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9 ° _emoir of
liberty from the government."* " This," says
Hutchinson, " was a very severe order, and
was so disliked by the people of Boston, that,
upon the governor's return from court, they all
refused to go out to meet him, or to show him
any respect."t Mr. Cotton was so dissatisfied
with this law, that, had it been enforced, he
said that he would have left the colony.:l:
Those who merely petitioned the authorities
in favor of Wheelwright were fined and dis-
franchised. §
"The assembly, or synod, which gave its
sanction to the condemnation of Wheelwright's
opinions was in session about three weeks at
Cambridge (then called Newtown) ; Mr. Hooker
and Mr. Bulkley being chosen moderators, the
magistrates sitting present all the time as
hearers, and speakers also when they saw fit." JJ
" This," says Johnson,_ "was the first synod
held in New England. There were present
_" Drake's Boston, 2227 note.
t Hutchinson's Hist. Mass.,i. 62. I Mass. Record, 207.
_. Hutchinson's Hist. Mass., 64, Hutchinson's collection of papers,
67-1oo. I Winthrop's Hist., 24I.
§ Drake's Boston, 224, 226.
IIShort Story, preface.
Wonder-Working Providence, p. 117.