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that both aspirants now appealed to the Bay magis- Chap. X.} 1645. June 3. trates, and solicited them to act as umpires. The cause was learnedly argued in Boston, and the decree of the court was oracular. Neither party was allowed to have a clear right; and both were enjoined to live in peace. But how could Vines and Cleaves assert their authority? On the death of Gorges, the people repeatedly wrote to his heirs. No answer was received; and such commissioners as had authority from 1647-8 Europe gradually withdrew. There was no relief for the colonists but in themselves; and the inhabitants of Piscataqua, Gorgeana, and Wells, following the 1649. July American precedent, with free and unanimous consent i. Mass. Hist Coll. i. 103. formed themselves into a body politic for the purpose of self-government. Massachusetts readily offered its protection. The great charter of the Bay company 1652 May 30. was unrolled before the general court in Boston, and, upon perusal of the
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osen to administer the government; and the spirit of mercy, of liberality and wisdom, was impressed on its legislation. II. Mass. Hist Coll. VII. 78, &c. Our 1647 May 19. popularitie, say their records, shall not, as some conjecture it will, prove an anarchie, and so a common tirannie; for we are exceeding desirous to preserve every man safe in his person, name, and estate. Ms. Records of R. I. for 1647. Yet danger still menaced. The executive council of state in England had granted to Coddington a 1651 April 3. commission for governing the islands; and such a dismemberment of the territory of the narrow state must have terminated in the divs assert their authority? On the death of Gorges, the people repeatedly wrote to his heirs. No answer was received; and such commissioners as had authority from 1647-8 Europe gradually withdrew. There was no relief for the colonists but in themselves; and the inhabitants of Piscataqua, Gorgeana, and Wells, following the 1649.
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ent of England; taking care only, by a regular purchase, to 1644 obtain a title to the soil from the assigns of the earl 1646. of Warwick. Trumbull, i. App. v. and VI. The people of Rhode Island, excluded Chap. X.} from the colonial union, woe they should be unto us, either comeing or staying. But for such as differ from us only in judgment, and live peaceably 1646. amongst us, such have no cause to complain; for it hath never beene as yet putt in execution against any of them, althoug to defer the important enactment till the present controvery should be settled; the order against Anabaptists Chap. X.} 1646. was likewise left unrepealed; and, notwithstanding strong opposition from the friends of toleration in Boston, it was reso Rome. The wisdom and experience of that great counc<*> the English parliament, are more able to prescribe Chap. X.} 1646. rules of government and judge causes, than such poor rustics as a wilderness can breed up; yet the vast distance between
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sentence had been pronounced; and then he imprecated a curse on his judges. Mary Dyar exclaimed, The will of the Lord be done, and returned to the prison full of joy. From the jail she wrote a remonstrance. Were ever such laws heard of among a people that profess Christ come in the flesh? Have you no other weapons but such laws to fight against spiritual wickedness withal, as you call it? Woe is me for you. Ye are disobedient and deceived. Let my request be as Esther's to Ahasuerus. Oct. 27. You will not repent that you were kept from shedding blood, though it was by a woman. The three were led forth to execution. I die for Christ, said Robinson: We suffer not as evil-doers, but for conscience' sake, were the last words of his companion. Mary Dyar was reprieved; yet not till the rope had been fastened round her neck, and she had prepared herself for death. Transported with enthusiasm, she exclaimed, Let me suffer as my brethren, unless you will annul your wicked law. She
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with a succession of untoward events. The patent 1643 April 7 for Lygonia had been purchased by Rigby, a republican member of the Long Parliament, and a dispute ensued between the deputies of the respective proprietaries. In vain did Cleaves, the agent of Rigby, 1641 solicit the assistance of Massachusetts; the colony warily refused to take part in the strife. It marks the confidence of all men in the justice of the Puritans, that both aspirants now appealed to the Bay magis- Chap. X.} 1645. June 3. trates, and solicited them to act as umpires. The cause was learnedly argued in Boston, and the decree of the court was oracular. Neither party was allowed to have a clear right; and both were enjoined to live in peace. But how could Vines and Cleaves assert their authority? On the death of Gorges, the people repeatedly wrote to his heirs. No answer was received; and such commissioners as had authority from 1647-8 Europe gradually withdrew. There was no relief for the colonist
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d absolute charter II. Mass. Hist. Coll. ix. 185. of civil government for those parts of his abode. Winthrop, II. 193. Knowles, 200. See also Callender and Backus,—both very good authorities, because both followed original documents Thus 1644 Mar. 14. were the places of refuge for soul-liberty, on the Narragansett Bay, incorporated with full power and authority to rule themselves. To the Long Parliament, and especially to Sir Henry Vane, Rhode Island owes its existence as a political policy; the sentence of exile against Wheelwright was rescinded; a proposition was made to extend the franchises of the company to those who were not church members, provided a civil agreement among all the English could be formed for Chap. X.} 1644. asserting the common liberty. For this purpose letters were written to the confederated states; but the want of concert defeated the plan. The law which, nearly at the same time, threatened obstinate Anabaptists with exile, was not designed to
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inted Indian labors of Roger Williams, Rhode Island Hist. Coll. i. the like whereof was not extant from any part of America; and his merits as a missionary induced both houses of parliament to grant unto him, and friends with him, a free and absolute charter II. Mass. Hist. Coll. ix. 185. of civil government for those parts of his abode. Winthrop, II. 193. Knowles, 200. See also Callender and Backus,—both very good authorities, because both followed original documents Thus 1644 Mar. 14. were the places of refuge for soul-liberty, on the Narragansett Bay, incorporated with full power and authority to rule themselves. To the Long Parliament, and especially to Sir Henry Vane, Rhode Island owes its existence as a political state. A double triumph awaited Williams on his return to New England. He arrived at Boston, and letters from the parliament insured him a safe reception from those who had decreed his banishment. But what honors were prepared for the happy negotiato
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me over; the reformation of church and state, the attain- Chap. X.} 1643. der of Strafford, the impeachment of Laud, the great enemy of Masses. The enlargement of the territory of Massachusetts Chap. X.} 1643. was, in part, a result of the virtual independence which the commot of the gospel in purity and in peace,—these were the motives to the 1643 confederacy, which did, itself, continue nearly half a century, and , II. 101—106. Morton, 229. Hubbard, c. LII. in America Chap. X.} 1643. It was a directory, apparently without any check. There was no pred discontents against the English; and that, in contempt Chap. X.} 1643. of a league, he had plunged into a useless and bloody war,—could no fortunes had met with a succession of untoward events. The patent 1643 April 7 for Lygonia had been purchased by Rigby, a republican memberar an oath, or meet a beggar. New England's First Fruits, printed 1643, p. 23, 26. The consequence was universal health—one of the chief e
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