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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

obtained one victory they were very desirous of another and further they knew right-well till this cursed crew were utterly rooted out they should never be at peace therefore they marched on toward them Now assuredly had the Indians knowne how much weakned our Souldiers were at present they might have born them downe with their multitude they being very strong and agile of body had they come to handy-gripes but the Lord who would have his people know their work was his and he onely must order their Counsels and war like work for them did bring them timely supply from the vessels and also gave them a second victory wherein they sl●ew many more of their enemies the residue flying into a very thick swamp being unaccessible by reason of the boggy holes of water and thick bushes the English drawing up their company beleagered the swamp and the Indians in the mean time skulking up and down and as they saw opportunity they made shot with their Arrowes at the English and then suddainly they would fall flat along in the water to defend themselves from the retalliation of the Souldiers Muskets This lasted not long for our English being but a small number had parted themselves far asunder but by the providence of the most high God some of them spyed an Indian with a kettle at his back going more inwardly into the swamp by which they perceived there was some place of firm land in the midst thereof which caused them to make way for the passage of their Souldiers which brought this warre to a period For although many got away yet were they no such considerable number as ever to raise warre any more the slaine or wounded of the English were through the mercy of Christ but a few One of them being shot through the body neere about the breast regarding it not till of a long time after which caused the bloud to dry and thicken on eitheir end of the arrow so that it could not be drawne forth his body without great difficulty and much paine yet did he scape his life and the wound healed Thus the Lord was pleased to assist his people in this warre and deliver them out of the Indians hands who were very lusty proper men of their hands most of them as may appear by one passage which I shall here relate thus it came to passe As the Souldiers were uppon their march close by a great thicket where no eye could penetrate farre as it often falls out in such wearisom wayes where neither men nor beast have beaten out a path some Souldiers lingering behinde their fellowes two Indians watching their opportunity much like a hungry hauke when they supposed the last man was come up who kept a double double double distance in his march they sudden and swiftly snatched him up in their tallens hoising him upon their shoulders ran into the swamp with him the Souldier unwilling to be made a Pope by being borne on mens shoulders strove with them all he could to free himselfe from their hands but like a carefull Commander one Captaine Davenport then Lieutenant of this company being diligent in his place to bring up the reare coming up with them followed with speed into the swamp after him having a very severe cutlace tyed to his wrist and being well able to make it bite sore when he set it on resolving to make it fall foul on the Indians bones he soone overtook them but was prevented by the buckler they held up from hitting them which was the man they had taken It was matter of much wonder to see with what dexterity they hurled the poore Souldier about as if they had been handling a Lacedaemonian shield so that the nimble Captaine Davenport could not of a long time fasten one stroke upon them yet at last dying their tawny skin into a crimson colour they cast downe their prey and hasted thorow the thickets for their lives The Souldier thus redeemed had no such hard usage but that he is alive as I suppose at this very day The Lord in mercy toward his poore Churches having thus destroyed these bloudy barbarous Indians he returnes his people in safety to their vessels where they take account of their prisoners the Squawes and some young youths they brought home with them and finding the men to be deeply guilty of the crimes they undertooke the warre for they brought away onely their heads as a token of their victory By this means the Lord strook a trembling terror into all the Indians round about even to this very day CHAP. VII Of the first Syrod holden in New England whereby the Lord in his mercy did more plainly discover his ancient truths and confute those cursed errors that ordinarily dogg the reforming Churches of CHRIST THe Lord Christ deeming it most expedient for his people to adde some farther help to assist them in cutting downe those cursed errors that were the next dangerous difficulty they were to meet with sends in the Reverend and bright shining light Mr. Davenport and the cheerfull grave and gracious Soldier of his Mr. Allen as also Mr. Thompson Mr. Browne Mr. Fish with divers other of the faithfull servants of Christ the much honoured Mr. Eaton and Mr. Hopkins and now the time being come the Synod sate at Cambridge where was present about 25. Reverend and godly Ministers of Christ besides many other graciously-eminent servants of his A Catalogue of the severall Errors scattered about the Countrey was there produced to the number of 80. and liberty given to any man to dispute pro or con and none to be charged to be of that opinion he disputed for unlesse he should declare himselfe so to be The Weapons these Souldiers of Christ warred with was the Sword of the Spirit even the Word of God together with earnest prayer to the God of all Truth that he would open his truths unto them The clearing of the true sense and meaning of any place of Scripture it was done by Scripture for they so discerned by the grace of God that was given them that the whole Scripture must be attended unto Foure sorts of persons I could with a good will have paid their passage out and home againe to England that they might have been present at this Synod so that they would have reported the truth of all the passages thereof to their own Colledges at their return The first is the Prelates who both in Theorie and Practice might have made their owne Eyes Judges in the case Whether would prevaile most to the suppressing of Error and advancing of Unity in the true worship of God either their commanding power backt with the subordinate sword of Princes or the Word of God cleered up by the faithfull labour and indefatigable pains of the sincere servants of the Lord Christ and mightily declared through the demonstration of his blessed Spirit This well waighed may through the Lords blessing stop the yet running fancie in the brains of many that