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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A51414	New-Englands memoriall, or, A brief relation of the most memorable and remarkable passages of the providence of God manifested to the planters of New-England in America with special reference to the first colony thereof, called New-Plimouth : as also a nomination of divers of the most eminent instruments deceased, both of church and common-wealth, improved in the first beginning and after-progress of sundry of the respective jurisdictions in those parts, in reference unto sundry exemplary passages of their lives, and the time of their death / published for use and benefit of present and future generations, by Nathaniel Morton ...	Morton, Nathaniel, 1613-1685.	1669 (1669)	Wing M2827; ESTC R16332	139,372	220

a Fleet of ten Ships three of them arriving first at Salem in which several of the chiefest of them came who repaired sundry of them in some short time into the Bay of the Massachusets the other seven Ships arrived at Charlstown where it pleased the Lord to exercise them with much sickness and being destitute of housing and shelter and lying up and down in Booths some of them languished and died yea it pleased God to take away amongst the rest that blessed Servant of Christ Mr. Isaac Johnson with his Lady soon after their arrival with sundry other precious Saints This sickness being heavy upon them caused the principal of them to propose to the rest to set a day apart to seek the Lord for the asswaging of his displeasure therein as also for direction and guidance in the solemn enterprize of entring into Church-fellowship which solemn day of Humiliation was observed by all not onely of themselves but also by their Brethren at Plimouth in their behalf and the Lord was intreated not onely to asswage the sickness but also encouraged their hearts to a beginning and in some short time after to a further progress in the great Work of Erecting a way of Worshipping of Christ in Church-fellowship according to Primitive Institution Those choice and eminent Servants of Christ did not despise their poor Leaders and Fellow-souldiers that they found in the same Work of the Lord with them at Plimouth but treated them as Brethren much pitying their great straits and hardships they had endured in the first beginning of Planting this Wilderness promising all helpfulness even out of their own Estates according to their power and their said Brethren at Plimouth were perswaded they spake as they thought in their hearts for such was the simplicity of those times as that divers faces were not carried under a hood Pride Covetousness Profaneness and sinful Self were ashamed to be seen except in obscure places and persons Oh poor New-England consider what thou wast and what thou now art Repent and do thy first works saith the Lord so may thy peace yet be as a river Isa 48.18 19. and thy righteousness as the waves of the sea So be it But to return The first that began in the work of the Lord above-mentioned were their honoured Governour Mr. John Winthrop Mr. Johnson fore-named that much honoured Gentleman Mr. Thomas Dudley and Mr. John Wilson aforesaid These four were the first that began that honourable Church of Boston unto whom there joyned many others The same year also Mr. George Philips who was a worthy Servant of Christ and Dispenser of his Word began a Church-fellowship at Watertown as did also Mr. Maverick and Mr. Wareham at Dorchester the same year Thus out of small beginnings greater things have been produced by his hand that made all things of nothing and as one small Candle may light a thousand so the Light here kindled hath shone unto many yea in some sort to our whole Nation Let the glorious Name of Jehovah have all the praise in all Ages 1631. THis Year the Reverend and Usefull Instrument Mr. John Eliot came over and not long after Mr. Weld who began a Church-Society at Roxbury as likewise good old Mr. Maverick and Mr. Wareham began one at Dorchester 1632. THis year one Sir Christopher Gardiner being as himself said descended of the house of Gardiner Bishop of Winchester who was so great a Persecutor of Gods Saints in Queen Maries dayes arrived in New-England he being a great traveller received his first honor of Knight-hood at Jerusalem being made Knight at the Sepulchre there he came into these parts in pretence of forsaking the World and to live a private life in a godly course not unwilling to put himself upon any mean imployment and take any pains for his living and sometimes offered himself to joyn to the Church in sundry places he brought over with him a servant or two and a comely young woman whom he called his Cousin but it was suspected that after the Italian manner she was his Concubine he living at the Massachusets for some miscarriages for which he should have answered fled away from Authority and got amongst the Indians in the Jurisdiction of New-Plimouth the Government of the Massachusets sent after him but could not get him and promised some reward to those that should finde him the Indians came to the Governour of Plimouth and told where he was and asked if they might kill him but the said Governour told them no they should not kill him by no means but if they could take him alive and bring him to Plimouth they should be payed for their pains they said he had a Gun and a Rapier and he would kill them if they went about it and the Massachusets Indians said they might kill him but the Governour aforesaid told them no they should not kill him but watch their opportunity and take him and so they did for when they light on him by a River side he got into a Cannoo to get from them and when they came near him whiles he presented his piece at them to keep them off the stream carried the Cannoo against a Rock and threw both him and his Piece and the Rapier into the water yet he got out and having a little dagger by his side they durst not close with him but getting long poles they soon beat his dagger out of his hand so he was glad to yield and they brought him to the Governour at Plimouth but his hands and arms were swelled and very sore with the blows they had given him so he used him kindly and sent him to a lodging where his arms were bathed and annointed and he was quickly well again and blamed the Indians for beating him so much they said they did but a little whip him with sticks In his lodging those that made his bed found a little Note-book that by accident had slipped out of his pocket or some private place in which was a memorial what day he was reconciled to the Pope and Church of Rome and in what University he took his Scapula and such and such a Degree it being brought to the Governour he kept it and sent it to the Governour of the Massachusets with word of his taking who sent for him but afterwards he went for England and shewed his malice against New-England but God prevented him of which I thought meet to insert a Letter from Mr. Winthrop Governour of the Massachusets to Mr. Bradford the Governour of Plimouth in reference to this matter as also the Copy of an Order relating to the same as followeth And first of the Letter SIR UPon a Petition exhibited by Sir Christopher Gardiner Sir Ferdinando Gorges Captain Mason c. against you and us the cause was heard before the Lords of the Privy Council and afterwards reported to the King the success whereof makes it evident to all that the Lord hath care of his peoople here the