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_Church_

we would meet _^ with other Chhs w^c y^y had

_^ on July 13.

Sent to, y^t as an Eccles^l Council _^ we might

advise and Direct them under y^eir grievous Dif=

:ficultys ^__ Our Chh Voted Compliance w^th

y^eir Request and y^t Br^r Joseph Wheeler

be the Delegate of this Chh to go w^th the

Pastor upon the Said Occasion

2. At y^e Request of Eleven Brethren who

desir^d our Br^r Peres Rice might be call^d to

_^ & to give

acc^t for _^ his Reasons why he did not Joyn

to the Chh of Cht in Sutton.  Secondly to

reconsider that Vote which our Chh did

pass Some time agoe in the Dismission of

o^r Br^r Peres Rice in the Circumstances y^t he

was then in.

The said request bore Date June 11.

1736. and was Sign^d by Josiah Newton, Joshua

Townsend, Thomas Newton, Francis Whipple for

y^e first Article, Sam^l Fay jun^r David Maynard,

Edward Baker, James Ball, John Pratt, Jonⁿ For-

bush, John Graves.  & NB. Br^r Rice now present.

Upon this matter y^e Chh Voted

1. Satisfaction with y^e Reasons w^c Br^r Peres

Rice has now given in, & y^t it Sh^d be so represent

:ed to the Chh of Sutton, y^t we are Satisfy^{d ____}

Voted, 2.  A Confirmation of that vote of y^e Chh (pass^d

March 19. 1734. W^rby B^r Peres Rice was dismis:

:sed to Sutton, and likewise Satisfaction, upon

the ans^rs w^c Br^r Rice has given about y^e Article

of the Neglect of y^e Baptism of one of his Children

amongst us ^______

   NB. The first of these votes (of Satisfaction w^th

Br^r Rice’s Reasons &c) Stands good upon Condition

y^t Br^r Rice do join hims. to Sutton Chh in Case he

finds y^t he abides in that Town; or keep y^e Same Chh Order in Case he removes otherwhere^_______

July