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a * tefois , atrtf ^ ad siftfctiffct&d aft offte * btfiftfer Hd Ifcafr ^ nd pia y &fnong Iheln on the vacant sabbaths * Jl r '" &ls *« Ahd ^ t " Wi&- time , ^ fhe tioTitfUe ^ tfttf irinabiiatflsf of © attt 6 > wfes ^^ Afc . tf £ al comrriettt tipo r * that { rais&ige whifcfti &erjrs , - : f t'hfe jl ' ca [ rnal ^'' niind i is « l ; nittfff against God / They had long sought to stop 4 : he work of God in the town , and threats and promises had teen used towards those who' had
embraced the gospel ; falsehoods had &&o beeVti often raised to deter others fYbiii hearing the word , but all those iHings had proved ineffectual . G * od enabled his people to take joyfully the spoiling of their character for his sake , yea and the work of God prospered $ &&& m the ' midst of thirs . It was
therefore consulted how to ptit &n entire stop to it , and the next probable mean to that end was thought to be , the breaking off all manner of dealing with thbse who professed the gospel Unjust as this w ^ , yet the chief part ; oPthe town agreed to it ; and in order to make it the more effectual , articles
were also drawn ap to which they were to put their- names , laying thern-^ elv e& titider an obl igation not 4 ; o buy or . sell any' tiling of or to those who ^ dcouvatged the W 9 )? 6 ^ intending by ifoitf means ta s ** bckietrteiiv and * bring
them to poverty . But here the power v <^ t God Was 'd ' tsplayed : sorn £ o £ < # he < ehief promoters of this scheme refused ' * o ^ sign the articles at last ; t % iis disw ^ fdttraged the rest , s ( o that . vthe " -Matter ^> Was qwhe dropped . Bdt the spirit of it c ^> htirfaed , and Some of the
breth-^ n felt Jbng afterwards by decays '* in } their business , occasioned by the ittaiicc and ' ill servicesof thek eheinies . . - iJii : >** lit 1 779 , the work of God still tveht on , notwithstanding the opjto--sttton it ' ixiet "with , and trie ordinance
; * & ¦ 4 b& Lorjcl * s s upper * - ^ a « min is-^ ter ^ tF by Mr . Gilbert monthly t' 0 / tiear AftV « comtiiubit ? ants ; notwithstanding t ^ hicti , tfrfat petttfrt had neier bee a formed mto a church , nor had they J bieeiji instructed in any kind of djs-\ eip 1 ipey ^ ut | iad bee n taught to ^ espisf ; , a | ft cjfiureh order as detrimerM ^ l ~ . ^ JW-jpoiWpr r 9 jf ; go 4 Uf > c » 3 v . ¦ , ' ! ii € t r M ^ Vidlei ; continu ed to ?«^^ q i se v . fUPQfig' 4 be people ^ aod thiajpaj wciit * b to bear a > worthy Ba |> ti « t mini » ter > in it >( t ^ v « eighbaurhjoo < l , > whose name % vns ^ JPurdyv ^ od wa s 4 > y-jht ^ -cotMreniation * e ^ n vi nccd of ^ ttie iqv&Iklity of in ^ nt
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s ^ feiMlf ^/^ tedvritt 9 ^ lHK ' t ^/^ f- ' H « & h ^ v ^' l ^ ti ^ rtiiJfey irr % n ^ r ^> ftV ^ fbfe corMction ^ e d 4 rfliT 4 « efeai «^ tciJ ^ 9 fi [ l ^ of tfc # hrotherfoo 6 ds ipftb * khift % h * Etom could hcrt fevrt * confg $ S > ^ h 2 t ; telie ^^ l > a {> t ' fdm Wa ^ st Scrota i * e ^ ad 4 Wi * W > yet etlti ^ eate ^ hhh not Vc ^ htmU AicS p € < ac ^ of the brotheTiiobd l bf *] Hfiifaz
baptized . He thew ^ drfrttititttc ^ Ced his thoughts \ & -Mn r Oi $ bel ^;^« ftW afte ¥ frequefit corvversation vmlv ^ Mm , ant ! reading various autho r ^ "bri bdtH sicfes <^{ the' q tiestidn , i&nd " e ^ n ^ fct seeking to Gtfd in prayer for dtr ^ tl *^^
and « being fulry sattsfted -it waA ^ hi « duty to comply with the ordinance ? uptf baptisrn > he g ^ rYe h t ' m § effi tfpt&t God iri that ordinance ; in Januaiy ^ ^^ O , arid w £ « baptized by'Mr ., Purtfw < 3 itei two ittore of the Dtoth ^ rfiob # ^^ gr 1
baptl 25 ed at the sarntf tkiie ^ with Mr . Vidler . And as * the pr 6 ft 5 ^> r ^<> at Battle were not in a churclv ^ s ^ atfe ^ those three who wefe * baptised -joined themselves to the fiapt ' ist church &t Rye , of which Mr . Putd y ^ a& f > ast&r . The baptism of these three ^ perstms gave Mr * Gilbert and - somfe of * ^* e
brotherhood great uneasiness ^ y ano ^ > as Mr . Gilbert supposed niafey i ^ ore would soon become Hap lists if Itfr . Vidl ^ r' continoed to ekeffeise-his gifts aitvong the people , be > th erefbre * ^ infbrmed them / that if- Mr . Vidler
continued to do so , he > was tu ^ der i ^ he necessity of leavfng them . * "Aee&n \ - ittg 4 y , « pon ^ he pe « orile *« refufiirtg > to part with Mr . 'VitHer , Mr . Gilbert lert ~ 4 hem in Febfuaryv ' * fJBOl v > Ttle care of the people was tiow entirely Upon Mr . Vid 4 er , though lie was ^ ot yet called out to the ministry ; ^ bWtuhe
church of Rye thougbt fife to se * t apan the l 6 th day of this month as ^ a ^ day of solettvti pray " er arfd 7 fastiiig 4 ' n order to separate him fbt the sacred work , wtoicfa Was accordingly dorneu 7 ^ ev ^ ral of the people who saw ^ k their * - * te * ty wore also bajMized the-saaie 'dafynfcy Mk Piirdy . In Mamb , l ? 8 Ov ^«« tne thereof tt * e fri ^ rul ^ at Battle w ^ re baptised , ^ wTiich in the whole made the number-aboilt fifteen-. ^ FheymcKw agreed to enter int £ 'a dkturch ^ wte ^ iby jgivtng up themselves ' to one awolher in a ? $ olfemtf « covenanti > iO carmf on the woTship of 40 od together-ama pwteiice vht discipline jA ® AwtdbT Bxnotig them which Ah ej' timttyHii appa \ v *\ ed to j the ch ^ rch ^ s ot > G 4 irisa in tne Newi fl&itamefnt , This > int ^ tftioa Mih ^ . 4 » ettwe ^ gigitilied ^ to ithe ikav . wiRvw ^ y ? <> t
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6 » - ~ u ^ l ^<> ir cfi )^ tkt ^ net > Y . V fV . ^^ t .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Feb. 2, 1817, page 68, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2461/page/4/
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