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Nov. ye 19.

Leonard and Mr. Richardson, talking upon the matter
of the Ministry, disagreed not a little. Mr. Richardson
says my brother hath got into his head manie
unscriptural notions, and that he will never be of service
in the Church until he casts them off. He saith, moreover,
that he shall write to Mr. Ward concerning the
errors of the young man. His words troubling me, I
straightway discoursed my brother as to the points of

difference between them; but he, smiling, said it was
a long Storie, but that some time he would tell me the
substance of the Disagreement, bidding me have no
fear in his behalf, as what had displeasured Mr. Richardson
had arisen only from tenderness of conscience.