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Rev. Samuel Whiti_zg. x87
versity. "Gentle and godlie" as he was, he
did not hesitate to sacrifice, for independence
of English bishops, those worldly advantages
which are usually deemed most desirable.
" Not disputatious," he set his face with the
sternness of a Luther against what he believed
to be the wicked heresies of his time, while,
with the firmness of a Cromwell, he resisted
every attempt of the colonial government to
break over the barriers of religious or civil
liberty. A nonconformist on principle, he was
liberal enough to allow his son, governed by
his sense of duty, to return to the service of that
church by whose bishops he himself had been
driven an exile from England, and was brave
enough to condemn those who would prevent
Episcopalians fiom celebrating Christmas, and
those who drove out Mrs. Hutchinson and Mr.
Wheelwright from the colony. Deeply as he
disliked Quakers _ind their doings, he firmly
opposed all who persecuted them. Modest and
respectful towards courts and magistrates, he
was bold enough to place his name upon their
records in open resistance to their orders,