This book is in the form of a letter addressed to his wife, upon her recovery from a dangerous sickness. A limited edition was published, comprising sixty small quarto pages. For years no original copy has been found. There is an original copy now in the John Carter Brown Library at Providence, R. I. [Illustration] The Hireling Ministry _None of_ CHRISTS, OR A Discourse touching the Propagating the Gospel of CHRIST JESUS. _Humbly Presented to such Pious and Honourable Hands, whom the present Debate thereof concerns._ _By_ ROGER WILLIAMS, _of_ Providence in New England. _London_ Printed in the second Moneth, 1652. [Illustration] EXPERIMENTS OF Spiritual Life & Health, And their PRESERVATIVES In which the _Weakest_ Child of _God_ may get _Assurance_ of his Spirituall _Life_ and _Blessednesse_ And the _Strongest_ may finde proportionable _Discoveries_ of his _Christian Growth_, and the _means_ of it. By _Roger Williams_ of _Providence_ in _New-England_. [Illustration] London, Printed, in the Second Month, 1652. From time to time local difficulties arose in the various towns. Ambitious men, seeking their personal welfare, rather than the public weal, disturbed the serenity of the colony. Certain settlers at Pawtuxet sought to be part of the Bay Colony; Coddington, at Newport, desired to be governor for life of the Islands of Rhode Island and Conanicut. Two rival assemblies were organized at Newport and Providence. Roger Williams used his influence and greatly helped to solve the vexing problems. A new colony, with a new and revolutionary ideal, was being born, and the birth-throes were great, owing to the fact that they were pioneers in this work of building a democracy. They had no illustrious precedent to follow. It is a marvel that their difficulties were not more and greater.