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Show ( 226 ) who were People of an honeft Life and g~oa Behaviour, only differing from y_ou: And Hls like Governour ]ohn Wintrope, Semor (who was an honefi: Man, and had fome Hand in this, being drawn to it by your Priefis) was made fenfible of ir on his Death-Bed, when old Dudly, a Man of Blood, and the refi of you, fenr to the faid ]ohn Wlntrope, to fer his Hand to a Paper, for the Banifhment of one Matthe,vs, a 'ffl'elchman a Priefi · which he refufed, reJling them, He bad had hi~ Hand too much in fuch Things already · bur nothimt of all this will work on you, who l;ave more a~d more gone on in that Spirit, to the Molefiing, Whipping, Fining and Imprifoning many honefr People, upon th~ account of Baptifm, and the like : Whofe Dealtngs are, and have been, fo Inhumane, Barbarous and Cruel ; whofe Judgment fhall be as are your Prefidenrs a. The Lord hath fpoken ir, who will fulfil ir. a Antl fo it was, anct hath heen ; for as their Cruelties have exceecled, [o havt their Judgment:> from the Lonl: So that as his w-onders ir1 th: Laud of Ham, are fpoken of; J'f:d. 13)· 27· So by the Jnclgments o.f Wars, Tempefts, Blaftings, Fires, Sickndfes, fullclen Death~, J)o{feffions, Witchcrafts, f:!fc. which he hath fhewn on them, Nnr.·· Engla;1d may juftly be c:allecl, !he Land of Wonder • Sufferings Now, as ro ConeClicote, John Copelancl and j~ co;:a· :fol:m Roufe were; pur under Refi:rdinr, and nor J~colo '1 1 ' d fuffercd ro pafs rhe Colony, W. Brend and W. • ope an rr d b.d :;. F.._oz~(e, Leddra were alfo there, but not fuuere ro a 1 ~; w.Led.tra, Sarah Gibbens and Dorothy Waugh, at Hartford, m ) ·V. ~reud, chat Colony ( whitheno they were moved of ~~~~:r~;,~~: the Lord ) were Imprifoned feveral D.ays,_ and :f· aml)f. fome of. their C:'?thes Sold to pay r~e1r ;ees _; Nicboljon. and dented to SOJOUrn there; and J.ofep;J Nt~ New,fJ,t- cholfon, and his ~life (who went thuh~r from 11en C of Oil} . ' Rhode ~ .( 227 ) Rh~de-Ifl:znd, ~eing moved of th~ Lord, to place rhetr SOJOUrnmg upon all the Colonies) and the Commiilioners of the Four U nired Colonies were aJfo. there, and D~n. Denifon in parricular, who dent.ed them (tho che Governour was Moderate) as dtd thofe of New-haven, any Being 2mongU them. An~ fo I have done with you, and rhe orher Colomes, and rolled ye up and down in rhe Blood of rhe Innocem, as ye have rolled your felves up and down in lnnocenr Blood · and cloathed you w.ith rb~ir Sufferings I have,' as ye have had ro do m the1r Sufferings. And the Cup I have filled ro you, which ye have filled unro them, and have doubkd ir upon you, in rhe Word of the Lord, who will fulfil ir upon yon · an~ you fhall nor go Haughtily, for this time i; Eytl : For the Lord my God Jhall come and all hr~ Sa.i~ts wjth .him. A devouring fire' {hall go b~fore h~m, and tt fhall be very Tempejl uou~ round about htm : He jhalt calt to the Heavens ab:Jve and to the Earth, that he may Judge his People ~ tJnd the !leavens jhatt declare his Righteoufne~;, for God u Judge himfelf, Selah. Anrl he 2vill Reprov_e you, and fet your Sins in Order before you and wz.!l. tear you in pieces, tznd there {hall be non; t~ Delvver you. So fhall ye kno-;v that the Lord he 14 God, and that there is no other ; that his Judgments are T_rue, and Righteous altogether. That thefe are hts .People, and his Trurh they Witnefs : That m all their .AjftiElions he hath been .AffiiCied 'Jvith them, and that the Angel of his Prefenc~ kath gone before them: That he hath feen their 1fflt8zon, and heard their Cry, and is come to Deltve~ them.. That you are Recompmced juJUy accord~ ng ~o your Deeds : That the Hour of your Vijitat; on 11 over : That your Night is come, 'JJ.Ihich {halt~ |