"Gov. You know that there is no rule that crosses another, but this rule crosses that in the Corinthians. But you must take it in this sense that elder women must instruct the younger about their business, and to love their husbands and not to make them to clash.Mrs. H. I do not conceive but that it is meant for some publick times.
Gov. Well, have you no more to say but this?
Mrs. H. I have said sufficient for my practice.
Gov. Your course is not to be suffered for, besides that we find such a course as this to be greatly prejudicial to the state, besides the occassion that it is to seduce many honest persons that are called to those meetings and your opinions being known to be different from the word of God may seduce many simple souls that resort unto you, besides that the occassion which hath come of late...it will not well stand with the commonwealth that families should be neglected for so many neighbours and dames and so much time spent, we see no rule of God for this, we see not that any should have authority to set up any other exercises besides what authority hath already set up and so what hurt come of this you will be guilty of and we for suffering you.
Mrs. H. Sir I do not believe that to be so.
Gov. Well, we see how it is we must therefore put it away from you, or restrain you from maintaining this course.
Mrs. H. If you have a rule for it from God's word you may.
Gov. We are your judges, and not you ours and we must compel you to it." (316)
Image Source: “Anne Hutchinson: founded Portsmouth.” Photo. WordAtlas.com 5 March 2009. <http://www.worldatlas.com/webimage/countrys/namerica/usstates/aaposter/riannehutchinson.jpg>.
Text Source: "The Antinomian Controversy, 1636-1638." Ed. by David D. Hall. Duke University Press: Durham and London, 1990.
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