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Show ( 176 ) Lord hath made bolrlly to bear TejJimony ttgainfl the Spirit of Pedecution. . Our Bench t'OW 1~, Tho. Prmce, Governour ; Mr. Collier, Capt. Willa, Capt. WinOow, Mr. Alden, Lieut. Soutl1, •onh, W. Bradford, Tho. J-Lnckly. lt1r. Colliet lajf June wo~ld not fit on the Bench if I (ate t/;e,·e; a11d now 7Vlll not fit the next Yea:, unleji he mtty have Thirry Pounds fit by h;m. Ottr Court .a11d Depttties Ia[! June made Capt. Winf1ow a MaJOr. Surely 1ve a~e a~l Me;cr: nary Saltlitrs, that mufl have a MaJOr zmpojed upon tis. Doubtle(i the next Court they may choofe 1/S a Govemour, · a1Jd Af}i(Jants alfo. A Freeman fhall need to do 'IJOthi11g but bear fuch B.urdem tM are ./aid upon him. lt1.r. Alden hath deceLved th.e Expellatio? u of many, and inrleed loft the AffeUtons of fuch, tU I J·udge 'JlJere hir Cordial Chriftian Friends; 'JVho ip very aE!ive in fuch Ways, a5 ; eray God may not be charged o~ him, to be OppreJ/zons of 4 /iigh Nature9 Thus far rhe Lctrer. lt was written by ]ames €11d2vortb, in che 1orh l\fonrh, 16)8. in reference ro Confciei ce, f01 he could nor Perfecute ; for which, and Enterraining fome of them a .Night or Two, and giving them Provifionsduring rhat time, againfi which rhere was no Law, ;1s aforefaid, h~ was turned our. I (hall nor need much funher to paniculari?e, only a lit- . . , tie of rhe Occafion, which was rhe coming of ~Co~~f.~~tcl W. B~end and 1: Copeland inro ~ Pl~nration in . ' rhat Patent, call 4 Scituate ; and be1ng Enrertained by rhis Friendly Man, in rhe WimerSeafon (which is very Cold, and hard ro Travel in ; and ev n Cruelcy ir felf would be GenJle w the mo!t Incoufiderable of Men, in (uco rimes, that rh~y m1ght not pqifh) pne ca~{:! ' wicl1 ( 177 ) Vi'ith a Warrant, which he had furch'd feveral Miles, in a Cold Night, from Major fVinflo7P, and pulled them ouc of rhe Houfe, and Sarah s.Gibhens. Gibbens alfc), nor having refpeCl: unto rhe Sea-fon (and for that purpofe prerermjued rhe rwo M:.lgifirtl(es rhat were in the Town) and pa!fed w rhe faid Winjlo1v. One of which Magifirares, qur of Tendernefs, when he faw the Warranr, faid,-Mr. Envy had procured that.--And in lieu thereof, gave rhe Strangers his ProteCtion, in rhefe words,--Thefe are therefore to any that mayl interrupt the(e Two Men in their Paj]'age, that yc Let them pa{s quietly on their 2vay, they offering no l-Yrong to any.-- Timothy Hathe:rly.- And now I am thus come unro Panicuiars, l mull hy unro your Charge (for rhrough your Example and Encouragement ir was, rhat rhefC Things were done ) rhe funher Suffering of rhc Innocent in the PJnicular, as you have heard fornnhing of ir in the General, and that as w Cruel Whippings and Scourgjng'i, as well a ro Fines, Impriionmem and Banifhmenr, chufing rather to obferve the Order of Time when the Things were done, rhan rhe Difiinetion of Punifhm r·ts. Fir(!, t11en., Thefe Two, W. Brmrl and Juhn w. Br ild. Copefa11d (whom 1 he faid render Gray- Headed J.Copel.md Hatherly proreet~d from Wrong, inficad of do-ing ir, as aforefajd ) coming rhorow rhe Town of Plimou:b, in order to rheir Paffage; were pur-f~ e~ by Lieur. ~outhworth, and brought before h1s rciiow- Mag1!lrares; who', beCJufe rhey could nor promi~ (for they waired in rhc Will of God, in v;, hich all Promifes are ro be made, that th~y might know wl ac to do) in .Pony . Eight |