OCR Text |
Show ( t~o · . Reader I{ thefe are Chriftians, the Papifls, the \Bttfc;. Tm·ks, th~ Heathtm and I~djans are ~0 too, nay, cutoa~ exceed them in many thmgs; a,nd tor whom, 1 no_atlnf~ doubt not, but it will he more tolerable (efpe .. titans;. dally the latter) in the Day of Judgmen~, than for them. Is this like a Country fo fignt~ltz..ed for Book I. the Profeffion of the p~treft Religion., (as he fays, t.hat P·.l· c.2. is fo Impure, and fo fignalized for f~ch Cruelties, Barbarities, and Inhumane Per~ecuuons, for pur~ .:mo~ of Religion) and for the ProttEhon of . God ~tpon tt tbt pu- (fays he) in that holy Profeffion, that IS fo unholy, t~iflKt- and defiled with Blood, and from ~hom the l1gi'on . .J?rotection of Heaven hath been fo Withdrawn, and the Bedge of his P:ovidence re~·noyed, for their Wickednefs, as wtn be fhew_n In Its place. BookVIJ'. No wonder· he fays, Their Backjltdmg Heart hM p.s6. c.2. plunged the whole Country i~to fo n:ondfrful a Degen~ft lOUt fo racy, that he had been fom~ttmes dt{couraged from wnllt e- ting the Church-Hiftory of zt,a.nd yet ~ould. But why ne~att would'ft thou then write the Htftory of filch a tbat , Degenerate Perfecuting Country and People.? b1frou- I believe it will not redound to thy ~redtti m tageb the end, efpecially as thou hafb done It, e.xc~pt C. l\ll. thou hadfi: performed it with more Imparuahty, ft.ont between the Perfecuto:·s and Sufferers,. than thou · · haa. dor1e tho' thou pretendeft to It. Thou wrmng . lt.. ' ;r.bt Sh · r. · tl tic might' It well fay, Thou faweft. ~ v"J1 e rm~ zn iJ all Orders of Metz among you,_ from that Gr_eatneft ~Hl.o~p and thP~t Goodnefs., which was m the_ firft Gr~m rhat Book III. our God brought fiom three ftfted Kmgdoms mto that p.ll. c.2. Land, when it was a Land n~t [own: For what- . . ever the firft Grain was, it ts blafted_ now, and lliffible the Land fown with· other Seed, 11zz... of the 9b~ink Adulterer Murderer and Evil-doers, that .fhall ftOlll never be Renonmed ; 'and the Shrink f? ~Ifihle <l'5:eat- from aH that's Great and Good, as I f~td .m the ne()j & Introduction ; and that in all Orders of ~en E50ot:J- among them from· the· Magiftrate to the Pnefr, nffii. . · ' and· . ( t2 ~ >~ " . ~rid fo the Jaylor ~nd Marijlal, that it's hat:~ Jo find any thing that's, Good among ,.them, buti Cruelty and Wickednefs, . as appears by their Actions. But how, . doth this ~gree_ ~ith wha.t ]1e fays- in his /ntrodutl:.io~, ~ as .. ci~ed in m_inf; ~Uti ., :" That t~ey hav# gz~en gr~~t E_xa'!'ple..s,-a. Speczm~n gaue titJ' of many Good Thmgs, wfien It . fiatf\ been fo much gteat the contrary, as I ther.e n9ted, even by his own <ftant .. ~orife!Jion _? • B~t now I:th~nk on'~~ fe~ing he~;tells plt!S, of. ~heir gtvmg Great Exah:pln, It bnngs to my ttctpf . 1mnd what Great Examples they gave of Per- of .\Btt~: fecution, tor ochers . to do th~ like ; as I ~ill {etutt .. fhew in .one Infi:anc~ more, .with ;\_Vhich~ I ~all Ott. · clofe this Bl,oody Roll, havmg given fo ma!ly befo~e, tho' l could. many :, more, and that is of . '. ,.. ) the Barbarous Ufage of Robert I-iadjhon, in the \f)att£711 Dutch Plantation, on ~ong-ljland, throug~ their fulati!t ¥xample, and ther~fore ,-owing to them, and ~: tJod~ J.uftly t?. be placed to their ;Account, . being ilion. ftirr'd up arid inltigated thereto by them ; be- ~ng Friendly before,. til1 their. Captain .Wi~Let incenfed the Governoui· againfr him, the faid Robert, . coming, to i-Iamfleed in 5ha~ Go'vernment, was apprehended, and committed,.to the Sheriff~ ' h' an .. d G9aJ~r, who' ca~e , .~bove1 Tw~nty Miles Q!~ ~e .. wtth a Guard of Twelve Musketeers, , who Iation in (earched him, toQk away his Knife., Bqol}s and f.B'sP~fapers, pinio~ed h'im, tied to a .Cart's Tail, and pt:J? Inq:w ~re~ t~r~iigh t~~ Woods, n~~r !h~rt¥ M~les, ~:;~11 ~£t ~aft 1~0 a wet, dtrty, na.fl:y, !bnktng Dungeon, Book afjned 6oo (i_ilde~s (sot.) o·r to work at a Wheel- forefaid~ _ Barrow, Iock'd with a Chain; which he refn- P.n 3.l:':. ~g to pay the o·ne, O.t;' __d o the o-ther, being n.ever ufed to that Work, they took him our: Qf the Dungeon i'n the m9ming, and lock'd him t,o a _Wheel-barrow, among Sla-res, to work~ a.n.d took a Ship-Rope (near four Inches about) antl commanded a Black-moore to beat him., ~ q 7, whiCh. |