it is, and a dry hard one, because of the natives' continual troubles and vexations.

"9. Alas! Sir, in calm midnight thoughts, what are these leaves and flowers, and smoke and shadows, and dreams of earthly nothings, about which we poor fools and children, as David saith, disquiet ourselves in vain? Alas! what is all the scuffling of this world for? What are all the contentions of this world about, generally, but for greater dishes and bowls of porridge, of which, if we believe GOD'S Spirit in Scripture, Esau and Jacob were types? Esau will part with the heavenly birthright for his supping, after his hunting for god belly and Jacoh will part with his porridge for an eternal inheritance! O LORD! give me to make Jacob's and Mary's choice, which shall never be taken from me.

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"10. How much sweeter is the counsel of the Son of God, to mind first the matters of his kingdom; to take no care for to-morrow; to pluck out, cut off, and fling away, right eyes, hands, and feet, rather than to be cast whole into hell-fire-to consider the ravens and lilies whom AN HEAVENLY FATHER SO clothes and feeds; and the counsel of his servant Paul, to roll the cares of this life also upon the Most High Lord Steward of his people, THE ETERNAL GOD; to be content with food and raiment; to mind not our own, but every man the things of another; yea, and to suffer wrong, and part with what we judge is right, yea, our lives; and as poor women martyrs said, as many as there be hairs upon our heads, for the name of GOD and the Son of God his

sake. This is humanity, yea, this is CHRISTIANITY ; the rest is but formality and picture, courteous idolatry, and Jewish and Popish blasphemy against THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION, the Father of spirits, and his Son the LORD JESUS!

"Beside, Sir, the matter with us is not about these children's toys of land, meadows, cattle, govern. ment, &c. But here all over this colony, a great number of weak and distressed souls scattered, are flying hither from Old and New England; THE MOST HIGH AND ONLY WISE hath in his infinite wisdom, provided this country and this corner, as a shelter for THE POOR PERSECUTED, according to the several persuasions! Thus that heavenly man, Mr. Haynes, Governor of Connecticut, though he pronounced the sentence of my long banishment against me at Cambridge, yet he said unto me in his own house at Hartford, being then in some difference with the Bay, I think, MR. WILLIAMS, I must confess to you, that the most wise God hath provided and cut out this part of his world for a refuge and receptacle for all sorts of consciences! I am now under a cloud, and my Brother Hooker, with THE BAY, as you have been: we have removed from them thus far, and yet they are not satisfied.'

"Thus, Sir, THE KING'S MAJESTY, though his Father's and his own conscience favoured Lord Bishops, which their Father, and Grandfather King James, whom I have spoke with, sore against his will also did, yet all the world may see by HIS MAJESTY'S declarations and engagements before his

return, and his declarations and parliament speeches since, and many suitable actings, how the Father of spirits hath mightily imprest and touched his royal spirit, though THE BISHOPS much disturbed him, with deep inclinations of favour and gentleness to different consciences and apprehensions as to THE INVISIBLE KING, and way of his worship. Hence he vouchsafed his royal promise, under his hand and broad seal, that no person in THIS COLONY, shall be molested or questioned for matters of conscience to God, so he be loyal and keep the peace! Sir, we must part with lands and lives before we part with this jewel! I judge you may yield some land and the government of it to us, and we, for peace' sake, the like to you, as being but subject, of one King, &c. And I think THE KING'S MAJESTY would thank us for many reasons. But to part with this jewel, we may as soon do it as the Jews with the favour of Cyrus, Darius, and Artaxerxes. Yourselves pretend liberty of conscience, but, alas! it is but self, the great God self, only yourselves. THE KING winks at Barbadoes, where Jews and all sorts of Christian and Antichristian persuasions are free, but our grant, some few weeks after yours was sealed, though granted as soon, if not before yours, is crowned with the King's extraordinary favour to the colony, as being a banished one, in which HIS MAJESTY declared himself that he would experiment whether CIVIL GOVERNMENT could consist with such liberty of conscience!!

“This grant was started at by HIS MAJESTY's high

officers of state, who were to view it in course, before the sealing, but fearing the lion's roaring, they chouched against their wills, in obedience to HIS MAJESTY'S pleasure!

"Some of yours, as I heard lately, told tales to the Archbishop of Canterbury, viz. that we are a profane people, and do not keep the sabbath. But,

"1. You told him not how we suffer freely ALL other persuasions, yea, the common prayer, which yourselves will not suffer. If you say you wil you confess you must suffer more, as we do.

"2. You know this is but a colour to your de sign; for, first, you know that all England itself, (after the formality and superstition of morning and evening prayers), play away the sabbath! Secondly, you know that yourselves do not keep the sabbath, that is, the seventh day.

"3. You know, that famous Calvin, and thousands more, held it but ceremonial and figurative, from Col. 2, &c. and vanished; and that the day of worship was alterable at the churches' pleasure: thus also the Romanists confess, saying, that there is no express Scripture, first, for infant baptism, nor secondly, for abolishing the seventh day, and instituting of the eighth day worship, but that it is at the churches' pleasure.

"4. You know that, generally, all this whole colony observe the first day; only here and there, one out of conscience, another out of covetousness, make no conscience of it.

"5. You know the greatest part of the world

return, and his declarations and parliament speeches since, and many suitable actings, how the Father of spirits hath mightily imprest and touched his royal spirit, though THE BISHOPS much disturbed him, with deep inclinations of favour and gentleness to different consciences and apprehensions as to THE INVISIBLE KING, and way of his worship. Hence he vouchsafed his royal promise, under his hand and broad seal, that no person in THIS COLONY, shall be molested or questioned for matters of conscience to God, so he be loyal and keep the peace! Sir, we must part with lands and lives before we part with this jewel! I judge you may yield some land and the government of it to us, and we, for peace' sake, the like to you, as being but subject, of one King, &c. And I think THE KING'S MAJESTY Would thank us for many reasons. But to part with this jewel, we may as soon do it as the Jews with the favour of Cyrus, Darius, and Artaxerxes. Yourselves pretend liberty of conscience, but, alas! it is but self, the great God self, only yourselves. THE KING winks at Barbadoes, where Jews and all sorts of Christian and Antichristian persuasions are free, but our grant, some few weeks after yours was sealed, though granted as soon, if not before yours, is crowned with the King's extraordinary favour to the colony, as being a banished one, in which HIS MAJESTY declared himself that he would experiment whether CIVIL GOVERNMENT could consist with such liberty of conscience!!

"This grant was started at by HIS MAJESTY's high