The Spirit of Roger Williams: With a Portrait of One of His Descendants

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author, 1839 - 94 sivua
 

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Sivu 65 - It pleased the Father of spirits to touch many hearts, dear to him, with some * Commonly called Massassoit. relentings ; amongst which, that great and pious soul, Mr. Winslow, melted, and kindly visited me, at Providence, and put a piece of gold into the hands of my wife, for our supply.
Sivu 64 - I was sorely tossed, for one fourteen weeks, in a bitter winter season, not knowing what bread or bed did mean...
Sivu 65 - English, (excusing the not sending of company and supplies, by the haste of the business,) the Lord helped me immediately to put my life into my hand, and scarce acquainting my wife, to ship myself, all alone, in a poor canoe and to cut through a stormy wind, with great seas, every minute in hazard of life, to the Sachem's house. 2. Three days and nights...
Sivu 68 - ... Alas ! sir, in calm midnight thoughts, what are these leaves and flowers, and smoke and shadows, and dreams of earthly nothings, about which we poor fools and children, as David saith, disquiet ourselves in vain ? Alas ! what is all the scuffling of this world for, but, come, will you smoke it...
Sivu 69 - Sir, the matter with us is not about these children's toys of land, meadows, cattle, government, &c. But here, all over this Colony, a great number of weak and distressed souls, scattered, are flying hither from Old and New England, the Most High and Only Wise hath, in his infinite wisdom, provided this country and this corner as a shelter for the poor and persecuted, according to their several persuasions.
Sivu 15 - In the poor small span of my life, I desired to have been " a diligent and constant observer, and have been myself many " ways engaged, in city, in country, in court, in schools, in univer" sities, in churches, in Old and New England, and yet cannot, in " the holy presence of God, bring in the result of a satisfying dis...
Sivu 68 - ... heavenly Father so clothes and feeds; and the counsel of his servant Paul, to roll our cares, for this life also, upon the most high Lord, steward of his people, the eternal God ; to be content with food and raiment; to mind not our own, but every...
Sivu 44 - Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord, for they rest from their labors, and their works do follow them!
Sivu 63 - Bay and Indians, for many high and heavenly and public ends, encouraging me, from the freeness of the place from any English claims or patents. I took his prudent motion as a hint and voice from God, and waving all other thoughts and motions, I steered my course from Salem (though in winter snow, which I feel yet) unto these parts, wherein I may say Peniel, that is, I have seen the face of God.
Sivu 71 - Antichristian persuasions are free, but our grant, some few weeks after yours sealed, though granted as soon, if not before yours, is crowned with the King's extraordinary favor to this colony, as being a banished one, in which his Majesty declared himself that he would experiment, whether civil government could consist with such liberty of conscience. This his Majesty's grant was startled at by his Majesty's high officers of state, who were, to view it in course before the sealing, but fearing the...

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