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

O'Callaghan, E.B., ed. The Documentary History of the State of New York, Vol. III. Albany: Weed, Parsons and Co., 1850. 260 words

The publick & Private Preaching of his agamst an Express Prohibition, The making use of Doctrines & Ceremonys which in some measure are Contrary to the practice of our Church, in others at least wholly & Totally not accustomed; The refusing of due obedience towards his Superiors, another Circumstance without which no body no single Christian, no private person, much less a Parson a Preacher, ought to fail in, namely his not having the manual of Christians with him, I mean the Holy Bible, further his suspicious Company in which he arriv'd. His living (contrary to aU the rules of decency & actually subject to Scandal) in company with a woman of full age & unmarried & making use of the same bed with her even suppose she was (as he says) his own daughter. I cannot avoid declaring my humble Opinion, That all the Circumstances of this man Connected afford the highest degree of Suspicion unto me.

The Lord who is the real Truth, who distroyeth Lyars, unto whom the false are an abomination. Make Evident by his wusdom in a short time this hidden secret of Malice wliich no doubt is Concealed in the foregoing Case, And Powerfully preserve liis Church from Intruding Hirehngs as these are.

Unto his faitlifull Protection Your most Rever^ with the Whole of youi* most Reverends Consistory is uprightly recommended by him who with the highest Esteem has the Honoui' to remain Your most Reverends most Humble Servant

CounceUor of the Government k Consistory of the Duke of Wurtemburg, and advocatus Fisci Ecclesiastici