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7 Church of New York - Because of the acceptance of the call by Rev. Laidlie, a gallery must be constructed in his church . 3909
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Dec. 20. Rev. Dr. Samuel Johnson to Archbishop Secker - Answers to the anonymous book against the Church of England - Desirability of training Indian lads at Kings College - Necessity of a Bishop - Fanaticisms in New England - Missionaries needed there - Evil of Charter Govern- ments . 3909, 3910 Origin of St. Paul's Church, New York City 3910, 3911 Other items in 1763 3911, 3912 1764.
Jan. 8. Church of New York - Enlargement of the New Church (Cedar and Nassau Streets) 3912 20. Sir Wm. Johnson to the Lords of Trade - Request to abolish the Jesuit Missions - Their lands would endow an Eng- lish Bishoprick in Canada, etc. 3912, 3913
25. Call of Rev. Johann Michael Kern to German Church in New York 3913
Feb. 16. Church of New York - John Montanye and his lists of names - Adrian Van der Sman charged before Consistory with forging Domine Ritzema's name in reference to his call to Saugerties - Discharged from office. 3914
Mar. 8, 14, 18. Consistory of New York to Classis of Amsterdam - · account of Van der Sman's forgery of Domine Ritzema's name, and of that of the Consistory of Saugerties, in order to intrude into the ministry - Opponents of English preaching - Enlargement of New Church - Petition in behalf of Van der Sman, rejected. 3914, 3915
19. Acts of the Deputies - Letters from West Indies; Also from Rev. de Ronde, concerning his translation of the Catechism - Book conditionally approved. 3915, 3916 23, April 1. Church of New York - Plan of seats in New Church - Arrival of Rev. Laidlie. 3916, 3917 26. Rev. Samuel Seabury to Society for Propagating the Gos- pel - Prayer Books and tracts received for Jamaica - Opposition of infidelity and Quakerism - Small church attendance 3917
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2. Account of church of St. Martins, W. I .- Letters to West Indies approved - Letter from De Ronde read in Classis, and report on his book by the Deputies approved - Let- ters from Jakson and Stapel to be answered .. 3917-3920
2. Classis of Amsterdam to the Conferentie - Action of the Synod and the Classis, on the Coetus and Conferentie affairs, sent for circulation among those subordinate to the Classis - A copy of the same given to Hardenberg .... 3920 4, 9. Church of New York - Proposals of "The Dutch party " to the Consistory, in reference to English preaching. 3920, 3921 1. Church of New York - Preparations made for an English edition of the Heidelberg Catechism, with proof texts; for the purchase of musical type for an English Psalm Book . 3921, 3922
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May 7. Letters from Ritzema received; also from New York Con- sistory - Private answers to be sent to Rev. Jakson ..... 3922
14, 22. Church of New York - Completing repairs in New Church - Versification of the Psalms in English ...
.. 3922
June 4. Classis approves letters to be sent to De Ronde and Con- sistory of New York 3923
4. Classis of Amsterdam to Rev. De Ronde - Classis adheres to former Act on conditional approval of his book .. 3923
4. Classis of Amsterdam to Consistory of New York - Allusion to action of Consistory in case of Van der Sman - Hopes for harmony in Consistory by arrival of domine Laidlie . 3923, 3924
5. Church of New York - English translation of the Heidel- berg Catechism, approved 3924
18. German church of New York - Domine Kern invited to attend the Conferentie - Church places itself under the Classis of Amsterdam 3924, 3925
19, 20. Efforts for union between the Coetus and Conferentie .. 3925 . 3926
20, 21. Proceedings of the Conferentie, now, for the first, organ- ized as an Ecclesiastical Assembly, with Elders - Affairs at Poughkeepsie, Tappan and Fishkill - Student Lydek- ker asks to be examined 3926, 3927
21. "The Assembly Subordinate to the Rev. Classis" (the organized Conferentie) to the Classis of Amsterdam - Account of the efforts for union - Their new formal "Organization "- References to their successive Acts - The conduct and arguments of the Coctus - Reports of Hardenberg as to the feelings of individual members of Classis, in favor of the Coetus - Refusal of domines Laidlie and Meyer, with their elders, to join in organiz- ing the Conferentie - The positions of domines Blaaw, Westerlo, Kern 3927-3930
29. Church of New York - Manor of Fordham - Francis Hop- kinson to versify the Psalms in English for the Dutch Church 3931
? Revs. Ritzema and De Ronde to the Consistory of Kingston on the Meyer case - Meyer bound by his call to submit to the Classis - If not should be put under censure ...... 3930 5. Rev. Johannes Ritzema to Rev. Winoldus Budde; with Post- script of Sept. 7- Displeased with the conduct of domine Laidlie in not joining the Conferentie - Laidlie seems pleased with the idea of an American Academy and Classis - Domine Cornelius Blaaw - Proposal to send candidates over, to be located here, after their arrival - Congrega- tions thus supplied would pay any reasonable expense - P. S. Domine Erickson has dictated a letter (July 16)- He is feeble, and his church is divided - No minister yet received for Queens county 3931-3933
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July 12, 13. Church of New York - Conditions for selling pews in the New Church (Cedar Street) 3933, 3934 12. Rev. H. Meyer to Rev. Ritzema - Acts of the Convention to seek Union laid before Kingston Consistory - Willing to become " subordinate to Classis of Amsterdam ". 3934, 3935 13. Lords of Trade to Lieut. Gov. Colden -Petition of Luther- ans for a Church Charter, denied. 3935
16. Rev. Rhinehart Erickson to the Classis of Amsterdam - Complains of ill-treatment by Rev. Leydt and party - His call to Hackensack in 1725, and his ordination therefor - Subsequent calls - Early disuse of the Dutch - English services preferred - Confesses to intoxication on a certain occasion - His trial and unlimited sentence - Further action on his case - Condemned, unheard, by the Coetus, and his pastoral relation dissolved - Char- acters of the witnesses against him. 3935-3939
17. Petition of Sir James Jay to the King in behalf of Kings College - Its origin - Necessity of more ministers - Zeal of Romish priests - Design of this College - Its governors - Necessity of endowment - About £5000 already raised
- Request for a grant of 20,000 acres of land, of the Crown land, free for rent - (See July 23) . 3940, 3941
18. Church of New York - Further improvement of the New Church (Cedar Street) - Sale of Manor of Fordham lands 3941, 3942
23. Lords of Trade to the Privy Council - Petition of James Jay for 20,000 acres of land for Kings College, granted - (See July 17) 3942
25. Revs. Freyenmoet, Meyer and Cock to Classis of Amster- dam - Van Hoevenberg to be kept under censure until Synod gives its decision - Action approved by Conferentie. Synodalia - Classis reports that its Committee ad res Exteras had obeyed action of Synod of 1763 in the case of the forged letters by Van der Sman 3943 31-Aug. 8. Synod of North Holland - Notarial copies of their action on the Ritzema and Ven der Sman case had been made and sent to New York. 3943, 3944 8. Rev. Ritzema to John Wynkoop of Kingston - Duty of Meyer to submit to Classical authority - Want to rule by a majority vote - Classis wishes no subordination in con- flict with the civil oath - Danger of Dutch Church being considered merely as a Dissenting Church-Domine Meyer's position as to his relation to the Classis and to the Civil Power - Ritzema's remarks on Meyer's position respecting the civil oath - Consistory advised to put Meyer under cen- sure - The language of the oath 3944-3946
20. Church of New York - The German church land - Van der Sman relieved of censure - Van Antwerp appointed cate-
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chist - Domine Laidlie to render all the communion ser- vices, with Preparatory and Thanksgiving sermons, in the New Church 3946
Aug. 23. Rev. H. Meyer refuses to acknowledge subordination .. 3946, 3947 Sept. 27. Church of New York - Consistory receives three letters from Amsterdam - Renting seats in New Church - Two more deacons to be added to Consistory, making ten in all ..... 3947 1.
Oct. Classis receives letter from New York dated May 12 - Ex- tract : Safe arrival of Laidlie; his introduction to his office ; gratitude of the Consistory 3947, 3948
3. Rev. John Ritzema to Rev. Winoldus Budde - Delays in the correspondence - Desirability of candidates who shall be located after arrival - Its effect on the Coetus - The place of Erickson about to be supplied by the Coetus - Request that the names of the Coetus brethren be omitted from the Ministerial Register - Church of Kingston about to depose Meyer - Bad conduct of Erickson - Polemical letters be- tween Presbyterians and Episcopalians 3948, 3949
3. Rev. John C. Fryenmoet to the Classis of Amsterdam - Request for a minister by the combined congregations of Poughkeepsie, Fislıkill, New Hackensack and Hopewell - Must be supordinate to the Classis - Many errorists - Present condition of these congregations - Dismission of Meynema - Settlement of Van Nist by the Coetus - Sub- mission of those churches to the Coetus - Divisions in the congregations - Fryenmoet asked to perform service by op- ponents of the Coetus - Call of Blaaw of Fairfield, N. J., by a committee - Fryeminoet ordains other Consistories of Conferentie men - This action approved by the Confer- entie - Blaaw declines the call - Hence a new call sent to Holland - Domine Henricus Schoonmaker (Coetus) illegal pastor at Poughkeepsie and Fishkill 3949-3951
6. Rev. Samuel Seabury to the Society for Propagating the Gos- pel - Visit of Whitefield and its mischievous results - Many strolling preachers and exhorters - Misrepresenta- tions of the Church of England - His efforts against these at Jamaica 3952
9. Consistory of Kingston to Revs. Fryenmoet and Cock and their Consistories - Requested to meet and try their min- ister, Rev. H. Meyer, for exciting divisions in the church, refusing ecclesiastical counsel, and declining subordination to Classis of Amsterdam 3952
9. Rev. G. D. Cock to Rev. H. Meyer - Informs him that Rev. Fryenmoct and himself have been requested to assist the Consistory in restoring peace at Kingston - The charges against him - Request him to appear before them to reply to these charges 3953
9. Rev. H. Meyer to Revs. Cock and Fryenmoet - Acknowledges receipt of request to appear before them - Asks for infor-
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mation as to what they desire, and what is the character of their Convention 3953
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9. Rev. H. Meyer to Revs. Cock and Fryenmoet - Willing to reply to any charges made by his Consistory before a law- fully constituted Convention - Acknowledges his obligation to the Netherland Church and the King of Great Britain - This Convention irregular, both ecclesiastically and civ- illy - Refuses to appear before an unlawful Convention, but will appear before a lawful one 3953, 3954 9. Revs. Cock and Fryenmoet to Rev. H. Meyer - Declare their Convention lawful - Church of New Paltz partizan - Rev. Cock competent 3954
9. Rev. Meyer to Revs. Cock and Fryenmoet - Church of New Paltz competent to sit in Convention - Rev. Cock civilly incompetent to sit as a judge - Surprise at their unwill- ingness to call a lawful Convention - Urges the Consistory to proceed legally 3955
9, 10. Revs. Fryenmoet and Cock and their elders visited King- ston, at the invitation of the Consistory, to request Rev. Meyer to confer with his Consistory in an ecclesiastical manner, before them, in reference to the schisms in the church; in rejecting ecclesiastical advice; in refusing sub- ordination to the Classis of Amsterdam; and in refusing a friendly conference on the subject.
His refusal to appear before an illegal Assembly - Rea- sons of its illegality - The Assembly rejects his reasons.
He had been married as alleged, by an illegally ordained minister of the Coetus party - He was about to agree to subordination to the Classis, when he was requested to take the civil oath, which he did - Legal advice declared the oath related to Romanism only - After taking the oath, he refused " subordination to the Classis of Amsterdam."
II? In reference to the division in the Church - Many follow example of Meyer and refuse "Subordination " -- Committee of Five join with the Consistory to punish Meyer.
III. Meyer despised ecclesiastical advice - Meyer's suspension from his office, for refusing advice, and de- clining " Subordination " - Referred to the Consistories of New York and to the Synod. 3955-3959 11. Proposed Act to appropriate the moneys accruing from fines on Moravians and Quakers - Council declines to act ... 3960 12. Rev. Jacob Hardenberg to Classis of Amsterdam -Takes exception to the language of Classis as to his Commission - The Coetus made the request, not himself - His curt treatment by Classis - Their misunderstanding of the language of Coetus - Effect of his treatment while in Holland - Continued efforts for a close union with Hol-
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land - The difficulties involved by living under another Power - Need of a Seminary in America - Have peti- tioned for a Charter - More able to endow an institution than Episcopalians or Presbyterians - American minis- ters cannot be members of ecclesiastical Assemblies in Holland - Domine Meyer and the civil oath - Opinion of lawyers - Request the Classis to modify their de- mands - The Coetus becoming stronger - Classis should not be too bitter against Leydt's pamphlet - The Coetus party not in the minority at Fishkill, as represented - Coetus has adherents in all the churches. 3960-3963
Oct. 13. The Coetus to the Classis of Amsterdam - The effort at union in June, 1764 - Desire of the Coetus for liberty, yet close union with the Netherland Church - Subordi- nation, destitute of all power is contrary to the Nether- land Church Constitution - Invalidity of the Classical arguments: from planting; from only partial member- ship of Classis -Our inherent right to manage our own affairs - Right of ordination involved in pastoral office - Duty of neighboring ministers to perform it - Equality of ministers - Impossibility of getting enough ministers from Holland - Most other denominations ordain here - Dangers of the Voyage - Episcopalians unable to ordain - Presbyterians get ten ministers to the Episcopalians' one - Other churches have Seminaries, seven or eight in number - The Dutch, Bone yet - The English language must prevail-Copy of the Civil Oath sent -(See this under Aug. 8, 1764)- Members of one Civil Power ean- not be constituent members of the Ecclesiastical Bodies of another Civil Power - Close Alliance practicable, with full liberty - Counsel desirable - Desire to forgive and forget - High-handed conduct of Fryenmoet in ordaining new Consistories at Fishkill, etc 3963-3967 13. Rev. Lambertus De Ronde to Rev. W. Budde - Pleased with the approbation of his "System of Truth " - Sorry at seeming omissions - Thoroughly orthodox - Grieved that Laidlie refuses full subordination to the Classis .... 3967 18, 31. Nov. 14. Church of New York - Exchange of lots - Re- ceives gifts of ornaments - Consistory to relieve individ- uals from all costs involved in defending the church in the lawsuit of "The Dutch Party " - Church seats - Lots of Harpending 3968
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Mrs. Grant's description of Albany. Dutch and English churches 3969
Other items in 1764 3969, 3970 1765
Jan. ? Aets of the Deputies - Classis receives supplements to let- ters of June 21, 1764, dated Sept. 4, 1764, about Meyer's
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scruples as to the oath; also a copy of Ritzema's letters to Prof. Budde, of July 8 and Sept. 7, 1764, about send- ing over candidates to be subsequently located; also a call from Queens County 3970
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7. Church of New York -The lots of Harpending - Domine De Ronde's residence - Indemnifying members arrested in the " Dutch Party " suit - Repairing the German church. 3970 3971
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8. Classis receives three packets of letters from New York ... 3971
4. Conferentie asks permission to qualify candidates and send them over - Granted - De Ronde declares his orthodoxy in reference to his book - Coetus proposes some kind of Federation with the Church of the Netherlands: Referred to the Deputati for legal advice - Also a letter from Rev. Meyer of Oct. 25, 1764, of same import. 3971, 3972
4. Classis of Amsterdam to the Conferentie or Subordinate Assembly - References to numerous letters received - Grief at the failure of the parties to unite in June, 1764 - Surprised that Laidlie did not unite with the "Sub- ordinate Assembly " - Denials of Profs. Budde and Bon- ner as to their favoring the Coetus - Classis will try to fill the call for Poughkeepsie, etc .; and for Queens Co .; had advertised for ministers to go to America - Permis- sion given to ordain Lydekker - Classis cannot judge on the Verbryck matter; approves censure on Van Hoeven- berg; cannot decide on Erickson's case- Considers the ado about the Civil oath farfetched - Will write once again to the Coetus brethren in April 3972-3974
4. Classis of Amsterdam to Rev. Archibald Laidlie - Ex- presses surprise that he does not join the " Subordinate Assembly " - Exhortation to him to unite with the Con- ferentie 3974, 3975
4. Classis of Amsterdam to Rev. Lambertus De Ronde - Prasies him for his orthodoxy 3975
9. Rev. Meyer's sermon on John 18: 12, 13: "Then the band and the captain and officers of the Jews took Jesus, and bound him, and led him away to Annas first," etc .- Ap- plications crafty counsels against the righteous; partial judges; applied to the Consistory of Kingston ......... 3976
28. Address of Rev. Ritzema to the churches, with an Extract, from the Acts of the Synod of North Holland [1763] concerning American Affairs 3976-3982
Mar.
8. German Reformed Church, New York City - Corner-stone of church laid 3982
21, 29. Church of New York - Petitions for certain lots for a burial ground 3982, 3983
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4. Call of Rev. Isaac Rysdyk to Fishkill, Poughkeepsie, New Hackensack and Hopewell 3983-3985
26. Suit of Hardenbrock, etc., against Consistory of Church of New York -( See Nov. 11, 1767) 3985-3988
May 6. Call of Rysdyck approved by the Classis of Amsterdam, and accepted by him - Installed over the churches of Fishkill, etc .- Coctus matters discussed - Rev. Hermanus Boelen accepts call to Queens county 3989
June
8. Church of New York - Improvements to the church .. ... 3990
3. Letter to Rev. Win. Jakson about his improper language to the Classis - His apology 3990
3. Classis of Amsterdam to the so-called Coetus - Former ex- pressions of opinion of the Classis and Synod on the right to ordain claimed by the Coetus sufficient - The so-called " American Classis " and its demands - Coetus had no power to make a Classis - Classis of Amsterdam has no right to form an American Classis - Subordination of one ecclesiastical body to another not tyranny - If Coetus decides for independence, she must not expect recognition of it by the Classis - The arguments of the Coetus for their independency not valid; argument from non-repre- sentation in Classis not valid; argument from necessity of more ministers partizan; argument from the rights en- joyed by the Presbyterians inconsistent, for Coetus had rejected argument from history; arguments from other denominational institutions not valid, but a reason for sending students to Holland; argument from disuse of the Dutch language not valid, as language has nothing to do with subordination; argument from no loss of con- tributions not a reason for withdrawing from a legal sub- ordination - The civil oath to England does not conflict with ecclesiastical subordination: that civil oath relates only to Romanists toleration in England to all Protes- tants - Legal advice sent over only curious - The pro- posed "closer union " and " subordination " involve inconsistencies and contradictions - References to Fryen- moet and his illegal conduct. 3991-3996
28. Rev. Samuel Seabury to the Society for Propagating the Gospel - Circumstances connected with the Episcopal churches of Queens county - Call of Rev. Mr. Cutting - Alleged bad influence of the Quakers. 3997
July 22. Call of Rev. Herman L. Boelen to churches of Queens County - Installed in said churches by the Classis - Examination
of Antonius Kuyper - Synodalia: Report to Synod. 3997, 3998
29. Church of New York - Translation of Hellenbroek's Cate- chism into English - Collection for Indian missionaries - Latin and English Grammar school established. 3999 30. German Church of New York, bond to 3999-4000
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July 30-Aug. 8. Synod of North Holland - Dismissal of Rev. Isaac Rysdyck to Poughkeepsie, and Hermanus L. Boelen to Long Island - Matters relating to New York and New Jersey, left to the Classis of Amsterdam. 4000
Aug. 1. Church of New York - Subscription for building a Latin schoolhouse 4001
20. Rev. Lambertus De Ronde claims the right to preach in English in private houses, and occasionally in Presby- terian churches when invited - Does not neglect his own services 4001-4004
Sept. 9. Rev. Lambertus De Ronde to the Classis of Amsterdam, per John Kalkoen - Does not approve of Marshall's book on Sanctification - Pleased that the Classis approved his certain doctrinal statements - Arrival of Rev. Rysdyck - Rev. Laidlie does not believe in "Subordination to Clas- sis " 4004, 4005
9. Rev. Lambertus De Ronde to Rev. John Kalkoen - Diffi- culties connected with the introduction of English preach- ing in New York and the coming of Rev. Laidlie - Laid- lie's independent course of action and novelties intro- duced - Efforts to induce Laidlie to become subordinate to Classis - Difficulties about De Ronde's preaching in English . . 4005-4007
10. Rev. John Ritzema to the Classis of Amsterdam - Thanks for the copy sent of their letter to the Coetus, of June 3, 1765 - Arrival of Rev. Rysdyk, and his pleasure in the city - Candidates and vacancies - " Subordination " very distasteful to Rev. Laidlie - The lawsuit about Eng- lish preaching - De Ronde has joined the " Dutch Party " - His opposition to Laidlie - The desirability of the Dutch Professorship of Theology in Kings College - Princeton desires to unite with the Coetus for such a Professor 4007-4009
16. Church of New York - Payment for the font of musical type - English edition, 2000 copies, of the Psalter with music, and the Liturgy to be published, with 500 copies of the Heidelberg Catechism - The translation of the Hel- lenbroek Catechism completed 4010
7. Prof. Curtenius seeks approval of his book on " Things Hard to be Understood ". 4010
7. Domine Ritzema requests Consistory to appoint elders to hear the Classical letter to the Conferentie - Refusal of Consistory 4010, 4011
8-10. Proceedings of the Assembly Subordinate to the Classis (the Conferentie)- Classical letter read -The case of the church of Marbletown - The members of this " Sub- ordinate Assembly " subscribe the original " Fundamental Articles " of the Coetus of April 27, 1738, in the Coetus
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Minute Book - The case of Tappan - Resolution to print 400 copies in English and 600 in Dutch of the copy of the Classical letter to the Coetus, of June 3, 1765 - Case of Van Hoevenberg - The case of Kingston and domine Meyer - The student Lydekker licensed 4011-4013
Oct. 15. Church of New York - Committee appointed to write to Classis respecting the position of the New York Consist- ory in reference to the schism and the lawsuit .. . .. 4013
22. The "Subordinate Assembly " (or the Conferentie) to the Classis of Amsterdam - Members of the Assembly - Complaints against the Coetus - Consistory of New York not friendly - The independent spirit of Revs. Verbryck and Meyer - May appeal to the British King against the Coetus faction - Alleged arbitrary interpretation of Scripture and Church Order 4013, 4014
26. The Elders and Deacons of the Church of New York to the Classis of Amsterdam - Request of Rev. Ritzema that the Consistory should appoint delegates to the Conferentie - First request in ten years - Consistory resolved to unite with neither party - Lust of power seems to dominate each - Domine Ritzema to be excepted, who would prefer, as he says, to withdraw from the Conferentie - Classis asked to authorize him to do so - That Assembly would soon die without Ritzema - De Ronde unequal to his colleagues - His attempts at preaching in English - Dom- ine Laidlie has the largest audiences - Unwise for the Consistory now to join the Conferentie after being ignored in its councils since 1751 - Classis should rebuke De Ronde - Laidlie misrepresented before Classis - True account of his position - The " Dutch Party " yet remains obstinate - Technical construction of their Charter about the right of members voting - Consistory sued by the " Dutch Party " - Information asked as to the method of appointment of the Amsterdam Consistory, whether by the old Consistory or by popular vote. 4015-4018
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