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9 2 zYemoir of
of a new colony.*" Gov. Vane, John Cotton,
and Samuel Whiting, by disapproving of the
measures of the government and the proceed-
ings of the synod, were, in effect, defending
freedom of opinion on matters of religion, and
resisting the interference of civil magistrates
with questions of doctrine. How nobly Mr.
Whiting carried out this principle will pres-
ently be seen. Gov. Winthrop and the members
of the General Court were honest men,
and did what they sincerely believed was for
the best interest of religion and good order;
but it is fortunate for us that they were resisted
and finally overborne by men of greate r and
broader minds, with truer comprehension of
the principles of government in Church and
State.
In 1638 a committee was appointed to divide
the town lands; and two hundred acres were
allotted to Mr. Whiting, and an equal amount
to Mr. Cobbett.t During this year the Ancient
and Honorable Artillery Company was founded
and chartered._ Two years afterwards (i64o),
* Annals of Lynn, I68. i" Lyn, 172.
Lyn, I77. See Drake's Boston.