to take me off from this pfa&ice, who at fitft -pretended that it did very much trouble him,-but iince he hath told me that he wiflied that he had never been put upon it. - ’ ' : He fent a Mefleneer unto me to perfwade* me to leave Mr. Ford s miniftry-. I then (hewed ray grounds for that practice, what provifion I found there, and how the Lord hadmade thaa miniftry efte&uall unto me, and withall that when I came among them, I took up a refolu- ‘ tion to attend upon that miniftry. 1 1 The fame day in a publique meeting they accufcd me firft of Contention, and fecondly for my hearing Mr. Ford, which (as the Eider faid)the Church neither could nor'woiild bear, however they would not medle with it for that time. ‘ '• ? As to the Article of Contention / appealed ( to the Church, and charged them to be faith-' full as they would anfwer it another day, - in making it known whether they had found me Contentious. . : ■■,: .Uponwhich, J having withdrawn my felfey they entred into a debate about it, every one declaring their thoughts of me: the refult' oi 'which debate was this. ’ That they neither could nor would charge me with contention for a world, but did fear -' that through a mixture of Corruption it might tend to contention. This bufineffe was ended

DOI link for to take me off from this pfa&ice, who at fitft -pretended that it did very much trouble him,-but iince he hath told me that he wiflied that he had never been put upon it. - ’ ' : He fent a Mefleneer unto me to perfwade* me to leave Mr. Ford s miniftry-. I then (hewed ray grounds for that practice, what provifion I found there, and how the Lord hadmade thaa miniftry efte&uall unto me, and withall that when I came among them, I took up a refolu- ‘ tion to attend upon that miniftry. 1 1 The fame day in a publique meeting they accufcd me firft of Contention, and fecondly for my hearing Mr. Ford, which (as the Eider faid)the Church neither could nor'woiild bear, however they would not medle with it for that time. ‘ '• ? As to the Article of Contention / appealed ( to the Church, and charged them to be faith-' full as they would anfwer it another day, - in making it known whether they had found me Contentious. . : ■■,: .Uponwhich, J having withdrawn my felfey they entred into a debate about it, every one declaring their thoughts of me: the refult' oi 'which debate was this. ’ That they neither could nor would charge me with contention for a world, but did fear -' that through a mixture of Corruption it might tend to contention. This bufineffe was ended

to take me off from this pfa&ice, who at fitft -pretended that it did very much trouble him,-but iince he hath told me that he wiflied that he had never been put upon it. - ’ ' : He fent a Mefleneer unto me to perfwade* me to leave Mr. Ford s miniftry-. I then (hewed ray grounds for that practice, what provifion I found there, and how the Lord hadmade thaa miniftry efte&uall unto me, and withall that when I came among them, I took up a refolu- ‘ tion to attend upon that miniftry. 1 1 The fame day in a publique meeting they accufcd me firft of Contention, and fecondly for my hearing Mr. Ford, which (as the Eider faid)the Church neither could nor'woiild bear, however they would not medle with it for that time. ‘ '• ? As to the Article of Contention / appealed ( to the Church, and charged them to be faith-' full as they would anfwer it another day, - in making it known whether they had found me Contentious. . : ■■,: .Uponwhich, J having withdrawn my felfey they entred into a debate about it, every one declaring their thoughts of me: the refult' oi 'which debate was this. ’ That they neither could nor would charge me with contention for a world, but did fear -' that through a mixture of Corruption it might tend to contention. This bufineffe was ended