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2. that he did An On a day of publick thanks-giving agreed on by

this Church take horse & Ride out of town the same day. when as he

Ought to Communicate w^th the Church in all Lawfull actions when he

was called thereunto.  and he was called to Communicate in Extraord

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=inary Duty of sollemne thanks-giving if y^r Cause was for y^e same.

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Now he did not deny that to thank God sollemnely for o^r Liberty, when

as it was much hazarded , &c; was Lawfull (as that was o^r Occasion

there p^r Lawfull y^t day) seeing õ y^e same account have the Gen: Court

appointed it since /    He answered that he was not told what it was

for , nor was p^rsent when agreed õ, & no notice given to: the at

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mixed Congregatiō wⁿ together  Ans: but he might have asked &c.  men^t[82]

other words afterward he added that he might have had businesse . but y^t was no

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3. That at his Marriage he did unlawfully get y^e Consent of his Wife

and was for that sentenced by the Court –––– y^e Answer he gave was

that we studyed to Rake up olf offences &c: and  1. that he had

given satisfactiō by bearing his fine imposed by y^e Court. / Ans: that

may be w^thout Repentance (as it was to be feared ‘twas in Him, if he

exp^rssed no more sorrow for it yⁿ he seemed) & y^e scandall & dishon^r to

God y^r in, he had not taken of.     2. he sayd that he Com

=mitted no Evill in it , for 1. his wife was fatherlesse & at her own dis

=pose. / de quo dubitatur[83]  tis doubted justly ,the Court found otherwise

2.  he sayd he asked not his wife y^e Question (I suppose he meant whither

She would marry Him) but first , in M^r Rogers (the master of y^e House

where She lived) his p^resence.   Ans: ‘Twas commonly Reported that

he did by unjust means inveigh the Womans affections.

4. That as his beginning so his Carrying on in his conversation in

the town since had bin , full of Pride & Contempt, as by the ins

=stances in pticular before, so by his Uncivill bold carriage to

Aged leaders in the town , at Town-meetings.  this Lattre I had

by Report from the Deacon –––– He impatient of hearing more

shortly replyed that he Ought to see that no body dispose of his

Estate  otherwise then he would &c: and they might account that Con-

=tempt w^ch was not.        And so departed.

 Now the purp Reason why his Children Should not in that way

 (Sc: on his Account) be baptized was . 1. he was no chur[ch]

 =member hier. never did Coven^t. w^th us , never was accepted of us

 Nor could his Children be baptized on his account, unlesse

 he were. That his children  nor 2. was not fitt for it.

 Because he manifested an obstinate Spirit of Pride & boldnesse

 in ¹ Sinne & ² agaynst the Church , & 3 Contentiousnesse

 all of  He (twas sayd to Him) might Let his wife bring y^e

 Children to baptisme & would not. we might not baptize

 them on his account ; had not Light & Strength that

 it was Lawfull to doe so:  And yet he would not yeild.

 Hee did herein render hims= unfitt for church Society.