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[Dec. 1, 
Hugh Pei‘er‘‘s last Legacy io his Daughter, 
Fears sinfull, causing doubts and loss. 
Days of adversity and evil. 
Errors that spring from self and devil. ' 
Sabbath for rest and worshipping, 
^nd fre'e-grace pitcying, pardoning. 
With accurate, and holy walking, 
Hard to believe, though easie talking. 
Death ghastly looking, and sins'daughter, 
V\ ith judgement that will follow after. 
Heav’n in its great magnificence. 
Hell’s punishment in loss and sense. 
Are the great things charg’d on thee here, 
Io re^d, and mind, antfmind (my dear.) 
From him who grieves, he hath no more, 
But words to lea e, Christ be thy store. 
S8 Anri because I know not how the 
door or opportunity may stand open or 
shut, (the day drawing near of tryal) 1 
shall give you an account of my self and 
dealings, that (if possible) you may wipe 
oit some dnr, or be the more content to 
cany ii j in wliich I shall mainly apply 
my self to these late troubles. 
I was the son of considerable parents 
from Foy in Cornwall t my fatlier a mer- 
chanr, ins ancestois driven thither from 
AntiL'eTp for rcdigion, 1 mean the re¬ 
formed: my mother- of the same town, of 
a very ancient family, the name Treffei/ 
of Place, or the place in that town 
which 1 would not boast. 
Tliese lived in very great abundance, 
their losses at sea grew verv great? in the 
imdst ol which losses, my eider brother 
being at Oxford, I was sent to Cambridge, 
Jtnd that eslate I bad by an uncle, 1 left 
’with my mother, and lived at tlie univer¬ 
sity : and a little from thence, about eight 
■vears, took mv degree of master of Artfi, 
wnere I spent some years vainly enough, 
b'emg but 14 years old wiien thither I 
crone, my tutor dyed, and I was exposM 
to my shifts. 
(foming from thence, at Fondon God 
struck me with the sense of my ginfui 
estate, by a sermon 1 heard under FauU, 
vvh.ch was about 40 years since.; w’lnch 
text was the li'j'den of iJumah, or Idu¬ 
mea, and si-uck fast. This made me to 
go into E^sex. Ami after being quieted 
by another sernnm in that country, and 
liie love and labours of Mr. Thomas 
Hooker, I tiiere pieaclit, there married 
vvitii a good gentlewoman, till J went to 
Jj-o^donio ripen my studies, not intending 
to preach at all; where I attended Dr. 
Gouge Slbs, and Davenports ministry, 
vAitj) oihers; and, I hope, with some profit. 
But in short time was forced to preach 
by imporiunity of friends, having had a 
licence from Dr. Mojintain B. of Loiidort 
before, and to Sepulchrc'i I was brought 
by a verv strange providence; for preach¬ 
ing before at another place; and a young 
man receiving some good, would not be 
satisfied, but i must preach at Sepulchres 
once rnoi-thly fur the gt’-od of Ins friends ; 
in V- hich he got his end (if I might not 
shew vanity) and he allowed thirty pounds 
per annum to that lecture, but his person 
unknown to me: lie was a chandler, and 
dyed a good man, and member of parlia'- 
ment. At this lecture the resort grew so 
great that it contracted envy and anger; 
though I believe above an hundred every 
week were persuaded from sin to Christ. 
I wish I may not be judged for saying 
so; there was six or seven thousand hear¬ 
ers, and the circumstances fit for such 
good work; but f am tender: there I had 
some trouble, w ho would not conform to 
ail ; and went to Holland were I was five 
or six yearsi not without tlie presence of 
God in my woik; but many of my ac¬ 
quaintance going for Nero England, had 
engaged me to come to thetn wlien they 
sent, which accordingly I did: and truly, 
my reason for myself and others to go, 
was ineerly, not to offend authority in t-i-at 
dift'erence of judgsnent; and had not tns 
occasioned, yea, founded, tliat work, and 
much in reference to'tlie Indians, ot 
which we did not fail to attempt, with 
good success to many of their souls 
(through God’s blessing). See Bisiiop 
Lakes' sermon, 1 Kings 8, 37. who pro- 
fest to Mr. White of Dorchester, he woulcT 
go liimseif-with us, hut f<.'r ids age, for 
which we had the late king’s gratmus pa¬ 
tent, licence, and encouragement. There 
f cominued seven years, till sent hither 
by the plantation to mediate for ease in 
customes and excise; the country being 
p.oor, and a tender plant, of tlieir own 
setting and mannuring. But coming hi¬ 
ther, found the iiation imbroiled in tliose 
civil discontert^, jars, and wars, and here 
was forced to stay chougli I had notiiing 
to support me but the parliaments pro¬ 
mises. And not bcinti able in a sliort 
time to compass'^ny .errand, stuciyeo wifn 
a constant purpose of returning, and went 
with the first to Ireland, most of your 
London godly ministers being engaged in 
person, 
trouble. 
purse, and 
preaching in tins 
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V/ith prov’uences running cross 
hook for encouragement of sports on the 
sabbath come forth, many’ had staid. 
That good man, my dear firm friend, olr. 
White of Dorchester, and Bishop Lake, 
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