CHAPTER III.

1669-1674.

ORGANIZATION.

The Founders of the Third Church. Mrs. Norton.

-

-

-

-

-

The Rev. Thomas

Thacher. - Covenant of the Third Church. — Opposition to the Erection of

a Meeting-House. — Land given by Mrs. Norton. — Governor Winthrop's

Estate, the Green. - Mrs. Norton's First Deed. - The First Church and the

Green, 1639. — Meeting-House completed. — Call for a Meeting of the Coun-

cil. Judgment of the Council. Meeting of the Selectmen. - Petition to

the Governor and Council. — Action of the Council; its Letter to the Elders

of the First Church. - Church Officers chosen. Mr. Hull's Mission to

England.Letter Testimonial to Ministers and Brethren in England. - Mr.

Thacher's Dismission from the Church in Charlestown. - Letters-Missive. -

Reply of the First Church. - Mr. Thacher's Ordination. — Request of the

Women for Dismission from the First Church. - Death of Mr. Davenport.

- Refusal to dismiss the Women. - A Second Request.-Perplexities of

the Women. A Letter to the First Church. - An Essay for Accommoda-

tion. The Attitude of the First Church. - An Appeal to the First Church

for Peace. Its Reply. — Letter from the Church in Plymouth. — The Rev.

Leonard Hoar. -Called to the Presidency of Harvard College. — His Ad-

ministration. His Resignation and Death.-A Vote of the Church.-

Death of Governor Bellingham. — His Will. — Mr. Oakes's Election Ser-

mon. The Extreme Men rebuked. Another Appeal for Peace. Reply

of the First Church. — Fast-Day Sermon by Mr. Thacher. Request of the

Women for Admission to the Third Church. — Judgment of the Ministers in

their Favor

-

-

-

-

-

-

. 113-204

son.

-

-

-

-

A Brief Period of Quiet. — Philip's Intrigues. — Attack on Swanzey. — Cen-

tral Massachusetts desolated. - Soldiers in Philip's War. — Mrs. Rowland-

A Letter from Mr. Thacher to his Son in London. - Samuel Sewall.

Mrs. Norton's Second Deed. The Quakers. — Margaret Brewster. -

Mrs. Norton's Death. Her Will. Her Estate. - The Rev. Samuel Wil-

lard installed. - Mr. Thacher's Last Sermon. - His Death. - The Rev.

Peter Thacher. - The Reforming Synod. The Confession of 1680. — A

Large Accession to the Membership. - Death of Mr. Shepard of Charles-

town. The Ordination of his Son as his Successor. - Simon Bradstreet. —

Letter from the Church in Andover.. Renewal of the Covenant. - Death

of Edward Raynsford and Thomas Savage. Reconciliation between the

First and Third Churches.

Edward Randolph. - The Charter threatened. A Public Fast.- Regulation

of Seats. Ordination of a Deacon.-A Council at Malden.

John Bailey. The Rev. Charles Morton. - The Anglican Hierarchy. - The

Rev. Robert Ratcliffe. - The Charter vacated. - Letter from John Eliot. -

-

CONTENTS.

Arrival of Sir Edmund Andros.

Death and Funeral of Lady Andros.

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

The South Meeting-House seized.

-An Exciting Interview with the Gov-

ernor. A Declarative Deed. — Edward Lilley's Funeral. - The Revolution

of 1689. Simon Bradstreet. The Woeful Decade. - Peter Sergeant.—

The Province House. - Council at Lynn.- Witchcraft in New England. — A

Special Court constituted. — Trial of John Alden. - Mr. Willard's Attitude.

-Judge Sewall's Penitence. - His Public Confession. - Death of Jacob

Eliot. A Subscription for Mr. Willard. Council at Salem Village. The

Rev. Benjamin Wadsworth. Church gathered at Lexington. — The Rev.

William Brattle

-

-

xi

249-300

CHAPTER VI.

1696-1707.

A PROGRESSIVE MOVEMENT. THE PRESIDENCY OF HARVARD COLLEGE.

-

-

-

Death of the Rev. John Bailey. — A Church Meeting at Judge Sewall's.

Mr. Willard asks for a Colleague. — The Rev. Simon Bradstreet and the

Rev. Ebenezer Pemberton. The Latter chosen. - Cases of Church Disci-

pline. Roger Judd and Others. — A Party of Progress. - President Math-

er's Attack on the Tutors at Cambridge. - New Church formed by Thomas

Brattle and Others. Its Manifesto. - The Rev. Benjamin Colman.

at the New Church. - Mr. Pemberton called. His Ordination. — Judge

Sewall's Tract on Slavery. Sickness of Mr. Willard. - Death of Deacon

Frary. The Artillery Company. - The Mather Controversy. — Resignation

of President Mather.- Mr. Willard chosen Vice-President of the College. -

Mr. Willard's Influence. - A Sabbath at Brattle Street. - Death of Robert

Gibbs and Nathaniel Oliver. — A Second Parsonage to be built. — The Ob-

servance of the Lord's Supper. - Baptism of Benjamin Franklin. - His

Father, Josiah Franklin. The Proposals of 1705. - John Wise on the

Rights of the Churches. - Jonathan Belcher. - Death of Mr. Willard.

Funeral Sermon by Mr. Pemberton.—Mr. Willard's "Body of Divinity" 301-340

The Rev. John Leverett. Mr. Pemberton and

The New Parsonage completed. —

The Fire of 1711.- Meeting-House of the

The Church invited to worship with the South

Church. - Death of John Walley. — Mr. Joseph Sewall called to the South

Church.

Arrangements for the Ordination. - The Ministers'

May Meeting. Episcopal Parishes organized. -— Primitive Congregational-

ism. Mr. Sewall ordained. - The Rev. Joseph Stevens.- Death of Peter

Sergeant. Sickness and Scarcity in the Town. The New North Church

gathered.- The Rev. John Webb. - Ministers' Meeting at Mr. Pemberton's.

-John Wise's Second Book. - The Rev. Thomas Bridge. The Rev. Wil-

David Jeffries. Death of Mr. Pem-

-

-

CHAPTER VIII.

1717-1730.

THE BEGINNING OF A LONG CO-PASTORATE.

-

--

Confession of Nathaniel Oliver. - The Rev. Thomas Prince. - His Travels. -

A Subscription for Mr. Sewall. Death of Judge Sewall's Wife. - Death of

Andrew Belcher and Wait Still Winthrop. - The Rev. Thomas Foxcroft.—

Mr. Prince called to the South Church. A New Precentor. - Mr. Prince's

Ordination. His First Sermon as Pastor. - The New South Church.

The Rev. Samuel Checkley. Two Deacons chosen. — Marriage of Judge

Sewall and Mr. Prince. - Votes of the Church. - Council at the New North

Church. The Rev. Peter Thacher of Weymouth. The New Brick Church

gathered. — Enlargement of the South Meeting-House proposed. — Increase

Mather preaches before the Ministers. The Small-Pox. - Judge Sewall's

Third Marriage. -A Council at Watertown. - Days of Fasting with Prayer.

- Death of Increase Mather. - A Council at South Braintree. A Sabbath

at the New Brick. - Death of President Leverett. Mr. Sewall called to

Harvard College. - The Rev. Charles Chauncy. - Depreciation of the Cur-

rency. Collections for Benevolent Purposes. The Earthquake of 1727. —

Death of Cotton Mather. - Proposal to build a New Meeting-House. - Pro-

test from Judge Sewall. - A Building Committee chosen. - The First Duel

in Boston. Arrival of Governor Burnet. - Terms of Membership. - Leg-

acy of Mrs. Mills.- Hospitality of the First Church. - The Gift of Timo-

thy Cunningham. The Old Meeting-House taken down. — Death of Judge

Sewall

-

-

-

of the Building. - Arrival of Governor Belcher.

The New Bell. - Death of Daniel Oliver. - Collections for Charitable and

Pious Uses. — Hollis Street Church. — Jonathan Simpson. — Ordination of

Missionaries. - Dr. Sewall's Sermon. - Death of Edward Bromfield. — A

Day of Fasting and Prayer. The First Church in Salem. Sentence of

Non-Communion. - Death of George Bethune and Thomas Fitch. Confer-

ence with Indian Chiefs at Deerfield. - Death of Mrs. Belcher. The New

England Chronology. - Death of President Wadsworth. — Public Reading

of the Scriptures. - The West Church. - Death of the Rev. Nathaniel Wil-

liams. The New Brick Church. - The South Kingston Lands. - Death of

Samuel Checkley. - Thomas Hubbard. —A Charitable Fund. — Organized

Benevolence. - Ordination at Newport

-

CHAPTER X.

1740-1744.

-

-

MR. WHITEFIELD'S FIRST VISIT. THE REVIVAL PERIOD.

446-499

The Rev. George Whitefield. Mr. Prince's Retrospect. - Times of Religious
Awakening. Mr. Whitefield's Arrival. — First Sermon at Brattle Street. -
Visit to Cambridge. · He preaches the Lecture. — Journey to the Eastward.

-

- His Return to Boston. His Impressions of the Town. - His Departure.

-

-

- Mr. Whitefield and the Governor.

eral Court. The Rev. Gilbert Tennent.

-

-

-

-

Belcher superseded. — Governor Shirley. - The Rev. Eleazar Wheelock. —

Division in the Second Church. - The Rev. James Davenport. - The An-

nual Convention, 1743. — Testimony against Mr. Whitefield. — A Second

Convention. Counter - Testimony. A Separatist Church. Nathaniel

Wardell admonished and suspended. — A Letter to the Separatists. - Church

Troubles in Newbury. — A Second Letter to the Separatists.- - A Letter

from Deborah Prince

-

-

500-549

CHAPTER XI.

1744-1749.

MR. WHITEFIELD'S SECOND VISIT. THE FRENCH WARS. -THE SEPARATISTS.
Mr. Whitefield lands at York. — Communion Service at Brattle Street. - Dis-
cussions and Divisions. - Action at Cambridge.. - The Various Testimonies.
-Mr. Whitefield and Dr. Chauncy. — Great Popularity of the Former. — The

-

-

-

-

-

Expedition against Louisburg. - William Pepperrell. · Richard Gridley.-

The Capture of Louisburg. - Death of Thomas Cushing. - The Rev. Sam-

uel Cooper. A Thanksgiving Sermon. The Destruction of the French

Fleet. Mr. Prince's Prayer, and his Thanksgiving Sermon, “The Salva-

tions of God in 1746.” — The Rev. Jonathan Mayhew. - Death of Dr. Col-

man. The Rev. Samuel Checkley. — Election of Seaters. - The Church

in Ipswich.

- A Second Separatist

Church. The Rev. Andrew Croswell. - Protest of the South Church.

Reply from Mr. Croswell. - A Council at Medfield.

1749.

-

-

-

Nathaniel Wardell excommunicated.

-

- The Drought of

550-602