Secondly, that the call on which M"" Antonides came over is Expressed to bee made by a Generall towne meeting (wliicl; apears to haue been the usuaU way in Such Casses) and that apears utterly false by the Examinations, for that the pretended authority for making that call apears not to be given in a public^ meeting, but to be obtained Privatly &" Clandestinely by Procuring Subscriptions in Going from house to house & there ushig false Lisinuations concerning IVP" Freeman.

Thirdly that tlie said pretended call mentions the having obtained the Gov^^ License, & aprobation for making the said' call, AViiereas it appears by the oath of the Lord Cornbuiy then

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Gov'" & tliire own confession that the Lord Corubiirj, did not give any License, to make that call,

Fourthly that on the contrary it apears that M"" Freeman was called by a generall Towne Meeting Publiqly assembled (as has'alwaies been Customary) for which the Express License & aprobation of the Lord Cornbury then Governour had bein first obtained.

FiFTLY that the having a License from the Gov^ was Esteemed necessary even by M"^ Antonides himselfe & tliose that sided with Mm, Since both he & they frequently aplyed to obtain Sucli a License ; as appears by Seaverall letters to the Late Lady Cornbury, & M''^ Peartree, under tlie hand of the said Antonides & of the Said pretended Elders for the truth of which wee the Subscribers refer our Selves to the Examinations & the Respective papers produced at the taking thereof-- Eut notwithstanding the right w^ee Conceive the said M"" Freeman has to the said Churches, Yet as M»' Freeman and those of his side haue out of a Christian Principle for pease Sake & to avoid all further Differences in the Said Churches offered to Devide Equally the pains & profit of the Said Churches, Wee humbly Conceive those Measures most reasonably & Conducieve to the Entire Reconciliation of both ministers and Partyes, this wee offered before, to the other Gentlemen of the Comitee as being agreable to the Opinion of the Classis of Amsterdam Signified by tliire Letters to that Purpose.