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Rev. Sam_tei l/V_ifbz_. 69
settled the matter, as it supposed, by officially
condemning his religious principles, and order-
ing him to depart out of its jurisdiction within
six weeks, on pain of imprisonment. Thus
was the seed of religious liberty blown by the
breath of persecution across the country, to
plant itself in Rhode Island.
The liberty of private judgment was so far
suppressed, that, in _636-7, Greensmith was ar-
rested, fined and put under bonds for express-
ing his opinion that "all the ministers, with
two or three exceptions, did teach a covenant
of works." A. few months later, John Green
was bound over by the General Court for
having spoken contemptuously of magistrates.
Coggshall was disfranchised, and was required
not to express his opinions on pain of banishment.
Mrs. Hutchinson was banished on ac-
count of her views on questions of theology. *
Jane Hawkins was forbidden by the General
Court to "question matters of religion, except
with the elders for satisfaction." The General
Court in 1637 ordered that fifty-nine inhabit-
These and other cases of like character may be found in the
first and succeeding volumes of the Mass. Records.