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A96687	New-Englands salamander, discovered by an irreligious and scornefull pamphlet, called New-Englands Jonas cast up at London, &c. Owned by Major Iohn Childe, but not probable to be written by him. Or, A satisfactory answer to many aspersions cast upon New-England therein. Wherein our government there is shewed to bee legall and not arbitrary, being as neere the law of England as our condition will permit. Together with a briefe reply to what is written in answer to certaine passages in a late booke called Hypocrisie unmasked. / By Edw. Winslow.	Winslow, Edward, 1595-1655.	1647 (1647)	Wing W3038; Thomason E390_8; ESTC R201531	24,205	33

respect● it is the Land of 〈◊〉 a Land that is pretious in the eyes of the Lord they shall not prosper that rise against it but shall bee taken every one of them in the snares they lay for it And this said hee I speake as a poore Prophet of the Lord according to the word of his grace in my Text which however in the proper sense of the Holy Ghost belonged to that age of the Church mentioned in the Booke of Nehemiah yet it is written for our example and instruction for God is the same yesterday to day and for ever no lesse carefull no lesse able and no lesse willing to save and deliver his people by ingaging himselfe in their case and who can stand before him In the second place saith he whereas divers our brethren are to goe for England and many others to follow after in another Vessell let mee direct a word of exhortation to them also I desire the gratious presence of our God may goe with them and his good Angels guard them not onely from the dangers of the Seas this Winter season but keepe them from the errours of the times when they shall arrive and prosper them in their lawfull designes c. But if there bee any amongst you my brethren as 't is reported there are that have a Petition to prefer to the High Court of Parliament which the Lord in mercy goe on blessing to blesse as hee hath begun that may conduce to the distraction annoyance and disturbance of the peace of our Churches and weakning the Government of the Land where wee live let such know the Lord will never suffer them to prosper in their subtill malicious and desperate undertakings against his people who are as tender unto him as the apple of his eye But if there bee any such amongst you that are to goe I doe exhort and would advise such in the feare of God when the terrors of the Almightie shall beset the Vessell wherein they are the Heavens shall frowne upon them the billowes of the Sea shall swell above them and dangers shall threaten them as I perswade my selfe they will I would have them then to consider these things for the time of adversitie is a time for Gods people to consider their wayes I will not give the counsell was taken concerning Jonah to take such a person and cast him into the Sea God forbid but I would advise such to come to a resolution in themselves to desist from such enterprises never further to ingage in them and to cast such a Petition into the Sea that may occasion so much trouble and disturbance But it may be hardnesse of heart stoutnesse of spirit may cause such a person or persons with stiffe necks to persist and yet in mercy with respect to some pretious ones amongst you as I perswade my selfe there are many such goe in each Vessell the Lord may deliver the Vessell from many apparent troubles and dangers for their sakes but let such know the Lord hath Land judgements in store for such for they are not now free Hee being the God of the Land as well as of the Sea and if you turne to Numb. 14. 36 37. you shall there see how hee threatned to destroy such as brought a false report upon his land with the Plague and truely God hath still Plagues in store for such as bring a false report upon his Church and people Nay said hee I heare the Lord hath a destroying Angell with the Sword of Pestilence in that Kingdome striking here and there as seemeth good unto him though not vehemently blessed bee his name and who knowes what the Lord will doe and therefore I advise such in the feare of God and I speak it as an unworthy Prophet of His according to that portion of his word I now speake from to lay these things to heart for it is the Lord Jesus hath said Take us the Foxes the little Foxes c. or let them bee taken And beleeve it for a truth all those that goe about by Fox-like craft and subtiltie to undermine the Churches of Christ Jesus they shall all bee taken even in the very snare and ginne they set for others And thus much for what Mr. Cotton delivered on this Thursdayes Lecture in Beston Novemb. 5. 1646. which I have shewed to many eminent persons now in England who were present at this Lecture and judge it not onely to bee the summe of his exhortation but his very expressions and are ready to testifie it on all occasions against all opposers as Mr. Thomas Peters and Mr. William Golding Ministers H●rbert P●lb●● Esquire Captaine William Sayles Captaine Leveret Captaine Harding Mr. Richard Sadl●● c. And take notice withall good Reader that I never heard the good man deliver any thing with more earnestnesse and strength of affection then these things thus sleighted by our adversaries as thou seest And for the second part of their story viz their passage and the passages of Gods providence befell them in it take notice good Reader that however our Salamander turned things into a jest as soone as they were delivered asking whether hee were a great Fox or a little one yet many others that were ingaged to goe but in the Ship their hearts trembled that they were to goe in such company And Mr. Thomas Peeters a Minister that was driven out of Cornewall by Sir Ralph Hopton in these late Warres and fled to New-England for shelter being called back by his people and now in London upon sight of what I have written gave mee leave before many to adde this that upon Mr. Cottons exhortation having shipped his goods and bedding to have gone in the Ship with them amongst other arguments this was the maine that hee feared to goe in their company that had such designes and therefore tooke passage to goe rather by way of Spaine c. And to speake the truth as the ship rode out many fearefull stresses in the Harbour after they were ready before they could goe to saile the wind being faire but overblowing so after they came to Sea had the terriblest passage that ever I heard on for extremitie of weather the Mariners not able to take an observation of Sunne or Star in seven hundred Leagues sayling or thereabouts And when they were all wearied out and tired in their spirits certaine well-disposed Christians called to mind the things delivered by Mr. Cotton before mentioned and seeing the Tempest still to continue thought meet to acquaint such as were conceived to be meant by Mr. Cotton and that had a purpose to persist in such courses that they thought God called them now to consider of the things delivered by him hereupon a godly discreet woman after midnight went to the great Cabbin and addressed her speech in sobrietie and much modesty to them whereupon one of the two answered in these words or to this purpose Sister I shall bee loath to grieve you or any

other of Gods people with any thing I shall doe and immediatly went to his Chest or Trunke and tooke out a paper and gave it her and referred it to the discretion of others to doe withall as they should see good which the woman not in a distracted passion as they reported shewed to Mr. Richard Sadler and others who although they knew it was not the right Petition but that they were deluded yet because they judged it also to bee very bad having often seene it in New-England but never liked the same cut it in peeces as they thought it deserved and gave the said peeces to a Seaman who cast them into the Sea The storme for the present continued that night say some others say some abatement of winde befell presently after but all conclude it abated the next day but that they had divers stormes afterward being then 200. leagues short of the lands end is most certaine And in one of these hideous stormes having no saile abroad the ship lying adrist with the helme bound up the master conceiving hee was to the Southward of Silley layed the ship to the Norward the night being very darke In the last watch of the night one of the Quarter masters going to the Pumpe discerned Rocks ahead within a Cables length and made such an outery as the whole ship was awakened and nothing but death presented them there was much hast made to let loose the Helme and to come to saile but before it could bee done the ship was engaged amongst the Rocks of Silley and nothing could bee discerned under water but by the breaking of the waves which was their best direction to cunne the ship In this laby●inth the Ship travelled for a quarter of an hower or more in which time it was generally observed the Ship readily obeyed her Helme or rather the great Pilate of the Seas upon the word given which at other times shee was slow in At length the Ship drove in and came a ground between two Ilands and could not bee got off being ●bbing water and it was the speciall providence of God to place her there in much mercy and compassion on his poore afflicted ones the vessell being full of passengers for on both sides and on head were desperate Rocks which were not discovered till the morning light the Ship all this while lying fast upon a bed of Sand or Owse when it was day the dangers which they had escaped in the night to our admiration presented themselves nor durst the Master worke the ship till hee had gotten a Pilate from the shore who undertooke to bring her to an Anchor ne●re Crowes Sound The deliverance was so strange as the Inhabitants of Silly were amased at it some saying it was a miracle another that God was a good man that should thus deliver us indeed all the Iland wondred and the passengers themselves most of all when they saw the Breaches at low water so farre off at Sea neere which they passed before they knew the danger and the Rocks they sailed by after they found themselves involved as it were between S●pll● and C●rybdis Much more might bee added to account the mercy but this may suffice to let the world see 't is no such trifle as is pretended in their prophane relation who had then other thoughts being passengers also in the Ship and seemed willing to joyn● with the godly party in the Ship in testimony of their thankfulnesse to celebrate a speciall day of thanksgiving unto the Lord for so great salvation where Mr. Golding preached being a passenger with them and Teacher to a Church of Christ in Berm●d● And now good Reader what wilt thou judge of such as can turne such deliverances into a scoffe witnesse their prophane Title New-Englands Jonas cast up at London the naked truth whereof thou hast heard related in all which Jonas was but once accidentally named and that by way of direct opposition to any such counsell The Master of the ship never spoke to no speech between the woman and Mr. Vassall that I can learne but betweene Mr. Fowle and her shee under no distemper of passion but modest discreet and sober in her carriage thorow out the whole In briefe all that I can meet with that were in the Ship especially the most eminent persons affirme this relation of theirs to bee false yea Mr. Fowle himselfe acknowledged it before Captaine Sailes late Governour of Bermudas Captaine Leveret and Captaine Harding all passengers in the ship who all concu●●ed in the falshood of the same and the three Captaines not a little offended thereat and Mr. Richard Sadler and divers others are ready to testifie the same But put the case they had deluded a poore weake passionate woman by a shadow instead of a substance Mee thinkes if any feare of God had been before their eyes they might have trembled at so many and so great threatnings of the Almightie who followed them from one land to another over the vast Ocean with his terrours and have shewed greater thankfulnesse for such a deliverance as before recited then to carry themselves as they doe labouring to delude the Reader as well as themselves and to ascribe all to the Winter season as if all our passages were ordinarily such as appeareth by their note in the Ma●gent page 12. when as that is false also witnesse some that came with them who affirme they have bin in Winter passages but never in the like the Master his company all concurring therein being confident also they fared the worse for their company And thus much ●●●n affirme and at least an hundred more that came with me who came away about the middest of December five weeks deeper in Winter then they and yet through Gods undeserved favour had a comfortable passage and landfall which I thought good to adde to the rest that persons may not bee discouraged from the passage though I must confesse the Spring and Fall are the best seasons But let them go on if nothing will reclaime them and I will waite and attend the word of the Lord in the mouth of his servant and observe the dispensation of his providence towards his Churches and the enemies of the same And thus much for answer to the fourth head of their book published by Major Child● An answer to the Postscript IN this postscript which containeth more matter then the whole ● booke I can trace our Salamander line by line and phrase after phrase in his accustomed manner to del●de many simple ones and weaken their respect to the government of New-England where hee did a great deale more hurt by his personall presence than hee can doe here by such slanderous invectives as he either pin●●th upon others witnesse this silly peece called New-England● J●n●● o● any hee shall publish hereafter To answer every particular at length would bee too tedious But because hee pretendeth an answer to some passages in a booke written lately by my selfe