422 LIVES OF THE PURITANS. Apollonius.". This is supposed to have been the first Latin book that was written in America. His WORKS.-1. The Sufferings of Christ, 1653.-2. The Ortho- dox Evangelist, 1654.-3. The Heart of New England rent at the Blasphemies of the present Generation; or, a brief Tractate cerning the Doctrine of the Quakers, demonstrating the destructive Nature thereof to Religion, the Churches, and the State; with Remedies against it, 1660.-4. Several Sermons. SAMUEL NEwmAN.-This pious divine was born at Banbury in Oxfordshire, in the year 1600, and educated in the university of Oxford. He imbibed the spirit of genuine christianity, became an able minister of the New Testament, andshewed himself an avowed, but moderate nonconformist. This, indeed, rendered him obnoxious to the ruling prelates, by whom he was cruelly harassed and persecuted. Through the episcopal molestations he was silenced, and driven from one place to another, no less than seven times.+ But, agree- ably to the advice Of Christ, when he was persecuted, and not suffered to labour for the good of soulsin one place, he fled to another. This he did till he could find no place of rest; and, at length, to avoid the fury of the persecuting bishops, he resolved to transport himself to New England, where he should be out of their reach. He arrived in the new planta- tion, with many other excellent christians, in the year 1638; and spent one year and a half at Dorchester, five years at Weymouth, and nineteen at Rehoboth, in Plymouth colony. He gave the name to the town last mentioned, because, upon a removal to that place, his flock, which before had been short of room, might then say, " The Lord hath made room for us, and we shall be fruitful in the land." Mr. Newman was particularly attentive to the state of religion, both in his family and in the church of God. He was in like manner exceedingly mindful over his own heart, and most exactly attentive to the duty of self-examination. This, will appear from an account transcribed from his own papers. For his own advantage, it was his daily practice to examinehimself,and make such memorials as thefollowing:- " I find, that Ilove God, and desire to love him more.-I find a desire to requite evil with good.-I find, that I am looking up to God, to see him, and his hand, in all things.-I find a Fuller's Church Hist. b. xi. p. 213. 1 Mather's Hist, of New England, h. iii. p. 114.
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