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many hearts

ffor charging you with cheating I never did it to you personally but if you

had a hand in y^t Toun act of pricing Indian corn at 3^s a bushel when it

was but 8 groats throw y^e land, I say it was noe better yⁿ a cheat an unjust

unrighteous act & a breech of y^e 8^th comand & how much you have indeav

ored to injure me only by your own practise but by stirring up the whol Toun

to y^e like it is too Evident as to need much proof.

 other greivances several you had to mention only you were tender of M^r Phillips

his reputation I only say to y^t remember you have God & your own conscience

to deal with; how tender you have bin of my reputation appears by y^or unjust com

plaint to y^e court as if I had bin unfaythfull in my place in dealing injuriously

with you & this not fair but a contradiction to your pretended care of your mi

nisters reputation to intimate before y^e Country y^t you have other complaints when

I never herd word of y^m at home nor know what y^ei are

 

                    The sentence of y^e court upon y^e hearing M^r Nelsons complaint

At a court held at Ipswich 24 April 1677.

 On y^e Complaint of M^r Nelson against y^e Revered M^r Phillips, the

court having heard what hath bin produced on both sides doe judg that

notwithstanding M^r Phillips as is testified hath used too high expressions, yet

that in y^e maine M^r Nelson hath transgressed the Rule, & y^rfore is ad

vised to apply hims to give due satisfaction to M^r Phillips, & to bear y^e

costs & charges of y^e hearing of y^e case

                                      vera copia[72] as attests Robert Lord Cler^d

 

May 13 1677 The church & congregation did generally contribute according to y^r ability

in many to y^e necessityes of y^e Rev^nd M^r Rowlandson in 4-10-0

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                                      or rather past 4.

May 18 fryday 1677 at 3 a Clock afternoon the church mett to consider of M^r Nelsons

offences & to try how farr god might be pleased to help him to acknowledg his irregu

=lar speeches & carriages. ^_____ but when mett he was not present but out of Toun

and as was say^d about urgent business  alsoe B^r Holmes was Absent B^r Platts was

present & y^rfore the time was spent in dealing with him. ffor his evill in break

=ing his ingage^mt of submitting to y^e determination of y^e councill novemb 4 1675

ffor contrary to y^t advise w^ch B^r Platts as well as y^e whole church submitted to

he voted together with Daniell Weicome for M^r Sheperds preaching a fornight lecture

or at least stired up him to voat & say^d at y^e meeting he did not favour but he should

doe it again if y^r were the like call

The other evill was his factious reproachfull speech at y^e admission of M^r

Neh Jewitt when because y^e work went on though he was against it (tho as he

say^d he had nothing against y^e man) y^rfore he stood up & say^d what part

have we in david an inheritance in y^e Son of Jesse[73] to soe w^ch part have we

in church priviledges; but it was answerd his part in church priviledges

contented him not Except the officer & almost all y^e church would lay down

y^r priviledg that his mind might be attended

The church were not satisfied with his answer to these things w^ch he

acknowledged not the evill off & y^rfore y^t their minds might appear

             a full

did declare by voat that he had carried it disorderly in those things

             ^

& ought to acknowledg his fault in y^m; w^ch y^e church y^e church

was willing to waight a while for, but he quickly flung out of the [-]

  house Chaist about w^thout leav or asking it.