Mark B. McFadden

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The Massachusetts authorities would normally have crushed Baptists like Goold and his new church. But now their reaction was muted, for a variety of reasons. One was the ongoing controversy related to the Halfway Covenant: clearly, baptism was an issue they needed to handle delicately. But the English government was also putting pressure on Massachusetts to temper its persecuting ways, especially in the wake of the recent Quaker hangings.
Baptists in America: A History
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