A DECLARATION Of the Faithful SOLDIER'S OF THE ARMY: To all the honest People of the NATION.  
Showing Their RESOLUTION To Stand by the Good Old Cause And maintain the Liberties and Privileges of the SUBjECT.  
may 2d London, Printed in the Year, 1659.   

A DECLARATION Of the Faithful Soldiers of the Army, to the Honest People of the NATION.  
WHereas it hath pleased God, out of his gracious Providence, to manifest to the Good People of this distracted Commonwealth, his Rule and Government amongst us; We do now appeal to that Great God, whom we must own as the Great Commander of our Armies, and General of our Forces; acknowledging him to be the first Worker amongst us.  
By many signal Tokens it hath been made apparent, That God hath owned in a most especial manner the poor Soldiery of this Nation; which must needs strike real reflections upon the Consciences of all sober and honest Men, who have adventured thus far, and have found Jehovah-jireh, God in the Mount amongst us.  
As God hath made and appointed us for the geneneral good of the Nation, so we do most seriously, with real hearts own the Godly of this Nation, and will be a Cove●t to them, although to the destruction of our lives and fortunes, if God so pleases, for the general good of them all.  
As for the breaches that are amongst us, we claim an interest in them; for the Great God, for our sinful deserts, in our backsliding from him, hath laid this visitation upon us; and so we must own his most legal deal with us. The consideration of which, does cause reflections upon our hearts humbly to own these his Chastisements, and to consider these remarkable Tokens of his love. For if we consider the unworthiness of our deal, and the specious pretences which have gone along with us under fair glosses, we must confess, that what distractions are among us, are not answerable to our just deserts; But we know, That the deal of the Almighty are not to be found out; therefore we confess, That we have found God merciful although we have transgressed, For with him is mercy that he may be feared: and he hath thus dealt with us, that we might take notice of his long-suffering, and goodness to us; to his glory let us ascribe it, and with thankful hearts return hearty praise for these great mercies received by us.  
And now to come to a further serious Consideration of God's good dealing with us: we do desire to praise the Lord for his uniting of the Army with such Unanimity and Courage, to stand for, and maintain the Good Old Cause so long contended for, and which the Lord hath formerly so much owned, although our backslidings might have given cause of a far greater judgement than hath yet befallen us: which we hope will be prevented by our return and owning our first Principles with so much cordial affection as is at this time declared amongst us, although great opposition might be expected; But that God that can throw down at a blast the loftiest Cedars, can also raise out of the earth small Shrubs to glorify him, and to do his Work: which with heart and mind is so much desired by the Faithful Members of the Army, as is at this day experienced amongst us.  
Therefore we pray, and hope it will also stir up the Faithful of this Nation to this Consideration, That although Objections may be raised against, and Aspersions cast upon the poor despised Instruments of this Work, yet are we unanimously resolved to maintain our First good Principles, and to own the Good Old Cause, as we have already testified; First, by our Addresses for the rooting out of superfluous and illaffected Members of the Army; and Secondly, by our Real Desires and Concordance with the Faithful, known so to be, which were turned out without any just or lawful account given therefore.  
As God hath been pleased to instruct us so far to begin the Work, so we hope the Lord in his time will perfect the same for the general good and comfort of this Nation; not doubting but the honest People of this Commonwealth will take notice that that we are not Self-seekers, nor desire to be Selfended, but Conscientious in these things; assuredly knowing, that the Lord judgeth the most secret thoughts, and that no practice nor thing form against God shall prosper, who is able to do his own Work without any Instruments at all  
Therefore with serious reflections upon our consciences, we do most humbly implore the Lord to bless these our honest desires, and to go along with us in our hearty endeavours to glorify him: And truly since the Lord hath been pleased to stir up our hearts in this great Work, to the glory of God be it spoken, we have likewise from the Faithful of the Nation received so great encouragement and concurrence in our desires, in one and the same thing, that it doth greatly encourage us; and we hope we shall with an unanimous courage show ourselves for our great God, for the Good Old Cause, and for the Good People of this Nation; To whom we do most unfeignedly present these Just Intendments we are fixed upon.  
And we likewise return most sincere Thanks to the honest People of this Nation, especially our cordial friends in this City and the Places adjacent, for their many good Exhortations, and the great Encouragement we have had from them in these our Proceed.  
And truly we hope the Lord will bless our real endeavours in these our honest Principles: For we are not only desirous to destroy any Arbitrary Power that shall oppose us herein, but likewise to be Unanimous for a present applying of ourselves to the performance of that we do declare. And we desire to make these our Purposes apparent, hoping that the Good People of this Nation will with serious hearts join with us, as they have begun; and do not question, but those to whom we have access, will faithfully own us, and give us encouragement in the same.  
These honest Resolutions of ours, we thought fit to declare to the Good People of this Nation, not doubting but that they will own, and stand by us, as long as we stand for the Good Old Cause. Desiring the Lord to own us all, and to bring us to the wished Effects of our Spiritual and Temporal desires, for the Public good of the Commonwealth; and in the end to eternalise us in the blessed union and fellowship of Himself in glory, is the hearty Prayer and Desire of all the Honest and Faithful Soldiers in the Army.   
FINIS.