The history of Lynn - Lynn Massachusetts Genealogy Project

114 HISTORY OF LYNN. [l€64.(and, we conceive, our wotds,) as an incroachment and destructiveto the right and power of the churches. Wee havebeene taught, and doe verily believe, the civil and ecclesiasticalpower may very wel consist, and that no cause is so purely ecclesiastical,but the civil power may in its way deale therein.We are far from thinking the churches have no power butwhat is derived from the christian magistrates, or that the civilmagistrate hath ecclesiastical powers, yet may, and ought, thematter so requiring, take cognizance aud give judgment in solvinga case, not in a church but civil way. Wee suppose weehave kept much within these bounds in the case that hath beenebefore us, and that our opinion and practice herein hath beenas clear from Erastianisme, as some men's assertions have beenfrom the opposite error, and the declared Judgments of ourcongregational divines. In that point, we own and desire soThe God of orderto regulate our proceedings accordingly.guide all o^ ministrations to his glory, and the peace and edificationof his people.By order and unanimous consent of the County Court, sittingat Ipswich, May 5th. 1663. p. me.Robert Lord, Cleric.1664.On the twenty eighth of June, Theophilus Bayley was licensedto keep a pubUc house.^This year the wheat is first mentioned to have been blasted,^and little has been raised on the sea coast of New Englandsince.A public fast was appointed on account of dissentions andtroubles.In November, a comet appeared, and continued visible tillFebruary.1665.On the twenty seventh of June, Thomas Laighton, OliverPurchis, and John Fuller, were appointed commissioners to trysmall causes.^1 Q. C. Files. 2 Hubbard. 3 Col. Files.