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Show ( j8 ) from Of d. Emr ,z'nd ye have fuch , a Power, . then (hew ir; fd~ (I think) I !,ave the Copy of ' your Charter by me, and there is no fuch rhing, bur che Condition of it rnns ir more than once (fc.) ~Providcrl thQt they ( ro wir, rhe Laws it gives ye Power ro m:~ke) be not Repugnant to the LaJJJs, Stt~ttstes, anti Ordinances of this Realm- Yea, Why nor inro [this] your Jurifditiion abov all orher, feeing rhar above all other, your Jurifdittion is moft fuicable? If ye fay, We agree nor wirh them in Matters of Religion ; nor did, nor do yc now with rhe Bifhops, nor rhey with you; and yer no Law rurn'd ye our, nor did rhey procure a Law for that Purpofe, nor was a Law made (as you have done who have no fuch Power) nor fuffered ro be fo, nor was rheir Motion thereunro (as far as I have heard. I am fure rhere is no Law) and fo you are without Excufe : Your Remove was of your felves ; nor were ye kept out thence by any Law when ye moved, nor from return· ing again to England, as ye minded a Removing ; and ye have returned inro England, and have been fuffered fo co do, as if ye had nor removed. fer a Law ye have made, ProbibititJg all Mrrfters of Ships to bring in of your Brethre& among rou (who were nor prohibited your felves) ana themfe!ves J'rom coming in on Juch a Penalty. Which leads me ro rhe next -particular ( vh.. . ) The Suf- • ferings by this your Law.-And A.cordingly (fay you) a Law 'vas matle anti publijhed.- Anfw. This Law is pur as rhe Pon or Entrance into this Scene of Blood and Cruel Sufferings, and the very Puhlicarion of ic Enters ir, and fhews the Spirit by which it was madtt, and rhe Ground on v. hich ir wem ; and poor Nicho/111 N, "Vpfball. Upfha!i (a w<.aldy Old Man) of your Town of . . . Bofton ( l9 ) Bojlon bore the Brunt of it ; for he hearing ir proclaimed, and being grieved ar the Hearr for your fakes, and the Councries, rhar fuch a thing fhould be done, which he looked upon as a fad fore-runner of fome heavy Judgmenr, gave his Diffent ; which ye rook fo ill ar his hanJs, that rho' he was a Member of your Church, and of good Repute among you, for a Man of a fober and unbiameable Converfation ; and tho' in much Tendernefs and Love he fpake co you the next Day, when ye had him before you, defiring JOU to take heed, left ye jhould be found fighters againft God, and {ome fudden Judgment foUuw it on the Land; which WaS the Counfel which wife Gamaliel gave the Chief Priefts and _ Pbarifees, and which they received at his hand ~, ·t• and it would have been your Wifdom fo w have done ; yet you Fined him Twenry Pounds (which ye cxa.aed, 1'/J not bate him one Groat, faid yo~r Cruel Govemour, John Endicor) and Three Pounds more by anorher Courr, for not coming ro your Meetings ( and this afrer he was Imprifoned ) and imo Prifon ye cafl: him ; and Banifh him you did our of your J urifaiaion, allowing him but one Monrhs fpace (of which the time of his Imprifonment w•s parr) for his Remove ; neither r~garding his old Years (who had fcarce a Tooth in his Head w eat his Meat, and Bread and Cheefe, and o£her Sufrenance, was fcraped into a fpoon when he received it) nor the Weaknefs of his Body, nor the frare of his Aged \Vife and Children which were amongft ye, nor the Seafon of the Year (ic being in the beginning of Wimer, which wirh you is very Cold ; and he might have perifhed therein, as fome have done in pa1Iing from Town to Town, tho' bur of Thn:e Miles di- : .· C 4 fiance) |