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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: CHAPTER IV. NEW ENGLAND. LITTLE more than two centuries ago New England was one vast forest. Here and there a little space was cleared, a little corn was raised; a few Indian families made their temporary abode. The savage occupants of the land spent their profitless lives to no bettor purpose than in hunting and fighting. The rivers which now give life to so much cheerful industry flowed uselessly to tho sea. Providence had prepared a home which a great people might fitly inhabit Let us see whence and how the men wero brought who were the destined possessors of its opulence. The Reformation had taught that every man is entitled to read his Bible for himself, and guide his life by the light he obtains from it But the lesson was too high to be soon learned. Protestant princes no more than Popish could permit their subjects to think for themselves. James I. had just ascended tho English throne. His were the head of a fool and tho heart of a tyrant He would allow no man to separate himself from the Established Church. He would harry out of the land all who attempted such a thing; and he was as good as his word. Men would separate from the Church, and the King stretched out his pitiless hand to crush them. On the northern border of Nottinghamshire stands tho little town of Scrooby. Here there were some grave and well-reputed sins, to whom the idle ceremonies of the Established Churchwere an offence. They met in secret at tho house of one of their number, a gentleman named Brewster. They were ministered to in all scriptural simplicity by the pastor of their choice -- Mr. Robinson, a wise and good man. But their secret meet- ings were betrayed to the authorities, and their lives were made bitter by the persecutions that fell upon them. They resolved to leave ...
| ISBN-13 | 9780217678865 |
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| ISBN-10 | 0217678866 |
| Weight | 1.29 Pounds |
| Dimensions | 9.00 x 6.00 x 0.89 In |
| List Price | $9.88 |
| Format | Paperback |
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| Pages | 398 pages |
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| Published On | 2009-09-01 |
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