His Majesties gracious letter, directed to the presbytery of Edinburgh and by them to be communicated to the rest of the presbyteries of this kirk. Received the third of September, 1660. Scotland. Sovereign (1649-1685 : Charles II) This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A79213 of text R231317 in the English Short Title Catalog (Wing C3017). Textual changes and metadata enrichments aim at making the text more computationally tractable, easier to read, and suitable for network-based collaborative curation by amateur and professional end users from many walks of life. The text has been tokenized and linguistically annotated with MorphAdorner. The annotation includes standard spellings that support the display of a text in a standardized format that preserves archaic forms ('loveth', 'seekest'). Textual changes aim at restoring the text the author or stationer meant to publish. This text has not been fully proofread Approx. 4 KB of XML-encoded text transcribed from 1 1-bit group-IV TIFF page image. EarlyPrint Project Evanston,IL, Notre Dame, IN, St. Louis, MO 2017 A79213 Wing C3017 ESTC R231317 99897020 99897020 136981 This keyboarded and encoded edition of the work described above is co-owned by the institutions providing financial support to the Early English Books Online Text Creation Partnership. This Phase I text is available for reuse, according to the terms of Creative Commons 0 1.0 Universal . The text can be copied, modified, distributed and performed, even for commercial purposes, all without asking permission. Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. A79213) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 136981) Images scanned from microfilm: (Early English books, 1641-1700 ; 2457:15) His Majesties gracious letter, directed to the presbytery of Edinburgh and by them to be communicated to the rest of the presbyteries of this kirk. Received the third of September, 1660. Scotland. Sovereign (1649-1685 : Charles II) Charles II, King of England, 1630-1685. Lauderdale, John Maitland, Duke of, 1616-1682. 1 sheet ([1] p.) printed by Christopher Higgins, in [Harts] Close, over against the Trone Church, Edinburgh : 1660. Signed "Lauderdail" (i.e. John Maitland, Duke of Lauderdale) and dated at end: Whitehall, the 10. of August, 1660. Arms 223; Steele notation: this from farewell. Reproduction of original in the Folger Shakespeare Library, Washington, D.C. eng Church of Scotland -- Government -- Early works to 1800. Church and state -- England -- Early works to 1800. Broadsides -- England -- London A79213 R231317 (Wing C3017). civilwar no His Majesties gracious letter, directed to the presbytery of Edinburgh, and by them to be communicated to the rest of the presbyteries of th Scotland. Sovereign 1660 691 1 0 0 0 0 0 14 C The rate of 14 defects per 10,000 words puts this text in the C category of texts with between 10 and 35 defects per 10,000 words. 2008-03 TCP Assigned for keying and markup 2008-04 SPi Global Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2008-05 Mona Logarbo Sampled and proofread 2008-05 Mona Logarbo Text and markup reviewed and edited 2008-09 pfs Batch review (QC) and XML conversion CR HONI SOIT QVI MAL Y PENSE royal blazon or coat of arms HIS MAJESTIES GRACIOUS LETTER , DIRECTED TO THE PRESBYTERY OF EDINBURGH . And by them to be communicated to the rest of the PRESBYTERIES of this KIRK . Received the third of September , 1660. CHARLES R. TRusty and well beloved , VVe greet you well : By the Letter you sent to Us , with this bearer , Mr. James Sharp , and by the account he gave of the State of Our Church there , VVe have received full Information of your sense of Our Sufferings , and of your constant Affection and Loyalty to Our Person and Authority . And therefore We will detain him here no longer , ( of whose good services We are very sensible ) nor will We delay to let you know by him Our gracious acceptance of your Address , and how well We are satisfied with your carriages , and with the generality of the Ministers of Scotland , in this time of triall , whilest some , under specious pretences , swerved from that Duty and Allegiance they owe to Us . And because such , who , by the countenance of Usurpers , have disturbed the Peace of that Our Church , may also labour to create Jealousies in the mindes of well meaning people ; VVe have thought fit by This , to assure you , that , by the grace of God , VVe do resolve to discountenance Profanity , and all Contemners and Opposers of the Ordinances of the GOSPEL . VVe do also resolve to Protect and Preserve the Government of the Church of Scotland , as it is settled by Law , without violation ; and to countenance , in the due exercise of their Functions , all such Ministers who shall behave themselves dutifully and peaceably , as becomes men of their Calling . VVe will also take care , that the Authority and Acts of the Generall Assembly at St. Andrews and Dundee , in the year , 1651. be owned and stand in force , untill VVe shall call another Generall Assembly ( which VVe purpose to do assoon as Our Affairs will permit ) And VVe do intend to send for Mr. Robert Dowglasse , and some other Ministers , that VVe may speak with them in what may further concern the Affairs of that Church . And as VVe are very well satisfied with your resolution not to meddle without your Sphere ; So VVe do expect , that Church-judicatories in Scotland , and Ministers there , will keep within the compasse of their Station , meddling only with matters Ecclesiastick , and promoting Our Authority and Interest with Our Subjects against all Opposers ; And that they will take speciall notice of all such , who , by preaching 〈◊〉 private Conventicles , or any other way , transgresse the limits of their Calling , by endeavouring to corrupt the people , or sow seeds of disaffection to Us , or Our Government . This you shall make known to the severall Presbyteries within that Our Kingdom : And as We do give assurance of Our favour and encouragment ●o you , and to all honest deserving Ministers there ; So We earnestly recommend it to you all , that you be earnes in your Prayers , publick and privat , to Almighty God , who is Our Rock and Our Deliverer , both for Us and for Our Government , That We may have fresh and constant supplies of his Grace , and the right improvement of all his Mercies and Deliverances , To the honour of his great Name , and the peace , safety and benefit of all Our Kingdoms . And so We bid you heartily farewell . Given at Our Court at Whitehall , the 10. of August , 1660. and of Our Reign the Twelfth year . By His Majesties Command , LAVDERDAIL . Edinburgh , Printed by Christopher Higgins , in 〈◊〉 Close , over against the Trone Church , 1660.