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December 6 1719  I Then appointed a chh meeting to hold

                on y^e Wednesday following viz Decemb^r 9. to

Examine y^e case of Jonathan Jewett. at which time y^e chh

met, witnesses were present & ownd y^e above s^d Testimony ~

Broth^r Jewet denyed not any part of y^e Testimony, but only made

Excuses for going to y^e house y^t Evening w^ch were looked upon as

too slend^r ~ at last he produced a Paper Signd by s^d Mary Hopkinson,

wherein she seemd to assert y^t s^d Jonathan Jewet had never

comitted Corp^ll Adultery with her, nor any unchast Actions ~.

S^d Jonathan also said ~ I Can say as much as is containd

in that Paper ~ & presented another Paper wherein he

seemd to Lament his being so Long detaind from y^e sacram.^t

& in gen^ll Tearms Expresst sorrow for his Sins, & desire to be

forgiven ~. Where upon he was ordered to write what

he could say as to both those points viz^t denyal of matter

of fact according to y^e Womans Paper ~ & more p^rticular

manifestation of his faultiness; w^th sensiblen^s of the evill ~.

& to stand suspended ‘till he had so done ~.

May 1 = 1720 The chh being stai’d, a wrighting from

            s^d Jonathan Jewet, was laid before y^e brethren

The Substance of w^ch was (as to y^e case impending) as follows viz^t

           To y^e Rev^d Eld^r & chh of X^t in Rowley

     Whereas I Jonathan Jewet have been suspended from

     your Comunion &c —— which has been a great griefe

     unto me &c —— & whereas I s^d Jewet went to y^e house of

     Jn^o Hopkinson on a Sabbaoth—day—Evening, & tarried

     With s^d Hopkinsons Wife longer then Gods people do think

     convenient (tho I had Lawfull busin^s there) I am very

     Sorry for it, and desire your hearty forgiven^s y^rfor, but

     for y^e Corporal actions of Adultery with y^e s^d Woman,

     I y^e s^d Jewet do positively deny any Such thing. I also

     desire your prayers y^t God would p^rdon all my Sins of heart

     & life, & y^t I may be Enabled to flee from Sin as from a

     Serpent & be more built on y^e Rock X^t. & may be an

     hearty Companion of all y^m y^t fear God & keep his statutes

     & may walk humbly with my God, all my dayes &c —— &c

     This was own’^d before y^e chh.         Jonathan Jewet

     Upon w^ch, his suspension was

     Taken off &c ^{__________________}