98      164                        1678

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                                A letter of dismission of Samuel Lyon

                    to y^e church of X^st at Roxbury, voted in y^e church at Rowly

                     August 25 1678

honourd Reve^d & beloved in o^r lord Jesus X^st grace & peace be multiplied to

        you from God the father & from y^e lord Jesus X^st y^e son of y^e father

     Forasmuch as it hath pleased our onely wise god (who boundeth out all our ha

bitations, in y^s o^r flitting pilgrimmage wher is noe abiding) to remove from us to

you Samuel Lyons with his family, & understanding by his father y^t yourselves & he

doe desire a letter of dismission from y^e Church at Rowley, y^t soe he might not onely

more orderly partake in other priviledges, but be under y^e watch of y^or church & y^e govern

ment of X^st yrin, w^ch he is not in capasity to have y^e injoy^mt of , from the church heer

being soe farr distant from us

Thes therfor are to signify o^r consent to his desire heerin, soe y^t if you shall accordingly

proceed to receive him, we doe resigne & dismiss him to y^or care & trust, withall

certifying you y^t all y^e time he had his abode heer his conversation was blameless; And

we had Some grounds to hope y^t had he continued with us he would have stayed in

full comunion with us, and as we desire it soe we hope, y^t by means of y^or prayers &

      him

stirring up, he will not neglect to yeild hims to y^e lord first & to you by y^e will of God

             of God to grant us

 Thus desiring full fellowship with you in y^e Spirit, & intreating y^e continuance of your prayers to

God for us we comitt him & you all with o^r selves to him who is our lord & yours

In whom we are

 

Rowley August 28                      Your Loving Brethren in y^e fellowship of

   1678                                the Gospell

                                                        Samuel Phillips

                                                        Maximillian Jewitt

                                       with y^e consent of the brethren of y^e church

                                       of X^st at Rowley

 

A letter of dismission of Mary West Deacon Tennys Daughter to y^e church

of Haverhill her dismission was voted Septemb: 15 1678 given out Nov. 1

 

Revered & beloved

Gods providence It having pleased our onely wise God (who boundeth out all o^r habitations

in this o^r flitting pilgrimmage where is noe abiding) to remain being remove

Goodman West & his family from Salem heer & to gather him near y^or selves; un

derstanding alsoe that Goodman Wests Wife (who stands in memberly relation to our church)

desires to joyne in full Comunion with your church, & in order therto desire letters

of dismission from us to yourself These are therfore to signify y^e consent to her

desire herein, soe y^t if you shall accordingly be pleased to receive her we doe

resign & dismiss her to y^or holy fellowship, with all certifying you that though

she was left (that soe she might know what was in her heart) to a great sin

even of incestious uncleanness) yet she manifested such repentance for the same as y^t

the church did by vote declare y^r satisfaction; & ever since the work of repentance

has gone on, & we hope that your selves will find that her sin lyes heavy

upon her heart, & y^e lord who is wonderfull in working has done her great good

by soe great an evill, Thus desiring fellowship with you in o^r prayers for her, &

y^rin all with o^r selves to him who is y^e our lord & yours; in whom we are y^or loving breth^_

                                                                                                                       -ren