The history of Charlestown, Massachusetts . BOSTON:CHARLES C. LITTLE AND JAMES BROWN CHARLESTOWN ; CHARLES P. EMMONS. ^>D^ CONTENTS. CHAPTER XIX. Ecclesiastical History, 1650 to 1670.—Thomas Shepard, — hisviews on Toleration. — Baptism. — The Synod of 1662. — Increaseof Baptists.—Thomas Gould,—-his neglect of Baptism; viewsof the Church. — Gould before the County Court, — before theChurch. — Private Meetings. — A Church Meeting. — BaptistChurch formed. — An Excommunication. —The Baptists and theGeneral Court; their Sentence. — An Oral Theological Discus-sion.— The Baptists imprisoned


The history of Charlestown, Massachusetts . BOSTON:CHARLES C. LITTLE AND JAMES BROWN CHARLESTOWN ; CHARLES P. EMMONS. ^>D^ CONTENTS. CHAPTER XIX. Ecclesiastical History, 1650 to 1670.—Thomas Shepard, — hisviews on Toleration. — Baptism. — The Synod of 1662. — Increaseof Baptists.—Thomas Gould,—-his neglect of Baptism; viewsof the Church. — Gould before the County Court, — before theChurch. — Private Meetings. — A Church Meeting. — BaptistChurch formed. — An Excommunication. —The Baptists and theGeneral Court; their Sentence. — An Oral Theological Discus-sion.— The Baptists imprisoned, — their Letter from Prison,—petitions in their favor, — release, — removal to Boston.—TheQuakers. — Benanuel Bowers. —Death of Zechariah Symmes. 161 CHAPTER XX. 1670 to 1686. — Ladders. — The Schools. — A Flag. — Letter ofSelectmen.—Instructions to Selectmen.—-Indian War. — SmallPox. — Freemen. — Names of Inhabitants. — Fort. — Dry Dock. — Free School. — The Stinted Pasture. — Military Companies. 176 CHAPTER XXI. k Ecclesiastical History, 167


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