A general history of Connecticut - Ramapough Lenape Nation

CONNECTICUT. 177
in the neighbouring colonies among the
Indians, quakers, and epifcopalians, and
though, at the fame time, thofe religionifls
preach damnation to all people who neglect
to attend public worlhip twice every
Sabbath, fafting, and thankfgiving day,
provided they are appointed by themfelves,
and not by the King and Parliament
of Great Britain. This well-founded
remark has been treated by the zealots
as fpringing more from malice than
policy.
I beg leave to give the following infiances
of the humanity and mildl1efs the province
has always manifefted for the epifcopal
clergy: .
About 1746, the Rev. Mr. Gibbs, of
Symfbury, refufing to pay a rate irnpofed
for the falary of Mr. Mills, a diffenting
minifter in the [arne town, was, by
the Collector, thrown acrofs a horfe,
lalhed hands and feet under the creature's
belly, and carried many miles in that
N humane
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