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A58837	A narrative of the planting of the Massachusetts Colony anno 1628 with the Lords signal presence the first thirty years : also a caution from New-Englands apostle, the great Cotton, how to escape the calamity which might befall them or their posterity, and confirmed by the evangelist Norton, with prognosticks from the famous Dr. Owen concerning the fate of these churches, and animadversions upon the anger of God in sending of evil angels among us / published by Old Planters, the authors of the Old mens tears.	Scottow, Joshua, 1618-1698.	1694 (1694)	Wing S2099; ESTC R33724	39,314	86

Subscription Signed was Your Assured Friends and Brethren Iohn Winthrop Governour Richard Saltonstall Isaac Iohnson Tho. Dudley Deputy Governour Charles Fines George Phillips Cum multis ajiis From Yarmouth Ab ard the Arabella April 7th 1630. THese Magnanimous Heroes whose Memory is Plessed whose Names not only during New England hath a Being but shall be had in Everlasting Remembrance they then declared Though there might be some among them otherwise minded yet they were not of them and desired Remembrance in their Prayers as above in this their dangerous Design Not long after this Mr. Cottons Farewel Sermon above mentioned was Printed as London and since Re printed at Boston Entituled GODS PROMISE TO HIS PLANTATION wherein he Exhorted them to Remember England their Mother and that they should not be like those Ingrateful Birds who when they had Swum over a Stream or River forgot the Wing that had Hatcht them The Serpent soon got into this Eden and according to his Maxime acted divide and Overcome he sow'd the Seed of Discord Division among us so as this Heterodoxy was Preached publickly that there was no Communion to be held with the Church o● England and that if any of our Church-members had transiently heard a Minister which Conformed to the Church of England withou● declaring Repentance for it he was to be Excommunicated and that no Communion wa● to be held with any Unregenerate Person that they ought not to Pray or Crave a Blessing at Meals before Wife or any Relation Unconverted of which Conversion their Opinion was the Test and not only so but tha● the Oath of Allegiance to His Majesty was not to be taken nor was it lawful to take any other kind of Oath because no Power to be Setled by Oath but Christs Kingly Power only and that our Pattent ought to be sen● back to our King nor ought we to have to do therewith Thus was Now-England Attack by Satan and this from an Eminent Preacher noted for Piety in his Life and Conversation as his strictest Observers Characterisec● him This Child of Light walked in Darkness about Forty Years not only by Rejecting the Church of England and its Baptism bu● his second Baptism also Taking up the Seekers perswasion looking for new Apostles Mr. Roger Williams yet di● not his Root turn into Rottenness the Root of the Matter abode i● him as by his Faithful Defence of the Fundamentals of Christian Religion in a public● Dispute and about the Year 1677. puttin● ●ut a Book against the Quakers Thus the ●ord infinite in Wisdom and Goodness dis●osed of Satans Malice so as he was Out shot 〈◊〉 his own Bow the Lord held the Magistra●y and Ministry in Unity according to the ●ntegrity of their hearts so as this small new ●igged Vessel was preserved against this vio●ent Storm which the Prince of Darkness Raised upon her at first setting forth with Design to have Overset and Foundred her ●hus was Munificent Mercy magnified toward ●is People when sew in Number and in ●heir low Estate such was the Conduct of ●ur Moses and Aaron that they kissed each o●●er in the Mount of God The Report of this admirable Divine Pre●ence with this People in their Civiland Sacred ●dministrations Reach'd our Nation even to ●he astonishment of those who cast no good Eye upon us but to the Encouragement of ●hose otherwise minded so as that the Well-●ffected came over as Clouds and like Doves to ●●eir Windows such was their Increase that in ●even years time the Massachuset Patient could ●ot contain them This Vine spread forth ●er Branches on the other side of this Bay to ●nd a Rehoboth it 's said that about this time 〈◊〉 Two Years there came over Seventy ●odd ●hips who one with another Transported an ●undred Passengers to the astonishment of ●e sober part of our Nation At which time ●●d before as the Harvest was great white so the Lord thereof thrust forth not only L●bourers but multiplied Aholiabs and Bezaliell Robbing our Nation to supply this peop●● with such as were filled with the Spirit 〈◊〉 Wisdom and Understanding in all Spiritu●● Skill in the Structure and Furniture of th● great Work and about setting up the Tabe●nacle of the Congregation and the Ark 〈◊〉 the Testimony according to the Pattern i● the Mount Of whom a Quaternion viz. Mr. Cotton Eminent for Spiritual Clothing and Mather for Caelestial Dying Hook●● for Soul Fishing Stone for Building up i● the Holy Faith three of whom came in th● same Ship and one of them not long a●te● with the Reverend John Davenport the famo●● Rogers of Rowley besides the Worthy Fin● Fruits of New-England the Proto-Pastors an● Teachers whom our Pen fails to Enumerate such was the Cloud of them who came ove● first and last seventy seven Ministers and fou●teen Young Students fit for the Ministry These voluntary Exiles for the Word 〈◊〉 God and Testimony of Jesus having be●● under Exercise of Spirit and Burthened b●● mens setting up their Posts and Thresholds b●● Gods Posts and Thresholds and now War●ed by the Lively Sense of Gods preservin● Goodness and safe Landing of them after ●●tedious passage some Encountred tho' som● had but six Weeks others Twenty and od●● Weeks durance yet without Loss or Famishin● of one person all this while shut up but ●afeguarded about four inches distance from Death These Votaries being under the fervour of their late Obligations they Anointed Jacobs Pillar then they had opportunity and accordingly Bewail'd and were ashamed of their Misdoings begg'd pardon and assistance from the God of the Spirits of all Flesh and direction from on High to set up the Throne and Place of the Soles of Christs Feet after solemn Imploring the Discovery of the Form and Fashion of Gods House the Comings in and Goings out of the Church of God which is the House of God the Ground and Pillar of Truth they agreed upon the practice of that which is called the Way of the Congregational Churches which for Thirteen Years together they Walkt in the practice of before ●he Synod further confirmed the same as is ●fterwards notified which Doctrine and Practice was Published to the Europaean World in the Book of the Keyes and Vindication of the Way of the Congregational Churches in New England pen'd by the Reverend Teacher of Boston Church and other worthy Scripts by divers Worthy Ministers of this Country in Answer to the Reproach put upon them by some Eminent Divines elsewhere of a Mr. Samuel ●nother perswasion yet one Rutherford of their Chieftains for Piety In his Spiri●● and Learning Declared in ●●ual Antichrist Print his full Assent to the Book of the Keyes in all its particularities e●cept in one punc●ilio about of the power of Synods which as he apprehended the book o● Keyes did too much streighten The Lords presence with our Fathers in thei● Civil and Sacred Concerns signally appeared with our Honourable Counsellers our Pruden● and Ancient the Mighty

before God before Jesus Christ and the Elect Angels that he should observe those things namely the Canons he had before appointed about Church Order and Officers that he should mind those things without preferring one before another doing nothing by partiallity there must be no partial dealing no preferment of one Commandment of Christ before another Deacons must not be kept in place with rejection of the Elders that Ruled well nor others debarr'd of their double Honour especially those who laboured in the Word and Doctrine and the Holy All-wise God knowing that the Churches would Apostatize and that Antichrist whose Mystery of Iniquity then wrought would in special manner run encounter to Scripture Purity and pollute the Sanctuary Streams of Church O●dinances and Officers especially Ruling Elde●● because of their pragmaticalness with the Te●ching Elders about Church Rule he jumble● and made one Officer of Teaching and Rulin● Elders prudentially to av●id Seism and calle● hem both Presbyters or Priests mean whil● he courted and carressed the Deacons who● he distinguished some he called Sub-Deacon● to attend the Vestry to help on the Surplic● and h●ly Garments of the Priests or Presbyters others he advanced to hear Auricular Confess●ons and say Mass but prudently considerin● that the Care and Trust of the Church Stoc● and Treasury was committed unto them e●pecially when i● was augmented with that ca●led Constantines Gift concerning which History tells us of a voice heard in the Heavens Hodie venerum effunditur c. This day poyson i● powred into the Churches That Man of Sin fore seeing how useful Deacons might be to hi● Clergy he advanced the Gravest of them to be Arch Deacons and to be of the number o● Cardinals so called because they are the Cardines Hooks or Hindges that the Scarlet Whore● Chair or Seat hangs on This cursed Conclave are the only Elected and Electors of the Pope their work on High Festivals is to Vest their Pontifex Maximus in his Pontificalibus of Purple and Scarlet decked with Jewels and Gold vastly exceeding all Imperial State and the Splendor of Jaddu● the 〈…〉 to Alenander to confirm him in his Con●est of the World Whilst at the High Altar ●e is Offering up the Blasphemous Sacrifice ●●ese Arch-Deacons attend upon him as other ●eacons at the Lords Supper Let the Candid ●eader pass by this digression designed to shew what a fine Thred this Mystery of Iniquity at ●irst spun but now the Son of Perdition Sits ●s God in the Temple of God whom Christ will destroy with the Brightness of his Coming c. Christ renews and doubleth the same Charge ●n the same Epistle as it were Adjuring and Conjuring Timothy and in him all the Church●s In the sight of God as they look to answer it at that Great Day and before Jesus Christ who made a good Confession before Pontius Pilate that they keep his Commandment without spot and unrebukable until the Appearing of Jesus Christ How should all these Obtestations and Injunctions make all new-New-England Church-Members and Officers dreadfully to quake and tremble under the consideration of what Guilt we lay under by breach of this Command Moreover the King of Saints and Lord of Heaven and Earth having Magnified and Exalted this People above any in the lower world with Charter Priviledge to im-body themselves into Spiritual Corporations founded upon Divine Institutions and directed by Scriptural Regulations by which Charter of Right they are Impowred to Assemble and Incorporate themselves to Chuse and Appoint their own Officers acting the whole in his Sacred Majesties Name and Solely by his Authority tha● agreeing together he hath pass'd under th● great Seal of Heaven and given his Royal Parol● Oath and Amen to bind or loose in heaven whatsoever they shall bind or loose on earth the Keys of the Kingdom of Heaven are give● to this Church Confessing and Professing Chris● to be the Son of the living God the gates o● hell shall not prevail against it yea he whos● Name is I AM is in the Midst of two or three assembled in his Name Authority but if they by their factions or fractions cannot agree o● thro their sullen wilfulness do Nonuser Desuser Refuser any of these Sacred Statutes which they by Scripture Charter are oblidg'd to act by they forfeit their Franchise may expect a Divin● Quo-warrant to be sued out by their King against them WHO REQUIRED THIS AT YOUR HANDS THIS IS NOT THE FEAST FAST OR DUTY THE LORD REQUIRES By not observing all things he ha●h Commanded they forfeit the challenge of his promised Presence with them if they refuse any Officer which he hath instated in the Churches they expose themselves to the Forfeiture of the said Charter And he who knoweth not what a Deluge of Superstitions was by this door of neglect let into the first Churches he is not so vers'd in divine and humane Church History as the time of the fulfilling Prophesy we are cast into calls for our crying out The Temple of the Lord will not free us from being Dischurched more then Jerusalem was she was seat to Shilo N. England needs not to Travel into Asia to learn it every poor French Refugee who hath set his Foot in N. England Preacheth it unto us whose Churches have yielded more Faithful Martyrs then all the other Reformed Churches in Europe their care of Supplying the Poor Churches out of the Large Treasury and by the Liberality of the Richer was Exemplary and the Providing Maintenance to the Widows and Orphans of their Deceased Pastors was Presidential it was the special Work of their National Synods and doth condemn us Christ that knows their Charity Service Faith and Patience after their Re reformation will make this Thyatiras last works to be more than her first Oh that we might apply our Hearts to these things that they may sink into our Souls Kings out of their Natural Clemency may abate from the Severity of Law but if contempt be added it aggravates the Offence Our case is such as only Soveraign Grace can Cure God hath oft wrought for his Names Sake Let us Plead it with him Lord we are call●d by thy Name Leave us not Let us not be abhorr'd for thy Names Sake Let not the Throne of Thy Glory be further Disgraced before Popish and Pagan Adversaries It 's said that none but Parliaments Laxness ●o maintain their just and legal Proprietie● 〈◊〉 undo the Body Polittck of a Nation so no●● can undo our Spiritual Corporations but their Members giving up their due just Church Power and Priviledge into the bands of some Diotrephes as befel the Primitive Churches As we began with a caution from our great Cotton so we shall draw to a conclusion with the Animadversion of the great Congregational Champion Dr. Owen who in the Vindication of these Churches from Scism cha●g'd upon them by Dr Stilling sfleet the said Reverend Man who there and in his other Elaborate Works upon that Subject doth