to believe all that has been fathered upon him,” and he says, “the treatment of him in Massachusetts was severe and scandalous.” Gov. Hutchinson says, “the sentence against him was cruel.” In a letter to Secretary Morton, after the Memorial was printed, Gorton very solmenly denies that he ever called the Holy Word and sermons of salvation tales, or any of the ordinances of the Lord an abomination, or holy ministers necromancers. “I appeal,” says he, “to God, the judge of all secrets, that there was never such a thought entertained in my heart.” We will not decide on these conflicting statements, but refer the reader to Neal’s Hist. of Purit., i., p. 227; Callender’s Hist., 38; Mass. Hist. Coll., ix. 35, 36; Hutch. Hist. Mass., vol. i. 112–118.
Gorton lived to a great age, officiated as a minister, and published several books. He died in 1676.