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A85452	America painted to the life. A true history of the originall undertakings of the advancement of plantations into those parts, with a perfect relation of our English discoveries ... 1628. to 1658. declaring the forms of their government, policies, religions, manners, customes, military disciplines, warres with the Indians, the commodities of their countries, a description of their townes, and havens, the increase of their trading with the names of their governours and magistrates. More especially an absolute narrative of the north parts of America, and of the discoveries and plantations of our English in New-England. Written by Sir Ferdinando Gorges .... Publisht ... by his grand-child Ferdinando Gorges Esquire, who hath much enlarged it and added severall accurate descriptions of his owne.	Gorges, Ferdinando, Sir, 1556?-1647.; Gorges, Ferdinando, 1629-1718.	1658 (1658)	Wing G1300; Thomason E969_3	181,058	245

and Mr. Lenten the residue will be spoken of in the ensuing story to those that yet remaine Of these persons named the Author doth tender this following Meetre WHen reasons Scepter first 'gan sway your hearts Through troublous Seas this Western world to enter Among Christs Souldiers here to act your parts Did not Christs love on you cause him to center All those strait lines of your inflam'd desire Vnto his truths ' cause him in them you finde From wildernesse not from his truths retire But unto death this wonderous work you 'l minde No place can claime peculiar interest in Christs worship for all nations are his own The day 's at hand down falls that man of sin And Christs pure Gospel through the world is blown Harvest is come bid case and sleep adieu What trifle time when Christ takes in his Crop A Harvest large of Gentil and of Jew You fil'd of Christ let his sweet Doctrine drop CHAP. XVII Of the planting of Long-Island And of the planting the nineteenth Church in the Mattachusets government called Sudbury THis yeare came over divers godly and sincere servants of Christ as I suppose among whom came over the reverend godly M. Peirson This people finding no place in any of the former erected Colonies to settle in to their present content repaired to an Island severed from the continent of Newhaven with about 16. miles off the salt Sea and called Long-Island being about 120. miles in length and yet but narrow here this people erected a Town and called it South Hampton there are many Indians on the greatest part of this Island who at first settling of the English there did much annoy their Cattel with the multitude of Doggs they kept which ordinarily are young wolves brought up came continuing of a very ravening nature This people gathered into a Church and called to office Mr. Peirson who continued with them about 7 or 8. yeares and then he with the greatest number of the people removed farther into the Island the other part that remained invited Mr. Foordum and a people that were with him to come and joyne with them who accordingly did being wandered as far as the Dutch plantation and there unsettled although he came into the Country before them This yeare the Town and Church of Christ at Sudbury began to have the first foundation stones laid taking up her station in the Inland Country as her elder Sister Concord had formerly done lying farther up the same River being furnished with great plenty of fresh marsh but it lying very low is much indammaged with land-flouds insomuch that when the summer proves wet they lose part of their hay yet are they so sufficiently provided that they take in Cattell of other Townes to winter these people not neglecting the chief work for the which they entred this wildernesse namely to worship the Lord in the purity of his Ordinances and according to the rule of his Word entred into covenant with him and one with another professedly to walk together in Church-fellowship and according to the same rule they called to the office of a Pastor the reverend godly and able Minister of the Word Mr. Edmond Brown whose labours in the Doctrine of Christ Jesus hath hitherto abounded wading through this wildernesse-work with much cheerfulnesse of spirit of whom as followeth BOth night and day Brown ceaseth not to watch Christs little flock in pastures fresh them feed The worrying wolves shall not thy weak lambs catch Well dost thou minde in wildernesse their breed Edmond thy age is not so great but thou Maist yet behold the Beast brought to her fall Earth's tottering Kingdome shew her legs gin bow Thou ' mongst Christs Saints with prayers maist her mawle What signes wouldst have faith's courage for to rouse See Christ triumphant hath his armies led In wildernesse prepar'd his lovely Spouse Caus'd Kings and Kingdomes his high hand to dread Thou seest his Churches daily are encreasing And thou thy selfe amongst his worthyes warring Hold up thy hands the battel 's now increasing Christ's Kingdom 's ay it 's past all mortall 's marring This Towne is very well watered and hath store of plow-land but by reason of the oaken roots they have little broke up considering the many Acres the place affords but this kinde of land requires great strength to break up yet brings very good crops and lasts long without mending the people are industrious and have encreased in their estates some of them yet the great distance it lyes from the Mart Towns maketh it burdensome to the Inhabitants to bring their corne so far by land some Gentlemen have here laid out part of their estates in procuring farmes by reason of the store of medow this Church hath hitherto been blessed with blessings of the right hand even godly peace and unity they are not above 50. or 60. families and about 80. souls in Church fellowship their Neat-heard about 300. CHAP. XVIII Of the planting of the twentieth Church of Christ at a Towne called Braintree ABout this time there was a Town and Church planted at Mount Wollestone and named Braintree it was occasioned by some old planters and certain Farmers belonging to the great Town of Beston they had formerly one Mr. Whelowright to preach unto them till this Government could no longer contain them they many of them in the mean time belonging to the Church of Christ at Boston but after his departure they gathered into a Church themselves having some inlargement of Land they began to be well peopled calling 〈◊〉 office among them the reverend and godly Mr. William Tompson and Mr. Henry Flint the one to the office of a Pastor the other of a Teacher the people are purged by their indu●try from the sowre leven of those sinful opinions that began 〈◊〉 spread and if any remain among them it is very covert 〈◊〉 the manner of these Erronists that remain in any place is 〈◊〉 countenance all sorts of sinful opinions as occasions serves ●●th in Church and Commonwealth underpretence of Li●●●ty of Conscience as well their own opinion as others 〈◊〉 this Symbol they may be known in Court and Country his Town hath great store of Land in tillage and is at pre●●t in a very thriving condition for outward things although 〈◊〉 of Boston retain their Farms from being of their Town 〈◊〉 do they lye within their bounds and how it comes to pass ●●ow not their Officers have somewhat short allowance ●●y are well stored with cattel and corn and as a people re●●es so should they give And Reader I cannot but mind 〈◊〉 of the admirable providence of Christ for his people in 〈◊〉 where they have been in a low condition by their liberty they have been raised to much in a very little time again in withdrawing their hands have had their plenty ●●d The reverend Mr. Tompson is a man abounding in zeal the propagation of the Gospel and of an ardent affecti●● in so much that he

would beare it but now the Lords blessing that way hath exceeded all peoples expectation cloathing the Earth with plenty of all kinde of graine Here minde I must the Reader of the admirable acts of Christs Providence toward this people that although they were in such great straites for foode that many of them eate their Bread by waight and had little hopes of the Earths fruitfullnesse yet the Lord Christ was pleased to refresh their spirits with such quickning grace and lively affections to this Temple-worke that they did not desert the place and that which was more remarkable when they had scarce houses to shelter themselves and no doores to hinder the Indians accesse to all they had in them yet did the Lord so awe their hearts that although they frequented the Englishmens places of aboade where their whole substance weake Wives and little ones lay open to their plunder during their absence being whole dayes at Sabbath Assemblies yet had they none of their food or stuffe diminished neither Children nor Wives hurt in the least measure although the Indians came commonly to them at those times much hungry belly as they use to say and were then in number and strength beyond the English by far Yet further see the great and noble Acts of Christ toward this his wandering people feeling againe the scarcity of foode and being constrained to come to a small pittance daily the Lord to provide for them causeth the Deputy of Ireland to set forth a great Ship unknowne to this people and indeed small reason in his own apprehensions why he should so do but Christ will have it so This Ship ariving being filled with food the godly Governors did so order it that each Town sent two men aboard of her who tooke up their Townes allowance it being appointed before hand what their portion should be to this end that some might not by all and others be left destitute of food In the vernall of the yeare 1634. This people being increased and having among them many pretious esteemed instruments for furthering this wonderous worke of Christ they began to thinke of fortifying a small Island about two miles distant from Boston to Sea-ward to which all the Vessells come in usually and passe To this end the honoured Mr. John Winthrope with some 8. or 10. persons of no●e tooke boate and arrived on the said Island in a warme Sun shineday just at the breaking up of Winter as they deemed but being they were sulden surprised with a cold North-west storme which is the sharpest winde in this Country freezing very vehemently for a day and a night that they could not get off the Island but were forced to lodge there and lie in a heape one upon another on the ground to keepe themselves from freezing This yeare 1634. the much honoured Thomas Dudly Esquire was chosen Governor and Mr. Roger Ludlow Deputy Governor the Freemen added to this little Common-wealth this year were about two hundred and foure about this time a sincere servant of Christ Mr. Stone was added to the Chureh of Christ at New-towne as a meet helpe to instruct the People of Christ there with the above named Mr. Hooker and as he hath hetherto bin through the blessing of God an able instrument in his hands to further the worke So let him be incourraged with the Word of the Lord in the spirit of his might to go on THou well smoth'd Stone Christs Work-manship to be In 's Church new laid his weake ones to support With 's word of might his foes are foild by thee Thou daily dost to godlinesse exhort The Lordly Prelates people do deny Christs Kingly power Hosanna to proclaime Mens mouths are stopt but Stone poore dust doth try Throughout his Churches none but Christ must raignt Mourne not Oh Man thy youth and learning 's spent In desart Land my Muse is bold to say For glorious workes Christ his hath hither sent Like that great worke of Resurrection day CHAP. XX IX Of the Lords remarkable providence toward his indeared servants M. Norton and Mr. Shepherd NOw my loving Reader let mee lead thee by the hand to our Native Land although it was not intended to speake in particulars of any of these peoples departure from thence purposing a generall relation should serve the turne yet come with mee and behold the wonderous worke of Christ in preserving two of his most valiant Sou'diers namely Mr. John Norton and that soule ravishing Minister Mr. Thomas Shepheard who came this yeare to Yarmouth to ship themselves for New England where the people of God resorted privately unto them to hear them Preach during the time of their aboade the Enemies of Christs Kingdome were not wanting to use all meanes possible to intrap them in which perilous condition they remained about two months waiting for the Ships readinesse in which time some persons eagerly hunting for Mr. Thomas Shepheard began to plot for apprehending of him with a Boy of sixteene or seventeene yeares of Age who lived in the House where hee Lodged to open the doore for them at a certaine houre in the night But the Lord Christ who is the Shepheard of Israel kept a most sure watch over his indeared servants for thus it befell the sweet words of grace falling from the of lips of this Reverend and godly Mr. Thomas Shepheard in the hearing of the Boy the Lords working withall hee was perswaded this was an holy man of God and therefore with many troubled thoughts began to relate his former practise although hee had a great some of money promised him onely to let them in at the houre and time appointed but the Boy the more neere the time came grew more pensive and sad insomuch that his Master taking notice thereof began to question him about the cause of his heavinesse who being unwilling to reveale the matter held of from confessing a long time till by urgent and insinuating search of his godly Master with teares hee tells that on such a night hee had agreed to let in Men to apprehend the godly Preacher The good Man of the house forthwith gave notice thereof unto them who with the helpe of some well-affected persons was convay'd away by boate through a back Lane the men at the time appointed came to the house where finding not the doore open when they lifted up the Latch as they expected they thrust their staves under it to lift it from the hookes but being followed by some persons whom the good man of the house had appointed for that end yet were they boulstred out in this their wicked act by those who set them one worke Notwithstanding they were greatly ashamed when they mist of their end But the Lord Christ intending to make his New England Souldiers the very wounder of this Age brought them into greater straites that this Wonder Working Providence might the more appeare in their deliverance for comming a shipboard and hoiseing saile to accomplish their

Principles by which many errors were brought in ANd verily Satane policy here as in all places where the Lord Christ is acknowledged was to keepe men from that one right way by the which hee applies himselfe to the soule no marvell then if so many Errours arise like those fained heads of Hidra as fast as one is cut off two stand up in the roome and chiefly about the uniting of a soule to Christ by Faith Their Errors in this point they reported to be the judgement of the Reverend and Judicious Mr. John Cotten But hee having spoken for himselfe in his answer to Mr. Baily I forbeare onely this by the way take notice of these subtill Projectors the Erronist I meane who perceiving this holy man of God Mr. Cotten was and yet is in great esteeme with the people of God for the great grace Christ hath bestowed upon him in his deepe discerning the mysteries of godlinesse as also discerning some little difference b●tweene him and the other Elders about this point commene upon it and in large at their pleasure and then in daily venting their deceivable Doctrines like subtill Logicians bring in this as their strongest argument in the last place I 'le tell you Friend Neighbour Brother if you will forbeare to speake of it till you hear farther this is the judgement of M● Cotten when he it may be had never heard of it or at least wise when they brought this their bastardly brat to him they put another vizard on the face of it but that you may understand their way of broaching their abominable errors it was in dividing those things the Lord hath united in his worke of conversion continued carrying on a Soule to Heaven in these foure Particulars First in dividing betweene the word and the word under pretence of a legall Gospell perswading the people their Ministers were legall Preachers teaching them little better then Popery and unfit for Gospell Churches denying them to be any Ministers of Christ that Preach any preparation worke by shewing men what the Law requires Here 's nothing sayes one of them but Preaching out of the Law and the Prophets truly sayes another of them I have not heard a pure Gospell Sermon from any of them but sure they were both troubled with the Lethargy or read not the Gospell themselves for they may finde the Apostles yea and Christ himselfe Preached good Gospell sure out of the Law and the Prophets Secondly in separating Christ and his Graces in manifesting himselfe to be in the Soule and this they say makes much for the magnifying of Free-grace and indeed they made it so free that the soule that receives it shall never taste any of it by their consent but remaine still a dry branch as before these legall Pharises sayes one of them tell us of a thing they call inherent grace and of a man being made a new creature but I am sure the best of them goe on in their legall duties and performances still sorrowing for sinne hearing of Sermons observing duty Morning and Evening and many such like matters Tush man sayes another of them you shall hear more then this I was discoursing with one of their Scholasticall Preachers Disciples a professed convert and yet when he came to pray he beg'd for forgivenesse of his sins I asked him why he used that vaine repetition since hee did believe he was justified by Christ already and hee made me an answer not worth repeating but when I told him God could see no sinne in his people no more then I could see that which was covered close from my eye sight hee told mee I spake little lesse then blasphemy so ignorant are these men and their learned guides also who perswade them the more they have of the in-dwelling of the Spirit of Christ the better they shall be inabled to these legall duties Nay quoth the other I can tell you more then all this they make it an evidence of their good estate even their sanctification and yet these men would make people believe they are against Popery By this discourse of theirs you may see the manner how these Erronious and Hereticall persons batter off the fruit from the goodly branches of Christs vines make bare the flourishing trees planted in the house of the Lord and yet professe themselves to be Scholars of the upper forme that have learned as far as their Masters can teach them but let me tell you friends you 'l prove but trewants if you fall thus to Robbing of Orchards and its an offence far beyond petty Larceny to rob Christs Garden let your pretenees be what they will can it possible be for the magnifying of Christs Grace that the branches growing upon his root shou●d remaine fruitlesse no assuredly herein God is glorified that his people bring forth much fruit yet many of these new Gospellers had another plea hypocrites have a seeming shew of Saints graces by which they deceive themselves and others And therefore because Felons and Traytors coyne counterfeit Gold therefore true Gold should not passe for current but the intent of the Author is to prosecute the History these errours being consuted already by the able servants of Christ whom the Lord in his mercy brought hither for that purpose CHAP. XLI Of the two latter dividing Principles under which these Erronists fought THe third dividing tenent by which these persons prosecuted their errors at this time was betweene the Word of God and the Spirit of God and here these Sectaries had many prety knacks to delude withall and especially to please the Femall Sex they told of rare Revelations of things to come from the spirit as they say it was onely devised to weaken the Word of the Lord in the mouth of his Ministers and withall to put both ignorant and unlettered Men and Women in a posture of Preaching to a multitude that they might be praised for their able Tongue Come along with me sayes one of them I 'le bring you to a Woman that Preaches batter Gospell then any of your black-coates that have been at the Ninneversity a Woman of another kinde of spirit who hath had many Revelations of things to come and for my part saith hee I had rather hear such a one that speakes from the meere motion of the spirit without any study at all then any of your learned Scollers although they may be fuller of Scripture I and admit they may speake by the helpe of the spirit yet the other goes beyond them G●ntle Reader thinke not these things fained because I name not the parties or that here is no witnesse to prove them should I so do neither of both is the cause I assure you but being somewhat acquainted with my own weakenesse should the Lord withdraw the light of his word and also I verily believe some of them are truly turned againe to the truth the which I wish to all yet by relating the story all men may see

truth able through his mercy to weld that bright Weapon of his Word prepared by the spirit for this purpose to bring to the block these Traytours to his truths one by one and behead them before your eyes and for this very end they are to gather together as one Man in a Synodicall way with a decisive power to undoe all the cunning twisted knots of Satans Malignity to the truths of Christ opening the Scriptures by the power of his spirit cleering Scripture by Scripture that nothing but the pure Word of God may take place and that you may assuredly believe the Lord hath purposely called his Servants and Souldiers to this place by his Providence to cut off this cursed spirit of Errours and Heresies which hath but at first dog'd all Reformed Churches of Christ There are for your further aid herein many more of these sincere Souldiers floating upon the great Ocean toward you who will be with you before this Synod is set that you may declare it in the Eares of all posterity to be the very Finger of God in catching the proud in their owne craftinesse who had hatch't their devices thus to cast all the Ministers of Christ except some one or two under this censure of being prejudiced against their persons and for the little remnant to labour with flattery to blinde their eyes that at least they might not be against them Seeing they could not procure them to take their part to be sure when the grossenesse of their Errors were made known they would not by this meanes having their hopes exalted in their owne apprehensions at least to gaine the most of the people on their side The Lord casts them downe from the proud Pinacle of their Machiavilian Plot by bringing in more men of courage uninterested yea unknown to most of their persons but for their errors as strong to confute them as any and more fit to wipe off the fi●me from the eyes of some of their brethren which these Erronists by their Syccophancy had clouded The time for the meeting of this Synod was to be in the seventh month following commonly called September the civill government well approving of their desires herein were very willing to further them all they could and in the 〈◊〉 time it was the worke of these valiant of the Lord to search out not for men and Womens persons but their errors which they gathered up from all parts willing all that would or could defend them to use their best meanes like as John when he was to execute the judgements of the Lord upon Ahabs bloudy household would have had his servants defend their Masters Children if they could onely you must understand there was but 70. Sons and here was 80. Errors of which you shall further hear when the time comes CHAP. IV. Of the abundant mercies of Christ in providing liberall supply for his New England People in regard of their outward man Food Rayment and all other necessaries and conveniencies NOw for the hardships on the left hand they had as good an answer as in the former their Christ had not saved their lives from the raging Seas to slay them in the Wildernesse with Famine your life is much more pretious in the eyes of the Lord then food and your bodies then rayment yea the Lord of Heaven who hath honoured you so far as to imploy you in this glorious worke of his knowes you must have these things and it was not you deare hearts that chose this place but the Lord as seeing it most fit to doe his worke in knowing that had you met with a Rich Land filled with all plenty your heart would have beene taken off this worke which he must have done But to strengthen your Faith in this point also you shall see hee who commanded the Fruits to spring out of the Earth when none were can much more cause this corner of the Earth to be fruitfull to you and this you shall attaine by meanes although hee have caused the Foules of the Aire and Grasse of the Field to depend upon him in a more immediate manner yet you hath he taught to Sow Reape carry into Barnes and Spin and indeed herein the Lord hath answered his people abundantly to the wo●der of all that see or hear of it And that whereas at their 〈◊〉 comming it was a rare matter for a man to have foure or five Acres of Corne now many have four or five score to prevent men from Sacrificing to their Nets the Lord hath taught them to labour with more ease to great admiration also inlarg'd it for it was with sore labour that on man could Plane and tend foure Acres of Indians Graine and now with two Oxen hee can Plant and tend 30. B sides the Lord hath of late altered the very course of the Heavens in the season of the weather that all kinde of graine growes much better then heretofore Insomuch that Marchandizing being stopped at present they begin question what to do with their Corne. CHAP. V. Of the wonderfull deliverance wrought by the Lord Christ for his poore New England Churches in freing them from the fear of their Malignant adversaries who forc't them to this Wildernesse ANd now to the third and great distresse which lay behind them by reason of their back friends the Lording Bishops and other Malignant adversaries being daily exasperated against them and in especiall at this time by one Merton who named himselfe the Host of Merrimount who wanted not malice could he possible have attained meanes to effect it But the Lord Christ prevented both him and his Masters whom with slattery he sought to please with scurrillous deriding the servants of Christ to bring them into contempt yet the Lord prevented all and delivered this wretched fellow into his peoples hands againe after all this who dealt as favourably with him as David did with Shimmei Besides this the evill usage that many of the beloved servants of Christ had from the hands of those in office at their departure declared plainely that there were some who would willingly have pursued them to bring them under bondage againe herein their answer was that they should stand still and see the salvation of the Lord who was now resolved to fight for them against his and their implacable enemies although more mighty than they and indeed all meanes of resistance in the hand of man being so small that it could not possible bee discerned by any morcall eye yet will the Lord worke by means and not by miracle when the Lord called forth Joshua to fight with Amaleck his Moses must be in the Mount at Prayers seeing this answer deeply concernes the dearly beloved of our Lord Christ remaining in England let them listen to the answer Also how came it to passe that the Lord put it into your hearts to set upon a Reformation was it not by prayer attained You are not excluded although the Churches of Christ here are for

least some one of them not only to prevent the disturbance might follow in the Common-wealth by any who under pretence of Church-Covenant might bring in again those cursed opinions that caused such commotion in this and the other Colony to the great dammage of the people but also to countenance the people of God in so pious a work that under them they may live a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and honesty for this cause was present the honored Mr. Increase Nowel the persons stood forth and first confessed what the Lord had done for their poor souls by the work of his Spirit in the preaching of his Word and Providences one by one and that all might know their faith in Christ was bottomed upon him as he is revealed in his Word and that from their own knowledg they also declare the same according to that measure of understanding the Lord had given them the Elders or any other messengers there present question with them for the better understanding of them in any points they doubt of which being done and all satisfied they in the name of the Churches to which they do belong hold out the right hand of fellowship unto them they declaring their Covenant in words expressed in writing to this purpose The Church-Covenant WE that do assemble our selves this day before God and and his people in an unfeigned desire to be accepted of him as a Church of the Lord Jesus Christ according to the Rule of the New-Testament do acknowledg our selves to be the most unworthy of all others that we should attain such thigh grace and the most unable of our selves to the performance of any thing that is good abhorring our selves for all our former defilements in the worship of God and other wayes and resting only upon the Lord Jesus Christ for attonement and upon the power of his grace for the guidance of our whole after course do here in the name of Christ Jesus as in the presence of the Lord from the bottom of our hearts agree together through his grace to give up our selves first unto the Lord Jesus as our only King Priest and Prophet wholly to be subject unto him in all thing and therewith one unto another as in a Church-Body to walk together in all the Ordinances of the Gospel and in all such mutual love and offices thereof as toward one another in the Lord and all this both according to the present light that the Lord hath given us as also according to all further light which he shall be pleased at any time to reach out unto us out of the Word by the goodness of his grace renouncing also in the same Covenant all errors and Schismes and whatsoever by-wayes that are contrary to the blessed rules revealed in the Gospel and in particular the inordinate love and seeking after the things of the world every Church hath not the same for words for they are not for a form of words The 22. of the 9. moneth following Mr. Thomas Carter was ordained Pastor in presence of the like Assembly Hfter he had exercised in preaching and prayer the greater part of the day two persons in the name of the Church laid their hands upon his head and said We ordain thee Thomas Carter to be Pastor unto this Church of Christ then one of the Elders Priest being desired of the Church continued in prayer unto the Lord for his more especial assistance of this his servant in his work being a charge of such weighty importance as is the glory of God and salvation of souls that the very thought would make a man to tremble in the sense of his own inability to the work The people having provided a dwelling house built at the charge of the Town in general welcomed him unto them with joy that the Lord was pleased to give them such a blessing that their eyes may see their Teachers After this there were divers added to the Church daily after this manner the person desirous to joyn with the Church cometh to the Pastor and makes him acquainted therewith declaring how the Lord hath been pleased to work his conversion who discerning hopes of the P●rsons faith in Christ although weak yet if any appear he is propounded to the Church in general for their approbation touching his godly life and conversation and then by the Pastor and some brethren heard again who make report to the Church of their charitable approving of the person but before they come to joyn with the Church all persons within the Towne have publike notice of it then publikely he declares the manner of his conversion and how the Lord hath been pleased by the hearing of his Word preached and the work of his Spirit in the inward parts of his soul to bring him out of that ●●tural darkness which all men are by nature in and under as also the measure of knowledg the Lord hath been pleased to indue him withal And because some men cannot speak publikely to edisication through bashfulness the less is required of such and women speak not publikely at all for all that is desired is to prevent the polluting the blessed Ordinances of Christ by such as walk scandalously and that men and women do not eat and drink their own condemnation in not discerning the Lords body After this manner were many added to this Church of Christ and those 7. that joyned in Church-fellowship at first are now encreased to 74. persons or therabout of which according to their own confession as is supposed the greater part having been converted by the preaching of the Word in N. E. by which may appear the powerful efficacy of the word of Christ in the mouth of his Ministers and that this way of Christ in joyning together in Church-Covenant is not only for building up of souls in Christ but also for converting of sinness bringing them out of the natural condition to be ingrafted into Christ for if this one Church have so many then assuredly there must be a great number comparatively throughout all the Churches in the Country After this manner have the Churches of Christ had their beginning and progress hitherto the Lord continue encrease them the world throughout The Pastor of this Church hath much encreased with the encreasings of Christ Jesus of whose labours in the Lord as followeth CArtor Christ hath his wayes thee taught and them Hast not with-held his Word but unto all With 's word of power dost cause stout souls to bow And meek as Lambs before thy Christ to fall The antient truths plain paths they fit thee best Thy humble heare all haughty acts puts by The lowly heart Christ learns his lovely hest Thy meekness shews thy Christ to thee is nigh Yet must thou shew Christ makes his bold to be As Lions that none may his truths tread down Pastoral power he hath invested thee With it maintain least he on thee do frown Thy youth thou hast in this

proud of this thy exaltation For thou wast dung and dogs filth when Christ wrought In thee his work and set thee in this station To stand from him thy strength is dayly brought Yet in him thou shalt go triumphant on Not thou but Christ triumphs his foes upon You people whom he by the hand did lead 〈…〉 Seas with watry wall Apply your selves his Scriptures for to read In reading do for eyes enlightned call And you shall see Christ once being come is now Again at hand your stubborn hearts to bow Though scattered you Earths Kingdoms are throughout In bondage brought cheife by those make some shew Of Jewish rights they Christ with you cast out Christ well their Cords for you in sunder hew Through unbeliefe you were to bondage brought Believe that Christ for you great work hath wrought He will your heart not member circumcise Oh search and see this is your Jesus sure Refuse him not would God you were so wise None but this King can ought your hope procure Once doting on an Earthly Kingdom you Mist of your Christ be sure be wiser now The day 's at hand he will you wiser make To know Earths Kingdoms are too scant and base For such a price as Christ paid for your sake Kings you shall be but in a higher place Yet for your freedom Nations great shall fall That without fear of foes him serve you shall You are the men that Christ will cause subdue Those Turkish Troops that joyned Jews have been His Gentile Churches cast down Babels crue Then you that brood of Mahumetts shall win Destroy his seed ' mongst Persians Turkes and Moores And for poor Christians ope the Prison doors Your Nation prov'd too scant for his possession Whose pretious blood was made a price for sin And Nations all who were in like transgression Some of the whole Christ to his Crown will win And now makes way for this his work indeed That through the world his Kingdom may proceed Now Nations all I pray you look about Christ comes you neer his power I pray embrace In 's word him seek he 's found without all doubt He doth beseech with teares Oh seek his face Yet time there is the Battel 's but begun Christ call thy folke that they to thee may run Place them in thy strong Armies newly gather'd Thy Churches Lord increase and fill withall Those blessed ones are given thee by thy Father The wickeds Rod off from their backs recall Breake off their yokes that they with freedom may Tell of thy workes and praise thee every day Lord Christ go on with thy great wonders working Down headlong cast all Antichristian power Vnmaske those men that lye in corners lurking Whose damned doctrines dayly s●ates advance For why thy Folke for this are dayly longing That Nations may come in thy Churches thronging What greater joy can come thy Saints among Then to behold their Christ exalted high Thy Spirits joy with ravishment stirs strong Thy Folke while they thy Kingdomes glory eye Angels rejoyce because their waiting is In Saints assembly where thy name they bliss Thy workes are not in Israels Land confined From East to West thy wondrous works are known To Nations all thou hast thy grace assigned Thy spirits breathings through the World are blown All Languages and tongues do tell thy praise Dead hear thy voyce them thou dost living raise Oh blessed dayes of Son of Man now seen You that have long'd so sore them to behold March forth in 's might and stoutly stand between The mighties sword and Christs dear flocke infold Vndanted close and clash with them for why ' Gainst Christ they are and he with thee stands by No Captive thou nor Death can on thee seize Fight stand and live in Christ thou dayly dost He long ago did lead as Captives these And ever lives to save thee where thou goest His Father still and Spirit shall with thee Abide and crowne thy Head with lasting glee For thy words sake and according to thine own heart hast thou done all these great things to make thy servant know them 2 Sam. 7. 21. FINIS Courteous Reader These Books following are Printed for Nathaniel Brooke and are to be sold at his Shop at the Angel in Cornehill 1. TImes Treasury or Academy for Gentry excellent grounds both Divine and humane for their accomplishment in arguments of discourse habit fashion with a Ladies love-Lecture and Truths triumph summing up all in a character of Honour by Ri. Braithwait Esq 2. Morton of the Sacrament in folio 3. Physiogmony and Chiromancy Metoposcopy the Symmetricall proportions and signall Moles of the body the subject of Dreames to which is added the Art of Memory by Ri. Sanders Student folio 4. Theatrum Chemicum Britannicum containing severall poeticall peeces of our famous English Philosophers which have written the Hermetique misteries in their antient Language by Elias Ashmole Esq 5. Chiromancy or the Art of Divining by the lines engraven in the hand of man by dame Nature Theologically practically in 19. Genitures with a learned discourse of the soul of the World and universall spirit thereof by Geo. Wharton Esq 6. Catholick History collected and gathered out of Scripture Councels and antient Fathers Moderne writers both ecclesiasticall and civill in answer to Dr. Vane's Lost Sheep returned home by Ed. Chiseuhall Esq 7. Planometria or the whole Art of Survey of Land shewing the use of all Instruments but especially the plain Table whereunto is added an Appendix to measure regular Solids as Timber Stone usefull for all that intend either to sell or purchase 8. An Arithmetick in number and species in two Books 1. Teaching by precept and example the operation in Numbers whole and broken by Decimals and use of the Logarithms Napyers bones 2. The great Rule of Algebra in Species resolving all Arithmeticall questions by supposition with a Canon of the powers of numbers fitted to the meanest capacity by Jonas Moore late of Durham 8. 9. Tactometrica or the Geometry of Regulars after a new exact and expeditious manner in Solids with sundry usefull experiments Practicall Geometry of Regular-like Solids and of a Cylinder body for liquid vessell measure with sundry new experiments never before extant for gauging a work very usefull for all that are imployed in the Art Metrical by John Wiberd Doctor in Physick 10. An Astrologicall discourse with Mathematicall Demonstrations proving the powerfull and harmonicall influence of the Planets and fixed Stars upon Elementary Bodies in justification of the Validity of Astroligy by Sir Christopher Heydon Knight 11. Magick and Astrology vindicated in which is contained the true definitions of the said Arts and the justification of their practise proved by the authority of Scripture and the experience of antient and modern Authors by H. Warren 12. An Astrologicall judgement of Diseases from the Decumbiture of the ficke also the way of finding out the cause change and end of a disease also whether the sick be