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An: 1 ffor M^r Phillips Sin &c: he S^ts he knew not y^e law along

time y^t for Ev^ry q^tr of Acre &c: such order be attended. 2. one

mans fault (not scandalous) tho: y^r be occasiō & Advantage for an-

=others’ sin; yet Excuseth Not that. (It was his Temptatiō y^t occasiō)

 ne Necessitatis occasiō[76]                                in

3. An occasion hidden w^rupon one doth unwillingly act amiss y^t Case

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no dicitant  y^r is an Excuse. But an occasion Known & w^r upō a man acts

in Ecclesia[77] voluntarily tho: he knows it. that Adiminisheth it not at all. if a mans cloake be

layd in the way, & a Neighb^r takes it for Lost if he knowes not the owner

                                                                        &c

 but if y^e owner be known, &c: now that he stands by, now to take it up &c it is a [illeg.]

3. Obj: Bro Wood did apprehend y^t M^r Phillips had Right but to three score

Roddes of y^e Land in Controversy, at least M^r Phillips cannot proove

Right to more. therefore he may pull down the fence & have all

in Common till Divided, & 5 rodde or more be given &c:

An: the way w^rby Bro: wood comes to molest M^r Phillips for

any of this is y^e Sinne y^t is playne. Sc: by making the brook

the bounds of this own Land w^ch it was not & he knew was not.

Had any of M^r Phillips his Right bin Seasonably provided for by Bro:

Wood the Whole, would would have bin indisputable to Bro: Wood.

 

4. The mayn thing was that M^r Phillips had stopt up y^e brook

w^rby Bro: Wood p^rtended great dammage & y^rf: he might keep

his Legall title to all till y^t were amended? Ans: That Bro:

Wood should have taken other fayr meanes & not in y^t manner

have w^th held Right, & pulld up fence &c: Besides what was S^d

Suprà of Bro: Woods giving leave to have it Stop’t up. & y^rf: twas

more then m^r Phillips ought to have done to open it agayn? Inst:

Yea if in Love to my Neighbour I let Him doe me an injury

wⁿ he sees it is an injury, out of Love y^e Rather in Conscience

he ought to Releive   Ans: No! When the Dammage by Repaying y^e

Neighbour injures [          ] Advantage [       ] y^e injury sus-

=tayned if [                       ] he y^t dig hath leave frō his

Neighb^r out of Love  to fill up a well. & doth it; in Requitall of

his Neighb^rs Love must he digge it agayn if it proove Inconvenient?

M^r Phillips.   But the brook is opened S^ts M^r Phillips wⁿ Bro: Wood

desires  & I am advised to it.

NB y^t most of y^s objections were made rather by others rather yⁿ Bro: Wood

                                                                         Hims

Of y^e Brethren in y^e church  all y^t appeared did think y^t not one foot [of]

y^e Land  but was justly m^r Phillips’s & yet in Conscience advised

                                some said

Bro: Wood not to w^th hold that; & did think it Covetousn: ffor Him

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to desire & Endeavour to get it. And one & another did desire

to heare  what he could say, Or in Conscience ffall under. 2. y^e

manner of Bro: Woods carriage w^th Violence &c: y^t was unbecom

    sinfull

=ming especially to an Elder. &c:

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Bro: Wood to y^e Latter did seri^sly professe y^t he was sorry for it &

desired pardon of m^r Phillips & professt it his griefe to Contend

w^th m^r Phillips. /  And about y^e Land  y^t at first he was Ig-

=norant of it  y^t it was M^r Phillips, 2. tho: he Spake w^th Nehem=

iah about 3 weeks before of the Confirmatiō of it, y^t & knew

it yet when it was Confirmed He did not think of its actually