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Principles of the Reformation; A Sermon Preached November 16, 1826, at the Dedication of the House of Public Worship of the First Congregational Society in Salem. - Softcover
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This historic book may have numerous typos, missing text or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1826. Not illustrated. Excerpt: ... The pilgrims that landed at Plymouth in 1620, were a branch of the English church at Leyden, in Holland, under the pastoral care of the worthy and excellent John Robinson. Their principles of separation from the Church of England were so strict and rigid, that in 1624, Roger CoJi Ant, a religious, sober, and prudent gentleman, with a few associates, left Plymouth, settled at Nantasket, where they remained a little more than a year, then removed to Cape Ann, and in 1625 again removed towards the bottom of the bay, and took up their station at Naumkeake, on a pleasant and fruitful neck of land, encircled by an arm of the sea on each side, in either of which, vessels of good burthen might safely anchor. Thus Roger Con An T was the founder of the earliest permanent settlement in the CoK ony of Massachusetts Say. He survived till 1680, and died at Salem. Gov. Endicott, with a company of planters, arrived and settled at Naumkeake on the 6th Sept. 1628 ; and another company, with four clergymen, Francis Higginson, Samuel Skelton, Francis Bright, and Ralph Smith, who had been invited to join them, sailed from England in May, 1629, and arrived in the harbor of Naumkeake June 29th. The name Naumkeake, which the settlement had borne till the arrival of this company of planters, was changed to Salem, in reference to Psalm lxxvi. 2. A few houses only had been erected. The Rev. Francis Higginson, in his description of "New-England's Plantation," written the same year, observes, "When we first came to- Nehum-kek, we found about half a score of houses, and a faire house newly built for the Governor ; 'we found also abundance of come planted by them, very good and well liking. And we brought with us about two hundred passengers and planters more, which, by common consent of the ...
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