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members, besides the minister."* There is
some question what the original church cove-
nant actually was.]" It is probable that it dif-
fered in no essential particular from that of
the first church at Salem ; viz., " We covenant
with our Lord and with one another, and we
do bind ourselves in the presence of God, to
walk together, in all his ways, according as he
is pleased to reveal himself unto us."
In the following December (7th), he was admitted
freeman, and soon after established his
permanent residence opposite the meeting-
house, in Shepard Street, where he commenced
the laying out of a large garden, which became
quite noted for its variety of vegetables and
fruits; and thus, with his cherished wife and
children around him, he found a home where
persecution of English bishops could not fol-
low him, and where he might hope to escape
* Speaking of hls settlement, Hubbard, in his General History of
New England, p. I94 , says, " The next year they of Lynn gathered
another church, having invited Mr. Whiting to be their pastor, a mml
of great worth and learning, that, not long before, came over from a
parish adjoining to Boston, in Lincolnshire."
t See Annals of Lynn, pp. I65-x67.