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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

manifested not only to our own shipping but strangers as the Mary Rose blown up in Charles River and sunk in a moment with about thirteen men slain therein As also one Capt. Chadwicks Pinnace and about four men slain therein beside what hath been formerly said touching our own shipping B The Rod of God toward us in our Maritine affairs manifested not only to our own shipping but strangers as the Mary Rose blown up in Charles River and sunk in a moment with about thirteen men slain therein As also one Capt. Chadwicks Pinnace and about four men slain therein beside what hath been formerly said touching our own shipping C Of the Lords hand against our Land affairs as is heretofore expressed and also in the suddain taking away many mens estates by fire and chiefly by a most terrible fire which happened in Charles-Town in the depth of Winter 1650. by a violent wind blown from one house to another to the consuming of the fairest houses in the Town Vnder the pre●ance of being unequally rated many men murmure exceedingly and withdraw their shoulders from the support of Government to the great discouragement of those that govern 1651. Pride and excess in apparrel i● frequent in these daies when the Lord calls his people to humiliation and humble acknowledgment of his great deliverances and that which is far worse spiritual pride to shew our selves to be somebody often step ●ut of our ranks and delight in new fangled doctrines C Of the Lords hand against our Land affairs as is heretofore expressed and also in the suddain taking away many mens estates by fire and chiefly by a most terrible fire which happened in Charles-Town in the depth of Winter 1650. by a violent wind blown from one house to another to the consuming of the fairest houses in the Town Vnder the pre●ance of being unequally rated many men murmure exceedingly and withdraw their shoulders from the support of Government to the great discouragement of those that govern 1651. Pride and excess in apparrel i● frequent in these daies when the Lord calls his people to humiliation and humble acknowledgment of his great deliverances and that which is far worse spiritual pride to shew our selves to be somebody often step ●ut of our ranks and delight in new fangled doctrines C Of the Lords hand against our Land affairs as is heretofore expressed and also in the suddain taking away many mens estates by fire and chiefly by a most terrible fire which happened in Charles-Town in the depth of Winter 1650. by a violent wind blown from one house to another to the consuming of the fairest houses in the Town Vnder the pre●ance of being unequally rated many men murmure exceedingly and withdraw their shoulders from the support of Government to the great discouragement of those that govern 1651. Pride and excess in apparrel i● frequent in these daies when the Lord calls his people to humiliation and humble acknowledgment of his great deliverances and that which is far worse spiritual pride to shew our selves to be somebody often step ●ut of our ranks and delight in new fangled doctrines C Of the Lords hand against our Land affairs as is heretofore expressed and also in the suddain taking away many mens estates by fire and chiefly by a most terrible fire which happened in Charles-Town in the depth of Winter 1650. by a violent wind blown from one house to another to the consuming of the fairest houses in the Town Vnder the pre●ance of being unequally rated many men murmure exceedingly and withdraw their shoulders from the support of Government to the great discouragement of those that govern 1651. Pride and excess in apparrel i● frequent in these daies when the Lord calls his people to humiliation and humble acknowledgment of his great deliverances and that which is far worse spiritual pride to shew our selves to be somebody often step ●ut of our ranks and delight in new fangled doctrines C Of the Lords hand against our Land affairs as is heretofore expressed and also in the suddain taking away many mens estates by fire and chiefly by a most terrible fire which happened in Charles-Town in the depth of Winter 1650. by a violent wind blown from one house to another to the consuming of the fairest houses in the Town Vnder the pre●ance of being unequally rated many men murmure exceedingly and withdraw their shoulders from the support of Government to the great discouragement of those that govern 1651. Pride and excess in apparrel i● frequent in these daies when the Lord calls his people to humiliation and humble acknowledgment of his great deliverances and that which is far worse spiritual pride to shew our selves to be somebody often step ●ut of our ranks and delight in new fangled doctrines C Of the Lords hand against our Land affairs as is heretofore expressed and also in the suddain taking away many mens estates by fire and chiefly by a most terrible fire which happened in Charles-Town in the depth of Winter 1650. by a violent wind blown from one house to another to the consuming of the fairest houses in the Town Vnder the pre●ance of being unequally rated many men murmure exceedingly and withdraw their shoulders from the support of Government to the great discouragement of those that govern 1651. Pride and excess in apparrel i● frequent in these daies when the Lord calls his people to humiliation and humble acknowledgment of his great deliverances and that which is far worse spiritual pride to shew our selves to be somebody often step ●ut of our ranks and delight in new fangled doctrines D An over-eager desire after the world hath so seized on the spirits of many that the chief end of our coming hither is forgotten and notwithstanding all the powerful means used we stand at a stay as if the Lord had no farther work for his people to do but every bird to feather his own nest D An over-eager desire after the world hath so seized on the spirits of many that the chief end of our coming hither is forgotten and notwithstanding all the powerful means used we stand at a stay as if the Lord had no farther work for his people to do but every bird to feather his own nest E The Lords taking away by death many of his most eminent servants from us shewes that either the Lord will raise up another people to himself to do his work or raise us up by his Rod to a more eager pursuit of his work even the planting of his Churches the world throughout The Lord converts and calls forth of their graves men to fight his battels against the enemies of his truth E The Lords taking away by death many of his most eminent servants from us shewes that either the Lord will raise up another people to himself to do his work or raise us up by his Rod to a more eager pursuit of his work even the planting of his Churches the world throughout The Lord converts and calls forth of their graves men to fight his battels against the enemies of his truth Aso Mr. William Leveriry Pastor of Sandwich Church is very serious therein and with good success Mr. Nathaneel White Mr. Patrick Copeland Mr. William Golding Rev. 17.14 * Yea every Officer hath his own proper Regiment

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

Men but see here the Wonder-working Providence of Sions Saviour appears much in gathering together stones to build up the walls of Jerusalem that his Sion may be surrounded with Bulworkes and Towres with a whispering word in the eares of his servants he crosses the Angles of England from Cornewall to Kent from Dover to Barwick not leaving out Scotland and Wales Wise men are perswaded to the worke without arguing like Elisba when Elias cast his mantle on him so these men make no stop but say suffer me onely to sell my inheritance and I will away for New England And now I could wish our Brethren in England would not be angry with us for making such hast Brethren you know how the case stood with our Ministers as it was with Gideon who could thresh out no Corne but hee must doe it secretly to hide it from the Midianites who spread the Land like Grashoppers no more could they thresh and cleane up any Wheate for the Lords Garner but the Prelates would presently be upon their backs and plow long furrowes there and you may believe it if you will for it is certaine many had not this little number gone forth to blow their Trumpets and breake their Pitchers making the brightnesse of their Lamps appeare surely the host of the Midianites had never been put to flight and if still any of our Brethren shall contend with us wee answer with Gideon the Lord hath delivered into your hands the chiefe Princes of Midian and what were we able to do in comparison of you yet shall we not cease to follow on the worke of Reformation although weake and faint till the Lord be pleased to free his Israel from all their enemies and verily England hath not wanted the Prayers of the poore people of Christ here And also some of our chiefe helpes both for Church-worke Military and common-wealth-worke yet through the Lords mercy we still retaine among our Democracy the godly Captaine William Hathorn whom the Lord hath indued with a quick apprehension strong memory and rhetorick volubillity of speech which hath caused the people to make use of him often in publick service especially when they have had to do with any forrein Government Mr. Nathaniel Duncan learned in the Latine and French tongue a very good accountant Wherefore he is called to the place of Auditor Generall for the County Mr. John Glovar a man strong for the truth a plaine sincere godly man and of good abilities Captaine Daniel Gogkin who was drawen hither from Virginia by having his affection strongly set on the truths of Christ and his pure Ordinances being indued by the Lord with good understanding Captaine William Tinge sometime Treasurour for the County but being absent for some space of time in England Mr. Richard Russell was chosen in his roome Mr. Edward Rawson a young man yet imployed in Common-wealth affaires a long time being well beloved of the inhabitants of Newbery having had a large hand in her Foundation but of late he being of a ripe capacity a good yeoman and eloquent inditer hath beene chosen Secretary for the Country Mr. William Hubbard of Iphshwich a learned man being well read in state matters of a very affable and humble behaviour who hath expended much of his Estate to helpe on this worke although he be slow of speech yet is hee down right for the businesse Captaine Vmphry Atherton one of a cheerfull spirit and intire for the County Mr. Edward Jackson one who cannot indure to s●e the truths of Christ trampled under foot by the erronious party Eleazar Lusher one of the right stamp and pure mettle a gratious humble and heavenly minded man Mr. Joseph Hill a man active for to bring the Lawes of the County in order Mr. Whipple one whose godly sincerity is much approved Mr. Francis Norton one of a cheerfull spirit and full of love to the truth Mr. Robert Paine a right godly man and one whose estate hath holpe on well with the worke of this little Common-wealth Mr. William Torry a good penman and skild in the Latine tongue usually Clarke of the Deputies the Survayor Generall of the Armies of the Country John Johnson of an undanted spirit Mr. William Parker a man of a pregnant understanding and very usefull in his place Many more would be named but for tediousnesse neither will it please the men more to be named then not for all are very willing to acknowledge their inability for the worke and the best are not without many imperfections The Authors end in naming some few is for none other end but to make good the title of this Book to incourage all the servants of Christ for time to come wholely to rely upon him when they go about any difficult work which may tend to the glory of his Name Who could have told these men being scattered abroad throughout the Island of Great Brittaine they should meete on a Wildernesse nine hundered Leagues remote and there keep Court together to study the preservation of Christs poore scattered flockes nay brethren when you first tooke book in hand to learne your Letters you would have been very dull pates but for this worke assuredly how you came by large inheritances some of you and estates of hundreds and thousands your selves best know but believe it the Lord intended it for this very work The Earth is the Lords and the fulnesse of it then let none of the people of Christ mourn that they have spent their wealth in this Wildernesse if it have holpe on the worke rather rejoyce that Christ hath betrusted thee to be Steward for the King of Kings that in so noble an achievement the worthiest worke that the memory of our selves and our fore-fathers can reach unto And brethren as for the good parts and gifts the Author hath commended you for but for the edifying of the body of Christ and assisting his people in this work you had been empty of all good And now seeing it is the opinion of many in these dayes of Reformation that all sorts of Sectaries that acknowledge a Christ should be tolerated by civill Government except Papist and this Government hath hitherto and is for future time resolved to practice otherwise the Lord assisting having met already with more blasphemous Sectaries then are Papists wherefore it will not be amisse if our Countrymen be acquainted with the one and twenty yeares experience of this Wildernesse worke in point of Government First it is their judgment and that from Scripture taught them that those who are chose to place of government must be men truly fearing God wise and learned in the truths of Christ if so as hitherto it hath been New Englands practice then surely such will be utterly unfit to tolerate all sorts of Sectaries as because they have taken up Joshuas resolution to serve the Lord a man cannot serve two Masters much lesse many Masters Then surely such as would have all sorts of sinfull

prove abortive or if any fruit brought forth it hath beene rape thefe and murther things inconsisting with natures light then much lesse with a Souldiers valour but you my deare hearts purposely pickt out by the godly grave Fathers of this government that your prowesse may carry on the work where there Justice in her righteous course is obstructed you need not question your authority to execute those whom God the righteous Judge of all the world hath condemned for blaspheming his sacred Majesty and murthering his Servants every common Souldier among you is now installed a Magistrate then shew your selves men of courage I would not draw low the height of your enemies hatred against you and so debase your valour This you may expect their swelling pride hath laid the foundation of large conceptions against you and all the people of Christ in this mildernesse even as wide as Babels bottome But my brave Souldiers it hath mounted already to the clouds and therefore it is ripe for confusion also their crueltie is famously knowne yet all true-bred Souldiers reserve this as a common maxime cruelty and cowardize are unseparable companions and in briefe there is nothing wanting on your enemies part that may deprive you of a compleat victory onely their nimbleness of foot and the unaccessible swamps and nut-tree woods forth of which your small numbers may intice and industry compell them And now to you I put the question who would not fight in such a cause with an agile spirit and undaunted boldnesse yet if you look for further encouragement I have it for you riches and honour are the next to a good cause eyed by every Souldier to maintain your owne and spoile your enemies of theirs although gold and silver be wanting to either of you yet have you that to maintaine which is farre more precious the lives libertyes and new purchased freedomes priviledges and immunities of the indeared servants of our Lord Christ Jesus and of your second selves even your affectionated bosome mates together with the thiefe pledges of your love the comforting contents of harmlesse pratling and smiling babes and in a word all the riches of that goodnesse and mercy that attends the people of God in the injoyment of Christ in his Ordinances even in this life and as for honour David was net to be blamed for enquiring after it as a due recompence of that true valour the Lord had bestowed on him aad now the Lord hath prepared this honour for you oh you couragious Souldiers of his to execute vengeance upon the heathen and correction among the people to binde their Kings in chaines and Nobles in fetters of Iron that they may execute upon them the judgements that are written this honour shall be to all his Saints but some of you may suppose deaths stroke may cut you short of this let every faithfull Souldier of Christ Jesus know that the cause why some of his indeared Servants are taken away by death in a just warre as this assuredly is it is not because they should fall short of the honours accompanying such noble designes but rather because earths honours are two scant for them and therefore the everlasting Crown must be set upon their heads forthwith then march on with a cheerfull Christian courage in the strength of the Lord and the power of his might who will forthwith inclose your enemies in your hands make their multitudes fall under your warlike weapons and your feet shall soon be set on their proud necks After the Ministers of Christ had through the grace that was given them exhorted and encouraged these Souldiers appointed for the work they being provided with certaine Indian guides who with the close of the day brought them to a small river where they could perceive many persons had been dressing of fish upon the sight thereof the Indian guides concluded they were now a feasting it at their fort which was hard at hand the English calling a Councill of warre being directed by the speciallest providence of the most high God they concluded to storm the fort a little before break of day at whith time they supposed the Indians being up late in their jolly feasting would bee in their deepest sleepe and surely so it was for they now slept their last the English keeping themselves as covertly as they could approached the fort at the time appointed which was builded of whole Trees set in the ground fast and standing up an end about twelve foot high very large having pitcht their Wigwams within it the entrance being on two sides with intricate Meanders to enter The chiefe Leaders of the English made some little stand before they offered to enter but yet boldly they rushed on and found the passages guarded at each place with an Indian Bow-man ready on the string they soone let fly and wounded the for most of the English in the shoulder yet having dispatch'd the Porters they found the winding way in without a Guide where they soone placed themselves round the Wigwams and according to direction they made their first shot with the muzzle of their Muskets downe to the ground knowing the Indian manner is to lie on the ground to sleep from which they being in this terrible manner awakened unlesse is were such as were slaine with the shot After this some of the English entred the Wigwams where they received some shot with their Arrowes yet catching up the fire brands they began to fire them and others of the English Soulders with powder did the same the day now began to break the Lord intending to have these murtherers know he wou'd looke out of the cloudy pillar upon them and now these women and children set up a terrible out-cry the men were smitten down and flaine as they came forth with a great slaughter the Sqawes crying out oh much winn it English-man who moved with pitty toward them saved their lives and hereupon some young youth cryed I squaw I squaw thinking to finde the like mercy There were some of these Indians as is reported whose bodyes were not to be pierced by their sharp rapiers of swords of a long time which made some of the Souldiers think the Devil was in them for there were some Powwowes among them which work strange things with the help of Satan But this was very remarkable one of them being wounded to death and thrust thorow the neck with a halbert vet after all lying groaning upon the ground he caught the halberts speare in his hand and wound it quite round After the English were thus possessed of this first victory they sent their prisoners to the pinnaces and prosecute the warre in hand to the next Battalia of the Indians which lay on a hill about two miles distant and indeed their stoutest Souldiers were at this place and not yet come to the fort the English being weary with their night worke and wanting such refreshing as the present worke required began to grow faint yet having

year The Town of Readding had her foundation stone laid about this time this and the Town of Wooburn were like the twins in the womb of Tamar Readding thrusting forth the hand first but Wooburn came first to the birth this Town is well watered and scituate about a great pond besides it hath two mills the one a Saw-mill the other a 〈◊〉 mill which stand on two several streams it hath not been ●o fruitful for children as her Sister hath her habitation is fallen in the very center of the country they are well stocked with cattel for the number of people they have they gathered into a church and ordained a Pastor from among themselves at the same time a young man of good abilities to preach the Word and of a very humble behaviour named Mr. Green he having finished his course departed this life not long after whose labours are with the Lord after him succeeded in the place one Mr. Hoph a young man one of the first fruits of N. E. a man studious to promote the truths of Christ they are both remembred in this following verse ON earths bed thou at noon hast laid thy head You that for Christ as Green here toy I have taken When nature fails then rest it in earths dead Till Christ by 's word with glory thee awaken Young Hoph thou must be second to this man In field incounter with Christ's foes shalt thou Stand up and take his bright sword in thy hand Error cut down and make stout stomacks bow Green 's gone before thy warfare's now begun And last it may to see Romes Babel fall Byweakest means Christ mighty works hath done Keep footing fast till Christ thee hence do call The next Town and church of Christ planted in this colony was between Salem and Ipswitch Salem the eldest of all the Sisters was very helpful to this her little Sister nourishing her up in her own bosom till she came of age being beneficial to her besides in giving her a good portion of Land this Town is called Wenham and is very well watered as most in land Towns are the people live altogether upon husbandry New England having train'd up great store to this occupation they are encreased in cattel and most of them live very well yet are they no great company they were some good space of time there before they gathered into a Church-body the godly and reverend Mr. John Fisk went thither with them at first setting down as a planter among them yet withal he became helpful in preaching the Word unto them when they were but a few in number they afterward call'd him to the office of a Pastor with whom he now remains labouring in the Word and Doctrine with great industry of whom it may be thus said TO wade through toyl of Wilderness thou hast D●ubled thy work thy wages troble are Christ hath thee call'd and in his vineyard plac't He 'l bear thee up above all sai●ting far Sions strong Mount must now again be built Thy faith oh Fisk the Lord hath holpen much With dreadful sigh● the P●●lars power hath spilt All pride he 'l stain by his almighty touch His truths unstain'd by liberty keep thou To please the most authority must fall What Christ hath given if safely keep with you Till he to thee for thine accompt do call CHAP. XXVI Of the military affairs the forts of Bostoa and Charles the Castle erected anew by the six neerest Towns with the manner of putting the Country in a posture of war to be ready upon all occasions THese souldiers of Christ Jesus having made a fair retreat from their Native country hither and now being come to a convenient station resolved to stand it out the Lord assisting against all such as should come to rob them of their priviledges which the Lord Christ had purchased for them at a very high rate and now out of the riches of his grace was minded to give them yet would he have them follow him into this Wilderness for it although the chiefest work of these select bands of Christ was to mind their spiritual warfare yet they knew right well the Temple was surrounded with walls and bulworks and the people of God in re-edifying the same did prepare to resist their enemies with weapons of war even while they continued building This people no less diligent to make use of such means as the Lord afforded them ordered and decreed That all the souldiers belonging to the 26. bands in the Mattachusets Government should be exercised and drill'd eight daies in a yeare and whosoever should absent himself except it were upon unavoidable occasion should pay 5. s. for every daies neglect there are none exempt unless it be a few timerous persons that are apt to plead infirmity if the Church chuse them not for Deacous or they cannot get to serve some Magistrate or Minister but assuredly the generalicy of this people are very forward for feats of war and many have spent their time and estates to further this work the Town of Boston hath afforded many active Charles Town hath not been inferiour unless it be in number This year the Court appointed certain persons to spend their skill in putting the people possessing this desolate desart in a ready posture of drawing their forces together upon any suddain accident that might befall them to mannage guide order and direct all things as may be best for the good of the whole they being a poor and mean people laboured to avoid high titles yet order they knew was necessary therefore ordained they only one General Officer in time of war under the name of Major General the Governor and Magistrates for the time being are the standing Councel for peace or war and either they or the General Court may appoint any to the office of a General the first Major-General was the much honored Tho. Dudly Esquire whose faithfulness and great zeal and love to the truths of Christ caused the people to chuse him to this office although he were far stricken in years the Government is divided into four Counties which to shew they would their posterity should mind whence they came they have named Suffolk Middlesex Essex and Northfolk each containing a Regiment over whom the chief Commander is only a Serjeant-Major the first chosen to this office over the Regiment of Suffolk was Major Edw. Gibbons who hath now the office of Major-General also he is a man of a resolute spirit bord as a Lion being wholly tutor'd up in N.E. Discipline very generous and forward to promote all military matters his Forts are well contrived and batteries strong and in good repair his great Artillery well mounted and cleanly kept half Canon Culverins and Sakers as also field-pieces of brass very ready for service his own company led by Capt. Lievtenant Sarag are very compleat in their arms and many of them disciplin'd in the military garden beside their ordinary trainings the Captains under him are Caps

indefatigable paines in th● Wilderness-work is not to be forgotten nor indeed ●● it be his Funeral was very sadly and solemnly performe● by a very great concourse of the greater part of this Colo● whose mournful looks and watry eyes did plainly demonstrate the tender affection and great esteem he was in with the people CHAP. VIII Of the death of divers personages who were in great este em with the people of New-England famous for their godliness and ominent parts both for Magistracy and Ministery and of the correcting hand of the Lord upon his N. E. people A His year after the death of this godly Governour was chosen to succeed in the place 10. Endicut Esq and Tho. Dudly Esq to be Deputy Governor to the place of Major-General Edw. Gibbons and seeing that the Lord is pleased to call this people to mourning the Author will proceed to relate what further occasion this people have had to lament their miscarriages that have caused the rod to be stretched out toward them for of a truth they are no Antinomians The next loss was the death of that famous Preacher of the Lord M. Hooker Pastor of the Church of Christ at Hartford and M. Philips Pastor of the Church of Christ at Watertown and the holy heavenly sweet-affecting and soul-ravishing Minister M. Tho. Shepheard Pastor of the Church of Christ at Cambridg whose departure was very heavily taken by all the people of Christ round about him and now N.E. that had such heaps apon heaps of the riches of Christs tender compassionate mercies being turn'd off from his dandling knees began to read their approaching rod in the bend of hi● brows frowns of his former favourable countenance toward them their plenty of all things which shold have cheared their hearts quickned their spirits in elevating both soul and body to a thankful frame through the work of his blessed Spirit on the contrary it brought a fulness on many even to loath the very honey-comb insomuch that good wholesome truths would not down yet had the Lord those that were precious unto him who were not wanting to help one another out of this distemper and with more warmer affections exhort one another Come let us go up unto the house of the Lord and he will teach us his wayes Also the Lord was pleased to awaken us with an Army of caterpillers that had he not suddainly rebuked them they had surely destroyed the husband mans hope where they fell upon trees they left them like winter-wasting cold bare and naked and although they fell on fields very rarely yet in some places they made as clear a riddance as the harvest mans hand and uncovered the gay green Medow ground but indeed the Lord did by some plats shew us what he could have done with the whole and in many places cast them into the high wayes that the Cart-wheels in their passage were painted green with running over the great swarms of them in some fields they devoured the leaves of their pease and left the straw with the full crop so tender was the Lord in his correction this minded all these Jacobites of the end of their coming over but chiefly the husbandman whose over eager pursuit of the fruits of the earth made some of them many times run out so far in this Wilderness even out of the sweet sound of the silver Trumpets blown by the laborious Ministers of Christ forsaking the assembly of the Lords people to celebrate their Sabbaths in the chimney-corner horse kine sheep goats and swine being their most indeared companions to travel with them to the end of their pilgrimage or otherwise to gather together some of their neerest neighbours and make a preachment one unto another till they had learn'd so much that they could away with none other teaching As also the Lord was pleased to command the wind and Seas to give us a jog on the elbow by sinking the very chief of our shipping in the deep and splitting them in shivers against the shores a very goodly Ship called the Seaforce was east away and many N. E. people put to hard shifts for their lives and some drowned as the godly and dearly beloved servant of Christ Mr. Tho Coitmire a very able Seaman and also a good Scholar one who had spent both his labour and estate for the helping on of this Wilderness-work as also another ship set forth by the Merchants of New-haven of which the godly Mr Lamberton went Master neither ship persons nor goods ever heard of another ship also built and set forth by the inhabitants of Cambridg split and cast away neer the same place where the Seaforce was loft as also another Barque mostly set forth by Dorchester men sank in the Sea and never heard of the manner how with divers others which might be here inserted this seemed the sorer affliction to these N. E people because many godly men lost their lives and abundantly the more remarkable because the Lord was pleased to forbid any such things to befal his people in their passage hither herein these people read as in great capital letters their suddain forgetfulness of the Lords former received mercy in his wonderful preservation bringing over so many scores of ships and thousands of persons without miscarriage of any to the wonderment of the whole world that shall hear of it ●ut more especially were the Merchants and traders themselves sensible of the hand of the Lord out against them who were in some of the ships and had their lixes given them for a prey as also Vintners and other men of trade whose gain is increased by Merchants men being so taken up with the income of a large profit that they would willingly have had the Common wealth tolerate divers kinds of sinful opinions to intice men to come and sit down with us that their purses might be filled with coyn the civil Government with contention and the Churches of our Lord Christ with errors the Lord was pleased after all this to let in the King of Terror among his new-planted Churches FOr this year 1650. Tho. Dudly Esquire was chosen Governor and John Eudicut Esquire Deputy Governor Major-General Edward Gibbous continned in his office still the number of freemen added were about 55. Thir year was the first noted year wherein any store of people died the ayt and place being very healthy naturally made this correction of the Lord seem the greater for the most that died were children and that of an unwonted disease here though frequent in other places the Lord now smiting many families with death in them although there were not any families wherein more then one died or very rare if it were otherwise yet were these pilgrim people minded of the suddain forgetfulness of those worthies that died not long before but more especially the little regard had to provide means to train their children up in the knowledg of learning and improve such means as the Lord hath