1651 PETER BULKELEY. Rare American Puritan on the Covenant of Grace - Author of Bay Psalm Book!

Peter Bulkey [Bulkeley] was an important voice in the early spiritual leadership of the "Great Migration." Originally from England, he was minister at Odell, but was silenced [1634] by Archbishop Laud on account of his puritanism and nonconformity. He had refused to wear the cross or the surplice or read the obligatory act of King Charles officially sanctioning sports on the Sabbath.  He emigrated to America in 1635 and was sent to settle the land today known as Concord, MA [of which he is recognized as the founder]. He was of the more radical Puritans who saw America as the opportunity to found not a land of religious freedom, but of Covenant with God after the manner of the Scottish National League and Covenant. This was evidenced by his work as the Moderator at the trial of Anne Hutchinson, whom he voted to excommunicate, leading to her banishment to Rhode Island. The other moderator was the famed Thomas Hooker.  His "Gospel Covenant" is considered one of the first books written in