| Mr. Cooper | A man from the Borough of Southwark in the county of Greater London, who is the minister of Mr. Goodwin. Mr. Cooper "labours much with him," in an attempt to show him the scandal he has wrecked upon his family through his associations with Mrs. Pigeon and Mrs. Jones. When these attempts fail, Mr. Cooper suspends Mr. Goodwin from the Sacrament, to which Mr. Goodwin shows no desire to be restored. (4, 12) | Let the Reader note, that Mr. Goodwin is a member of Mr. Coopers Congregation, Mrs. Jones a member of Mr. Kiffins Church, and Mrs Pigeon of Mr. Hansard Knowles.
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His owne Minister Mr. Cooper, a judicious, learned, tender-hearted Christian, labours much with him, sets the scandall notably before him; and at last thinking thereby to awaken him (all other meanes having proved uneffectuall) with the consent of the Eldership suspends him from the Sacrament, which he values so little, that to this day he so continues, without so much as once desiring to be restored, professing his conscience is cleare, and that he values the reproofs of Ministers no more then the dirt under his feet: Thus he goes on from bad to worse() |