The Star of the West, or National Men and National Measures (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from The Star of the West, or National Men and National MeasuresAmericans, let us see how the first stones were gathered, and the foundation of this Union laid. It began under great tribulation, but God over ruled its origin, and has been its great support.A reformed church of poor people, or those in moderate circumstances, called Puritans, dwelt in England at the close of the reign of Queen Elizabeth, and lived in the villages Of Lincolnshire, Nottinghamshire, and Yorkshire.These people, under their pastor, John Robin son, were assailed day and night by the ministers of the ecclesiastical tyranny which governed and swayed England.At great suffering and peril, they resolved to seek safety by exile, in Holland. In 1607, their first attempt to leave England was arrested, under King James, and some of the Puritans were im prisoned but they had an unfrequented heath in Lincolnshire, where they continued to worship, and, on procuring the release Of their wives and children, in 1608, they were successful in making their escape to Amsterdam.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.