Hypocrites give God part of his due, the outward man; but the profane person giveth God neither the outward or inward man."-- "If the magistrate connive at his absenting himself from the Sabbath duties, the sin will be greater in the magistrate than can be the other's coming." Mr.Hutchinson, referring to Sir R.Saltonstall's letter, says:--"It discovers a good deal of that catholic spirit which too many of our first settlers were destitute of, and confirms what I have said of Mr.
Dudley's zeal in the first volume of the Massachusetts History."] [Footnote 107: History of the United States, Vol.

I., p.

484.
"I believe," says Mr.Bancroft, "that the elder Winthrop had relented before his death, and, it is said, became weary of banishing heretics.
The soul of the younger Winthrop was incapable of harbouring a thought of intolerant cruelty; but the rugged Dudley was not mellowed by old age." Cotton affirmed: "Better tolerate hypocrites and tares than thorns and briers." "Religion," said Norton, from the pulpit, "admits of no eccentric motions." (_Ib._, pp.

486, 487.)] [Footnote 108: Burke, Vol.II., Second London Edition, 1758, pp.
148-152.] [Footnote 109: "In October, 1650, the Commons passed a memorable ordinance, prohibiting trade with Barbadoes, Virginia, Antigua, and the Bermudas, because they had adhered to the fortunes of their late Sovereign.

It declared such persons 'notorious robbers and traitors;' it forbade every one to confederate with them; it prohibited all foreign vessels from sailing thither, and it empowered the Council of State to compel all opponents to obey the authority of Parliament.