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marring but onely to satisfy a corrupt unclean heart; & could goe merrily to her

marriage with neither though you knew how injuriously & wickedly you had dealt

3 That you told soe many lyes in denying it if you consider what befell annanias & Zaphi

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ra his wife for one ly[54] you cause to wonder at Gods patience y^t did not cast you down sudden

ly to y^e father of lyes oh every ly was a sad gash upon your conscience a black lyne re

corded in y^t book; & y^t was after you had proposed y^t you would give glory to god by con

fessing your sin

4 you are y^e ringleader of uncleanness in y^s place, which will be a sad blott upon you

whilst you live thou y^r shuld be true repentance 6 prov. 33: it was mentioned as a bloot

against Paul y^t he was a ringleader of y^e sect of y^e Nazarens 24 Acts 5. but what a blott

to you to be a ringleader of fornication & whoredom in y^s place

 Consider not onely what y^e law denounceth against you for all y^or sins especally for y^t sin of uncleanness

you have fallen into: 2 prov. 19. & 22 14. 13 Heb. 4 2 Pet 2.9.

The church has long waighted for y^or repentance & longer yⁿ ordinarily in such cases: Its

true as you have say^d y^t repentance is not in your power; you could sin & dispise Gods al

seing eye & comand but you cannot repent. , you have bin ask^t whether you sought of

God to give you repentance but you gave noe answerer to y^t & if prayer be not attended noe

wonder y^t your heart is shutt up. you have by y^or light & vaine conversation made it Evident y^t

y^r is very little if any thing of sorrow for your dishonouring God & greving his pp but

are too like y^m of whom it is say^d when y^ei had sined yⁿ yei rejoyced 11 Jer 15.

upon thes grounds the church has judged y^t it is their duty to bear a publick testimony

against your wicked & ungodly doings by laying you under y^e censure of admonition, hope

ing y^t God will be pleased to bless that means for your awing & awakening & y^t you

may come to y^or self more seriously to consider you wayse, & to ask y^orself what you

have done: you might well Expect a more dreadfull censure; your great uncleanness &

mulitplied lyes has deserved that you should be cutt off from y^e Church relation that

you stand in: But the church as she has for soe long a time exercised patience to

=wards you, soe she is not forward Suddenly to inflict upon you y^e highest censure

The Admonition

I doe in ye name & authority of X^st Jesus & with y^e consent of this church solemnly ad

monish you Tho: Tenny Junior to abstain from fornication, & all other lusts which

warr against your soul, & doe warn & admonish you more to lay to heart the great

Sin of uncleanness you have fallen into, with y^e Sad aggravations therof, then Ever

you have yet done: waighting upon God by prayer & in y^e use of other means espe

cially by considering what sentence God hath denounced against you in his word whi[st][55]

Impenitent: If God peradventure will give repentance, y^t soe you may recover y[our]

self out of y^e snare of y^e divill, by whome you have bin taken captive at his will.

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After y^e admonition it was say^d. I shall onely leave this word with you, If this So

lemn word of admonition be not a savour of life to you, it will be a savour of

death, & therfore take heed how you continue any longer proud Impenitent & hard

hearted, least God be provocked to send you away from himself & his pp in y^or hearts

lusts.

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ffebr. 4. The Church was stay^d to give their notion of some publick disorders

of M^r Nelson[56] w^ch Several of the Church have taken notice of & are agreeved &

offended at

1 Upon the lecture day January 3 . as soon as lecture was done he did in y^e

hearing of many both of our Toun & some strangers in a very loud & passionate

    say

manner that as for the last church meeting you knew what it was about [----]

& you would not come to it nor would come to any such meeting

as he was not at it