Proclamation for a solemn national thanksgiving and publick prayers. Scotland. Privy Council. 1699 Approx. 5 KB of XML-encoded text transcribed from 1 1-bit group-IV TIFF page image. Text Creation Partnership, Ann Arbor, MI ; Oxford (UK) : 2009-03 (EEBO-TCP Phase 1). B05616 Wing S1803 ESTC R216670 52529283 ocm 52529283 179051 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. B05616) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 179051) Images scanned from microfilm: (Early English Books, 1641-1700 ; 2776:40) Proclamation for a solemn national thanksgiving and publick prayers. Scotland. Privy Council. Scotland. Sovereign (1694-1702 : William II) 1 sheet ([1] p.) Printed by the heirs and successors of Andrew Anderson, Printer to the Kings most excellent Majesty, Edinburgh : Anno Domini, 1699. Caption title. Royal arms at head of text; initial letter. Intentional blank spaces in text. Dated: Given under Our Signet at Edinburgh the eight day of November, and of Our Reign the eleventh year, 1699. Signed: Gilb. Elliot Cls. Sti. Concilii. Reproduction of the original in the National Library of Scotland. Created by converting TCP files to TEI P5 using tcp2tei.xsl, TEI @ Oxford. Re-processed by University of Nebraska-Lincoln and Northwestern, with changes to facilitate morpho-syntactic tagging. Gap elements of known extent have been transformed into placeholder characters or elements to simplify the filling in of gaps by user contributors. EEBO-TCP is a partnership between the Universities of Michigan and Oxford and the publisher ProQuest to create accurately transcribed and encoded texts based on the image sets published by ProQuest via their Early English Books Online (EEBO) database (http://eebo.chadwyck.com). The general aim of EEBO-TCP is to encode one copy (usually the first edition) of every monographic English-language title published between 1473 and 1700 available in EEBO. EEBO-TCP aimed to produce large quantities of textual data within the usual project restraints of time and funding, and therefore chose to create diplomatic transcriptions (as opposed to critical editions) with light-touch, mainly structural encoding based on the Text Encoding Initiative (http://www.tei-c.org). The EEBO-TCP project was divided into two phases. The 25,363 texts created during Phase 1 of the project have been released into the public domain as of 1 January 2015. Anyone can now take and use these texts for their own purposes, but we respectfully request that due credit and attribution is given to their original source. Users should be aware of the process of creating the TCP texts, and therefore of any assumptions that can be made about the data. Text selection was based on the New Cambridge Bibliography of English Literature (NCBEL). If an author (or for an anonymous work, the title) appears in NCBEL, then their works are eligible for inclusion. Selection was intended to range over a wide variety of subject areas, to reflect the true nature of the print record of the period. In general, first editions of a works in English were prioritized, although there are a number of works in other languages, notably Latin and Welsh, included and sometimes a second or later edition of a work was chosen if there was a compelling reason to do so. Image sets were sent to external keying companies for transcription and basic encoding. Quality assurance was then carried out by editorial teams in Oxford and Michigan. 5% (or 5 pages, whichever is the greater) of each text was proofread for accuracy and those which did not meet QA standards were returned to the keyers to be redone. After proofreading, the encoding was enhanced and/or corrected and characters marked as illegible were corrected where possible up to a limit of 100 instances per text. Any remaining illegibles were encoded as s. Understanding these processes should make clear that, while the overall quality of TCP data is very good, some errors will remain and some readable characters will be marked as illegible. Users should bear in mind that in all likelihood such instances will never have been looked at by a TCP editor. The texts were encoded and linked to page images in accordance with level 4 of the TEI in Libraries guidelines. Copies of the texts have been issued variously as SGML (TCP schema; ASCII text with mnemonic sdata character entities); displayable XML (TCP schema; characters represented either as UTF-8 Unicode or text strings within braces); or lossless XML (TEI P5, characters represented either as UTF-8 Unicode or TEI g elements). Keying and markup guidelines are available at the Text Creation Partnership web site . eng Prayers -- Law and legislation -- Scotland -- Early works to 1800. Public worship -- Scotland -- Early works to 1800. Church and state -- Scotland -- Early works to 1800. Broadsides -- Scotland -- 17th century. 2008-01 TCP Assigned for keying and markup 2008-01 SPi Global Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2008-03 Mona Logarbo Sampled and proofread 2008-03 Mona Logarbo Text and markup reviewed and edited 2008-09 pfs Batch review (QC) and XML conversion PROCLAMATION For a Solemn National Thanksgiving and Publick Prayers . WILLIAM By the Grace of GOD , King of Great-Britain , France and Ireland , Defender of the Faith ; To Macers of Our Privy Council Messengers at Arms , Our Sheriffs in that Part , Conjunctly and Severally Specially Constitute , Greeting ; Forasmuch as it hath pleased GOD in his infinite Goodness , Graciously to Visite this Our Antient Kingdom , in the time of its great need and extremity , with a plentiful Harvest ; As also , To return us in safety to Our Kingdoms to the great Satisfaction and Joy of all Our good Subjects : It is Our duty by a Day set apart for that effect , to pay Our Solemn acknowledgments , and return Praise and Thanks to GOD for so great Blessings : For which also , The Ministers met at Edinburgh in the Commission of the late General Assembly , have Addressed the Lords of Our Privy Council , that a Solemn Day may be set apart , to be Religiously observed throughout this Our Antient Kingdom , for the ends , and in manner above and aftermentioned : Therefore We with advice of the Lords of Our Privy Council , do Appoint and Command that the Thirty Day of November instant be Religiously observed , as a Solemn Day of publick Worship , by all Persons within this Kingdom ; for returning Our most humble and hearty Thanks to GOD , for the foresaids blessings bestowed upon Us and Our People . And because , that notwithstanding of these , and many other Mercies ; yet it hath pleased the same Holy LORD GOD , most Justly for our Sins , to affect both City and Countrey with fore Sickness , and frequent Deaths , and by several other Judgments , specially by frustrating the indeavours that have been made for advancing the Trade of this Nation , to testifie his displeasure against Us. Therefore , We further with Advice sorefaid , Require and Ordain , that on the same Day , Solemn and Fervent Prayers be made to GOD , that he may Mercifully look upon Us , and that all Ranks and Degrees of People , may search and try their ways , and turn unto the LORD , by true and unseigned Repentance , That he may remove Our Sins the procuring cause of all Affictions , and may heal this Land , and take off Diseases from it , and may make Us more Fruitful under the Gospel and means of Grace ; and may bless unto Us what measure of Plenty he hath been pleased to afford us , by the late prosperous Harvest ; and We may no more abuse this his Goodness into Wantonness and Forgetfulness , That he may be Gracious unto Us , and preserve Our Person , and may guide and direct Our Counsells and Actings , for his Glory , and the good of this Our Ancient Kingdom , in all the concerns thereof ; And that it may please GOD yet to Countenance and Bless Indeavours , for advancing the Trade of the Nation ; and that he may Graciously Preserve , Protect ard Direct thes ; e who are Imployed therein , to a happy Issue : And that he may Remember in Mercy , Our distressed Brethren , in other Reformed Churches and put a Period to their Persecutions ; And that he may in the mean time powerfully fortifie them by his Grace , that they may persevere in the Prosession of his Truth , to the end . Which Day of Solemn Worship for Thanksgiving and Prayers , for the Causes and Ends foresaids . We hereby peremptorly Require and Enjoyn to be observed with all Religious exercises suitable to such an Occasion , by all Our good Subjects , Ministers and Others , as they will be answerable at their highest Perill . OUR WILL IS HEREFORE , And We Charge you Strictly , and Command , that incontinent thir Our Letters seen , ye pass to the Mercat-Cross of Edinburgh , and Remanent Mercat-Crosses of the hail head Burghs of the several Shires and Stewartries within this Kingdom ; and there in Our Name and Authority , by open Proclamation , make Intimation hereof , that none pretend Ignorance ; And ordains Our Solicitor to cause Transmit Copies hereof to the Sheriffs of the several Shires and Stewarts of Stewartries or their Deputs and Clerks , to be by them published at the Mercat-Crosses of their Head Burghs , upon Receipt thereof ; And immediatly sent to the several Ministers , to the effect , the same may be Intimat and Bead in their several Paroch Churches , upon the LORDS Day Immediatly Preceeding the said thirtie Day of November Instant , and ordains thir Presents to be Printed and Published . Given under Our Signet at Edinburgh the Eight Day of November , and of Our Reign the Eleventh Year , 1699. Per Actum Dominorum Secreti Concilii . GILB . ELLIOT Cls. Sti Concilii . GOD Save the KING . EDINBURGH Printed by the Heirs and Successors of Andrew Anderson , Printer to the Kings most Excellent Majesty , Anno Domini , 1699.