Documentary History of the State of New York, Vol. III

Witi respect to ibrbiilding tliem the Sacraments, we must ohstrxe that it is the custom of our C:iurch for the Ministers and Elders, byOrder of the C'cmsistory to go to the Hi>uses of the Communicants, to in\ite tlum to ctinmunicate, -- In the Course of these Visilatious it has hajpened, tliat some of the Members of the Church told t'.x Ministeis and Kldcrs, that tliey would not acknowledge the Consistory as lawful; liretmding that as the Vote of the Members were refused in tlie Lkction of the Church ofiicers, t!iat tlierefore the Censistory was not a lawful Consistory, upon wliich the Impropriety t»f Vat'w al tending was mentioned to them, tliat as the divine Oidinance nuist in our C;iurch be administered under the Inspection of the Elders & tluy would not acknowledge the Eldejs as such, it could not in tiieir Cimception of tlie Matter, be regularl} admin'stered, but we deny that any one has been l(,rb;d the use of the Sacraments, altho' many of tliera ha\e dtser\ed it

To the X'»': Article we say, tUat it is very difficult to comjtrehend, what is meant, by forcing them to acknowledge M^ Eadlie to be t eir lawful Teacher, and to declare t! at lie must ajid s!:all communicate with the Lutch -- M Laldlie is not fojctd u])en any Person -- No B(dy goes to hear Him but such as c;;use it, and he conmiunicates with none, but such as voluntarily C( me to connnnnicate with him.

It is farther said, tliatif M*" Laidlieis iji Communion wit!i the Dutch, he is intitled to tlieRevenu<s of theDutcli Ministers, we do not undersland that the Comujunicating with tl:e Duleli, can give him any more Right to tlie Isevenues of tlie Dutcli Ministers, than any other Person that comniunicales with the I'utc'i ; the Temporalities are not bound for his S'alajy, but he is ]jaid by a ''oluutaj-y Subscription, as has been already exj^lained.