Governor Bradford's first dialogue : $b A dialogue, or the sum of a conference between some young men born in New England and sundry ancient men that came out of Holland and old England, anno Domini 1648.Bradford, William
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Governor Bradford's first dialogue : $b A dialogue, or the sum of a conference between some young men born in New England and sundry ancient men that came out of Holland and old England, anno Domini 1648.
Bradford, William
Pilgrims (New Plymouth Colony) -- Early works to 1800; Separatists
First, from Mr. Phillips. A famous and godly preacher, having heard
and seen Mr. Barrow’s holy speeches and preparations for death, said,
“Barrow, Barrow, my soul be with thine!” The same author also reports,
that Queen Elizabeth asked learned Doctor Reynolds what he thought
of those two men, Mr. Barrow and Mr. Greenwood; and he answered
her Majesty that it could not avail any thing to show his judgment
concerning them, seeing they were put to death; and being loath to
speak his mind further, her Majesty charged him upon his allegiance
to speak. Whereupon he answered, that he was persuaded, if they had
lived, they would have been two as worthy instruments for the church
of God, as have been raised up in this age. Her Majesty sighed, and
said no more. But after that, riding to a park by the place where they
were executed, and being willing to take further information concerning
them, demanded of the right honorable the Earl of Cumberland, that was
present when they suffered, what end they made. He answered, “a very
godly end, and prayed for your Majesty, and the State,” &c. We may also
add what some of us have heard by credible information, that the Queen
demanded of the Archbishop what he thought of them in his conscience.
He answered “he thought they were the servants of God, but dangerous
to the State.” “Alas!” said she, “shall we put the servants of God to
death?” And this was the true cause why no more of them were put to
death in her days.
_Young men._--Did any of you know Mr. Barrow? if we may be so bold to
ask, for we would willingly know what [was] his life and conversation;
because some, we perceive, have him in precious esteem, and others can
scarce name him without some note of obloquy and dislike.
_Ancient men._--We have not seen his person; but some of us have been
well acquainted with those that knew him familiarly both before and
after his conversion; and one of us hath had conference with one that
was his domestic servant, and tended upon him both before and some
while after the same.
He was a gentleman of good worth, and a flourishing courtier in his
time, and, as appears in his own answers to the Archbishop and Doctor
Cousens, he was some time a student at Cambridge and the Inns of Court,
and accomplished with strong parts.
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