call "an execrable sacrilege, and covetous-making merchandize of the holy things of God; a letting out of ourselves to hire, to the profane for filthy lucre." Tithes, in particular, are denounced by these Nonconformists, but the principle of their objection goes to a much deeper point than to touch or remove these particular imposts; it also cuts at the root of all kinds of ministerial support, except that which is exclusively voluntary.[462] In another publication, written by Burton against his late fellow-sufferer William Prynne, there is a decided assault both on tithes and on parishes; the former being pronounced unapostolic, and the latter a human and political institution. But, whilst maintaining that Christ will provide for His faithful and painful ministers, this champion of voluntary churches puts in a caveat in favour of the state appointing some kind of "maintenance for the preaching of the word, as is done in New England to those who are not members of Churches."[463] At a later period, Independents objected to tithes, yet they accepted support from the Government in another form. [Sidenote: 1642.] Upon the opening of the Long Parliament, Congregationalism took deep root, and afterwards spread its branches over East Anglia. As the Dutch church in the city of Norwich, the Dutch aspect of Yarmouth Quay, and the settlement of a colony of Flemings in the village of Worstead, shew that there was an early intercommunication between the inhabitants of the Low Countries and the county of Norfolk; so also the connection between the English Independents in Holland and the Nonconformists of the eastern counties indicate that there was intercourse between the people of the opposite shores at a later period, in relation to Puritanism and Independency. Links of union appear in the persons of the Congregational pastors, Robinson and Bridge, who each resided one part of his life in Norfolk and another in Holland. The oldest Congregational Church in the county of Norfolk was formed in Yarmouth, and consisted of persons who had just returned from Holland, where they had been in exile for conscience' sake.