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 te “Parliament of the Commontwealth of eEzzg1»ma’,-

hearing date the 26 of 37urze,1:l6slo.: and llptlblilhed, "t6 V
manifefl: to the ~Wor1d the Juftice and  T eceflity A-of
fizndlng their Army inta ”S6'(7$’ldWd5 maylfatisfie all imt-«ll»
partial and unintcrefied men in all the Nations round
about us (the matters of Fad}: therein conltained ebeing
true, and the Conclufionst made from thence, and the
Rcfoltttidns thereupolntaken, agreeable tolthe”Pri“nc.ié 
ples of Religion, Nature .,and* Nations) and therefore
it mayefeetmll to fome,lif notttimpropet, yet fuperfluous,

A for us their Aryto fay anyemore  * Yetlhtzlwever, out

2

 5‘/eE?iinScorlaned~    

E "and feparation of' yo“u"% f"rdm i*ef’c, as ivh”d"fhr6i1g‘h
« the cunniffurg pra6’:ifeVs of fame wicked and*.c§cfi“gninig

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“ of’ our tenderncfi .sowardsm;you, whom wclopkupoxft ;

as our Brethren, H and our d¢fire% to Vma1<:C«;a+{»As£1if?:Ainéfi0n~

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mcn, “bya ed by partiCu1ar&Intczreftsr, or fOf:Wanti)Af‘2‘
.true'and right.Informamon,wand Reprefcntgmon:4of«.thc
great and wonderfu1.ATranfa&1ons wroughtamon-gft  

‘us , and brought to pa‘{‘sA by the 1nC€1‘fin,_9;er.of out A

God, may poflibiy be fcandzfljzed A at fomc late a&ions4 

in England, and thereby be involved in that common

V Caugfe, fo Vrnu%ch from H&4a‘z%en_de%c1a_r,§d,:.1gain1‘r_,,!§y "

A ‘blafiing 311} perfons and pa3rti=ejs Athat‘§?:»AanyVtime,V m
A the-‘lcaff, under what.pretencé:.or%d;fgu"ife focvei: cn—
gaged %there1n_., and {O With them cg bvccomcpartake1's M

of their Mifcrk:-5.. A

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A :6 A.WeA have thcrcforethbught t"‘ov‘f'p‘e:iI<to 

partiézularsey 4an4dAI?»t1i.zu: as in rhcpréfcn;cc of the: Lfifd

A (towhofé Grace, and im:hc~dread of whofe Name W3 A
1 do mofls humbly Appeal, and who (fhould we come

:0 3; da.y,0ff EngagemAen:t);Wi1l begav fomwitnefs ag‘a;n£t

us,’ ;: iE}A we%uttérT§th’éAfc tliings? ini‘I1yp~éciriVfié5:. and n%;<:3tV*;.’Ai0ut% A
of .bQW€1S of%.1o.ve,;1:o pefiwagzle. xthcfi Hearts ::mdA.‘VCn-.7 _
fciences.Y@f thofc dz-at are g0A—1y.%Saatlzmd)A Atha;t:»foA

'thcy.$ may be withdfaxvn; AfrQm;A.p2iItaking»A’ in. ht~h7C." fin;

A A and :puniihmentA of evi1dotr“s;.. (3)1‘*”th&.t, at lcgafi, wk

\ might Ae»§:.o”Ancrwttc.; Aj:&xu%1‘; felires A bcfore  ofd 2 anfd; M%ain«_.; ‘d%g ,

A R'c1nAcmf1:1*a.tc;.’a.s.fo§‘i0xv€AVthA:.

 Anri .501“; as” mim:?;i:§ias4~1ve b4e1i¢vc%;%manyv g*od%1y..peop1¢

. in; S&'o?t.12z22a.’ are Lnot ; faxisfied ;LWith Athe p1'o~ce’ed1.ngs ‘ GT

% A  ihgzcralaéiioiis iizonvérfant‘ 1;hcrca.k;oL1t?.M  Al~tf1ou.g_h

this‘ :;N ainion, cqnccrn-:img the; :d:_t:ath;:o?f t hc.1at"c Kimg,=.thc

,1fcjcxé?c".§omA «of ;his_ Ifl‘1;1c,,”;t}“x’C. ‘chzmgc LAOEA :fhe»A Government; A



mull

 A.i;i‘ea.h*hotir;bc*fuppdfedthatwe fl1alIfie¢Athis ‘Paperemece  

i“»vit=hf’aili: OAbje§’tions that* may beimiaidgea; (fE11¢ifeAvery pay:-{
e "I;_,ii‘CL1"i:M'S'i310l1i€£fI€qfJIr1l1gAifII1Q1'¢§l1nCSf*fhC4I9 We intend 

 théew!.10.1¢)i i  we briefly fay,~Th’a1;-vie: ;W§r¢iAiiing%g¢di«   A

inia ‘War with thee fa;idKin,g, hifo1§theeeiADef_e;m;”e of iourg

’ A Religion and LibCrti€'SA; aindeihow many times;iAAiPropofi»-54

htions for  fafeiand well:groiindedfeaeef:w:ere=QfFered..“

 whim, Aiand how ofrenhc refufed toeqnfent.4thereto,&;
4 youiwe1~likniow,which ;afcCording to. 'hugn?:;n§»«accomp:,

A he ‘might have clofed with, hadinot the righteous God,“ A
' who l<no.we=~thA the deceitful heart of mar1i,ii;;;1Ad is the

preferver of M£?mI<«il1d€;Céfpfifiifilly Of pmple) Ain¢«his.,; 7

\‘ 1ecfetAjuidgehment, cicfnyedhirwa _iheare‘i 1;0~ flfctnt-th_Cf€.r«

to.‘ ‘ ByW_hich'RefuFa~1~s» he made itappeari, Thai: n0-é A I
thing lefs would fatisfie, then to have it inhis ownii

power to dePcir0y‘ReIiigLiQn andLibertiesA.i,% thefubverai -‘"‘

fion. vvheiregif hiehad fogfren .'11I:tClIl}QfCCi.§A Thai: ‘He xvafi
3% ma~r1ig.uiIty+0f' mmeIinhoCenti~Bl00d in E-xzglzzzvzid,
Ireland and Scotland, even ofthofe he oughtitohave e
preferved ,A as .3 Father his Cliildrien, t’heAn:-my of 
precieceflfors, or ( we think) then any Hifhory mentié f

A ‘eoAnreAt::y 4th: At1i1tj\VhC1‘€§)F~h'Cb1‘OilJ h'EU‘ onThis»Fami1.

by foifemn A”ppe:1ls.to, God i: That the Son did iximd

A infthe Fathers Pceps,i‘andpmffue his Defignsr,AAdefi:rL1eiive.~ Vi 
t'oR;eIigioni& Liberty: That a- party inParliament,faIf¢e 

togG0d and to their t~1‘LIfl~,..\VCrC willing, L; r_ did endeavor

A‘  _;_fto betray the Caufe intQt!1eAilaite§Kings hands»: T11a€:i~

- emaining number in Parliam“e.1j1t.,AA_diefiring to be. true to»

Codi,   arndi to the Pe‘op1e that. in:ruAfieAd-'them’,‘ .( out of A
iI’mi1‘€gYitY'0fAHf33~1'T 5-: and fearingtlm the‘ high Diihlceei
‘fare of God would i fall  upolx. them if 4 they 

idQI1C._it:), A didibringm {J mice and ica%u{c;o_ —;;b;e .cxeguted;  A

          enw  
did my  eafiele the ftfloufe fj; Lords,» (anr.rEffater  mu

 

pjrefentirxgcthe I>c”op1c; iior rx:utfi;edwic*h theirrmgbcrties, ‘c

ya‘: ‘  rithat rtrimeqiiircry fo_rwardl"7 to give up} ‘"the Peoples:

A Rrig*hts,‘arnd obftrruéhvhratcrmight f2£vethem,atid‘ al--   ,/
‘ ways aptrenoughwe to joyn with KingIyL‘IhterePc aga-imfli% A

the [Peoples rLiberties* r,r whereof werwsifh ycm have not

mzefad c$<per§c”nIce)r and§ci‘id,c ’forthre good of tthepfeo-‘ «

A p1e5 refolvc the Government intbfa Commonweeaithgf’

And having donera11%this,that they are not accountable
many odier Nation, is fufficienr to fay tp you, except

‘  hem excite you to rcjoyce in thiawonderful work 

of God._,andto bcthankfulr to him forfor mizclu Delia

verance as youhavc thereby,» and leairc the reft to the

A .SfzttB0fEflgl'rmd, to whom it dothdne1yAandr,cproperly‘
* b'e1§ong,who4 have rmanifefled Tthreir regu1r:&rrp1*ocered—-‘-

-ings Vthereimaccording to the true and cquitableintent

of theconfiitution of Engzmz , andflthelieprefenrors A
(pf the peopleeinrParliament , in their feveral and refpeé c

 Hive Declarations, if they be 1ookedinto,1to which we ~ ‘r
feferyrou. Befides,it rs worthy‘c<mfideratiorn,w1rh how  

   ProvidencesrhisrSreries of Aé°cionrr~hathbinrb1ef’c, V
A which wouldrequire a Vorlurfin to recorunt. A ' ‘ 

 5 If Treaties be urged againft us, Ijtfixs cefie to fayby

“ ‘Whom they were brrokcn, and how mninentlyr, even by
  ‘the ethen7fu11rAu:hority of the Parliamentof escortlaml,
‘ me the *Tnvafi0n by Duke "H1rmzilz'm, and vet that not

A the firft breach neither. And if it be ‘faid;Tl1at hath A A

beerrprotefled againfi, mid 1*cv01~:edfince; We ask,

A (uh tharmakeetrp the breach,fo as to challenge Eng?-

zmcdenr upon Agreements and Artidcs; you knoW,_

A reéfitovfiight it—~dothnor,A except you fuppofethat Eng;

Jam r

tam! made their bargain {o,iThat Statland might breaig
and Eizglamljrehrnain bourid; whereas it is a knowtn Law
of Nations ;, Thaitin the breach of the League byme
one arty,thc othcris no longerobliged. ~   A     
‘V “I the Covenant heallcaged againft us, this may he-

hfaid by use withihoneefcy and‘clearnefs,' Religion having V .

therein the fitfi place , civil Libettie/sthee next, Vthei  

Kings A Iinteteft and iconfiitiution of" Parliament the

left, and thefe with fubordination one to anothee : tThe~  

‘Covenant tyed~ us to peefetve Religion and’ Lihtertyg, to

as the ends of it, even when thefe werieinctonfiftent V

with the hrefer,vation of the Kings thlntetefc, and the
frame on Parliament becat1f'ei~when»tI‘1e itm~eans? and‘

 the end ean~nothhbh‘otth be enjoyed together, the ‘end is 

to be preferred before the means. A Now. that thetewas.

at real iinconfifiencyibetween the end and the meanest, 

andehthat the leflethdid fight againft the greater, is your
ownjudgement, ‘tvhfoiin a Boolciofweyonrs,-J cailed 
mceflary and feaflmaéZ'eV Te/fimmy czgainfl Talemtim,
fay thus of-the two I-Ioufes, pag.1 2. Am’ deulatlefst, t/jet
Lam’ /Jighbly plegafedmit/at their Praqegedimgx mt!»
TZ‘€4ty’hdt‘NeWport, in reference to Rieligieleitmdiceu
rizzemmti 5 coflaerziing nv/az'c/2, they dccej2eed4ofhféw£i Cm»-
eefsiom from He Majeffy, M éeifig _4eqm?ej&cdi' in, mere-
dzmgeram and a’q/?rué3‘z'7)~e- to 602%.. Had we not then
‘appiearetdagainfiithefe Conceflionsfind likevvife gagainft

thOf€Qf'~b0»th Hoiufes whoiacquiefced in themgéiihaed A
not Religion and Liberty. both beendefitoyedté’ which
"now. bythe blefling of¥God are prefetved‘. A And if" A

that aélion   concerni-ng the Parliament deferve a

A Charge, yet leahft of all; fro;1:t1~yo'utfie1ve.sl, who when

yQLl’f‘aW the Par1iame.nt which  fenetDukeHemi1twe

VVi.Eh1a

‘

 with an Armye into -;Englem” , AA pro; eee.d>“i.ri. 4way s AA c3eftru—-'

 é}:.ivfe.coeRWe1igion; and Liberty 5% youVec»oumenanceda:nd A V A

ea;.<Si:ede.e with .eetehefe  ,mf¢A»11P fog;pebliqL;:¢e‘"Sé£fety;

Athotlgh cdntraW;t0fA&s e_c%>fV_eeP4af1[%4ié1nent,’ fand"c'zi11ed a,

new ::one; A ’ex;c:1udingwhom you tho-ug%htAfiwf;_¥T‘ ail 

  4 wa's¥done by Vc‘ft}1¢e3flde%aufb0ritYff0i?1fh€eeC<3i‘nmi-t~.

‘tee of Efiates then fitting?é1LweeE;{e;béwjgr[a3A Wbieeh indeed

was 310 C0rminit-tec cifkrou :erpee.rom>1a11tecs> (the?
breach Whereof you fo often charge upon"':uS)e. Vbeingé
Confiittleted-rof -fuch perfons, as by A6’; of ‘theforegoe
ing ParIjam'¢nte, had not legal right to fit or7a<ft there-»

 sin A; V ;they.nothaving tafkene the e'Oat.hf(fo%r ‘faithful A dif-V
charge of the Tfufc repofed inv,the%m,(. in rcferenc"e,i:0
the late"Engagement againft efiizglmzd) idjoyned by A

A Ihat Parlianfcnt toibe taken eeve:y4Membér of the A
?Ceom1niette%4eeatl1is firfifimng, or elfe t0..haAveeno:p1ace

7 ‘0r_;v:oteethe1=ein, as is fullywfet dam in the %Ceof1'1miflion

“fori11c:c.onftitu.t,ing of that Cemlfiitteewof Efiates.

eWee .VC0;ul&A nq_o_,re jfizareic u1‘a4r1yf fet  Forth how the Com-—  
émittce "of Eftates there’ fit§1ng»,. according to the ‘ Ii- 3 A

wt.era1,,fe;nC¢e‘e, of ethg: aforemenfcioned ~Go1nmiffion, Vw-as~ A

b.1?©ken,an.d d‘-fiv~en ;;aw_ay, by that*Vjfc54rce rai;{eé1e%and4aC’ted.
by ";ydeu1- 'as‘aforefaide : but Wegfpare,+ not feeking‘tgeju§ V

afiifieour aficions byyoL1rs, %butto§fhew, that-you have  

4 done the faniethings for p;efervation ofAReeligionanci

liberty.» weluicheyouefohighIy‘¢haVrg¢ as evil upon U5? 4

AA And:the1'eefoeree;  we fur: her defireyomu ferioufly to con:

Mex‘, hate,Ih€incdnfifiency bf %oAL1rRWeligion and.Lia- A
‘- berries, with "the Kings Incereft and‘; f01‘mer Confiltllj-_
;~;tiQn ;o;i7; Pagliament, “didnnotarife from our jealowufiese

\‘."Q1’:V‘pr;Ct€fiC€S  but Ae ffom L the hard ners of the} Kixigis

e¢he"a‘rr,‘vand th=e”b_ac1;fl‘iding of et~Mhe  gfeater fpa rtf0~f thofer

that

     h?§?3“h  
1ghafWere;Ifitrfl1“fied indie flPar1iamerif, h[b3?_ tI1eir’eaecquL.<_
ezfcingjn thofe Conceifiom, and Aen__ci4eavor1ng‘i'1i<1hme~ee

diatelyh toebringw in the King ujaéinethem. we t‘he‘;1‘ef'C>1*eee A A

reckonit npee breach, but * aAA Re1igiQL»1se’Ahk€¢Pin%AA. of thg f
Eovenant ahccordmg to the’ e'qu1tyV thereof 5 when ouret

eI*?a:rliamheneht forARelihgionAaned Liberties falceg andche

Ifintei+eMft‘A‘ofeeeAtheA .People 9 edid remove the King and
Kihghflaiph: As alfo We afTefrtO”Lxr {elves Keepersof t/5237

” »Ca'z2hemmt,Ah when theAc0mpetition hath been'betweee"n*  

the forth and fubfiance, if. we have 2ilt’eredA fo1nee.fo1'tn's

of the"G’overnmenhtinpart, for the fubfiance flake. A 4 A

As for the Presbyterial, or any other, form of C._hurch~

 ovei*11ment,;heeh they ar,e not by ‘ I116 C0hVénantAhh1ht_O bi‘:  A -
7 impofed by-ehforcee; yet: We do5":1nd\are may :07:
V imbrace fo*much”asdoth o1*fl1a11 be nmde appear to usgq
to beeéweconding‘ to the‘Wo1'dhof God; AAre~we to be»

dealhtwirlurdase En“~emies,. bhecaufe‘ we come not to y0‘ur;;

I ways.’ I,s»a;11‘ Religion wrapt up ‘inthat,0r eahny on%ehFo1'me"e' ‘ he

A och that nat=r1e;.. or thihng; give the diflcwence between V

thofe that are the Members ofCl1rih{f‘, andthofethate
areneotc‘ VVc*1think*‘r;0t fo. «We fay, .F3ithWVO1‘1<ingb}l..“" A
lovegisthlxe tArue C=hAaraé’cerofh aChr1fii;.1n»-,._A,2”rnd, AGod‘is~ I

o?urxvitnee{§;A;in WhO=mfoeve1‘v:e‘fee any t‘h‘ihIi'1ghOF (3hrifl:;r A
  to be, there wereckonour duty to love,rw‘a1tingfor  3

more plentiful effu-fion oftthe Spirit" of .God.t0 ”1hnaI<e»‘ ‘V

sailhhlhhthofe CI1rifi‘ianég who-by the malice ofthe World 

are diVeC1"flfiCd*;JA.flI‘ld‘bY"thChiI' own :ceafr‘na1 "mimdednefs I

do  edifreerfifie  the‘znfe1vjhes*e by {'evera1» “  ahrxmiof .4 Re»‘ T V
ehproach,Ato be of one hC.:11‘t and one minde, worfh.ipp‘ing »

G‘Qd'With ohne¢cQnfent.. eWe are defirous, T hat trh‘c$fe1

who aree for-.A;:I1e;PresbyéeriEt1‘~Govem ment, fllould have

al1~«freedohm Ateoeh.enjoy¢ithe;: a;n<;A1Aa:r~e »eerfrsva;deedh»,h 4 That; hifeeithii
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to rcnd.crA?us& ViI(:%a~ndA%_*dd%16uA‘s rofl pur?B‘x:c%rI1rA€n,V ygea and
t~11f’VV'bQ1€_W.017id5*W"C_.l€i1I?"€1:0 God; 2:) jad~gcA,A w?hmvi1A}    A
w¢.trufi,, in;c’. uc _v,ti1An;M¢ zhakfl jthcfc%thix1gs1nan§Et_ft.~A Ban;
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eshis litfl; t'efng”e,i who‘_,evenwvhAi1eIt he was 1"tt‘eatiAng4l“
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;‘«‘whomAhehad giVen‘Comn1iflions, andwheom he {till
ownecl ashis faithfill Sttbjeéts, nbtwitllflandinglalltht ’

Innocent Blood by them {heel ;, anolewioulcl never be mg
duced to co;nply5A OrClOl‘eiWitl1the Covenant and Pref-  

A byte44ry,l, till Lttterly ldifappflintecl of an thofe his Mttligw

” V ;nant;g.nd Popilh hopes and confiidefm;es;A” _ A   A
‘ Is there not now jull caule for all good xtaenjtvitlt xto 

 of EnglnzmlsADeclaration aforemeintioined , 'andFAéthAe'

  ¢or¢ar,z1m—one folbred‘, foiieingagedelitntd inte1‘efletl;a.n'Ad,l‘

meesrly in fnch it way coming in ro:yt_;u; dotl1‘ibLtttv;t“tcAhl«   n-
his opportunity (to fpe;tknAothing of the iweight of the la “
Blood of Saints’ uncler the Altagcrying Pcill for Ven-ll  
gegtnce ‘upon him and that Family) till by ltisinfluence“

_ AuAponyouAt At‘my(whi*c‘h‘you know howcompofed) he _A

may gain his ends uponyon”-, A and how likewi {e the .ge«-A 

nerality of the people of Smtlaizd arealhefted, is not

t}_ntvor'.tl1y ofyonr molt fetious conficleratiion, not fat A

friendly intimationl from us.‘

But that which molt :twal<ensAus, is; Thitle notwith-- .

:fli1ndi.ng all tl1is,.and allthe tvro.ngs done to A Englmall

A frond Smtlzz;m’i,i they riefufe to do t.tisAA1*ight.;,‘llfAo .th”:t'tAA
“what wrongs foever we have, A or 111311 filllilllli,-.I1’l-UAl’lZ been

withotit 1f€ll‘l€(ly._, and we alfo wit11o1A1t l"e’curit.y e.fort*hefl
fitturieg as is futficiently expofiulated in the Parl1am.ent,lAl f M

l:eeds_.lttAid~ :-1_pet*pet‘-;Aal Wi&1',tl byletaking ottrgrancli I
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     AHim,

Him,  in the late hTreaty 'veitI1Ae~tHimi,  't6  reft”ore'tI-Tim’ ‘-ed

the:tpOfTeffi"0n of Eflgl4;¢2laon'dIrcl4;z5l5 and tlterefom 

t ;weca11Heav‘enand jfiaerthto witnefs , 'Whetherot-V1105 ~

Wiiihave not ochatufe togdefend “our fehres byhindrinfg the  

prefe7ri:tpotVe~r of Safitlgmd, from takingtheiitetimhe "and
i1dv‘ant‘age toimpofe thus tgpon us ?: And whether they
have new any jeufi reafbn to vwonder at the approach of

,a:1Ah1'1ny to their borders, and the?MotAaking,oefome of thehf 

Ships by Ours 54 yea,‘tvI1etherO‘u’r coming into Scatlcmd
With anArmy, upon fo clear a ground, be any other?
then a jufi and neceifary defence of our fe1Ves,‘fotpre:g

hferevoation of thofe Rights eafl"tdLihe>rti€So, which divine

VProvidenCeVehat}1e thorough the expeme of f0” ttiuehl.

A tblood anfdt1*eaft1te given us’, andotltofewahtnongfiyeti V

‘ have extgaged, they will if theyucan wrePt from us,
  ,11r1leie"s~‘eit muff be takenfor gran’ted,That the Parliament

’ of teEnglM2:deoL1gl1tc0 ‘fit {till  be%fi1e<nt;., whilefi the.ifi Ah

VI ruine is contriv‘ed,h theifFriends and Brethren de{’croy%~3

 both before God‘-and Man_., they ought to pteferve. _ V

ed bySe:1 and Land, ‘whom in Confcienee and Dut 3

And now we come to {peak to all thofe[.whoare
within the compafs of the Title of th1s Declamtiong

That we und‘e1'take thisybufineié in the feariof God, V

with bowels full of love, yea, full of hpity to thelnha}

A bitants ot‘the Countty“ 3,», aand if it {hall pleafe ‘God to ’
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tohgivc*e‘tottine:-’éZ?o111t11onwe_a1t.hof Erzglamlafatisfying A
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  betray V

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. betray :1 ?ca.t1I'e, tciyvhich hehath; fi:)_1nu'cI1 xvitnefi'e?d ) as
A thelove §Weh.€:.ve towards thofe that featAG.od there,
A whotAAmayp0ffibly_ fufiet through. their ownj tnimtltes,
 at out ti<i»fabi_1ity.to diPcingu_ifl1 in acotnmota calamity, .-\e

A OfA\V{A1iCAhV,ChI‘iPChi’aTI_1C§VC‘, wehope We gavefome proof ~

* a,nd_theftitnony,A vvI1en“weAewerela{’c in Scatlarm/xvithtthis
htArmy.; and ¢wcre% by God made tnftrutttentaf, to break»

thcpowetof thofe £thtatth€nAAOpp1‘€HACd theG0dlytParty ‘ 

thete,:and wetethe_n¥readyi at tI1eit’defire to do every
thingon thettbehalfi, whtch mxght put them 1n-teo the

, feat of Authority and Power, whofe confciences knows A

‘thise is true, and for which, thi_s.,1atte Aét oF~Engage-

  ‘ment to their new Kingeagtahinfiflmglandi is nogood rc-  
qtzital, not thett eapmg “upon us A the reproach of a

Seftarian AA1'my; a Cluriftian dealing; allwhicgh We

do withcomfort com:-mend to God, and can notwith-
&andingA%a11»ch1s,ray, By the Grace of God, we can; he

 forgive landforgtetthofehthings, and can, zandtdddefire 

of Godj that the precious in Scotland, may be fepatated 

from the ‘vile, which is the end of this out Paper. And

A ° to the ttuthof this, let the God of Heaven iAn»his gte:-Lt

mere3r3.Ap;1tdoming our wea}<nefl"es, jucfgAet<i>F us, when
we come to meet our hnetmes tn. the fiteide ; - tfthrougiz 4

the pexverfnefs of anytin Authority with you, God 1113111 
pleztfe to or-dertthe decifion ofthis C0I1tr0Ve1‘fiAe’h by the ” A

‘  Sxt»'c.:mzi, t=vhi-ch Wefromout hearts, beieech tehe“-Letdto e
even) %_;md togtvetyouththel11<teChr1f’t1an antlI3roteher- A

l;y_afiAAe<?tionttoxvards%V us, which we by Gods g*1‘E2ce.hAbeat V
 towardsyu.  t t A    t

A A A Signteélizatbe name, and‘t5yetl2eetzz1v1t2Aoi7zf??4$’?¢f efAhAe

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