...Touching your judgment of the outward forms of God's worship, it is, as far as I can yet gather, no other than is warranted by the evidence of truth and the...since the Lord in mercy revealed Himself unto me." The Salem church thus became a separate religious community, recognizing no authority above itself...

...touching your judgment of the outward form of God's worship ; it is (as far as I can yet gather) no other than is warranted by the evidence of truth, and the...maintained, ever since the Lord in mercy revealed himself uuto me, being far different from the common report that hath been spread of you touching that particular...