nal Principles, as appears by the Rev. Dr. Cotton A
in his Ratio Disciplinæ, that you your self cite
authentick Witneſs in ſuch Affairs, Page 160,
' Council coming on the Spot, firſt chufe their M
tor, and uſe all other neceſſary Preliminaries,
' upon they proceed into as publick a Hearing
' can have, ( viz. in the Meeting-houſe ) of the
' that are to come under Examination.' And Pag
" When the Council arrives, they firſt more privatel
themſelves into Order, by chufing a Moderator
ſpeaking with all Perſons concerned, ſo far as they
it needful, by Way of Preparation for their Bu
then they pafs into the Meeting-houſe, where being
conveniently feated, all Perſons that will may ſe
hear all that is done." Here the Dr. is ſpeaking
very Cate, of the Tryal of an offending Pafter. An
Shadow of Reaſon is there in that Excuſe you off
this Privacy, viz. That the only Reaſon why you do
Go into a publick Hearing was, because the Differ
clared they would not ſubmit their Matters to you
Council, as long as you would, and did, notwithſt
take the Matter into your Hands as a Council, to
Caufe, finally to determine and influe it, and aſt ar
cute according to your own judgment, whethe
would or no ? And therefore how it does this al

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is and the preceding Page you refer fix or feven
to Mr. Clap's reading sundry large Papers, and
'tremarkable Incidents thereupon: Whereas four
en prefent well remember, that Mr. Clap did
do one of thofe Papers, but they were all read by
the of the Council, as they were feverally given in
25 Witneffes; and therefore it is impoffible any
T should be done to him while he was reading
papers. And we fuppofe that the Meflage that
We to him, was before the Scribe began to read
But let the Time of the Meflage be when it will,
the regeſion that you add upon it, viz. That the
ver came to know when would be the best Time to
read Mr. Breck, is wholly falfe and groundleſs;
the Meflinger faid nothing of fucha Deſign, but
Meflage was of another Nature.

a mifeprefent and very much diminifh the Matter, infifting on hearing and trying this Caufe of fuch a Cauf concern in private: You ſay, the Weather was too allow the Door to stand open, but it was not kept ſaue out any that we deſired might be preſent: But this now to be true, that You allowed none but Wit- to be preſent: 'Tis true you allowed some Thing was deſired, viz. That the Minifters of the Coun- et were Witneſſes might be preſent, which was de- fer it were ſo, that northin- eſſe could be obtain'd: