The Monmouth inquirer., 1926-08-05
Records Of the
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Ordered, That Mr.. BOYD shall supply
Woodbridge every third Sabbath and
the Presbe terry is to write to the people
of Freehold desiring their consent there
to.
/ A letter was received from the people
of Freehold about the settlement Of Mr..
Boyd among them.
WALTER KER DIssENTs.
/ At the meetingin philadelphia Sept.
81, 17101 Walter Ker, Detained the
Presbytery, and the matter was REFER
ed to Rev. Mr.. Morgan.
I'LL. No report was 2 iven Of the
affair Of Walter Ker owing to the abb
! senc of Rev. Mr. Morgan.
1912, Sept. 10. The business of Wal
ter Ker mentioned in the year ITO and
continued last year and being of so
long standing, and falling of itself, the
| Presbytery thought good to pass it
without any further notice.
REV. WILLIAM TENNENF DIssENTs
FROM PRESRYTERY.
1718. nth day.
! Mr.. William Tennent's affair being
transmitted by the committee to the
Synod, was by them fully considered.
being we'll satisfied with his credentials.
and the testimony of some brethren here
present, as also they were satisfied with
the material reasons which he offered
concerning his dissenting from the es-
tablished Church in Ireland; being put
to vote of the Synod, it was carried
i'll the Affirmative to admit him as a
member Of the Synod. Ordered, that his
reasons be inserted in the Synod book
a. futuram rel memoriam. The SYNOD
also ordered that the moderator should
give him serious exhortation to con
Time steadfast in his new holy pro-
I fession, which was done.
The reasons of Mr.. William Tennent
for his dissenting from the establish
ed Church in Ireland, delivered bv him
to the Reverend Synod, he d at Phila-
delphia, the 18th day of September,
171S
Imprimis. Their government by
Bishops, Arch-Bishops, Deacons, Arch
Deacons, Canons, Chapters, Chancel-
lors, Wears, wholly anti-scriptura.
9. Their discipline by Surrogates, and
ChancelIors in their Courts Ecclesias-
tic, without foundation in the Word
of God.
3. There abuse of that supposed dis
cipline by Communication.
4. A Dioceson Bishop connot be
founded iure divine upon those Epis-
ties to Timothy or Titus, nor anywhere
else in the word of God, and so is
mere human invention.
s. The usurped power of the Bish-
ops, at their yearly visitations, acting
all of themselves, without consent of the
brethren.
6. Pluralties of beneices
Lastly. The Churches conniving at
the practice Of Armenian doctrines in
consistent tn the eternal purpose of
God, and an encouragement of vice.
BesidesI could not be satisfied with
their ceremonial way of worship.
Thomas Gordon and Robert Gordon
were Elders and seemed to have an inn
portant part in the PresbyterS.
Gilbert and William Tennent, jr., are
frequently named in the minutes,
Newark, May Is. 174S
A paper was upon this given in by
Mr.. Jonathan Dickerson, In his own
name, and in the names Of Messrs.
Ebenezer Pemberton, John Pierson,
and AKRON Burr, having previously de-
clared that they complain of no I'M
| friendly or unbrotherly treatment from
the Synod with relation TO themselves,
but that their conduct in this affair
which said paper is in parts as follows:
As l look upon myself to be a MEM
Der of the Synod of Philadelphia, and
have a continued right to sit and act
in the same as such, so look upon the
New Brunswick Presbytery, and those
other brethren that adhere to them, and
are therefore shut out of the Synod on
that account, to be truly members of
this Synod as myself, or any others
whatsoever, and have just claim to
sit and act with us. / cannot, therefore,
at present see my way clear to sit and
act as though we were the Synod of
Philadelphia while the New Bruins
wick Presbytery, and the other MEM
bers with them, are kept out of the Syn
cd in the manner they now are.
A proposal or agreement and union
between US and the brethren of New
Brunswick was sent to those brethren
by Mr.. Aaron Burr, which is as fol-
lows. viz.
Proposals made to the New Bruins
wick brethren, in order to their being
admitted to take their places in the Sy-
nod, upon Scripture foundation.
Forasmuch as we are informed that
the New Brunswick brethren are willing
and DESTROYS of reconciliation and union
with the Synod, and to know on what
terms this may be obtained: That the
sal brethren may be fully persuaded
that we have no deli bit in division for
its own sake, but on the contrary, are
sincerely DESTROYS Of union and peace
upon just and reasonable terms, so that
upon our cordial agreement there be a
foundation laid, that, through Gods
blessing, may prevent the havock and
destruction Of the church threatened by
our common enemies. Therefore we
propose;