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cause_n	according_a	faith_n	work_n	1,745	5	6.1448	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A82168	The declaration of the kingdomes of England and Scotland, ioyned in armes for the vindication and defence of their religion, liberties, and lawes, against the popish, prelaticall, and malignant party; by the Honourable Houses of the Parliament of England, and the Honourable Convention of Estates of the kingdome of Scotland, in the yeere 1643. Die Martis 30 Ianuar. 1643. Ordered by the Lords assembled in Parliament, that the declaration of the kingdomes of England and Scotland shall be forthwith printed by the printer belonging to the House of Peeres; and that no man shall presume to print the said declaration after the said printer, as he will answer the contrary at his perill. J. Brown Cler. Parliamentorum.	England and Wales. Parliament.; Scotland. Convention of Estates. aut	1644 (1644)	Wing D691; Thomason E31_3; ESTC R10107	4,884	15

THE DECLARATION OF THE KINGDOMES OF England and Scotland Ioyned in Armes for the vindication and defence of their Religion Liberties and Lawes against the Popish Prelaticall and Malignant party By the Honourable Houses of the Parliament of England and the Honourable Convention of Estates of the Kingdome of Scotland in the yeere 1643. Die Martis 30 Ianuar. 1643. ORdered by the Lords assembled in Parliament that the Declaration of the Kingdomes of England and Scotland shall be forthwith printed by the Printer belonging to the House of Peeres and that no man shall presume to print the said Declaration after the said Printer as he will answer the contrary at his perill J. Brown Cler. Parliamentorum LONDON Printed for Iohn Wright in the Old baily Februar 1. 1643. THE DECLARATION OF THE KINGDOMES OF ENGLAND and SCOTLAND Joyned in Armes for the Vindication and defence of their Religion Liberties and Lawes against the Popish Prelaticall and Malignant party By the Honourable Houses of the Parliament of England and the Honourable Convention of Estates of the Kingdome of Scotland in the yeere 1643. IF either Christian duty which by reason of the light of the Gospell so clearely shining amongst us might have been expected from the professors of Religion Or if naturall affection which even in the Heathen and Infidels ignorant of Christ hath abounded toward their native Countrey or sincere respect to His Majesties Honour and happinesse could have been found in the waies or hearts of our common enemies the enemies of Truth and Peace If they had either feared God or regarded men or yeelded to our Importunities We had not after so many Petitions Declarations and Remonstrances as have filled all mens eares and hands been put to this necessity of a new Declaration which therefore must be more patheticke and pressing then any of the former Nor after so many troubles and sufferings of the Kingdome of Scotland after the desolation of the Kingdome of Ireland and after so much blood and so many unnaturall Tragedies in the Kingdome of England had We been redacted to this present condition and joynt posture of Armes the Lord whose counsels are a great depth and who is righteous in all his waies and holy in all his workes hath just cause of controversie against us and this whole Island But who would have beleeved that our Religion Liberties and Lawes which for so long a time have endured opposition and Assaults of forraigne power envying our happinesse would have been opposed oppressed and trod under foot by the craft and cruelty of our owne Natives and Countrey men In this our extremity first of all We Declare that We place not our confidence in our owne counsels and strength but our confidence is in God Almighty the Lord of Hosts who will not leave nor forsake his people It is his owne Truth and Cause which we maintaine with all the Reformed Churches and which hath been witnessed and sealed by the testimony sufferings and blood of so many Confessours and Martyrs against the Heresie Superstition and Tyranny of Antichrist the glory of his owne Name the exaltation of the Kingdome of his Sonne and the preservation of his Church and of this whole Island from utter ruine and devastation is our aime and the end which we have before our eyes His Covenant have we in both Nations solemnly sworn and subscribed which he would not have put in our hearts to doe if he had been minded to destroy us The many prayers and supplications which these many yeeres past but especially of late have been offered up with fasting and humiliation and with strong crying and teares unto him that is able to deliver and save us are a seed which promise unto us a plentifull Harvest of comfort and happinesse and the Apostacy Atheisme Idolatry Blasphemies Prophanenesse Cruelty Excesse open mocking of all Godlinesse and Honesty have filled the cup of our Adversaries to the brym and threaten their speedy and fearefull destruction unlesse it be prevented by such extraordinary repentance as seemeth not yet to have entered into their hearts Vpon these and the like grounds and considerations being confident that this warre wherein both Nations now firmely united are so deeply engaged is of God We resolve with courage and constancy unto the end to doe our part and the Lord who hath stirred up our spirits displayed his Banner before us and given the Alarm doe that which seemeth him good Secondly although every man is to hope for the principall reward of his service from God who rewards every one according to his works yet we finde our selves bound in conscience and equity to Declare that besides those who have the publique faith ingaged to them for their security such as since the beginning have done valiantly and dealt faithfully in this Cause and such as have chosen rather to suffer the spoyling of their Goods then to assist the Enemy or to take Armes against their Religion and Countrey and shall continue constant in the same course of doing or suffering unto the end shall be according to their Merits taken into publique Notice and Consideration their losses so far as may be repaired and themselves honoured and rewarded by such meanes and waies as we trust God in his providence shall afford and the Parliaments or Estates of the two Kingdomes respectively shall in their Wisdome Iustice and Thankfulnesse judge most convenient so that no man who hath been eminent in action or hath suffered any notable losse for the publique shall be neglected or sleighted but one way or other shall be thankfully remembred to his own honour and the good of his posterity Thirdly although Newtrality and indifferency in the time of the danger of Religion be a thing detestable to God who willeth all Christians earnestly to contend for the Truth and such as have been Newtralists or indifferent in the tunes of civill division and danger of the Common-wealth have been in all Nations severely punished as pernicious publique enemies yet that the consciences of all men may be the more convinced all pretexts removed We give now Publique Warning to such persons to rest no longer upon their Newtrality or to please themselves with the naughty and slothfull pretext of Indifferency but that they addresse themselves speedily to take the Covenant and joyne with all their power in the defence of this Cause against the common Enemie and by their zeale and forwardnesse hereafter to make up what hath been wanting through their lukewarmnesse this they will finde to be their greatest wisdome and safety otherwise We doe Declare them to be publique Enemies to the Religion and Country and that they are to be censured and punished as profes'd Adversaries and Malignants Fourthly Because a great many of the multitude of the people upon ignorant Mistakeings false Informations and Threats or Compulsions against their wills and inclination have beene induced or constrained to joyne in Armes with the Enemies against their Religion and Native