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Show 6 <.Mafter John Cottons Anfwer p 'den e the place where M'.WiUiamr,(and therefore hef~:~~~t~e ;;:kc :f) fat downe. But ~hofe fdends of thof<W:e 1?1m1 e were foone taktn with that greater L1ght,1iilhtch they M". ' tamJ z G eivd was held forth by M . orion. • • conWe hat k.t n d o f I"t g ht that was came to our vtew1 · updo a thts occa- of the Indian· P · Sagamore~, wbo tve neare r(JVI· fion : One or tW~ to the Bay to offer the fubj.&ion o[ themfelves, dcrrce, c~me ove: ~~o the Gove:nment of the lnglifh,hoping by tl,is and thetr peopl d h opprdlion of the Narhaganfetr ( their potent meanes to av)oy e1~ efM' vortonJcompany, who took their lands Neighbours asa 100 · . • M · f . h Acterwards thole Indiam complammg to our agt· ftr om t efm fo. me "f urther injury done to them by M'. G o r t o.n~ com pa · , rates o Court fent over toM'. GortonJ company, requtrtng fume no'fj t;h oemur to come over,a nd lhew what right they had. to thofe lands, o. H db' . ch the had taken from the Indianr' their Sub)e<-<S• .• an. ts wht Y {l d of coming or fending any to cleare thm R1ght, ~mpanyBm k•:written by fume ofthem!elves,full offundry here· .lieens t tawndo moaoli g•n ant blafphemt•e J, agam• {\ Ch ""J'' ' ~ga•m {\ his Ch.u hr· h ' Mini!lers Sacraments, Cenfures, and Magtfirates: yet wtt • -~lle~frcred that' if this Court would fend their Agen~s over unto them, they would cleare their Right to the Land, whtch ~hey toe~ from the Indians. The Court therefore fent over fome, With Comd _ . Ilion toT reat with them ; and becaufe GortonJ company ha ~b1re~tened the former Melfengers with th~ offer of fom_e violence, they therefore fent as many armed men wnh thefe, as mig~ fecu~ their A ents from injury : And In cafe they refufed to • e~ t j ight a~d equitie of theircaufe,then to bring fome oftheprmctpal ~f th~m, by firong hand, to cleareit here. When hithe~ they we~: come, (not to digrelfe to another Story) Gorton! defirl£i!t7dfe to fpeak his minde freely, held it forth (at th~ mm~e o. dm 1 and his company,) (whereof thofe ofM'. W'i/JzamJ hts fr!en s w:r~ no fmall part;) That Chrift war Incarnate when Adam was mat[ ter God1 Imagt:F or God bad bu1 one Image,and tbat.Ima~e. w~f~hr~ .And thu mak,!ng of Adam in that Image,r:~ar tbe exznan>l~m 01 • llut when it was objeeted,that that exiAaniti?~ ofChrt~ wa~ ~nH~ life in Adam,butChrifi was to fttffi:r exinamuon unt~_ 1eh ~· anfwered ; 1hat Chrift dyed when the Image ofGod dyed:'""' I e ml{,e ofGotldyedin Adamrfall. But to M,sfter Roger Williams. -------- But when it was further objected, That Chrifis d-eath was the Price and ~urchafe of our Redemption ; but the fall of .Adam was. not the Pnce of our Redemption, but the caufe of our condemnation. He !topped, and wauld neither proceed to cleare his minde further, nor by any mcanes be perf waded to revoke that hellilh blafphem y. Thefe, and many fuch like Tenents were vented by him, and his company: and this company was made up of thofe friends of M•. W'iUiamr, who (as he faith) were grieved at his expofall to the mercy of the Wildernelfe. Which I thought meet to declare, left any lhould thinke that his fulfel'ings ( confidering the c.~ufes of them ) were grievous or olfenfive to god! y mindes. Where by the way,a fiocere· hearted humble Chriflian may eatilydifcerne the vafi difference between the fpiritof M'.W'illiams,. and of John the Apofile,in relating their fulferings by way of Banifhment : John was a beloved Difciple, yea (by way of eminency) the Difciple whom ]gus loved: and He, for the teftimony of Jefus, was bani!hed by the bloudy Emperour Domitia11, into the Hie of p.,,os, a defolate Wildernelfe, defiitute (for the molt part) of In· habitants: yet he maketh no exprdfe mention of his Banilhmenr, nor of the howling Wilderndfe, noroffrolt, and fnow, and fuch winter miferies : But (faith he) I WM in the Ijle of P atmoJ for the 'Iejlimorry ofJefur. But M'. Williamr being called by a weak man belovedin. Chrifi, heaggravateth the banifhment of fuch an one as hlmfelfe, by all the fad exaggerations, which wit and words could ll't!l pain tit out wit hall; to wit, 'fhdthetwat,tmely for the h~ly 'irJ<th •{Cbrifl. Jefm, deni1d 1he common ayre to breath in, and a civil/ cohabitatimttpon I he fame eommm earlh,yea and without mercy, and hmnane ""'P•ffion yxpofid to wimer miferies i11 an howling Wildernejfo, in frojl, llld[710..,,and that ammgft B.rba~ia1u.So deeply affected the fonnes olmen can be in del"cfibing their own lO!fetirrl(s for themfelves,and tbrirowil'wa~s,' abOve what the ch(Idren of1Got:l be in the!c farr.e gtQterfufferings fortheTefiimonyof Jefus. " . l· Whaf"l:]jtltes''mbved ·the Mag>ftrates Co to proceed againft him.ai ~at time,is fully declared by ~not her f,{ithfull and dilige11t band; itt another Treat!fe of that maue'r. • ,! ' '·' ·, . 1~Bot whereas he faith, He was e>!p.jed to the mercies of IJ!rhuwlilfg 11derrieffe in frofl and fnow, &c. · The truth is, thcSentenc~ of his Banifhment out of the P~tcnt was· 7 |