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All welke Zaaken ende Verrightinge,<br />
zijnde in onze rijpe Consideratie<br />
genomen, zo vinden wij, onder een<br />
volle Betwistheijt van hunne quade<br />
Strekking, genoodtzaekt om tegen u te<br />
vertogen, als de Stichters ende<br />
Aenbrengers van zulken zaaken ende<br />
Maatreegels, als ons zullen berooven<br />
van onze burgerlijke ende<br />
Godsdienstige Regte ende Voorreghten<br />
ende ter Omkeering van die gelukkige<br />
Kerk Regeering ende Constitutie<br />
bevestight in de Synod van Dordreght<br />
ende bekraghtight by Capitulatie in het<br />
Yaer 1664 ende verder verzeekerd aen<br />
deese Gemeente by de voorige<br />
Koning’s Brief <strong>of</strong>te Charter in het Yaer<br />
1720.<br />
Moghte de alweetende Godt, inblaazen<br />
in uwer Haerten, een waren chrijstelyke<br />
Maatigheijt, zo dat gij doenen mogen<br />
wat reght is, by spoediglyk zulken<br />
Maatregels te neemen, waardoor<br />
Vreeden ende Eendraght, wederom<br />
mogte herstelt worden aen deese<br />
Gemeente, een Zeegening, welke wij<br />
bevatten, kan voltoyt werden, alleen bij<br />
U ganschelijk te vernietigen <strong>of</strong>te<br />
herroepen, de kerkeraad’s Besluijt <strong>of</strong>te<br />
Credentials by U aen U Predikant<br />
gegeven den 9th dezer Mant.<br />
[in margin - RN] Albanij 17th Sept.<br />
1773<br />
NB Daer zijn nog een hondert ende drie<br />
en seventigh Personen behalven deese<br />
Volgende, welke geteekent hebben aen<br />
de engelse Petietie van welke dit een<br />
Copij is.<br />
P.S. de engelsche Petitie wordt hier<br />
mede ook ingelevert<br />
312<br />
All which matters and transactions being<br />
taken into our most serious consideration<br />
we find ourselves upon full conviction <strong>of</strong><br />
their ill tendency to remonstrate against<br />
you as the authors and promoters <strong>of</strong><br />
measures tending to deprive us <strong>of</strong> our<br />
civil and religious rights and privileges<br />
and subversive <strong>of</strong> that happy Church<br />
Constitution established in the Synod <strong>of</strong><br />
Dortreght and confirmed by the<br />
capitulation in the year 1664 and farther<br />
secured to this congregation by his late<br />
Majesty’s Royal Charter in the year<br />
1720.<br />
We do therefore as members <strong>of</strong> the said<br />
Church protest against all your said<br />
transactions and hereby signify our<br />
dissent thereto. 700<br />
May the allwise God inspire your minds<br />
with true Christian moderation so that<br />
you may do that which is right, by<br />
speedily pursuing some measures<br />
whereby peace, and concord be again<br />
restored to our Congregation, a blessing<br />
which we conceive can only be<br />
accomplished by your disannulling or<br />
repealing the Consitorial resolution or<br />
credentials by you made to your Minister<br />
on the 9th instant. 701<br />
[in different handwriting – RN] Albany,<br />
17th September 1773<br />
[Note: There are 173 people in addition<br />
to the following who have signed the<br />
petition in English, <strong>of</strong> which this is a<br />
copy.]<br />
[P.S. The petition in English is thus also<br />
submitted now.]
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