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he was a senior, he say^d alsoe before the Toun that I told him when I invited

him hither that the Toun was unanimous for his coming, & y^t I had say^d as much

when I came to him with the Churches vote for a 2^d year, & conserning him to proov

w^er’at he affirmes herein for I never uttered any such thing to him that I know of nei

ther by word of mouth nor writing

ffeb. 5 fryday I went to M^r Shepard to se if he intended to help in y^e ministry he told

me yes I intended not to stay y^r at all after I had my Answer as to y^e forementioned [-]

question but B^r Swan & B^r Kilborn being ther they Expressed their desire y^t we

might be reconciled & part freinds as we came together ffriends

I told him of his irregular carriage in reviling me before his father Wainwright

he told me had done therin very foolishly & very sinfully & he doubted not but he would

take off what he had spoake at Ipswich, but in soe saying he forgets aliquid prelit[37]

his father has not forborn to tell B^r Pickard that I have dealt with his Son very

deceitfully & hypocritically which he could not say but from his sons [--] falls

information : M^r Sheperd has often expressed his groundless Jelosyes that I was

not real for his joyning with the church which the 2 brethren that were by

told him they beleeved I was most cordiall in it had the church consented & himself

not hindered by the message he sent by brother Wood viz that he was resolved to

be gone in y^e Spring: I told him that such Jelosyes were the bane of freindship

he told me his ground was that some of my own brethren had say^d as much, but

I [-] & the brethren speak as we did he say^d he was satisfied & blamed himself for

entertaining such Jelosyes.

ffeb. 8. church meeting I declared my offence that brethren should publish out of the

church what was spoaken in the church The captain for one had soe done as M^r

Shepard hims affirmed, his answer was that I gave leav saying tell him if you will

Though did say soe it was a vehement forbidding it or noe other concession yⁿ

Elisha to those sons of y^e prophets goe o^r Michaiah to Ahab goe & prosper[38] especially wⁿ

I had before desired that what we spake amongst o^r selves might not be published

y^t soe It should become town talk The captain answered that he conceived that when

any thing was spoaken to the reproach of o^r neighbour w^ch was fals or not prooved

to be true such a one might be informed that soe he might clear himself Answ it

conserned him to speak to me of what I had spoaken & to desire of me to proov the

complaints as I had promised & was ready to doe & did at this meeting prove 2

of y^e particulars y^t about D^r Hoar & y^t about Major Pyke: & offered to prove any other

particular that I had mentioned if they desired it.

Ther was mention made by some of his evill speech of me before the Town & I desired

them to examine y^r own hearts if any young men had soe spake before a Town against

M^r Rogers (Tho I was not willing in any respect to be compared with him) and alsoe

told him to his face that his the vote he put was a peec of nonsense would you have

offered to urg the stay of such a one with him

we came to tis conclusion y^t y^e former vote concerning M^r Shepards abode heere should

stand, & because some say^d they desired a counsell y^t was put to vote but y^r was

but 2 or 3 appear^d for it, as for trying the mind of the church about his tarrying

another year as M^r Nelson 2 or 3 times desired twas answered y^t was done al=

=reedy though I doubt not but if it had bin tried again the major vote would have

appeared against his continuance heer church votes are not to be made slight of

when they are orderly put & orderly declared to be full; nemine contradicente.[39]

I spake w^th Mr Shepard before 2 b^c B^r Swan B^r Kilborn concerning my

matters of offence in 12 particulars & he acknowledged 9 of y^m to be Evill &

took the rest into further consideration: as alsoe some other things offensive

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March 14 1675 David Hasletines wif Deacon Jewitts daughter was

 dismissed to Haverell Church from this church.