DOMINE BERNARDUS ARENSIUS HIS PASSE.

[N. Y. General Entries, IV.]

Permitt and Suffer the Bearer hereof, Domine Bernardus Arensius, to Passe from hence to Albany with his Necessaryes in the Sloope whereof Claes Tysen is Master, and to Officiate there as Pastor of the Augustine or Lutheran Congregation, as formerly under the English Government, witliout any manner of Lett, hindrance or molestacon whatsoever Given under my hand and Scale in New Yorke, the Gth day of November 1674.

E. Andross.

DIFFICULTIES IN THE DUTCH CHURCH AT ALBANY.

At a Council Sept' 25"' 1675.

Present. The Governo'"

The Secretary, Cap* Brockhok-s, IM'' J Laurence, Cap* Dyre,

M'- Fred: Philips.

The matter under Consideracon was ye Complaint of D"

Nicholas van Renslaer against D" Newenhuysen, upon Ace* of

his sending to him by some of y^ Elders on Sunday last, to forbid

him to baptize any children that should be brouglit in tlie

afternoon to be baptized. Upon w^'^ he forbeare coming to ye

Church that time, but said he went to speake with Do

■(■^fiwenhuysen, to know his reason for what lie had done.

AND ADJACENT PLACES. 873

To whome y« said D" replyde aloude in y« street, y' it was because he did not looke upon liim to be a Lawfull Minister, nor his admittance at Albany to be lawfull, whereupon y^ said D" Renslaer desired to speake to him in y^ house, & to shew him what Testimonialls he had, which he admitted, yet afterwards would scarcely looke on them but exclaimed ag^t liim in like manner as before ; That afterwards at M"' Ebbings one of ye Elders, tliey saw all liis Papers, but y® D" still said, y^ one ordeyned in England, had nothing to do with their Church, witliout a Certificate from their Classis.