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m i n i sters w f irly good yet he is better know n b y h i
tri ls d h rdships th n by his t lents or tt inments
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of sorrow s d w eighte d
w ith c re from m turity to his dying d y
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S muel then inf nt B oth settled in Roxbury ; both
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vi ii
f mous Roxbury L tin S c hool d w gr du ted from
H rv rd in 68 3 H e w se c ond in l ss of three
ll Roxbu y boys
The fi rst c h pter of their lives h d
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end When d w here w ould the se c ond
open ! For John W illi ms it opened S ept
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c ousin W illi m W illi ms the third in his c l ss h d been
settled H t fi eld the ye r before d S muel D nfo th
the fi rst w c lled to T unton in 6 8 7 I n cc ord n c e
w ith the c ustom of the times they h d no tr ining for
the ministry beyond th t given in the regul r c ourse
H
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When young John W illi ms w ent to D fi ld K ing
W illi m s w w ne r h nd d D fi ld w
frontier tow n The bodies w ell the souls of the min
ister d people w ere sorely tried T he c ultiv tion of
the soil their sole reli n c e for livelihood w restri cte d
to n rrow re
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d un c ert in A ll reserved resour c es soon
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be c me exh usted T here w no b se of supplies
T he settlers fe red ctu l w nt d they c me to feel
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ungu rded w
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must be t ken or slow st rv tion w ould w ork its w ill
The fi rst bolt fell in June 6 93 the north end of
the S treet d ten men w omen d c hildren w ere the
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to C n d I n S eptember 694 C
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to surprise the tow n but he w dis c overed d the
pl c e w su cc essfully defended w ith loss of one
ki lled d w wounded T he next ye r le di ng mem
ber of Mr Willi ms fl o c k w mbushed d killed
I n 69 6 l rge f mily living w ithin fi fty ro d s of the
Meetinghouse w tt c ked three of the f mily w ere
k illed w w ounded d four c ptured I t w
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house for publi c w orship This f mily w be l ted d
perh ps the only one outside the to c k de Three young
men w ere soon fter c rrie d ff by sw ift surprise w hile
in the North Me dow s d the young minister himse l f
h d
n rrow es pe B roughton s H ill The terri b le
tri ls of these times w hi c h mini ter d people bore
br vely d w el l
not the theme of this book T hey
seem how ever to be fitting prelude
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T he Redeemed C ptive —the B ook— is
k now n c l ssi c of N w E ngl nd H ere y be found in
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epitome of h lights d sh dow s (fl i c k ering
indeed
the lights ) during Q ueen A nne s w I t is
person l l ife sized cc ount of the N w E ngl nd p
tive in C n d This book ont ins perfe ct re ord of
sorrow ful experien c e of more th n w
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M a rc h
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of D fi ld Feb 9 7 3—4 ; the m rc h of himself
f mily d fl o c k through three hundred miles of
broken w ilderness to C n d I t lso c ont ins sermon
pre c hed B oston D 5 7 6 w w eeks fter his
rriv l there from C n d
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T he Redeemed C ptive h p ssed through some
d ozen editions the l test edited by S tephen W Wil
li ms M D in 8 53 A third edition c ommonly c lled
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the P rin c e edition w published i B oston 758
T his in c luded v lu ble ppendix by Rev S tephen
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W illi ms D D of L ongme dow himself B y C p
tive I n 79 5 this edition w f ithfully reprodu c ed by
Rev John T ylor of D fi ld w ith
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himself w hi c h c ont ins br i ef cc unt of the I ndi n
depred tions in the V lley until the c onquest of C n d
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This is c lled the T ylor edition I t is on the w hole
the most s tisf ctory edition whi c h w h ve met w ith
I t is this w hi c h is w presente d to the publi c in
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in c onne ction w ith Robert B k
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in c onne tion w ith the N rr tive of M ry Row l ndson
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d ys of John Willi ms there y be found t s id
the most c omplete cc ur te d interesting cc ount of
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Redeemed C pt ive those intere te d i n the l ife
of th t period y fi nd oppo tunity to c omp re this h lf
c entury w ith the h lf c entury w hi c h follow ed
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f ith enjoined by the theology of the d y h rd d
rrow enough to our eyes d utterly l c king in c h rity
I ndeed he w t ught by his tow nsm n G T hom s
bomin tion d sin
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theology seems t ngled m ss of c ontr di tions To
de fi ne it in c ommon terms would seem to Mr Willi ms
i rreverent d s c rilegious H e believed th t the S c rip
ture w ith ll its ontr di ctions d c rudities w the
l ngu ge of G d from the fi rst w ord to the l st A s it
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being w ith mind like unto his w b w ith unlimite d
pow er for g od or evil Mr W illi ms believed l o th t
this B eing w t enmity w ith
d h d doomed the
w hole r c e to etern l w ; th t this w
w ell deserved
senten e from w hi c h there w no es c pe s ve by soften
ing the he rt of the Deity by
ppe l to H is hum n
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re c ords in this volume th t w hen in unusu l str its he
h d petitioned for relief there h d been in response
c h n ge in the w e ther H e believed th t the duty of
to G d w fully reve led i n the S c ripture H e might
h ve know n d no one w ill question the f ct th t this
revel tion h been re d thous nd w ys d th t
the dis greements h ve fi lled the C hristi n world w ith
misery d w ; th t millions of men women d
c hildren h ve been but c hered d their homes turned
to shes in c onsequen c e of this dis greement Wh t kind
of
l i is this !
John Willi ms w good br ve honest d pl yed
H e must be judged by his w time H e
w ell his p rt
did not formul te the D eity he trusted d w orshipped
M ny doubt if su c h D eity c ould h ve been formul ted
this side of the D rk Ages
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NOT E A c riti c l ex min tion of T he Redeemed
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C pt i ve of P rson John W illi ms d the Journ l
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E XCE LLENCY
To his
J O S E P H D U D L E Y, E
C a pt a in Gener a l
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Governor in C hief in
a n d over her M a j esty s P rovin c e of the
M a ss a chusetts B ay in N ew E ngl a nd See
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s a tyri c a l a nswer a n d deeply re
ro a c h fu l to m a nkind whi c h the philosopher
p
g a ve to th a t question Wh a t s o o n e s t grow s o ld!
R eplied Th a n ks
T h e repro a c h of it would
not be s o sensible were there not sensible
demonstr a tions of the truth of it in those th a t
we a r the c h a r a c ter of the ingenuous Su c h
a s a re a t fi rst surprised a t
a n d seem to h a ve
no c ommon relish of divine goodness yet too
soon lose the impression : T hey s a ng God s
pr a ise
was
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pr a ise but soon forga t his works T h a t it
should be thus with respe ct to our b e n e fa c
tors on e a rth is c ontr a ry to the ingenuity of
hum a n n a ture ; but th a t our gr a teful resent
ments of the si gn a l fa vours of H e a ven should
soon be worn o fI by time is to the l a st degree
c rimin a l a n d unp a rdon a ble
I t would be un a c count a ble stupidity in me
not to m a int a in the most lively a n d awful
sense of divine reb ukes whi c h the holy God
h a s seen meet in spotless sovereignty to dis
pense to me my fa mily a n d people in d e liv
ering us into the h a nds of those th a t h a ted us ;
My soul h a s
w h o led us into a S tr a nge l a nd
these still in remembr a n c e a n d is humbled in
me H owever God h a s given us plentiful o c
c a sion to sing of mer cy a s well a s j udgment
Th e wonders of divine mer cy whi c h we h a ve
seen in the l a nd of our c a ptivity a n d deliver
c a nnot be forgotten with o ut
a n c e therefrom
in c urring the guilt of the bl a c kest ingr a titude
To preserve the memory of these it h a s
been thought a d v is e a b le to publish a short
a c c ount
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ount of some of those sign a l a ppe a r a n c es of
d iv In e power a n d goodness for us ; hoping it
serve
to
e x c 1t e the pr a ise fa ith a n d hope
m a
y
of a ll th a t love God ; a n d m a y pe c uli a rly serve
to c herish a gr a teful spirit a n d to render the
impressions of God s mighty works indelible
on my he a rt a n d on those who with me h a ve
seen the wonders of the L ord a n d t a sted of
his s a lv a tion ; th a t we m a y not fa ll under th a t
he a vy c h a rge m a de a ga inst I sr a el of old P s a l
lxxviii 1 1 4 2 Th ey fo rg a t h is w orks a n d
a cc
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t h e w o n d e rs
n ot
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ro m
Th e y re m e m b e r e d
v e re d t h e m
t h e d a y t h a t h e d e li
h e s h ew e d t h e m
the enem
A nd I
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his h a n d ,
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nnot Sir but think it most a gree
a ble to my duty to G o d o u r supreme redeemer
to mention your E xc ellen cy s n a me with hon
our ; sin c e H e a ven h a s honoured y ou a s the
prime instrument in returning our c a ptivity
Sure I a m the l a ws of j usti c e a n d gr a titude
r
e
whi
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h
a
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l
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of
God
do
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from
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us the most publi c k a c knowledgments of your
un c ommon s y mp a thy with us your c hildren
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DE D I CAT I ON
in our bonds expressed in a ll ende a ring meth
ods O f p a rent a l c a re a n d tenderness A ll your
people a re c herished under your wings h a ppy
in your government a n d a re obliged to bless
God for you : A nd a mong your people those
w h o a re immedi a tely exposed to the outr a ges of
the enemy h a ve pe c uli a rly felt refreshment
from the benign in fl uen c es of your wise a n d
tender c ondu c t ; a n d a re under the most sensi
ble eng a gements to a c knowledge your E x c el
le n cy under God a s the bre a th of their
nostrils
Your un c ommon s a g a c ity a n d pruden c e in
c ontriving to loose the bond s of your c a pti v ed
C hildren ; your unwe a ried vigour a n d a ppli c a
tion in pursuing them to work our deliver
I t is most
a n c e c a n never be enough pr a ised
notorious th a t nothing w a s thought too d iffi
c ult by you to e fl e c t this design
in th a t you
re a dily sent your own son M r W illi a m D ud
ley to undergo the h a z a rds a n d h a rdships of
th
a tedious voy a e
a t this a ff a ir might be
g
tr a ns a c ted with su c c ess ; whi c h must not be
forgotten
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forgotten a s a n expression of your gre a t s o
li c itude a n d ze a l to re c over us from the
tyr a nny a n d oppression of our c a ptivity
I doubt not but th a t the God whom herein
you h a ve served will remember a n d glo
H
e
ri
o u s l rew a rd you ; a n d m a
a ven long pre
y
y
serve you a t our helm a blessing s o ne c ess a ry
for the tr a nquility of this provin c e in this d a rk
M a y the best of
a n d tempestuous se a son
blessings from the Fa ther of L ights be S how
ered down upon your person fa mily a n d gov
e rn m e n t ; whi c h S h a ll be the pr a yer of
Your E x c ellen cy s most humble
obedient a n d dutiful serv a nt
J OHN WI LL IA M S
M a rch 3
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REDE EM ED CAP TI V E
TH E
soever he should c ome forth tow a rds us
T h e pl a c es of S c ripture from when c e w e were
entert a ined were Gen xxxii 1 0 1 1 I a m
n o t w o rt h
o
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a ll t h e m e r ci
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t h e h a n d of E s a u
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co m e a n
h e r w it h t h e c hildre n
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From whi c h we were c a lled
a fternoo n ]
n ot
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the
upon to spre a d the c a uses of fe a r rel a ting to
our own selves or fa milies before God ; a s
a lso
h o w it be c omes u s with a n undeni a ble
importunity to be following God with e a r
nest pr a yers for his blessing in every c ondi
tion A nd it is very observ a ble h o w God o r
dered our pr a yers in a pe c uli a r m a nner to
be going up to him ; to prep a re us with a right
C hristi a n spirit to undergo a n d endure
suffering tri a ls
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N ot long a fter the holy a n d righteous God
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brought us under gre a t tri a ls a s to our per
sons a n d fa milies whi c h put us under a m e c es
si
t y of spre a ding before him in a wilderness
the distressing d a ngers a n d c a l a mities of our
rel a tions ; ye a th a t c a lled on us n o t w it h s t a n d
ing seeming pre sent frowns to resolve by his
gr a c e not to be sent a w a y without a blessing
J a c ob in wrestling h a s the hollow of his
thigh put out of joint ; a n d it is s a id to him
Le t m e g o ; yet he is r a ther a nim a ted to a n
heroi c a l C hristi a n resolution to c ontinue e a r
nest for the blessing th a n dis c our a ged from
a sking
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ON the twenty ninth of Febru a ry
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not long before the bre a k of d a y the enemy
c a me in like a fl ood upon us ; our w a t c h being
unfa ithful a n evil whose a wful e ff e c ts in a
surpris a l of our fort should bespe a k a ll w a tc h
men to a void a s they would not b ring the
c h a rge of blood upon themselves
T hey c a me
to my house in the beginnin g of the onset a n d
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by
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REDE EME D CAP T I VE
by their violent ende a vours to bre a k open door
a n d windows wi t h a xes a n d h a t c hets a w a ked
me out of sleep ; on whi c h I le a ped out of bed
per c e ived the
a n d running tow a rd the door
enemy m a king their entr a n c e into the house
I c a lled to a wa ken two soldiers in the C h a m
ber ; a n d returned tow a rd my bed side for my
Th e enem y immedi a tely br a ke into
a rms
the room I j udge to the number of twenty
with p a inted fa c es a n d hideous a cc l a m a tions
I re a c hed up my h a nds to the bed tester for
my pistol uttering a short petition to God for
everl a sting merc ies for me a n d mine on the
a c c ount of the merits of our glori fi ed R e
deemer ; expe c ting a present p a ss a ge through
the v a lley of the sh a dow of de a th ; s aying in
myself a s I s a i a h xxxviii 1 0 1 1 I s a id in
I s h a ll go t o t h e
t h e c u t t in g o f of m y d a y s
g a t s f t h e g a v e : I a m dep riv e d of t h e res id u e
d
m
e a rs
I
I
o
s ai
s h a ll n o t s e e t h e L ord
f yy
n t h e la n d o
e li
n g : I s h a ll
vi
t
h
e v e n t h e Lo r d i
f
b e h ld m a n n o m o re w it h t h e in h a b it a n t s of t h e
w o rld
T a king down my pistol I c o c ked it
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R E T URN I N G T O Z I ON
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put it to the bre a st of the fi rst I ndi a n w h o
c a me up ; but my pistol missing fi re
I was
seized by three I ndi a ns who dis a rmed me
a n d bound me n a ked
a s I w a s in my shirt
a n d s o I S tood for ne a r the sp a c e of a n hour
Binding me they told me they would c a rry
me to Quebe c My pistol missing fi re w a s a n
o cc a sion of my life s being preserved ; sin c e
whi c h I h a ve a lso found it pro fi t a ble to be
c rossed in my o w n will
T h e j udgment of
God did not long slumber a g a inst one of the
three whi c h took me who w a s a c a pt a in for
by s u n rising he re ceived a mort a l shot from
my next neighbour s house ; who opposed s o
gre a t a number of Fren c h a n d I ndi a ns a s
three hundred a n d yet were no more th a n
seven men in a n ung a rrisoned house
I c a nnot rel a te the distressing c a re I h a d
for my de a r wife w h o h a d l a in in but a fe w
weeks before a n d for my poor c hildren fa m
ily a n d C hristi a n neighbours Th e enemy fell
to ri fling the house a n d entered in gre a t num
bers into every room of the house I begged
of
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of God to remember mer cy in the midst of
j udgment ; th a t he would so fa r restr a in their
wr a th a s to prevent their murdering of us ;
th a t we might h a ve gr a c e to glorify his n a me
whether in life or de a th ; a n d a s I w a s a ble
c ommitted our st a te to God
T h e enemies
who entered the house were a ll of them In
di a ns a n d M a c qu a s* insulted over me a while
holding up h a t c hets over my he a d thre a tening
to burn a ll I h a d ; but yet God beyond e xp e c
t at i
o n m a de us in a gre a t me a sure to be pitied ;
for though some were s o c ruel a n d b a r
b a rous a s to t a ke a n d c a rry to the door two
of my c hildren a n d murder them a s a ls o a
negro wom a n ; yet they g a ve me liberty to put
on my c lothes keeping me bound with a cord
on one a rm till I put on my c lothes to the
other ; a n d then c h a nging my c ord they let
me
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me dress myself a n d then pinioned me a g a in
G a ve liberty to my de a r wife to dress herself
A bout s u n a n hour high
a n d our c hildren
we were a ll c a rried out of the house for a
m a r c h a n d s aw m a n y of the houses of m y
neighbours in fl a mes per c eiving the whole
fort one house ex c epted to be t a ken W ho
c a n tell wh a t sorrows pier c ed our souls when
w e s a w ourselves c a rried a w a y from God s
s a n c tu a ry to go into a stra nge l a nd exposed
to s o m a ny tri a ls T h e journey being a t le a st
three hundred miles we were to tr a vel the
snow up to the knees a n d we never inured
to su c h h a rdships a n d fa tigues ; the pl a c e we
were to be c a rried to a popish c ountry U pon
my p a rting from the town they fi red my house
W e were c a rried over the river to
a n d b a rn
the foot of the mount a in a bout a mile from
my house where we found a gre a t number of
our C hristi a n neighbours men women a n d
c hildren to the number of a n hundred nine
teen o f whom were a fterw a rds murdered by
the w a y a n d two st a rved to de a th ne a r
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time of gre a t s c a r c ity or fa mine
the s a v a ges underwent there W hen w e c a me
to the foot of the mount a in they took a w a y our
shoes a n d g a ve us in the room of them I n
di a n shoes to prep a re us for our tr a vel W hilst
w e were there the E nglish be a t out a c o m
p a ny th a t rem a ined in the town a n d pursued
them to the river killing a n d wounding m a ny
of them but the body of the a rmy being
a l a rmed they repulsed those few E nglish th a t
pursued them
I a m not a ble to give y ou a n a c c ount of the
number of the enemy sl a in ; but I Observed
s I
a fter this fi ght no gre a t insulting mirth a
expe c ted ; a n d s a w m a ny wounded persons
a n d for sever a l d a ys together they buried of
their p a rty a n d one of C hief note a mong the
M a c qu a s T h e go v e rn o u r of C a n a d a told me
his a rmy h a d th a t su c c ess with the loss of but
eleven men three Fren c hmen one of whom
w a s the lieuten a nt of the a rmy fi ve M a c qu a s
But a fter my a rriv a l a t
a n d three I ndi a ns :
Quebe c I sp a ke with a n E nglishm a n w h o
C o w a s s , in a
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tr a velled not fa r the fi rst d a y ; W
he
he a t hen so to pM
th a t though
fi hfl d rgg
they h a d sever a l wounded persons of their
own to c a rry upon their shoulders for thirty
miles before they c a me to the river yet they
c a rried our C hildren
in c a p a ble of tr a velling
upon their shoulders a n d in their a rms W hen
w e c a me to our lodging pl a c e the fi rst night
they dug a w ay the snow a n d m a de some wig
w a ms c u t down some of the sm a ll br a n c hes
of spru c e trees to lie down on a n d g a ve the
prisoners somewh a t to e a t ; but w e h a d but
little a ppetite I w a s pinioned a n d bound
down th a t night a n d s o I w a s every ni ght
whils t I w a s with the a rmy Some of the
enemy who b rought drink with them from the
town fell to drinking a n d in their drunken
fi t they killed my negro m a n the only de a d
person I either s aw a t the town or in t h e w ay
I n the night a n E nglishm a n m a de his es c a pe
I n the morning I w a s c a lled for a n d ordered by
the gener a l to tell the E nglish th a t if a ny
more m a de their es c a pe they would burn
the
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the rest of the prisoners H e th a t took me
w a s unwilling to let me spe a k with a n y of the
prisoners a s we m a r c hed ; but on the morning
of the se c ond d ay he being a ppointed to gu a rd
the re a r I w a s put into the h a nds of my other
m a ster who permitted me to S pe a k to my
wife when I overtook her a n d to w a lk with
her to help her in her journey O n the w ay
w e dis c oursed of the h a ppiness of those who
h a d a right to a n house not m a de with h a nds
etern a l in the he a vens ; a n d God for a fa ther
a n d friend ; a s a lso th a t it w a s our re a son a ble
duty quietly to submit to the will of God
a n d to s a
the
will
of
the
ord
be
done
M
y
L
y
wife told me her strength of body beg a n to
fa il a n d th a t I must expe c t to p a rt with her ;
s a ying she hoped God would preserve my
life a n d the life of some if not a ll of o u r c h il
dren with us ; a n d c ommended to me under
God the c a re of them She never sp a ke a ny
dis c ontented word a s to wh a t h a d befa llen u s
but with suit a ble expressions j usti fi ed God in
wh a t h a d befa llen us W e soon m a de a n
h a lt
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h a lt; in whi c h time my c hief surviving m a ster
c a me up upon whi c h I w a s put upon m a r c h
ing with the foremost a n d s o m a de to t a ke
my l a st fa rewell of my de a r wife the desire
of my eyes a n d c omp a nion in m a ny mer c ies
U pon our sep a r a tion from
a n d a ffl i c tions
e a c h other we a sked for e a c h other gr a c e
s u fli
ci
e n t for wh a t God should c a ll us to
Af
ter our being p a rted from one a nother she
spent the fe w rem a ining minutes of her st ay in
re a ding the holy S c riptures ; whi c h she w a s
wont person a lly every d ay to delight her soul
in re a ding pr a yin g medit a ting of a n d over
by herself in her c loset over a n d a bove w ha t
S he he a rd out of them in our fa mily worship
I w a s m a de to w a de over a sm a ll river a n d s o
W ere a ll the E nglish the w a ter a bove knee
deep the stre a m very swift ; a n d a fter th a t
to tr a vel up a sm a ll mount a in ; my strength
w a s a lmost spent before I c a me to the top
of it N O s o oner h a d I over c ome the d iffi
t
c ulty of th a t a s c ent but I w a s permitted to s i
down a n d be unburthened of my p a c k I
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pitying those who were behind a n d in
tre a ted my m a ster to let me go down a n d help
up my wife ; but he refused a n d would not
let me stir from him I a sked e a c h of the
prisoners ( a s they p a ss ed by me ) a fter her
a n d he a rd th a t in pa ssing through the a bove
s a id river s h e fell down a n d w a s plunged
over he a d a n d e a rs in the w a ter ; a fter
whi c h s h e tr a veled not fa r ; for a t the
foot of this mount a in the c ruel a n d blood
thirsty s a v a ge who took her slew her with h is
h a t c het a t one stroke ; the tidings of whi c h
were very a wful ; a n d yet su c h w a s the h a rd
he a rtedness of the a dvers a ry th a t my te a rs
were re c koned to me a s a repro a c h M y loss
a n d the loss of my c hildren
w a s gre a t ; our
he a rts were so fi lled with sorrow th a t nothing
but the c omfort a ble hopes of her being t a ken
a w a y in mer cy to herself from t he evils we
were to see feel a n d su ffer under ( a n d joined
to the a ssembly of the spirits of j ust men
m a de perfe ct to rest in pe a c e a n d joy u n
spe a k a ble a n d full of glory a n d th e good
ple a sure
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ple a sure of God thus to exer c ise us ) c ould
h a ve kept us from sinking under a t th a t
time T h a t S c ripture Job i 2 1 N a ked
ca m e
I o u t o f m y m o t h e r s w o m b a n d n a ke d
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h a ll I re t u r n t hit h e r; t h e Lo rd g a v e , a n d t h e
L ord h a t h t a ke n a w a y , b le s s e d b e t h e n a m e of
t h e L o rd; w a s brought to my mind , a n d from
s
it th a t a n a ffl i cting God w a s to be glori fi ed ;
with some other pl a c es of S c ripture to per
su a de to a p a t ie n t be a ring my a l C t HS
W e were a g a in c a lled upon to m a r c h with
a fa r he a vier burden on my spirits
th a n on
my b a c k I begged of God to over rule in
his providen c e th a t the c orpse of one s o de a r
to me a n d of one whose spirit he h a d t a ken
to dwell with him in glory might meet with a
C hristi a n buri a l a n d not be left for me a t to
the fowls of the a ir a n d be a sts of the e a rth : A
mer cy th a t God gr a c iously vou c hs a fed to
gr a nt : Fo r God put it into the he a rts of my
neighbours to c ome out a s fa r a s she la y to
t a ke up her c orpse re c a rry it to the town a n d
de c ently to bury i t soon a fter I n our m a r c h
they
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they killed a nother su c king i nfa nt of one of
my neighbours ; a n d before night a girl of
I
a s m a de to
w
a bout eleven ye a rs of a e
g
mourn a t the c onsider a tion of my fl o c k s b e
ing so fa r a fl o c k of sl a ughter m a ny being
sl a in in the town a n d s o m a ny murdered in
s o few miles from the town ; a n d from fe a rs
wh a t we must y et expe c t from su c h who de
lightfully imbrued their h a nds in the blood of
s o m a ny of his people
W hen w e c a me to
our lodging pl a c e a n I ndi a n c a pt a in from the
e a stw a rd sp a ke to my m a ster a bout killing
of me a n d t a king o fI my s c a lp I lifted up
my he a rt to God to implore his gr a c e a n d
mer cy in su c h a time of need ; a n d a fte rwa rds
I told my m a ster if he intended to kill me
I desired he would let me know of it a ssuring
him th a t my de a th a fter a promise of qu a rter
would bring the guilt of blood upon him H e
told me he would not kill me W e l a id down
In
a n d slept for God sust a ined a n d kept us
the morning we were a ll c a lled before the
c hief s a c hems of the M a c qu a s a n d I ndi a ns
th a t
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th a t a more equ a l distribution might be m a de
of the prisoners a mong them A t my going
from the W igw a m my best C lothing w a s t a ken
A s I c a me nigh the pl a c e a p
a w a y from me
pointed some of the c a ptives met me a n d told
me they thought the enemies were going to
b urn some of us for they h a d peeled o ff
the b a rk from sever a l trees a n d a c ted very
str a ngely T o whom I replied they c ould a ct
nothing a g a inst us but a s they were permitted
of God a n d I w a s persu a ded he would pre
vent su c h severities W hen we c a me to the
W igwa m a ppointed sever a l of the c a ptives
were t a ken from their former m a sters a n d
put into the h a nds of others : But I w a s sent
who brought me
a g a in to my two m a sters
from my house
I n our fourth d ay s m a r c h the enemy killed
a nother of my neighbours who being ne a r the
time of tr a v a il w a s we a ried with her journey
W hen we c a me to the gre a t river the enemy
took sleighs to dr a w their wounded sever a l
of our c hildren a n d their p a c ks ; a n d m a r c hed
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.
T h e pl a c e of S c ripture spoken from , w a s L a m
i 1 8 Th e Lo rd is rig h te o u s , fo r I h a v e re
b e lle d a g a in s t his co m m a n d m e n t : H e a r , I p ra y
o u , a ll p e o p le , a n d b e h o ld m
s o rr o w
M
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y
y
a nd
m
a re
ns
g
v ir i
ou ng
m en
one
t ntc
y y
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enemy who s a id to us sing us
one of Z ion s songs were re a dy some of them
to upbr a id us be c a use our singing w a s not
s o loud a s theirs
W hen the M a c qu a s a n d
I ndi a ns were c hief in power we h a d this t e
vi
v a l in our bond a ge ; to join together in the
worship of God a n d en c our a ge one a nother to
a p a tient be a ring the indign a tion of the L ord
till he should ple a d our c a use W hen we a r
rived a t N ew Fr a n c e we were forbidden pr a y
ing one with a nother or joining together in
the servi c e of G o d
T h e next d a y soon a fter w e m a r c hed we
h a d a n a l a rm ; on whi c h m a ny of the E ng
lish were bound I w a s then ne a r the front
a n d my m a sters not with me ; so I w a s not
bound T his a l a rm w a s o c c a sioned by some
I ndi a ns shooting a t geese th a t fl e w over them
th a t
ca
p t iv ity
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th a t put them into a consider a ble c onstern a
tion a n d fright ; but a fter they c a me to under
st a nd they were not pursued by the E nglish
they bo a sted th a t the E nglish would not c ome
out a fter them a s they h a d bo a sted before
T hey
w e beg a n our journey in the morning
killed this d a y two women who were so fa int
they c ould not tr a vel
Th e next d a y in the morning before w e
tr a velled one M a ry Brooks a pious young
wom a n c a me to the W igwa m where I w a s
s h e desired to bless God
who
a n d told me
h a d in c lined the he a rt of her m a ster to let her
c ome to t a ke her fa rewell of m e
S a id s h e
by my fa lls on the ic e yesterd a y I inj ured
myse lf c a using a mis c a rri a ge this night so
th a t I a m not a ble to tr a vel fa r ; I know they
will kill me to d a y ; but ( s a ys she ) God h a s
pr
a
ised
be
his
n
me
by
his
spirit
with
his
a
(
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word strengthened me to my l a st en c ounter
with de a th : A nd mentioned to me some pl a c es
of S c ripture se a so na bly sent in for her s u p
port A nd ( s a ys she ) I a m not a fr a id of de a th ;
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through the gr a c e of God c h e a rfu lly
sub mit to the will of God P r a y for me ( s a id
s h e ) a t p a rting
th a t God would t a ke me to
himself A c c ordingly s h e w a s killed th a t d a y
I mention it to the end I m ay stir up a ll in
their young d a ys to improve the de a th of
C hrist by fa ith to a giving them a n holy bold
ness in the d a y of de a th
T h e next d a y we were m a de to s c a tter one
from a nother into sm a ller c omp a nies ; a n d one
of my c hildren c a rried a w a y with I ndi a ns b e
longing to the e a stern p a rts A t night my
m a ster c a me to me with my pistol in his h a nd
a n d put it to my bre a st a n d s a id n o w I will
kill you for ( s a id be ) a t your house you would
h a ve killed me with it if you could But by
the gr a c e of God I w a s not mu ch d a unted ;
God
a n d wh a tever his intention might be
prevented my de a th
Th e next d a y I w a s a g a in permitted to
pr a y with th a t c omp a ny of c a ptives with me
Af
a n d w e a llowed to sing a ps a lm together
ter whi c h I w a s t a ken from a ll the c omp a ny
of
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of the E nglish ex c epting two c hildren of m y
neighbours one of whi c h a girl of four ye a rs
of a ge w a s killed by her M a c qu a m a ster the
next morning the snow being s o deep when
w e left the river th a t he c ould not c a rry the
c hild a n d his p a c k too
W hen the S a bb a th c a me one I ndi a n sta id
with me a n d a little boy n ine ye a rs old
whilst the rest went a hunting A nd when I
w a s here I thought with myself th a t God
h a d now sep a r a ted me from the c ongreg a tion
of his people who were now in his s a n c tu a ry
where he c omm a ndeth the blessing even life
forever ; a n d m a de to bew a il my unfruitful
ness under a n d unth a nkfulness for su c h a
mer cy W hen my spirit w a s a lmost over
whelmed within me a t the c onsider a tion of
wh a t h a d p a ssed over me a n d wh a t w a s to
be expe c ted I w a s re a dy a lmost to sink in m y
spirit But God sp a ke those word s with a
gre a ter e ffi c a cy th a n m a n c ould spe a k them
for my strengthening a n d support : P s a l c xviii
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w orks
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RE DE EM E D CAP T I V E
TH E
a rt
s
or d
P
a lm xlII 1 1
h
L
W
y
f
t h o u c a s t d o w n , 0 m y s o u l ! A n d w h y a rt t h o u
H o p e t h o u in Go d; fo r
dis q u ie t e d w it h in m e !
I s h a ll ye t p r a is e him , w h o is t h e h e a lt h of m y
eh em
i
od
8
G
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c o u n t e n a n ce , a n d m
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9
y
R e m e m b er , I b es ee ch t h ee , t h e w or d t h a t t h o u
e
ng, i
s e rv a n t M o s e s , s a i
co m m a n d e s t t h
y
fy
y
ll s ca tt e r y o u a b ro a d a m o n g
t r a n s g re s s , I w i
t h e n a t io n s : B u t if ye t u r n u n t o m e , a n d ke e p
m
co m m a n d m e n t s , a n d d o t h e m ; t h o u g h t h e re
y
w e re o f y o u c a s t o u t u n t o t h e u t t e r m o s t p a r t o f t h e
h e a v e n , ye t w ill I g a t h e r t h e m fr o m t h e n ce , a n d
w ill b r in g t h e m u n t o t h e p l a ce t h a t I ha v e
ch o s e n , t o s et m
n a m e t h e re
hese
three
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w o rks
o
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pl a c es of S c ripture one a fter a nother by the
gr a c e of God strengthened my hopes th a t
God would to fa r restr a in the w ra c o f the
a dvers a ry th a t the gre a test number of us left
a live
should be c a rrie d t h ro u gh s o t e d io u s
s
a journey : T h a t though my c hildren h a d no
!
fa ther to t a ke c a re of them th a t word quieted
me to a p a tient w a iting to s e e the end the
L ord would m a ke Jer xlix 1 1
Le e t h y
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h ildre n , I w ill p re s e rv e t h e m a liv e ,
do w s t r u s t in m e
A c c ordingly
t hy w i
c
.
God c a rried them wonderfully through gre a t
di ffi c ulties a n d d a ngers M y youngest d a u gh
ter a ged seven ye a rs w a s c a rried a ll the
journey a n d looked a fter with a gre a t de a l of
tenderness M y youngest s o n a ged four
y e a rs w a s wonderfully preserved from de a th ;
for though they th a t c a rried him or d raw e d
him on sleighs were tired with their journey
y et their s a v a ge c ruel tempers were so over
ruled by God th a t they did not kill him ; but
in their pity he w a s sp a red a n d others would
t a ke c a re of him ; so th a t four times on the
journey he w a s thus preserved till a t l a st he
a rrived a t M ontre a l where a Fren c h gentle
wom a n pitying the c hild redeemed it out
of the h a nds of the he a then My son S a m
uel a n d my eldest d a ughter were pitied s o
when un a ble to
a s to be dr a wn on sleighs
tr a vel A nd though they su ff ered very mu c h
through s c a r c ity of food a n d tedious jour
neys they were c a rried through to M ontre a l
An d
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TH E
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Stephen a bout eleven ye a rs of
a e wonderfully preserved from de a th in the
g
fa mine whereof three E nglish persons died
a n d a fter eight months brought into C h a mblee
My m a ster returned on the evening o f the
S a bb a th a n d told me he h a d killed fi ve
moose Th e next d a y we removed to the
pl a c e where he h a d killed them W e t a rried
there three d a ys till w e h a d ro a sted a n d dried
the me a t My m a ster m a de me a p a ir of
snow shoes for ( s a id he ) you c a nnot p o s
b ly tr a vel without the snow being knee
si
deep W e p a rted from then c e he a vy l a den ;
I tr a velled with a burden on my b a c k with
snow—
shoes twenty fiv e miles the fi rst d ay of
we a ring them ; a n d a g a in the next d ay till
a fternoon ; a n d then we c a me to the Fren c h
river M y m a ster a t this pl a c e took a w a y
my p a c k a n d d raw e d the whole lo a d on the
ic e ; but my bones seemed to be mispl a c ed
speed
M
y
a n d I un a ble to tr a vel with a n
y
feet were very sore a n d e a c h night I wrung
blood out of my sto c kings when I pulled them
so n
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them s ay their Bibles were dem a nded by the
Fren c h priests a n d never re delivered to
them to their gre a t grief a n d sorrow
My m a r c h on the Fren c h river w a s v ery
sore ; for fe a ring a th a w we tr a velled a very
gre a t p a c e ; my feet were s o bruised a n d my
j oints so distorted by my tr a velling in snow
shoes th a t I thought it impossible to hold out
O ne morning a little before bre a k of d a y my
m a ster c a me a n d a w a kened me out of my
sleep s a ying a rise pr a y to God a n d e a t your
bre a kfa st for we must go a gre a t w ay
to d ay A fter pr a yer I a rose from my kn ees
but my fee t were so tender swoln bruised
th a t I c ould s c a r c e st a nd
a n d full of p a in
upon them without holding on the W igw a m
A nd when the I ndi a ns s a id you must run to
d a y ; I a nswered I c ould not run : M y m a ster
pointing out to his h a t c het s a id to me then
I must d a sh out your br a ins a n d t a ke O ff
your s c a lp I s a id I suppose then you will
do so for I a m not a ble to tr a vel with speed
H e sent m e aw a y a lone on the ice A bout
sun
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h a lf a n hour high he over took me for
I h a d gone very S lowly not thinking it pos
sible to tr a vel fi ve miles W hen he c a me up
he c a lled me to run ; I told him I c ould go no
fa ster H e p a ssed b y without s a ying one
word more ; so th a t sometimes I s c a r c e s a w
an
thing
of
him
for
I
a n hour together
y
tr a velled from a bout bre a k of d a y till d a rk ;
never s o mu c h a s s e t down a t noon to e a t
w a rm vi c tu a ls ; e a ting frozen me a t whi c h I
h a d in my c o a t po c ket a s I tr a velled
We
went th a t d ay two of their d a y s journey a s
they c a me down I j udge we went forty or
forty fiv e miles th a t d a y God wonderfully
supported me ; a n d s o fa r renewed my strength
th a t in the a fternoon I w a s stronger to tr a vel
th a n in the forenoon M y strength w a s t e
stored a n d renewed to a dmir a tion W e should
never distrust the c a re a n d c omp a ssion of
God who c a n give strength to them who
h a ve no might a n d power to them who a re
re a dy to fa int
When we entered on the l a ke the ice w a s
very
sun
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very rough a n d uneven whi c h w a s very grie v
ous to my feet th a t c ould s c a r c e endure to
be s e t down on the smooth ice on the river
I lifted up my c ry to God in ej a c ul a tory re
quests th a t he would t a ke noti c e of my st a te
or
other
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m a rch e d a b o v e h a lf a mile
before there fell
a moist snow
a bout a n in c h a n d h a lf deep
th a t m a de it very soft for my feet to p a ss
over the l a ke to the pl a c e where my m a ster s
fa mily w a s W onderful fa vours in the midst
of trying a fll iCt io n s ! W e went a d a y s jour
ney from the l a ke to a sm a ll c omp a ny of In
di a ns w h o were a hunting ; they were a fter
their m a nner kind to me a n d ga ve me the
best they h a d whi c h w a s moose fl esh ground
nuts a n d c ra m b e rrie s but no bre a d Fo r three
weeks together I e a t no bre a d A fter our
st a y there a n d undergoing di ffi c ulties in c u t
ting o f wood a n d su ff ering from lousiness
h a ving lousy old clothes of soldiers put upon
me when they stript me of mine to sell to
the Fren c h soldiers in the a rmy
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m a r c h for C h a m b le e ; w e
st ay ed a t a br a n c h of the l a ke a n d fe a sted
two or three d a ys on geese w e killed there
A fter a nother d a y s tr a vel we c a me to a
river where the ic e w a s th awed ; we m a de
a n d a rrived
a c a noe of elm b a rk in one d a
y
on a S a turd a y ne a r noon a t C h a mblee a
sm a ll vill a ge where is a g a rrison a n d fort of
Fren c h soldiers
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T his vill a ge is a bout fi ftee n miles from
M ontre a l Th e Fren c h were very kind to
me A gentlem a n of the pl a c e took me into
his house a n d to his t a ble ; a n d lodged me a t
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night on a good fe a ther bed Th e in h a b i
t a nts a n d o ffic ers were very obliging to me
the little time I st a id with them a n d promised
to write a letter to the go v e rn o u r in c hief to
inform him of my p a ssing down the river
H ere I s aw a girl t a ken from our town a n d a
young m a n w h o informed me th a t th e gre a t
e s t p a rt of the c a ptives were c ome in a n d th a t
two of my c hildren were a t M ontre a l ; th a t
m a ny
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m a ny of the c a ptiv e s h a d been in three weeks
before my a rriv a l M er cy in the midst of
j udgment ! A s w e p a ssed a long the river to
w a rds Sorel w e went into a house where w a s
E nglish wom a n of our town who h a d
an
been left a mong the Fren ch in order to her
c onvey a n c e to the I ndi a n fort
T h e Fren c h
were very kind to her a n d to myself a n d g a ve
u s the best provision they h a d ; a n d s h e em
b a rked with u s to go down to St Fr a n cois
fort W hen we c a me down to the fi rst in
h a bited house a t Sorel a Fren c h wom a n c a me
to the river side a n d desired us to go into her
house ; a n d when we were entered s h e c o m
p a ssioned our st a te a n d told us she h a d in
the l a st w a r been a c a ptive a mong the I ndi a ns
a n d therefore w a s not a little sensible of our
di ffic ulties She g a ve the I ndi a ns something
to e a t in the c himney c orner a n d spre a d a
c loth on the t a ble for u s with n a pkins ; whi c h
g a ve su c h o ff en c e to the I ndi a ns th a t they
h a sted a w a y a n d would not c a ll in a t the fort
But wherever w e entered into houses the
Fren c h
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W hen we c a me
Fren c h were very c ourteous
to St Fra n co is river , we found so m e d iflic u lt y
b y re a son of the ic e ; a n d entering a Fren c h
m a n s house , he g a ve us a lo a f of bre a d , a n d
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some fi sh to c a rry a w a y with us ; but we p a ssed
down the river till night a n d there seven of
us supped on the fi sh c a lled bull he a d or
po ut a n d did not e a t it up the fi s h w a s s o
very l a rge
T h e next morning w e met with su c h a
gre a t qu a ntity of ice th a t we were for c ed to
le a ve our c a noe a n d tr a vel on l a nd W e
went to a Fren c h o ffi c er s house who took us
into a priv a te room out of the sight of the
I ndi a ns a n d tre a ted us very c ourteously
T h a t night we a rrived a t the fort c a lled St
Fr a n cois ; where we found sever a l poor c hil
dren who h a d been t a ken from the e a stw a rd
the summer before ; a sight very a ffe c ting
they being in h a bit very mu c h like I ndi a ns
a n d in m a nners very mu c h symbolizing with
them A t this fort lived two Jesuits one of
whi c h w a s m a de s u p e rio u r of the Jesuits of
Quebe c
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TH E
l O ne of these Jesuits met me a t the
Q
fort g a te a n d a sked me to go into the c hurc h
a n d give God th a nks for preserving my life
I told h im I would do th a t in some other
pl a c e W hen the bell r a ng for evening pr ay
ers he th a t took me bid me go ; but I refused
T h e Jesuit c a me to our W igw a m a n d pr a yed
a short pr a yer
a n d invited me to sup with
them a n d j usti fi ed t h e I ndi a ns in wh a t they
did a ga inst us ; rehe a rsing some things done
by M a jor W a lden a bove thirty ye a rs a go ;
a n d h o w j ustly God ret a li a ted them in the
l a st w a r a n d inveighed a g a inst us for begin
ning this w a r with the I ndi a ns : A nd s a id w e
h a d before the l a st winter a n d in the
winter been very b a rb a rous a n d c ruel in
burning a n d killing I ndi a ns I told them
th a t the I ndi a ns in a very p e rfi d io u s m a nner
h a d c ommitted murders o n m a ny of our in
h a bit a nts a fter the signing a rti c les of pe a c e
A nd a s to wh a t they sp a ke of c ruelties they
were undoubtedly fa lsehoods for I well
knew the E nglish were not a pprovers of a n
inhum a nity
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letter w a s shown them sent from the gover
nour of P ort R oy a l whi c h he s a id w a s t a ken
in a n E nglish ship being a letter from the
queen of E ngl a nd to our go v e rn o u r writing
h o w s h e a pproved his designs to ensn a re a n d
de c eitfully to seize on the I ndi a ns ; so th a t
being enr a ged from th a t letter a n d being
for c ed a s it were they beg a n the present
I told them the letter w a s a lie forged
war
by the Fren c h
Th e next morning the bell r a ng fo r m a s s
My m a ster bid me go to c hur c h : I refused
H e thre a tened me a n d went a wa y in a r a ge
A t noon the Jesuits sent for me to dine with
them ; for I e a t a t their t a ble a ll the time I
A nd a fter dinner they told
w a s a t the fort
me the I ndi a ns would not a llow of a ny of
their c a ptives st a ying in their wigwa ms whilst
they were a t C hur c h ; a n d were resolved by
for c e a n d violen c e to bring us a ll to c hur c h
if we would not go without
I told them it
w a s highly unre a son a ble so to impose upon
those who were of a c ontr a ry religion ; a n d to
forc e
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for c e us to be present a t su c h servi c e a s w e
a bhorred w a s nothing be c oming C hristi a nity
T hey replied they were s a v a ges a n d would
not he a rken to re a son but would h a ve their
wills ; S a id a lso if they were in N e w E ngl a nd
themselves they would go into their c hur c hes
to s e e their w a ys of worship I a nswered
the c a se w a s fa r di fferent for there w a s noth
ing ( themselves being j udges ) a s to m a tter
or m a nner of worship but wh a t w a s a c c ord
ing to the word of God in our c hur c hes ; a n d
therefore it c ould not be a n o ffen c e to a ny
m a n s c ons c ien ce B ut a mong them there
were idol a trous superstitions in worship T hey
s a id C ome a n d s e e a n d o ff er us c onvi c tion
of wh a t is superstitious in worship To
whi c h I a nswered T h a t I w a s not to do evil
th a t good might c ome on it ; a n d th a t for c ing
in m a tters of religion w a s h a teful T hey a n
s w e re d
T h e I ndi a ns were resolved to h a ve
it so a n d they c ould not p a c ify them without
my c oming ; a n d they would eng a ge they
should o ffer no for c e or violen c e to c a use a ny
c ompli a n c e with their c eremonies
The
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next m a ss my m a ster b id me go to
c hur c h : I obje c ted ; he a rose
a n d for c ibly
pulled me by my he a d a n d shoulders out of
the W igw a m to the c hur c h whi c h w a s ne a r
the door So I went in a n d s a t down behind
the door ; a n d there s aw a gre a t c onfusion
inste a d of a ny gospel order ; for one of the
Jesuits w a s a t the a lt a r s aying m a ss in a
tongue unknown to the s a v a ges ; a n d the other
between the a lt a r a n d the door s a ying a n d
singing pr a yers a mong the I ndi a ns a t the
s a me time ; a n d m a ny others were a t the s a me
time s a ying over their p a ter nosters a n d A v e
M a ry by t a le from their c h a p e lit or be a ds on
A t our going out we smiled a t
a string
their devotion so m a n a ged ; whi c h w a s o ff en
sive to them ; for they s a id we m a de a derision
of their worship W hen I w a s here a ce r
t a in s a v a gess died ; one of the Jesuits told me
s h e w a s a very holy wom a n
who h a d not
c ommitted one s i
n in twelve ye a rs
A fter a
d a y or t w o the Jesuits a sked me wh a t I
thought of their w ay now I s aw it ! I told
them
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them I thought C hrist s a id of it a s M a rk
vii 7 8 9 H ow b e it in v a in d o t h ey w o rs h ip
m e
t e a ch in g fo r d o ct rin e s t h e c o m m a n d m e n t s
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Go d , t h a t ye m a y ke e p y o u r o w n t r a dit io n T hey
suc
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of men but a postoli c a l tr a ditions of equ a l
a uthority with the holy S c riptures : A nd th a t
a fter my de a th I should bew a il my not pr a y
ing to the V irgin M a ry ; a n d th a t I should
fi nd the w a nt of her inter c ession for me with
her s o n ; j udging me to hell for a sserting the
S c riptures to be a perfe c t rule of fa ith : A nd
s a id I a bounded in my own sense entert a in
ing expli c a tions c ontr a ry to the sense of the
pope regul a rly sitting with a gener a l c oun
l expl a ining S c ripture a n d m a king a rti c les
ci
of fa ith I told them it w a s my c omfort
th a t C hrist w a s to be my judge a n d not they
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the gre a t d a y ; a n d a s for their c ensuring
I w a s not moved with it
a n d judging me
O ne d a y a c ert a in s a v a gess ta ken prisoner
in P hilip s w a r who h a d lived a t M r Bu c k
ley s a t We a t h e rs fie ld c a lled R uth w h o c ould
s e a k E nglish very well who h a d been often
p
but w a s n o w proselyted to the
a t my house
R omish fa ith c a me into the W igw a m a n d
with her a n E nglish m a id who w a s t a ken the
l a st w a r who w a s dressed up in I ndi a n a p
p a rel un a ble to spe a k one word of E nglish
who s a id S he c ould neither tell her own n a me
or the n a me of the pl a c e from w h e n ce s h e
w a s t a ken
T hese t wo t a lked in the I ndi a n
di a le c t with my m a ster a long time ; a fter
whi c h my m a ster b a de me c ross myself; I
told him I would not ; he comm a nded me s e v
er a l times a n d I a s often refused R uth
s a id M r W illi a ms you know the S c ripture
a n d t h e rfo re a c t a g a inst your own light ; for
you know the S c ripture s a ith s e rv a n ts o b ey
o u r m a s t e rs
Is your m a ster a n d you his
he
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s erv a nt
I told her S he w a s ignor a nt a n d
knew
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knew not the me a ning of the S c riptures tell
ing her I w a s not to disobey the gre a t God
to obey a ny m a ster a n d th a t I w a s re a dy to
su ff er for God if c a lled thereto : O n whi c h
she
t a lked to my m a ster ; I suppose s h e
interpreted wh a t I s a id My m a ster took hold
of my h a nd to forc e me to c ross myself; but I
struggled with him a n d would not su ffer him
to guide my h a nd ; upon this he pulled o fl a
c ru c i fi x from his own ne c k a n d b a de me kiss
it ; but I refused on c e a n d a g a in ; he told me
he would d a sh out my br a ins with his h a t c het
if I refused I told him I should sooner
c hoose de a th th a n to sin a g a inst God
T hen
he ra n a n d c a tc hed up his h a t c het a n d a c ted
a s though
he would h a ve d a shed out my
br a ins Seeing I w a s not moved he threw
down his h a t c het s a ying he would fi rst bite
O ff a ll my n a ils if I still refused
I g a ve him
my h a nd a n d told him I w a s re a dy to su ffer ;
he set his teeth in my thumb n a il a n d g a ve
a gripe with his teeth a n d then s a id
n o good
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left o ff I h a ve re a son to bless God w h o
strengthened me to withst a nd By t h is h e
w a s s o dis c our a ged a s never more to meddle
with me a bout my religion I a sked le a ve
of the Jesuits to pr a y with those E nglish of our
town who were with me ; but they a bsolutely
refused to give u s a ny permission to pr a y one
with a nother a n d did wh a t they could to
prevent our h a ving a ny dis c ourse together
A fter a few d a ys the G o v e rn o u r de Va u
dreuil go v e rn o u r in c hief sent down two men
with letters to th e Jesuits desiring them to
order my being sent up to him to M ontre a l ;
upon whi c h one of the Jesuits went with my
two m a sters a n d took me a long with them
s
a s a lso two more of D e e rfi e ld a m a n a n d h i
d a ughter a bout seven ye a rs of a ge W hen we
c a me to the l a ke the wind w a s tempestuous
a n d c ontr a ry to us s o th a t they were a fr a id to
go over ; they l a nded a n d kindled a fi re a n d
s a id they would w a it a while to s e e whether
the wind o ld fa ll or C h a nge I went a side
from the comp a ny a mong the trees a n d
spre a d
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m a ny hours I s a id to them Th e will of the
L ord be done ; a n d the ca noe w a s put a g a in
into the river a n d we emb a rked No sooner
h a d my m a ster put me into the c a noe a n d put
shore but the wind fell ; a n d
o ff from the
c oming into the middle of the river they s a id
W e m ay go over the l a ke well enough : A nd
I promised if God g a ve me o p p o r
s o we did
t uni
t y I would stir up others to glorify God
in a c ontinued persevering c ommitting their
str a its of he a rt to him H e is a pr a yer he a r
ing God a n d the stormy winds obey him
A fter we p a ssed over the l a ke the Fren c h
wherever we c a me were very c omp a ssion a te
to u s
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When I c a me to M ontre a l whi c h w a s eight
weeks a fter my c a ptivity the G o v e rn o u r de
Va udreuil redeemed me out of the h a nds of
the I ndi a ns g a ve me good c lothing took me
to his t a ble g a ve me the use of a very good
C h a mber a n d w a s in a ll respe c ts rel a ting to
my ou t wa rd m a n c ourteous a n d c h a rit a ble
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to a dmir a tion A t my fi rst entering into h is
house he sent for my two c hildren who were
in the c ity th a t I might s e e them ; a n d prom
ised to do wh a t he c ould to get a ll my c hildren
a n d neighbours out of the h a nds of the s a v a ges
M y c h a nge of diet a fter the d iflic u lt ie s of m y
journeys c a used a n a lter a tion in my body :
I w a s physi c ked blooded a n d very tenderly
t a ken c a re of in my si c kness T h e go v e rn o u r
redeemed my eldest d a ughter out of the h a nd s
of the I ndi a ns ; a n d she w a s c a refully tended
in the hospit a l until she w a s well of her l a me
ness ; a n d by the go v e rn o u r provided for with
respe ct during her st a y in the c ountry M y
youngest c hild w a s redeemed by a gentle
wom a n in the c ity a s the I ndi a ns p a ssed by
A fter the I ndi a ns h a d been a t their fort a n d
dis coursed with the priests they c a me b a c k
a n d O ffered to the gentlewom a n a m a n for the
c hild
a lleging th a t the c hild c ould not be
pro fi t a ble to her but the m a n would for he
w a s a we a ver a n d his servi c e would mu c h
a dv a n c e the design s h e h a d of m a king c loth :
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But God over ruled so fa r th a t this t e m p t a
tion to the wom a n prev a iled not for a n ex
c h a nge ; for h a d the c hild gone to the I ndi a n
fort in a n ordin a ry w ay it h a d a bode there
still a s the rest of the c hildren c a rried thither
do T h e go v e rn o u r g a ve orders to c ert a in
e t t h e rest of my C hildren out of
o flic e rs to
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the h a nds of the I ndi a ns a n d a s m a ny of my
neighbours a s they could A fter s ix weeks a
mer c h a nt of the c ity obt a ined my eldest son
H e took a
w h o w a s t a ken to live with him
gre a t de a l of p a ins to persu a de the s a v a ges
to p a rt with him A n I ndi a n c a me to the
e nni
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C o w a s s a n d brought word of my s o n Ste
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w a s put into his h a nd for his redemption a n d
a promise of full s a tisfa c tion if he brought
him ; but the I ndi a n proved unfa ithful a n d I
never s aw my c hild till a ye a r a fter
Th e go v e rn o u r ordered a priest to go
a long with me to s e e my youngest d a ughter
a n d ende a vour for her
a mong the M a c qu a s
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r a nsom I went with him ; he w a s very c our
t e o u s to me ; a n d from his p a rish whi c h w a s
ne a r the M a c qu a fort he wrote a letter to the
Jesuit to desire him to send my c hild to see
me a n d to spe a k with them who took her
to c ome a long with her But the Jesuit wrote
b a c k a letter T h a t I S hould not be permitted
to spe a k with or s e e my c hild ; a n d if I c a me
my l a bour would be lost ; a n d th a t the M a c
qu a s would a s soon p a rt with their he a rts a s
my c hild At my return to the c ity I with a n
he a vy he a rt c a rried the Jesuit s letter to the
when
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o v e rn o u r who
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a s very
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a ngry
a n d ende a voured to c omfort me
as
suring me I should s e e her a n d spe a k with
her ; a n d he would to his utmost ende a vour for
her r a nsom A ccordingly he sent to the Je s
uits w h o were in the c ity a n d b id them im
prove their interest for the o b t a in In g the
c hild
A fter some d a ys he went with me in
his own person to the fort W hen we c a me
thither he dis c oursed with the Jesuits ; a fter
whi c h my C hild w a s brought into the c h a mber
where
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where I w a s I w a s told I might spe a k
with her but should be p e rmitted to spe a k to
no other E nglish p erson there My c hild w a s
a bout seven ye a rs old ; I dis c oursed with her
ne a r a n hour ; she c ould re a d very well a n d
h a d not forgotten her c a te c hism ; a n d w a s very
desirous to be redeemed out of the h a nds of
the M ac qu a s a n d bemo a ned her st a te a mong
them telling me how they profa ned God s
S a bb a ths ; a n d s a id She thought th a t a fe w
d a ys before they h a d been mo c king the devil
a n d th a t one of the Jesuits stood a n d looked
on them I told her she must pr a y to God
for his gr a c e every d a y She s a id she did
a s she w a s a ble
a n d God helped her ; but
s a ys she T hey for c e me to s ay some pr a yers
in L a tin but I do not underst a nd one word of
them ; I hope it will not do me a ny h a rm I
told her she must be c a reful she did not for
get her c a te c hism a n d the S c riptures she h a d
le a rnt by he a rt She told the c a ptives a fter
I w a s gone a s some of them h a ve sin c e in
formed me a lmost every thing I sp a ke to her ;
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s a id she w a s mu ch a fr a id s h e should for
get her c a te c his m h a ving none to instru c t
her I s aw her on c e a few d a ys a fter in the
C ity but h a d not m a n y minutes of time with
her ; but wh a t time I h a d I improved to give
her the best a dvi c e I c ould Th e go v e rn o u r
l a boured mu c h for her redemption ; a t l a st he
h a d a promise of it in c a se he would pro c ure
for them a n I ndi a n girl in her ste a d A c c ord
in gly he sent up the river some hundreds
of le a gues for one ; but it w a s refused when
o ffered by the go v e rn o u r H e o ffered them
a n hundred pie c es of eight for her re d e m p
tion but it w a s refused H is l a dy went over
to beg her from them but a ll in v a in ; she is
there still ; a n d h a s forgotten to spe a k E nglish
O h ! th a t a ll who peruse this history would
join in their fervent requests to God with
whom a ll things a re possible th a t this poor
a n d so m a ny others of our c hildren
c hild
who h a ve been c a st upon God from the
womb a n d a re now out c a sts re a dy to perish
mi ght be g a thered from their dispersions
a n d re c eive s a n c tifying gr a c e from God !
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dis coursed with the c hild a n d
w a s c oming out of the fort one of the Jesuits
went out of the c h a mber with me a n d some
soldiers to convey me to the c a noe I s aw
some of my poor neighbours who stood with
longing expe c t a tions to s e e me a n d spe a k
with me a n d h a d le a ve from their s a v a ge
m a sters s o to do I w a s by the Jesuit him
self thrust a long b y for c e a n d permitted only
to tell them some of their rel a tions ( they a sked
a n d th a t with a
a fter ) were well in the c ity
very a udible voi c e ; being not permitted to
A fter my return to the
c ome ne a r to them
for I c ould not
c ity I w a s very mel a n c hol y
be permitted s o mu c h a s to pr a y with the
E nglish who dwelt in the s a me h o u se A nd
the E nglish who c a me to see me were most
of them p u t b a c k b y the gu a rd a t the door
a n d not su ff ered to c ome a n d spe a k with me
Sometimes the gu a rd w a s so stri ct th a t I
c ould s c a r c e go a side on ne c ess a ry o c c a sions
without a repulse ; a n d whenever I went out
into the c ity ( a fa vour the go v e rn o u r himself
never
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TH E
he never did know of sever a l things a c ted
a g a inst the E nglish
A t my fi rst c oming to M ontre a l the gov
I should be sent home a s
e rn o u r told me
soon a s C a pt a in B a t t is s w a s returned a n d not
before ; a n d th a t I w a s t a ken in order to his
redemption T h e go v e rn o u r sought by a ll
me a ns to divert me from my mel a n c holy
sorrows a n d a lw a ys shewed a willingness for
seeing my C hildren A nd one d ay I told him of
my design of w a lking into the c ity ; he ple a s
H
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a n t l a nswered Go with a ll my he a rt
y
e s t s o n went with me a s fa r a s the door a n d s aw
the gu a rd stop me ; he went in a n d informed
his fa ther who c a me to the door a n d a sked
w h y the y a ffronted the gentlem a n going out !
T hey s a id it w a s their order : But with a n
his orders were
a ngry c ounten a n c e he s a id
th a t I should not be stopt But within a
little time I h a d my orders to go down to
Quebe c A nother thing shewing th a t m a ny
things a re done without the go v e rn o u r s c o n
sent though his n a me be used to j ustify
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them ( viz ) I a sked the priest a fter I h a d
been a t M ontre a l two d a ys le a ve to go a n d
W henever
s e e my youngest c hild ; he s a id
you would s e e him tell me a n d I will bring
him to you ; for s a ys he the go v e rn o u r is not
willing you should go thither A nd yet not
m a ny d a ys a fter when we were a t dinner
the go v e rn o u r s l a dy ( seeing me s a d ) sp a ke
to a n o ffi c er a t t a ble who c ould spe a k L a tin
to tell me th a t a fter dinner I should go a long
with them a n d s e e my two C hildren A nd
a c c ordingly a fter dinner I w a s c a rried to s e e
them ; a n d when I c a me to the house I fou nd
three or four E nglish c a ptives who lived
there a n d I h a d le a ve to dis c ourse with them
A nd not long a fter the go v e rn o u r s l a dy a sked
me to go a long with her to the hospit a l to
s e e one of my neighbours si c k there
O ne d a y one of the Jesuits c a me to the gov
e rn o u r a n d told the c omp a ny there
th a t he
never s a w su c h persons a s were t a ken from
D e e rfi e ld
S a id he T h e M a c qu a s will not
su ff er a ny of their prisoners to a bide in their
wigw a m s
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wigw a ms whilst they themselves a re a t m a ss
but c a rry them with them to the c hur c h a n d
they c a nnot be prev a iled with to fa ll down on
their knees to pr a y there ; but no s o oner a re
they returned to their wigw a ms but they fa ll
down on their knees to pr a yer H e s a id
they c ould do nothing with the grown persons
there ; a n d they hindered the c h ild re n II/co m
plying W hereupon the Jesuits c ou nselled
the M a c qu a s to sell a ll the grown persons
from the fort ; a str a t a gem to sedu c e poor
C hildren O h L ord ! T urn the c ounsels of
these Ah it o p h e ls into foolishness a n d m a ke
the c ounsels of the he a then of none e ffe c t !
H ere I ob served they were wonderfully
lifted up with pride a fter the return of C a p
t a in M ontigny from North a mpton with news
of su c c ess : T hey bo a sted of their su c c ess
a g a inst N ew E ngl a nd
An d they sent out
a n a rmy a s they s a id of seven hundred men
if I mist a ke not two hundred of whom were
Fren c h I n c omp a ny of whi c h a rmy went
sever a l Jesuits ; a n d s a id they would la y deso
l a te
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the pl a c es on C onne cti c ut river lTh e
s u e ri
their
gen
o u r of the priests told me
p
er a l w a s a very prudent a n d br a ve c omm a nder
of und a unted c our a ge a n d doubted not but
they should h a ve gre a t su c c ess T his a rm y
went aw a y in su ch a bo a sting triumph a nt
m a nner th a t I h a d gre a t hopes God would
dis cover a n d dis a ppoint their designs ; our
pr a yers were not w a nting for the bl a sting
su c h a bloody design T h e s u p e rio u r of the
priests s a id to me D o not fl a tter yourselves
in hopes of a short c a ptivity ; for s a id he
there a re two young prin c es c ontending for
the kingdom of Sp a in ; a n d a third th a t c a re
w a s to be t a ken for his est a blishment on the
E nglish throne A nd b o a sted wh a t they would
do in E urope ; a n d th a t we must expe c t not
only in E urope but in N e w E ngl a nd the e s
t a b li
s h m e n t of pope ry
I s a id Glory not
God c a n m a ke gre a t c h a nges in a little time
a n d revive h i
s o w n interest a n d yet s a ve his
poor a fll ict e d people S a id he T h e time for
mir a c les is p a st ; a n d in the time of the l a st
l a te
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the king of Fr a n c e w a s a s it were
a g a inst a ll the world
a n d yet did very gre a t
things ; but now the kingdom of S p a in is for
him a n d the duke of B a v a ri a a n d the duke
of S a voy Sec a n d sp a ke i n a lofty m a nner of
gre a t things to b e done by them ; a n d h a ving
the world a s I m ay s ay i n subje c tion to them
I w a s sent down to Quebe c in c omp a ny
of G o v e rn o u r de R a msey go v e rn o u r of M on
tre a l a n d the s u p e rio u r of the Jesuits a n d
ordered to live with one of the c oun c il ; from
whom I re c eived m a n y fa vours for seven
weeks H e told me it w a s the p rie s t s d o
ings to send me down before the go v e rn o u r
c a me down ; a n d th a t if I went mu c h to s e e
the E nglish or they c a me mu c h to visit me
I should yet c ert a inly be sent a w a y where I
should h a ve no c onverse with the E nglish
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A fter my c oming down to Quebe c I w a s
invited to dine with the Jesuits a n d to my
fa c e they were c ivil enough But a fte r a fe w
d a ys a young ge n t le m a n c a m e to my C h a m
ber
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ber a n d told me th a t one of the Jesuits ( a f
ter we h a d done dinner ) m a de a fe w disti c h s
of verses a n d g a ve them to his s c hol a rs to
tr a nsl a te into Fren c h : H e shewed them to
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me Th e import of them w a s T h a t the
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king of Fr a n c e s gr a nd son h a d sent out h is
huntsmen a n d th a t the y h a d t a ken a wolf
w h o w a s shut up a n d now he hopes the sheep
would be in s a fety
I knew a t the re a ding
of them wh a t he a imed a t ; but held my pe a c e
a s though I h a d been ignor a nt of the Jesuit s
intention O bserving this repro a c hing spirit
I s a id in my he a rt I f God will bless let men
c urse if they ple a se : A nd I looked to God in
C hrist the gre a t shepherd to keep his s c a t
t e re d sheep a mong so m a ny R omish r a ven
o u s wolves
a n d to remember the repro a c hes
wherewith his holy n a me ordin a n c es a n d
serv a nts were d a ily repro a c hed A nd upon
a n O b serv a tion of the time of these verses b e
ing c omposed I fi nd th a t ne a r the s a me time
the bishop of C a n a d a with twenty e c c lesi a s
ti c ks were t a ken by the E nglish a s the y
were
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were coming from Fr a n c e a n d c a rried into
E ngl a nd a s prisoners of w a r
O ne S a bb a th d ay morning I Observed
m a ny signs of a ppro a ching r a in a gre a t
moisture on the stones of the he a rth an d c him
ney j a mb s I w a s th a t d ay invited to dine with
the Jesuits ; a n d when I went up to dinner it
beg a n to r a in a sm a ll drizzling r a in : Th e
o u r told me the y h a d been pr a ying for
s u e ri
p
r a in th a t morning : A nd 10 ( s a ys he ) it begins
to r a in I told him I c ould tell him of m a ny
inst a n c es of God s he a ring our pr a yers for
r a in H owever in the a fternoon there w a s a
gener a l pro c ession of a ll orders priests J e s
uits a n d fri a rs a n d the c itizens in gre a t pomp
one
c a rrying ( a s they s a id ) a s a n holy reli c k
of the bones of St P a ul T h e next d ay I w a s
invited to the priests semin a ry to dinner ;
O h s a id they we went in pro c ession yester
d a y for r a in a n d s e e wh a t a plentiful r a in
followed I a nswered W e h a d been a n
s w e re d when pr a ying for r a in when no su c h
S igns of r a in a n d the beginnings of r a in
pre c eded
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in c re a sed : T heir bishop t a ken a n d two mil
lions O f we a lth with him N ews every ye a r
more distressing a n d impoverishing to them ;
s o fa r from being
a n d the duke of B a v a ri a
em
s duke
e ro u r th a t he is dispossessed of h i
p
dom ; a n d Fr a n c e s o fa r from being strength
ened by Sp a in th a t the kingdom of Sp a in
w a s like to be a n o c c a sion of the we a kening
a n d impoverishing their o w n kingdom ; they
themselves s o reporting A nd their gre a t
a rmy going a g a inst N ew E ngl a nd turned b a c k
they dis c our a ged a n d d is
and
a sh a med ;
he a rtened ; a n d every ye a r very exer c ising
fe a rs a n d c a res a s to the s a v a ges who live
up the river Before the return of th a t a rmy
they told me W e were led up a n d down a n d
sold by the he a then a s sheep for the sl a ughter
a n d they c ould not devise wh a t they should do
with us we should be s o m a ny prisoners when
the a rmy returned T h e Jesuits told me it
w a s a gre a t mer cy th a t so m a ny of our c hil
dren were brought to them a n d th a t now e s
sin
c e they were not like speedily to
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be returned there w a s hope of their being
brought over to the R omish fa ith t Th e y
would t a ke the E nglish C hildren born a mong
them a n d a g a inst the c onsent of their p a rents
b a ptize them O ne Jesuit c a me to me a n d
whether a ll the E nglish a t L oret ( a
a sked
pl a c e not fa r from Quebe c where the s a v a ges
lived ) were b a ptized
I told him they were
H e s a id I f they be not let me know of it th a t
I m ay b a ptize them for fe a r they should die
if they died without b a p
a n d be d a mned
ti
sm
S a ys he W hen the s a v a ges went a g a inst
you I c h a rged them to b a ptize a ll c hildren
before they killed them ; s Uc h w a s my desire
of your etern a l s a lv a tion though you were our
enemies T here w a s a gentlem a n c a lled M on
sieur de Be a uville a c a pt a in the brother of
the lord intend a nt w h o w a s a good friend to
me a n d very c ourteous to a ll the c a ptives ; he
lent me a n E nglish B ible a n d when he went
to Fr a n c e g a ve it me
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hief note ; a s I w a s going I met with the
o u r of the Jesuits c oming out of the
s u e ri
p
house a n d he c a me in a fter dinner ; a n d pres
ently it w a s propounded to me if I would
st a y a mong them a n d be of their religion I
should h a ve a gre a t a n d honour a ble pension
from the king every ye a r T h e s u p e rio u r of
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the Jesuits turned to me a n d s a id Sir you
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h a ve m a nifested mu c h grief a n d sorrow for
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your sep a r a tion from s o m a ny of your neigh
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bours a n d C hildren ; if you will now c omply
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with this o ff er a n d propos a l you m a y h a ve
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a ll your c hildren with you ; a n d here will be
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enough for a n honour a ble m a inten a n c e for
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you a n d them
I a nswered Sir if I thought
your religion to be true I would embr a c e it
freely without a ny su c h o ff er ; but s o long a s I
believe it to be wh a t it is the o ff er of the whole
world is of no more v a lue to me th an a bl a c k
berry ; a n d m a nifested su c h a n a bhorren c e of
this propos a l th a t I speedily went to t a ke my
le a ve a n d be gone O h ! Sir ( s a id he ) s it down
W hy in su c h a hur ry ! You a re a lone in
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little longer ;
a n d fell to other d is c ourse ; a n d within h a lf
a n hour s a ys a g a in Sir I h a ve one thing e a r
a y ple a sure me !
to
request
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I s a id L e t your lordship spe a k ; s a id he I
pr a y c ome down to the p a l a c e to morrow
morning a n d honour me with y our c omp a ny
in my c o a c h to the gre a t c hur c h it being then
I
thing
a n s w e re d A s k me a n
a s a int s d a
y
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wherein I c a n serve y ou with a good c o n
s c ien c e a n d I a m re a d y to gr a tify you but I
must a s k your ex c use here ; a n d immedi a tely
went a w a y from him R eturning unto my
c h a mber
I g a ve God th a nks for h is uphold
ing of me ; a n d a lso m a de a n inquiry with
myself whether I h a d by a ny a c tion given
en c our a gement for su c h a tempt a tion
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fore G o v e rn o u r de V a u d re u il s c oming down
I w a s sent a wa y fi fteen miles down the river
th a t I might not h a ve opportunity of c onverse
with the E nglish I w a s c ourteo usly tre a ted
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by the Fren ch a n d the priest of th a t p a rish ;
they told me h e w a s one of the most le a rned
men in the c ountry ; he w a s a very ingenious
m an
ze a lous in their w a y but yet very
fa mili a r I h a d m a ny disputes with the priests
who c a me thither ; a n d when I used their own
a uthors to c onfute some of their positions
my books borrowed of them were t a ken a w a y
from me for they s a id I m a de a n ill use of
them T hey h a ving m a ny of them bo a sted
of their unity in do ctrine a n d profession were
loth I should S how them from their own best
a pproved a uthors a s m a ny di fferent opini ons
H ere a g a in
a s they c ould C h a rge a g a inst us
a gentlem a n in the presen c e of the old bishop
a n d a priest o ff ered me h i
s house a n d whole
living with a ssur a n c e of honour we a lth a n d
employment if I would embr a c e their w a ys
I told them I h a d a n indign a tion of soul
a g a inst su c h o ffers on su c h terms
n
as
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with wh a t w a s more v a lu a ble th a n a ll the
world ; a lleging Wh a t is a m a n p rofit ed if h e
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f
I w a s sometimes told I might h a ve
s oul !
a ll my c hildren if I would c om ply a n d must
never expe c t to h a ve them on a ny other terms
I told them my c hildren were de a rer to me
th a n a ll the world but I would not deny
C hrist a n d his truths for the h a ving of them
with me ; I would still put my trust in God
w h o c ould perform a ll things for me
I a m persu a ded th a t the priest of th a t p a r
ish where I kept a bhorred their sending down
the he a then to commit outr a ges a g a inst the
E nglish s a ying it w a s more like c ommitting
murders th a n m a n a ging a w a r I n my co n
fi n e m e n t in this p a rish I h a d my undis
l
m
t u rb e d opportunities to be humbly i
or
p
ing gr a c e for ourselves for soul a n d body for
his prote c ting presen c e with N ew E ngl a nd
a n d his dis a ppointing the bloody designs of
enemies ; th a t God would be a little s a n c tu a ry
to u s in a l a nd of c a ptivity a n d th a t our
friends in N ew E ngl a nd might h a ve gr a c e to
m a ke a more th a nkful a nd fruitful improve
ment
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ment of the me a ns of gr a c e th a n we h a d d one ;
w h o b y our negle c ts fi n d ourselves out of
God s s a n c tu a ry
O n the twenty firs t of O ctob er 1 704 I
re c eived some letters from New E ngl a nd with
a n a c c ount th a t m a ny of our neighbours e s
c a ped out of the desol a tions in the fort a n d
th a t my de a r wife w a s c a rried b a c k a n d de
: A nd th a t my eldest s o n
buried
who
ce nt l
y
w a s sent to
w a s a b sen t in our desol a tion
c ollege
a n d provided for ; whi c h o cc a sioned
th a nksgiving to God in the midst of a fili e
tions a n d c a u sed pr a y ers even in C a n a d a
to be going d a ily up to H e a ven for a blessing
upon benefa c tors showing su c h kindness to
the desol a te a n d a fll ic t e d I Th e c onsider a tion
of su c h c r a fty designs to ensn a re young ones
a n d to turn them from the simpli c ity of the
gospel to R omish superstition w a s very e xe r
c ising ; sometimes they would tell me my c hil
dren sometimes my neighbours were turned
to be of their religion Some m a de it their
work to a llure poor souls b y fl a t t e rie s a n d gre a t
prom ises
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unused to a n d unskilful in poetry yet in a
pl a in style for use of some of the c a ptives
w h o would sometimes m a ke their se c ret visits
to me whi c h a t the desire of some of them
a re here m a de publi c k
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S om
p la t io n s of t h e p o or a n d
s t a t e o t h e c h u r c h a t D ee r e ld
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T HE
sorrows of my he a rt enl a rged a re
W hilst I my present st a te with p a st c omp a re
I frequently unto God s house did go
W ith C hristi a n friends his pr a ises fort h to
show
But now I solit a ry s it both sigh a n d cry
W hilst my fl o c k s misery think on do I
M a ny both old 8: young were sl a in out
right ;
Some in a bitter se a son took their fl ight
Some burnt to de a th a n d others sti fl ed were ;
T h e enemy no sex or a ge would sp a re
Th e tender C hildren with their p a rents s a d
A re c a rried forth a s c a ptives some un cl a d
Some
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Some murdered in the w a y unburied left
A nd some through fa mine were of life bereft
A fter a tedious journey some a re sold
Some kept in he a then h a nds a ll from C hrist s
fold
By popish r a ge a n d h e a t h n is h c ruelty
A re b a nished Ye a some co m p e ll d to be
Young c hildren p a rted a re
P resent a t m a ss
From p a rents a n d su c h a s in stru c tors were
C r a fty designs a re us d by p a pists a ll
I n ignor a n c e of truth them to inthr a ll
Some t h re a t n e d a re unless they will
c omply
I n he a then s h a nds a g a in be m a de to lie
To some l a rge promises a re m a de if they
W ill truths renoun c e 81 C hoose their popish
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O h L ord ! mine eyes on thee sh a ll w a iting be
T ill thou a g a in turn our
T heir R omish plots , thou
ptivity
c a nst c onfound ;
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s a ve
T his little fl o c k this mer cy I do c r a ve
S a ve us from a ll our sins a n d yet a g a in
D eliver
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D eliver us from them who truth disd a in
L ord !
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for thy mer cy s a ke thy c o v n a n t
mind ;
A nd in thy house a ga in rest let us fi nd
So we thy pr a ises forth will shew a n d spe a k
of a ll thy wond rous works ye a we will seek
T h e a dv a n c ement of thy gre a t a n d glorious
n a me
T h y ri c h a n d sovereign gr a c e we will pro c l a im
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he a rts of some were re a dy to be d is
c o u ra e d a n d sink
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a ying T hey were out of
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S i h t a n d so out of mind
I
ende
a voured to
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persu a de them we were not forgotten th a t
undoubtedly m a ny pr a yers were c ontinu a lly
going up to he a ven for us Not long a fter
c a me C a pt a in L ivingston
a n d M r Sheldon
with letters from his ex c ellen cy our gover
nour to the go v e rn o u r of C a n a d a a bout the
ex c h a nge of prisoners ; whi ch g a ve a reviv a l
to m a ny a n d r a ised expe c t a tions of a return
These V l S l t S from N ew E ngl a nd to C a n a d a
so
often gre a tly strengthened m a ny w h o
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hildren a n d neighbours a t M ontre a l D i
vine providen c e a ppe a red to the moder a ting
my a ffl i c tion in th a t fi ve E nglish persons of
our town were permitted to return with C a p
t a in L ivingston a mong whom went my eld
est d a ughter A nd m y son Stephen w a s
redeemed a n d sent to live with me : H e w a s
a n d very poor ; he h a d
a lmost quite n a ked
su ff ered mu c h a mong the I ndi a ns O ne of
the Jesuits took upon him to c ome to the wig
w a m a n d whip him on some c ompl a int th a t
the squ a ws h a d m a de th a t he did not work
enough for them A s to my petition for go
ing up to M ontre a l to s e e my c hildren a n d
neighbours it w a s denied ; a s my former
desire of c oming up to the C i before C a p
t a in L ivingston s c oming w a s God gr a nted
me fa vour a s to two of my petitions but yet
b rought me by his gr a c e to be willing th a t
he should glorify himself in disposing of me
a n d mine a s he ple a sed a n d knew to be most
for his glory : A nd a lmost a lw a ys befo re a n y
rem a rk a ble fa vour I w a s brought to lie
down
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down a t the foot of God a n d m a de to be
willing th a t God should govern the world
s o a s might b e most for his own honour a n d
brought to resign a ll to his holy sovereignty :
A fr a me of spirit when wrought in me by the
gr a c e of God giving the gre a test c ontent a n d
s a tisfa c tion ; a n d very often a fo re runner of
the mer cy a sked of God or a pl a in demonstr a
tion th a t the not obt a ining my request w a s
best for me I h a d no sm a ll refreshing in
h a ving one of my c hildren with me for four
months A nd the E nglish were m a ny of
them strengthened with hopes th a t the
tre a ty betwixt the governments would issue in
opening a door of es c a pe for a ll
I n A ugust M r D udley a n d C a pt a in Vet c h
a rrived a n d gre a t en c our a gements were given
a s to a n ex c h a nge of a ll in the spring of the
ye a r : A nd some few a g a in were sent home ;
a mong whom I obt a ined le a ve to send my s o n
Stephen
U pon M r D udley s a n d C a pt a in Vet c h s
petitioning I w a s a g a in permitted to go up
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to Quebe c ; but disputing with a mendi c a nt
fri a r who s a id he w a s a n E nglishm a n sent
from Fr a n c e to ende a vour t h e c onversio n of
th e E nglish a t Quebe c who a rrived a t C a n
I wa s
a d a whilst our gentlemen were there
by the priests me a ns ordered to return a g a in
to C h a t e a u v ich e a n d no other re a son given
but be c a use I dis c oursed with th a t pr iest
a n d their fe a r I should prevent his su c c ess
But God shewed his
a mongst the c a ptives
dislike of su c h a perse c uting spirit ; for the
very next d a y whi c h w a s September 2 0 O
8 O c tober I N S the semin a ry a very fa
mous building w a s most of it burnt down
o c c a sioned by a joiner s letting a c o a l of fi re
drop a mong the sh a vings T h e C h a pel in
the priests g a rden a n d the gre a t c ross were
burnt down ; the libr a ry of the priests burnt
up T his semin a ry a n d a nother libr a ry h a d
been burnt but a bout three ye a rs before Th e
d a y a fter m y b e in g sent a w a y by the priests
me a ns from Quebe c a t fi rst there w a s a
thunder storm a n d the lightning stru c k the
semin a ry
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in th a t I would not be re c l a imed from a deni a l
of purg a tory by su c h a mir a c ulous providen c e
A s I w a s a ble I spre a d the c a se before
God besee c hing of him to dis a ppoint them
of their expe c t a tions to proselyte a ny of the
c a ptives by this str a t a gem ; a n d by the good
ness of God it w a s not very servi c e a ble ; for
the soldier s c onvers a tion w a s su c h th a t
sever a l a mong the Fren c h themselves j udged it
to be a forgery A nd though the c a pt a in
spoken of w a s the go v e rn o u r s l a dy s brother
I never more he a rd a ny c on c ernment or c a re
to get him out of purga tory
O ne of the p a rish where I lived told me
th a t on the twenty se cond of July 1 70 5 he
at
the mendi c a nt fri a r s
w a s a t Quebe c
C hur ch on one of their fe a st d a ys in honour
of a gre a t s a int of their order a n d th a t a t
fi ve o c lo c k m a ss in the morning ne a r two
hundred persons being present a gre a t grey
c a t br a ke or
d
e some gl a ss entered
ush e d asi
p
into the C hur c h p a ssed a long ne a r the a lt a r
x c a ndles whi c h were
a n d put out fi ve or s i
burn ing ;
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burning ; a n d th a t no one could tell whi c h
w a y the c a t went out ; a n d he thought it w a s
the devil
W hen I w a s in the c ity in September I
w h o h a d lived with
s aw t wo E nglish m a ids
the I ndi a ns a long time They told me th a t
a n I ndi a n h a d died a t the pl a c e where they
were ; a n d th a t when sundry of h is rel a tions
were together in order to a ttend his buri a l
the de a d a rose a n d informed them Th a t
a t his de a th he went to hell a n d there he s a w
a ll the I ndi a ns th a t h a d been de a d sin c e their
embr a c ing the popish religion ; a n d w a rned
them to le a ve it o ff or they would be d a mned
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too ; a n d l a id down de a d a g a in T hey s a id
the I ndi a ns were frightened a n d very mel a n
ch o l
but
the
Jesuit
to
whom
they
told
this
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told them it w a s only a delusion of the devil
to dr a w them aw ay from the true religion ; a d d
ing th a t he knew for c ert a in th a t a ll those
I ndi a ns who h a d been de a d spoken of by
th a t I ndi a n were in he a ven ; only one s qu a w
w a s gone to hell who died without b a ptism
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T hese
m a ids s a id a lso th a t m a ny of the
I ndi a ns mu c h l a mented their m a king a w a r
a t the instig a tion of the
a g a inst the E nglish
Fren c h
T h e priests a fter M r D udley s going from
C a n a d a were re a dy to think their time w a s
short for g a ining E nglish proselytes a n d
doubled their diligen c e a n d wiles to g a in over
persons to their persu a sion I improved a ll
opportunities I c ould to write to the E nglish
th a t in th a t w a y I might be servi c e a ble to
them But m a ny or most of my letters
tre a ting a bout religion were inter c epted a n d
burnt I h a d a letter sent down to me by
order of the go v e rn o u r th a t I h a d liberty of
writing to m y c hildren a n d friends whi c h
should be c ontinued provided I wrote a bout
indi ff erent th ings a n d s a id nothing in them
a bout the points in c ontroversy between them
a n d us : A nd if I were s o h a rdy a s to write
letters othe rwise they should ende a vour to
prevent their being delivered A c c ordingly
I found m a ny of them were burnt But
sometimes
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A nd a fter this letters were sent to a ll p a rts
to inform the E nglish th a t these t wo women
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turned to their religion before their de a th ;
a n d th a t it c on c erned them to follow their ex
for they c ould not be more obstin a te
a mple
th a n those women were in their he a lth
a g a inst the R omish fa ith a n d yet on a de a th
bed embr a c ed it T hey told the E nglish who
lived ne a r th a t our religion w a s a d a ngerous
religion to die in But I sh a ll here a fter rel a te
the j ust grounds we h a ve to think these things
were fa lsehoods
I w a s informed there w a s a n E nglish girl
bid to t a ke a n d we a r the c ross a n d c ross her
self : She refused ; they thre a tened her a n d
shewed her the c ross A t length she h a d her
c hoi c e
either to c ross herself a n d t a ke the
c ross or be whipt she c hose to be whipt ; a n d
they m a de a s though they would c orre c t her ;
but seeing her c hoosing indeed to su ffer
r a ther th a n c omply they desisted a n d tied
the c ross a bout her ne c k Some were t a ken
a n d shut up a mong their religious
a n d a ll
sorts of me a ns used to g a in them
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I re c eived
letter from one of my neigh
bours wherein he thus bew a ils : I obt a ined
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le a ve of my m a ster to go to the M a c qu a
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fort to s e e m y c hildren th a t I h a d not seen
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for a long time I c a rried a letter from my
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m a ster to shew th a t I h a d le a ve to c ome
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W hen I c a me to the fort I he a rd one of my
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I went to see a
c hildren w a s in the woods
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boy I h a d there who lived with one of the
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Jesuits ; I h a d j ust a sked him of his welfa re ;
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he s a id his m a ster would c ome presently ;
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he durst not st a y to spe a k w ith me now b e
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ing in su c h aw e of his m a ster O n whi ch I
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withdrew ; a n d when his m a ster c a m e in I
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went a n d a sked le a ve of him to spe a k with
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m y c hild a n d shewed him my letter But
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he a b solutely refused to let me s e e or spe a k
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with him ; a n d s a id I h a d brought no letter
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from the go v e rn o u r a n d would not permit
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me to st ay in the fort though I h a d tr a v
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e lle d on foot ne a r fi fty miles
for no other
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s a me pers on with a nother E nglish
m a n l a st spring obt a ined le a ve of the gover
nour gener a l to go to the s a me fort on the
s a me err a nd a n d c a rried letters from the
o v e rn o u r to the Jesuits th a t he might be per
g
m i
t t e d to spe a k with his C hildren
T h e letter
w a s delivered to the Jesuits ; who told him
his son w a s not a t home but gone a hunting
W here a s he w a s hid from them a s he he a rd
a fte rw a rd ; s o the poo r m a n lost his l a bour a
se c ond t ime T hese men s ay th a t when they
returned to M ontre a l one L a l a nd who w a s
a lw a ys to observ e the
a ppointed a s a spy
motions of the E nglish told them th a t one of
the Jesuits h a d c ome in before them a n d h a d
told the go v e rn o u r th a t the la d w a s gone out
a hunting : A nd th a t the E nglishm a n who a c
c omp a nied this poor m a n went out into the
woods in hopes of fi nding the la d ; a n d s aw
him but the la d run a w a y ; a n d th a t he fol
lowed him a n d c a lled a fter him but he would
not stop ; but holding out a gun thre a tened to
shoot him down if he followed him ; a n d s o
he
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whi c h when refused espe c i a lly the l a tter p a rt
of the time they thre a tened her very mu c h ;
sent for her before them a n d c omm a nded her
to c ross herself She refused they hit her a
box on the e a r ; bid her a g a in still s h e refused
T hey ordered a rod with S ix br a n c hes full of
knots to be b rought ; a n d when s h e refused
they stru c k her on the h a nds still renewing
their c omm a nds ; a n d s h e stood to her re
fu s a ls till her h a nds were fi lled with w a les
with the blows But one s a id Be a t her no
more we will give her to the I ndi a ns if she
will not turn They pin c hed her a rms till
they were bl a c k a n d blue ; a n d m a de her go
into their C hur c h ; a n d be c a use s h e would not
stru c k her sever a l blows with
c ross herself
their h a nds on her fa c e A squ aw w a s b rought
in a n d s a id s h e w a s sent to fet c h her to the
I ndi a ns ; but s h e refused ; the squ aw went
ing her husb a n d
a w a y a n d s a id she would b r
with her to morrow a n d she should be c a rried
She to ld me she remembered
a w a y by for c e
wh a t I told her one d ay a fter th e nuns h a d
thre a tened
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thre a tened to give her a w a y to the I ndi a ns ;
th a t they only s a id s o to a ffright her th a t they
never would give her a w a y Th e nuns told
her s h e should not be permitted a ny more to
spe a k to the E nglish ; a n d th a t they would
rest
if
she
a ffl i c t her without giving her a n
y
refused
But God preserved her from
fa lling T his poor girl h a d m a ny pr a yers go
ing up to H e a ven for her d a ily a n d by n a me
be c a use her tri a ls were more known to some
of the E nglish th a n th e tri a ls of others
who lived more remote from them
H ere might be a history by itself of the
tri a ls a n d su fferings of m a ny of our C hildren
and
a n d young ones who h a ve been a bused
a fter sep a r a tion from grown persons
mad e
to do a s they would h a ve them
I sh a ll here give a n a c c ount of wh a t w a s
done to one of my c hildren a boy between
fi fteen a n d sixteen ye a rs of a ge two hundre d
miles dist a nt from me whi c h o c c a sioned
grief a n d sorrow th a t I w a nt word s to utter ;
a n d y et kept U
nder su c h aw e th a t he never
durst
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durst write a ny thing to me for fe a r of being
dis c overed in writing a bout religion T hey
thre a tened to put h im to the I ndi a ns a g a in
if he would not turn ; telling him he w a s never
bought out of their h a nds but only sojourned
with them but if he would turn he should
never be put into their h a nds a ny more Th e
priests would spend whole d ays in urging
him H e w a s sent to s c hool to le a rn to r e a d
a n d write Fren c h ; the s c hool m a ster some
times fl a ttered him with p ro m Is e s if he would
c ross himself; then thre a tened him if be would
not But when he s a w fl a ttering promises
of rew a rds a n d thre a tenings were in e ffe c
tu a l he stru c k him with a sti c k he h a d in his
h a nd ; a n d when he s a w th a t would not do
he m a de him get down on h is knees a bout a n
ho ur ; a n d then c a me a n d bid him m a ke the
sign of the c ross a n d th a t without a ny del a y ;
he still refuse d T hen he g a ve him a c ouple
of strokes with a whip he h a d in his h a nd ;
whi c h whip h a d three br a n c hes a n d a bout
twelve gre a t knots tied in it A nd a g a in bid
him
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him to go to the c hur c h : W hen he
refused he told him he would m a ke him
A nd one morning sent four of the biggest
boys of the s c hool to dr a w him by for c e to
m a ss T hese with other severities a n d witty
str a t a gems were used ; a n d I utterly ignor a nt
of a ny a ttempt m a de upon him to bring him
to c h a nge his religion H is fe a r w a s su ch
th a t he never durst write a ny of these things
lest his letters should fa ll into their h a nds a n d
he should a g a in be delivered to the I ndi a ns
H e a ring of a n opportunity of writing to him
by one of the p a rish where I w a s going up to
M ontre a l I wrote a letter to him a n d h a d by
him a letter from my s o n ; whi c h I S h a ll here
insert
m an de d
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I HAV E re c eived your letter be a ring d a te
J a nu a ry 1 1
for whi c h I give you
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m a ny th a nks with my duty a n d my brother s
I a m sorry you h a ve not re c eived a ll the let
ters I h a ve written to you ; a s I h a ve not re
ce i
v e d a ll yours
A c cording to your good
c oun s el
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Z I ON
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ounsel I do a lmost every d ay re a d some
thing of the B ible a n d so strengthen my
fa ith A s to the c a ptives newly brought
L a n c a ster is the pl a c e of two of them a n d
M a rlborough th a t of the third ; the go v e rn o u r
of M ontre a l h a s them a ll three T here is
other news th a t will seem more str a nge to
you : T h a t t w o E nglish women who in their
life time were dre a dfully s e t a ga inst the C a th
o li
c k religion did on their de a th bed embr a c e
it T h e one A biga il T urbet the other of
them E sther Jones both of them known to
you A big a il T urbet sent for M r M eriel the
S a bb a th before s h e died ; a n d s a id ( m a ny a
time upon sever a l following d ays ) th a t s h e
c ommitted her soul into his h a nds
and wa s
re a dy to do wh a tever he ple a sed She desired
hi m to go to the c h a pel St A nne a n d there to
sa
a holy m a ss for her th a t she might h a ve
y
her S ins p a rdoned a n d the will of the Lord
a c c omplished upon her
H er c ousin M rs
B a d s t o n n o w Stilson a sked her whether she
should be willing to do a s s h e s a id ; s h e a n
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s w e re d ,
y es
A nd upon the T uesd ay S he w a s
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t a ken into the C a t h o lic k c hur c h in the pres
en c e of John L a l a nd a n d M a d a m G riz a le m
a n d M rs
Stilson a lso
a n E nglish wom a n
with m a ny Fren c h people besides She w a s
a nointed with oil on the s a me d a
a c c ording
y
to her will then
U pon the W ednesd a y
fol lowing a n im a ge of C hrist c ru c i fi ed w a s
brought to her ; s h e c a used it to be s e t up over
a t the c u rt a ins of her bed
a g a inst her
and
looked c ontinu a lly upon the s a me ; a n d a lso
a little c ru c i fi x w a s brought unto her ; s h e
took it a n d kissed it a n d l a id it upon her
S tom a c h She did a lso m a ke the sign of the
me
c ross upon herself when s h e took a n
at
y
or drink She promised to God th a t if s h e
should re cover s h e would go to the m a ss every
d a y : She h a ving on her h a nd a c ru c i fi x s a id
O h my Lord th a t I should h a ve known thee
She did a lso m a ke a pr a yer to the
s o l a te !
Virgin M a ry the two l a st d ays of the week
She c ould utter no word but by kissing the
c ru c i fi x
a n d ende a vouring to c ross herself
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he s a id he w a s to o ffer C hrist to his fa ther
for her s h e liked it very well Th e super
io u r of the nuns being c ome in to s e e her she
now desired th a t s h e might re c eive C hrist s
body before s h e died She did a lso S how
M rs Stilson a gre a t mind to re c eive the s a c
r a ment of extrem e un c tion a n d s a id th a t if
ever s h e should re c over a n d get home s h e
would repro a c h the ministers for their neg
le e ting th a t s a c r a ment so pl a inly comm a nded
by St J a mes I n the a fternoon a fter S h e
h a d begged p a rdon for her w a vering a n d th e
C a t h o lic k c onfession of fa ith w a s re a d a loud to
her in the he a ring of M r C ra s t o n M rs Stil
so n
a n d a nother E nglishwom a n
s h e owned
the s a me A bout seven o c lo c k the s a me d a y
she s a id to M r D u b iso n Sh a ll not they give
me the holy c ommunion ! But her tongue
w a s then so thi c k th a t she c ould h a rdly s w a l
lo w a n y thing
She w a s then a nointed with
holy oil : But before S he s a id to M r M eriel
W hy h a ve you not yet s ir forgiven my sins !
I n the night following th a t priest a n d M r
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were continu a lly by her ; a n d some
times pr a ying to God in her n a me a n d pr a y
ing to the V irgin M a ry a n d other s a ints She
s a id a lso I believe a ll : I a m very gl a d C hrist
S ix or
w a s o ffered to his Fa ther for me
seven hours before s h e died a c ru c i fi x w a s
showed to her by M r D u b iso n ; s h e took it
a n d l a id it upon her he a rt a n d kissed it ; a n d
then the nuns h a nged it with a p a ir of b e a d s
upon her ne c k A little before s h e died M r
D u b is o n a sked her to pr a y for him in he a ven ;
s h e promised him : So s h e g a ve up the ghost
the 2 7 t h of November
a t ten of the c lo c k
whilst the high m a ss w a s s a ying ; S he w a s soon
c ommended to the pr a yers
O n the fourth
d a y of the week following s h e w a s buried
She
a fter t h e m a ss h a d been s a id for her
w a s l a id by A big a il T urbet
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I HAV E here tr a ns c ribed the letter in the
very words of it without the le a st a lter a tion :
T h e s a me for subst a n c e w a s sent to sever a l
other
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other c a ptives W hen I h a d this letter I
presently knew it to be of M r M eriel s c o m
posing : But the messenger who brought
the letter brought word th a t my s o n h a d em
br a c ed their religion A fterw a rds when some
bl a med him for letting me know of it be c a use
they
s
id
th
ey
fe
red
m
y
sorrow
would
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a
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shorten my d a ys ; he told me he thought with
himself th a t if he w a s in my c a se he should
be willing to know the worst a n d therefore
told me a s he would h a ve desired to h a ve
known if in my pl a c e I th a nked him a c
knowledging it a fa vour to let me know of it ;
but the news w a s re ady to overwhelm me with
grief a n d sorrow I m a de my c ompl a int to
God a n d mourned before him ; sorrow a n d
I a sked of God
a nguish took hold upon me
to dire c t me wh a t to do a n d how to write
a n d fi nd out a n opportunity of c onveyin g a
letter to him ; a n d c ommitted this di ffi c ulty
to his providen c e I now found a gre a ter
opposition to a p a tient quiet humble re s ig
n a tion to the will of God th a n I S hould
otherwise
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d a nger from a child to be instru c ted in popery ;
a n d knew full well th a t a ll ende a vours would
be used to prevent my seeing or spe a king with
them But in the midst of a ll these God ga ve
me a se c r et hope th a t he would m a gnify his
power a n d free gr a c e a n d dis a ppoint a ll their
c r a fty design s
W hen I looked on the right
h a nd a n d on the left a ll refuge fa iled me a n d
none shewed a ny c a re for my soul But God
brought th a t word to uphold me ; Wh o is a ble
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d o e x ce e d in g
a s k or thi
nk
h a rd fo r God
to
a
b u n d a n t ly
b ov e w h a t w e ca n
th a t , Is a n y t h in g t oo
a
A s a lso
I pr a yed to God to dire c t me ;
a n d in
a n d wrote very S hort the fi rst time
gener a l terms fe a ring lest if I should write
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in
c ontroversy my letters would
g
not c ome to him I therefore a ddressed him
with the following letter
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a b o ut t h i
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S
on
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S am
ue
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YOU R S of J a nu a ry
23 ,
I re c eived
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and
with it h a d the tidings th a t you h a d m a de a n
fa ith for the
a bj ur a tion of the P rotest a nt
R omish : N ews th a t I he a rd with the most dis
tressing
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R E T URN I N G
To ZION
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tressing a fll ict in g sorrowful spirit th a t ever I
he a rd a ny n ews O h ! I pity you I mourn
over you d a y a n d night ! O h ! I pity your we a k
ness th a t through the c r a ftiness of m a n you
a re turned from the simpli c ity of the gospel !
I p e rs u a d e myself you h a ve done it through
ignor a n c e O h ! w h y h a ve you negle c ted to
a s k a fa ther s a dvi c e in a n a ff a ir of s o gre a t
import a n c e a s the c h a nge of religion ! God
knows th a t the c a te c hism in whi c h I instru c ted
y ou is a ccording to the word of God ; a n d so
will be found in the d a y of j udgment O h ! co n
sider a n d bethink yourselfwh a t you h a ve done !
A nd whether you a s k me or not my poor
c hild I c a nnot but pr a y for you th a t you m a
y
be re c overed out of the sn a re you a re t a ken
in R e a d the B ible pr a y in se c ret ; m a ke
C hrist s righteousness your only ple a before
God for j usti fi c a tion : Bew a re of a ll im m o r
Le t
a lity a n d of profa ning God s S a bb a ths
in
a fa ther s a dvi c e be a sked for the future
Wh a t is a
a ll things of weight a n d moment
m a n pro fi ted if he g a in the whole world a n d
lose
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lose h is own soul ! O r wh a t sh a ll a m a n
give in ex c h a nge for his soul ! I desire to be
humbled under the mighty h a nd of God thu s
n
ct i
of
me
I
would
not
do
a fll i
a s you h a ve
g
done for ten thous a nd worlds M y he a rt
a c hes within me but I will yet w a it upon the
L ord : to H im will I c ommit your Ca se d a y a n d
night : H e c a n perform a ll things for me a n d
mine ; a n d c a n yet a g a in re cover you from
your fa ll H e is a God fo rgIV In g Ia u It y
tr a nsgression a n d s in : To the Lord our God
belong forgivenesses though w e h a ve re
belled I c h a rge you not to be instrument a l
to ensn a re your poor brother W a rh a m or a ny
other a n d so a d d s in to s in A c c ept of m y
love a n d do not fors a ke a fa ther s a dvi c e
who a bove a ll things desires th a t your soul
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m a
be
s
of
the
L
ord
a ved in the d a
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WHAT I mournfully wrote I followed with
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my poor c ries to God in he a ven to m a ke e f
fe c t u a l to c a use in him a c onsider a tion of
wh a t he h a d done God s aw wh a t a proud
he a rt
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1 04
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on the letter you wrote me l a st a bout the two
women I t seems to me from those word s
of A big a il T u rb e t s in your letter or r a ther
of M r M eriel s whi c h you tr a ns c ribed for him
A
big
M
eriel
a il T urbet sent for M r
co m
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m i
t t e d her soul into his h a nd a n d w a s re a dy
—
to do wh a tsoever he p le a s e dI I s a y it seems
r a tion a l to believe th a t s h e h a d not the u s e of
her re a son ; it is a n expression to be a bhorred
by a ll who h a ve a ny true sense of religion
W a s M r M eriel a God a C hrist ! C ould he
be a r to he a r su c h words a n d not rej e c t them ;
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replying D O not c ommit your soul into
my h a nds but s e e th a t you c ommit your soul
into the h a nds of God through C hrist Jesus
a n d do wh a tever God c omm a nds you in his
holy word A s for me I a m a c re a ture a n d
c a nnot s a ve your soul ; but will tell you of
A c ts iv 1 2 N e it h er is t h e re s a lv a tio n in a ny
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g iv e n
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or
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t h e re
a m on
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is
m en ,
n o ot
h er
de r h e a v e n
u s t b e s a v ed
nam e u n
w h e re b y w e
Ha d
m
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he been a fa ithful minister of Jesus
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C hrist he would h a ve s a id I t is a n honour
due
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due to C hrist a lone
T h e holy a postle s a ys ,
N o w u n t o h im t h a t is a b le t o ke e p yo u , a n d
p re s e n t yo u fa u ltle s s b efo re t h e p re s e n ce of h is
glo ry , w it h e x ce e din g jo y, t o t h e o n ly w is e
Go d o u r S a v io u r, b e glo ry , a n d m aje s ty , d o m in
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io n a n d p o w e r, b o t h n ow a n d e v e r , a m e n
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Jude 2 4 2 5 verses A s to wh a t you write
a bout pr a ying to the V irgin M a ry a n d other
s a ints I m a ke this reply Ha d M r M eriel
done h is duty he would h a ve s a id to them a s
1 John ii 1 2
If a n y m a n s in w e h a v e a n
a dv o ca t e w i
t h t h e F a t h e r 7 cs u s C h r i
s t the
g h t e o u s ; a n d h e is t h e p rop it ia tio n fo r o ur
ri
ns
si
T h e S c riptures s a y Th re is o n e Go d
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dia t o r b e tw e e n Go d a n d m a n , t h e
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st
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e a , C hrist s a id , go a n d
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pre a c h , H e t h a t b eliev e t h a n d is b a p t iz e d ,
an
d
on e
m e
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Gal i 8
s a ith , B u t t h o u g h w e o r a n a n gel fro m h e a v e n
p re a c h a n y o t h e r g o s p e l u n t o y o u , t h a n t h a t
w e h a v e p re a c h e d t o y o u , le t him b e a ccu rs e d
T hey never pre a c hed , th a t we should pr a y to
s
h a ll b e
s av e
d
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Th e
a
postle in
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the Virgin M a ry or other s a ints
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A s you
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would b e s a ved he a r wh a t
l
H eb iv 1 3 & c N e it h e r is
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the a
postle s a ith
t h e re
an
,
cre a t u re
y
ife s t in h is s ig h t; b u t a ll t h in g s
a re n a ke d , a n d o p e n u n t o t h e
e es
o
h
m
i
y
f
w it h w h o m w e h a v e t o d o
S e e in g t h e n t h a t w e
h a v e a g re a t h ig h p rie s t t h a t is e n t e re d in t o
th a t
is
n ot m a n
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o d , le t u s h o ld
G
f
i
f
fa s t o u r p rofe s s io n : F o r w e h a v e n o t a n hig h
p rie s t t h a t c a n n ot b e t o u c h ed w it h t h e fe elin g s
o
n rm i
e s , b u t w a s z n a ll p o i
n ts te m pted
our i
t
i
fi
f
like a s w e a re , y e t w it h o u t s in ; le t u s t h e re fo re
c o m e b o ldl
u n t o t h e t h ro n e o
g
r a ce , t h a t we
y
f
o bta i
n m e rc , a n d
n d g r a ce t o h e lp i
m a
n
fi
y
y
t im e of n e e d
W hi c h words do hold forth ,
the
h eav ens ,
es u s
the
s on o
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how th a t C hrist Jesus is in every respe c t qu a l
ifi e d to be a medi a tor a n d inter c essor ; a n d
I a m sure they c a nnot be a p plied to a ny inere
c re a ture
to m a ke them c a p a ble of our relig
ious trust W hen R om a n C a t h o lic k s h a ve
s a id a ll they c a n they a re not a ble to prove
th a t the s a ints in he a ven h a ve a knowledge
of wh a t pr a yers a re dire c ted to them Some
they
know
them
one
others
sa
they
sa
w
a
y
y
y
h a ve
,
.
,
,
.
,
1 08
TH E
RE D E EM E D CAP T I V E
dvo c a te with the Fa ther Further it c a n
not be proved th a t it is c onsistent with the
s a ints being c re a tures a s well a s with their
h a ppiness to h a ve a knowledge of pr a yers
from a ll p a rts of the world a t the s a me time
from m a ny millions together a bout things so
v a stly di ff ering one from a nother : A nd then
to present those suppli c a tions for a ll th a t look
to them is not humility but will worship
C ol ii 1 8 Le t n o m a n b eg u ile yo u of y u r
a
.
,
,
,
,
,
-
,
.
.
re w a r
o
.
d , in
l
an
um i
h
l
w
o rs hi
pp
ng
i
t
i
,
y
y
Which t h in g s in dee d h a v e
a v o u nta r
e ls verse 2
g
3
f
w
o
i
a
s h ew
s do m
f
o
.
,
.
,
an
d w ill w o rs h ip ,
an
-
d
wh a t humility c a n it be to
distrust the w ay th a t God h a s provided a n d
en c our a ged us to c ome to him in a n d impose
upon God a w a y of our own devising ! W a s
not God a ngry with Jerobo a m for I mposing
upon him a fter su c h a sort ! 1 K ings xii 3 3
h u m ility
.
Fo r
,
,
,
.
.
S o h fi d u p o n t h e a lt a r w hic h h e h a d m a de
in B e t h e l, t h e fift h d a y of t h e e ig h t h m o n t h ,
w h ich h e d ev is e d of h is o w n h e a rt
T herefore
C hrist s a ith , M a rk V ii 7 H o w b eit , in v a in
do
f
e o e re
.
.
.
RE T URN I N G T O Z I ON
d o t h e y w o rs h ip m e ,
m
co m m a n d m e n t s o
f
t e a c h in
d o ct rin e s t h e
g for
Before the c oming
of C hrist a n d his entering into he a ven a s a n
inter c essor ; H eb V ii 2 5 Wh e refo re h e is
en
.
,
.
a
ble
to
s av e
them
.
.
t o t h e u t t e rm o s t t h a t co m
Go d b y him , s e e in g h e
t e r ce s s io n fo r t h e m ;
I
liv e t h
ev e r
to m
a
e
to
ke in
before
C
h
rist
s
y
entering into he a ven a s a n inter c essor th ere is
not one word of a ny pr a yer to s a ints ; a n d
wh a t re a son c a n be given th a t now there is
need of so m a ny s a ints to m a ke inter c ession
when C hrist a s a priest is entered into he a ven
to m a ke inter c ession for us ! T h e a nswer
th a t the R om a nists give is a very fa ble a n d
fa lsehood : N a mely th a t there were no s a ints
in he a ven till a fter the resurre c tion a n d a s ce n
sion of C hrist but were reserved in a pl a c e
c a lled L imbus P a trum
a n d so h a d not the
b e a t ifi c a l v is io n
See Gen v 2 4 E n o ch
’
sa
,
,
,
,
,
.
.
w a lke d w it h
him
can
him
I f he
Go d ,
an
d w as
.
.
n ot ,
f
or
Go d
took
not t a ken into he a ven wh a t
be the sense of those words fo r Go d t o o k
A ga in 2 K ings ii 1 W h en the Lord
wou ld
.
was
,
,
,
,
.
.
TH E
1 10
RE DE EM E D CA PT I VE
t a ke up E l ija h into he a ven by a whirl
wind verse 1 1 Th ere a pp e a re d a ch a riot
a n d p a rte d t h e m b ot h
re
re a n d h o r s e s o
o
ffi
ffi
a n d E li a h w e n t u
b
a w hi
rlw i
nd
a s u n de r
j
p y
M ust the truth of the S c ripture
in t o h a v e n
be c a lled in question to uphold their notions
B esides it is not c onsistent with re a son to
supp ose th a t E no c h a n d E li a s inste a d of
h a ving a pe c uli a r privilege vou c hs a fed to
them for their eminen cy in h oliness should
be less h a ppy for s o long a time th a n the rest
of the s a ints de c e a sed who a re glori fi ed in
he a ven ; whi c h must be if they a re yet kept
of
ju
dgment
out
of
a n d must be till the d a
y
he a ven a n d the b e a t ific a l vision in a n
e a rthly p a r a dise a ccording to some of the
R om a nists ; or in some other pl a c e th ey know
not where a c c ording to others R eligious
worship is not to be given to the c re a ture
M a t iv 9 1 0 a n d s a ith A ll t h e s e t h in g s w ill
I g iv e t h e e if t h o u w ilt fa ll d ow n a n d w o rs hip
m e
T hen s a ith J esus to him Ge t t h e e
h e n ce S a t a n ; fo r it is w rit t e n t h o u s h a lt
W ould
.
,
,
,
e
.
,
,
,
,
,
,
,
,
,
,
,
,
,
,
.
,
.
.
,
,
,
,
.
.
,
,
,
w o rs h ip
TH E
1 12
R E DE EME D CAP T I VE
the word s of the se c ond c omm a ndment
a re ,
Th o u s h a lt n o t m a ke t o t h y s e lf a n y g ra v e n
im a g e , o r a n y like n e s s of a n y t hin g t h a t is in
h e a v e n a b ov e , o r t h a t is in t h e e a rt h b e n e a t h , o r
that i
s i
n t h e w a t ers u n d e r t h e e a rt h ; t h o u s h a lt
n o t b o w d o w n t h s e lf t o t h e m
n o r s e rv e t h e m ,
y
o r I t h e Lo rd t h
od a m a
e a lo u s Go d , 8 5 C
G
f
y
j
T hese words being inserted in the letter whi c h
.
me from your brother E le a zer in N ew
E ngl a nd the l a st summer w a s the c a use of
the letters being sent d o w n f ro m M ontre a l
a n d not given to you when s o ne a r you a s I
suppose there being no other c l a use of the
letter th a t c ould be obj e c ted a g a inst a n d the
re a son why found a t Quebe c when I sent it
to you a se c ond time en c losed in a letter
written by myself T h e b r a zen serpent
m a de by divine a ppoint m ent a s a type of
C hrist when a bused to superstition w a s by
reforming H ezeki a h broken in pie c es A s to
wh a t the R om a nists ple a d a bout the l awful
ness of I m a ge a n d s a int worship from those
likenesses of things m a de In Solomon s tem
ca
,
,
,
,
,
,
,
,
,
,
,
.
,
,
.
,
’
l
e
P .
RE T URN I N G T O Z I ON
ple it is nothing to the purpose W e do not
it
is
not
l
sa
a wful to m a ke or h a ve a pi c ture ;
y
but those c a rved im a ges were not in the tem
ple to be a dored bowed down to or worship
ped T here is no m a nner of c onsequen c e
th a t be c a use there were im a ges m a de in Sol
temple th a t were not a dored a n d
om on s
worshipped th a t therefore it is now l awful
to m a ke a n d fa ll down before im a ges a n d
pr a y to them a n d so worship them
“
R eligious worshipping of s a ints c a nnot
b e defended from but is forbidden in the
S c riptures ; a n d for fe a r of losing their dis
c i le s the R om a nists keep a w a y from them
p
the B ible a n d oblige them to believe a s they
they
must
believe
sa
a s though there w a s no
;
y
u s e be m a de of our re a son a bout our souls ;
a n d yet the Bere a n s were c ounted nob le for
se a r c hing the S c riptures to s e e whether the
things pre a c hed by S a int P a ul were so or not
T hey d a re not a llow you liberty to spe a k
with your fa ther or others for fe a r their
errors should be dis c overed to you A g a in
y ou
.
,
,
,
,
,
,
.
’
,
,
.
,
,
,
,
,
.
,
,
.
,
TH E
RE DE EM E D CA PT I V E
th a t E sther Jones c onfessed th a t
there w a s a n inequ a lity of power a mong the
”
p a stors of the C hur c h
A n a rgument to
c onvin c e the world
th a t b e c a use the priests
in fa ll a c ious w a ys c a used a wom a n distem
p ered with a very high fever if not distr a c ted
to s a y she c onfessed there w a s a n inequ a lity
of power a mong the p a stors of the c hur c h
therefo re a ll the world a re obliged to believe
th a t there is a pope A n a rgument to b e
sent from D a n to Beersheb a every where
where a ny E nglish c a ptives a re to g a i n t h eir
belief of a pope C a n a ny r a tion a l m a n
think th a t C hrist in the 1 6t h c h a pter of M a t
thew g a ve S a int P eter su c h a power a s the
p a pists spe a k of; or th a t the dis c iples so
understood C hrist ! W hen immedi a tely there
a rose a dispute a mong them who should be
the gre a test in the kingdom of he a ven !
M a rth xviii 1 A t t h e s a m e t im e ca m e t h e
dis cip les of 7 cs u s s a y in g w h o is t h e g re a t e s t
e ro c k spoken
n gdo m o
h
ea v en
T
in t h e ki
h
f
of in the 1 6 th of M a tthew not the person of
P eter
y ou write
,
.
,
,
,
,
’
,
,
,
,
.
,
,
“
,
.
,
,
,
.
.
.
,
,
,
,
1 16
TH E
I C or v
RE DE EM E D CAP T I V E
o
v
e
a
a
e
n
I
n b od ,
F
r
r
i
l
s
b
s
t
i
,
4
3
y
y
b u t p re s e n t in s p irit , h a v e ju dge d a lre a dy , a s
t h o u g h I w e re p re s e n t , co n ce r n in g him t h a t
I n t h e n a m e of o u r
h a t h d o n e s o t his d ee d
Lo r d i
e s u s C h ri
e a re g a t h e re d t o
s t, w h en
f
y
ge t h er , a n d m y s p z rz t , w it h t h e p o w e r of o u r
L o rd i
e s u s C h ri
I
C
or
vii
I
ow
s t, &C
N
f
c o n cer n i
n g t h e t hi
n g s w h e re o f
e w rote t o m e;
y
a ppli c a tion m a de not to S a int P eter , but P a ul ,
.
.
.
.
‘
.
.
.
.
for the de c is ion of a c ontroversy or s c ruple
I C or xi 2 N ow I p ra i e y o u b re t h re n t h a t
.
.
u
o
y
.
re m e m
d in a n ce s
or
s
.
,
ll t hin g s , a n d ke e p t h e
I d e liv e re d t h e m t o y o u
E ither
ber
as
,
m e
in
a
.
those spoken of A c ts xv or in his ministry
ii 1 0 F r y o u r s a ke
a n d epistles
2 C or
fo rg a v e I it in t h e p ers n of C h ris t 2 C or
xi 2 8 Th a t w h ich co m e t h u p o n m e d a ily
1 1
t h e c a e of a ll t h e c h u r c h e s
2 C or xii
,
.
,
.
.
,
.
.
,
.
r
12
o
o
,
.
.
.
F o r in
.
hie fe s t
n ot
h in g
I b e h ind
am
.
,
.
the
y
v er
ng
p
o s t le s
t
o u g h I b e n ot h i
h
f
Tr u ly t h e s ig n s o f a n a p o s tle w e re w r o u g h t
a m o ng
o u z n a ll p a t i
e n ce
ns a nd w on
z n sz
y
g
d e rs a n d m ig h t y de e ds ; a n d in other pl a c es
c
o
the
a
.
,
I
,
,
.
Ag a in
,
RE T URN I N G T O Z I ON
A g a in if you c onsult A c ts xv where you h a ve
a n a c c ount of the fi rst synod or c oun c il you
will fi nd th a t the c ounsel or senten c e of the
verse 1 9 W here
a postle J a mes is followed
.
,
,
.
,
fore my senten c e is & c not a word th a t
S a int P eter w a s c hief A g a in you fi nd P eter
himself sent forth by the other a postles
A c ts viii 1 4 Th e a p o s tle s s e n t u n t o t h e m P e te r
a nd
ohn
c hur c h O f the Jews found
W
hen
the
7
fa ult with P eter for going in to the Gentiles
when he went to C ornelius he does not s a y
W hy do you question me or c a ll me to a n
a c c ount I a m C hrist s vi c a r on e a rth
W hen
P a ul reproved P eter G a l ii he does not de
fend himself by mentioning a n infa llib ility
in himself a s C hrist s vi c a r or reprove P a ul
for his boldness
“
T h e R om a n C a t h o lic k C hur c h c a nnot be
a true c hur c h of C hrist in th a t it m a kes l a ws
dire c tly c ontr a ry to the l aws a n d c omm a nds
of C hrist : A s for ex a mple in with holding
the wine or the c u p from the l a ity in the
L ord s Supper ; where a s C hrist c omm a nds
the
,
.
.
,
,
.
.
,
.
,
,
,
,
’
,
.
.
,
.
,
’
,
.
,
-
,
,
’
1 18
RE DE EME D CAP T I V E
TH E
the s a me to drink who were to e a t Their
ev a sion th a t the blood is in the body a n d s o
they p a rt a ke of both in e a ting is a gre a t
fa ll a cy b uilt on a fa lse found a tion of tr a n
subst a nti a tion Fo r when men e a t they c a n
not be s a id to drink whi ch C hrist comm a nds
for C hrist c omm a nds th a t w e t a ke t h e cu p a n d
d rin k whi c h is not done in e a ting ; besides
the priests themselves will not be so put o ff
T h e words t h is is m y b o dy do only intend
g n ify o r rep re s n t m y b o dy whi c h
t his d o t h s i
will a ppe a r if you c omp a re S c ripture with
S c ripture ; for a fter the conse c r a tion the H oly
Ghost c a lls it bre a d a n d the fruit of the vine
E xod xii 1 1 It is t h e Lo rd s p a s s o v e r;
th a t is it represents it I n a ll the ev a nge
lists you re a d o f killing a n d e a ting the p a ss
over a fe w lines or verses before these words
t h is is m y b o dy whi c h pl a inly shew th a t our
S a viour in the s a me w a y of fi gur a tive ex
pression spe a ks of the gospel s a c r a ment
I f these words were t a ken a s the R om a nists
expound them he must e a t his own body
himself
.
,
,
,
,
.
,
,
,
,
.
,
,
,
e
,
,
.
,
’
.
.
.
,
.
,
,
,
,
,
,
.
,
,
,
TH E
1 20
RE DE EME D CAP T I VE
on the c ross I t is a bl a sphemy to pretend
to a power of m a king God a t their ple a sure ;
a n d then e a t him
a n d give him to others to
be e a ten or shut him up in their a lt a rs :
T h a t they c a n utter the s a me words a n d
m a ke a God or not m a ke a God a c c ording
to their intention a n d th a t the people a re
obliged to believe th a t it is God a n d s o
word
of
a dore it when they never he a r a n
y
c onse c r a tion nor know the priest s intention
“
A s to wh a t you write a bout the holy
m a ss I reply it is wholly a n hum a n in v e n
tion ; not a word of su c h a s a c ri fi c e in the
whole Bible ; its being a s a c ri fi c e propiti a tory
d a ily to be o ffered is c ontr a ry to the holy
S c riptures H eb V l l 2 7 Wh n ee d et h n o t
.
,
,
,
,
,
,
,
’
,
.
,
,
,
d ily ,
as
a
.
.
.
th
os e
h ig h
-
o
.
p rie s t s
,
to
o
jf
u
er
p
s a cri
a nd then
fi
or hi
ns
or t h e
rs t
s ow n s i
fi
f
f
p e op le s : F o r t h is h e did o n ce w h e n h e Ojfe red
ce
,
’
,
u
p
him
se
lf
.
A nd yet the
R om a nists
there is need th a t he be o ffered up
fi c e to God every d a y
H eb ix
ri
.
.
h is
ow n
b lo o d h e
e n t e re
d in
o n ce
as a
.
12
.
sa
y,
sac
By
in t o t h e h o ly
p la ce ,
R E T URN I N G T O Z I ON
e
d
e
m
t
i
o
n
a
e
d
e
t
er
n
a
l
r
o
r
n
p
b
t
i
,
f
ver 2 5, 2 6 , 2 7 , 2 8 N o r yet t h a t h e
us
h
ri
es t
m s e lf o ft e n , a s t h e h i
g
p
s h o u ld O fer hi
j
a ce , e v e r
e a r, w i
t
p
l
h
n t o t h e h ol
e n t e re t h i
y y
y
t h e b lo o d o f o t h e rs : F or t h e n m u s t h e o ft e n
h a v e s u jfe re d s in ce t h e fo u n d a t io n of t h e w o rld
B u t n ow o n ce , in t h e e n d o f t h e w o rld , h a t h
h a v in g
p la ce
o
.
.
.
-
.
t
e s a cri
b
fi
i
h
ce
y
y
p
n te d
u n to
A
s
i
t i
s
a pp o i
m en
o
m s e lf
hi
f
u dg m e n t ;
e , b u t a ft e r t hi
so
s the
o n ce t o di
j
Ch ris t w a s o n ce ofle re d t o b e a r t h e S in f Of
10
w
i
ch w i
w
e a re
H
eb
h
x
B
l
l
m an
y
y
fie d, t h ro u g h t h e offe rin g of t h e b o dy
s a n ct i
o r a ll
ut
ver
cs u s C h ri
s t o n ce
1
B
o
2
f
f7
e re d o n e s a cr i
fi
ce
or
t h is m a n , a ft e r h e h a d o f
f
f
g h t h a n d of
n s , fo re v e r s a t d ow n o n t h e r i
si
he
a
pp e a re d
aw a
ut
to
s n
.
‘
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
-
Go d
.
ver
.
14
.
p e rfe ct ed fo re v e r
F o r b y o n e Ojfe rin g h e h a t h
fie d By
t h e m t h a t a re s a n ct i
.
whi c h S c riptures you m ay s e e th a t the m a ss
is not of divine a ppointment but a n hum a n
invention T heir ev a sion of a blo o dy a n d
is a sh a m ; the holy
a n unbloody s a c ri fi c e
S c riptures spe a k not one word of C hrist s
being
,
,
.
,
’
TH E
1 22
R E DE EM E D CA PT I VE
being o ffered a s a s a c ri fi c e propiti a tory a fter
su c h a sort a s they c a ll a n unbloody s a c ri
fi ce
A ll the c eremonies of the m a ss a re
h um a n inventions whi c h God never
c omm a nded
“
A S to wh a t is in the letter a bout pr a ying
for the women a fter their de a th it i s very
ridi c ulous Fo r a s the tree fa lls s o it lies ;
de a th le a ves judgment will fi nd No
as
c h a nge a fter de a th
from a n a ffl i c ted to a
h a ppy pl a c e a n d st a te P urg a tory is a
ph a nt a sm for enri c hing the c lergy a n d im
sh i
n
e notion of it i
the
l
o v e ri
a ity
T
h
s a
p
g
fa t a l sn a re to m a ny souls who s in with hopes
of e a sily getting priestly a b solutions a t de a th
a n d buying o ff torments with their money
T h e soul a t de a th goes immedi a tely to j udg
ment a n d s o to he a ven or hell No a u t h e n
ti c k pl a c e of S c ripture mentions so mu c h a s
one w ord of a ny su c h pl a c e or st a te M r
M eriel told me I f I found one error in our
religion it w a s enough to c a use me to disown
”
our whole religion
By his a rgument you
,
-
.
,
.
,
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know th a t God s gr e
He
s u ffi c i
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is a ble to do ex c eeding a bund a ntly above
wh a t I c a n a s k or think D o not give w ay
to dis cour a gement a s to a return to N ew
E ngl a nd ; re a d over wh a t I h a ve written a n d
keep it with you if you c a n ; you h a ve no
friend on e a rth th a t w is h e t h your etern a l
s a lv a tion more he a rtily th a n your fa ther I
long to s e e a n d spe a k with you but I never
forget you ; my love to you a n d to your
b rother a n d sister a n d to a ll our fellow p ris
oners L e t me he a r from you a s often a s
y ou c a n I hope God will a p pe a r for us
before it b e long
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T here a re a gre a t m a ny other things in the
letter whi c h deserve to be refuted ; but I
sh a ll be too tedious in rem a rking on them a ll
a t on c e : Y et would not p a ss over th a t p a ss a ge
in the letter in whi c h E sther Jones c onfessed
th a t there were seven s a c r a ments To whi c h
I a nswer T h a t some of the most le a rned of
the R omish religion c onfessed ( without the
distr a c ting p a ins of a violent fever ) a n d left
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it upon re cord in print th a t it c a nnot be c o n
n ci
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a de out from the S c riptures th a t
vi
gy
there a re seven s a c r a ments a n d th a t their
most in c ontest a ble proof is from tr a dition
a n d by their tr a ditions they might h a ve foun d
seventeen a s well a s seven ; c onsidering th a t
four popes su c c essively spent their lives I n
purging a n d c orre c ting old a uthors But no
m an can
out of the holy S c riptures prove
more
th
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an
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y
sti
t ut i
o n under the N ew T est a ment n a mely
b a ptism a n d the Lord s Supper I f you m a ke
the S c riptures a perfe c t rule of fa ith a s you
ought to do you c a nnot b elieve a s the R om a n
C hur c h believes O h ! s e e th a t you s a n c
fy the L ord himself in your he a rt a n d m a ke
ti
him your fe a r a n d your dre a d Fe a r not
them th a t c a n kill the body a n d a fter th a t
h a ve no more th a t they c a n do ; but r a ther
fe a r him th a t h a s power to destroy soul a n d
body in hell fi re Th e L ord h a ve mer cy upon
you a n d shew you mer cy for the worthiness
a n d righteousness s a ke of Jesus C hrist
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gre a t
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glorious R edeemer a n d A dvo c a te
w h o m a kes inter c ession for tr a nsgressors
My pr a y ers a re d a ily o ffered to God for you
for y our b rother a n d sister ye a for a ll m y
c hildren
a n d fellow prisoners
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I a m your a ffli c ted a n d sorrowful fa ther
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J OHN WI LL IA M S
C h a t e a u v ich e M a r c h 2 2
gre a t
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G OD , w h o
is gloriously free a n d ri c h in h is
gr a c e to vile sinners w a s ple a sed to bless poor
a n d we a k me a ns for the re c overy of my c hild
s o t a ken a n d g a ve me to s e e th a t he did not
h
e house of J a c ob
to
Seek
you
me
in
sa
t
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v a in O h ! th a t every re a der would in every
di ffi c ulty m a ke him their refuge ; he is a hope
ful st a y To a llevi a te my sorrow I re ceived
the following letter in a nswer to mine
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H o n o u re d F a t h e r
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R ECEI V E D
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your letter whi c h you sent
whi c h good letter I th a nk you for ;
for the good counsel whi c h you g a ve
me :
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TH E
for me to deliver me from my sins O h
remember me in your pr a yers ! I a m your
dutiful s o n re a d y to t a ke your c ounsel
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SAMUE L W I LL I AM S
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T HI S
priest M r M eriel h a s brought
m a ny letters to him a n d bid him write them
over a n d send them a n d s o he h a s done for
m a ny others By this a s a lso by M rs
She does not think th a t
S t ils o n s s a ying
either o f these women did c h a nge their religion
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before their de a th ; a n d a lso oftentimes
during their si c kness whilst they h a d the use
of their re a son they protested a g a inst the R o
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mish religion a n d fa ith it is evident th a t
these women never died p a pists but th a t
it w a s a wily str a t a gem of the priests to a d
v a n c e their religion : Fo r letters were sent im
medi a tely a fter their de a th to use this a s a
persu a sive a rgument to g a in others But
God in his providen c e g a ve further c onvi ction
of their fa ll a c iousness in this m a tter
Fo r the l a st summer one B iggilo w of M a rl
borough
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borough a c a ptive a t M ontre a l w a s very
S i c k in the hospit a l a n d in the j udgment
of a ll with a si c kness to de a th T hen the
priests a n d others g a ve out th a t he w a s turned
to be of their religion a n d t a ken into their co m
munion : But c ontr a ry to their expe c t a tions
he w a s brought b a c k from the g a tes of de a th
a n d would c omply with none of their rites ;
s a ying th a t whilst he h a d the u s e of h is
re a son he never sp a ke a nything in fa vour Of
their religion ; a n d th a t he never disowned
the P rotest a nt fa ith nor would he n o w So
th a t they were silen c ed a n d put to sh a me
T here is no re a son to think th a t these two
women were a n y more p a pists th a n he ; but
they a re de a d a n d c a nnot spe a k O ne of the
witnesses spoken of in the fore mentioned
letter told me she knew of no su c h thing
a n d s a id M r
M eriel told her th a t he never
he a rd a more fervent a n d a ffe c tion a te pr a yer
th a n one whi c h E sther Jones m a de a little
before her de a th I a m verily persu a ded
th a t he c a lls th a t pr a yer to God s o full of
a ff e c tion
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onfession the c onfession m a de
by her of the sins of her whole life These
t w o women a lw a ys in their he a lth a n d s o in
their si c kness Opposed a ll popish prin c iples
a s a ll th a t knew them c a n testify So long a s
they c ou ld be permitted to go a n d spe a k with
them O ne of these women w a s ta ken from
the e a stwa rd a n d the other n a mely E sther
Jones from North a mpton
I n the beginning of M a r c h 1 70 6 M r Shel
don c a me a g a in to C a n a d a with letters from
h is ex c ellen c y our go v e rn o u r a t whi c h time
I w a s a few d a ys a t Quebe c A nd when I
w a s there one night a bout ten o c lo c k there
w a s a n e a rthqu a ke th a t m a de a report like
a c a nnon
a n d m a de the houses to tremble :
I t w a s he a rd a n d felt m a n y le a gues a ll a long
the isl a nd of S t L a uren c e a n d other pl a c es
W hen M r Sheldon c a me the se c ond time
the a dvers a ries did wh a t they c ould to ret a rd
the time of our return to g a in time to sedu ce
our young ones to popery Su c h were sent
a w a y w h o were j udged ung a in a bl e a n d most
of
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S c riptures : A m a n of a good underst a nding
a n d desir a ble c onvers a tion
I n the begin
ning of his l a st si c kness he m a de me a visit
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before
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to my gre a t
a s he h a d sever a l times before
s a tisfa c tion a n d our mutu a l c onsol a tion a n d
c omfort in our c a ptivity
H e lived not a bove
t w o miles from me
over the river a t the
isl a nd of St L a uren c e ; a bout s ix week or two
months A fter his de a th the Fren c h told
me Z ebedi a h w a s gone to hell a n d d a mned
Fo r s a id they he h a s a ppe a red sin c e his
de a th to one Joseph E ge rly a n E nglishm a n
w h o w a s t a ken the l a st w a r in fl a ming fi re tel
ling him he w a s d a mned for refusing to
embr a c e the R omish religion when su c h
p a ins were used to bring him to the true
fa ith a n d for being instrument a l to dr a w
him a w a y from the R omish c ommunion for
s a king the m a ss ; a n d w a s therefore now come
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to a dvertise him of his d a nger I told them I
udged
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I
bless
a popish lie ; s a ying
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God our religion needs no lies to uphold
m a int a in
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m a int a in a n d esta blish it a s theirs did But
they a flirm e d it to be true telling me how God
of their religion a n d witnessed
a pproved
mir a c ulously a g a inst ours B ut I still told
them I w a s persu a ded his soul w a s in he a ven
th a t these reports were only devised
and
fa bles to sedu c e souls Fo r sever a l weeks
they a flirm e d it telling me th a t a ll who c a me
over the river from the isl a nd a flirm e d it to
be a truth I begged of God to bl a st this
hellish design of theirs s o th a t in the issue
it might be to render their religion more
a bomin a ble
a n d th a t the y might not g a in
one soul by su c h a str a t a gem A fter some
weeks h a d p a ssed in su c h a ssertions there
c a me one into my l a ndlord s house
rm
a ffi
ing it to be a truth reported of Z ebedi a h
s a ying Joseph E ge rly h a d been over the river
a n d told one of our neighbours this story
A fter a few hours I s aw th a t neighbour a n d
a sked
him whether he h a d seen E ge rly
l a tely ; he s a id Y es ; W h a t news told he to
you None s a id he T hen I told him wh a t w a s
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TH E
truth ; he answered E ge rly s a id
nothing like this to him a n d he w a s persu a ded
he would h a ve told him if there h a d been
A bout a week a fter this
a n y truth in it
c a me one John Boult from the isl a nd of St
L a uren c e a la d t a ken from N ewfoundl a nd a
very serious sober la d of a bout seventeen
y e a rs of a ge ; he h a d often before c ome over
with Z eb edi a h to visit me A t h is c oming in
he mu c h l a mented the loss of Z ebedi a h a n d
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told me T h a t for sever a l weeks the y h a d
told him the s a me story a ffirming it to b e
a n d th a t E e rl
a truth
w
a s s o a w a kened
g y
by it a s to go a ga in to m a ss every d a y ;
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urging him sin c e God in su c h a m ira cu
lous w ay o ff ered su c h c onvi c tion of the
truth of their religion a n d the fa lsehood a n d
d a nger of ours to c ome over to their religion
or else his d a mn a tion would be dre a dfully
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a ggr a v a ted
H e s a id he could h a ve no
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rest for them d ay a n d night but ( s a id
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he ) I to ld them their religion w a s c ontr a ry
to the word of God a n d therefore I would
not
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this report ; but the letter fell into the h a nds
of the priests a n d Wa s never delivered This
E ge rly c a me home with us s o th a t they
g a ined nothing but sh a me by this str a t a gem
God often d is s a p p o in t s the c r a fty devi c es
of wi c ked men
I n the l a tter end of summer they told me
they h a d news from N ew E ngl a nd by one
w h o h a d been a c a ptive a t Boston w h o s a id
th a t the ministers a t Boston h a d told the
Fren c h c a ptives th a t the P rotest a nt religion
w a s the only true religion ; a n d th a t a s a co n
firm a tion of it they would r a ise a de a d per
s o n to life before their e y es for their co n v Ic
tion ; a n d th a t h a ving persu a ded one to feign
himself de a d they c a me a n d pr a yed over
him a n d then c omm a nded him in the n a me
of C hrist (whose religion they kept pure ) to
but he
a rise ; they c a lled a n d c omm a nded
never a rose ; so th a t inste a d of r a ising the
de a d they killed the living ; whi ch the b e
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I t o ld them
re a ved rel a tions dis covered
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it w a s a n old lie a n d c a lumny a g a inst
L uther
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L uther
C a lvin new v a mped
th a t they
only c h a nge the persons a n d pl a c e ; but they
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I told them I
a flirm e d it to be a truth :
wondered they were s o fond of a fa ith p ro p a
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g a ted a n d then m a int a ined by lying words
W e were a lw a ys out of hopes of being t e
turned before winter the se a son p roving so
c old in the l a tter end of September a n d were
pr a ying to God to prep a re our he a rts with a n
holy sub mission to his holy will to glorify
his holy n a me in a w a y of p a ssive obedien c e
in the winter Fo r my own p a rt I w a s in
formed by sever a l who c a me from the c ity
th a t the lord intend a nt s a id if M ore returned
a n d b rought word th a t B a ttis w a s in prison
he would put me into prison a n d lay me in
irons T hey would not permit me to go into
the c ity s a ying I a lw a ys did h a rm when I
c a me to the c ity a n d if a t a n
time
I
w
a s at
y
the c ity they would persu a de the go v e rn o u r
to send me b a c k a g a in
I n the beginning of l a st June the s u p e rio u r
of the priests c a me to the p a rish where I w a s
and
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told me ,he s aw I w a nted my fri end C a p
t a in de Be a uville a n d th a t I w a s r a gged
B ut s a ys he your ob stin a cy a g a inst our relig
ion dis c our a ges from providing better c lothes
I told him it w a s better going in a r a gged c o a t
th a n with a r a gged c ons c ien c e
I n the beginning of l a st June went out a n
a rmy of fi ve hundre d M a c qu a s a n d I ndi a ns
with a n intention to h a ve fa llen on some
E nglish towns down C onne c ti c ut river ; but
lighting on a S c a t a co o k I ndi a n who a fter
w a rds ra n a w a y in the night they were d is
c o u ra e d ; s a ying
he
would
a l a rm the whole
g
A bout fifty a s some s ay or eighty
c ountry
returned T hus God restr a ined
a s others
their wr a th
W hen they were promising themselves a n
other winter to dr a w a w a y the E nglish to
popery c a me news th a t a n E nglish b riga n
tine w a s c om i ng a n d th a t the honoura ble
C a pt S a muel A ppleton E sq w a s c oming a m
b a s s a d o r to fet c h o ff the c a ptives a n d C a pt
John Bonner with him I c a nnot tell you
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lost a ll his est a te it w a s a ll burnt But he
would not be prev a iled with to st a y O thers
were a lso in like m a nner urged to st a y ; but
God gr a c iously br a ke the sn a re a n d brought
them out T hey ende a voured in the fa ll of
the ye a r to prev a il with my s o n to go to
Fr a n c e when they s aw he would not c ome
to their c ommunion a ny more O ne wom a n
belonging to the e a stern p a rts w h o h a d by
their persu a sion s m a rried a n E nglish c a p
tive t a ken t h e la s t w a r c a me a w a y with her
husb a nd whi c h m a de them s a y they were
sorry they ever persu a ded her to turn to their
religion a n d then to m a rry Fo r inste a d of
a dv a n c ing
their c a use by it they h a d
we a kened it ; for now they h a d not only
lost her but a nother they thought they h a d
m a de sure of A nother wom a n belongin g to
the e a stw a rd who h a d b een fl a ttered to their
religion to whom a Bible w a s denied till she
promised to embr a c e thei r religion a n d then
h a d the promise of it for a little time opening
h er B ible whilst in the c hur ch a n d present a t
m a ss
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m a ss
re a d the fourth c h a pter of D euter
o no m
a n d re c eived su c h c onvi c tion whilst
y
re a ding th a t before her fi rst c ommunion
s h e fell o ff from them
a n d c ould never be
prev a iled with a n y more to be of their religion
W e h a ve re a son to bless God w h o h a s
wrought deliver a n c e for so m a ny a n d yet to
pr a y to God for a door of es c a pe to be opened
for the gre a t number y et behind not mu c h
short of a n hundred m a ny of whom a re c hil
dren a n d of these not a few a mong the
s a v a ges ; a n d h a ving lost the E nglish tongue
will be lost a n d turn s a v a ges in a little time
unless something extr a ordin a ry prevent
T h e vessel th a t c a me for us in its voy a ge
to C a n a d a stru c k on a b a r of s a nds a n d there
la y in very gre a t h a z a rd for four tides ; a n d yet
they s aw re a son to bless God for striking
there ; for h a d they got over th a t b a r they
would a t midnight in a storm of snow h a ve
run upon a terrible ledge of ro c ks
W e c a me a w a y from Quebe c on O c tober
2 5 ; a n d by c ontr a ry winds a n d a gre a t storm
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were ret a rded a n d then driven b a c k ne a r
the c ity a n d h a d a gre a t deliver a n c e from
shipwre c k the vessel striking twi c e on a ro c k
in th a t storm But through God s goodness
we a ll a rrived in s a fety a t Boston November
2 1 ; the number of c a ptives fi ft y seven two of
whom were my c hildren I h a ve yet a d a u gh
ter of ten ye a rs of a ge a n d m a ny neighbours
whose c a se bespe a ks your c omp a ssion a n d
pr a yers to God to ga ther them being out
erish
c a sts re a dy to
p
A t our a rriv a l a t Boston w e found t h e
kindnesses of the Lord in a wonderful m a n
ner in God s opening the he a rts of m a ny to
bless God with us a n d for us wonderfully to
give for our supplies in our needy st a te We
for dis
a re under oblig a tions to pr a ise God
posing the he a rts o f so m a ny to so gre a t c h a r
ity a n d under gre a t bonds to pr a y for a bles
sing o n the he a ds he a rts a n d fa milies of them
who so liber a lly a n d plentifully g a ve for our
relief I t is c ert a in th a t the c h a rity of the
whole c ountry of C a n a d a though m oved with
the
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the M i h l q i h d m de w w ith th e M i i
mies d h d killed mendi c nt fri r d three other
F ren c hmen d eleven s v ges
pl e lled the
str its w here they
settling g rrison d pl c e for
tr ffic k ; the M i h l q i h d t ken sixteen F ren c h
men prisoners d burnt their tr ding houses T hese
tidings m de the F ren c h very full of perplexing troubles ;
but the Jesuits ende vouring to p ify t h em ; but the
troubles w hen w c me w y w ere r ther en c re sing
th n lessening ; for the l st letters from the F ren h pris
oners Mit c hel q i report th t the s v ges h d
sent out w c omp nies one of
hundred d fi fty
nother of hundred d sixty g inst the s v ges
the str its ; d they fe red they w ould eng ge well
g i nst the F re c h the I di s
tc
,
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u ro n
e e n L a k e s M ic i a n a n d
th
e
hg
H
.
of D I V I N E K I NDNE S S ; or R em a rk a ble
M er c ies should be fa ithfully pub lished fo r
the P r a ise of G O D the Giver ;
R eports
,
S E T
F
ORTH I N A
S E R M O N
b
P RE A C H E A T B O TO N L E CT RE D
6
7
5
B Y
J O HN W ILLIAMS
d
l
P stor of the C HURCH of C HR I ST in D
fi
soon fter his R eturn from C ptivity
,
D
S
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ecem
,
er
,
1
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.
,
a
eer
a
e
a
.
1 3 , 1 4 , 1 5, 3 2
H e s av ed t h e m o u t of t h e ir
P S A I M CV II
dis t re s s e s
H e b ro ug h t th e m o u t of d a rkn es s , a n d t h e
e a t h ; a n d b ra ke t h e i
s h a d ow o
d
n s u n de r
r ha n d s i
O
f
t h a t m e n w o u ld p ra i
s e t h e Lo rd
or h i
s g oo d n es s ; a nd
f
or h i
s w o nd erfu l w o r ks t o t h e ch i
l
re n o
m en —
L
et
d
f
f
t h e m e x a lt h im a ls o in t h e co ng reg a t i
o n o t h e p e o p le , a n d
f
pr a is e h im in t h e a s s e m b ly of th e elde rs
P S ALM
e , a n d let u s
m a ni
f
O
t
h
e
L
or
w
i
t
h
m
d
g
3
y
e x a lt h i
s n a m e t oge t h e r
.
.
.
'
f
.
.
.
xxxiv
.
.
.
.
LU K E
R et u rn
t o t hin e ow n
t h in
T
wh o
gs
V II I
h ous e,
.
39
an
GOD h a t h d o n e
.
d s h ew h ow
u n to
t h ee
g re a t
.
H E in fi nitely wise disposer of a ll things
a
ims
at
,
his own glory in the governin g
,
of
S E RMON
1 46
of r a tion a l c re a tures doth sometimes bring
persons into the depths of distress ; a n d then
m a gnify his power a n d gr a c e in r a ising them
up out of their a ffl i c tions : A nd in m a ny t e
c h things he h a s a design of a d
by
su
s e ct s
p
n
his
own
honour
v a n ci
a n d glory in the
g
world W e fi nd in the c ontext a person in a
very doleful distressed c ondition : H e seems
to be fors a ken of God a n d m a de a possessi on
deprived
a n d dwelling pl a c e of evil spirits
of a ll hum a n c omforts a n d delights m a de
to possess sorrow a n d p a in to su c h a degree
a s to b e a c ommon subje c t or theme of dis
rel a te doleful things
c ourse for a ll men to
A nd a fterwa rd God in very t e
a bout
m a rk a ble a n d wonderful works of power
not only giv es rele a se from his
a n d mer cy
sorrowful possession , but he is sitting a t the
feet of Jesus c lo a t h e d a n d in his right mind
N o w this w a s done for the de c l a r a tive a n d
m a nifest a tive glory a n d honour of God Fo r
when this m a n for whom su c h gre a t things
h a d been done petitions C hrist th a t he m a y
a b ide
,
,
,
.
,
,
,
,
,
,
.
,
,
,
,
.
,
.
,
,
S ERMON
1 48
c
on fi rm this truth
See E xod
.
.
xii 2 5 , 2 6 , 2 7
.
.
A n d it s h a ll co m e t o p a s s , w h e n ye b e co m e t o t h e
l a n d, w hich t h e Lo rd w ill g iv e y o u , a cco rdin g
a s h e h a t h p ro m i
s ed, t h a t
e s h a ll kee p t h i
s
y
ce
A n d it s h a ll co m e t o p a s s , w h e n y o u r
s e rv i
ch i
ld re n s h a ll s a y u n t o yo u , w h a t m e a n y o u
b y t his s e rv ice !
Th a t y e s h a ll s a y , it is t h e
s a cr i
fi ce of t h e Lo rd s p a s s ov e r , w h o p a s s ed
d
ov e r t h e h o u s es o
I
t
h
e ch i
l
re n o
s r a e l in
f
f
E gyp t , w h e n h e s m o t e t h e E gyp t ia n s , a n d d e
E xod xiii 8 , 1 0 A n d
liv e re d o u r h o u s e s
t h o u s h a lt s h e w t h y s o n in t h a t d a y , s a y in g ,
d
c h t h e Lo rd d i
t h is i
s do n e b e ca u s e o
a t w hi
t
h
f
.
’
.
.
u n to m e,
w h en
I
ca m
h a lt t h e re fo re ke e p
s
s on
f
ro m
Wh ich
f
f
at
y
to
ea r
.
.
f
h
ou t o
s
thi
or
din a n ce
e
y
o rt
ea r
.
Ps a l
.
Th o u
in h is s e a
t
g
p
E
f y
.
lxxviii
3
a nd
.
h a v e h e a rd a n d kn o w n ,
h a v e t o ld u s ; w e w ill n o t h ide
we
h e rs
,
4
.
our
them
h e w in g t o t h e g e n e ra t io n
t o co m e t h e p r a is e s o t h e Lo rd; a n d h i
s s t re n g t h ,
f
a nd hi
s w o n d e rfu l w o r ks t h a t h e h a t h d o n e
ro m
our
c
hild re n ,
s
.
I n the prose ution
c
truth
,
c
onsider
,
an d
h a ndling of this
I
.
The y
S ERMON
I
149
T hey
who h a ve h a d mer c ies h a ve h a d
them from God God is the bestower a n d
giver of a ll our good things : A ll our mer c ies
c ome to us by a divine providen c e a n d order
ing ; not by c a su a lty or a c c ident : N either a re
they of our own pro c uring a n d pur c h a sing
or others s o a s to ex c lude the providenti a l
disposing of God I t is God who returns
the c a ptivity of Z ion P s a lm c xxvi begin
Wh e n t h e Lo rd t u r n ed a g a in t h e ca p t iv ity of
.
,
.
,
,
,
.
,
Zi
.
.
like t h e m t h a t d re a m : Th e n w a s
o u r m o u t h fille d w i
t h la u g h t e r, a nd o u r t o n g u e
w it h s in g in g
Th e n s a id t h ey a m o n g t h e
h e a t h e n , t h e Lo rd h a t h d o n e g re a t t hin g s fo r
on ,
w e w e re
.
Th e Lo rd h a t h d o n e g re a t t h in g s fo r
u s ; w h e r e o f w e a re g l a d :
Tu r n a g a in o u r
vi
ty ,
ca p t i
O L o rd
T h e very he a then
them
.
.
knowledge the good things bestowed upon
a n d done for the c hur c h to be from God ; a n d
God s own people a c knowledge him for the
mer c ies gr a nted a n d humbly suppli c a te mer
c ies from him for the future
I t is God who
g a thers the out c a sts of I sr a el : I t is he w h o
t a ke s
ac
,
,
’
,
.
-
S ERMON
1 50
t a kes a w a y the c a ptives of the mighty the
prey of the terrible ; who c ontends with them
th a t c o ntend with us a n d s a ves our c hildren
I t is God who d is p e rs e t h a n d ga thers a g a in
T herefore the ps a lmist P s a l C iii b igin c a lls
upon his soul to bless the L ord a n d not to
forget a ll his bene fi ts : a n d s a ith It is Go d
,
,
.
,
.
.
.
“
,
,
f gi
ll t h y in iq u it ie s , w h o h e a le t h
a ll t h
d
i
l
i
f
e fr o m
s e a s e s : Wh o r e d e e m e t h t h
y
y
d e s t r u ct io n , w h o crow n e t h t h e e w it h lov in g
kin d n e s s a n d t e n de r m e rcie s , 81 C
Sometimes
God , in a more immedi a te a n d extr a ordin a ry
w a y a n d m a nner , c onfers b le s s m gs a n d mer
w ho
or
v et
h
a
.
ies ; sometimes in a more ordin a ry a n d
m e di a te w a y ; but his providen c e is to be
a c knowledged in a ll : N ot one single mer cy
c omes to us without a c ommission from th a t
God by whom our very h a irs a re numbered
II I t well be comes those who h a ve h a d
eminent mer c ies to be s h e w in g to others wh a t
gre a t things God h a th done for them T here
fore you fi nd the holy ps a lmist c a lling upon
others to give a listening e a r whilst he m a kes
a n a rr a tion
c
,
.
.
.
,
.
,
,
1
S ERMON
2
5
b rin g
the
hild re n
Is ra el
f
f
God h a s a design to m a gnify his
them
power mer cy a n d c oven a nt fa ithfulness in
the eyes of the world
Be c a use God h a s given us
2 d Re a s on
dire c t pre c epts a n d positive c omm a nds in
this w ay to be glorifying of him God is
our L ord a n d l a wgiver a n d he requires th a t
a mong other w a ys of shewing forth his pr a ise s
we do it by rehe a rsing his pr a ise worthy a c ts
to the c hildren of men : So th a t in obedien c e
to God a n d a nswering th a t high a n d n Ob le
end w e were m a de for it is requisite th a t in
this w ay we glorify God I t is enough th a t
the gre a t God who h a th t a ken us into c ove
n a nt rel a tion to himself h a s enjoined us
to shew forth his pr a i ses in rehe a rsing to
others the s a lv a tions a n d fa vours we h a ve
b een the subje c ts of T h e forementioned
S c riptures with m a ny others th a t might be
enumer a ted su ffic iently demonstr a te th a t
God c a lls for our th a nkful a ck n o w le d g
ments in this w a y ; a n d upon the a ccount of
this
out
c
o
ro m
a m on
.
,
,
.
.
,
,
,
.
,
,
-
,
,
.
,
,
,
,
.
,
,
,
g
S ERMON
this being s o a gree a ble to the reve a led a n d
per c eptive will of God the ps a lmist expres
seth himself a s in P s a l c l
6
n
e
O
4 5
,
,
ge n e ra tio n
.
.
h a ll p r a is e
a n d s h a ll d e cl a r e
thy
s
,
,
.
t h y w o r ks t o
ig h ty
m
a ct s
a n ot
her,
I w ill
.
p e a k of t h e glo rio u s h o n o u r of t h y m aje s ty
a nd o
t
h
n d m e n s h a ll
w
o n d r o u s w o rks
A
f y
t
e m i
g
s pe a k o
h
h
t
o
t
h
t
e rr i
bl
e a ct s : A n d I
f
f y
w ill d e cl a re t h y g re a t n e s s
Th e y s h a ll a b u n
d a n tly u t te r t h e m e m o ry of t h y g re a t g o o d n e s s
a n d s h a ll s i
ng o
t
g
h
t
eou s n es s
V
erses
h
ri
f y
10
11
12
A ll t h y w o r ks s h a ll p ra is e t h e e
s
,
.
.
,
.
,
,
,
.
O Lo rd; a n d t h y s a in t s s h a ll b le s s t h e e
Th e y
e g lo r
o
n gd o m , a n d
t
s h a ll s e a k o
t
h
h
k
i
p
f
y f
y
t a lk of t h y p o w e r : To m a ke kn o w n t o t h e s o n s
a ct s , a n d t h e g lo r i
o m en hi
g
t
s m i
h
o u s m a es t
f
y
j y
n gd o m
o
h
s
k
i
i
f
d
R
ea s on
c a use hereby they will stir
Be
3
up others to bless G o d with them , a n d for
.
'
.
.
them
.
A truly gr a c ious soul fi nds by ex
th
a t he c a n do but a little in glorify
p
ing God a n d fi nds how fa r he fa lls short of
the rule of duty in so re a son a ble a servi c e
i
e r e n ce ,
,
as
S ERMON
1 54
glorifying God l A nd being enl a rged in
desires th a t the glory due to God might be
given him doth c a ll upon others to j oin with
him in this he a venly servi c e of pr a ising God ;
a n d therefore tells them wh a t gre a t things
God h a s done P s a lm xxxiv “2 3 4 6 M y
as
.
,
.
,
.
,
,
.
Lo rd : Th e
h u m b le s h a ll h e a r t h e re o f, a n d b e gla d
O
m agn i
fy t h e Lo rd w it h m e , a n d let u s e x a lt
I s o u g h t t h e Lo rd , a n d
h is n a m e t o g e t h e r
h e h e a rd m e ; a n d d eliv e re d m e fr o m a ll m y
fe a rs Th is p o or m a n crie d, a n d t h e L o rd
h e a rd h im ; a n d s a v e d him o u t o f a ll h is
W hen M oses told his fa ther-in la w
t r o u ble s
s ou
l
s
h a ll
m a
ke h e r b o a s t in
the
.
.
[
.
-
.
Jethro the gre a t things God h a d done for
I sr a el he glo rifie s God on their beh a lf E xod
xviii 8 & c A n d M o s e s t o ld h is fa t h e r in
,
,
.
,
-
,
.
.
ll t h a t t h e L o rd h a d d o n e
P h a ra o h ,
a n d to t h e E g p ti
a ns
o r Is r a e l s s a ke , a n d a ll
y
f
t h e t ra v a i
l t h a t h a d co m e u p o n t h e m b y t h e w a y,
e t h ro
a n d h o w t h e L o rd d e li
v e re d t h e m
f in d
7
ce d
c h t h e L o rd
re o i
o r a ll t h e g o o d n e s s w h i
j
f
h a d d o n e t o Is r a e l; w h o m h e h a d d e liv e re d
la w ,
a
u nt o
’
.
ou t
1
S ERM ON
6
5
tem pt a tions w e m ay expe c t to meet with a n d
wh a t will be needful on our p a rt to a void
tempt a tions a n d h o w to over c ome ; they will
be c ounselling us h o w to be in a w ay of ren
dering to the Lord a c cording to the bene
fi ts done unto us ; wh a t duties God looks
for the perform a n c e of a n d dire c tions h o w
to do duty I n a word we m ay be c ounselled
how to order our whole c onvers a tion s o a s
God m ay h a ve glory a n d our good purposes
of honouring a n d glorifying God with our
mer c ies est a blished P rov xx 1 8 E v ery
p u rp o s e is e s t b lis h e d b y co u n s el W hen M o
s e s h a d told Jethro wh a t gre a t things God h a d
done for I sr a el he s a ith E xod xviii 1 9
,
-
,
,
,
.
,
,
,
,
.
.
a
co u n s e
l,
n ow
an
.
.
,
,
H e a r ke n
.
u nto
d Go d
m
y
i
v o ce ,
.
.
I w ill
thee
g iv e
h a ll b e w it h t h e e , fifl c
.
’
s
.
Be c a u se hereby they will be
instrument a l to put others upon trusting God
m a king him their hope a n d refuge in a n evil
d ay
O thers will be ex c ited to a seeking
refuge under the sh a dow of his wings P s a l
xliv begin We h a v e h e a rd w it h u r a rs
t
h
5
Rea s o n
.
,
.
.
,
.
.
o
e
,
0 God ,
S ERMON
I
57
O Go d , o u r fa t h e rs h a v e t o ld u s , w h a t w o rk
ds t in t h e ir d a ys , in t h e t im e s of o ld
t h o u di
H ow t h o u dids t driv e o u t t h e h e a t h e n , & C
A nd then it is s a id , Th o u a rt m y kin g , 0 Go d
Th ro u g h
C o m m a n d de liv e ra n ce s fo r 7 a co b
t h ee w i
ll w e p u s h d o w n o u r e n e m ie s : Th ro u g h
thy n a m e w i
ll w e t re a d t h e m u n de r t h a t r is e
u
a ga i
nst us
l
n ot tru s t i
n m
F
or I w i
l
p
y
In
b o w , n e it h er s h a ll m y s w o rd s a v e m e
O thers th a t
Go d w e b o a s t a ll t h e d a y l o n g
h a ve he a rd , will s a y , su c h a n d su c h a n one
w a s thus exer c ised , a n d God a ppe a red for
them , a n d p ut songs of pr a ise to the L ord
.
.
.
.
.
.
into their mouths ; we will c ommit our c a se
to God too ; we will both hope a n d quietly
w a it for God s s a lv a tion too Your telling
others how you h a ve found God a pr a yer
he a ring God will en c our a ge them pr a yer
wise to be c ommitting their distresses a n d
di ffi c ult c a ses to him W h a t a n honour to
be instrument a l to a ny soul s c omfort a n d
God s honour ; a gree a ble to this is th a t P s a l
lxxviii 5 6 7 Whic h h e co m m a n de d o u r
’
.
,
,
,
,
.
’
,
’
.
.
,
,
.
f
at
h e rs ,
S ERMON
1 58
’
f
at
t h a t t h e y s h o u ld m a ke t h e m
h er s ,
r
t h ei
c
h ildre n : Th a t t h e
k n ow t h e m , e v e n
kn ow n
g e n e ra tio n
to
to
co m e
t h e c hi
ldre n w h ich
ig h t
s e a n d d e cl a r e
s h o u ld b e b o r n ; w h o s h o u ld a ri
ldre n : Th a t t h ey m ig h t s e t
t h e m t o t h e ir c hi
m
t h e ir
o
h o p e in Go d ,
an
d
n ot
f g
or
et
t h e w o r ks
b
u t kee p hi
o d;
s co m m a n d m e n t s
G
f
6t h R e a s o n
Be c a use the works of
.
.
God
tow a rds them h a ve been very wonderful Th e
ps a lmist often spe a ks of the works of God a s
m a rvelous ; they a re wonderful if w e c onsider
how God timed the mer cy ; when their feet
well nigh slipt when they could see no w a y
of es c a pe ; a s with the c hildren of I sr a el a t
the R e d S e a H ow very wonderful a n d m a r
v e llo u s w a s the work of God in putting by the
wi c ked purpose of H a m a n a ga inst M orde c a i
Jews ! I f we consider how God
a n d the
kep t from fa lling by m a king them p a ss a
right j udgment on the ir w a ys a n d his w a ys
a ppe a ring to s a ve them
a s P s a l lxxiii Y e a
when with Jon a h they were s a ying Th e y
A ll refuge seemed
w e re ca s t o u t o f Go d s s ig h t
.
,
,
.
,
,
,
.
,
.
,
,
’
.
tO
S ERMON
1 6O
be
useful
to
eng
a ge their he a rts to glorify
y
God for t h ! fa vours a n d blessings he h a s
b estowed upon others A nd therefore i n obe
d ie n c e to God s c omm a nd th a t you m a y
be under a dv a nt a ges to glorify God I will
now m a ke a report of some of the gre a t things
God h a s done for those you h a ve been put
ting u p so m a ny pr ayers to God for God
h a s eminently been fu fillin g th a t word P s a lm
H e m a de t h e m a ls o t o b e p it ie d of
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God h a th m a de those whose c h a r a cters
h a ve been th a t they were su c h whose ten
der mer c ies were c ruelties ; su c h from whom
one a c t of pity a n d c omp a ssion c ould s c a r c e be
expe c ted even su c h w h o h a ve delighted in
c ruelty ; to pity a n d c omp a ssion a te su c h w ho
were led into c a ptivity by them M a de them
be a r on their a rms a n d c a rry on their shoul
ders our little ones un a ble to tra vel Feed
their prisoners with the best of thei r provis
ion : Y e a sometimes pin c h themselves a s to
their d a ily food r a ther th a n their c a ptives
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S E RMON
pity them under si c kness a n d a fford a ll
proper me a ns for the restor a tion of their
he a lth or re covery from l a meness M a de
he a then s bowels ye a rn tow a rds poor infa nts
exposed to de a th so a s to work out their
deliver a n c e from fa t a l strokes by b urdening
of themselves O h ! let u s a dore the ri c hes
of the gr a c e of God who in wr a th remembers
mer cy a n d doth not stir up a ll his wr a th ;
when under
a n d from hen c e b e en c our a ged
c onvi c tions of God s being
with u s
a ngry
yet to look to him for mer cy
God h a s upheld m a ny poor souls under a ll
m a nner of dis a dv a nt a ges a s to getting of
knowledge a n d kept them from fa lling
though c r a fty a dvers a ri es were under a ll a d
v a nt a ges a n d p a inful ende a vours used to
sedu c e them Being without Bibles minis
ters or C hristi a n friends to c onfer with d a ily
h a rr a ssed with tempt a tions a n d tempters
Some thre a tened some fl a ttered some shut
up a n d c on fi ned in mon a steries where no
me a ns were uness ayed to g a in them to c h a nge
their religion
God
To
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S ERMON
1 62
:
God h a s strengthened them to go through
tedious journeys a n d renewed stren gth when
they were even fa inting in their spirits ;
thinking it not possible to tr a vel five miles a n d
yet en a bled to tr a vel a t le a st forty in a d a y
R em a rk a bly ordering se a sons so a s to be for
their c omfort in their tr a vels ; c a using a moist
snow to fa ll on the l a ke only to su c h a height
a s to m a ke it e a sy to their swoln a n d wounded
feet : C h a nging the winds for their a dv a nt a ges
in petty voy a ges in their ti c klish c a noes
T hey h a ve found God a little s a n c tu a r y to
them in the l a nd of str a ngers ; even there they
h a ve found the consol a tions of God through
C hrist not to be sm a ll ; s o th a t some of the
most joyful a n d refreshing fa vours from
he a ven h a ve been given in to their souls
when under a ll sort s of outw a rd a ffl i c tions
T hey h a ve found God a God he a ring pr a y
ers when they h a ve gone to him with their
most di ffi c ult c a ses preserving them from
fa lling ; re c overing theirs from fa lls ; to
m a king void the c ounsels of a dvers a ries
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S ERMON
1 64
thought to in c re a se their numbers a n d prose
lytes to b e o cc a sion a l of re c overing su c h who
fro m t h e ir youth h a d been edu c a ted in the
popish w a y ; h a vin g been t a ken c a ptives when
young D o not be dis c our a ged a n d s a y
your friends a n d rel a tions h a ve ( being c a p
v a t e d when young
ti
for
long
time
lived
in
a
)
popery a n d therefore no hopes of re covery ;
for God c a n m a ke dry bones very dry to live
a n d c a n in w a ys unthought of by you
both
re c over them a fter they h a ve fa llen a n d return
them a g a in T h e a dvers a ries h a ve some
times pretended mir a c les for the c on fi rm a tion
of their religion th a t they might sedu c e
to popery ; in fa ll a c ious w a ys c a used re
ports th a t some c a ptives died p a pists ; th a t
one a ppe a red in fl a mes of fi re to be a r a tes
m on
ti
a g a inst the P rotest a nt religion ; but
y
God h a s in his wise providen c e m a de known
their fa lsehoods a n d lies
T hey h a ve sought to persu a de some by
sums of money, to c h a nge their religion O ffer
in g honour a n d a dv a n c ement to them a t the
s a me
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S E RMON
s a me time ; but God h a s en a bled them to
resist a n d h a te su c h a llurements
Th e re a ding the fourth c h a pter of D euter
me
one
from
O f re c overing
a
a ns
o no m
y
popery
God h a s m a de some with a n heroi c a l y e a
with a right C hristi a n c our a ge to wel c ome
de a th O h let every one get su c h a prep a red
ness for de a th th a t a sudden de a th m a y not
b e a terror !
God h a s m a de some by the w a nt of s a n c
t u a ry mer c ies to s e t a n higher v a lue upon the
ordin a n c es of Jesu s C hrist O h le a rn to
prize a n d improve them lest God te a c h you
by the bri a rs a n d thorns of the wilderness
the worth of them a n d m a ke you weep when
you s it down a t the rivers of B a bylon
God h a s strengt hened some to st a nd when
they h a ve not only been thre a tened with a ll
c ruelties if they refused but when the h a t c het
h a s been lifted up with a thre a tening of
speedy de a th in c a se of refus a l O h let every
one trust in God who is a se a son a ble help
I N ST RUC T I ON
a n d a present refuge !
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S ERMON
1 66
I N ST RUC T I ON I I
H ow they
to bl a me
th a t do not reg a rd a n d t a ke noti c e of the
works of God nor tre a sure up the remem
b r a n c e of th em in their minds H ow soon
a re mer c ies like to be forgotten ; the ps a lmist
s a ys F o rg t n o t a ll his b e n efit s I t w a s the
gre a t sin of the I sr a elites of old th a t they
soon forg a t God s wondrous works Th e
holy God g a ve order th a t his people should
ere c t stones of rememb r a n c e th a t his won
d e rfu l works of mer cy to his people might
not be forgotten ; ye a c omm a nded p a rents
to tell their c hildren from gener a tion to gen
e ra t i
wh a t gre a t things he h a d done for
on
them Ho w a re they then to bl a me th a t s ay
Th ey b le s s Go d for t h e ir m e rcie s a n d do not
rehe a rse the pr a ise worthy works of divine
providen c e to O thers
US E I I
To dire c t su c h w h o h a ve re c eived
gre a t a n d eminent mer c ies from God in this
w a y of m a king known to others the wonders
of mer cy to them to be pr a ising God I t is
one w a y very proper a n d a gree a ble to the
reve a led
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S ERMON
1 68
net
burn in c ense to their own dr a g ; a n d
sa
a ve s o mu c h le a rning a n d knowl
they
h
y
edge th a t they c ould e a sily a nswer a rguments
to sedu c e them to popery ; a nd so do not s e e
a n d a c knowledge the goodness of God
in
preserving a n d keep ing them
Bew a re of a S tupid senseless sloth
2
ful spirit Th e works of God a re sought out
of them th a t h a ve ple a sure in them Some
will not b e a t the p a ins to re c olle c t the p a s
s a ges o f divine providen c e ; will not c ommit
them to writing or to their memories an d
therefore soon forget them ; they never wisely
ob serve the heightening C ir c umst a n c es of their
mer c 1es
C onsider 3 H ow he a venly a n employ
a n d servi c e it is to be glorifying a n d pr a ising
God I t will be one p a rt O f the work of
he a ven to b e telling of the wonderful works
of Go d tow a rds us Begin su c h a n he a venly
employ on e a rth H ereby you will a lso in
t e re s t yourselves in t h e pr a yers of others : T o
h a ve m a ny pr a yers going d a ily to God for
you
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APPEND I X
gre a t a fa vour is it O thers he a ring
wh a t mer c ies y ou h a ve h a d will b e a r you upon
their he a rts when a t the throne of gr a c e th a t
y ou m ay suit a bly improve su c h m er c ies
T h e glorifying God is the gre a test a n d c hief
e s t c on c ern O f gr a c ious souls ; a n d the glori
fyin g of God here is the w ay to b e glori fi ed
by a n d with God forever Th e not glorify
ing God is very disple a sing to him a n d a w a y
to deprive ourselves of the sweet a n d c o m
fort o f our mer c ies God a cc ounts forgetting
of mer c ies a forgetting himself
E N D O F T H E S E RMON
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t ken c pt ive b Ste b bins m de his esc pe from them
T h i s w fter they beg n to settle the
d got home
p l e se c ond time ; for upon C pt L h p loss the
tow n w d eserte d for some time ; b t this ye r 6 7 7
they b eg n to build g in S erg Plympton w
c ounted gr i o s
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w
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then they quen c hed the fi re d non fi ring it g in
H e w ent c heerfully to the st ke & T he tow n w
deserted for some t i me I n 68 4 they retur e d g i n
to settle the tow n
6 June 69 3
The w idow H epz i b h W ells d her
three d ughters were kno c ked on the he d d s c lped
tw
of them died but the other lived ; h s me time
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Child d three of their Children
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c rr i e d to C n d from when e h e retu ne d fter
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w ere w oun d ed but re c overed
d some C hildren w h w ere her s c hol rs w ere rem r k
b l y preserved A s they from the house to the fort
the enemy fi red m ny hot them d the b llets
w histled bout their e r ; but none of them w ere hu t
lthough some of the enemy w ere very ne r them
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pie c es his other h nd w ounded ; but yet through the
d others w ith him he w
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d live d till S ept 6
b rou ght into the tow n
d then died
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d John S me d w ere
S ept 6 6 9 6 John G illet
h nting up G reen river ; the I ndi ns me pon them
d took G illet but S me d m de his es c pe ; the enemy
left w or three men w ith G illet a d the re t c me
long to the tow n d ss u l ted D niel B elding s house
too k Mr B eld i ng his son N th niel d d ughter
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July 3 7
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d Other
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w ere sent out
tt ked by the enemy d S m el A d w killed ;
Jon th n B rrett w w ounded in the side d the
t ken ; one Willi m S ndford w lso t k en the rest got
h ome & T he prisoners w ere c rried to C n d w here
they met L ieut S muel Willi ms wh w then C
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I ndi ns d brought them home T hey w ere bsent
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C o l ton d Jeremi h E ngl ish (a fr i e nd I ndi a n ) w ere
k ille d on the ro d beyon d the green r iver houses ; d i t
supposed the enemy re e ived some d m ge from
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some f for c es wh c me upon th em spee d ily Se
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l st cc ount of m i s c hief mentione d in the former
ppendix done by the enemy in th i s p rt of the c ountry
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in A ugust 1 7 2 5 This ye r termin ted the w
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tre ty of pe c e w he l d t B oston by c ommissioners
from the G ener l C ourt d the c hiefs of the I ndi n
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nusu l ly p a i fi
spirit m ng the I ndi ns ; pro b bly in c onsequen c e of
some cts of the G ener l C ou t f vour ble to them in
their tr de I t w thought th t they never g in woul d
h ve been disposed to hostilities h d they not been under
the immedi te in fl uen c e of F ren c h interest
de c l red betw een F r n c e d E ngl nd
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M r ch 744 The fi rst ye r of the w no I ndi ns
m de their ppe r n c e in this p rt of the c ountry They
open tr de
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gre tly for their interest ; d c on
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sequently fi rst entered into the w w ith relu t n e
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obt in cc ount of done
by the enemy in this p rt of the c ountry in the c ourse
in July 745 ; w hen f w I ndi ns c me
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lped p l c e c lled the upper A h w l
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to Q ebe where he oon died The enemy on the i r
ret r met one D v id Rugg wi t h nother person p ss
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noe ; Rugg they killed
d s lpe d the ot h er pers n w i t h some d ifii l y m d e
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enemy i n th i s p rt of the ountry in h ye r 74 5 but
i n 46 they b eg n i n s son d t h e fferi ngs of t h e
people were very onsi d er b l e
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di st n e from the fo t w ere pt iv ted nd ca rri e d to
C n d
T h e s m e month p rty of I nd i ns mbushe d t h
ro d betw een N t h fi ld d L b gh nd k i ll e d
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person wh w provi d enti lly th t time t li ttle
d ist n c e from the g rrison they w ere d is c on c erted ;
tion how ever ensued w hi c h c ontinued for some time ;
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so mu c h for the s ke of mis h i ef to on e l their
d e d ; there be i ng m ny h um n b o e fterw rds foun d
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ble body wh h d c on c e led themselves i the b r
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soldier belonging to the fort w killed ;
whilst the enemy w ere ende vo r i n g to s c lp him M jor
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ne r to them undis c overed d fi re d pon them
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1 84
ounde d ; one of t h e so l d i ers return i ng t h e fi re k i ll e d one
of the enemy whi c h g ve them he k d he b rough t
the w oun d e d i nto the fort
A f w d ys fter bout tw enty men w ere out fi fty or
s ixty ro d from th e fo t N 4 v i ew ing the pl c e where
d before they
P rker w killed on the d of the month
d is c overed enemy they w ere fi red upon by l rge body
of I ndi ns w h i mmedi tel y en d e voure d to
ff t h eir
f i i w ith the fort ; C pt S tevens
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of the g rrison m
body of men for h e i r
w ith
re l ief severe tion c ommen c e d wh i h c ont i nued for
ome t i me ; l st the enemy fl ed ; d w s ppose d
C pt S tevens lo t three i
w i th ons i der ble loss
A ron Lyon P eter P errin d Josep h M r y ; h h d
four wo n d e d d one t k en pt ive
June
A p ty of the enemy g i n ppe re d t fo t
M ss h setts ; n m b er of men b eing t some d i t n e
from the fo t w ere tt c ked d skirm i s h en e d The
enemy fl ed fter s t in i ng the fi re b
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t i me the enemy w ere repulsed d retre ted in gre t
h ste d c onfusion C pt S tevens lost none on the pot
Jededi h W in c hel w mort lly w ounded d died soon
fter D vid P rker Jon th n S t nhope d No h
H e ton w ere lso w ounded but re c overed
me to B id g
h A p rty of bout tw enty I ndi ns
m n s fort bout w miles below fort D ummer d fell
pon number of men wh w ere w ork in the me dow
I n this skirmish Willi m Robins d J mes P rker w ere
killed ; John B e umont d D niel H w w ere t ken p
tive ; M G ilson d P tri k R y w ere w ounded but
re overed
July 3 T h e enemy w yl id mill in H insd le ; C olone l
W ill rd h ving ome to the mill w ith gu rd of bout
men for the purpose of grinding d h ving pl ed his
gu rds they w ere soon fi red upon ; the C ol c lling to his
men w ith g e t e rne tness to f ll upon them g ve them
s c h fright th t they fl ed le ving behind them t h eir
p c ks d provisions to h v lue of 4 1 old tenor
8 h D v i d Morrison of C olr i n w
t ken c ptive
e r one of the g rrisons
A ugust 3 A body of the enemy ppe red No 4 ;
suspi c ions of their ppro c h w ere exc ited by the yell i ng
of do gs A s cout w sent from the fort d h d pro
d d but
f w rods before they w ere fi red on
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to the fort ; the enemy surrounded the g rrison d
ende voured
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1 86
ende voure d for three d ys to t ke it ; but fi n d ing t h e i r
e ff orts ine ff e tu l they w ithdrew fter h v i ng burnt sev
er l building d killed ll the ttle hor es & whi c h
they c ould fi nd
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pl e ll ed P q i g The s me d y person by the
n me of B liss w killed d s lped on the ro d b
tw een D fi ld d C olr in or B ern rdston
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thir y three persons men women d c hildren i n the
fort ; d b eing m i ser bly provided w ith mmunit i on ;
w ith gre t fortitude he defended it for t w en y eight hour ;
d h d not his mmunition f i l ed it i s prob ble he never
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w ould h ve given up the fort
d to c pitul te ;
d he o ff ere d su c h rti c les
w ere
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c p i tul tion w th t none of the prisoners should b
delivered into the h nds of the I ndi ns ; the next d y
h ow ever V udreuil divided the pr i soners d delivere d
them one h lf in open v i o l t i on d c ontempt of the
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APPEND I X
88
rods di t nt T he enemy w ere w sensible th t w h t
they did must be d one w ith disp t c h A ccordingly they
r shed i nto the me dow fi red on S imeon A msden l d
d s c lped him
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d fought for
w here they w ere tt c ked w i th fury
l ittle time w ith gre t br very ; they w ere how ever soon
overpow ered w ith num b ers Allen d G illet fell S d
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p ssing O liver A msden w pursued f w rods over
t ken d st bbed fter h ving his h nds d fi ngers
in p i e c es by ende vouring to defend himself g inst
the enemi es knives At the s me time three Children
by the n me of A llen ll of w hom
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pursued ; E uni e one of the three w stru c k dow n w ith
tom h w k w hi c h w sun k i nto her he d but by
f the h ste in w hi c h the enemy retre ted she w
lp d
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present Mr C leb Allen of D fi ld m de his es c pe ;
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89
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teers c me on w ith the utmost expedition but the enemy
h d w ithdr w n in gre t h ste expe cting no doubt
violent tt k ; they w ere pursued sever l miles by body
of men under the omm nd of C pt C l
but c ou ld
not be overt ken
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th n one of the enemy w killed this time d him
by S muel A llen ; sometime fter how ever the rem ins
of person w ere found ne r the pl c e of ction supposed
to be those of I ndi n
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w estern frontiers this se son
A pril 7 74 7 A l rge body of F ren c h d I ndi ns
ppe red No 4 d l id siege to the g rrison w hi c h
c ontinued for three d ys w hen the enemy w ithdrew h
i g done but l ittle d m ge ; only slightly w ounding Josep h
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APPEND I X
1 90
fi el d be i ng out little dist n c e from the tow n w ere killed
T he enemy on their return from North
d s c lped
fi ld burnt most of the buildings in W in c hester
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M y 5 A s fort M ss c husetts w rebuilding there
being sever l hundred people present ,
rmy of the
enemy c me w ith design to hinder the undert king
A bout hundred men f w d ys before h d been sent
to Alb ny for stores of provisions d mmunition
being on their return d ne r the fort s c out w sent
forw rd wh c oming w ithin sight of the fort dis c overe d
the enemy d beg n
t c k ; this g ve
l rm to
the people the fort wh
yet h d not dis c overe d
the enemy ; f w issued out d m int ined sm ll
skirmish till the enemy w ithdrew T here w
the
t i me mu c h p l i b h of the people the for d
of the c omm nder of th t p rty w h w w ith the w g
gons for not ffording ssist n e w h i h w i mputed to
c ow rdi c e I n this ction three persons w ere w ounded ;
friend I ndi n wh belonged to S to kbridge w
d
killed
July 5 E li kim S heldon of B ern rdston w fi re d
pon d wounded ; he died the following night
The s me month John Mills of C olr in p ssing
from w h t w c lled the south fort to his w house
d kil l ed
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A bout the s me time C pt Melvin w ith eighteen men
being t the l ke ne r C row npoint fi red t t w c noes of
I ndi ns O his return being on W est river bout 3 5
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returned the fi re d kil l ed w of the enemy The s me
persons fter h ving gone some dist n c e d h ving
f llen in c omp ny w ith three or four of their w men
c on c luded to return b c k d give the enemy shot ; on
their return they w ere fi red on d one w kille d ; they
returned the fi re d killed one of the enemy T he
w ho l e c omp ny ex c epting six m d e their es pe through
the w oods d c me in di ff erent times I n this skir
mish Joseph P etty John H eyw ood John D d D nie l
M nn d I s c T ylor w ere killed ; S muel S ever n e
c ould not be found d w supposed to be t ken p
tive T he loss ofthese men w mu c h l mented ; d they
spoken of w ith respe ct prudent virtuous men d
resolute soldiers
June 6 A s thi teen men w ere m rc h i ng from Colonel
H insd le s to fort D ummer they w ere mbushed by
l rge body of the enemy d w ere fi red upon Joseph
Ri c h rdson N th n F ren c h d John F rost w ere killed
the fi rst shot d even w ere i mmedi te ly t ken c ptive
viz H en y S tevens B enj min O sgood W illi m B l n c h
d
d M tthew W im n Joe l Johnson Moses P erkins
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APPEND I X
1 93
enemy the fi rst night or h d been wounded d died of
h is w ounds
C pt H ob b s p ssing through the w oo d s from
6 h
d being bout
N 4 to fort S hirley w ith forty men
tt c ked
welve miles north w est of fort D ummer w
by l rge body of the enemy wh h d pursued h i m ; it
be i ng in the middle of the d y he h d m de st nd th t
his men might re e ive some refreshment ; w h ilst they w ere
d ining the s c out w hi c h w sent upon the b c k tr k
w ere fi red on
U pon this C pt H obbs put his men i nto
mu c h re diness for
ction
w or three minutes
w ould dmit of
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expe ting no doubt immedi te surrend ry ; b C pt
H obbs g ve them w rm re c eption d fought for four
hours w ith su c h boldness d fort itude th t h d he
d his men been Rom ns they w ould h ve re c eived
l urel d their n mes w ould h ve been h nded dow n
w ith honour to the l test posterity ; the enemy fi n lly fl ed
in h ste d w ith gre t loss C pt H obbs in this tion
l ost b three men d h d but three w ounded ; those
killed w ere E benezer Mit c hel E li S ott d S mue l
G unn
July 4 A s s out of seventeen men w ere p ss
ing from Col H insd le s to fort D ummer they w ere
bushed d fi red upon b y bout
of the enemy ; w
only w ere killed h fi r t shot ; w more w ere w ounded
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A P P E D N IX
ptive ; the w ounded the e emy k i lled fter h v i ng
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fi rst fi red upon w hi h d rew out C p Willi w ith bout
thirty men ;
tt c k b eg n whi c h c ontinued for some
time ; but fi nding the enemy n merous C pt Willi ms
fo ght upon the retre t till he h d g in re overed t h e
fort The enemy soon w ithdrew d w ith w h t loss w
nknow n I n this ction one Abbot w killed Li
H w ley d E zekiel W e l ls w ere w ounded but re c overe d
T his is the l st cc ount I
fi nd of mis c hief done by
the enemy in the w estern frontiers in w h t is c lle d the
fi rst F ren c h w
not fi n lly settled
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w ith the I ndi ns
ntil O ctober 749 when tre ty w
held F lmouth by c ommissioners from the G ener l
C ourt d the c hiefs of h I ndi n tribes by w hom for
mer tre ty w ith some dditions w renew ed
P e c e betw een F r n c e
d E ngl nd too k pl c e in the
ye r 74 8 d w w g in de c l red in 756 ; but in
the summer of 55 body of I ndi ns ppe red Sto c k
brid ge killed sever l persons d did c on sider ble
mis c hief in killing c ttle &
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APPEND I X
1 96
A bout th i s time the fort t K eene under the c omm nd
of C pt S ims w tt c ked by l rge p rty of I ndi ns
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to t ke the fort ineffe tu l g ve over the tt c k but
w re ked their venge n c e on the inh bit nts by destroy
ing ll the property they c ould fi nd in killing ttle burn
ing buildings & I n this siege no lives w ere lost d
b
one person w t ken ptive he being out of the
fo t the time
Ju ly 3 T he enemy ppe red Keene d pt iv te d
per on b y the n me of F rizzle
T he s me month fo t H insd le w tt c ked by c on
id
b l b ody of the enemy
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t ken ptive ; one of the persons
d one w
w ere killed
killed w John A lex nder
A b out the s me time w men w ere killed B ll w
fort A lso
by the n me of P ike w killed
some pl c e p the r iver but w here I c nnot tell
June 7 7 56 Josi h Fo ter w ith his f mily w ere
t k en c ptive W in c hest r T he s me d y body of
the enemy ppe red fort M ss chusetts B enj min
by the n me of Me ch m w ere killed
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APPEND I X
19
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of the enemy d i t is prob b l e th t severe ction
sued tho I c nnot s c ert in the p rti c u l rs ; there w ere
how ever eight men killed d fi ve t ken c ptive
July
T he enemy c me to West H oosi c k d kil l ed
C pt C h pin d w persons by the n me of C hidester
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t h eir ppe r n c e i n D fi ld ( w G reen fi eld )
pl e c lled the o ntry f rms ; sever l men viz B enj
min H tings John G r ves D niel G r ves N th niel
d Sh h l Atherton being
B rooks
w ork w ere sur
prise d by dis c overing the enemy b etw een them d the i r
guns d b eing in no situ tion to m ke y resi t n c e
foun d no w y to ve t h emselves b b y fl ight T hey
h d fl ed but
f w ro d s before they w ere fi red on ; none
w ere either kille d or w ounde d the fi rst shot ; the enemy
still pursued d c ontinued their fi ring Sh b l Ath erton
soon killed ; B enj min H stings d John G r ves
w
m de their es pe ; D niel G r ves d N th n i e l B rooks
ptive G r ves w killed fter the enemy
w ere t ken
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speed the enemy w ished B rooks never returned from
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by mist ke c rossed little bove d the enemy
fi nding no tr c ks c on c luded th t their sentry h d been
de c eived d th t w h t he he rd must h ve been the
noise of moose p ss i ng the river ne r the fording pl e
Meeting w ith no opposition from this tribe our troops
m r hed on till they c me to the f lls I t w
w bo t
the bre k of d y A c ording to their w ishes our rmy
found the enemy i n ungu rded situ tion w ithout even
sent i ne l T he re son w h y this time they w ere thus
surprisingly ungu rded w the evening before they
h d been rioting pon m i lk
d ro st beef h ving been
pill ging ow s from the neighbouring tow ns When the
d y opened so th t our rmy c ould disting ish friends
from foes they m r he d up d b eg n the tt c k by
fi ring into the wigw ms T he I ndi ns w king in
u prise d in their c onstern tion supposing th t they
w ere tt ked by their n tive enemies c ried M h w k l
M h w k l T hey soon how ever dis c overed their mis
t ke ; but being in no situ tion to m ke immedi te
defen c e gre t numbers w ere sl in upon the spot some
in their surprise
dire ctly into the river d w ere
drow ned ; others betook themselves to their b rk c noes
d h ving in their c onfusion forgot their p ddles w ere
hurried dow n the f lls d d shed g inst the ro c ks ;
d m ny w h h d ende voured to se c rete themselves
under the river b nks w ere dis c overed d sl in
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This vi ctory though gre t d obt ined w ith the loss
of only one
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dis trous in the issue The f w w h h d not been sl in
of this tribe fter re c overi ng from their fright d bein g
joined by the neighbouring tribes dis c overing the sm ll
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pursued d h rr ssed the rmy on their retre t w ith
su c h fury th t thirty seven w ere killed d sever l w ere
w ounded
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of C pt T urner ; d in p rt to the w nt of mmunition
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retre t
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ground w ith the m in body of the rmy but t rried b
hind for the purpose f fi ring some of the enemy wh
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w ere c rossing the river
selves under the ne c essity of disputin g the gro und w ith
c onsider ble body of the enemy before they c ould
c over their horses ; but fter severe skirmish obt ined
their obje ct d soon c me up w ith the rmy w hi c h w a
surrounded d fou ght on their retre t for ten miles
S even or ei ght men in the b eginning of the retre t w ere
b y some cc ident unfortun tely sep r ted from the rmy
d soon found themselves lost
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w rds g ve the follow ing
cc ount f them Th t on
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202
M on d ay
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wh w ere l ost
d o ff ered to s rren d er on c ondition
t h eir lives might be sp red ; but inste d of giving them
qu rter they too k d burnt them in the follow ing
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fi re to it d c ompelled them to run W hen one c overing
burnt ff they put on nother d
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d ri ng th t w g ve y c onsider ble disturb n c e to
the frontiers F rom th i s expedition y b d ted their
de c line in these p ts
I n the bove tion w one Jon th n Wells of H
fi eld then youth in his 7th ye r he w fte w rds
gentlem n improved i n publi c k life d sust ined w
T he follow ing is the sub t n c e of
t h y c h r cter
ttested c opy ofthe cc ount t ken from h i s w mouth
Mr Wells w one of the men b vement ioned wh
ne c essity of disputing the ground for the
w ere under
purpose of re c overing their horses S oon fter he h d
mounted bein g in the re r three of the enemy fi red upon
h im ; one of the i r b lls brushed his h ir nother wounde d
his horse d third stru c k his thigh in pl e where it
c rt w heel ; the b ll did
h d before been broken w ith
not w holly bre k his thigh new b fr t red the end of
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A fter h ving
ndered in the w oods for some time he
c me upon green r ver d he follow ed the c ourse of it
up till he c me to pl c e c lled the c ountry f rms ; h
ing p ssed the river he ttempted to s c end mount in
on the w est side but f inted d fell from his horse
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he re c overed he found his ho se st ndin g by him d his
bridle h nging on his h nd H e rose tied his horse
d g in l id himself dow n but upon re fl e c tion fi nding
h imself lre dy so w e k to be un ble to mount
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but unh ppily forgot o t ke y provision from his port
m nte u lthough it c ont ined plenty T w d igh
being troubled w ith q
he stru c k up fi re ; but
this lmost proved his destru ction ; it rose d spre d
w ith su c h fury
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w ith di ffic ulty in his f int c ondition he es c ped perish
i g in the fl mes
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fi re he g in l id himself dow n to rest ; but w w
fe rs rose ; he im gined th t the fi re would dire t the
enemy w here o fi nd him ; d erve to betr y him into
the i r h nds Unw illing the enemy should be b fi d
by his mmunition he c st it to gre t dist n c e he
c ould reserving only c h rge or w for their use should
he f ll into their h nds A fter some time fi nding his
fi re h d spre d c onsider bly he took c our ge put ome
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into his woun d s bound them up w ith his h d k
c hief d c omposed himself to sleep I n his sleep he
dre med th t his gr ndf ther c me to him d told him
he w lost d must tur
d g dow n th t river till
he should c ome to the end of mount in w here he w ould
fi nd pl in upon w hi c h he must tr vel in order to fi d
his w y home When he w oke he found himself
freshed his bleeding stopped d his strength re c ruited
s ff he w ble to
d w ith the he l p of his gun
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to pursue w w rong H e h d w w ndered six or
seven miles f rther from home th n w hen he set out from
the pl c e of tion A nd though fi r t he p id no
ttention to his dre m w he determined to follow the
dire ctions of it Acc ordingly he tr veled dow n the river
found the end of the mount in d soon c me to the
pl in ; ll of w hi c h greed to the represent tion in his
dre m S oon fter he entered upon the pl in he foun d
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206
foot p th w hi c h led him to the ro d in w hi c h the
m in body of the rmy returned When he c me to
D rfi ld river he met w ith mu c h di ffic ulty in c rossing ;
the stre m c rryin g his l me leg c ross the other so th t
sever l of his fi rst ttem pts w ere w ithout e ffe t F in lly
how ever w ith the help of his gun w ith mu c h di ffic ulty he
re c hed the opposite shore When he h d s c ended the
b nk being gre tly f tigued he l id himself dow n under
w lnut bush
d fell sleep
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first obje c t th t presented w
I ndi n in c noe
c oming dire ly tow rds him Mr W ells w found
himself in very unh ppy c ondition bein g so dis bled
by his w ounds th t he c ould not fl ee d his gun being
so filled w ith gr vel d s nd in c rossing the rive r th t
he c ould not fi ght S o soon how ever he perc eived
the I ndi n h d dis c overed him he presented his gun
w hi c h so ffrighted him th t he le ped out of the c noe
le ving his w gun d m de his es c pe Mr Wells
c on c luding th t he w ould inform h e w hole tribe wh
w ere only
f w rods dist nt w ent into
neighbouring
sw mp d finding w logs lying ne r e c h oth er d
c vered w ith rubbish he c rept betw een them H e soon
he rd the noise of I ndi ans but w not c urious to look out
fter them When the noise h d c e sed he ventured to
pro c eed forw rd I n D fi ld me dow he found some
horses bones from w hi c h he s c r ped some m tter
w hi c h served for food ; he lso found w or three rotten
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of the gospel in H t fi eld T he follow ing i s the su b st n c e
of p r gr ph w hi c h he delivered to his people the
S bb th fter his return
I n the hurry d c onfusion of the retre t I w sep
d from the rmy ; the night follow ing I w ndered
up d dow n mong the d welling pl es of the enemy
but none of them d i s c overed me T he next d y I
tendered myself to them prisoner for no w y of es c pe
ppe red d I h d been long time w ithout food ; but
no withst nding I o ff ered myself to them yet they
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to t ke the c ourse of the river d if possible fi d the
d fter sever l d ys of h nger f tigue
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the fi rst p stor of the ch rc h in D fi ld i n M y 686
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of his hurc h to Windsor on C onne ti c ut river w here
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p stor l offi c e t No h mpton
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of
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p l enteous l nd d gree b le c lim te ; out of w ret he d
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i nto l nd of gl orious light d li b erty A nd y the
Al mighty h sten i t in his time !
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