The Puritan in England and New England . s, thedegeneracy of his people at Plymouth, just as theministers in Boston lamented the decline fromthe old spirit of New England. But the Pilgrims had been purified by the firesof a fiercer persecution. They had learned les-sons of patience and of gentleness in the hardschool of adversity. Their gentleness had madethem sreat. New Ens^land would not have hadthe same elements of power if its founders hadall been like those who came in the New Ensfland character would not have srivenits impress to a great nation like this , after
The Puritan in England and New England . s, thedegeneracy of his people at Plymouth, just as theministers in Boston lamented the decline fromthe old spirit of New England. But the Pilgrims had been purified by the firesof a fiercer persecution. They had learned les-sons of patience and of gentleness in the hardschool of adversity. Their gentleness had madethem sreat. New Ens^land would not have hadthe same elements of power if its founders hadall been like those who came in the New Ensfland character would not have srivenits impress to a great nation like this , after all, the beauty, the poetry, of New Eng-land have come, in great part, from those wholanded on Plymouth Rock, They have taughtthe world a larger tolerance, gentler manners,purer laws. We have learned from them thegrand possibilities which wait for men of faith,who are content to bow their heads to the storm,and commit their way unto the Lord, and trustHim to brins: them to the desired haven. 8 III. The Early Ministers of NewEngland. 4-. The Early Ministers of NewEngland. nPHE Puritan ministers were the best repre--*- sentatives of the Puritan fathers. Thematerials for the study of their character andwork are provided for us in their own writings,and in the writings of those who were associatedwith them in planting the New England was a reason why those men publishedso many books and pamphlets in the yearswhen they were so much engaged in laying thefoundations of the Colony. They were, as wehave seen, the pioneers of the Puritan partyin England, and it was part of their work tosend home clear and definite accounts of thetowns and of the churches which they wereplanting. These narratives disclose to us themotives and the principles which governedthem. They are the original documents fromwhich the early history of New England canbe written. I 18 THE PURITAN IN ENGLAND AND NEW ENGLAND. I. These early ministers were of course insympathy with the intense Protestantism
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