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< lf KMr . Mey fk *^ , Warden , Moderator begunne with prayer . " The old pstrish church in tins town fe a coUeglate church , the incumbents , ( it the ferm be appropriate to theftn , )
consisting of a Warden and four Fellows . In what sense the term Warden is betfe Used , of with what propriety the term , in thfc present use of it , could be retained , under the Presbyterian system of church discipline , I pretend not to know .
** 4 . Hie Members of the last Classis appointed to deale with Mr . Wigan return'cfc a&swer , That the said Mr . Wigan not desireing r to meete them a 3 members df a GJafcste , feut &s fellow-brethren , proinis&l io -tfetariK ? his scruples to them in writitogt * MN » & jet done *
** 5 w $ J # oa complaint of clandestine j&asiaga Jbf - ? f n Jones * It is ordered , that the Elder ' s of that congregation now at this Classis * doe seriously admonish Sft \ Joftes that there bee noe more such miscariage by him . * 6 . iJebatfc about the removeing the Font at F&fcfroirt tfoe chitfchwardens of th 6 Said palish are Aesired to doe it . Redtte * t sent to them by the Classis .
" 8 . A man thtit is guilty of notorious sinivfc pabliqueiy fcftbwne , when the Elders have tleait with him , arid found some willingtiesse in him to give satisfaction ; they atfe to publish this life willingnesse , and to desire the congregation to t ? ray for Mm , and to pbserve the proceeding of the work of tJod m nini , preparing him for publlque satisfaction . at
" Th ^ 6 th Meeting Manchester , July 8 o , 164 ^ 7 , * ' Tjifc Eldei- * of Eccles ( deputed ) have spoken to Mr . Jones , and he has promifcecl to forbear clandestine tnariages " . 4 f Mr . feivch produced testitiiotiy suprposing him to be Deacon , but produced no letters or orders ; hoe is appointed to produce his letters of ordhvation before hefc execute any ministerial ]
acte . ^ & _• \ . a 4 ^ « A ¦ ^ aft A ^ te B ^^ fc . a ^ ^ acte . ct 6 . All the Elders elect for Didsbury ate desired "to c ' otne to the tiext Classis , to be tryed . * li . Persons not maryed by their own
Ministers , nor pubhquely , may be called before the Congregation all Eldershipp , to shew where , when , and by whom they were maryed , that they tnay free themselves fro id suspicion of living in whoredome .
" , J 2 . Mr . Walker and Mr . Jdhn Wright are desh-ed to tell Mr . Hall , that tiiis is the third day that he hath been expected
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by thfe Classis : that Mr . Holland give ihe like notice to Mr * Briggs ; and Mr . Angier is desired to speake to Mr . Mai > tindale ^ to know the reason of his not coming , seeing he hath professed to have received satisfaction . " The 7 th Meeting at Manchester ' August 4 th , 1647 .
" 3 . Ordered that Mr . Hall be summon ed to answer his non-appearance , and for some mtscariages in his Mhmtry , and unlesse he engage himselfe to come to the next Classis , to stand disallowed . Mr . Walker and John Wright appointed hereunto . " 4 ^ Mr . Birch not allowed to exercise ministeriall actes within this Classis .
<* 10 . Agreed that the Elders elect of Didsbury should be summoned agahie by Mr . Clayton to come to the next Meeting . " The 8 th Meeting at Manchester ^ September 2 d , 1647 . " Mr . Ad . Martindale to bee warned to appeare at the " next Meeting by Mr . Attgier *
** 5 . Mi \ James Hall appeared , acknowledg ed his mistake in baptizing ^ being unordained : hath liberty till the next Meeting but one to prepare for his ordination . € t 6 . The btisinesse about Capn . Birch , of Ardwicke , received upon appealc into the Classis .
The 9 th Meeting at Manchester , October 6 th , 1647 . ^ " 3 . Complaint made by Mr . Woolmer of 2 Elders > who neglect the discharge of their duty after the acceptation of their office ; viz . Hich . Rogers and Rich . Cowper . Q rdefred that a warrant be sent for them to appeare at-the next Meeting .
" The 10 th Meeting at Manchester , November 3 ° , 1647 . " 5 . Ordered that Mr . Hall , Mr . Briggs , Mr . Brerely , be peremptorily summonM to the dassicall Meeting . No extracts can be given from the 11 th and 12 th Meetings , which are
entirely taken up with matters of scandal / against Mr . Tobie Furnes , the Minister of Prestwitch . The details are very curious and characteristic of the tirrr £ s ; but , upon the whole , I think they could not be inserted with propriety in a work addressed to general readers .
" The 13 th Meeting at Manchester , January 5 ° , 1647 . [ By mistake , instead of 1648 . ] " 5 . Mr . Benson produced allegations against his Elders at Choriton , upon which James Chorlton , Elder at Chorllerton , [ same as Chorltonl \ confessed tluU
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^ 30 ^ Account of the Es tab lishment of Pres byterianism in Afanekester-.
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Sept. 2, 1821, page 530, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2504/page/26/
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