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ffinding that many more dissented, & haveing alsoe more discouragem^t upon my

own heart I plainly told the church that though M^r Shepard has good learning &

abilities yet I did not discern they were sanctified I mentioned the 1 of James he y^t brid

ldeth not his tongue &c.[34] he had say^d conserning Doctor Hoar[35] that he was a duns &

that he had sayd as much before the General Court this he spak before me & his

father & mother Wainwright, whenas M^r Oakes s testimony concerning the

Doctor was that he had learning competent for the place if he would but fixe to

his Studies & had a spirit of wisdom to govern a colleg: He alsoe say^d before

several that Major Pike was not worthy to be Major Denisons Dog this he spak

in goodm. Elithorps family & before 2 strangers Boson Allin & one Haiward

w^ch speech caused one of y^e strangers to inquire is this y^or person Rowley has

bin reported to have good ministers &c.

                                                          to deny what he has sayd

this he denys as they say as his way has bin to my knowledg  he denyes he promised

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me to come home & supply my place when I was detayned at y^e Bay upon urgent

occasions in reference to my executorship to my uncles estate tho I told him at

Boston that if he thought he could not come home I would tell me for I would goe

home though I came again the beginning of y^e week to Boston he told me noe I

Should not goe home but he would & yet stay^d soe long in Lyn ordinary as that

he reached but to Salem & preached ther Captain Laythrop told me he might have

reached home well Enough if he had gone from y^e ordinary when he did, by this fay

lure the pp at home were without help not knowing it till they came to y^e meeting

house 2 he denyed y^t he had say^d he would not stay at Rowley though they should una

nimously call him the except they allowed him 80^£ per annum & that good pay y^t

he spoak to me & my wife.

I further told the church the coming [-----] I did dislike y^e company that were

familiar with him John Arye Abraham Jewitt &c. who were fitt onely to alienate

his heart both from y^e church & their officer, & to incourage him to stay whether the

Church agreed about his call or noe; seeing the town had liberty to chuse y^e minister

as well as y^ei were to help maintain him as John Aly affirmed before M^r Shepard & me

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Alsoe the offence that brethren of other churches had expressed to me that they had

taken at his carriage: as some of Boston Church told me they were sorry to see y^e

spirit y^t appear^d in o^r M^r Shepard in y^e general court in his speeches concerning D^r

Hoar . alsoe a member of Dedham Church complayned to me of y^e general trayning at

Cambridge Septemb 8,9 1674 how unfit he was for y^t sacred calling of y^e ministry

            an

that could in ordinary be amongst such company as he saw him amongst & be

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very sociable with y^m:

further that he did not follow his study nor look after his family as were meet

being from home at Newberry most of y^e week at Ipswich y^e next week till fryday &

at Ipswich againe this week when o^r meeting was 2^d 3^d 4^th 5^th day if not till y^e

  when he was

6^th leaving alone a youth & a young Girl to keep house who made a sad rackett

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in y^e absence of those y^t live under the same roof affirm

Those things I offerd the church to prove if the[y] desired it & even that I could ad

as his Evill speeking of a goodly magistrat M^r Googin[36] his checking my self for

managing matters in y^e church as I did note putting to vote the desire of y^e major

               joyning

part about his continuance joyning heer & y^t he never se or heard of things soe ordered in

other churches

after that in y^e time of my wifes long & dangerous sickness he came belowe

to look upon her & then took offence that she did not show him respect [--]

though my wife affirms she bowed her head to him as well as she could being

then entring into her ague fitt, but he never would come to se her more though

                                            he

he was sometimes in my house to speak w^th me I would not goe up to se her

though I desired him when I told him of this 6 or 7 weeks since her infirm