6. We neglect public Worship on the Lords Day] What he brings are for justification, is (to us a confessing guilty; that is it we mean, and therefore what we say, is not utterly untrue: only the reasons […] give for their separation, are misrepresented. Whereas they […] mould not admit any of them to communion with us: they know […] our Churches have received some that were scrupulous about […] Baptism, who were willing to carry inoffensively: that we have •used such as were rebaptized among these Excommunicate Ana[…] is true by […] viz. except they would acknowledge […] repent of that act: because we judge it scandalous. And […] the World We have been shut out of our public house, and […] nailed up and we forced to meet without in the open Air, on a […] old day:) he seems to have forfeited all honestly, so to relate ⟨p. 23⟩It is true, the Civil Authority here, have (by a […]) prohibited any from erecting any public Meeting House, […] the consent of the Freemen of the Town where they live first orderly had and obtained at a public Meeting assembled for that end; and License of the County Court; &c. Without such a Law many hopeful Plantations would have come to nothing. And it equally concerned all others, with Anabaptists; and yet these men (neglecting this Law) undertake such a business. Report of this is made to the Civil Magistrate, who enquired into it, and these fallaciously pretend it might be for a Warehouse, or a Brew-house, that they still proceed, till it become a Meeting House, and is met in on the Lords days: Now are they again called before the Council, justly reproved for slighting the Law, and for Dissimulation, and lovingly desired to be content to meet in private (as before) till the General Court (near approaching) might hear and determine this matter. They refusing to promise so to do. Order was given to nail up their doors: whereupon the Anabaptists sullenly meet in the open Air on a cold day (though a large house, and their usual place of meeting stood just by) that they might make matter to frame a scandalous clamour out of: yet were the Doors soon broken open again, and they there publicly meet before the Court. Now only desire to be satisfied who gave these men leave to trample all Authority under foot, and live as men that are lawless?
6. We neglect publick Worship on the Lords Day] What he brings are for justification, is (to us a confessing guilty; that is it we mean, and therefore what we say, is not utterly untrue: only the reasons 〈…〉 give for their separation, are misrepresented. Whereas they 〈…〉 mould not admit any of them to communion with us: they know 〈…〉 our Churches have received some that were scrupulous about 〈…〉 Baptisme, who were willing to carry inoffensively: that we have •used such as were rebaptized among these Excommunicate Ana〈…〉 is true by 〈…〉 viz. except they would acknowledge 〈…〉 repent of that act: because we judge it scandalous. And 〈…〉 the World We have been shut out of our publick house, and 〈…〉 nailed up and we forced to meet without in the open Air, on a 〈…〉 old day:) he seems to have forfeited all honestly, so to relate ⟨p. 23⟩It is true, the Civil Authority here, have (by a 〈…〉) prohibited any from erecting any publick Meeting House, 〈…〉 the consent of the Freemen of the Town where they live first orderly had and obtained at a publick Meeting assembled for that end; and License of the County Court; &c. Without such a Law many hopeful Plantations would have come to nothing. And it equally concerned all others, with Anabaptists; and yet these men (neglecting this Law) undertake such a business. Report of this is made to the Civil Magistrate, who enquired into it, and these fallaciously pretend it might be for a Warehouse, or a Brew-house, that they still proceed, till it become a Meeting House, and is met in on the Lords dayes: Now are they again called before the Council, justly reproved for slighting the Law, and for Dissimulation, and lovingly desired to be content to meet in private (as before) till the General Court (near approaching) might hear and determine this matter. They refusing to promise so to do. Order was given to nail up their doors: whereupon the Anabaptists sullenly meet in the open Air on a cold day (though a large house, and their usual place of meeting stood just by) that they might make matter to frame a scandalous clamour out of: yet were the Doors soon broken open again, and they there publickly meet before the Court. Now only desire to be satisfied who gave these men leave to trample all Authority under foot, and live as men that are lawless?