Antinomians and familists condemned by the synod of elders in Nevv-England: with the proceedings of the magistrates against them, and their apology for the same. Together with a memorable example of Gods iudgments upon some of those persons so proceeded against.

Many things were observable in the birth and discovery of this Monster.

1. The Father and Mother were of the highest forme of our refined Familists, and very active in maintaining their party, and in reproaching some of the Elders, and others, who did oppose those errors.

2. The Midwife, one Hawkins wife of St. Ives, was notorious for familia∣rity with the devill, and now a prime Familist.

3. This Monster was concealed by three persons above five moneths.

4. The occasion of concealing it was very strange, for most of the women who were present at the womans travaile, were suddenly taken with such a vi∣olent vomiting, and purging, without eating or drinking of any thing, as they were forced to goe home, others had their children taken with convulsi∣ons, (which they had not before, nor since) and so were sent for home, so as none were left at the time of the birth, but the Midwife and two other, where∣of one fell asleepe.

5. At such time as the child dyed (which was about two houres before the birth) the bed wherein the mother lay shook so violently, as all which were in the roome perceived it.

6. The after birth wherein the childe was, had prickles on the inside like those on the childes brest.

7. The manner of the discovery was very strange also, for it was that very day Mistris Hutchison was cast out of the Church for her monstrous errours, and notorious falschood; for being commanded to depart the Assembly, Mistris Dyer accompanied her, which a stranger observing, asked another what wo∣man

that was, the other answered, it was the woman who had the Monster, which one of the Church of Boston hearing, enquired about it from one to ano∣ther, and at length came to Mistris Hutchison, with one of the Elders of the Church, to whom shee revealed the truth of the thing in generall onely; this comming to the Governours eare, hee called another of the Magistrates and sent for the Midwife, and (in the presence of the Elder, to whom Mistris Hutchison had revealed it) they examined her, who at first confessed it was a monstrous birth, but concealed the horns and claws, and some other parts, till being straitly charged, and told it should bee taken up, and viewed, then shee con∣fessed all, yet for further assurance, the childe was taken up, and though it were much corrupted, yet the horns, and claws, and holes in the back, and some scales, &c. were found and seen of above a hundred persons.

8. The Father of this Monster, having been forth of the Town, about a Moneth, and comming home just at this time, was upon the Lords day (by an unexpected occasion) called before the Church for some of his monstrous opinions, as the Christ and the Church together, are the new creature, there is no inherent righteousnesse in Christians, Adam was not made after Gods I∣mage, &c. which hee openly maintained, yet with such shuffling, and equiva∣cating, as hee came under admonition, &c.