hand_n resign_v unto_o his_o excellency_n their_o say_a power_n saturday_n decemb._n 10._o 1653._o the_o parliament_n this_o day_n resume_v the_o debate_n upon_o the_o report_n make_v this_o day_n from_o the_o committee_n of_o tithe_n which_o be_v as_o follow_v 1._o that_o it_o be_v represent_v to_o the_o parliament_n as_o the_o best_a way_n for_o eject_v ignorant_a profane_a and_o scandalous_a minister_n that_o commissioner_n be_v send_v from_o hence_o into_o all_o the_o county_n divide_v into_o six_o circuit_n beside_o london_n and_o middlesex_n three_o commissioner_n into_o each_o circuit_n to_o join_v with_o four_o or_o six_o in_o every_o county_n and_o each_o ride_n in_o yorkshire_n to_o be_v as_o a_o county_n and_o that_o in_o every_o county_n the_o say_a person_n or_o five_o of_o they_o two_o of_o the_o commissioner_n send_v from_o hence_o be_v always_o present_a be_v empower_v to_o eject_v all_o minister_n of_o that_o county_n that_o be_v not_o of_o good_a behaviour_n and_o 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