That whereas in the sixth caution it was provided, That in the administration of Discipline, collation of benefices, visitation, and all other points of Ecclesiastical government, he shal neither usurp nor acclaim to himself a power or jurisdiction further over the rest of his brethren, under the paine of deprivation: and in case hee did usurp upon the Ecclesiasticall government, if the Synodall Presbyteries, or generall Assemblies did oppose, or make impediment unto him; whatsoever he did in that case should be _ipso facto_ null, without a declaratour; yet the said Master David Lindsey with his Colleagues respective, have usurped a jurisdiction in the administration of Discipline, collation of benefices, visitation, and other points of Ecclesiasticall government, without a lawfull warrant from the Church, in exercising power to suspend, deprive, command, and inhibit excommunication at their pleasure, to fine, confine, imprison, banish Ministers and other professours without the warrant of the laws of the Countrey, appointing their Moderators over Presbyteries and Synods, prorogating their Diets, staying their proceedings against Papists, Sorcerers, Adulterers, and other grosse offenders, by exacting of contributions to such Commissioners as hee pleased to send to Court for his owne and his Colleagues affaires; by depriving, and ordaining of Ministers, not only without the consent of the Presbyteries and Synods, but by ordaining of scandalous and unqualified Ministers and depriving of learned and religious Pastours; by ordaining Ministers after a forme not allowed of in this Church; by silencing Ministers for not reading the Service Book, and Book of Canons; by interdicting after a Popish manner, the exercises of Morning and Evening prayer in their Churches; by releasing of excommunicated Papists: by contradicting and crossing the votes of the Presbyteries at their pleasure; by their pretended negative vote directly contrary to this caution; by enacting decrees of Synods without demanding their votes; by changing and falsifying their Acts, when most votes had carried the contrary: by many wayes have they failed in this caution, which are so notorious to the whole Church and to your Wisdomes, that wee shall condescend upon the same when wee are required.