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173 further Enacted and Declared by the Authority aforesaid, That all persons inhabiting in the said Counties of Glamorgan, Pembroke, Carmarthen, Cardigan, Brecon, Radnor and Monmouth are hereby pardoned for any Delinquency or Offence committed against the Parliament to the time of the passing of this Act, and are hereby fully acquitted and discharged from all Sequestrations or other Molestations whatsoever by reason thereof, and are to be restored to their respective Estates, and are also to be discharged of all Bonds and Securities entered into to the Commissioners appointed by Ordinance of Parliament bearing date the 19th of June 1648 or any acting by or under them, for payment of any moneys by reason of their said Delinquency (except such persons as are by this Act excepted and provided against and except such Counties as shall not pay in their said Fines according to the appointment of this Act). And it is further Enacted by the Authority aforesaid That if any person or persons within the said Counties shall after the passing of this Act, contrary to his and their duties, and to the disturbance of the Peace of the Kingdom, raise any Forces tending to the levying of a new War, without Authority of this present Parliament, or Commission from the Lord General, or shall join with any such person or Forces, or shall be aiding or assisting to any Forces whatsoever contrary to the aforesaid Authorities, he or they are hereby declared Traitors and uncapable of any Pardon, and their Estates confiscated to the use of the Commonwealth: And be it enacted by the Authority aforesaid That the power given to the Commissioners named in the said Ordinance of Parliament bearing date the 19th of June last, shall from henceforth extend no further than to the Sequestrations of such Delinquents Estates as are excepted in this Act.

A.D. 1649]

"The Parliament of England, taking into their serious consideration the great duty and trust that lies on them to use all lawful ways and means for the propagation of the Gospel of Jesus Christ in this Commonwealth, in order thereunto, do enact and ordain, and be it enacted and ordained by this present Parliament, and by the