9/66 But the shortest way were:--Take away ecclesiastical dignities, honours, and preferments on both sides, and all would soon be hushed; those ecclesiastics would be quiet, and then the people would come forth into truth and liberty. But I will not engage in this quarrel. Yet I shall lay this engagement upon myself,--to remain "Your faithful friend and servant, "M. Wall.[1] "Causham: May 26, 1659." [Footnote 1: Copy in Ayscough: MS. |