XVI. _To the Committee of Ninety-Nine, April 21, 1657._

But surely the Laws need to be regulated! And I must needs say, I

think it would be a sacrifice acceptable to God, upon many accounts.

And I am persuaded that it is one of the things God looks for, and

would have. I confess if any man should ask me, "Why, how would you

have it done?" I confess I do not know how. But I think verily at

the least, the delays in suits, and the excessiveness in fees, and

the costliness of suits, and those various things which I do not

know what names they bear--I hear talk of "Demurrers" and such-like

things, which I scarce know--But I say certainly, the people are

greatly suffering in this respect; they are so.

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