82 FACTS RELATING TO GROTON, MASSACHUSETTS. 



charge desiered it mit be with drawne as to mr brodstrets reporting the 

 story refered to in the sd Charge mr brodstret has giuen ampel satist 

 faction partickerly to Thomas Tarboll iuner y^ parson Imedatly 

 Concarned and the 4 brethren whoo sined the sd Charge publickly 

 de clared them selues satisfyed 



III Concidring y*^ unacountabol parplexity and Contridixon of 

 Euedinces refering to y* 3"^ articol uise y" charge layed against mr 

 brodstret for abominadle Cariage towherds towerds [sic] the wife of 

 Samuell Keemp wee are not aboil to de termin for the present one 

 which side the truth lyes & there fore shall leue it to farther concidra- 

 tion untill wednsday y^ 18 day of June next insuing at malbray unto 

 which time and place we do agorne the councel hoping that thare may 

 bee sumthing more of lite by that time gained by the help of which 

 wee may be Enabled to pas to a more full determintion. 



nil whers the reuorant mr brodstret is Charged with Immods- 

 actions at the house of Sameuell Commines one a Saturday night we 

 find the Euedinces in that Case so Conuyctine that we determin it to 

 be mr brodstrets duty to submit to the Euidences and mack satis- 

 faction according to gospell rull 



V the fifth and sixt articls in the Charges Exhidited to us ware re- 



VI caled by the disatisfyed brethren them selues & therefore we find 

 no reson to tack it in to our thouts too determin any thing apone them 



we cannot but Expres the grat & aflicttiue sence we haue of the 

 lamantabl condison ouer beloued brethren are in & of the sufering 

 state of religion among them by reson of the long contineued and Exer- 

 siseing diferences & diuesons where bey their pese and quieat haue bin 

 ob structed & it is with Extreme sorou and aflicton of sperit wee be 

 hould the diffrances arision be twene y*" reurend mr dud brodstret and 

 the disatisfied brethren and other inhabintence be come so wide & grate 

 as for bid us to hope for such reconcilation betwene them as may of fer 

 a prouibel prospect of the con tinuance of the relation thay stand in 

 Each to other comfortablle to either and do therefore beleue it to 

 be y^ most hopefull Expedaent to their peese and comfort that the 

 Church of Crist and in haditance of Groton do frely Consent that the 

 reurend mr dudly bradstt may re moue from them & wee beleue it will 

 Conduse to his oune Comfort to exsept that liberty when aloued him : 

 wee furder ad that in order to his pesoble remoue from them it is their 

 duty to maintaine a Du regard to his iust rits according to thare a 

 greement with hime upone his setlement with them in the pastorl 

 offise whilst this be dune wee cannot supepose thay will deel iustly with 



