Fugitive Pieces (Classic Reprint)
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Excerpt from Fugitive Pieces As a necessary consequence of this religious warfare against the clergy, by those who also mainly opposed, politically, the great civil supporter of the clergy, Mr. Winthrop, it was not long before the theological dispute became an important element in the political contests of the day; and the friends and adherents of Winthrop were called upon to battle at the same time against the mere opponents of the clergy, headed by Mrs. Hutchinson, and the opponents of Mr. Winthrop, per se, headed, it is probable, by Henry Vane, William Coddington, John Coggeshall, Captain John Underhill, and Richard Dummer, both of which parties they appear to have considered equally antagonistic to their party and to their desire for office. In the midst of this excitement, while Mr. Vane was Governor of the Colony, a fast was ordered on account of the prevailing dissensions and the existing troubles with the Indians; and, among others, a sermon was preached by Mr. Wheelwright, who was one of the principal theological opponents of the clergy, and, indirectly, an opponent also of Mr. Winthrop and his political adherents. For preaching this Sermon, Mr. Wheelwright was summoned before the General Court, when a remonstrance was presented from nearly all the members of the Church at Boston, claiming as Freemen their right to be present in cases of judicature, and denying the right of the Court to act in cases of conscience before the Church itself had acted on the subject. Mr. Wheelwright duly appeared before the Court, produced his Sermon, and justified it, boldly declaring that his application of the principles maintained therein was "to all that walk "in that way." The Court then called on the Elders of the Churches to declare if, in their ministry, "they walked in such "a way" as Mr. Wheelwright had described, which they acknowledged; whereupon the Court adjudged the preacher "was guilty of contempt and sedition." A portion of the Court, headed by Governor Vane, dissented from this judgment and presented a Protest and a second Remonstrance from the Church at Boston, the latter justifying the preacher; denying the alleged sedition; suggesting that the opposition to the sermon might be only a method of the old serpent, "the ancient enemy of Free Grace," to spread mischief; and advising the Court to consider the danger of meddling with the prophets of the Most High. This Remonstrance was very decided in its tone and was signed by men of the first consequence in the Colony; and, very wisely, nothing further was done at that time, in the premises. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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