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shake from the pulpit the following Sabbath as
would make him shudder.

The difficulties which Bogardus had with Van
Twiller, however, were as the breath of May
zephyrs compared to his stormy quarrels with
Kieft. This Director had taken Bogardus to task
for having gone into the pulpit intoxicated, and
had also accused him of defending the greatest
criminals in the country and of writing in their
defense. The fighting parson promptly countered
on this attack. "What," he asked from the pul-
pit, "are the great men of the country but recep-
tacles of wrath, fountains of woe and trouble?
Nothing is thought of but to plunder other people's
property — to dismiss — to banish — to transport
to Holland." Kieft, realizing that he had raised
up a fighter more unsparing than himself and,
unable to endure these harangues from the pulpit,
ceased to attend the JcerJc; but the warlike domine
continued to belabor him till Kieft prepared an
indictment, beginning: "Whereas your conduct
stirs the people to mutiny and rebellion when they
are already too much divided, causes schisms and
abuses in the church, and makes us a scorn and
a laughing stock to our neighbors, all which can-
not be tolerated in a country where justice is