74                           8             1667

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concerning T. Miller, he y^e sayd William spake not so much in

favour of Miller’s Repentance , that indeed while he was in

                               a

Prison at Hartford & fared Extreme hardly in Irons &c:

then he was willing to heare &c: But his carriage afte^r y^t

            for

lesse was that w^ch he could not give any such Testimony

as arguing Repentance. )      It was y^rfore agreed on to

wayt till Bro: Joⁿ Harris & Bro: Swan (yⁿ at Bostō[)] came

home , or till we might heare more before we proceeded in it.

Eyther to absolve or Censure /

June 15. 1667. the church had farther Discourse about it & Bro:

Swanne attested to y^e same y^t Bro: Pierson say^d. and it was obj-

=ected his L.^r (Bro: Millers) was an insufficient Evidence (it not being his

 composing or writing[)]

own to show his Repentance. 2 that he had spoken litle or noth:

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to y^t matter of his Cruell carriage to his wife , a thing testifyed first

                                  formerly

of all, by a L.^r from William Harris & y^e speech of Bro: Joⁿ –

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Harris in y^e Congregatiō (w^ch was grounded ō his form^r  Wife’s com–

=playnt to bro: J. Harris her self.) And hearing y^t he intended to Come

it was thought that he was able to p^rforme a journey, & his p^resence

             almost

being necessary for y^e church to p^rforme y^r Duty to Him , therefore y^t

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another should be sent to Him to Desire informe Him  of o^r Desire (y^t he

Come down] agayn w^th y^e grounds of o^r Dissatisfaction mentioned. And w^ras

if Ever Tho: Miller should be restored to Church-fellowship, the X^tian Bre–

=thren at Middleton imbodyeing into Church Estate would be y^rin con=

=cerned mo^r as Being they w^th whom he was to hold Constant Communiō

& they were most able to testify what his Conversatiō was whither more

for Repentance,  therefore a Letter to M^r  Collins to be communicated to

  * his Brethren y^r was mentioned / to required Desire y^r Watch & helpfulln:

to Him & Testimony about Him ‘ere He were Absolved. / There was so

much written by B. Miller as to show he was not obstinately impænitent. & yett

not so much as but y^t y^r was yet need to inquire &c:

The two Letters  one to M^r Collins, & y^e other to Bro: Miller were

written & sent. June 17. 1667.

 

               Prudence

June. 23. 1667.  M^rs Crosby desired to have her Child baptized & at noone ō y^e  

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sabbath-day y^e Church’s consent was Desired , two objected. R. S. & J. P. y^t

it was New &c: others M^r Phillips upon knowledge, & two other commended

her  desired she Might be inc^raged , a Vote pass^d & ‘twas carryed by all / some

few Excepted /

 

Bro Thomas Wood

                                           (a)

Aug: 28. 67.  M^r Phillips desired, y^e Pasto^r , Deacon Jewett & Brocklebank ^. to

come & heare a Case betw: him & Bro: Wood, Bro: Wood did

(a)  bring w^th Him Bro: Dresser.   M^r Phillips Related, that, about a

piece of Land given by M^r Appleton to Himself, bordering on y^e

End of Bro: Wood’s Lott on y^e same side of y^e brook, He had

offended Him in   The case was thus .  Bro: Wood did come

by His Land, by Exchanging for it his own house & Lott in an–

=other place . The Exchange was first w^th Bro: Pickard

and then to Nehemiah Jewett y^e inherito^r of y^e land