101 guilt, not a temple of living grace, but a tomb, which only held the carkase of religion. Instead of digressing, I · shall ramble into an inextricable wildernesse, if I pursue this sad remembrance: to returne therefore to his actions at that time. When he found the ponder gone, and saw the soulcliers taking up quarte rs ·in the towne, and heard their threates and revilings, he went to his father's house in the towne, where he had not bene long but an uncivill fellow stept into the house, with a carabine in his hand; Mr. Hutchinson askt what he would have; the man replied, he came to take possession of the house; Mr. Hutchinson told him, he had the possession of it, and would know on what right it was demanded from him; the man sayd, he came to quarter the generall , there; Mr. Hutcbinson told him, except his father and mother, and their children, were turn'd out of doores, there was no roome; the quarter-master, upon this, growing insolent, Mr. Hutchinson thrust him out of the house, and shut the cloores upon him. Immediately my lord of Lindsey came himselfe, in a great chafe, and ask'd who it was that denied him quarter? Mr. Hutchinson told him, he that came to take it .up for him deserv'cl the usage he bad, for his uncivill demeanour, and those who had quarter' cl his lordship there had much abus'd him, the house being no wayes fitt to receive a person of his quallity, which, if he pleas'd to take a view of it, he would soone perceive; whereupon my lord, having seene the roo1t1es, was Yery angry they had made no beltcr provision for him, and would not have layne in the house, but they told him the. towne was so full that it was impossible to gett him roome any where elce. Hereupon he told Mr. Ilutchinson, if they would only· allow him one roome, he would have no more; and when· he came upon termes of civillity, Mr. Hutchinson \vas as civil\ to him, and my lord only employ'd one roome, staying there with all civillity to those that were in the house . Assoone as my lord was gone, Mr. Hutchinson was inform'd by a friend, that the man he had turn'd out of doores was the quarter-master ·generall, who, upotl his complaint, had pro-
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