A declaration of His Highness for a day of solemn fasting & humiliation. England and Wales. Lord Protector (1658-1660 : R. Cromwell) This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A81024 of text R211145 in the English Short Title Catalog (Thomason 669.f.21[16]). 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. 6 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 A81024 Wing C7182 Thomason 669.f.21[16] ESTC R211145 99869878 99869878 163511 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. A81024) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 163511) Images scanned from microfilm: (Thomason Tracts ; 247:669f21[16]) A declaration of His Highness for a day of solemn fasting & humiliation. England and Wales. Lord Protector (1658-1660 : R. Cromwell) Cromwell, Richard, 1626-1712. 1 sheet ([1] p.) Printed by Henry Hills and John Field, Printers to His Highness the Lord Protector, 1658. And are to be sold at the sign of the Seven Stars in Fleetstreet over against Dunstans Church, London : 1658. Dated at end: Given at White-Hall this sixteenth day of December one thousand six hundred fifty and eight. Annotation on Thomason copy: "Septemb. 17". Reproduction of the original in the British Library. eng Fasts and feasts -- England -- Early works to 1800. Great Britain -- History -- Commonwealth and Protectorate, 1649-1660 -- Early works to 1800. A81024 R211145 (Thomason 669.f.21[16]). civilwar no A declaration of His Highness for a day of solemn fasting & humiliation. England and Wales. Lord Protector 1658 1020 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 A This text has no known defects that were recorded as gap elements at the time of transcription. 2007-10 TCP Assigned for keying and markup 2007-10 Apex CoVantage Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2007-11 Mona Logarbo Sampled and proofread 2007-11 Mona Logarbo Text and markup reviewed and edited 2008-02 pfs Batch review (QC) and XML conversion PAX QVAERITVR BELLO OLIVARIVS DEI ◆ GRA ◆ REIPVB ◆ ANGLIAE ◆ SCOTIAE ◆ ET HIBERNIAE , &c PROTECTOR ◆ blazon or coat of arms A DECLARATION of His Highness FOR A DAY OF SOLEMN FASTING & HUMILIATION . THe Successes of all the Consultations and Actions of the Sons of Men have their Dependence on the Pleasure of that God , who is Wonderful in Counsel , and Mighty in Working : And therefore , as in all other Affairs , so especially in those which are of greatest concernment , it is our Duty to seek the Lord , with whom alone is Wisdom and Strength , that we may testifie our Hope to be in him , and our Dependence on him alone . It is the Priviledge of those who are in Covenant with the Lord , that they have a God nigh unto them in all that they call upon him for . The People of God in this Nation ( if they had observed them , or have not forgotten them ) may produce so large a Catalogue of Mercies given in answer to Prayers , as no Nation under the Heavens can parallel : in not a few of which the Lord hath as it were exemplified that Promise , Before they call I will answer , and while they are yet speaking I will hear ; and in others , given a proof of his Faithfulness in what he had said , Ask of me concerning my Sons , and concerning the Works of my Hands command ye me : All of them so many real Demonstrations , that he hath not said unto the seed of Jacob , Seek ye me in vain : So that above all the People in the World , those who fear the Lord in these Nations have cause to say of him , Because he hath heard my voice , therefore will I call upon him so long as I live : And as if the Lord would try us whether we will do so or not , he is pleased to administer variety of occasions to prove the Faith of his People . This present season exhibits matter of deep Humiliation , and earnest Supplication . Who can look back on the Providences wherewith the Lord hath exercised us the Year passed , but hath cause to say , My flesh trembleth for fear of thee , and I am afraid of thy Judgements ? And if we do but with an eye of common Prudence , take a Prospect of those great Actions which are like to be the Product of the ensuing Year , and weigh the Consequences of them , may we not say , Lord , we know not what to do , but our eyes are unto thee ? His Highness the Lord Protector seriously considering these things , and having by the Advice of His Privy Council called a Parliament to meet in January next , and being not a little sensible how great an influence the Deliberations and Determinations of that His great Council may have , not onely upon the Civil Peace and outward Prosperity of these Three Nations , yea of all the Protestants abroad , but also in reference to the Spiritual Liberties which the Lord hath in an especial maner reserved as a Blessing to be given in to this Generation , and likewise to the concernments of the Gospel through the World : Therefore His Highness , by Advice of His Privy Council , holds it a seasonable and necessary Duty as in His own Person , so to call upon , and invite others who are concerned herein , in a Solemn maner to humble themselves before the Lord , and earnestly to seek his Favor and Blessing on the Counsels and Affairs of these Nations , and especially on that Great Council , that he who is the Counsellor and Prince of Peace , will sit among them , guide their Spirits , and lead them to such Counsels of Peace and Good for these Nations , and the Interest of the Lord Iesus in them , that the Generations to come may rise up and call them Blessed , and the Nations round about us may be filled with Admiration at the Lords gracious dealings with us , and we may have further cause to say , The Lord is in the midst of us , therefore we shall be established . For which purpose His Highness doth appoint , That in all Places within England and Wales , and Town of Berwick upon Tweed , Wednesday the Nine and twentieth day of December instant , and in Scotland and Ireland , Wednesday the Fifth of January next , be observed as a day of Solemn Fasting and Humiliation in all Churches , Chappels and Congregations within the same ; earnestly exhorting all those whose hearts the Lord hath touched with a due sense of these things , to be instant with the Lord in this behalf , in such a Serious and Solemn maner , as the nature of so Spiritual and Extraordinary a Duty doth require , and that every one in their Places will study how they may second their Prayers with sutable endeavors , tending to Vnity and Peace : And His Highness doth Will and Require all Ministers and Pastors of Congregations , to Read this Declaration in their Meetings for Publique Worship on the Lords Day next before the said Day of Publique Fasting , to the end the same may be the better taken notice of : And the holding of all Markets and Fairs are hereby Prohibited on that day . Given at WHITE-HALL this Sixteenth day of DECEMBER One thousand six hundred fifty and eight . LONDON : Printed by HENRY HILLS and JOHN FIELD , Printers to His Highness the LORD PROTECTOR , 1658. And are to be sold at the Sign of the Seven Stars in FLEETSTREET over against DUNSTANS Church .