[173] The title of Saint is carefully dropped.
[174] Some portions of the minutes of meetings held at Sion College are preserved in Dr. Williams's Library. From them we extract the following:—
"Die Lunæ, Dec. 30, 1650.
"Present, Mr. Bedford. The first proposition.—'The ministers that undertook this not yet met.'
"The second proposition.—'None met of this company.'
"Present, Mr. Drake, Mr. Robinson, Mr. Watson. The third proposition.—'Something prepared, but the company have not yet met.'
"Present, Mr. Sheffield, Taylor, Blackwell, Wickens, Blackmer. The fourth proposition papers delivered upon this question.
"Present, Dr. Seaman, Mr. Jackson, Mr. Tawler, Mr. Poole. Fifth proposition.—'One paper delivered about this question.'
"Two papers brought in concerning the fourth proposition at this meeting.
"The paper delivered in about the fourth proposition was read."