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13.

= ministrations to the Direction & Blessing

of our grac^s God & Redeemer, especially un-

:der the present Difficulties, imploring Pardon

at y^e Hands of God; with Thanksgivings for his

innumerable both public & Private mercies,

& Beseeching y^t y^e threatning Evils may

be averted from us – We departed from

The Meeting

one another for [---------] ^{________________}

was dissolved.

April 4.  Being met together we first

7^th Chh

offered up most Earnest Supplications to God

meeting.

to prevent y^e Evils threatning us, to grant his im

:mediate & Signal presance with us, & to Assist,

Conduct, & give an happy issue to us. The Pastor

next declar^d The Bus’ness of the Meeting; namely,

to take under our Cognizance y^e late Conduct

of Josiah Newton; But before it was proceeded

to, y^e Pastor gave an urgent Premonition & Ex=

:hortation, touching y^e Evils & Dangers we were

in a very dreadfull manner expos^d to, and press-

:ing to utmost Caution & watchfulness _^ Delibera

_^ over o^r Selves

:tion and prayerfullness, & relyance on God &c:

as well as ag^st

Then it was Enquir’d, How far doth Josiah New

o^r Sp^l Enemies,

:ton acknowledge hims. Sorry for w^t he has

done_; and what is meant by his Proceedings

with John M^cCollister? and he answering y^t

thereby he mean’t his Leading them (namely

John M^cCollister and the Persons with Him)

along in Such a Train of Discourse as Decei-

:ved them; agreeable ^__ a Confession was im-

:mediately drawn up at B^r Newtons Request

and Direction: And [----] ^being read to the Chh

Several Times over,^________ Acceptance was

universally Voted. After which the Pastor

turn’d to the s^d Newton with a brief word both

Hortatory & Consolatory. ^___

Our Brother Asher Rice _^ ^had requested y^t Some

complaints of His _^ might have an hearing (Sav:

ag^st y^e Same

:ing only That _^ relating to y^e Same Deceit before

Newton

Spoken of_{: ^} w^th his humbling hims^lf beforesaid, y^e

_^ Complaint

s^d Rice was well Satisfy^{d __} & declar^d _^ he also for

of His

ever sunk y^e Temporal Part also.) There were

_^ withal, y^t

then

:_^ was dropt; and