Seaventhly, what can bee a better worke and more noble & worthy a Christian, then to helpe to raise & support a particular church while it is in it infancy, & to [join] o^r forces w^{th} such a co̅pany of faithfull people, as by a tymely assistaunce may grow stronger & prosper, & for want of it may be put to great hazzard if not wholly ruinated? Eightly if any such as are knowne to bee godly & liue in wealth & prosperity here, shall forsake all this to joyne y^mselves w^{th} this church, & runne in hazard w^{th} y^m of hard & meane condic̅o̅n, it will be an example of great vse both for y^e remooving of Scandall & sinister & worldly respects, to giue more lyfe to y^e faith of Gods people in their prayers for y^e plantac̅o̅n, & also to encourage others to joyne y^e more willingly in it. _Objections_: Obj. 1. It will bee a great wrong to o^r owne church & countrey to take away the best people; & we still lay it more open to y^e judg^{mts} feared. Aunsw. 1. The number will be nothing in respect of those y^t are left. 2ly many y^t liue to no vse here, more then for their owne priuate familyes may bee employed to a more com̅o̅ good in another place. 3^{ly} such as are of good vse here may yett be so employed as y^e church shall receiue no losse. and since Christs coming y^e church is to be conceiued as universal w^{th}out distinctio̅ of countryes, so as hee y^t doth good in any one place serves y^e church in all places, in regard of y^e vnitye. 4^{thly} it is y^e revealed will of God y^t y^e gospell should be preached to all nations, and though we know not whether y^e Indians will receiue it or not, yet it is a good worke to observe Gods will in offering it to y^m, for God shall haue glory by it though y^y refuse it. Object. 2. wee haue feared a judge^{mt} a long tyme, but yet we are safe; therefore it were better to stay till it come, & either we may flie then, or if we be ouertaken in it wee may well bee content to suffer w^{th} such a church as ours is. Aunsw. It is likely y^t this considerac̅o̅n made y^e churches beyond y^e seas as y^e Palatinate & Rochel &c to sit still at home, & not looke out for shelter while y^y might haue found it. but y^e wofull spectacle of their ruine may teach us more wisdome to avoid y^e plague while it is foreseene, & not to tarry as y^y did till it ouertooke y^m. If they were now at their former liberty, wee may be sure y^y would take other courses for their safety. And though most of y^m had miscarried in their escape, yet it had not bene halfe so miserable to th^mselves, or scandalous to religion, as this desperate backsliding and abjuring y^e truth, w^{ch} many of y^e auntient professours among y^m, & y^e whole posterity that remayne are plunged into. Object. 3. wee haue here a fruitfull Land w^{th} peace & plenty of all things.