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Company; his rash & hasty spirit & speeches

2 he say^d that those Evills which he had acknowledged & I had blotted out yet

I had mentioned them at 4 or 5 church meetings after wheras we had but 2

Church meetings after his acknowledgm^t, & in one of them not a word spoaken

of any of his evill speeches nor in the other but in way of answer to brethren

who mentioned them first thems

                                       agust 1672

3 That I told him an untruth in relating that y^e church desired him to give

them a visit wheras they gave him not a call till 2 months after viz octob 6

vid page 35

 

A letter from Salisbury dissenting brethren

   as to the censure of Excomunication that passed

   upon Major Pike

 

To the Elder & brethren of the Church of Christ at Rowley these present

Revrend & beloved in the Lord Jesus Christ

 Wheras ther have bin & yet are several sad & uncomfortable differences among

us in the Church of Salisbury, of w^ch we are perswaded you cannot be wholy

ignorant (though possibly not suffitiently in fully informed) the consequences & con

tinuance wherof seems to threaten the Rending or ruining the same if not

timely prevented, w^ch considered we have thought it behoofull to Implore the In

=spection of neighbouring Churches to hear the Case, & advise what according to

God we ought to doe therin, & for that purpose to meet at Salisbury upon the

7^th of December to Sit in concill, at w^ch time & place, It is our request that

you will please to be helpfull to us by sending your Elder & messengers: In all

w^ch that the onely wise god may direct Is the prayer of us the Subscribers

 Voted at Salisbury the 18 of november 1675 Subscribed by

The churches that we send to are

 Rowley Newberry Haverhill         Robert Pike   Philip Calier

 Hampton Dover Portsmouth          Henry Trew    Henry Brown

John Eaton    Jaret Haden

Roger Estman  Richard Curryer

Samuel ffrench Thomas Rawleson

   wth several other of the brethren that had not oppertunity to subscribe

   we signified the same alsoe to the Reverend M^r Wheelwright & the rest of y^e

   Brethren the 17 day of this instant, desiring their Concurrance therin

 Novem. 2 [-] The Church of Christ at Rowley voted to send their Elder S P & with

 him Deacon Tenny & B^r Leaver.  ^––

The messengers of the churches mett Excepting Haverhill who sent none M^r Reynor alsoe

absent but 10 in all present, we heard y^e differences & were ready to give o^r sence of matters

amongst y^m but considering it would not attaine the End viz peace & accord; we

agreed to leave the following lines with them

Wee the Elders & messengers of the churches assembled in councill at y^e

request of Major Pike & sundry Brethren of the Church of Salisbury for the

hearing & healing the uncomfortable differences in y^t church, finding to our great

greif that notwithstanding o^r serious Indeavours to compose the same yet we

cannot attaine the End desired viz. the peace of the say^d church, & being

much weakened by the providentiall absence of sundry principall members both

Elders & brethren designated by their respective churches: Inasmuch alsoe