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¹Thirdly, His descant upon the time of their writing may easily be answered. 1 by concession. 2 by retortion?

¹Thirdly, His descant upon the time of theire wrighting may easily be answered. 1 by concession. 2 by retortion?

1. 13. By the time.

First, By concession; that the year 1634. was a time of much affliction of the Churches in Dutchland, & therefore might seem seasonable for the warning of the Churches in Holland to take some course for a timely prevention of like judgements upon themselves, by a due reformation of things amiss. 2. That, on the day of the month, when they presented their complaints, his maid died.

First, By concession; that the yeare 1634. was a time of much affliction of the Churches in Dutchland, & therefore might seeme seaonable for the warning of the Churches in Holland to take some course for a timely prevention of like judgements upon themselves, by a due reformation of things amisse. 2. That, on the day of the moneth, when they presented their complaints, his mayd died.

But they say. 1 they knew not if it, 2 neither did he keep private (as mourners use to do) but came to the Consistory, 3 neither did they apprehend the death of that maid to be so great a cause of sorrow to him, as is here intimated, for reasons which are not worth the printing. 4 that, if it had been so; they conceive, that private griefs should not hinder the redress of public grievances, and that, by the sense […] own sorrow that day, for the loss of one maid servant, he might have been more affected with compassion towards them who had many days mourned for the loss of more then one Pastor, whom God had, by his providence, brought among them, & almost cast upon them.