_ Mr. Coggeshall was not present.
_Mr. C._ Yes, but I was, only I desired to be silent till I should be
called.
_Gov._ Will you ... say that she did not say so?
_Mr. C._ Yes, I dare say that she did not say all that which they lay
against her.
_Mr. Peters._ How dare you look into the court to say such a word?
_Mr. C._ Mr. Peters takes upon him to forbid me. I shall be silent....
_Gov._ Well, Mr. Leverett, what were the words? I pray speak.
_Mr. L._ To my best remembrance ... Mr. Peters did with much vehemency and
entreaty urge her to tell what difference there was between Mr. Cotton and
them, and upon his urging of her she said: "The fear of man is a snare,
but they that trust upon the Lord shall be safe." And ... that they did
not preach a covenant of grace so clearly as Mr. Cotton did, and she gave
this reason of it, because that as the apostles were for a time without
the Spirit so until they had received the witness of the Spirit they could
not preach a covenant of grace so clearly.
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The Rev. John Cotton was then called. He was much embarrassed in giving
his evidence, but, if he is to be believed, his brethren, in their anxiety
to make out a case, had colored material facts. He closed his account of
the interview in these words: "I must say that I did not find her saying
they were under a covenant of works, nor that she said they did preach a
covenant of works.
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