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^ cp ^ e n ^ atjori of m than Tf& f ... yK 3 i lias been appealed to ^ J ^ so mqch triumph t The cotqcl 3 e ^ ce of reputed orth od oxy with the sentiments of a philoso . sopher who was nearly atheistical ! I am , Sir , Yours , &c . N .
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Methodist Excommunication at Falmoutlu Sir , I now send you a brief narrative of the proceedings of Messrs . Seckerson and Co . at Falmouth .
which I hope will be inserted in tie Monthly Repository , for the inspection of the friends of religious liberty . I informed you in my last ( vol , vii . p . 650 , ) that Mr . S . said he
was deter mined to act at Falmouth iti the same way he had done at Flushing j accordingly , six weeks after the methodistical expulsion at Flushing , he , with Mr . Riles , fcb&irrrian of this district ^ came to Falmouth to excommunicate the Ijgreiics . After Mr . Riles had
preachfed , the Stewards , Leaders anfl "Trustees were requested to fitdp :- >—TM [ r # R . then . proposed the following questions , * Do you be * li ^ ve in the true aiwl proper Deity
of Chri st ?> —* t > o you believe in t&e doctrine of original Sin ? &c . If I were to reqiord the different replies which were made , tfy is let-^ teir would " sw ^ ll % o a pamphlet : ^ yoijr permission , Mr . Editor , 1 will mention a remark of friend ch
pJOqpsV W ^ i I think ought to * fe& i f ^ e ' i ^ ijin the W ji&tory of Co rn , wall , and handed down , to generati ^ nf yet ynborn . — "I am a freeborn sdti dif England , and a free * boxii ^ fta ofc ^ God also ; I shall
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for he was told the next day , if he would apologize for his conduct to Mr . R . he might still continue a leader in their society ; but he chose rather to suffer
affliction with his despised persecuted brethren , than to enjoy the pleasure of reputed orthodoxy for
a season . Mr . Phil p , who has been a member of the society for near thirty years , and a Steward , Reader
Trustee atxd local preacher for a great part of that time , in a very judicious manner , proved to a demonstration , that the proceedings of Messrs . R . and S . were
inconsistent with the rules of the society , the writings of the great founders of Methodism , and perfectly antiscriptural and unreasonable . «—It seemed as if they felt the force of Mr . P / s reasoning , for they could not tell how to decide .
Near the conclusion of this affair , Mr . S ., addressing Mr . - said ** I think you jbad better go to prayer and finish : ' ' * Really , Sir , said Mr . R . I don ' t know what to pray for , I have not been
in a meeting ef this kind before , and I hope I never shall again : " fyj mever , some time after , the good man recovered from bis diteipma , and : fx » yed ihat truth might - fu » i-
versally prevail- As ,., sooa jas prayer w $ s ended ± and the people were retiring , Mr * S . ar ^ sej&pd said * ** Jhe should not consider Messrs . Philps , JtfitcJbyeU * Johns , &C . as Qffrmn in tfee ^ h ) wp | i £ ' lynd
think as freely as I breath , and shall not be shackled by you , Sir , nor any man under heaven . **—This bold spirited reply was deemed so insulting to Mr R . that he would not suffer him to speak any more for the evening , and he was actually disowned for this only ,
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Methodist Excommunication at Falmouth . 301
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TOI ., VIII . 2 R
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), May 2, 1813, page 301, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2428/page/17/
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