God did make known to me his truth,
And call'd me from my native place
For to enjoy the means of grace.
In wilderness he did me guide,
And in strange lands for me provide.
In fears and wants, through weal and woe,
A pilgrim, past I to and fro;
Oft left of them whom I did trust;
How vain it is to rest on dust!
And some advanc'd, others thrown down.
Consolations came betwixt."
And thus, foreseeing his taking away, he gave his blessing:
Your better Father is above:
When I am gone, he can supply;
To him I leave you when I die.
Fear him in truth, walk in his ways,
And he will bless you all your days.
My days are spent, old age is come,
My strength it fails, my glass near run:
Now I will wait, when work is done,
Until my happy change shall come,
When from my labours I shall rest,
With Christ above for to be blest."
INDEX
Ancestors, 17, 18
Auditor, 92
Baptism, 12
Birth, 12
Burial, 106
Capability, 20, 42, 92, 105
Carefulness, 12, 64, 69, 104
Character in general, 42, 104
Chief Justice, 92
Commissioner, United Colonies, 90
Correspondence, 43, 44, 81, 104
Courage, 21, 41, 43, 51, 76
Craftsman, 22, 24
Death, 100, 106
Deputy Governor, 42
Diplomacy, 43, 80
Discernment, 54, 68
Discipline, 42, 48
Education, 20, 22
Escapes, 21, 35, 38
Family, 59
Farmer, 97
"First Great American," 104
Governor
Administration characterized, 42
First term, 41
Returned, 42, 95
Gratitude, 27, 48, 80, 107
Guardian, 97
Historian, 58, 101
Hospitality, 52, 63, 67, 97
Humility, 5, 11, 25, 42, 43, 62, 81, 95, 101
Illnesses
In childhood, 18
In maturity, 38, 41
Final, 100, 106
Judgment, 25–6, 46, 49, 53
Justice, 43, 44, 57, 69, 72, 83, 85, 96
Legislator, 92
Library, 100
Marriage
First, 12, 24
Second, 59
Mercy, 43, 63, 68
Patentee, 79, 90, 95
Pedestrian, 20, 48
Perseverance, 21, 76
Piety, 12, 21, 61, 48, 80, 87–8, 101, 106, 107
President, United Colonies, 90
Property, 18, 23, 98
Provider, 47, 52
Registrar, 92
Speaker of the General Court, 92, 106
Thanksgiving Day, first formal appointment, 48
Trader, 47, 76, 79
Toleration, 70, 96
Verses, 100, 107
Will, 100
Transcriber's Note:
Spelling and dialect has been retained as in the original publication, except as follows:
Page 16
Ccrooby gathered awhile in a stone
Scrooby gathered awhile in a stone
Page 21
from his pious inclinations
from his pious inclinations"
Page 29
Reynold's ship sprang a leak
Reynolds' ship sprang a leak
Page 38
village was laid out Januuary
village was laid out January