Die Lunae, 29 Novemb. 1647.  
ORdered by the Commons assembled in Parliament, That on the next Lord's day being the Fifth day of December, public Thanks be given to Almighty God by the respective Ministers within the Cities of London and Westminster, and liberties and parts adjacent within the late Lines of communication, for his great Blessing upon the Parliament Forces in Munster in Ireland, under the Command of the Lord Inchiquine, against a force of the Rebels under the Command of the Lord Taaff▪ obtained the Thirteenth of this present November▪ 1647. And that on the next Lord's day come fortnight the Nineteenth day of December, public Thanks be likewise given in all the Churches and chapels of England and Dominion of Wales, by the respective Ministers thereof, for the same Blessing upon the said Forces: It is further Ordered, That upon the said respective Lord's days of the Fifth and Nineteenth of December, there be a Collection in the said Churches and chapels, for Relief of the poor English Protestants driven out of Ireland; and that the Moneys that shall now be collected, be added to the sum formerly collected upon a late Ordinance of Parliament which directs a collection for relief of such poor English Protestants; and that the said Moneys now to be collected, be paid in the same manner to the same Treasurers appointed in that Ordinance, and be disposed by Order of the same Committee. It is further Ordered, That the Lord Major do give timely notice of this Order for a Thanksgiving on the next Lord's day, to all the Ministers within the cities of London and Westminster, and late Lines of communication: And the respective Knights of the Shires, and Burgesses of the several cities and places, are required to send copies of this Order to the several counties, cities and places; and the Ministers in the several places are required to move and stir up the people to a cheerful contribution in acknowledgement of their thankfulness for this great and seasonable Blessing.  
H: Elsing, Cler. Parl. D. Com.   

London: Printed for Edward Husband, Printer to the honourable House of Commons. Decemb. 1. 1647.