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Archaeologia Cantiana -  Vol. 1  1858  page 207

Sir  Roger Twysdens Journal from the Roydon Hall MSS

deprave it, and neglect tie use of it in diverse churches, in despite of the lawes established.
   iiii. Fourthly, that Episcopall government, as auntient in this Island as  Christianyty itself deduced and dispersed throughout the Christian world even from ye Apostolicall tyme, may be preserved as the most pious, most prudent, and most safe government for the peace of the Church,
   v. Fifthly, that all differences concerning religion and Ceremonies may "be referred to a lawful!, free, nationall Synode, and, as your Remonstrance1 promiseth, a General Synod of most grave, learned, pious, and judicious divines, the proper Agents, whose Interests, guifts, and callings may quicken them in that great works, whose choise to bee by all ye Cleargy of the land,  beecause all ye Cleargy are to be bound by their resolutions;
and ye determinations of this Synod to bynd us all, when you have first formed them into a law; and this we take to bee according to ye auntient fundamentall Lawes of this land, confirmed by Magna Charta.
   vi. Sixthly, that some speedy and good provision may bee made, as by hys Maty hath beene, and is by all good men desired, against ye odious and abominable scandall of scismaticall and seditious sermons and pamphletts, and some severe lawe made against Laymen for daring to arrogate to themselves, and to exercise the holy function of ye Ministry, who some of them do sowe their impious discontented doctrines even in sacred places, by abuse of sacred Ordinances, to ye advancing of Heresy, scisme, prophanesse, Libertinissme, Anabaptisme, Atheisme.
   vij. Seventhly, that if the coercive power of Ecclesiasticall Courts, by way of Excommunication, be allready abrogated, or shall bee thought fit so to bee, that there may bee some other power and auctoryty speedyly established for the suppressing of .the heynous and now so much abounding sinns of Incest, Adultery, Fornication, and other Crimes, and for ye recovering of Tythes, Repayring of Churches, Probate of Wills, Church assesses, and providing of Bread and wine for ye Communion, and choyce of Churchwardens and other offycers in ye Church, and especyally for Ministers who neglect the celebrating of ye holy Communion, and of Parishioners for not receiving.
   1 Remonstrance to yc King, 15 December, 1641, of ye state of ye kingdom. Collect, of Orders, torn, i., p. 19.—T.

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