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A. Letter to the Rev. John Cole.
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THE following Letter , which is printed , word for word * as it was written , has a peculiar value , inasmuch as it shows , that long before the dispute respecting Mr . Jameson , arrangements were on foot for a division in the congregation - The writers of the ktter , it is observable , bring no charge against Mr . Cole ,
as being illegally in possession of the pulpit , because his doctrinal belief differed from that of the original members of the society ; on the other hand , theysignify their own intention * provided their remonstrance should be ineffectual , to withdraw
from the Meeting house , and to join a Society whose religious views were more congenial with their own * Such a secession is the universal practice , under similar circumstances , among Protestant Dissenters .
Reyerekd Sir , WE whose names you will see subscribed , having , we trust , a desire to promote the glory of God and the welfare of immortal souls , are desirous of taking every Christian and prudent method for that purpose .
You , no doubt have heard a report of a Meeting-house being $ bout to be built in this t 6 wn , and that we were the instigators and principal actors therein . Such a report , how- * aver , we have frequently heard , and something of the kind ha *
A . Letter to the Rev . John Cole .