The Rev. Messrs. Van Sinderen and Rubel, continued to officiate in the church, until the close of the revolutionary war, in 1783. With regard to these individuals, several unpleasant difficulties arose in the five congregations of the county, who were under their pastoral charge, —and as their residence, as that of all the previous ministers had been, was at Flatbush, the inhabitants of this town took a warm and active interest in these differences. The particulars of these, it would not be edifying to relate. In regard to politics, which during the revolutionary struggle, was a matter of deep interest; the Rev. Mr. Van Sinderen appears to have been in favor of the American cause, and the Rev. Mr. Rubel, strongly opposed to it. On a fast day which was ordered to be kept by the Provincial Congress, the latter preached in Flatbush, from the text, "honor the king;" when among other things, he said, "people could do as well without a head as without a king." This gave great offence to those who were in favor of throwing off the British yoke.

At the close of the war, in June 1784, at the request of the united Consistory, the Rev. Mr. Van Sinderen resigned his charge, and on the 12th of July, in the same year, was declared Emeritus and a certain salary voted to him as such, which was regularly paid him, until the day of his death, which occurred on the 23d of July, 1796. He was interred in the grave yard at Flatlands, to which place he had removed some few years previously. The Rev. Mr. Ruble, was for certain causes, which it is not necessary to mention, deposed from the office of the sacred ministry, by the Synod of the Reformed Dutch Church, in the early part of the year 1784. He remained under this censure, till the time of his death, which took place in 1799. His remains lie interred the public cemetery of the Reformed Dutch Church of Flatbush.

In the year 1785, a call was made on the Rev. Martinus Schoonmaker, then officiating at Gravesend and Harleam. He having accepted the call, the congregation of Gravesend was admitted formally into the combination. On the 28th of October, 1787, the Rev. Peter Lowe, a native of Ulster County, who had completed his theological studies under the Rev. Dr. Livingston, was installed colleague pastor with Mr. Schoonmaker. These two continued to preach alternately in the old church, until it was taken down, in the year 1794. All the services of the above named ministers, were performed in the Dutch language, until the 10th of April, 1792, when it was resolved that the service in the afternoon, in the congregations of Brooklyn, Flatbush and New-Utrecht, should be In in the English language, on such days as the Rev. Mr. Lowe should preach in those places.

n the year 1785, the church became incorporated. As this introduced an important change in the management of the fiscal concerns, it may be proper here to present the following statement, of the manner in which the temporalities of the church had been previously administered, and the steps taken to obtain the incorporation.