           :
           we
           leave
           it
           not
           therefore
           ,
           
           as
           loathing
           that
           milk
           wherewith
           we
           were
           nourished
           there
           ,
           but
           blessing
           God
           for
           the
           Parentage
           and
           Education
           ,
           as
           members
           of
           the
           same
           body
           ,
           shall
           always
           rejoyce
           in
           her
           good
           ,
           and
           unfeignedly
           grieve
           for
           any
           sorrow
           that
           shall
           ever
           betide
           her
           ,
           &
           while
           we
           have
           breath
           ,
           syncerely
           desire
           and
           indeavour
           the
           continuance
           &
           abundance
           of
           her
           welfare
           ,
           with
           the
           inlargement
           of
           her
           Bounds
           in
           the
           Kingdom
           of
           CHRIST
           ,
           JESUS
           .
        
         
           Be
           pleased
           therefore
           
             Reverend
          
           FATHERS
           and
           BRETHREN
           ,
           to
           help
           forward
           this
           work
           now
           in
           hand
           ;
           which
           if
           it
           prosper
           ,
           you
           shall
           be
           the
           more
           glorious
           :
           howsoever
           your
           judgment
           is
           with
           the
           LORD
           ,
           and
           your
           reward
           with
           your
           God.
           It
           is
           an
           usual
           and
           laudable
           exercise
           of
           your
           charity
           ,
           to
           commend
           to
           the
           prayers
           of
           your
           Congregations
           the
           necessities
           &
           straits
           of
           your
           private
           neighbours
           ;
           Do
           the
           like
           for
           a
           Church
           springing
           out
           of
           your
           own
           bowels
           .
           We
           conceive
           much
           hope
           that
           this
           remembrance
           of
           us
           ,
           if
           it
           be
           frequent
           and
           fervent
           ,
           will
           be
           a
           most
           prosperous
           gale
           in
           our
           Sailes
           ,
           and
           provide
           such
           a
           passage
           and
           welcome
           for
           us
           ,
           from
           the
           GOD
           of
           the
           whole
           Earth
           ,
           as
           both
           we
           which
           shall
           find
           it
           ,
           and
           your selves
           ,
           with
           the
           rest
           of
           our
           friends
           ,
           who
           shall
           hear
           of
           it
           ,
           shall
           be
           much
           inlarged
           to
           bring
           in
           such
           daily
           returns
           of
           Thanks
           givings
           ,
           as
           the
           specialties
           of
           his
           Providence
           and
           Goodness
           may
           justly
           
           challenge
           at
           all
           our
           hands
           .
           You
           are
           not
           ignorant
           ,
           that
           the
           Spirit
           of
           GOD
           stirred
           up
           the
           Apostle
           
             Paul
          
           to
           make
           continual
           mention
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           
             Philippi
          
           (
           which
           was
           a
           Colony
           from
           
             Rome
             )
          
           let
           the
           same
           Spirit
           ,
           we
           beseech
           you
           ,
           put
           you
           in
           mind
           ,
           that
           are
           the
           Lords
           Remembrancers
           ,
           to
           pray
           for
           us
           without
           ceasing
           (
           who
           are
           a
           weak
           Colony
           from
           your selves
           )
           making
           continual
           Request
           for
           us
           to
           GOD
           in
           all
           your
           prayers
           .
        
         
           What
           we
           intreat
           of
           you
           that
           are
           the
           Ministers
           of
           GOD
           ,
           that
           we
           also
           crave
           at
           the
           hands
           of
           all
           the
           rest
           of
           our
           Brethren
           ,
           that
           they
           would
           at
           no
           time
           forget
           us
           in
           their
           private
           solicitations
           at
           the
           Throne
           of
           Grace
           .
           If
           any
           there
           be
           ,
           who
           through
           want
           of
           clear
           intelligence
           of
           our
           course
           ,
           or
           tenderness
           of
           affection
           towards
           us
           ,
           cannot
           conceive
           so
           well
           of
           our
           way
           as
           we
           could
           desire
           ,
           we
           would
           intreat
           such
           not
           to
           despise
           us
           ,
           nor
           to
           desert
           us
           in
           their
           prayers
           and
           affections
           ,
           but
           to
           consider
           rather
           ,
           that
           they
           are
           so
           much
           the
           more
           bound
           to
           express
           the
           bowels
           of
           their
           compassion
           towards
           us
           ,
           remembring
           always
           that
           both
           Nature
           and
           Grace
           ,
           doth
           ever
           bind
           us
           to
           relieve
           and
           rescue
           with
           our
           utmost
           and
           speediest
           power
           ,
           such
           as
           are
           dear
           unto
           us
           ,
           when
           we
           conceive
           them
           to
           be
           running
           uncomfortable
           hazards
           .
        
         
           What
           goodness
           you
           shall
           extend
           to
           us
           in
           this
           or
           any
           other
           Christian
           kindness
           ,
           we
           your
           Brethren
           
           in
           CHRIST
           JESUS
           shall
           labour
           to
           repay
           in
           what
           duty
           we
           are
           or
           shall
           be
           able
           to
           perform
           ,
           promising
           so
           far
           as
           God
           shall
           enable
           us
           to
           give
           him
           no
           rest
           on
           your
           behalfs
           ,
           wishing
           our
           heads
           and
           hearts
           may
           be
           as
           fountains
           of
           tears
           for
           your
           everlasting
           welfare
           ,
           when
           we
           shall
           be
           in
           our
           poor
           Cottages
           in
           the
           Wilderness
           ,
           over-shadowed
           with
           the
           spirit
           of
           supplication
           ,
           through
           the
           manifold
           necessities
           and
           tribulations
           which
           may
           not
           altogether
           unexpectedly
           ,
           nor
           ,
           we
           hope
           ,
           unprofitably
           befal
           us
           .
           And
           so
           commending
           you
           to
           the
           grace
           of
           GOD
           in
           CHRIST
           ,
           we
           shall
           ever
           rest
        
         
           
             From
             
               Yarmouth
            
             Aboard
             the
             
               Arbella
               .
            
             
               
                 April
              
               7.
               1630.
               
            
          
           
             Your
             assured
             Friends
             and
             Brethren
             ,
             Io.
             Winthrop
             .
             
               Gov.
            
             Charles
             Fines
             .
             George
             Phillips
             .
             
               &c.
            
             Rich.
             Saltonstall
             .
             Isaac
             Iohnson
             .
             Tho.
             Dudley
             .
             William
             Coddington
             .
             
               &c.
               
            
          
        
      
       
         
         
         
           
             TO
             THE
             Right
             HONOURABLE
             ,
             My
             very
             good
             LADY
             ,
             The
             Lady
             BRIDGET
             Countess
             of
             Lincoln
             .
          
           
             
               Madam
               ,
            
          
           
             YOUR
             Letters
             (
             which
             are
             not
             common
             nor
             cheap
             )
             following
             me
             hither
             into
             
               New-England
               ,
            
             and
             bringing
             with
             them
             renewed
             Testimonies
             of
             the
             accustomed
             Favours
             you
             Honoured
             me
             
             with
             in
             the
             
               Old
               ,
            
             have
             drawn
             from
             me
             ▪
             this
             Narrative
             Retribution
             ,
             which
             (
             in
             respect
             of
             your
             proper
             interest
             in
             some
             persons
             of
             great
             Note
             amongst
             us
             )
             was
             the
             thankfullest
             present
             I
             had
             to
             send
             over
             the
             Seas
             .
             Therefore
             I
             humbly
             intreat
             Your
             Honour
             this
             be
             Accepted
             as
             payment
             from
             him
             ,
             who
             neither
             hath
             ,
             nor
             is
             any
             more
             ,
             Than
          
           
             
               Boston
               
                 in
              
               New-England
               ,
               
                 March
                 12th
                 .
                 1630.
                 
              
            
             
               Your
               Honours
               Old
               Thankful
               Servant
               ,
               T.
               D.
               
            
          
        
         
           
           
             FOR
             the
             satisfaction
             of
             Your
             Hon
             our
             ,
             and
             some
             Friends
             ,
             and
             for
             the
             use
             of
             such
             as
             shall
             hereafter
             intend
             to
             increase
             our
             Plantation
             in
             
               New
               England
               ,
            
             I
             have
             in
             the
             throng
             of
             Domestick
             ,
             and
             not
             altogether
             free
             from
             Publick
             Business
             ,
             thought
             fit
             to
             commit
             to
             memory
             our
             present
             condition
             ,
             and
             what
             hath
             befallen
             us
             since
             our
             Arrival
             here
             ;
             which
             I
             will
             do
             shortly
             ,
             after
             my
             usual
             manner
             ,
             and
             must
             do
             rudely
             ,
             having
             yet
             no
             Table
             ,
             nor
             other
             Room
             to
             Write
             in
             ,
             then
             by
             the
             Fire-side
             upon
             my
             knee
             ,
             in
             this
             sharp
             Winter
             ;
             to
             which
             my
             Family
             must
             have
             leave
             to
             resort
             ,
             though
             they
             break
             good
             manners
             ,
             and
             make
             me
             many
             times
             forget
             what
             I
             would
             say
             ;
             and
             say
             what
             I
             would
             not
             .
          
           
             Concerning
             the
             
               English
            
             that
             are
             Planted
             here
             :
             I
             find
             that
             about
             the
             Year
             1620.
             
             Certain
             
               English
            
             set
             out
             from
             
               Leyden
            
             in
             
               Holland
               ,
            
             intending
             their
             Course
             for
             
             Hudson's
             River
             .
          
           
             These
             being
             much
             Weather
             beaten
             ,
             and
             wearied
             with
             seeking
             the
             River
             ,
             after
             a
             most
             tedious
             Voyage
             ,
             Arrived
             at
             length
             in
             a
             small
             Bay
             ,
             lying
             North-East
             from
             
               Cape
               ▪
               Cod
               ;
            
             where
             Landing
             about
             the
             Month
             of
             
               December
               ,
            
             by
             the
             favour
             of
             a
             calm
             Winter
             ,
             such
             as
             was
             never
             seen
             here
             since
             ,
             begun
             to
             Build
             their
             Dwellings
             in
             that
             place
             ,
             which
             now
             is
             called
             
               New-Plimouth
               :
            
             Where
             after
             much
             Sickness
             ,
             
             Famine
             ,
             Poverty
             and
             great
             Mortality
             ,
             (
             through
             all
             which
             ,
             God
             by
             an
             unwonted
             Providence
             carried
             them
             )
             they
             are
             now
             grown
             up
             to
             a
             People
             ,
             Healthful
             ,
             Wealthy
             ,
             Politick
             and
             Religious
             ;
             such
             things
             doth
             the
             Lord
             for
             those
             that
             wait
             for
             his
             Mercies
             .
             They
             of
             
               Plimouth
            
             came
             with
             Patents
             from
             King
             
               Iames
               ,
            
             and
             have
             since
             obtained
             others
             ,
             from
             our
             Soveraign
             ,
             King
             
               Charles
               ,
            
             having
             a
             Governour
             and
             Council
             of
             their
             own
             :
             There
             was
             about
             the
             same
             time
             ,
             one
             Mr.
             
               Weston
               ,
            
             an
             
               English
            
             Merchant
             ,
             who
             sent
             divers
             men
             to
             Plant
             and
             Trade
             ;
             who
             sate
             down
             by
             the
             River
             of
             
               Wesaguscus
               ,
            
             but
             these
             coming
             not
             for
             so
             good
             ends
             as
             those
             of
             
               Plymouth
               ,
            
             sped
             not
             so
             well
             ;
             for
             the
             most
             of
             them
             Dying
             and
             Languishing
             away
             ,
             They
             who
             survived
             were
             rescued
             by
             those
             of
             
               Plymouth
               ,
            
             out
             of
             the
             hands
             of
             
               Chickatalbott
               ,
            
             &
             his
             
               Indians
               ,
            
             who
             oppressed
             those
             weak
             
               English
               ,
            
             and
             intended
             to
             have
             destroyed
             them
             :
             And
             the
             
               Plymotheans
            
             also
             ,
             as
             is
             set
             down
             in
             a
             Tract
             ,
             Written
             by
             Mr.
             
               Winslow
            
             of
             
               Plymouth
               :
            
             Also
             since
             ,
             one
             Captain
             
               Wollaston
            
             with
             some
             Thirty
             with
             him
             ,
             came
             near
             to
             the
             same
             place
             ,
             and
             Built
             on
             an
             Hill
             ,
             which
             he
             named
             Mount
             
               Wollaston
               ;
            
             but
             being
             not
             supplied
             with
             renewed
             Provisions
             ,
             they
             vanished
             away
             as
             the
             former
             did
             .
             Also
             divers
             Merchants
             of
             
               Bristol
               ,
            
             and
             some
             other
             places
             ,
             have
             yearly
             for
             these
             eight
             years
             ,
             or
             thereabouts
             ,
             sent
             Ships
             hither
             at
             
             the
             Fishing
             times
             ,
             to
             Trade
             for
             Bever
             ,
             where
             their
             Factors
             dishonestly
             for
             their
             gains
             ,
             have
             furnished
             the
             
               Indians
            
             with
             Guns
             ,
             Swords
             ,
             Powder
             and
             Shot
             .
          
           
             Touching
             the
             Plantation
             which
             we
             here
             have
             begun
             :
             it
             fell
             out
             thus
             .
             About
             the
             Year
             1627.
             some
             Friends
             being
             together
             in
             
               Lincolnshire
               ,
            
             fell
             into
             discourse
             about
             
               New
               England
               ,
            
             and
             the
             Planting
             of
             the
             Gospel
             there
             ;
             and
             after
             some
             deliberation
             ,
             we
             imparted
             our
             reasons
             ,
             by
             Letters
             and
             Messages
             ,
             to
             some
             in
             
               London
            
             and
             the
             
               West
               Country
               ;
            
             where
             it
             was
             likewise
             deliberately
             thought
             upon
             ,
             and
             at
             length
             with
             often
             negotiation
             so
             ripened
             ,
             that
             in
             the
             year
             1628.
             we
             procured
             a
             Patent
             from
             His
             Majesty
             for
             our
             Planting
             between
             the
             
               Massachusetts
            
             Bay
             and
             
               Charles
            
             River
             on
             the
             South
             ,
             and
             the
             River
             of
             
               Merrimack
            
             on
             the
             North
             ,
             and
             three
             miles
             on
             either
             side
             of
             those
             Rivers
             and
             Bay
             ;
             as
             also
             for
             the
             Government
             of
             those
             who
             did
             or
             should
             Inhabit
             within
             that
             Compass
             :
             And
             the
             same
             year
             we
             sent
             Mr.
             
               Iohn
               Endicott
               ,
            
             and
             some
             with
             him
             ,
             to
             begin
             a
             Plantation
             ;
             and
             to
             strengthen
             such
             as
             he
             should
             find
             there
             ,
             which
             we
             sent
             thither
             from
             
               Dorchester
               ,
            
             and
             some
             places
             adjoyning
             :
             from
             whom
             the
             same
             year
             receiving
             hopeful
             News
             :
             The
             next
             year
             ,
             1629.
             we
             sent
             divers
             Ships
             over
             ,
             with
             about
             Three
             Hundred
             People
             ,
             and
             some
             Cowes
             ,
             Goats
             and
             Horses
             ,
             
             many
             of
             which
             Arrived
             safely
             .
             These
             by
             their
             too
             large
             Commendations
             of
             the
             Country
             ,
             and
             the
             Commodities
             thereof
             ,
             invited
             us
             so
             strongly
             to
             go
             on
             ,
             that
             Mr.
             
               Winthrop
            
             of
             
               Suffolk
               ,
            
             (
             who
             was
             well
             known
             in
             his
             own
             Country
             ,
             and
             well
             approved
             here
             ,
             for
             his
             Piety
             ,
             Liberality
             ,
             Wisdom
             and
             Gravity
             )
             coming
             in
             to
             us
             ,
             we
             came
             to
             such
             resolution
             ,
             that
             in
             
               April
               ,
            
             1630.
             we
             set
             Sail
             from
             Old
             
               England
            
             with
             four
             good
             Ships
             .
             And
             in
             
               May
            
             following
             eight
             more
             followed
             ;
             two
             having
             gone
             before
             in
             
               February
            
             and
             
               March
               ,
            
             and
             two
             more
             following
             in
             
               Iune
            
             and
             
               August
               ,
            
             besides
             another
             Set
             out
             by
             a
             private
             Merchant
             .
             These
             seventeen
             Ships
             Arrived
             all
             safe
             in
             
               New
               England
               ,
            
             for
             the
             increase
             of
             the
             Plantation
             here
             this
             year
             1630.
             but
             made
             a
             long
             ,
             a
             troublesome
             and
             costly
             Voyage
             ,
             being
             all
             Wind
             bound
             long
             in
             
               England
               ,
            
             and
             hindred
             with
             contrary
             Winds
             ,
             after
             they
             set
             Sail
             ,
             and
             so
             scattered
             with
             Mists
             and
             Tempests
             ,
             that
             few
             of
             them
             Arrived
             together
             .
             Our
             four
             Ships
             which
             set
             out
             in
             
               April
               ,
            
             Arrived
             here
             in
             
               Iune
            
             and
             
               Iuly
               ,
            
             where
             we
             found
             the
             Colony
             in
             a
             sad
             and
             unexpected
             condition
             ,
             above
             Eighty
             of
             them
             being
             Dead
             the
             Winter
             before
             ;
             and
             many
             of
             those
             alive
             ,
             weak
             and
             sick
             ;
             all
             the
             Corn
             and
             Bread
             amongst
             them
             all
             ,
             hardly
             sufficientto
             feed
             them
             a
             fortnight
             :
             insomuch
             that
             the
             remainder
             of
             an
             Hundred
             and
             Eighty
             Servants
             we
             had
             the
             two
             years
             
             before
             sent
             over
             ,
             coming
             to
             us
             for
             Victuals
             to
             sustain
             them
             ,
             we
             found
             our selves
             wholly
             unable
             to
             feed
             them
             ,
             by
             reason
             that
             the
             Provisions
             Shipped
             for
             them
             ,
             were
             taken
             out
             of
             the
             Ship
             they
             were
             put
             in
             ;
             and
             they
             who
             were
             trusted
             to
             Ship
             them
             in
             another
             ,
             failed
             us
             ,
             and
             left
             them
             behind
             ;
             whereupon
             necessity
             enforced
             us
             to
             our
             extream
             loss
             ,
             to
             give
             them
             all
             Liberty
             ;
             who
             had
             cost
             us
             about
             Sixteen
             or
             Twenty
             Pound
             a
             Person
             ,
             furnishing
             and
             sending
             over
             .
             But
             bearing
             these
             things
             as
             we
             might
             ,
             we
             began
             to
             consult
             of
             the
             Place
             of
             our
             Sitting
             down
             :
             For
             
               Salem
            
             where
             we
             Landed
             ,
             pleased
             us
             not
             .
             And
             to
             that
             purpose
             ,
             some
             were
             sent
             to
             the
             Bay
             ,
             to
             search
             up
             the
             Rivers
             for
             a
             convenient
             place
             ;
             who
             upon
             their
             return
             ,
             reported
             to
             have
             found
             a
             good
             place
             upon
             
               Mistick
               ;
            
             but
             some
             other
             of
             us
             ,
             seconding
             these
             ,
             to
             approve
             or
             dislike
             of
             their
             judgment
             ;
             we
             found
             a
             place
             liked
             us
             better
             ,
             three
             Leagues
             up
             
               Charles
            
             River
             :
             And
             thereupon
             Unshipped
             our
             Goods
             into
             other
             Vessels
             ,
             and
             with
             much
             Cost
             and
             Labour
             ,
             brought
             them
             in
             
               Iuly
            
             to
             
               Charlstown
               ;
            
             but
             there
             receiving
             advertisements
             (
             by
             some
             of
             the
             late
             arrived
             Ships
             )
             from
             
               London
            
             and
             
               Amsterdam
            
             of
             some
             
               French
            
             Preparations
             against
             us
             (
             many
             of
             our
             people
             brought
             with
             us
             being
             sick
             of
             Fevers
             ,
             and
             the
             Scurvy
             ,
             and
             we
             thereby
             unable
             to
             carry
             up
             our
             Ordnance
             and
             Baggage
             so
             far
             )
             we
             were
             forced
             to
             change
             counsel
             ,
             
             and
             for
             our
             present
             shelter
             to
             Plant
             dispersedly
             ,
             some
             at
             
               Charlstown
               ,
            
             which
             standeth
             on
             the
             North
             side
             of
             the
             mouth
             of
             
               Charles
            
             River
             ;
             some
             on
             the
             South-side
             thereof
             ,
             .
             which
             place
             we
             named
             
               Boston
            
             (
             as
             we
             intended
             to
             have
             done
             the
             place
             we
             first
             resolved
             on
             )
             some
             of
             us
             upon
             
               Mistick
               ,
            
             which
             we
             named
             
               Meadford
               ;
            
             some
             of
             us
             Westward
             on
             
               Charles
            
             River
             ,
             four
             miles
             from
             
               Charlstown
               ,
            
             which
             place
             we
             named
             
               Watertown
               ;
            
             others
             of
             us
             two
             miles
             from
             
               Boston
               ,
            
             in
             a
             place
             we
             named
             
               Roxbury
               ;
            
             others
             upon
             the
             River
             of
             
               Sawgus
               ,
            
             between
             
               Salem
            
             and
             
               Charlstown
               :
            
             And
             the
             Western
             men
             four
             miles
             South
             from
             
               Boston
               ,
            
             at
             a
             place
             we
             named
             
               Dorchester
               .
            
             This
             Dispersion
             troubled
             some
             of
             us
             ,
             but
             help
             it
             we
             could
             not
             ,
             wanting
             ability
             to
             remove
             to
             any
             place
             fit
             to
             Build
             a
             Town
             upon
             ;
             and
             the
             time
             too
             short
             to
             deliberate
             any
             longer
             ,
             least
             the
             Winter
             should
             surprize
             us
             before
             we
             had
             Builded
             our
             Houses
             .
             The
             best
             counsel
             we
             could
             find
             out
             was
             to
             Build
             a
             Fort
             to
             retire
             to
             ,
             in
             some
             convenient
             place
             ,
             if
             any
             Enemy
             pressed
             us
             thereunto
             ,
             after
             we
             should
             have
             fortifyed
             our selves
             against
             the
             injuries
             of
             wet
             and
             cold
             .
             So
             ceasing
             to
             consult
             further
             for
             that
             time
             ,
             they
             who
             had
             Health
             to
             Labour
             ,
             fell
             to
             Building
             ,
             wherein
             many
             were
             interrupted
             with
             Sickness
             ,
             and
             many
             Dyed
             weekly
             ,
             yea
             ,
             almost
             daily
             .
             Amongst
             whom
             were
             Mrs.
             
               Pinchon
               ,
            
             Mrs.
             
               Coddington
               ,
            
             
             Mrs.
             
               Phillips
               ,
            
             and
             Mrs.
             
               Alcock
               ,
            
             a
             Sister
             of
             Mr.
             
               Hookers
               .
            
             Insomuch
             that
             the
             Ships
             being
             now
             upon
             their
             Return
             ,
             some
             for
             
               England
               ,
            
             some
             for
             
               Ireland
               ;
            
             there
             was
             as
             I
             take
             it
             not
             much
             less
             than
             an
             Hundred
             (
             some
             think
             many
             more
             )
             partly
             out
             of
             dislike
             of
             our
             Government
             ,
             which
             restrained
             and
             punished
             their
             Excesses
             ;
             and
             partly
             through
             fear
             of
             Famine
             ,
             not
             seeing
             other
             means
             than
             by
             their
             Labour
             to
             feed
             themselves
             )
             which
             returned
             back
             again
             ;
             and
             glad
             were
             we
             so
             to
             be
             rid
             of
             them
             .
             Others
             also
             afterwards
             hearing
             of
             men
             of
             their
             own
             Disposition
             ,
             which
             were
             Planted
             at
             
               Pascataway
               ,
            
             went
             from
             us
             to
             them
             ;
             whereby
             though
             our
             Numbers
             were
             lessened
             ,
             yet
             we
             accounted
             our selves
             nothing
             weakned
             by
             their
             Removal
             :
             Before
             the
             Departure
             of
             the
             Ships
             ,
             we
             contracted
             with
             Mr.
             
               Peirce
               ,
            
             Master
             of
             the
             
               Lyon
            
             of
             
               Bristol
               ,
            
             to
             Return
             to
             us
             with
             all
             speed
             ,
             with
             fresh
             supplies
             of
             Victuals
             ,
             and
             gave
             him
             directions
             accordingly
             ;
             with
             this
             Ship
             returned
             Mr.
             
               Revil
               ,
            
             one
             of
             the
             five
             Undertakers
             here
             ,
             for
             the
             joynt
             Stock
             of
             the
             Company
             ;
             and
             Mr.
             
               Vassal
               ,
            
             one
             of
             the
             Assistants
             ,
             and
             his
             Family
             ;
             and
             also
             Mr.
             
               Bright
               ,
            
             a
             Minister
             sent
             hither
             the
             year
             before
             :
             The
             Ship
             being
             gone
             ,
             Victuals
             wasting
             ,
             and
             Mortality
             increasing
             ,
             we
             held
             divers
             Fasts
             in
             our
             several
             Congregations
             ,
             but
             the
             Lord
             would
             not
             yet
             be
             Deprecated
             ;
             for
             about
             the
             beginning
             of
             
               September
               ,
            
             Dyed
             
             Mr.
             
               Gager
               ,
            
             a
             right
             Godly
             man
             ,
             a
             skilful
             Chyrurgeon
             ,
             and
             one
             of
             the
             Deacons
             of
             our
             Congregation
             .
             And
             Mr.
             
               Higginson
               ,
            
             one
             of
             the
             Ministers
             of
             
               Salem
               ,
            
             a
             zealous
             and
             a
             profitable
             Preacher
             ;
             this
             of
             a
             Consumption
             ,
             that
             of
             a
             Fever
             :
             And
             on
             the
             
               30th
               .
            
             of
             
               September
               ,
            
             Dyed
             Mr.
             
               Iohnson
               ,
            
             another
             of
             the
             five
             Undertakers
             ,
             (
             the
             Lady
             
               ARBELLA
            
             his
             Wife
             being
             Dead
             a
             Month
             before
             )
             This
             Gentleman
             was
             a
             prime
             man
             amongst
             us
             ,
             having
             the
             best
             Estate
             of
             any
             ;
             zealous
             for
             Religion
             ,
             and
             the
             greatest
             furtherer
             of
             this
             Plantation
             ;
             he
             made
             a
             most
             Godly
             End
             ,
             Dying
             willingly
             ,
             professing
             his
             Life
             better
             spent
             in
             promoting
             this
             Plantation
             ,
             than
             it
             could
             have
             been
             any
             other
             way
             .
             He
             left
             to
             us
             a
             Loss
             greater
             then
             the
             most
             conceived
             .
             Within
             a
             month
             after
             ,
             Dyed
             Mr.
             
               Rossiter
               ,
            
             another
             of
             our
             Assistants
             ,
             a
             Godly
             man
             ,
             and
             of
             a
             good
             Estate
             ,
             which
             still
             weakned
             us
             more
             :
             So
             that
             now
             there
             were
             left
             of
             the
             five
             Undertakers
             ,
             but
             the
             Governour
             ,
             Sir
             
               Richard
               Saltonstall
               ,
            
             and
             my self
             ,
             and
             seven
             other
             of
             the
             Assistants
             .
             And
             of
             the
             People
             who
             came
             over
             with
             us
             ,
             from
             the
             time
             of
             their
             Setting
             Sail
             from
             
               England
               ,
            
             in
             
               April
            
             1630.
             until
             
               December
            
             following
             ,
             there
             Dyed
             by
             Estimation
             about
             Two
             Hundred
             at
             the
             least
             ;
             so
             low
             hath
             the
             Lord
             brought
             us
             !
             Well
             ,
             yet
             they
             who
             Survived
             were
             not
             discouraged
             ,
             but
             bearing
             Gods
             Corrections
             with
             Humility
             ,
             and
             trusting
             in
             His
             
             Mercies
             ,
             and
             considering
             how
             after
             a
             lower
             ebb
             he
             had
             raised
             up
             our
             Neighbours
             at
             
               Plymouth
               ,
            
             we
             began
             again
             in
             
               December
            
             to
             consule
             about
             a
             fit
             place
             to
             Build
             a
             Town
             upon
             ;
             leaving
             all
             thoughts
             of
             a
             Fort
             ,
             because
             upon
             any
             Invasion
             ,
             we
             were
             necessarily
             to
             lose
             our
             Houses
             ,
             when
             we
             should
             retire
             thereinto
             :
             So
             after
             divers
             Meetings
             at
             
               Boston
               ,
               Roxbury
            
             and
             
               Watertown
               ,
            
             on
             the
             Twenty
             Eighth
             of
             
               December
               ,
            
             we
             grew
             to
             this
             resolution
             ,
             to
             bind
             all
             the
             Assistants
             (
             Mr.
             
               Endicott
               ,
            
             and
             Mr.
             
               Sharp
            
             excepted
             ,
             which
             last
             purposeth
             to
             return
             by
             the
             next
             Ship
             into
             
               England
               )
            
             to
             Build
             Houses
             ,
             at
             a
             place
             a
             mile
             East
             from
             
               Watertown
               ,
            
             near
             
               Charles
            
             River
             ,
             the
             next
             Spring
             ,
             and
             to
             Winter
             there
             the
             next
             year
             ;
             that
             so
             by
             our
             Examples
             ,
             and
             by
             removing
             the
             Ordnance
             and
             Munition
             thither
             ,
             all
             who
             were
             able
             ,
             might
             be
             drawn
             thither
             ,
             and
             such
             as
             shall
             come
             to
             us
             hereafter
             to
             their
             advantage
             ,
             be
             compelled
             so
             to
             do
             ;
             and
             so
             if
             God
             would
             ,
             a
             Fortifyed
             Town
             might
             there
             grow
             up
             ,
             the
             place
             fitting
             reasonably
             well
             thereto
             .
             I
             should
             before
             have
             mentioned
             how
             both
             the
             
               English
            
             and
             
               Indian
            
             Corn
             being
             at
             ten
             shillings
             a
             strike
             ,
             and
             Bever
             being
             valued
             at
             six
             shillings
             a
             Pound
             ;
             we
             made
             Laws
             to
             restrain
             the
             Selling
             of
             Corn
             to
             the
             
               Indians
               ,
            
             and
             to
             leave
             the
             price
             of
             Bever
             at
             liberty
             ,
             which
             was
             presently
             Sold
             for
             ten
             ,
             and
             twenty
             Shillings
             a
             Pound
             .
             I
             should
             also
             have
             remembred
             ,
             how
             
             the
             half
             of
             our
             Cowes
             ,
             and
             almost
             all
             our
             Mares
             and
             Goates
             ,
             sent
             us
             out
             of
             
               England
               ,
            
             Dyed
             at
             Sea
             ,
             in
             their
             Passage
             hither
             ;
             and
             that
             those
             intended
             to
             be
             sent
             us
             out
             of
             
               Ireland
               ,
            
             were
             not
             sent
             at
             all
             ;
             all
             which
             ,
             together
             with
             the
             loss
             of
             our
             six
             months
             Building
             occasioned
             by
             our
             intended
             Removal
             to
             a
             Town
             to
             be
             Fortifyed
             ,
             weakned
             our
             Estates
             ,
             especially
             the
             Estates
             of
             the
             Undertakers
             ,
             who
             were
             Three
             or
             Four
             Thousand
             Pounds
             ingaged
             in
             the
             joynt
             stock
             ,
             which
             was
             now
             not
             above
             so
             many
             Hundreds
             ;
             yet
             many
             of
             us
             laboured
             to
             bear
             it
             as
             comfortably
             as
             we
             could
             ,
             remembring
             the
             end
             of
             our
             Coming
             hither
             ,
             and
             knowing
             the
             power
             of
             God
             ,
             who
             can
             support
             and
             raise
             us
             again
             ;
             and
             useth
             to
             bring
             his
             Servants
             low
             ,
             that
             the
             meek
             may
             be
             made
             glorious
             by
             Deliverance
             .
          
           
             I
             have
             no
             leisure
             to
             Review
             and
             Insert
             things
             forgotten
             ,
             but
             out
             of
             due
             time
             and
             order
             must
             set
             them
             down
             as
             they
             come
             to
             memory
             .
             About
             the
             end
             of
             
               October
               ,
            
             this
             year
             1630.
             
             I
             joyned
             with
             the
             Governour
             ,
             and
             Mr.
             
               Maverick
               ,
            
             in
             sending
             out
             our
             Pinace
             to
             the
             
               Norragansetts
               ,
            
             to
             Trade
             for
             Corn
             ,
             to
             supply
             our
             wants
             ;
             but
             after
             the
             Pinace
             had
             doubled
             
               Cape
               Cod
               ,
            
             she
             put
             into
             the
             next
             Harbour
             she
             found
             ,
             and
             there
             meeting
             with
             
               Indians
               ,
            
             who
             shewed
             their
             willingness
             to
             Truck
             ;
             she
             made
             her
             Voyage
             there
             ,
             and
             brought
             us
             an
             Hundred
             
             Bushels
             of
             Corn
             ,
             at
             about
             four
             shillings
             a
             Bushel
             ,
             which
             helped
             us
             something
             .
             From
             the
             Coast
             where
             they
             Traded
             ,
             they
             saw
             a
             very
             large
             Island
             ,
             four
             Leagues
             to
             the
             East
             ,
             which
             the
             
               Indians
            
             commended
             as
             a
             fruitful
             place
             ,
             full
             of
             good
             Vines
             ,
             and
             free
             from
             sharp
             Frosts
             ,
             having
             one
             only
             Entrance
             into
             it
             ,
             by
             a
             Navigable
             River
             ,
             Inhabited
             by
             a
             few
             
               Indians
               ,
            
             which
             for
             a
             trifle
             would
             leave
             the
             Island
             ,
             if
             the
             
               English
            
             would
             set
             them
             upon
             the
             Main
             ;
             but
             the
             Pinace
             having
             no
             direction
             for
             Discovery
             ,
             returned
             without
             Sailing
             to
             it
             ,
             which
             in
             two
             Hours
             they
             might
             have
             done
             :
             Upon
             this
             Coast
             they
             found
             store
             of
             Vines
             full
             of
             Grapes
             dead
             ripe
             ,
             the
             Season
             being
             past
             ;
             whither
             we
             purpose
             to
             send
             the
             next
             year
             sooner
             ,
             to
             make
             some
             small
             quantity
             of
             Wine
             ,
             if
             God
             inable
             us
             ;
             the
             Vines
             growing
             thin
             with
             us
             ,
             and
             we
             not
             having
             yet
             any
             leisure
             to
             Plant
             Vineyards
             .
             But
             now
             having
             some
             leisure
             to
             discourse
             of
             the
             motives
             for
             other
             mens
             coming
             to
             this
             place
             ,
             or
             their
             abstaining
             from
             it
             ;
             after
             my
             brief
             manner
             ,
             I
             say
             this
             .
             That
             if
             any
             come
             hither
             to
             Plant
             for
             Worldly
             .
             Ends
             ,
             that
             can
             live
             well
             at
             Home
             ,
             he
             commits
             an
             Error
             ,
             of
             which
             he
             will
             soon
             repent
             him
             :
             But
             if
             for
             Spiritual
             ,
             and
             that
             no
             particular
             obstacle
             hinder
             his
             Removal
             ,
             he
             may
             find
             here
             what
             may
             well
             content
             him
             :
             
               viz.
            
             Materials
             to
             Build
             ,
             Fewel
             to
             Burn
             ,
             Ground
             to
             Plant
             ,
             Seas
             and
             Rivers
             to
             
             Fish
             in
             ,
             a
             pure
             Air
             to
             Breath
             in
             ,
             good
             Water
             to
             drink
             ,
             till
             Wine
             or
             Beer
             can
             be
             made
             ;
             which
             together
             with
             the
             Cowes
             ,
             Hoggs
             and
             Goats
             brought
             hither
             already
             ,
             may
             suffice
             for
             Food
             ;
             as
             for
             Fowl
             and
             Venison
             ,
             they
             are
             Dainties
             here
             as
             well
             as
             in
             
               England
               .
            
             For
             Cloaths
             and
             Bedding
             ,
             they
             must
             bring
             them
             with
             them
             ,
             till
             time
             and
             industry
             produce
             them
             here
             .
             In
             a
             word
             ,
             we
             yet
             enjoy
             little
             to
             be
             envyed
             ,
             but
             endure
             much
             to
             be
             pittied
             in
             the
             Sickness
             and
             Mortality
             of
             our
             People
             :
             And
             I
             do
             the
             more
             willingly
             use
             this
             open
             and
             plain
             dealing
             ,
             least
             other
             men
             should
             fall
             short
             of
             their
             expectations
             ,
             when
             they
             come
             hither
             ,
             as
             we
             to
             our
             great
             prejudice
             ,
             did
             ;
             by
             means
             of
             Letters
             sent
             us
             from
             hence
             into
             
               England
               ;
            
             wherein
             honest
             men
             out
             of
             a
             desire
             to
             draw
             over
             others
             to
             them
             ,
             wrote
             somewhat
             hyperbolically
             of
             many
             things
             here
             :
             If
             any
             Godly
             men
             out
             of
             Religious
             Ends
             will
             come
             over
             ,
             to
             help
             us
             in
             the
             good
             Work
             we
             are
             about
             :
             I
             think
             they
             cannot
             dispose
             of
             themselves
             ,
             nor
             of
             their
             Estates
             more
             to
             God's
             Glory
             ,
             and
             the
             furtherance
             of
             their
             own
             Reckoning
             :
             But
             they
             must
             not
             be
             of
             the
             poorer
             sort
             yet
             ,
             for
             divers
             years
             .
             For
             we
             have
             sound
             by
             experience
             ,
             that
             they
             have
             hindred
             ,
             not
             furthered
             the
             Work
             :
             And
             for
             profane
             and
             debauched
             persons
             ,
             their
             oversight
             in
             coming
             hither
             is
             wondred
             at
             ,
             where
             they
             shall
             find
             nothing
             
             to
             content
             them
             .
             If
             there
             be
             any
             Endued
             with
             Grace
             ,
             and
             furnished
             with
             means
             to
             feed
             themselves
             and
             theirs
             for
             eighteen
             months
             ,
             and
             to
             Build
             and
             Plant
             ,
             let
             them
             come
             into
             our
             
               Macedonia
               ,
            
             and
             help
             us
             ,
             and
             not
             spend
             themselves
             and
             their
             Estates
             in
             a
             less
             profitable
             Employment
             :
             for
             others
             ,
             I
             conceive
             they
             are
             not
             yet
             fitted
             for
             this
             Business
             .
          
           
             Touching
             the
             Discouragement
             which
             the
             Sickness
             and
             Mortality
             which
             every
             first
             year
             hath
             seized
             upon
             us
             ,
             and
             those
             of
             
               Plymouth
               ,
            
             as
             appeareth
             before
             ,
             may
             give
             to
             such
             who
             have
             cast
             any
             thoughts
             this
             way
             (
             of
             which
             Mortality
             it
             may
             be
             said
             of
             us
             almost
             as
             of
             the
             
               Egyptians
               ,
            
             that
             there
             is
             not
             an
             House
             where
             there
             is
             not
             one
             dead
             ,
             and
             in
             some
             Houses
             many
             )
             the
             natural
             causes
             seem
             to
             be
             ,
             the
             want
             of
             warm
             Lodging
             ,
             and
             good
             Dyet
             ,
             to
             which
             
               English
            
             men
             are
             habituated
             at
             home
             ;
             and
             in
             the
             sudden
             increase
             of
             heat
             ,
             which
             they
             endure
             that
             are
             Landed
             here
             in
             Summer
             ;
             the
             salt
             meats
             at
             Sea
             having
             prepared
             their
             Bodies
             thereto
             ;
             for
             those
             only
             these
             two
             last
             years
             dyed
             of
             Fevers
             ,
             who
             Landed
             in
             
               Iune
            
             and
             
               Iuly
               ;
            
             as
             those
             of
             
               Plymouth
               ,
            
             who
             Landed
             in
             Winter
             ,
             dyed
             of
             the
             Scurvy
             ;
             as
             did
             our
             poorer
             sort
             ,
             whose
             Housing
             and
             Beding
             ,
             kept
             them
             not
             sufficiently
             warm
             ,
             nor
             their
             Dyet
             sufficiently
             in
             heart
             :
             other
             causes
             God
             may
             have
             ,
             as
             our
             Faithful
             Minister
             ,
             Mr
             
               Wilson
            
             (
             lately
             
             handling
             that
             point
             )
             shewed
             unto
             us
             ;
             which
             I
             forbear
             to
             mention
             ,
             leaving
             this
             matter
             to
             the
             further
             Dispute
             of
             Physicians
             and
             Divines
             .
          
           
             Wherefore
             to
             return
             ,
             upon
             the
             Third
             of
             
               Ianuary
               ,
            
             Dyed
             the
             Daughter
             of
             Mr.
             
               Sharp
               ,
            
             a
             Godly
             Virgin
             ,
             making
             a
             comfortable
             end
             ,
             after
             a
             long
             sickness
             .
             The
             Plantation
             here
             received
             not
             the
             like
             loss
             of
             any
             Woman
             ,
             since
             we
             came
             hither
             ;
             and
             therefore
             she
             well
             deserves
             to
             be
             remembred
             in
             this
             Place
             .
          
           
             Amongst
             those
             who
             Dyed
             about
             the
             end
             of
             this
             
               Ianuary
               ,
            
             there
             was
             a
             Girl
             of
             Eleven
             Years
             Old
             ,
             the
             Daughter
             of
             one
             
               Iohn
               Ruggles
               ,
            
             who
             in
             the
             time
             of
             her
             Sickness
             ,
             expressed
             to
             the
             Minister
             ,
             and
             those
             about
             her
             ,
             so
             much
             Faith
             and
             Assurance
             of
             Salvation
             ,
             as
             is
             rarely
             found
             in
             any
             of
             that
             Age
             ;
             which
             I
             thought
             not
             unworthy
             here
             to
             commit
             to
             memory
             :
             and
             if
             any
             tax
             me
             for
             wasting
             paper
             with
             Recording
             these
             small
             matters
             ;
             such
             may
             consider
             ,
             that
             small
             things
             in
             the
             beginning
             of
             natural
             or
             politick
             Bodies
             ,
             are
             as
             remarkable
             as
             greater
             ,
             in
             Bodies
             full
             grown
             .
          
           
             Upon
             the
             fifth
             of
             
               February
               ,
            
             Arrived
             here
             Mr.
             
               Pierce
               ,
            
             with
             the
             Ship
             
               Lyon
            
             of
             
               Bristol
               ,
            
             with
             supplies
             of
             Victuals
             from
             
               England
               ;
            
             who
             had
             set
             forth
             from
             
               Bristol
            
             the
             first
             of
             
               December
            
             before
             .
             He
             had
             a
             Stormy
             Passage
             hither
             ,
             and
             lost
             one
             of
             his
             Saylors
             not
             far
             from
             our
             Shore
             〈◊〉
             in
             a
             Tempest
             having
             helped
             to
             take
             in
             
             the
             Sprit
             Sail
             ,
             lost
             his
             hold
             as
             he
             was
             coming
             down
             ,
             and
             fell
             into
             the
             Sea
             ;
             where
             ,
             after
             long
             Swimming
             ,
             he
             was
             Drowned
             ,
             to
             the
             great
             dolour
             of
             those
             in
             the
             Ship
             ,
             who
             beheld
             so
             lamentable
             a
             Spectacle
             ,
             without
             being
             able
             to
             minister
             help
             to
             him
             ,
             the
             Sea
             was
             so
             so
             high
             ,
             and
             the
             Ship
             drove
             so
             fast
             before
             the
             Wind
             ,
             though
             her
             Sails
             were
             taken
             down
             .
             By
             this
             Ship
             we
             understand
             of
             the
             Fight
             of
             three
             of
             our
             Ships
             ,
             and
             two
             
               English
            
             Men
             of
             War
             coming
             out
             of
             the
             
               Straits
               ,
            
             with
             Fourteen
             
               Dunkirks
               ,
            
             upon
             the
             Coast
             of
             
               England
               ,
            
             as
             they
             Returned
             from
             us
             ,
             in
             the
             end
             of
             the
             last
             Summer
             ;
             who
             through
             Gods
             Goodness
             ,
             with
             the
             loss
             of
             some
             thirteen
             or
             fourteen
             men
             ,
             out
             of
             our
             three
             Ships
             ;
             and
             I
             know
             not
             how
             many
             out
             of
             the
             two
             Men
             of
             War
             ,
             got
             at
             length
             clear
             of
             them
             .
             The
             
               Charles
               ,
            
             one
             of
             our
             three
             ,
             a
             stout
             Ship
             ,
             of
             300
             Tonn
             ,
             being
             so
             torn
             ,
             that
             she
             had
             not
             much
             of
             her
             left
             whole
             above
             water
             .
             By
             this
             Ship
             we
             also
             understand
             of
             the
             Death
             of
             many
             of
             those
             who
             went
             from
             us
             the
             last
             year
             to
             
               England
               ,
            
             as
             likewise
             of
             the
             Mortality
             there
             ;
             whereby
             we
             see
             there
             are
             Graves
             in
             other
             places
             as
             well
             as
             with
             us
             .
          
           
             Amongst
             others
             who
             Dyed
             about
             this
             time
             ,
             was
             Mr.
             
               Robert
               Welden
               ,
            
             who
             in
             the
             time
             of
             his
             Sickness
             we
             had
             Chosen
             to
             be
             Captain
             of
             100.
             
             Foot
             ,
             but
             before
             he
             took
             possession
             of
             his
             place
             ,
             he
             Dyed
             ,
             the
             sixteenth
             of
             this
             
               February
               ,
            
             
             and
             was
             Buried
             as
             a
             Souldier
             ,
             with
             three
             Vollyes
             of
             Shott
             .
             Upon
             the
             Twenty
             Second
             of
             
               February
            
             we
             Held
             a
             General
             Day
             of
             Thanksgiving
             throughout
             the
             whole
             Colony
             ,
             for
             the
             safe
             Arrival
             of
             the
             Ship
             which
             came
             last
             with
             our
             Provisions
             .
          
           
             Upon
             the
             Eighth
             of
             
               March
               ,
            
             from
             after
             it
             was
             fair
             day
             light
             ,
             until
             about
             Eight
             of
             the
             Clock
             in
             the
             Forenoon
             ,
             there
             flew
             over
             all
             the
             Towns
             in
             our
             Plantations
             ,
             so
             many
             Flocks
             of
             Doves
             ,
             each
             Flock
             containing
             many
             Thousands
             ,
             and
             some
             so
             many
             ,
             that
             they
             obscured
             the
             Light
             ,
             that
             it
             passeth
             credit
             ,
             if
             but
             the
             Truth
             should
             be
             written
             ;
             and
             the
             thing
             was
             the
             more
             strange
             ,
             because
             I
             scarce
             remember
             to
             have
             seen
             ten
             Doves
             since
             I
             came
             into
             the
             Country
             :
             They
             were
             all
             Turtles
             ,
             as
             appeared
             by
             divers
             of
             them
             we
             killed
             Flying
             ,
             somewhat
             bigger
             than
             those
             of
             
               Europe
               ,
            
             and
             they
             flew
             from
             the
             North-east
             ,
             to
             the
             South-west
             ;
             but
             what
             it
             portends
             ,
             I
             know
             not
             .
          
           
             The
             Ship
             now
             waits
             but
             for
             Wind
             ,
             which
             when
             it
             Blowes
             ,
             there
             are
             ready
             to
             go
             Aboard
             therein
             for
             
               England
               ,
            
             Sir
             
               Richard
               Saltonstall
               ,
            
             Mr.
             
               Sharp
               ,
            
             Mr.
             
               Coddington
               ,
            
             and
             many
             others
             ;
             the
             most
             whereof
             purpose
             to
             return
             to
             us
             again
             ,
             if
             God
             will
             In
             the
             mean
             time
             ,
             we
             are
             left
             a
             People
             poor
             and
             contemptible
             ,
             yet
             such
             as
             Trust
             in
             God
             ;
             and
             are
             contented
             with
             our
             condition
             ,
             being
             well
             assured
             ,
             that
             he
             will
             not
             
             fail
             us
             nor
             forsake
             us
             .
             I
             had
             almost
             forgotten
             to
             add
             this
             ,
             That
             the
             Wheat
             we
             received
             by
             this
             last
             Ship
             ,
             stands
             us
             in
             thirteen
             or
             fourteen
             shillings
             a
             strike
             ,
             and
             the
             Pease
             about
             eleven
             shillings
             a
             strike
             ,
             besides
             the
             Adventure
             ,
             which
             is
             worth
             three
             or
             four
             shillings
             a
             strike
             ;
             which
             is
             an
             higher
             price
             than
             I
             ever
             tasted
             Bread
             of
             before
             .
          
           
             Thus
             
               Madam
               ,
            
             I
             have
             as
             I
             can
             ,
             told
             Your
             Honour
             ,
             all
             our
             matters
             ;
             knowing
             Your
             Wisdom
             can
             make
             good
             use
             thereof
             .
             If
             I
             Live
             not
             to
             perform
             the
             like
             Office
             of
             my
             Duty
             hereafter
             ,
             likely
             it
             is
             ,
             some
             other
             will
             do
             it
             better
             .
          
           
             Before
             the
             departure
             of
             the
             Ship
             (
             which
             yet
             was
             Wind-bound
             )
             there
             came
             unto
             us
             Sagamore
             
               Iohn
               ,
            
             and
             one
             of
             his
             Subjects
             ,
             requiring
             satisfaction
             for
             the
             Burning
             of
             two
             Wigwams
             ,
             by
             some
             of
             the
             
               English
               ;
            
             which
             Wiggwams
             were
             not
             Inhabited
             ,
             but
             stood
             in
             a
             place
             convenient
             for
             their
             shelter
             ,
             when
             upon
             occasion
             ,
             they
             should
             Travel
             that
             way
             .
             By
             Examination
             we
             found
             that
             some
             
               English
            
             Fowlers
             ,
             having
             retired
             into
             that
             which
             belonged
             to
             the
             Subject
             ;
             and
             leaving
             a
             Fire
             therein
             carelesly
             which
             they
             had
             kindled
             to
             warm
             them
             ,
             were
             the
             cause
             of
             Burning
             thereof
             .
             For
             that
             which
             was
             the
             Sagamores
             ,
             we
             could
             find
             no
             certain
             proof
             how
             it
             was
             Fired
             :
             yet
             least
             he
             should
             think
             us
             not
             sedulous
             enough
             to
             find
             it
             out
             ,
             and
             so
             should
             
             depart
             discontentedly
             from
             us
             ;
             we
             gave
             both
             him
             and
             his
             Subject
             ,
             satisfaction
             for
             them
             both
             .
          
           
             The
             like
             accident
             of
             Fire
             also
             befel
             Mr.
             
               Sharp
               ,
            
             and
             Mr.
             
               Colborn
               ,
            
             upon
             the
             seventeenth
             of
             this
             
               March
               ;
            
             both
             whose
             Houses
             (
             which
             were
             as
             good
             ,
             and
             as
             well
             furnished
             as
             the
             most
             in
             the
             Plantation
             )
             were
             in
             two
             hours
             space
             Burned
             to
             the
             ground
             ;
             together
             with
             much
             of
             their
             Houshold
             stuff
             ,
             Apparel
             ,
             and
             other
             things
             ;
             as
             also
             some
             Goods
             of
             others
             ,
             who
             Sojourned
             with
             them
             in
             their
             Houses
             ;
             God
             so
             pleasing
             to
             exercise
             us
             with
             Corrections
             of
             this
             kind
             ,
             as
             he
             hath
             done
             with
             others
             .
             For
             the
             prevention
             whereof
             ,
             in
             our
             New
             Town
             intended
             this
             Summer
             to
             be
             Builded
             ;
             we
             have
             ordered
             that
             no
             man
             there
             shall
             Build
             his
             Chimney
             with
             Wood
             ,
             nor
             cover
             his
             House
             with
             Thatch
             ,
             which
             was
             readily
             assented
             unto
             ;
             for
             that
             divers
             other
             Houses
             have
             been
             Burned
             since
             our
             Arrival
             .
          
           
             Upon
             the
             Eighteenth
             Day
             of
             
               March
               ,
            
             came
             one
             from
             
               Salem
               ,
            
             and
             told
             us
             ,
             that
             upon
             the
             Fifteenth
             thereof
             ,
             there
             Dyed
             Mrs.
             
               Skelton
               ,
            
             the
             Wife
             of
             the
             other
             Minister
             there
             .
             She
             was
             a
             Godly
             and
             an
             helpful
             Woman
             ,
             she
             lived
             desired
             ,
             and
             dyed
             lamented
             ,
             and
             well
             deserves
             to
             be
             honourably
             remembred
             .
          
           
             Upon
             the
             Twenty
             fifth
             of
             this
             
               March
               ,
            
             one
             of
             
               Watertown
            
             having
             lost
             a
             Call
             ,
             and
             about
             ten
             of
             the
             Clock
             at
             night
             ,
             hearing
             the
             Howling
             
             of
             some
             Wolves
             not
             far
             off
             ,
             raised
             many
             of
             his
             Neighbours
             out
             of
             their
             Beds
             ,
             that
             by
             Discharging
             their
             Muskets
             near
             about
             the
             place
             where
             he
             heard
             the
             Wolves
             ,
             he
             might
             so
             put
             the
             Wolves
             to
             flight
             ,
             and
             save
             his
             Calf
             :
             The
             Wind
             serving
             fit
             to
             carry
             the
             Report
             of
             the
             Muskets
             to
             
               Roxbury
               ,
            
             three
             miles
             off
             ,
             at
             such
             a
             time
             ;
             the
             Inhabitants
             there
             took
             an
             Alarm
             ,
             Beat
             up
             their
             Drum
             ,
             Armed
             themselves
             ,
             and
             sent
             in
             Post
             to
             us
             to
             
               Boston
               ,
            
             to
             Raise
             us
             also
             :
             So
             in
             the
             morning
             ,
             the
             Calf
             being
             found
             safe
             ,
             the
             Wolves
             affrighted
             ,
             and
             our
             danger
             past
             ,
             we
             went
             merrily
             to
             Breakfast
             .
          
           
             I
             thought
             to
             have
             ended
             before
             ,
             but
             the
             stay
             of
             the
             Ship
             ,
             and
             my
             desire
             to
             inform
             Your
             Honour
             of
             all
             I
             can
             ,
             hath
             caused
             this
             Addition
             :
             And
             every
             one
             having
             warning
             to
             prepare
             for
             the
             Ships
             departure
             to
             morrow
             ,
             I
             am
             now
             this
             Twenty-Eighth
             of
             
               March
               ,
            
             163
             〈◊〉
             Sealing
             my
             Letters
             .
          
        
      
       
         
         
           
             The
             
               PREFACE
            
             of
             the
             Reverend
             Mr.
             
               John
               Allin
               ,
            
             of
             
               Dedham
               ,
            
             and
             of
             Mr.
             
               Thomas
               Shepard
            
             of
             
               Cambridge
            
             in
             
               New-England
               ,
            
             before
             their
             Defence
             of
             the
             Answer
             made
             unto
             the
             Nine
             Questions
             .
          
           
             IT
             was
             the
             Profession
             of
             the
             Lord
             Jesus
             before
             
               Pilate
               ,
            
             when
             he
             questioned
             with
             him
             about
             his
             Kingdom
             ,
             
               Iohn
            
             18.
             37.
             
             That
             for
             this
             cause
             he
             was
             born
             and
             came
             into
             the
             world
             ,
             to
             bear
             witness
             of
             the
             Truth
             .
             Many
             Truths
             about
             the
             Spiritual
             Kingdom
             of
             Christ
             hath
             he
             imparted
             to
             us
             ;
             if
             therefore
             we
             be
             born
             into
             the
             world
             ,
             or
             sent
             into
             this
             Wilderness
             to
             bear
             witness
             to
             his
             Truth
             ,
             it
             is
             unto
             us
             reward
             sufficient
             ,
             that
             we
             should
             be
             Witnesses
             thereunto
             ,
             even
             to
             the
             Utmost
             parts
             of
             the
             Earth
             .
             We
             confess
             we
             have
             been
             too
             slow
             in
             this
             Service
             of
             Christ
             ,
             not
             having
             to
             this
             day
             set
             forth
             an
             unanimous
             Confession
             of
             that
             Form
             of
             wholsome
             words
             which
             is
             Preached
             ,
             received
             and
             professed
             in
             these
             Churches
             of
             the
             Lord
             Jesus
             ;
             and
             which
             we
             are
             not
             unmindful
             of
             ,
             though
             our
             distances
             ,
             and
             other
             difficulties
             may
             delay
             the
             opportunity
             .
             But
             
             this
             in
             the
             mean
             time
             we
             profess
             in
             general
             ,
             That
             (
             so
             far
             as
             we
             know
             )
             there
             is
             the
             same
             blessed
             Spirit
             of
             Truth
             breathing
             in
             the
             Ministry
             of
             the
             Country
             ;
             the
             same
             Faith
             embraced
             and
             professed
             in
             the
             Churches
             ,
             which
             is
             generally
             received
             as
             the
             Orthodox
             Doctrine
             of
             the
             Gospel
             ,
             in
             the
             best
             reformed
             Churches
             ,
             and
             particularly
             by
             our
             Godly
             Learned
             Brethren
             of
             
               England
            
             and
             
               Scotland
               .
            
             And
             though
             Errors
             have
             sprung
             up
             among
             us
             ,
             and
             some
             are
             gone
             out
             from
             us
             ,
             that
             we
             fear
             were
             not
             of
             us
             ,
             yet
             we
             have
             born
             witness
             against
             them
             ,
             and
             by
             the
             blessing
             of
             God
             ,
             by
             the
             breath
             of
             Christ
             in
             the
             mouths
             of
             his
             Servants
             they
             have
             been
             blasted
             .
             Neither
             do
             we
             understand
             that
             these
             Churches
             are
             accused
             of
             any
             Errors
             about
             the
             saving
             Truths
             of
             the
             Gospel
             ,
             and
             therefore
             we
             thought
             our selves
             not
             so
             much
             called
             of
             God
             to
             such
             a
             Confession
             at
             present
             ,
             as
             to
             clear
             up
             to
             the
             World
             those
             Truths
             we
             prosess
             about
             the
             Kingdom
             and
             Government
             of
             Christ
             in
             his
             Churches
             ;
             which
             is
             the
             great
             work
             of
             this
             age
             ,
             and
             of
             this
             nick
             of
             time
             .
             And
             yet
             here
             also
             we
             fear
             that
             we
             have
             been
             too
             slack
             ;
             for
             though
             it
             be
             said
             ,
             
               We
               are
               the
               Volunteers
               ,
               such
               as
               cry
               up
               this
               way
               ,
               &c.
            
             and
             so
             it
             seems
             we
             are
             apprehended
             to
             be
             one
             cause
             of
             these
             present
             differences
             :
             yet
             if
             things
             be
             well
             weighed
             ,
             we
             may
             seem
             rather
             to
             be
             far
             behind
             in
             the
             duty
             that
             lies
             upon
             us
             .
             Indeed
             
             some
             brief
             Answers
             sent
             over
             to
             some
             particular
             persons
             ,
             to
             satisfie
             Brethren
             what
             our
             practise
             is
             ,
             (
             with
             some
             brief
             touch
             of
             our
             reasons
             )
             rather
             than
             to
             discuss
             those
             points
             ,
             have
             been
             printed
             by
             some
             without
             our
             knowledge
             ,
             or
             assent
             ,
             upon
             what
             grounds
             they
             best
             know
             .
             And
             some
             short
             Treatises
             by
             some
             Reverend
             Brethren
             have
             been
             published
             to
             declare
             their
             affectionate
             desires
             of
             the
             unanimous
             endeavours
             of
             all
             our
             dear
             Brethren
             ,
             for
             a
             general
             and
             holy
             Reformation
             .
             But
             what
             hath
             been
             said
             or
             done
             ,
             that
             either
             may
             justly
             offend
             the
             minds
             of
             the
             godly
             ,
             provoke
             their
             spirits
             ,
             disunite
             their
             affections
             ,
             or
             hinder
             a
             godly
             Reformation
             ?
             Yea
             ,
             we
             have
             been
             too
             slow
             to
             clear
             our
             Doctrine
             and
             practise
             from
             the
             many
             objections
             ,
             harsh
             interpretations
             ,
             and
             manifold
             Criminations
             cast
             upon
             the
             same
             wherein
             we
             fear
             our
             lothness
             to
             intermeddle
             in
             these
             Controversies
             for
             fear
             of
             making
             the
             breach
             wider
             amongst
             Brethren
             ;
             and
             our
             desire
             rather
             to
             attend
             what
             light
             we
             might
             receive
             from
             others
             in
             these
             points
             ,
             wherein
             we
             profess
             our selves
             seekers
             after
             the
             Truth
             ,
             have
             made
             us
             guilty
             of
             neglect
             in
             this
             our
             duty
             .
             But
             now
             we
             see
             our selves
             pressed
             hereto
             ,
             by
             a
             necessity
             of
             justifying
             our
             wayes
             against
             the
             many
             aspersions
             cast
             upon
             them
             ,
             as
             well
             as
             against
             the
             reasons
             used
             against
             them
             .
             For
             we
             perceive
             by
             the
             first
             Letters
             of
             our
             Brethren
             ,
             how
             the
             withdrawing
             
             of
             Christians
             from
             the
             Liturgy
             was
             imputed
             to
             us
             ,
             and
             by
             this
             Reply
             both
             in
             the
             Epistle
             and
             divers
             passages
             ,
             we
             cannot
             but
             see
             what
             apprehensions
             are
             raised
             of
             us
             ;
             yea
             ,
             many
             are
             apt
             to
             think
             ,
             that
             if
             we
             had
             said
             nothing
             ,
             yet
             our
             very
             act
             in
             forsaking
             the
             Churches
             of
             God
             in
             our
             dear
             native
             Country
             ,
             and
             the
             Cause
             of
             Christ
             there
             ,
             together
             with
             the
             practise
             of
             these
             Churches
             ,
             thought
             to
             be
             so
             different
             from
             the
             reformed
             Churches
             ,
             have
             been
             ,
             not
             only
             a
             great
             weakening
             to
             the
             hands
             of
             the
             Godly
             ,
             (
             that
             have
             stood
             by
             the
             Cause
             of
             Christ
             )
             but
             also
             have
             caused
             great
             disturbance
             to
             the
             Reformation
             in
             hand
             :
             To
             which
             much
             might
             be
             said
             ,
             but
             that
             we
             should
             exceed
             the
             bounds
             of
             an
             Epistle
             .
             Yet
             let
             us
             intreat
             all
             the
             Godly
             wise
             ,
             to
             consider
             and
             look
             back
             upon
             the
             season
             of
             this
             great
             Enterprise
             ,
             undertaken
             by
             us
             ,
             and
             the
             manner
             of
             our
             proceedings
             in
             it
             ,
             with
             the
             admirable
             workings
             of
             Gods
             Providence
             first
             and
             last
             about
             it
             ;
             and
             we
             think
             (
             though
             we
             were
             silent
             )
             they
             may
             easily
             satisfie
             themselves
             ,
             whether
             this
             was
             of
             God
             or
             men
             ;
             a
             sinful
             neglect
             of
             the
             Cause
             of
             Christ
             ,
             or
             a
             manifest
             attestation
             to
             the
             Truth
             ,
             by
             open
             profession
             against
             Corruptions
             of
             Worship
             in
             use
             ,
             and
             for
             the
             necessity
             of
             Reformation
             of
             the
             Church
             ;
             and
             that
             confirmed
             by
             no
             small
             degree
             of
             Sufferings
             for
             the
             same
             .
             For
             was
             it
             not
             a
             time
             when
             
             Humane
             Worship
             and
             Inventions
             were
             grown
             to
             such
             an
             intolerable
             height
             ,
             that
             the
             Consciences
             of
             Gods
             Saints
             and
             Servants
             ,
             inlightened
             in
             the
             truth
             ,
             could
             no
             longer
             bear
             them
             ?
             was
             not
             the
             power
             of
             the
             tyranical
             Prelates
             so
             great
             ,
             that
             like
             a
             strong
             Current
             ,
             carried
             all
             down
             stream
             before
             it
             ;
             whatever
             was
             from
             the
             Law
             ,
             or
             otherwise
             set
             in
             their
             way
             ?
             Did
             not
             the
             hearts
             of
             men
             generally
             fail
             them
             ?
             Where
             was
             the
             people
             to
             be
             found
             that
             would
             cleave
             to
             their
             godly
             Ministers
             in
             their
             sufferings
             ;
             but
             rather
             thought
             it
             their
             discretion
             ,
             to
             provide
             for
             their
             own
             quiet
             and
             safety
             ?
             Yea
             ,
             when
             some
             freely
             in
             zeal
             of
             the
             Truth
             preached
             or
             professed
             against
             the
             corruptions
             of
             the
             times
             ,
             did
             not
             some
             take
             offence
             at
             it
             ,
             judge
             it
             rashness
             ,
             and
             to
             be
             against
             all
             rules
             of
             discretion
             ,
             who
             since
             are
             ready
             to
             censure
             us
             for
             deserting
             the
             Cause
             ?
             Many
             then
             thought
             ,
             it
             is
             an
             evil
             time
             ,
             the
             prudent
             shall
             hold
             their
             peace
             ,
             and
             might
             we
             not
             say
             ,
             This
             is
             not
             our
             resting
             place
             ?
             And
             what
             would
             men
             have
             us
             do
             in
             such
             a
             case
             ?
             Must
             we
             study
             some
             distinctions
             to
             salve
             our
             Consciences
             in
             complying
             with
             so
             manifold
             corruptions
             in
             Gods
             Worship
             ?
             or
             should
             we
             live
             without
             God's
             Ordinances
             ,
             because
             we
             could
             not
             partake
             in
             the
             corrupt
             administration
             thereof
             ?
             or
             content
             our selves
             to
             live
             without
             those
             Ordinances
             of
             Gods
             Worship
             and
             Communion
             of
             
             Saints
             ,
             which
             he
             called
             us
             unto
             ,
             and
             our
             Souls
             breathed
             after
             ?
             or
             should
             we
             forsake
             the
             publick
             Assemblies
             ,
             and
             joyn
             together
             in
             private
             separated
             Churches
             ?
             how
             unsufferable
             it
             would
             then
             have
             been
             ,
             the
             great
             offence
             that
             now
             is
             taken
             at
             it
             ,
             is
             a
             full
             evidence
             .
             And
             if
             in
             Cities
             ,
             or
             some
             such
             great
             Towns
             ,
             that
             might
             have
             been
             done
             ,
             yet
             how
             was
             it
             possible
             for
             so
             many
             scattered
             Christians
             all
             over
             the
             Countrey
             ?
             It
             is
             true
             ,
             we
             might
             have
             suffered
             ,
             if
             we
             had
             sought
             it
             ,
             we
             might
             easily
             have
             found
             the
             way
             to
             have
             filled
             the
             Prisons
             ;
             and
             some
             had
             their
             share
             therein
             .
             But
             whether
             we
             were
             called
             thereunto
             ,
             when
             a
             wide
             door
             was
             set
             open
             of
             liberty
             otherwise
             ;
             and
             our
             witness
             to
             the
             Truth
             (
             through
             the
             malignant
             policy
             of
             those
             times
             )
             could
             not
             be
             open
             before
             the
             world
             ,
             but
             rather
             smothered
             up
             in
             close
             prisons
             or
             some
             such
             wayes
             ,
             together
             with
             our selves
             ,
             we
             leave
             to
             be
             considered
             .
             We
             cannot
             see
             but
             the
             rule
             of
             Christ
             to
             his
             Apostles
             and
             Saints
             ,
             and
             the
             practise
             of
             Gods
             Saints
             in
             all
             Ages
             ,
             may
             allow
             us
             this
             liberty
             as
             well
             as
             others
             ,
             to
             fly
             into
             the
             Wilderness
             from
             the
             face
             of
             the
             Dragon
             .
             But
             if
             it
             had
             been
             so
             ,
             that
             the
             Godly
             Ministers
             and
             Christians
             that
             fled
             to
             
               New
               England
               ,
            
             were
             the
             most
             timoorus
             and
             saint
             hearted
             of
             all
             their
             Brethren
             ,
             that
             stayed
             behind
             ,
             and
             that
             those
             Sufferings
             were
             nothing
             in
             comparison
             of
             their
             Brethrens
             
             (
             for
             why
             should
             any
             boast
             of
             sufferings
             ?
             )
             yet
             who
             doth
             not
             know
             that
             the
             Spirit
             who
             gives
             various
             gifts
             ,
             and
             all
             to
             profit
             withal
             ,
             in
             such
             times
             doth
             single
             out
             every
             one
             to
             such
             work
             ,
             as
             he
             in
             wisdom
             intends
             to
             call
             them
             unto
             ?
             And
             whom
             the
             Lord
             will
             honour
             by
             suffering
             for
             his
             Cause
             ;
             by
             imprisonment
             ,
             
               &c.
            
             he
             gives
             them
             spirits
             suitable
             thereto
             :
             whom
             the
             Lord
             will
             reserve
             for
             other
             service
             ,
             or
             imploy
             in
             other
             places
             ,
             he
             inclines
             their
             hearts
             rather
             to
             fly
             ,
             giving
             them
             an
             heart
             suitable
             to
             such
             a
             condition
             .
             It
             is
             a
             case
             of
             Conscience
             frequently
             put
             ,
             and
             oft
             resolved
             by
             holy
             
               Bradford
               ,
               Peter
               Martyr
               ,
               Philpot
               ,
            
             and
             others
             in
             Queen
             
               Maries
            
             bloody
             dayes
             ,
             viz.
             
               Whether
               it
               was
               lawful
               to
               flee
               out
               of
               the
               Land
               ?
            
             To
             which
             their
             an
             swer
             was
             ,
             that
             if
             God
             gave
             a
             spirit
             of
             courag
             and
             willingness
             to
             glorifie
             him
             by
             Sufferings
             they
             should
             stay
             ;
             but
             if
             they
             found
             not
             such
             a
             spirit
             ,
             they
             might
             lawfully
             sly
             ;
             yea
             ,
             they
             advised
             them
             thereunto
             .
             Those
             Servants
             of
             Christ
             ,
             though
             full
             of
             the
             spirit
             of
             glory
             ,
             and
             of
             Christ
             to
             outface
             tho
             greatest
             persecuters
             in
             profession
             of
             the
             Truth
             ,
             unto
             the
             death
             ;
             yet
             did
             not
             complain
             of
             the
             cowardize
             of
             such
             as
             fled
             ,
             because
             they
             deserted
             them
             &
             the
             Cause
             ;
             but
             rather
             advised
             divers
             so
             to
             do
             ,
             and
             rejoyced
             when
             God
             gave
             liberty
             to
             their
             brethren
             to
             escape
             with
             their
             lives
             to
             the
             places
             of
             liberty
             ,
             to
             serve
             the
             Lord
             according
             to
             his
             
             Word
             .
             Neither
             were
             those
             faithful
             Saints
             and
             Servants
             of
             God
             useless
             and
             unprofitable
             in
             the
             Church
             of
             God
             that
             fled
             from
             the
             bloody
             Prelates
             .
             The
             infinite
             and
             only
             wise
             God
             hath
             many
             works
             to
             do
             in
             the
             World
             ,
             and
             he
             doth
             by
             his
             singular
             Providence
             give
             gifts
             to
             his
             Servants
             ,
             and
             disposeth
             them
             to
             his
             Work
             as
             seemeth
             best
             to
             himself
             .
             If
             the
             Lord
             will
             have
             some
             to
             bear
             witness
             by
             imprisonments
             ,
             dismembring
             ,
             
               &c.
            
             we
             honour
             them
             therein
             ;
             if
             he
             will
             have
             others
             instrumental
             to
             promote
             Reformation
             in
             
               England
               ,
            
             we
             honour
             them
             ,
             and
             rejoyce
             in
             their
             holy
             endeavours
             ,
             praying
             for
             a
             blessing
             upon
             themselves
             and
             labours
             .
             And
             what
             if
             God
             will
             have
             his
             Church
             and
             the
             Kingdom
             of
             Christ
             go
             up
             also
             in
             these
             remote
             parts
             of
             the
             World
             ,
             that
             his
             Name
             may
             be
             known
             to
             the
             Heathen
             ,
             or
             whatsoever
             other
             end
             he
             hath
             ,
             and
             to
             this
             end
             will
             send
             forth
             a
             company
             of
             weak
             ▪
             hearted
             Christians
             ,
             which
             dare
             not
             stay
             at
             home
             to
             suffer
             ,
             why
             should
             we
             not
             let
             the
             Lord
             alone
             ,
             &
             rejoyce
             that
             Christ
             is
             Preached
             howsoever
             ,
             &
             wheresoever
             ?
             And
             who
             can
             say
             that
             this
             work
             was
             not
             undertaken
             and
             carryed
             on
             with
             sincere
             and
             right
             ends
             ,
             &
             in
             an
             holy
             serious
             manner
             ,
             by
             the
             chief
             ,
             and
             the
             body
             of
             such
             as
             undertook
             the
             same
             ?
             The
             Lord
             knows
             whether
             the
             sincere
             desires
             of
             worshipping
             himself
             according
             to
             his
             will
             ,
             of
             promoting
             and
             propagating
             the
             Gospel
             ,
             was
             not
             in
             
             the
             hearts
             of
             very
             many
             in
             this
             Enterprise
             ;
             &
             he
             that
             seeth
             in
             secret
             ,
             and
             rewardeth
             openly
             ,
             knows
             what
             prayers
             &
             tears
             have
             been
             poured
             out
             to
             God
             by
             many
             alone
             ,
             and
             in
             dayes
             of
             Fasting
             and
             Prayer
             of
             Gods
             servants
             together
             ,
             for
             his
             counsel
             ,
             direction
             ,
             assistance
             ,
             blessing
             in
             this
             work
             :
             How
             many
             longings
             and
             pantings
             of
             heart
             have
             been
             in
             many
             after
             the
             Lord
             Jesus
             ,
             to
             see
             his
             goings
             in
             his
             Sanctuary
             ,
             as
             the
             one
             thing
             their
             Souls
             desired
             and
             requested
             of
             God
             ,
             that
             they
             might
             dwell
             in
             his
             house
             for
             ever
             ;
             the
             fruit
             of
             which
             prayers
             and
             desires
             this
             liberty
             of
             
               New
               England
            
             hath
             been
             taken
             to
             be
             ,
             and
             thankfully
             received
             from
             God.
             Yea
             ,
             how
             many
             serious
             consultations
             with
             one
             another
             ,
             &
             with
             the
             faithful
             Ministers
             ,
             and
             other
             eminent
             servants
             of
             Christ
             ,
             have
             been
             taken
             about
             this
             work
             ,
             is
             not
             unknown
             to
             some
             ;
             which
             clears
             us
             from
             any
             rash
             heady
             rushing
             into
             this
             place
             ,
             out
             of
             discontent
             ,
             as
             many
             are
             ready
             to
             conceive
             .
             We
             will
             here
             say
             nothing
             of
             the
             persons
             whose
             hearts
             the
             Lord
             stirred
             up
             in
             this
             business
             ;
             surely
             all
             were
             not
             rash
             ,
             weak
             spirited
             ,
             inconsiderate
             of
             what
             they
             lest
             behind
             ,
             or
             of
             what
             it
             was
             to
             go
             into
             a
             Wilderness
             .
             But
             if
             it
             were
             well
             known
             and
             considered
             ,
             or
             if
             we
             were
             able
             to
             express
             and
             recount
             the
             singular
             workings
             of
             divine
             Providence
             ,
             for
             the
             bringing
             on
             of
             this
             Work
             ,
             to
             what
             it
             is
             come
             unto
             ,
             it
             would
             stop
             the
             mouths
             of
             all
             that
             have
             not
             an
             
             heart
             to
             accuse
             and
             blaspheme
             the
             Goodness
             of
             God
             in
             his
             glorious
             Works
             .
             Whatever
             many
             may
             say
             or
             think
             ,
             we
             believe
             after-times
             will
             admire
             and
             adore
             the
             Lord
             herein
             ,
             when
             all
             his
             holy
             Ends
             ,
             and
             the
             wayes
             he
             hath
             used
             to
             bring
             them
             about
             ,
             shall
             appear
             .
             Look
             from
             one
             end
             of
             the
             heaven
             to
             another
             ,
             whether
             the
             Lord
             hath
             assayed
             to
             do
             such
             a
             Work
             as
             this
             in
             any
             Nation
             ,
             so
             to
             carry
             out
             a
             people
             of
             his
             own
             from
             so
             flourishing
             a
             State
             ,
             to
             a
             wilderness
             so
             far
             distant
             ,
             for
             such
             ends
             ,
             and
             for
             such
             a
             Work
             :
             Yea
             ,
             and
             in
             few
             years
             hath
             done
             for
             them
             ,
             as
             he
             hath
             here
             done
             for
             his
             poor
             despised
             people
             .
             When
             we
             look
             back
             and
             consider
             what
             a
             strange
             poise
             of
             spirit
             the
             Lord
             hath
             laid
             upon
             many
             of
             our
             hearts
             ,
             we
             cannot
             but
             wonder
             at
             our selves
             ,
             that
             so
             many
             ,
             and
             some
             so
             weak
             and
             tender
             ,
             with
             such
             cheerfulness
             and
             constant
             resolutions
             against
             so
             many
             perswasions
             of
             friends
             ,
             discouragements
             from
             the
             ill
             report
             of
             this
             Country
             ,
             the
             straits
             ,
             wants
             and
             tryals
             of
             Gods
             people
             in
             it
             ,
             
               &c.
            
             yet
             should
             leave
             our
             accommodations
             &
             comforts
             ,
             should
             forsake
             our
             dearest
             Relations
             ,
             Parents
             ,
             Brethren
             ,
             Sisters
             ,
             Christian
             friends
             ,
             and
             Acquaintances
             ;
             overlook
             all
             the
             dangers
             and
             difficulties
             of
             the
             vast
             Seas
             ,
             the
             thought
             whereof
             was
             a
             terrour
             to
             many
             ;
             and
             all
             this
             to
             go
             to
             a
             Wilderness
             ,
             where
             we
             could
             forecast
             nothing
             but
             care
             and
             temptations
             ;
             onely
             in
             hopes
             of
             enjoying
             Christ
             in
             
             his
             Ordinances
             ,
             in
             the
             fellowship
             of
             his
             people
             .
             Was
             this
             from
             a
             stupid
             senslesness
             or
             desperate
             carelesness
             what
             became
             of
             us
             or
             ours
             ?
             or
             want
             of
             natural
             affections
             to
             our
             dear
             Country
             ,
             or
             nearest
             Relations
             ?
             No
             surely
             .
             With
             what
             bowels
             of
             compassion
             to
             our
             dear
             Country
             ;
             with
             what
             heart-breaking
             affections
             ,
             to
             our
             dear
             Relations
             ,
             and
             Christian
             friends
             many
             of
             us
             ,
             at
             least
             ,
             came
             away
             ,
             the
             Lord
             is
             witness
             .
             What
             shall
             we
             say
             of
             the
             singular
             Providence
             of
             God
             bringing
             so
             many
             Ship-loads
             of
             his
             people
             ,
             through
             so
             many
             dangers
             ,
             as
             upon
             Eagles
             wings
             ,
             with
             so
             much
             safety
             from
             year
             to
             year
             ?
             The
             fatherly
             care
             of
             our
             God
             in
             feeding
             and
             cloathing
             so
             many
             in
             a
             Wilderness
             ,
             giving
             such
             healthfulness
             and
             great
             increase
             of
             posterity
             ?
             What
             shall
             we
             say
             of
             the
             Work
             it self
             of
             the
             kingdom
             of
             Christ
             ?
             and
             the
             form
             of
             a
             Common
             wealth
             erected
             in
             a
             Wilderness
             ,
             and
             in
             so
             few
             years
             brought
             to
             that
             state
             ,
             that
             scarce
             the
             like
             can
             be
             seen
             in
             any
             of
             our
             English
             Colonies
             in
             the
             richest
             places
             of
             this
             
               America
               ,
            
             after
             many
             more
             years
             standing
             ?
             That
             the
             Lord
             hath
             carryed
             the
             spirits
             of
             so
             many
             of
             his
             people
             through
             all
             their
             toylsome
             labour
             ,
             wants
             ,
             difficulties
             ,
             losses
             ,
             
               &c.
            
             with
             such
             a
             measure
             of
             chearfulness
             and
             contentation
             ?
             But
             above
             all
             we
             must
             acknowledge
             the
             singular
             pitty
             and
             mercies
             of
             our
             God
             ,
             that
             hath
             done
             all
             this
             and
             
             much
             more
             for
             a
             people
             so
             unworthy
             ,
             so
             sinful
             ,
             that
             by
             murmurings
             of
             many
             ,
             unfaithfulness
             in
             promises
             ,
             oppressions
             ,
             and
             other
             evils
             which
             are
             found
             among
             us
             ,
             have
             so
             dishonoured
             his
             Majesty
             ,
             exposed
             his
             work
             here
             to
             much
             scandal
             and
             obloquie
             ,
             for
             which
             we
             have
             cause
             for
             ever
             to
             be
             ashamed
             ,
             that
             the
             Lord
             should
             yet
             own
             us
             ,
             and
             rather
             correct
             us
             in
             mercy
             ,
             then
             cast
             us
             off
             in
             displeasure
             ,
             and
             scatter
             us
             in
             this
             Wilderness
             ,
             which
             gives
             us
             cause
             with
             
               Mich.
            
             7.
             to
             say
             ,
             
               Who
               is
               a
               God
               like
               our
               God
               ,
               that
               pardoneth
               iniquities
               ,
               and
               posseth
               by
               the
               transgressions
               of
               the
               remnant
               of
               his
               heritage
               ;
               even
               because
               he
               delighteth
               in
               mercy
               ?
            
             Tho'
             we
             be
             a
             people
             of
             many
             weaknesses
             &
             wants
             ,
             yet
             we
             acknowledge
             our
             God
             to
             have
             been
             to
             us
             a
             God
             of
             many
             mercies
             ,
             in
             respect
             of
             that
             sweet
             peace
             which
             he
             hath
             taken
             away
             from
             so
             many
             Nations
             ,
             yet
             continuing
             the
             same
             to
             us
             ;
             in
             respect
             also
             of
             that
             liberty
             we
             have
             in
             Gods
             house
             ,
             the
             blessed
             Ministry
             of
             the
             Word
             ,
             the
             sweet
             unity
             and
             communion
             of
             Gods
             Churches
             and
             Ministers
             ,
             increase
             &
             multiplication
             of
             Churches
             ,
             Christian
             Government
             in
             the
             Common-wealth
             ,
             and
             many
             other
             mercies
             we
             enjoy
             ;
             but
             especially
             the
             gracious
             presence
             of
             Christ
             to
             many
             of
             our
             Souls
             in
             all
             these
             .
             But
             we
             will
             not
             insist
             much
             upon
             this
             subject
             ,
             being
             perswaded
             it
             is
             in
             the
             Consciences
             and
             Hearts
             of
             many
             of
             
             our
             dear
             Country-men
             to
             think
             that
             we
             should
             be
             an
             object
             of
             love
             and
             tenderness
             to
             that
             State
             and
             People
             ,
             by
             whose
             Laws
             and
             unkind
             usages
             we
             were
             driven
             out
             into
             a
             Wilderness
             ;
             rather
             then
             to
             be
             judged
             as
             desertors
             of
             our
             Brethren
             ,
             and
             the
             Cause
             of
             Christ
             in
             hand
             :
             with-whom
             (
             excuse
             us
             if
             we
             now
             speak
             plainly
             )
             it
             had
             been
             far
             more
             easie
             unto
             many
             of
             us
             to
             have
             suffered
             ,
             then
             to
             have
             adventured
             hither
             upon
             the
             Wilderness
             sorrows
             we
             expected
             to
             have
             met
             withal
             ;
             though
             we
             must
             confess
             the
             Lord
             hath
             sweetned
             it
             beyond
             our
             thoughts
             ,
             and
             utmost
             expectations
             of
             prudent
             men
             .
             
               &c.
               &c.
               
            
          
           
             
               
                 From
                 New-England
                 ,
              
               
                 November
                 28.
                 1645.
                 
              
            
             
               IOHN
               ALLIN
               .
               THO.
               SHEPARD
               .
            
          
        
         
           
           
             In
             Domini
             
               Nortoni
            
             Librum
             ,
             ad
             Lectorem
             Praefatio
             Apologetica
             .
          
           
             
               GRAVIS
               ea
               quidem
               Calumnia
               est
               ,
               et
               c●ndore
               spiritus
               Christiani
               indigna
               admodum
               ,
               Fratres
               sive
               〈◊〉
            
             Belgio
             
               reduces
               ,
               sive
               in
               nova
            
             Anglia
             
               exulantes
               ,
               Rerum
            
             Anglicarum
             
               ruinam
               praesentiscentes
               ;
               tanquam
               sorices
               e
               domo
               labante
               ,
               aufugisse
               ,
               ut
               saluti
               quidem
               suae
               provide
               prospicerent
               ;
               communis
               autem
               causae
               Reformationis
               patrocinium
               ,
               perfide
               desererent
               .
               Non
               sic
               olim
               vitio
               vertebatur
            
             Eliae
             ,
             
               qui
               prae
               metu
            
             Jezebelis
             ,
             
               in
               desertum
               aufugisse
               fertur
               ,
            
             1
             Reg
             19.
             
             
               Nec
               piis
               illis
               Confessoribus
               ,
               qui
               in
            
             Mariana
             
               tempestate
               ,
               in
               exteras
               Regiones
               se
               receperunt
               ;
               sive
               in
            
             Germaniam
             ,
             
               sive
            
             Genevam
             .
             
               Et
               illi
               quidem
               se
               subduxerunt
               ,
               cum
               per
               id
               tempus
               libera
               ipsis
               (
               si
               restitissent
               )
               restaret
               copia
               ,
               amplum
               satis
               et
               luculentum
               Testimonium
               perhibendi
               Veritati
               ;
               cum
               Disputationibus
               publicis
               ,
               tum
               Confessionibus
               :
               idque
               non
               solum
               coram
               frequenti
               Iudicum
               consessu
               ,
               ut
               rederentur
               in
               excusabiles
               ;
               sed
               etiam
               coram
               universo
               populi
               circum
               stipantis
               coetu
               ;
               qui
               perspecta
               fratrum
               invicta
               fide
               &
               patientia
               ,
               redderentur
               ipsi
               quoque
               constantes
               in
               fide
               ,
               invicti
               ,
               inexpugnabiles
               .
               Et
               tamen
               discesserunt
               viri
               isti
               boni
               ,
               bona
               fratrum
               cum
               venia
               :
               Venia
               ?
               imo
               &
               gratia
               :
               neque
               omnino
               vel
               ut
               desertores
               fratrum
               ,
               vel
               ut
               proditores
               Causae
               ,
               eo
               nomine
               male
               audiebant
               .
               At
               nobiscum
               nuperis
               bisce
               diebus
               ,
               longe
               iniquius
               actum
               fuisse
               ,
               nemo
               est
               tam
               bardus
               ,
               qui
               non
               intelligat
               ,
               nemo
            
             
             
               ingenuus
               rerum
               aestimator
               ,
               qui
               non
               agnoscat
               .
               Si
               quispiam
               nostrum
               coram
               Tribunali
               compareret
               ,
               protinus
               affantur
               ,
               Heus
               tu
               ,
               num
               juramentum
               ,
               quod
               ex
               officio
               tibi
               imponimus
               ,
               capescere
               lubeat
               ?
               Si
               capias
               ,
               mille
               nocendi
               artes
               ,
               et
               certa
               necessitas
               ,
               &
               temetipsum
               ,
               et
               fratres
               cum
               accusandi
               ,
               tum
               prodendi
               in
               inextricabiles
               legulejorum
               malignantium
               labyrinthos
               .
               Sin
               juramentum
               recuses
               ,
               apage
               illico
               ad
               carceres
               ;
               nulla
               amplius
               restat
               Libertas
               ,
               vel
               disputandi
               ,
               vel
               confitendi
               ,
               sed
               tantum
               dura
               necessitas
               in
               perpetuo
               squallidi
               et
               umbrosi
               carceris
               silentio
               contabescendi
               Quum
               igitur
               ita
               se
               res
               haberet
               ,
               ut
               nobis
               aut
               in
               carcere
               inutiliter
               pereundum
               ,
               aut
               solum
               vertendum
               ,
               Christo
               duce
               ,
               sols
               vertendi
               consilium
               inibamus
               ,
               cum
               nos
               inter
               nos
               ,
               tum
               vocatis
               in
               consilium
               fratribus
               .
               Fratres
               autem
               illi
               quos
               consuluisse
               visum
               erat
               ,
               non
               erant
               illi
               quidem
               viri
               leves
               (
               invisa
               et
               cassa
               capita
               )
               sed
               viri
               Dei
               ,
               tum
               pietate
               ,
               tum
               sancta
               prudentia
               spectatissimi
               .
               Illi
               autem
               pro
               ea
               qua
               pollebant
               ,
               sapientia
               ,
               perpensis
               omnibus
               (
               quae
               ad
               tam
               arduum
               negotium
               spectabant
               )
               rerum
               momentis
               ,
               judicabant
               ,
               potuisse
               nos
               Testimonium
               amplius
               longe
               et
               luculentius
               causae
               Christi
               praebere
               ,
               partim
               libera
               praedicatione
               verbi
               ,
               partim
               viva
               praxi
               Ecclesiasticae
               Disciplinae
               ,
               in
               caeteris
               Regionibus
               ,
               quam
            
             Londini
             
               in
               arctis
               tetrisque
               careeribus
               ,
               ubi
               nec
               librorum
               ,
               nec
               calamorum
               ,
               nec
               amicorum
               ,
               nec
               conscionum
               copia
               concederetur
               .
            
          
           
             
               Iuvet
               praeterea
               meminisse
               ,
               consuluisse
               nos
               etiam
               privatos
               quam
               plurimos
               viros
               ,
               eosque
               syncerae
               pietatis
            
             
             
               professions
               conspicuos
               ,
               qui
               in
               Ecclesiis
               istis
               degebant
               ,
               quorum
               nobis
               cura
               impendebat
               ,
               et
               qui
               ipsi
               maxime
               pendebant
               a
               ministerio
               nostro
               .
               Et
               horans
               quidem
               pars
               ,
               qui
               libertati
               conscientiae
               ,
               et
               puritati
               cultus
               impensius
               studebant
               ,
               tantopere
               probarunt
               consilii
               nostri
               de
               discessu
               rationem
               ,
               ut
               ultro
               sese
               offerrent
               Comites
               Itineris
               ,
               etiam
               in
               Ultimas
               orbis
               terrarum
               oras
               ,
               si
               Dominus
               viam
               aperuerit
               .
               Pars
               autem
               altera
               ,
               qui
               propendebant
               magis
               ,
               licet
               non
               approbationi
               ,
               tamen
               tolerationi
               adinventionum
               humanarum
               ,
               hi
               etiam
               consilium
               nostrum
               de
               discessis
               probarunt
               ,
               ut
               pote
               cum
               nobis
               ,
               tum
               paci
               Ecclesiae
               apprime
               pernecessarium
               :
               tametsi
               consultius
               se
               facturos
               autumarent
               ,
               si
               libertatem
               pacemque
               suam
               ,
               succumbendo
               oneri
               ,
               sive
               subscriptionis
               (
               ut
               loquuntur
               )
               sive
               conformitatis
               ,
               ipsi
               redimerent
               .
               Sic
               bona
               cum
               venia
               ,
               imo
               et
               gratia
               ,
               discessum
               est
               invicem
               ,
               non
               sine
               multis
               utrinque
               gemitibus
               ,
               suspiriis
               ,
               lachrymis
               inter
               amplexandum
               ,
               et
               valedicendum
               .
            
          
           
             
               In
               istas
               autem
               (
               bono
               cum
               Deo
               )
               cum
               appulimus
               oras
               ,
               &
               sine
               cujusquam
               offensa
               laeti
               frueremur
               (
               pro
               summae
               Dei
               op
               .
               max.
               benignitate
               )
               ea
               conscientiarum
               libertate
               ,
               et
               institutionum
               Christi
               puritate
               ,
               quam
               animitus
               quaerebamus
               ,
               haud
               ita
               multo
               post
               ,
               ex
               praxi
               Ecclesiasticae
               politeias
               ,
               quam
               hic
               exercere
               caepimus
               ,
               hoc
               inprimis
               experts
               sumus
               ,
               posse
               Ecclesiasticam
               politeiam
               ,
               cum
               politeia
               civili
               optime
               consistere
               ,
               et
               tanquam
               Hippocratis
               gemellos
               ,
               et
               ridere
               simul
               et
               simul
               flere
               .
               Atque
               hoc
               non
               leve
               Testimonium
               viris
               prudentibus
               visum
               est
               ,
               posse
               eam
               ,
               quam
               profitemur
            
             
             
               disciplinam
               ,
               publica
               authoritate
               stabiliri
               ,
               tum
               sine
               nota
               Schismatis
               in
               Ecclesia
               ,
               tum
               sine
               periculo
               Seditionis
               in
               Republica
               .
               Atque
               hinc
               etiam
               obstaculum
               aliud
               ,
               quod
               subinde
               in
               publicis
               Regni
            
             Anglicani
             
               Comitiis
               ,
               adversus
               purioris
               disciplinae
               zelotas
               objici
               solebat
               ,
               facile
               amovebatur
               .
               Oggerebant
               siquidem
               viri
               ,
               civili
               prudentia
               haud
               incelebres
               ,
               fieri
               non
               posse
               ,
               ut
               zelotae
               isti
               in
               unam
               Ecclesiasticae
               Politeias
               formam
               (
               ne
               si
               optio
               quidem
               daretur
               )
               communi
               inter
               se
               consensu
               ,
               unquam
               conspirare
               velint
               .
               Objectaculum
               (
               inquam
               )
               hoc
               ,
               experientia
               teste
               ,
               apud
               nos
               ,
               nullo
               negotio
               amotum
               est
               .
               Concordes
               etenim
               (
               pro
               eximia
               Iesu
               Christi
               gratia
               )
               in
               unam
               eandemque
               Ecclesiastici
               Regiminis
               formam
               ,
               sine
               vi
               ,
               sine
               strepitu
               ,
               sine
               tumultu
               ,
               tacito
               omnium
               consensu
               ,
               extemplo
               coaluimus
               .
            
          
           
             
               Posteaquam
               autem
               Domini
               Iesu
               praestitutum
               tempus
               advenit
               ,
               quo
               misereretur
               Zionis
               ,
               in
            
             Anglia
             
               vestra
               paritur
               ac
               nostra
               ,
               et
               supremo
               ordinum
               Regni
               consessui
               visum
               est
               ,
               summos
               Theologos
               ,
               eruditione
               simul
               ac
               pietate
               insignes
               ,
               ex
               utroque
               Regno
               convocare
               ,
               ut
               communi
               consilio
               de
               Religione
               reformanda
               disquirerent
               ,
               et
               verae
               Doctrinoe
            
             (
             UPOTUPOSIN
             ,
             )
             
               purum
               cultus
               divini
               exemplar
               ,
               et
               sacram
               ecclesiastici
               regiminis
               formam
               ,
               ex
               scripturarum
               fontibus
               adornarent
               ;
               Nos
               etiam
               haud
               cunctandum
               rati
               ,
               scriptae
               quaedam
               nostra
               (
               de
               foedere
               ecclesiastico
               ,
               de
               quaestionibus
               in
               Disciplina
               controversis
               ,
               de
               clavibus
               Regni
               Coelorum
               ,
               de
               praescriptarum
               precum
            
             (
             ANOMALIA
             )
             
               tenuia
               haec
               quidem
               omnia
               ,
               et
               levidensia
               ,
               sed
               tamen
            
             
             
               modulo
               nostro
               et
               pietatis
               erga
               patriam
               ,
               et
               studii
               erga
               veritatem
               ,
               et
               debi●ae
               objervantiae
               erga
               ecclesias
            
             Anglicanas
             ,
             
               certa
               pignora
               (
               ut
               olim
               vidua
               minutula
               sua
               )
               in
               aerartum
               Domini
               Iesu
               contulimus
               .
            
          
           
             
               Cum
               autem
               haec
               qualiacunque
               fuerint
               videremus
               in
               controversiam
               rapi
               ,
               etiam
               a
               fratribus
               eximia
               pietate
               ,
               atque
               eruditione
               ornatissimis
               ,
               non
               id
               quidem
               aegre
               aut
               indigne
               tulimus
               .
               Nam
               quinam
               ,
               obsecro
               ,
               nos
               sumus
               ,
               viri
               incircumcisi
               labiis
               ,
               incircumcisi
               c●rde
               ,
               ut
               summos
               viros
               ad
               nostrum
               captum
               sapere
               speremus
               ?
               Veruntamen
               quia
               veritas
               et
               instituta
               Domini
               Iesu
               sacrosancta
               sunt
               ,
               neque
               patitur
               ipse
               vel
               unum
            
             (
             IOTA
             )
             
               aut
               apicem
               legis
               suae
               ,
               nedum
               Evangelii
               Regnique
               Christi
               leges
               perire
               ,
               ecce
               excitavit
               Dominus
               Iesus
               (
               qui
               et
               ipse
               est
               et
               lux
               et
               veritas
               )
               Presbyteros
               multos
               e
               nostris
               (
               stellas
               eas
               quidem
               splendidas
               in
               Ecclesiarum
               nostrarum
               candelabris
               )
               qui
               veritati
               laboranti
               ●●ppetitas
               ferrent
               ,
               et
               nebulas
               luci
               obductas
               studiose
               dispellerent
               .
               Inter
               hos
               Agmen
               ducit
            
             H●okerus
             ,
             
               qui
               non
               solum
               dominatur
               in
               conscionibus
               gratia
               spiritus
               sancti
               et
               virtute
               plenos
               ,
               sed
               etiam
               (
               prout
               est
               vir
               solertis
               ingenii
               ,
               atque
               accerrimi
               judiorii
               )
               causam
               Ecclesiasticae
               disciplinae
               disputavit
               acutissime
               ,
               et
               pertractavit
               (
               quantum
               ego
               quidem
               judico
               )
               accuratissime
               .
            
             Davenportus
             ,
             
               pro
               co
               ,
               quo
               pollet
               ,
               Iudicio
               ,
               eruditione
               ,
               et
               singulari
               prudentia
               ,
               defensionem
               non
               sui
               tantum
               ,
               sed
               disciplinae
               Christi
               adversus
               dominum
               Pagettum
               instituit
               ,
               justam
               ,
               solidam
               ,
               eruditam
               .
               Quinetiam
               ,
               pro
               egregia
               ea
               ,
               qua
               in
               grege
               Christi
               curando
               pollet
               vigilantia
               ,
               ut
               errantem
               gregis
            
             
             
               sui
               oviculam
               ,
               quae
               in
               aridis
               Anabaptistarum
               puteis
               submersa
               fuerat
               ,
               sublevaret
               ,
               vivificam
               Christi
               sanguinis
               ,
               spiritusque
               virtutem
               ,
               ex
               pernni
               gratuiti
               foederis
               sonte
               scaturientem
               et
               in
               paedobaptismi
               fluentis
               largiter
               decurrentem
               ,
               graphice
               delineavit
               .
            
          
           
             Maderus
             ,
             
               ut
               aetate
               ,
               ita
               judicio
               ,
               et
               industria
               proximus
               ,
               vir
               morum
               gravitate
               ,
               et
               vitae
               integritate
               conspicuus
               ,
               potens
               in
               sermone
               Evangelii
               ,
               et
               strenuus
               veritatis
               assertor
               ,
               praeter
               ea
               quae
               superioribus
               annis
               edidit
               ,
               firma
               et
               inconcussa
               potestatis
               ecclesiasticae
               propugnacula
               ,
               operam
               hoc
               anno
               tempestivam
               impendit
               ,
               ut
               maculas
               et
               sordes
               ,
               quas
               in
               faciem
               ecclesiarum
               nostrarum
               frater
               bonus
               ille
               quidem
               ,
               sed
               male
               feriatus
               aspersit
               ,
               abstergeret
               .
               Quin
               et
               illud
               insuper
               (
               aucterit
               loco
               )
               adjecit
               viam
               ecclesiarum
               nostrarum
               ,
               quam
               a
               viris
               magnis
               (
               eximia
               eruditione
               ,
               &
               pietate
               clarissimis
               )
               exagitari
               ,
               interturbari
               cernebat
               ,
               disjectis
               aggeribus
               ,
               atque
               impedimentis
               amotis
               ,
               divina
               spiritus
               sancti
               op●
               ,
               solida
               ,
               et
               solita
               dexteritate
               complanavit
               .
            
             Sepharedus
             
               (
               qui
               vernaculo
               Idiomate
            
             Shepardus
             )
             
               una
               cum
            
             Allinio
             
               fratre
               (
               fratrum
               dulce
               par
               )
               uti
               eximia
               pietate
               florent
               ambo
               ,
               et
               eruditione
               non
               mediocri
               ,
               atque
               etiam
               mysteriorum
               pietatis
               proedicatione
               (
               per
               Christi
               gratiam
               )
               efficaci
               admodum
               ,
               ita
               egregiam
               navarunt
               operam
               in
               abstrusissimis
               disciplinae
               nodis
               faeliciter
               enodandis
               :
               et
               dum
               responsum
               parant
               ,
               atque
               nunc
               etiam
               edunt
               Domino
            
             Baleo
             ,
             
               non
               illi
               quidem
               satisfactum
               eunt
               (
               qui
               satis
               jam
               aperte
               videt
               in
               beatifica
               Agni
               visione
               ,
               introitus
               omnes
               atque
               exitus
               ,
               formas
               et
               leges
               coelestis
            
             Hierusalem
             )
             
             
               sed
               iis
               omnibus
               ,
               qui
               per
               universam
            
             Britanniam
             
               in
               ecclesius
               Christi
               peregrinantur
               ,
               et
               rei
               disciplinariae
               studiosius
               animum
               appulerunt
               .
               Verba
               borum
               fratrum
               uti
               suaviter
               spirant
               pietatem
               ,
               veritatem
               ,
               charitatem
               Christi
               :
               ita
               speramus
               fort
               (
               per
               Christi
               gratiam
               )
               ut
               multi
               qui
               a
               disciplina
               Christi
               alieniores
               erant
               ,
               odore
               borum
               unguentorum
               Christi
               effusorum
               delibati
               atque
               delincti
               ,
               ad
               amorem
               ejus
               &
               pellecti
               ,
               &
               pertracti
               ,
               eam
               avidius
               arripiant
               ,
               atque
               amplexentur
               .
            
          
           
             
               Proximus
               ab
               his
               (
               sed
               cum
               primis
               annumerandus
               )
            
             Nortonus
             
               hic
               est
               ,
               quem
               in
               manibus
               habemus
               ,
               vir
               et
               ingenii
               acumine
               ,
               Iudicii
               gravitate
               ,
               morum
               suavitate
               insignis
               ,
               et
               (
               quod
               caput
               est
               )
               gratiae
               Christi
               cum
               solertissimus
               indagator
               ,
               tum
               buccinator
               fidelissimus
               .
               Is
               fratrum
               regatu
               (
               quemadmodum
               et
               reliqui
               )
               pensum
               hoc
               suum
               et
               suscepit
               (
               non
               sine
               modesta
               sui
               abnegatione
               )
               et
               confecit
               non
               sine
               divina
               gratiae
               affluentia
               .
               Placuit
               clarissimo
               viro
               ,
               Domino
            
             Apollonio
             ,
             
               quaestiones
               quam
               plurimas
               de
               Ecclesiastica
               disciplina
               ,
               sicut
               ex
               nonnullorum
               beterogeneorum
               libris
               ,
               sic
               inter
               alios
               Orthodoxos
               ,
               ex
               sanctissimi
            
             Baynesii
             
               examine
               ,
               ex
               placidissima
               pienissimaque
               Septemvirum
               Apologia
               ,
               atque
               etiam
               ex
               nostrorum
            
             Nova-Anglorum
             
               scriptiunculis
               ,
               quasi
               in
               fasciculum
               colligere
               ,
               et
               percontari
               insuper
               a
               fratribus
               illis
               ,
               num
               conclusiones
               istas
               ,
               tanquam
               suas
               agnoscerent
               .
               Candide
               hoc
               quidem
               ac
               pie
               ,
               atque
               adeo
               prudenter
               factum
               ,
               ne
               dum
               ipsorum
               dogmata
               conv●●●●●re
               in
               animo
               haberet
               ,
               quioquam
               ipsis
               per
               imprudentiam
               affingeret
               ,
               quod
               ipst
            
             
             
               non
               ut
               suum
               agnoscerent
               .
               Hac
               perquisitione
               charissimi
               Fratris
               ,
               nos
               quoque
               monitt
               atque
               expergefacti
               ,
               facile
               persensimus
               ,
               causam
               non
               solum
               Septemvirorum
               Fratrum
               ,
               sed
               et
               nostrum
               agi
               ,
               nec
               nostrum
               solum
               ,
               sed
               (
               quod
               multo
               maximum
               est
               )
               Domini
               nostri
               (
               pariter
               ac
               vestri
               )
               Iesu
               Christs
               .
               Visum
               est
               atque
               nobis
               ,
               id
               muneris
               Domino
            
             Nortono
             
               serio
               commendare
               ,
               ut
               non
               gravaretur
               sententiam
               nostram
               (
               simul
               ac
               Christi
               )
               super
               quaestionibus
               istis
               explicare
               ,
               ne
               quid
               non
               nostrum
               ,
               ut
               nostrum
               ,
               nobis
               quoque
               (
               in
               praejudicium
               Causae
               Christi
               )
               affingeretur
               .
               Praestitit
            
             SUN
             THEO
             
               quod
               petiimus
               ,
               in
               hac
               quam
               in
               manibus
               habes
               Diatribe
               :
               ubi
               dextre
               ,
               dilucide
               ,
               distincte
               ,
               succincte
               ,
               nervose
               denique
               pertractavit
               capit
               a
               singula
               ,
               et
               ad
               mentem
               nostram
               ,
               si
               non
               omnia
               ,
               saltem
               pleraque
               accommodatissime
               .
               Ingenue
               fateor
               (
               neq●
               enim
               dissiteri
               debeo
               )
               nec
               meipsum
               ,
               nec
               Fratres
               etiam
               (
               quos
               dixi
               )
               alies
               ,
               idem
               plane
               omnes
               per
               omnia
               sentire
               ,
               de
               praescriptarum
               precum
               omnimoda
            
             A
             NOMALIA
             ,
             
               de
               statis
               Ministrorum
               stipendiis
               ,
               de
               apicibus
               quarundam
               notionum
               circa
               primum
               subjectum
               ecclesiasticae
               potestatis
               ,
               et
               discrimen
               foederis
               gratiae
               et
               ecclesiae
               ,
               et
               siqua
               sunt
               bujusmodi
               .
               Sed
               cum
               de
               rebus
               ipsis
               ,
               rerumque
               praxi
               inter
               omnes
               satis
               constet
               ,
               profecto
               a
               Deo
               edecti
               sumus
               ,
               non
               solum
               placide
               ferre
               aliud
               de
               istis
               rerum
               apicibus
               sentientes
               ,
               sed
               etiam
               medullitus
               amplexari
               Fratres
               in
               Christo
               dilectissimos
               ,
               qui
               opus
               Domini
               operantur
               ,
               sicut
               et
               nos
               .
            
          
           
             
               Quod
               autem
            
             Latino
             
               Idiomate
               scripsit
               ,
               consulto
               id
               quidem
               factum
               est
               ,
               ut
               et
               Domino
            
             Apollonio
             
               sine
            
             
             
               Interprete
               innotesceret
               ;
               et
               controversa
               capita
               transmorinis
               Ecclesiis
               ,
               in
               examen
               venirent
               .
               Verba
               authoris
               non
               tam
               diserta
               sunt
               quam
               fortia
               ;
               ut
               qui
               controversias
               scriberet
               ,
               non
               declamationes
               .
            
             Paulus
             
               ipse
               non
               affectavit
               sapientiam
               sermonis
               ;
               sed
               sermonem
               saepientiae
               .
               Nemo
               despiciat
               sermones
               ,
               utcunque
               incultos
               ,
               fratrum
               exulum
               ,
               abjectorum
               ,
               longe
               terra
               marique
               dissitorum
               ,
               etiam
               ex
               eremo
               vociferantium
               ;
               dummodo
               constiterit
               vere
               dici
               posse
               de
               hisce
               ftatribus
               (
               quod
            
             Josaphatus
             
               olim
               de
            
             Elisha
             
               dixerat
               in
               eremo
            
             Idumaeo
             
               peregrinanti
               )
               Verbum
               Domini
               cum
               ipsis
               esse
               .
               Narrat
            
             Johannes
             
               (
               dilectus
               ille
               a
               Christo
               discipulus
               )
               semetipsum
               in
               eremum
               asportatum
               fuisse
               ,
               ut
               clarius
               perspiceret
               ,
               non
               modo
               magnae
               meretricis
               judicium
               ,
               sed
               etiam
               castissimae
               Christi
               sponsae
               ,
            
             Novae
             Jerusalem
             
               de
               Caelo
               descensum
               ,
            
             Apoc.
             17.
             1
             ,
             3.
             
               &
               cap.
            
             21.
             2.
             
          
           
             
               Quod
               si
               quispiam
               hic
               oggerat
               ,
               Fratres
               ●●sce
               omnes
               ,
               omnium
               pessime
               de
               ecclesiis
               Christi
               mereri
               ;
               ut
               qui
               praecipue
               (
               una
               cum
               Fratribus
               apologeticis
               )
               Refermationem
               institutam
               retardare
               ,
               at
               pro
               virili
               interturbare
               moliuntur
               :
               quippe
               si
               per
               ipsos
               non
               stetisset
               ,
               presbyteri
               reliqui
               omnes
               omnino
               per
               universam
            
             Angliam
             ,
             
               in
               unam
               regiminis
               presbyterialis
               formam
               conspirassint
               :
               Adeo
               ut
               fratres
               hii
               quos
               excusare
               cupis
               a
               crimine
               desertionis
               causae
               Reformationis
               ;
               revera
               non
               modo
               desertores
               ,
               sed
               et
               proditores
               ,
               et
               publicae
               pacis
               bostes
               ,
               jure
               merito
               male
               audient
               ,
               male
               plectentur
               .
            
          
           
             
               Hem
               spiritum
               ,
               partium
               studio
               plus
               nimio
               abreptum
               et
               occaecatum
               !
               Piget
               et
               pungit
               ,
               dolet
               et
               angit
               ,
               meminisse
               ,
               binas
               istas
               regiminis
               ecclesiastici
               form●●
               tanta
            
             
             
               animorum
               comentione
               ,
               tauta
               calamorum
               am●●●lentia
               peragi
               ,
               et
               promoveri
               ;
               aosi
               de
               summa
               Rei
               christianae
               ,
               adversus
               infensissimos
               Christiani
               nominit
               hostes
               ,
               certamen
               cerneretur
               .
               Sicc●●e
               in
               Dominum
               Iesum
               ingratos
               nos
               esse
               deceat
               ;
               ut
               confracto
               ,
               per
               divitem
               Ipsius
               gratiam
               ,
               jugo
               hierarchico
               ,
               et
               amoto
            
             Philisteo
             
               adinventionum
               humanarum
               plaustra
               ;
               cum
               par
               erat
               ,
               omnes
               conticum
               Agni
               et
            
             Mosis
             ,
             
               latis
               et
               gratis
               animis
               vocibusque
               cantare
               ;
               nos
               interea
               in
               mutuas
               discordias
               ,
               et
               vasta
               animorum
               ,
               et
               calamorum
               divortia
               (
               quasi
               dis-diapason
               )
               discinderemur
               ?
               Tantaene
               animis
               coelestibus
               Irae
               ?
               Nunquid
               aequum
               erat
               ,
               duplam
               spiritus
               episcopalis
               portionem
               super
               capita
               fratrum
               com-presbyterorum
               residere
               ?
               Dispicite
               (
               per
               viscera
               Domini
               Iesu
               ,
               dispicite
               ,
               obsecro
               ,
               et
               obtestor
               )
               quid
               illud
               est
               ,
               de
               quo
               tantopere
               digladiamini
               ?
               Regimen
               ecclesiasticum
               non
            
             Dominum
             
               est
               sed
            
             Ministerium
             .
             
               Digladientur
               reges
               terrae
               de
               dominijs
               suis
               ,
               &
               de
               jurisdictienum
               suarum
               finibus
               ,
               et
               latifundijs
               ;
               at
               inter
               ministros
               Domini
               Iesu
               ,
               maximus
               is
               est
               ,
               qui
               minimus
               esse
               studet
               et
               servus
               omnium
               .
            
          
           
             
               Deinde
               ,
               dispicite
               rursus
               ,
               quodnam
               illud
               sit
            
             To
             MEGA
             CHASMA
             ,
             
               quod
               mutuum
               utr●●que
               divortium
               ,
               tanquam
               murum
               intergerinum
               interposuit
               ?
               Vos
               regimen
               omne
               ecclesiasticum
               ,
               penes
               presbyteros
               stabi●●●dum
               contenditis
               :
               certe
               neque
               nos
               regimen
               proprie
               dictum
               (
               salte●●
               quoad
               ordinarium
               ejus
               exercitium
               )
               alibi
               quam
               pen●s
               presbyccros
               ,
               stabiliandum
               〈◊〉
               .
               In
               eo
               itaque
               convenimus
               ambo●
               in
               subjecto
               regi●●inis
               ecclesiastici
               .
               Convenimus
               etiam
               in
               regula
            
             
             
               regiminis
               ;
               ut
               administrentur
               omnia
               ,
               non
               juxta
               canones
               ;
               sive
               papales
               ,
               sive
               bierarchicos
               :
               sed
               juxta
               canonem
               sacrarum
               Scripturarum
               .
               Convenimus
               etiam
               in
               sine
               regiminis
               ,
               ut
               omnia
               transigantur
               ad
               aedisicationem
               ecclesiae
               ;
               non
               ad
               pompam
               ,
               aut
               luxum
               secularem
               .
               Synodos
               no●
               una
               vobiscum
               ,
               cum
               opus
               fuerit
               ;
               et
               suscipimus
               ,
               et
               veneramur
               .
               Quantillum
               est
               quod
               restat
               ,
               quod
               distat
               ?
               Actus
               regiminis
               ,
               quos
               vos
               a
               synodis
               peragi
               velletis
               ;
               ●os
               a
               synodis
               porrigi
               ecclesiis
               ,
               et
               ab
               ecclesiis
               ex
               synodali
               DIORTHOSI
               peragi
               peteremus
               .
               Petimus
               et
               illud
               etiam
               (
               &
               quidem
               juxta
               mentem
               Christi
               ,
               prout
               credimus
               )
               ut
               regimen
               omne
               ecclesiasticum
               administretur
               a
               presbyteris
               cujusque
               ccclesioe
               ,
               in
               ecclesiae
               facie
               ,
               nec
               inscia
               ,
               nec
               invita
               ecclesia
               .
               Vos
               aliud
               quiddam
               vendicatis
               :
               sed
               videte
               et
               perpendite
               etiam
               atque
               etiam
               ,
               an
               non
               satis
               tuto
               cautum
               fuerit
               ,
               ne
               quid
               ecclesia
               detrimenti
               capiat
               ,
               si
               omnia
               a
               presbyteris
               ecclesiae
               ,
               ecclesia
               conscia
               ,
               et
               consentiente
               ,
               peragantur
               ;
               modo
               nihil
               arduum
               aut
               quod
               superet
               ecclesiae
               vires
               ,
               nisi
               ex
               consilio
               vicinor●m
               compresbyterorum
               transigatur
               ?
               Mensam
               Domini
               Iesu
               ,
               ausim
               di●ere
               ,
               aeque
               vos
               ac
               nos
               ,
               a
               prophanis
               a●
               immundis
               manibus
               tract
               ari
               polluique
               ,
               aeg●e
               laturos
               .
               Pie
               renuntiatum
               est
               in
               publico
               divini
               cultus
               directorio
               ,
            
             Ignarum
             quem●am
             ,
             aut
             scandalo
             aliquo
             inquinatum
             ,
             indignum
             prorsus
             esse
             ,
             qui
             ad
             mensam
             Domini
             appropinquet
             .
             
               Ac
               nisi
               potestas
               detur
               ecclesiae
               cujusque
               presbyteris
               ,
               de
               ignaris
               et
               immundis
               hijsce
               judicium
               facere
               ;
               caveri
               certe
               non
               potest
               ,
               quin
               non
               modo
               c●●ci
               &
               claudi
               (
               quos
               non
               recipit
               aula
            
             Davidis
             )
             
               sed
               canes
               etjam
            
             
             
               et
               porci
               (
               quos
               odit
               anima
               Christi
               )
               ad
               mensam
               Domini
               ingerant
               sese
               :
               qui
               nec
               corpus
               Domini
               discernunt
               ,
               nisi
               ut
               per
               illud
               dejerent
               ;
               nec
               sanguinem
               Domini
               ebibimt
               ,
               nisi
               ut
               exinde
               animosius
               ad
               sanguinem
               sanctorum
               effundendum
               (
               tanquam
               invisorum
               rotundorum
               ,
               ac
               rotantium
               capitum
               )
               prosilirent
               .
               Hujusmodi
               ad
               mensam
               Domini
               convivas
               ,
               nullus
               dubito
               ,
               vobis
               pariter
               ac
               nobis
               ,
               aeque
               ingratos
               esse
               &
               permolestos
               .
               Cum
               itaque
               in
               hisce
               rebus
               omnibus
               (
               quae
               quidem
               maximi
               momenti
               sunt
               )
               pulchre
               convenimus
               ,
               quid
               ,
               obsecro
               ,
               impedit
               ,
               quo
               minus
               non
               causae
               communis
               aut
               proditores
               ,
               aut
               desertores
               :
               sed
               communis
               vobiscum
               causae
               ,
               et
               defensores
               ,
               atque
               astipulatores
               (
               pro
               modulo
               nostro
               )
               adversus
               communis
               fidei
               atque
               ecclesiae
               hostes
               ,
               habeamur
               ?
               Certo
               certius
               est
               ,
               si
               ex
               mutuis
               nostris
               dissensionibus
               ,
               aditus
               per
               posticum
               pateat
               ;
               sive
            
             pontificiis
             ,
             
               sive
            
             hierarchicis
             ,
             
               ut
               rerum
               denuo
               potiantur
               ,
               actum
               iri
               funditus
               (
               humanitus
               loquor
               )
               de
               utrisque
               nostrum
               ;
               sive
               presbyteriis
               ,
               sive
               ecclesiis
               propensiores
               fuerimus
               .
            
             Tros
             ,
             Tyriusve
             ,
             
               illis
               nullo
               discrimine
               agetur
               .
               Sive
               presbyteriales
               cluitis
               ,
               sive
               ecclesiastici
               ,
               istis
               rerum
               dominis
               ,
               ambo
               vos
               certe
               puritani
               estis
               ;
               et
               prout
               PUR
            
             Graecis
             ,
             
               et
               ITAN
            
             Wallis
             
               ignem
               significat
               ;
               sic
               toti
               toti
               ,
               quanti
               quanti
               estis
               ,
               tanquam
               ignei
               Reipublicae
               ,
               atque
               Ecclesiae
               incendiarii
               ,
               extinguemini
               .
               Non
               tam
               multi
               abhinc
               anni
               retro
               fluxerunt
               ,
               quin
               recenti
               patrum
               memoria
               recordari
               liceat
               ,
            
             Ridlejum
             
               pariter
               ac
            
             Hooperum
             ,
             
               quanquam
               in
               causa
               disciplinae
               ,
               alter
               ab
               altero
               plus
               nimio
               disjungeretur
               ;
               tamen
               utrosque
               vivicomburio
               ,
               a
               pontificiis
            
             
             
               rerum
               potiuntibus
               ,
               extinctos
               esse
               .
               Verbum
               sapienti
               .
            
          
           
             
               Verum
               enimvero
               ,
               si
               fratres
               animum
               inducere
               non
               possunt
               ,
               quin
               nos
               ut
               communis
               causae
               desertores
               ,
               deserant
               :
               liceat
               mibi
               quaeso
               (
               quod
            
             Judas
             
               olim
               a
               fratre
            
             Josepho
             
               petiit
               )
               et
               petere
               a
               vobis
               ,
               et
               impetrare
               ,
               ut
               loquar
               verbum
               in
               auribus
               vestris
               ,
               neque
               ira
               vestra
               accendatur
               .
               Causa
               haec
               ,
               quam
               a
               nobis
               deseri
               quiritamini
               ;
               quatenus
               a
               nobis
               deseritur
               ,
               non
               ea
               quidem
               vobis
               communis
               est
               cum
               pijssimis
               illir
               ,
               ac
               sanctissimis
               Christi
               confessoribus
               ,
               qui
               nostra
               ,
               et
               patrum
               memoria
               causam
               Reformationis
               tuebantur
               ?
               Vestra
               non
               ea
               causa
               est
               ,
               quam
               Heroes
               illi
               ,
               amissione
               libertatis
               ,
               confiscatione
               bonorum
               ,
               incarceratione
               ,
               exilio
               ,
               sanguine
               denique
               cosignarunt
               ?
               Quantam
               pocestatem
               venerabilis
            
             Cartoretus
             
               ecclesiae
               cuique
               deferat
               ,
               nemo
               nescit
               qui
               commentarium
               ejus
               in
            
             1
             Cor.
             5.
             
               perlegerit
               .
               Quodnam
               primum
               subjectum
               ecclesiasticae
               potestatis
            
             Paraeus
             
               statuat
               ,
               testatur
               tertium
               ejus
               volumen
               ,
               acerrimo
               cum
               judicio
               ,
               et
               summa
               eruditione
               continuatum
               .
               Quaenam
               ea
               ecclesia
               sit
               ,
               quam
               sanctissimus
            
             Bainesius
             
               agnoscat
               ,
               cui
               Christus
               ecclesiasticam
               omnem
               potestatem
               detulerit
               ,
               patet
               ex
            
             examine
             .
             
               Quid
               gravissimus
            
             Amesius
             ,
             
               nervorum
               et
               medullae
               theologiae
               satur
               ,
               super
               ecclesiae
               institutae
               statu
               ,
               forma
               ,
               et
               potestate
               senserit
               ;
               patet
               ex
            
             medulla
             .
             
               Atque
               hij
               quidem
               currus
               ,
               atque
               equites
            
             Israelis
             ,
             
               illarum
               cobortum
               primipili
               erant
               ,
               qui
               causam
               Reformationis
               tuebautur
               ;
               &
               nostra
               ,
               et
               patrum
               ●tate
               .
               Ab
               horum
               sive
               vestigijs
               ,
               five
               principijs
               ,
               si
               novitatis
               studio
               cessimus
               :
               jure
               merito
               deseremur
               ut
               desertores
               .
               Quod
               si
               in
               via
               illorum
            
             
             
               ambulamus
               ,
               nec
               ultra
               progredimur
               (
               quod
               ad
               sum
               ▪
               mam
               rei
               attinet
               )
               quam
               ab
               illorum
               lumine
               divinitus
               collustrati
               :
               certe
               non
               nos
               illi
               sumus
               ,
               qui
               causam
               Reformationis
               deseruimus
               ;
               sed
               illi
               potius
               (
               quos
               lubens
               nollem
               dicere
               )
               qui
               nos
               ut
               desertores
               deserunt
               ,
               et
               detestantur
               .
               Desinant
               itaque
               viri
               sratres
               ,
               viros
               hosce
               Dei
               ,
               qui
               scriptis
               editis
               ,
               causam
               cum
               patribus
               communem
               ,
               tueri
               satagunt
               ,
               sugilla●e
               ,
               ac
               vellicare
               ,
               tanquam
               male
               de
               Ecclesia
               meritos
               ,
               causae
               desertores
               ,
               pacis
               publicae
               perturbatores
               .
            
          
           
             
               Caeterum
               〈◊〉
               hos
               omnes
               ,
               supersunt
               duo
               fratres
               reliqui
               ,
            
             Covetus
             ,
             
               &
            
             Eliotus
             ;
             
               quorum
               hic
               justam
               contexuit
               historiam
               eorum
               qui
               apud
               nos
               ,
               sub
               praetextu
               conscientiae
               ,
               a
               civili
               magistratu
               ,
               graviora
               quam
               par
               erat
               ,
               passi
               perhibentur
               .
               Vir
               hic
               ,
               uti
               gnavus
               est
               &
               impiger
               ,
               fidelis
               in
               domo
               Dei
               servus
               ,
               priscis
               moribus
               ,
               antiqua
               fide
               ;
               ita
               fidelem
               operam
               navavit
               in
               investiganda
               rerum
               istarum
               veritate
               ;
               quas
               etiam
               fide
               historica
               in
               tabellas
               retulit
               ,
               et
               typis
               mandavit
               :
               ut
               intelligant
               aequi
               rerum
               aestimatores
               ,
               ea
               quae
               passion
               feruntur
               de
               persecutionibus
               in
            
             Nova
             Anglia
             ,
             
               conscientiae
               nomine
               perpessis
               (
               ut
               dicam
               verbo
               ,
               et
               verbo
               quidem
               Apostolorum
               )
               nihil
               esse
               .
               Alter
               autem
               ille
               e
               fratribus
               ,
               quem
               dixi
               ,
            
             Covetus
             ,
             
               cum
               persentisceret
               ali
               quot
               ex
               ovibus
               Christi
               sibi
               commissis
               ,
               antipaedobaptismi
               laquess
               atque
               dumetis
               irre●●●as
               ;
               zelo
               Dei
               accensus
               (
               et
               zelo
               quidem
               secundum
               scientiam
               )
               imo
               et
               misericordia
               etiam
               Christi
               comm●tus
               erga
               errantes
               oviculas
               ;
               libros
               quos
               potuit
               ,
               ex
               anababtistarum
               pen●
               congessit
               ;
               rationum
               momenta
               (
               qualia
               fuerant
               )
               in
            
             
             
               lance
               Sanctuarii
               trutinavit
               ;
               testimoniorum
               plaustra
               ,
               quae
               ab
               illis
               congesta
               fuerant
               ,
               sedulo
               perquisivit
               ;
               et
               pro
               eo
               quo
               floret
               disputandi
               acumine
               ,
               dijudicandi
               solertia
               ,
               solida
               multa
               paucis
               complectendi
               dexteritate
               ,
               atque
               indefesso
               labore
               ,
               nihil
               pene
               intentatum
               reliquit
               ,
               quod
               vel
               ad
               veritatem
               in
               hac
               causa
               illustrandam
               ,
               vel
               ad
               errorum
               nebulas
               discusiendas
               ,
               atque
               dispellendas
               conduceret
               .
            
          
           
             
               Sed
               vellicat
               hic
               mihi
               aurem
               quispiam
               (
               praesertim
               ex
               iis
               quibuscum
               necessitudo
               mihi
               aliqua
               intercedit
               :
               )
               &
               serio
               percontatur
               :
               Cum
               tot
               tantosque
               labores
               a
               compresbyteris
               tuis
               susceptos
               narras
               ;
               qui
               prodierunt
               ,
               ut
            
             Debora
             
               loquitur
               ,
               ad
               auxiliandum
               Iehovae
               ,
               ad
               auxiliandum
               Iehovae
               (
               ut
            
             Junius
             
               vertit
               )
               inter
               fortes
               ;
               quid
               tibi
               interea
               faciendum
               rest
               abat
               ?
               Nunquid
               tu
               solus
               restitabas
               inter
               sarcinas
               ,
               vel
               inter
               sibilos
               &
               balatus
               gregum
               ?
               Tune
               cum
            
             Reubene
             ,
             
               a
               fratrum
               consortio
               ,
               prae
               magnis
               animi
               cogitationibus
               ,
               divulsus
               es
               ?
               Equidem
               non
               diffiteor
               ,
               me
               etiam
               aliquid
               molitum
               esse
               ,
               et
               ,
               pro
               gratiae
               acceptae
               modulo
               ,
               perfecisse
               etiam
               aliquatenus
               ,
               atque
               emisisse
               .
               Sed
               quicquid
               illud
               suerit
               ,
               haud
               dignum
               reor
               ,
               quod
               inter
               exquisitos
               Fratrum
               labores
               ,
               vel
               nominari
               quidem
               debeat
               .
               Scripserunt
               illi
            
             TOIS
             CHARIESI
             ;
             
               ego
               ,
               prout
               necesse
               habui
               ,
            
             TOIS
             POLLOIS
             .
             
               Gratiosus
               est
               Dominus
               ,
               qui
               acceptare
               dignatur
               ad
               aedificationem
               Sanctuarii
               sui
               ,
               non
               modo
               purpu●●m
               et
               byssum
               ;
               sed
               etiam
               pelles
               arietum
               ,
               et
               melium
               ;
               imo
               et
               pilos
               caprarum
               :
            
             Exod.
             35.
             23.
             
          
           
             
               Pergat
               Dominus
               (
               pro
               gratuita
               sua
               ,
               &
               divite
            
             
             
               Gratia
               )
               laboribus
               servorum
               suorum
               omnium
               ,
               Sibi
               in
               obsequium
               ,
               Ecclesiae
               in
               aedificationem
               ,
               benedicere
               ;
               Zionis
               sui
               miserers
               ;
               Lites
               inter
               suos
               dirimere
               ;
               Veritatem
               ,
               &
               pacem
               promovere
               ;
               Fines
               Regni
               Christi
               ,
               atque
               pomeria
               ,
               dilatare
               ;
               Antichristum
               spiritu
               Oris
               conficere
               ;
               Viam
               denique
               sternere
               ,
               ut
            
             Shem
             
               in
               textoria
            
             Japheti
             ,
             
               quasi
               postliminio
               ,
               revertatur
               ;
               per
               Dominum
               nostrum
               Iesum
               Christum
               ,
               in
               secula
               sempiterna
               benedictum
               .
            
             Amen
             .
          
           
             
               JOHANNES
               COTTON
            
             
               
                 in
                 Ecclesia
              
               Bostoniensi
               
                 Presbyter
                 docens
                 .