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Show ( 104 ) thtir Hay and Harvefllying on the Spoil, and 1Mtbit~g to Cht~rge them with, but rheir Meetings on the Firjt Days of the "kf/eek by tbemfelves, andt~eir not coming to )'Our Meeti"!gs, aud not pullmg off thetr H_ats ; for the t!JJO fermer of whicb, your Lcnv was fattsjied on th( ir Gpods-) I [Jy, none of rhefe Contic!erarions, tho· affecting lender Hearrs, yer nor your Go. vernour, who being Scruck in the Courr of Commi!Tioners, fo thac for fome \Veeks he could not go Home ro his own Houfe, which was but a liule way from ir, l::ut lay in a Tavern, 1 who llrove fo much {and Richat·J Be/Ji.nghar-J with him) to Banifh orhers : But his Hearr being hardened, like PharaDI/s, infiead of Confidering, he was in a great Rage againfi them, and poured forth of his Fury and wicked Spirir, and rold ·them, They all defirv' d to be hang',/, and that t bey p;ere Blafphemer s, and Heret icks ( whq had never any fuch thing proved againft ~he~) he faid alfo, That tb·ey Worfhippcd another God, ,zn{i 'lorJud to be [aved by a~othcr Cbrifl, than ~hef 4iJ (who \Vorfhip no ather God bur him, 9f whom are all things, ·and look ro be favtd by no other Chrill, than hirp, by whom .zre all 'Things ) and, Say what ye wilt, we 'vi/J not believe JOf (a hard Cafe ipdeed, and man·ifefls, thac in him Judgment was tflrneJ J?ac~w11rd, and Equity could not Enter: And ye aU wirhour Bowtls of Compailion, and would not hear them (your ~overnour f~eming as if he loarhed their Pe1w fons ) bur, Bani(h them ye did, upon P ah' ~f' Death, afrer ye h~d ~ppo~nred them to Depan the Jurifdictiop, in the Mopr~, call'd May., as CJ.forefaid, ahd ye gave them buc a Fonnighcs rime ro Depart; and after Senrence was given, fome of them who intended for England, dc.-:6- .n:d tpar· they mighL have leave ro tal{e Shipping . . al ;~r Rojlon, to pa[c; for Enj(lantl, l here being never another Convenient Harbour, in rhat Colony, om of which ro pafs ; ye were fo fliUt up in your Bowels, rhar ye would nor granc that, bur s.sb.ztto:k, your Governour faid, BnJ;are J'OU are 1Jot here 'f.s~~h/'k after the 81b of June (which was a?om Fo_urreen ~·r5 t~ps, D.ays afcer) fo they were confhamed, VlZ. Sa. D if?, l.md. mud Sbattock, N icholas Phelps, and J ojiah Southick 1 anmmce (who were for Erwland) ro rake rhe Opporru- C.l}fi 1 n.dkr.t • 0 • fi I. SOiltJI C', nHy chat prefenred, tn four Days A cer, to pats 10 sbe lt~r-ro England, by BarbadueJ ; fo rhcy paffed for JjlJ.nd,':t.nd f.n!Jand, and Lawrence Soutbick and Caj]imtlra CO ~here Die Shelter-lfl:mcl (where fhorrl~ ai(er, in three days ~nf~~~ys of each orher, they both d1ed ) -and Jofouu Buf- other, fum ro Rhode-Ifl.md; and you Cit down ro Er~t. g. Buffum, and w Drink, over che Ruines of th(; lnnocenr. to R.,hode· Now, before ye had fentenc!d them, they If/.md. asked your Governour, JVhnt it '»!114 ye (ou_'l,ht of them, The H o1JOUY of God, or of rwr jdveJ ? He anf wered, Thry that honoured tho(e t b:zt God hatl Jet over them, honoured God.- -They anfwered, ,.... -It was true; but in Obulience to the Lmv of God, thq fujftrul: And further asked you, lf'hether it 'JJJere for that Fa.ult they were Committed to p,·ifon, before the Law had a being, and 'JJJere Banijh'd; or 1Vt1en 2v as it ? Bur ye were Silenr. One of them e1lfo defired of the Governour, Tb11t he '1vozJd pe pleafed nr/JV to Decl.:zre, before tbe Prcple, tbt reaJ and true Caujes of aU rour [ thu, J Proceedi11gs againfl The them.-He anf wered, It was fer Contemning ,Au- Grounds tbority, in not CC·ming to the Ordi11ances of God (fee \~ herethe Priefi in the Bonom, to keep up his Audi- f<, re you ~nee an9 Aucbority) For, rheA pollles of Chrifi ~~o~~~~~t~ they ufed no fuch thing, bm ro draw Men co at.ainlt tb<lt of God i every Man's Conkience, rhereby t h::-n, ro lead them, and nor by the Durward Sword, mention'd W hl.C l1 1.s t l1 e ",vt 7 e' a. pon u f L\n~l.C I1 11.1 l : Rut l'?'-e 1ft- a- bGyo vyeorunr or puJ.s |