Annals of King's Chapel from the Puritan age of New England to the present day . mong the Dissenters, who, as well as the Church, do greatlydislike his principles and practice. The theological complexion of New England had changedvery little since the earlier days. A Calvinism of a strict typestill ruled in the churches. Brattle Square Church still stoodalone on its somewhat relaxed ground of practice, but doctrin-ally agreed with its sister churches. The Episcopal churcheswon their way by the beauty and solemnity of the liturgy, butwere not thought to differ, on the Calvinistic points, from t
Annals of King's Chapel from the Puritan age of New England to the present day . mong the Dissenters, who, as well as the Church, do greatlydislike his principles and practice. The theological complexion of New England had changedvery little since the earlier days. A Calvinism of a strict typestill ruled in the churches. Brattle Square Church still stoodalone on its somewhat relaxed ground of practice, but doctrin-ally agreed with its sister churches. The Episcopal churcheswon their way by the beauty and solemnity of the liturgy, butwere not thought to differ, on the Calvinistic points, from theirneighbors. One of the earliest traces of the multitude of here-sies which have since sprung up in Boston is in a letter of to the Secretary: 3 — An Heresy has been lately received here, denying the Eternity ofHell Torments; but I hope the infection will not spread. 1 Hutchinson, ii. 365. 2 To Dr. Gray, Boston, Oct. 10, 1728, Nicholss Illustrations, etc., quoted inChurch Docs. Mass. p. 671. 3 April 24,1732. Church Docs. Mass. p. 274. THE BISHOPS COMMISSARY. 379. ARMS OF BURNET. Although other seeds of the future divergencies of religiousopinion may have lurked here, there was no break in the out-ward conformity to orthodox belief by all reputable folk; andthere can have been little power of understanding the tolerantand free spirit with which Burnets cosmopolitan training andtemper regarded much which was generally held to be beyondquestion. If his life had been spared, however, the Governor must havewon favor in the church by his manly discharge of his difficultduty as the Kings representative among a peo-ple resolute against yielding to the Kings de-mands, as well as by his charm of conversationand personal attractions, — notwithstanding hislax churchmanship. Whatever shadow of unbe-lief may have rested on his youth, he had writ-ten a work on theology since his arrival in NewYork, and had testified to his hostility to theChurch of Rome by a letter which aimed
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