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11.

11. The Chh (by appointm^t) came together upon

5^th Chh

y^e instant Request of John M^cCollister & Asher Rice.

Meeting.

The Bus’ness was to Consider whether y^e Case of Those

persons Complaining of Josiah Newton’s deceiving y^m

in his administration in y^e office of Military Clerk,

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Shall be look^d upon and accounted, as it now stands,

a proper Cause for the Chh to hear.

We began w^th Solemn & Earnest invocation of y^e Name

of God & his Gracious Direction & Assistance.

The Chh had in y^e Next place a serious and warm Discourse

offer^d y^m by y^e Pastor tending to & pressing y^e _^ absence of

_^Consideration

y^e Momentousness & authority of Chh Meetings & y^e Very good

or very Evil Aspect y^y may have on y^e Chh, y^e awfull acc^t to be

given in to y^e g^rt Lord & Supream Bishop, of our Behav^r and

managem^t while together in this man^r The Fatal mis

:chiefs of Divisions, y^e Necessity of Caution in these Contenti

:ous Times, especially while und^r y^e awfull Rebukes of Heaven:  upon y^e whole, y^t we ought to keep o^r S. und^r y^e narrowest watch

and carefully observe y^e Rules of y^e Platform of Chh Discipline

it being y^e foundation y^t we (as yet) are upon ^_________

The 10^th ch: of y^e Platform from SS 5 being read, we pro=

:ceeded to y^e Affair.  After Some debate, none being a

:ble to _^ [-----] but y^t it must be look^d upon as a mixt case &

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it appearing most Regular y^t y^e Civil part of y^e Cause sh^d

be discuss^d first, y^e Pastor propos^d y^t it might be manag^d

by an arbitration (agreeable to w^t y^e Apostle Said in

1 Cor: 6,4,5)

and y^t as it was brought in by y^e Arbitrators we sh^d pro

:ceed to it in an Ecclesiasticall way if it sh^d be found needfull.

This proposall was accepted. & thus this case was dismiss^d

Another Affair was also brought before y^e Chh at y^s

meeting. The Pastor took their Advice in w^t would be

most warrantable and Regular to be done in y^e Case of

Samuel Hardy & his wife who desir^d baptism for y^ir

Child born Three dayes within Seven Months after y^e parents’

Marriage. No opposition was made to proceeding to grant

y^e Priviledge, y^e Circumstances of y^e fright it was declar^d y^e

mother was in, occasioning _^ y^e hasty birth, together with

as was believ^d

their serious Declaration y^t y^y were innocent, being all

y^e satisfaction y^e Chh could have in a Case of this nature_.

Recommending our S. to y^e Conduct of Heaven by

Pray^r & Thanksgiving, y^e Meeting Concluded.^____

^____21. _^ Eleazar Bellows & Sarah his

_^ Being

wife upon Confession of the Sin of

Publick

Fornication, were restored and admit

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:ted into our Communion. ^_________

April 1. The Chh came together, and

6^th Chh

Supplications having been made _^ the

Meeting.

End

_^ to Heaven.

(See y^t Articles

of y^t Prayer

at y^s meeting, at

y^e close of y^s Parag)