Inexperienced in the passions of men, and unaccustomed to consult even his friends, he was resolved to suffer no opposition; and as the Salem Church had disdained the authority of the Church of England, his feelings were hurt and his temper raised against those who preferred a Liturgy, and whose object might be, as he conceived, to cause a schism in the community."[38] The Mr.Bentley referred to above was the historian of the town of Salem, in a book entitled "Description and History of Salem, by the Rev.
William Bentley," and reprinted in the "Collection of the Massachusetts Historical Society," Vol.VI., pp.

212-277.

Referring to Endicot's conduct to the Browns, Mr.Bentley says: "Endicot had been the cause of all the rash proceedings against the Browns.

He was determined to execute his own plan of Church government.
Inexperienced in the passions of men, and unaccustomed to consult even his friends, he was resolved to admit of no opposition.

They _who could not be terrified into silence_ were _not commanded to withdraw, but they were seized and banished as criminals_.