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did Conditō that his Son Rob^t doe take of what He has

misreported to others ^_____

 

paper         This Evenning an act of the Councill at Boston Desiring

for Cont     of the Churches a Contributiō to relieve some y^t were

=tibutiõ        spoiled of all at S^t Christophers [illeg.].[62] & y^e Contrubutiō

Read       ordered to be the next Sabbath.

 

November. 4. 1666. this Even Br. Thomas Miller living now at Middleton

Thomas         in Connecticut was guilty of Adultery w^th his mayd. as was prooved by

Miller          a Letter formerly frō Br. Harris to m^r phillips & two testimonies in a Letter

from M^r Allyn , & an extract out of y^e Court Records there, under

y^e Secretary Clerk’s hand . M^r Phillips propounded it to y^e Church

& sayd in order to doe someth: farther Sc: Excommunicatiō next Sabbath

mentioned it as needlesse to send to Him or for Him, from an Example

of one Excommunicated by Water-town Church in England & not sent to

yet  at ye Urgency of Some Brethren it was agreed, to send to Him

to Come if he could. / No Vote. pass^d.

 

    N.B. 1. Church-acts are very commonly præsidentiall for y^e future

2. M^r Phill: Should have præmeditated more & seen strength to carry on

what he propounded to them /

We did send a Letter unsealed to Bro: Harris, to deliver to Bro: Miller ye Copy

of w^ch vide M.S.           this was y^e coppy of y^e letter.   Bro: Miller ^_____

th   The Church of X^t here at Rowley, of w^ch you yet remayne a mem-

=ber  having some time since heard sad tidings concerning your

fall into scandalous Evill of Uncleannesse, we were not a litle ^____

 

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grieved for it, for as you have hereby wounded your own soule,

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& greatly dishonoured y^e name of God, y^e Gospell w^ch teacheth

us to deny all ungodlynesse & wordly lusts Tit: 2.12.) & y^r

profession w^ch you have made ; And especially, we are grieved

that we heare nothing, neyther from your Self, nor none else

touching any Sound Repentance, but rather y^t you are left to

hardnesse of heart: truely, if God had humbled you we should

have heard from you by writing, or seen you, before this

time:  oh Brother! Sit down & aske your Self, what have you

done ; Did you not hasten y^e Death of your deare wife

now at Rest , judge your self now, that you be not judged

of y^e Lord another day when every seecret thing shall be

brought to Light judgment ; Consider y^t Jer: 8. 4. True

it is, that y^e Scripture speakes as sadly of their case that have

followed uncleane Lusts  Pro: 2. 17 . 2 Petr: 2. 9, 10.  Yet y^r

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is Hope in Israel , if y^e Lord help you to take shame to

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your self: oh y^t X^t would look upon you w^th that heart melting

heart-humbling look , as once upon Peter , Luk: 22. 61.

But we have not time to speak to you at this Distance as we

would if you were w^th us.  The Church hath Desired