A present from a far country, to the people of New England. I. A…A present from a farr countrey, to the people of New England. I. A…

Nevertheless, many Thousands of Protestants flying away, found a merciful Providence assisting of their Escape: and some of the Escaped, got over to New-England, where before they came, there were Prayers made with many Solemn Fastings for them; and after they came, they met with further Kindnesses, from our Churches.

Among these Refugees, there was one, who became an Inhabitant of Boston in New-England. His Employment was that of a Sailor; but Sailing from hence, about four or five years ago he fell into the Hands of his Idolatrous Country men. Those Persecuting Idolaters, immediately required him, to Go to Mass; but for his constant Refusal of that Impiety, he hath ever since been undergoing many Martyrdoms. From the midst of his Miseries, he writes an Excellent Letter, unto his Wife, in these parts of the World; a Letter breathing such an Excellent Spirit, that many serious Christians here, who have heard it Read unto them, have judged it would be a general Advantage unto the Interests of Religion among us, to Translate and Publish it. What I now do in publishing it, I do but as the Incomparable Jurien, has done, who very often does insert in his Pastoral Letters to the French Churches, a Copy ⟨p. 9⟩of such Things as these, newly written by some of their Sufferers, without any fear of adding to their Sufferings; I do it also with the Leave of the Consistory of Elders in the French Church in Boston: And I do it, with all due caution and concealment, of any circumstances, that may procure any damage to the poor Prisoner of the Lord: There having been a greater hazard unto his concerns in his own Writing, and Sending the Letter, than in our thus Publishing of it.

Among these Refugees, there was one, who became an Inhabitant of Boston in New-England. His Employment was that of a Sailor; but Sailing from hence, about four or five years ago he fell into the Hands of his Idolatrous Country men. Those Persecuting Idolaters, immediately required him, to Go to Mass; but for his constant Refusal of that Impietie, he hath ever since been undergoing many Martyrdomes. From the midst of his Miseries, he writes an Excellent Letter, unto his Wife, in these parts of the World; a Letter breathing such an Excellent Spirit, that many serious Christians here, who have heard it Read unto them, have judged it would be a general Advantage unto the Interests of Religion among us, to Translate and Publish it. What I now do in publishing it, I do but as the Incomparable Jurien, has done, who very often does insert in his Pastoral Letters to the French Churches, a Copy