Statistics for occurrence #1 of “Mr. Shepard” in chapter 8 of Lucius R. Paige, History of Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1630-1877, with a genealogical register:

...een preserved from all taint of the great heresy. Concerning the Antinomian and Famalistic opinions which then distracted the churches, Cotton Mather says, a synod assembled at Cambridge, whereof Mr. Shepard was no small part, most happily crushed them all. The vigilancy of Mr. Shepard was blessed, not only for the preservation of his own congregation from the rot of these opinions, but also for the deli...
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