We the Minister and Consistory of the French Reformed Protestant Churcii in the City of New York being deeply sensible of tlie favour which Your Excellency and the Honourable Councel have been pleased to conferr on us in ordering that M"" Moulinar and the rest of the Consistory of said Church should be served with a Copy of the Peticon of several! of the Members of the said Church in behalf of themselves and others of their brethren as also a Certain instrument in writing under the hands of some French inhabitants Termed an act of opposition to which is subjoined a Protestacon under the hand of the Reverend M"^ Lewis Rou against the act of the Consistory therein menconed as being an unjust violent and irregular proceeding Done against all manner of form without any Lawful! reason without a sufficient and Competent authority and even without having heard him, in short as being contrary to their Disciplin and word of God and Equity Done at New York the 31^^ of December 1724. signed Lewis Rou Minister of the ffrench Church.

Whereupon a fortnights time is granted to make answer to the aliegacons tliereof by the order of this Honourable Board We being now and at a!! times willing and Ready to give all dutiful respect and obedience to Your Excellencys orders in Council in return to this favour liave perused and Considered of Your Excellencys said order and the Copys thereunto prefixed by protestacon saving and Reserving to our selves now and at all times the free use and Exercise of that liberty of Conscience belonging and appertaining to tlie French Reformed protestant Churches under the protection of the Crown of Great Britain and the Dominions thereunto belonging And tlie advantage and benefit of Exception to the manifold untruths uncertaintys Errours and imperfections in the same Peticon act of opposition and protestacon of the same Lewis Rou Conteined and not