The history of the American Episcopal Church, 1587-1883 . o call theChurch of England, from whence we rise, o- dear mother; and cainiot i)art fromour native country, where she specially rcsidcth, without much sadness of heart,and many tears in oiu- eyes, ever acknowledging that such liopo and part as wehave obtained in the common salvation, wo have received in her bosom, and suckedit from licr breasts. Wo leave it not, therefore, as loathing that milk wherewith we were nourishedthere; but, blessing God for tlie parent;\g(! and education, as members of the samebody shall always rejoice in her g
The history of the American Episcopal Church, 1587-1883 . o call theChurch of England, from whence we rise, o- dear mother; and cainiot i)art fromour native country, where she specially rcsidcth, without much sadness of heart,and many tears in oiu- eyes, ever acknowledging that such liopo and part as wehave obtained in the common salvation, wo have received in her bosom, and suckedit from licr breasts. Wo leave it not, therefore, as loathing that milk wherewith we were nourishedthere; but, blessing God for tlie parent;\g(! and education, as members of the samebody shall always rejoice in her good, and unfeignedly grieve for any son-ow that Mcmorinl Iliitory of Bustoa, i., p. 117. PIONEERS OF THE CHURCH IN NEW ENGLAND. 91 shall ever betide her, and while we have breath, sincerely desire and c;iuleavor thecontinuance and abundance of her welfare, with the enlargement of her bounds inthe Kingdom of Christ Jesus. Words such as these are conclusive as to the attitude of the Tiio Great Emigration towards the Church on the Easter Moii-. day, Anno Domini .1630, when the excellent Winthrop began on the ArhcUa, riding at the Cowes, near the Isle of Wight, the iiivaluahlejournal wiienoe we derive our fullest knowledge of the colony fornearly a score of years. It was not till the ocean was ciosscd thatthose stigmatized in this Address as indiscreet or disatrected worefound to he in tiio ascendant in number and inllucncc, and speedily I Quoted in tlic Mom. Hist, of Boston, i., p. lOS, Iirfe, o/so, Hutchinsons Hist, of , pp. 4S7. 4SS. 92 HISTORY OF THE AMERICAN EPISCOPAL CHITRCH. drew to their side the very writer of this admirable Address. It hudbeen urged that faction and separation from the Churoli had been secretl} harboured l^y those who were projecting this trans-Atlanticsettlement, and that the colony was intended to become a nursery offtiction and rebellion, disclaiming and renouncing our church as a limbof Anti-Christ. White, in The Planters Plea, ansv
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