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Inasmuch 



Master 

 Wolfall 



The First 

 &quot;Celebra 

 tion&quot; 



God, and altogether upon their knees gave 

 Him due, humble, and hearty thanks, and 

 Master Wolfall a learned man, appointed by Her 

 Majesty s Council to be their Minister and 

 Preacher, made unto them a godly sermon, 

 exhorting them especially to be thankful to God 

 for their strange and miraculous deliverance in 

 those so dangerous places, and putting them in 

 mind of the uncertainty of man s life, willed them 

 to make themselves always ready as resolute men 

 to enjoy and accept thankfully whatsoever ad 

 venture his divine Providence should appoint. 

 This master Wolfall being well seated and settled 

 at home in his own country, with a good and 

 honest woman to wife, and very towardly children, 

 being of good reputation among the best, refused 

 not to take in hand this painful voyage for the 

 only care he had to save souls, and to reform those 

 Infidels if it were possible to Christianity, and also 

 partly for the great desire he had that this notable 

 voyage so well begun might be brought to per 

 fection: and therefore he was contented to stay 

 there the whole year if occasion had served, being 

 in every necessary action as forward as the 

 resolutest man of all. Wherefore in this behalf he 

 may rightly be called a true Pastor and Minister 

 of God s Word, which for the profit of his flock 

 spared not to venture bis own life.&quot; 



The last corporate act of the members of the 

 Expedition was worthy of their general attitude 

 of sobriety and self-restraint : 



&quot; Master Wolfall on Winters Fornace preach- 



