MAVERICK. 423 with that ofsome other youths, to obtain room, in his usual freedom and solemnity cried out, 4, Here are some young ones come for Christ. Will nothing serve you but you must have Christ ? Then you shall have him ;" and so proceeded in his discourse. Thismade so deep and lasting an impression on his mind, that he thence dated his con- version.. Mr. Rogers was author of several excellent pieces. His method, as a writer, is popular, his language familiar, yet often energetic, an his strain evangelical, animated, and experimental.+ His WORKS.-I. The Doctrine ofFaith, 1627.-2. An Exposition upon the First Epistle of Peter, 1659.-3. A Treatise of Love.- 4. Sikty Memorials of a godly Life. Joint 1V1AvErticx was minister at some place near Exeter, and ofgood repute among the puritans. Towards the end of the year 1629, a congregational church was formed in the New Hospital at Plymouth ; on which oc- casion a day of solemn fasting and prayer was observed, when Mr. White of Dorchester preached in the mornings and in the afternoon the pious people chose the two famous preachers, Mr. Maverick and Mr. John Warham, to the office of pastors, when they signified their acceptance of the charge. The persecution of the nonconformists was now become exceedingly hot in every corner of the land; there- fore these good people, together with their ministers, re- solved to transport themselves to a foreign land. They wished to enjoy the ordinances of the gospelwithout human corruptions ; and the blessing of religious liberty without human oppressions. The above step was preparatory to their departure ; and the year following they sailed for New England.t Upon their arrival in the new colony, they settled at Dorchester, where Mr. Maverick continued pastor of the church to the day of his death. This was the third church formed in New England. In the year 1636, Mr. Richard Mather became his assistant; and upon Mr. Maverick's death, soon after, he became his successor in the pastoral office.l Calamy's Account, vol. ii. p. 298. + Williams's Christian Preacher, p. 454. Prince's Chron. Hist. vol. 1. p. 200, 204. Hist. of New Eng. p. 42, 74.
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