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hath given,,% to the fincerdendeavours of his u.n«-~
Wcerthy fervants, whilft the were cent-efling With‘
the many and great difficultles, as well in the wars,
as other tranfafiionsin the three Nationsg, being-'
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Ireland and gwisvfl-' imSco»tIzz4=zd  but (0 marveloufly  A

‘ to appearfor‘hise~peop1e at~'Warce/iegthat rhofe N 3-

tions were reduced to a gram: degree of peace, and “

Englmrdzto perfeét q..uiet, 8:-thereby theVPar1i-mmnt=% 

had opportunityAto-give1:he p~eop1€:t?'1eA harvefi: of“

” al1~thcir~labe tar, blood and treafifie, and to f'ettIe.,a  

4&«l1;ing§,% w4l1ere'qnto%they, were afbliged {bytheir du- :.

duelibcrtylmth inmference to civil and'_fpi-ri;tua1"%?.  

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‘ - itwatst matter of gr~i‘€fL foitfiie giocd? andLwe1iI

faffeéted oftlie Land, totobfétve“ the little pro-grefi
whichwpas  ereinywh thercupon4at§pfi*‘"e.d. tjg
tfit‘: Army , expeéH11gt‘redi*cf.s€by th‘ei'r: means, not?-9
withfiandihg,whi-th;.thet7Armty:min g‘unwi1lx’ng to

A meddle with the civjilAI1thority in mattersfo pro.
'‘ perly appertzumng to 1:, It was agreed 3 that big
1 Esxcellencyg an:d:Oifieers oft.he:~A:ryj; 

Members of Parliatmcntfimould be~defitedt*;tt)?~tuia(W'e

t the P,arl~i%ament,topro.ceedt. vigproufly in refbr;m‘it‘ig At

what Was‘:amifli:.in-:Govsr=erhentgand to4»V.~tt«}:_e«?f’ét#=tV1titla;gT;;,,
of.the~Co.mrxi~on~weaiuh:um :1” fotundiat§tb3::r;;m;fiw7 
fliceandgrightfioufneffeug. whichhavingt*.dm1e5 V W6:
}io.ped tthatttrhe“Pa:Ilitam;en.t; w0u1d~:feafemta:b1ytht;w.a

% anfwered our expeétatiem  findfin ; (mt: our

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nefifeiand.0p"p0fittion~~t0y«th'e apeopleeoffl d;.; ' 3171°_'h  

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nangzeqgo V«c:«.1rr»yM on their endzs,‘ * and‘Aforeeffe&ihg*"%
the dnefiwrew : they " hadof: perpetuating themfelves
 ‘the _Sup%rez1rre1;;Governmenn   For which’ pin’-r~  
fiofe, 4 the flfaid Party ~1ongeoppofed.,V hand fre- '
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A ]i:h'ci"yjto% make ufe of it “to recruite the 
;HQqf¢;V§fi§bgPg€1‘fOI1S*Qflthefamfi Spirit and tern» “

- pefy .fAchegeby, go perpetuafitee » their A own Ffittingg

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xhema  gI1anifef’c:,  labourmg to eperfwade o—

IhefSwie.coV‘a%econfent therein: Andtheebetter" to‘

éfiwttfiiseem: diver? Petitionspreparing  from fe—%  
veral“ Qp11g_1tge§ fI"12ih@ econtmfuance ;~0f:.thiS “Par-5-:
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wfqnde ‘A Ve1}fgrliame;1t,;» tfwo _con%fider what ifit-r
$ii18m:m¢?4¥»15;?:fl§ remedymightebe applied we Pre-
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a_1to”gethe1f —i;1ge¢_fFec?cu21k1i1e, M it  ;b~e,cam'e mofie evi- 
éifint Lg ythe WArmy,i;asL they2d;01;Ib:t not it a1f0”1S:‘t0f A
$11’. eeéqalidqepiqgege  sa ,4  rfihat“ ‘this. Par1iamenat,’*
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v  eb_t;he'ns.,, the   noneeattfifldancexewee ’:21“nede e negligence of;

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God ,  fmg P§Qp;€‘.3;:_,_%;afld eflstzbe =who1e 4‘Namon *e:§:4g
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wicncfs £01,. Amufl; necd‘s languifh under  Athci1

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that lim, ‘lib.;¢rtiCS’ and c»om£or1;s pf’ his Pc¢P1¢“

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   icl   fadilywsnd I    
fidefed  the h0n¢%f’cf People o£%:1§i:u13z;;§§.?,
as   well as by the “Army, and %“wifd‘dm and
dircé?cio;n.A_being fought: from me Lord 5 int;-em;

ed: mfibc :22» fury .i'n4cu«mbem1AI'npon =15,  Awho.hadA

fccn.  much % of chic iipqwcr ‘,3l1d’Y P‘.l"CfC"[lCC *¢’f
God goi'nAg along: with usA , A % ed c‘o5fidgr§;A A 
famc“§AA more \ cffcétual means 507 fecurc. thcLCafuf
which :~:h.cA good People of rh~.isAComAmpnwea1;

1 had‘ bmn _fo}:lA”o?ng $cm+g?a«gncd4g  5: and w. %V%¢fia_bm’,

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the  Comm‘on«wcaAI'th4 T cdmmit%eedA’  urfifo %A"éh¢m ~"”Afor

a mimic, as; the ‘m/ofi hopcé1‘full%w; way iegA¥4¢nc¢u;

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Elcflfionfdf .SMCGCffiV€" = I?a_§‘jEi7afi7i1ci;i’&:5;%  haw; ‘fig
Government fctlcd A upon; A av t*r‘L>r¢% Bafis A wilchoult
hazard L. tms g4I0r-1§ous.»4GaVu{eL_5 b 

  AA ~    ” to

it tokcep up Armies forth: defence of’ the fame. I
And being {til tticfolvcd to ufc alllmzt-ans poffiblc to i

avoid plesgtraordinary ;coutl“'es,i we t prevailed   with
about A twenty Members of Parliamrctnt to give . us

 aeConfercncc , withpwhom wefre~ely and ‘plainly
debated the neccflityt and j uflnelfs of our Propo-

fals onthat behalf "~,-_ And did evideneeiethattehoie,
andynol: the Aéfuindcr their confideration, would
molt probably bring forth fomething anfiwerazblc
to that VVork,the Foundation whereof God‘:himt-
{elf hath laid , and is nowcarrying  in the;
World.  ° V w on 1  A _ e
I The wh.ichnotwithfiandii=:g, i found no aeccep-
same, but ini’t*ea~d thereof , it wasoffered, that
thetway was tO:COIfl_tl!1l1Ctfii,ll this prefent Par»

t liament, as beeing that from which we mightrca-

.”fonab1yexpc&all«goodetl1i~ngs.. ~<Andlthis being 4

vehcfncntly illfilitflldi uepofm did much confirm us

in our appreheniions. , that notwnny Love‘ to zip

Reprcfen-tative , but the making tufe thereof to

recruit , _and fo perpetuate thcmi‘elves—,   wastheir
  They being .pla1nIytealt with about this,

and told , that neither the Nation; the Honefi:

‘ Intercft, nor we ourfeltves would bee .de1uded

by fuch dealings; they did ngrec.it~«lto meet aga:in~ _

the next daytime the afternoon tiionp»mtutual’t{a+

itisfa€tio:{n , it being eonfentedli;tun.to.tobyfwthe
V Meemberis; prefent, that endeavoursihouldiibe

n'Fed»,; , iClr‘)%a£l nothingpein the :mean time7 flioiuldt

be donein Parliament other might exclude or  

B at i fruftrntf:

fn;firate_ the Ptopofals before rnentAioned~, Q ~

*9 nlflotwithflandingthuis, thenext morning the A

A Patliamentl did’ make ‘ rnoreAA hafie then ufutale,  .

carryingonitheir {aid tlAA6?cnrl, beinghclped on?

A therein. bye fome of A the perlions engaged to use

the night before; none lofnthem whichwere
  then prefenc, endeavouring to oppofe thefame:

And being   read y to put the main cwcitionr foe‘

l confummating the,-f'aid A&,~wherebyt omdafofre-eA

faid" ePropofalswouldA have been riendred void,

A  and. thewayof bringing them into a fair and
full debate in Parliament obftrucifedegfor pro:-

venting whereofg and all the Afadandf evil con.»

fequences, which mufliupon the grofunds aforeu A
faidghavei enfuedl, and whereby at one blow if
the Intcrefi of all honeft Amen, andof this~glo~—~ A
rious Caufe had been in . danger to be laid in 4
the ndufil, and thcfe i Nations eAmbroilc,d in new A
Troubles ,, at  time when ,our7IA Enemies; abmadntl “ 
are ‘watchinglalladvantages againfl us, and'fotne= 

. of them .aA&.ually engagedin ~,War with us :We? A

have been_nece{fitated, though with rnuchere-,-A1 A

1ut€tancy,to"put an end to this Parliament;
which yet. we have done. (we hope) out

ofanlbonefl heart,“ fpreferringe this Caufela-e “
hove our Names, Lives, FaAm1liest,,or Ilntercfis, »

howl dear foever ; with {clear tintentioins and
real »pt1rpof.cs of heart“, to call to the Govern-

ment, Plerfonstofapprovedafidelicy and ho-

lmny ,’h believing, that as; none wife will expAefl:At
eo gatherflrapes ‘of Thorns; fo good men. l

” will i

y will  hope, lthat: if pcrfonsx fo  qlialifikd  Choll

rix 

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fcn55n«hdV Fruits of a ];,i.ft!— a”.nd“'a:*Riglmfoos ‘Rog
formatsxon, fol long prayed and wifhcd fox; _}vill’,f’f_

A by-uh; blefling of God , be in “due time obtairflwl

ed,’ to nhle rcfrclflainglwof all"thofcl~goodHmcaraslm A

‘ whqh:1velb”cenllpantin'g —aftl’:1':;hOfC i"hi,ng$. Al    

 oMuchlo§llmore>l¥~might lhavcllllbcch lfaid‘,  izthladlf  
been-lolur :defirc1= to jufigfic our {¢lvcsa‘fp‘h¢i¢!4l7 «.
fi-mg lozhlers, and raking into the mifllgovcrn-l’
mam; of lAlf3.lIS’; but we {hall conclude withlthis, I
That as we have been lcacl by‘nccc9ilitj/alnd*‘ Proili-I 
dclnlcc,il. to acftl as wc have done, even beyond ahd‘
abfovcw ourllown thoughts and dcfires :ll’o we 
fha1l,land‘ d, in that of-thisgrcaz Wlorkl*which A,
is bchinde, putouf ft‘-:lvcs~w«hc>1lyupo1ilclhc:'Lo.rd" A
fora blcffing,-, profcIIi=ng,wcl~-look not to flafid oné  A
daylwithoutlhlis fupport; muchIcl's‘to~»bringtoA‘ V

pafs anyof the things mcn‘cio*nl¢d~l‘lalnd defired,

without his ailiftance, and therefore do lfo-A

lcmnly defirc and cxpcét, that all men ,A as
thcy would not provokcthe Lord to their

own dafiruétion, £hou1d~ wait? forvfiich iffixcl

. M as hcufliallbring lforch 5‘ andhlro follow their”
V _ bufincfs With .pc~accablcfp1~r1ts 3 7 whcrern we;

 lpromifc them Promotion by his affiffanczcyl
‘ And for chofc who profcfs their fcarand
Love to” thc“Namc of God that fccing in _

.a great mcafurc, for‘chcir~falccs~,l and for righ- lo

tcoufncfsl falcc, wc l'lElVC:*I3k€l1 our Lives in our’
hands to do chcfc thlngzsw rheyfivv-ould be in-~
A M‘ A  ,5; i~'fl7x’m?£r. A

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4 titan! iwitib ithe Lordv day and ‘night nionrtourr be-
“ halfs , _ thatiwe may obtain grace from him,
A and fee-mg V we have made Io oftenmentioneof

his; Namecthat we may rnot idoethetlcaflz

«idifhonour thereunto: which ind-ee would be

our confufion,“ andca‘ fiain to the wholcrpro-
V feflion of Godlinefs.  or f " ~ A V   A
A Wee bcfeech themnalfo to liveinail nhurnility 5?

AA tnecknefs, righteoufnefs and love out towards: an- d

other, and towards all men,%% that to they ma V
in put tofilencc theignorance of the fooliih, who
falfly accufe »them; and to know, that the
late great and glorious difpenfatiions wherein
n the Lord hath To. wonderfully appeared in
bringing forth theft: things by thetravel {and
in blood of his Childremought to obligethemfo to
i walk in the wifdomiand love of Chrift, ash

nm"ayi icaufc others to honour their holy pm. ~
ifeffion. rbecaufc they _fees(%3hrifl-to be.inun,-m  

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of at truth.

 We do further purpofe btefore it he long,

~ more pa-rticularlny toflnew the grounds ‘.O'£ «our  

Proceedings, and the Reafonsv of ti~hisi:.n;:I;atci A"
great Aétion and Change ,, which“ in trihigtr we
have but hinted at.  A A   ~    4 V 

K   And i‘WeidoAIafilydeclare -;.’T.hataiIJudge§,;
A Sheriffs,“ Juflices of thenPcace,‘i Mamyrsege

Ba.ylifi=‘s, ‘C0mmil;tCC$ and Coxrnmifiioncrsiye
and all other Civil Officers iandf ‘Publick Mi-9

nifie;-5

   (11) 
niflers wh-asfocver, within this Commonl
wealth , ‘or any parts thereof, dio proceed in

1 their refpeftivc Places and .OfiCC$; and all

Perfons whatfoever are to give obedience to

  ehcim as fullyas when the Parliament was fit-

Signed’ in the name and byche appoint!-3
ment of his Excellency tl1e:L01td Ge-
  neral , and his Councel ofccrs. 

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