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                                    thought of

(C)  (In private sayd if he had known it  would never have done it hindered it &c:)

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And having sometimes objected that he should wrong his family wife & chil-

=dren &c: if he should alienate & p^t w^th y^t w^ch he thought m^r Phillips

had no Right to , sc: what was thought to be above 60 rodde. An: He

would wrong Hims: wife & children  to take it, , w^ch to y^e Consciences of

the whole church was not his Right.  y^t was m^r Appletons testimony

y^t all of it as it lyes was his purchase; nothing in y^e th: its: to Contradict

it, much to Confirme it. / there have come such expressions as those

from Bro: Wood, I W as Evid: he might in Consc: p^t w^th it. & much

others s^d- y^t in Conscience he should not hold it. / He sayd if M^r Phillips had

but opened ye brook at first he should not have Contended w^th Him for

much more Land &c:  But y^rin he was very much injured.

But Now m^r Phillips hath opened y^r brook  why doe you w^thhold any

Land?  Ans: y^e brook was not sufficient! M^r Phillips was intreated

& p^rvailed w^th to doe what was most should be thought sufficient

And two men chosen  R.S. & E. N  to view it, & [-] Bro” Wood express-

ing willingnesse to give Rectify y^e Land & m^r Phillips his title;

& Bro: Pickard to contrive how, & Bro: Leaver nominated to write ^____

 

At Last Bro: Wood was askt whither all y^t he had bin aiming at in

his Contentions Was y^t he might obtayne the brook to be opened

whither before God & ye church he could say it now . He answered

it was so.  & then whither he were indeed sorry ffor those exp^rss

ions of violence y^t had bin in y^e carrying ō of y^e matter. he sayd yes.

&   whereupon no Vote passing (many, if not most of y^e church being

gone) nor no sentence first of Absolution pass^d, only [the Lord grant

Repentance & Remission] & that he had more to judge Hims: of before

God yⁿ man could charge Him] & in y^t Negative mann^r finished.

 

(a) Qu: whither it be orderly to take in more Brethren w^th y^e Eld^rs in p^rparing

of any matter for y^e church. doth it not tend to Hinder y^e End of y^e

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work. Sc: Exammination to find out truth playnesse, w^ch is best in private

for us. 2.  whither doth it not double the work of y^e Eld^rs, for y^e

By-Stand^rs will exp^rsse y^r judgm^t & yey must be consulted,

3. doth it not tend to make Divisiō, wⁿ as men are ingaged, Nay

bandying y^e m^r up & down town  before y^e Eld^rs give y^e church

ord^rly cognizance.   4. it takes away from y^e Eld^rs an opportunity

to make peace betw: offendours, theyr Authority by by-stand^rs diminished

5. whatso Eyther party sayth, his Temptation to psist in it is y^e

greatest before the more yey are before whom it is related.

 

(b) Q: whither if a man say I Sayd Sayd So or So. E.G. that I will

give deeds of Land (absolutely.) & y^e other say, no! (I sayd I will

five deeds of Land if you open y^e brook). whither y^e Latter doe

own what y^e form^r sayd. & the Latter doth confirme y^e former

& His Words owned are testimony sufficient yt he sayd so swear

as the other will improve them: And y^t if he will have any

benefit of y^e Condition he must proove y^t.