34  100                     1671.

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In the platform; It must be for scandalous Evill not matters controversial

And y^e whole brotherhood agreeing that cal^d him to office & y^rfore not a meer

major part & with y^e advise of neighbour churches, the calling in of w^ch you have

neither offered to your pastor, nor accepted his offer of it to you.

ffor my coming to preach w^th you on Thursday next, If I should soe doe, I should

think my self not much better Imploye^d then Aaron sometime was when he was

not well Imployed: I have not bin unwilling nor shall be to serve you as

God shall inable & when calls me therto. In the mean while I beseech y^e

good lord to direct your work in truth & to show that mercy to you & w^ch

that David begs Psalm 19 13.  I Rest

your greeved brother S: P.

    Rowley March 20 1670/1

Septemb: 12 1671 the Church mett about calling another minister to

joyne w^th S.P. & by an unanimous vote did invite M^r Shuball Dumer[98]

accordingly letters were forthwith dispatched to him by B^r Tod:

= The church the same time viz. Septemb 12 1671 voted that I should have 10^l per Annō

added to my mayntenance which was 60 before from 1660 to y^e vote & 50 from my

first coming 1650 to 1660. onely 3 yeers of the first 10 they allowed 5^l per Annō for to find

me wood.

ffeb. 4 1671. John Jackson the son of B^r Will Jackson was called upon by

the church to acknowledg his Sin in breaking Gods Sab by cutting up abun

dle of smal alders as if he had bin preparing for the thatcher: It was shown

him that it concerned the church to testify against his Sin otherwise his sin

in breaking Gods Sab. would be Imputed to us 13 Neh 17 Alsoe it concernd

him to judg hims for his Sin seeing y^e lord accounts y^e breaking of y^e sab as a break

ing all his comands 16 Exod 28 and alsoe has expressed his displeasure by y^t

sentence he passed & at his command was Executed upon y^e men that gathered

sticks on y^e Sab: day 15 numb 32 33.

being cal^d upon he did acknowledge that he had sined & was sorry y^t being

under such means & light he should soe sin against god & desired the prayers

of Gods pp that he might be more watchfull over his ways & carefull to Keep

& Sanctify Gods Sab:

At the same time Ezeck Sawyer & Tho: Spafford were called forth to

acknowledg y^r offensive carriage in a night wherin they were to watch they

tied a cartrap cross y^e street & thrust a cart into y^e brook & other like

pranks it was shown them that this was aggravated in that y^e were watchmen

wheras they carried it as if some Enimy had broaken into town to block up

ways & lay stumbling blocks & doe mischief 2. it could not be altogether ignorantly

done they knew they were doing amiss & as y^ei would not be done by; not It did

not y^rfore become them to make light of y^t carriage heerin he y^t dispiseth his

way shall dy[99] & it ill becomes us to cast firebrands & arrows[100] & say am I not in

sport Sin is not be made a mock off 3. y^r was noe little contempt or re-