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3 Voted to adjourn the meeting to the next Lecture |
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preparatory. to our next communion …. |
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August 8 Lords Day after the exercises the Church tarr |
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ied and heard Brother Jonathan Forbes’s |
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answer in the negative to the Churches |
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invitation to him to accept the Office |
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of Deacon in this Church . _____ |
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August 11 |
The Church tarried after Lecture and |
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having riceivd Brother Jonathan Forbes’s |
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answer in the negative to the Churches |
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invitation to him to accept the Office |
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of Deacon in this Church after the exercises |
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on the Lords Day last Lords Day: now Voted |
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agreeably the meeting being opend by |
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prayer by the Pastor to proceed to the |
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choice of a Deaon |
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And Brother Edmund Brigham was |
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chosen _ ____ ___ |
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But upon his motion the Church |
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allowed him time to take the matter |
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into serious consideration and then Voted |
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that the meeting be dissolved. __ |
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Novr 4 |
The Church tarried after divine service and |
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were informed by the Pastor verbally |
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upon the desire of Brother Edmund Bri |
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gham that he had concluded to accept |
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the office of a Deacon in this Church. |
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And he was accordingly diclard to |
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1791 |
be a Deacon in this Church. |
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May 22 |
The Church tarried after divine service |
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and a Letter wa was read from the Church |
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in Southborough requesting assistance |
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in the seperation of Mr Samuel Sumner |
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their Pastor elect to the work of the |
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Ministry in that place. _____ |
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1 Voted compliance |
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2 Voted to send four Delegates |
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3 Voted that Deacon Wood, Brother Abijah |
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