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It is this day noted and accordinglie ordered that the 22 day of August 

 next be set apart for the ordinacon of M' Samuel Charles & M' William 

 Yates in the Parish Church at Kniveton ; & that M« Peter Watkinson 

 preach the Ordinate* Sermon & give the Exhortaton. 

 Ordered ; that M> Edward Pole preach ye next Classical Meeting. 

 Voted & accordinglie ordered, that M, Peter Coates be moderator the next 

 Classicall Meeting. 



Ordered that the Monthly Lecture be kept at Wirksworth uppon the second 

 rnursday w August next M« Martin Topham to procure two Sermons. 

 M' Tho: Shelmerdine being moderator this day ended with prayer. 



John Rudyard Scribe. 



J These p r sent at the Classical meeting the 

 21 day of August 1655 



Others 



Mr 



M' John Sclater 

 John Rudyard 



Wirkesworth Classis 

 in the Countie of Darby 1 prsent at the Classical meeting the sa 



August 2i. 1655 

 Ministers 

 ' Peter Coates, Moderator 

 Thomas Shelmerdine 

 Martin Topham 

 Robert Porter 

 Edward Pole 

 V John Otefield 



M' Peter Coates being Moderator this day began with praier, and after- 

 wards made the oration to the Classis. 



This day M' Edward Pole preached and his sermon being orthodox and 

 edifying was well approved. 



This day M» Tho : Sheldermine proved the position against the Socinians 

 which was given him by the Classis. 



M' John Greensmith* B<*r of Arts, late Student of Maudline Hall, in Oxford 

 (having addressed himselfe to the Classis for ordinacon since the last Classicall 

 meeting) this day gave an account of the work of grace uppon his Soule, & of 

 his skill in the Originall tongues, also in the Arts Logicke & Philosophic in all 

 which he gave good satisfaction. The said M' Greensmith likewise this day 

 produced a certificate from his neighbouring Ministers of his pius life and con- 

 version, declared his ends in entering into the Ministrey, and his call to the 

 worke of the Ministrey in the congregacon of Coll-wich, in the countie of 

 Stafford, in all which likwise the Classis received good satisfaction. The said 

 M' Greensmith having formerlie preached his approbaton sermon which being 

 well approved had this thesis given viz : An detur peccatum regnans fa 

 eternatis? Which Thesis he exhibited at the Classis this day, and maintained 



9 t y^ n G ' eensmi , 1 ^ was ordained to the ministry of the Church at Colwich, 

 Stafford. He was thence ejected in 1662. ' 



