[1] Bancroft’s Hist. of U. S. i. 342. Knowles’ Life of R. Williams, p. 31.
[2] See Broadmead Records, Introd. p. xxii.
[3] Neal’s Hist. of N. England, i. 141, 144. Baillie’s Dissuasive, p. 66. Mather’s Magnalia, i. 19.
[4] Neal, i. 144. Bancroft, i. 350. Cotton Mather’s Magnalia, book i. p. 19. Backus’ Hist. of Baptists in New England, i. 45.
[5] Knowles, p. 37.
[6] Bancroft, i. 367.
[7] Knowles, p. 23, 391. Backus, i. 508.
[8] “Master Cotton may call to mind that the discusser [Williams], riding with himself and one other of precious memory, Master Hooker, to and from Sempringham, presented his arguments from scripture, why he durst not join with them in their use of Common Prayer.” Bloody Tenent more Bloody, p. 12. See also pp. [43] and [374] of the present volume. Baillie’s Dissuasive, p. 55.
[9] In his letter to Major Mason, he refers to “King James, whom I have spoke with.” Knowles, p. 31.
[10] Such is Governor Winthrop’s testimony. Knowles, p. 46.