Settlers of Aquidneck, and Liberty of Conscience

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Excerpt from Settlers of Aquidneck, and Liberty of Conscience: Read Before the Rhode Island Historical Society, February Historical In 1637, what we should call liberal ideas, but what were regarded by the dominant party as heretical delusions, had so far infected the popular mind, in Massachusetts, and especially in Boston, as to have alarmed the authorities and churches in that premising settlement, and caused them serious distrust, in fact they apprehended that the reign of Belial was at hand, and unless they resorted to stringent measures to rid themselves of the promoters of these errors, they were in immediate danger of being subjected to the dominion of Antichrist. Accordingly they convened a synod of most of the ministers and many of the prominent laymen of the colony, at Newtown, since Cambridge, (Boston, on account of the poisoned condition of public sentiment, being thought unsuitable, ) on the 30th of August, 1637, which remained in session until Sept. 22 d, at the close of which the Governor, Mr. Winthrop, proposed that "a like meeting should be held once a year, or at least, the next year, to settle what yet remained to be agreed, or if but to nourish love, " About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.