Bradford's history of the Plymouth settlement, 1608-1650: Rendered into modern English by Harold PagetBradford, William
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Bradford's history of the Plymouth settlement, 1608-1650: Rendered into modern English by Harold Paget
Bradford, William
Massachusetts -- History -- New Plymouth, 1620-1691; Pilgrims (New Plymouth Colony) -- Early works to 1800
Winslow, Edward, letter to Carver and Cushman, 41;
Visits Massasoyt, 86;
Buys supplies from ships, 107;
Brings first cattle from England, 134;
His charges against Lyford in England, 158, 160 et seq.;
Trades up the Kennebec, 168;
In England investigating affairs, 227 et seq.;
Governor, 246, 275, 326;
His petition, 263 et seq.;
Imprisoned, 265;
Moves from New Plymouth, 311;
Remains in England four years, 339;
His family, 340.
Winslow, Gilbert, 343.
Winslow, Josias, Accountant, 236, 278, 306, 307.
Winthrop, Governor John, Letters about Gardiner, 238, 239;
About Pequots, 280, 283, 288, 289;
Mentioned, 224, 258, 259, 269, 302, 324, 337.
Wipetock, 336.
Wollaston, Captain, 194 et seq.
Worstenholme, Sir John, 28, 30, 31.
Wright, Richard, 176.
Yarmouth, 302.
Yeardley, Sir George, 31.
Yorkshire, 7.
Young, Joseph, 294.
Zealand, 10.
FOOTNOTES:
[1] NOTE (written by the author at a later date than the passage
to which it refers).—Little did I think that the downfall of the
Bishops, with their courts, canons, and ceremonies had been so near,
when first I began these scribbled writings,—which was about the
year 1630, and continued as leisure permitted,—or that I should have
lived to see and hear it. But it is the Lord’s doing, and ought to
be marvellous in our eyes.... Do you not now see the fruits of your
labours, O all ye servants of the Lord that have suffered for his
truth, and have been faithful witnesses of it, and ye little handful
amongst the rest, the least among the thousands of Israel? You have
not only had a seed-time, but many of you have seen the joyful
harvest. Should you not rejoice, then, yea, and again rejoice, and
say Hallelujah, Salvation, and Glory, and Honour, and Power be to the
Lord our God, for true and righteous are His judgments (Rev. xix.,
1, 2).... The tyrannous bishops are ejected, their courts dissolved,
their canons forceless, their service cashiered, their ceremonies
useless and despised; their plots for Popery are prevented, all their
supersititions discarded and returned to Rome, whence they came, and
the monuments of idolatry rooted out of the land. Their proud and
profane supporters and cruel defenders (the bloody papists and wicked
atheists and their malignant consorts) are marvellously overthrown.
And are not these great things? Who can deny it?
But who has done it? Who, even He that sitteth on the white horse,
Who is called faithful and true, and judgeth and fightest righteously
(Rev. xix., 11), Whose garments are dipped in blood, and His name was
called the Word of God, for He shall rule with a rod of iron; for it
is He that treadeth the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of God
Almighty. And He hath upon His garment, and upon His thigh, a name
written: The King of Kings, and Lord of Lords.
Anno Domini, 1646. Hallelujah.
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