I preach at the tliree Chiirclies of Jamaica Newtown and Flushing alternately & generally to crowded assenu]»lic-«! who behave during divine Service with the utmost decency & decoruiu, the Churches are neat, well finished buildings, But tho^ of Newtown & Flusliing rather small for the Congregations, the former of wliich the people projxjse to enlarge in the spring of the year, but altho' I reap the satisfaction of enjoying the love & esteem of my hearers, yet I am sorry to acquaint the Society that my happiness is mucli obstructed on ace* of a troublesome Lawsuit I am imder the obligation of commencing against the parish for a Salary of JE60 a year allowed by an Act of the Province to the Minister who is legaHy inducted by the Govern the law for raising this sum obliges the people of the parish insisting of all denominations annuaEy to eleet 10 Vestrymen & d

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Cliurcli Wardens who are to call within one yea,r after a Vacancy, a sufficient protestant Minister of tlie Gospel whom they are to present to the Governor or Commander in Chief of the Province for Induction & as Dissenters compose a great majority of tlie Parish, they are careful to admit none into those Offices, but such as are opposed to calling & presenting a Minister of the Cliurch of England and in order to evade paying the Salary (which being raised by tax they complain of as a burthen) L at the same time comply with the law, they some years ago called & presented to the Govern a Minister of the Presbyterian persuasion but he was refused induction : & as the act only specifics that he who is called, shall be a sufficient Protestant Minister of the Gospel, without confining them to any particular denomination, they imagine that the Law has been complied with on their parts & absolutely refuse paying me any money raised by Virtue of that Act, notwithstajiding my being inducted, by Authority from liis Excejlency the Governor, as I am destitute of a caU from them, who being dissenters & chiefly Presbyterians are averse to the supporting of the Church of England.