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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	according_a	good_a	work_n	2,753	5	6.1002	4	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A45874	An information of the present condition of affairs, and declaration concerning present duties from the commission of the General Assembly, unto the kirk and kingdom of Scotland	Church of Scotland. General Assembly. Commission.	1648 (1648)	Wing I170; ESTC R11397	6,062	13

AN INFORMATION OF THE Present condition of Affairs AND DECLARATION Concerning Present DUTIES from the COMMISSION OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY UNTO THE KIRK AND KINGDOM OF SCOTLAND EDINBVRGH Printed by Evan Tyler Printer to the Kings most Excellent Majestie 1648. Edinburgh 9. October 1648. Post meridiem AS the onely wise God is pleased to exercise his people and carry on his work in these Kingdoms with many strange revolutions of providence so it becomes us according to the variety of his dispensation to declare and make known unto the Land the condition of the affairs of his house and the deuties which he calls for in regard of the same After the foundation of that unlawfull Engagement against England so destructive to Religion and the Union betwixt the Kingdomes was laid in the Isle of Wight by the unhappy and sinfull compliance of the Commissioners and others of this Kingdom with his Majesties purposes and desires It was carried on and concluded by a prevailing party of Malignant and disaffected men in the Parliament notwithstanding of the dissent and protestation of a considerable number of the House who had been straight and active in the cause of God from the beginning and of the free and faithfull warnings of the servants of God and the supplications of many Synods Presbyteries and Shires to the contrary And was violently prosecute unto the great oppression of the Lords people in their consciences persons and estates and unto the taking of Berwick and Carlile and invading the Kingdom of England with a numerous Army under the conduct of the Duke of Hamiltoun untill the Lord beholding the affliction of his people and taking notice of the Pride and Blasphemy of the adversary did scatter that Army and bring upon them so shamefull and totall an overthrow as may be a witnesse unto the following generations of his sore displeasure against the breakers of his Covenant and dispisers of his word Wherein we do not desire that any should rejoyce according to the flesh but wish that it may be sanctified to those on whom it has fallen that they may repent and unto the lovers of God and his cause that they may acknowledge his work and trust in his name for the time to come A little before the defeat of those Forces in England the well affected party in this Land thought it necessary and had resolved to bestir themselves upon their former principles for the good of Religion and the safety of the Kingdom and their own defence and safety against the Tyranny and oppression of the Malignant partie who were now wreathing their yoke upon the necks of honest men by a second levy and divine providence making the certain news of the defeat tryst with the beginning of their motions they looked upon it as an invitation and encouragement from the Lord to follow their former resolutions with the greater celerity and speed And whilst they were advancing towards Edinburgh for that end some who had been active promoters of the Engagement against England did issue out Commissions to classed Rebells and Incendiaries to take Arms for acting their former mischief and cruelty and taking themselves into the fields did invite unto their help the Irish Forces under the command of George Monro and some other remnants of the scattered Army in England for keeping themselves still in capacity and power to prosecute their own interests and ends and carry on the Engagement as is evident from their letters of the 28 August sent to the Earl Marshall Vicount or Dudope Clerk Regester and George Monro ten dayes after the defeat of the Army in England Wherein speaking of the Engagement they declare their resolutions to recruit their Regiments and to hazard their lives and fortunes and all that was dearest unto them for carrying on against all opposition whatsoever that pious and loyall service and that they and many others of this Kingdom did intend not to live and out-live it But afterwards finding themselves at disadvantage did move for an accommodation upon such termes as were not onely dishonourable and dangerous but sinfull and unjust as including a reall approbation of the Engagement against England and a continuing of these in place and power who had been mainly instrumentall in all the present evils Yet that it might appear how willing those with whom they had to do were to hearken to the motions of peace and to prevent the shedding of blood they were content that some of both sides should meet for composing of differences in a just and fair way And the Commission of the Generall Assembly also resolved to send some of their number to exhort them to repentance and perswade them to just and necessary overtours of peace or if they should continue in their wicked way to intimate to them that they would be necessitate to proceed against them with the sentence of excommunication A Treaty with cessation of Arms during the time thereof being concluded on both sides in the mean while before any meeting the enemy marched unto Stirling and surprising the Forces which were there who were secure upon the advertisement of the Treaty did kill some and take others prisoners and possesse themselves of the Town and Bridge and passes there and left no means unessayed for strengthening and increasing of their Army by labouring for a supply of Forces from the High-lands and the Northern Shires Yet notwithstanding of this hightning of differences by such a way of dealing The Noblemen and Gentlemen in Arms for the Covenant in pursuance of their former resolutitions of Peace did intertain the motion of the Treaty and sent four of their number unto the place of meeting at Woodside with Overtours of disbanding all Forces on both sides and referring all things concerning Religion unto the Generall Assembly and their Commissioners and all Civill bussinesse unto a lawfull and free Parliament And albeit those things could not but satisfie all unbyassed men and that they who went from the Commission of Assembly did freely and faithfully acquit themselves in all things which they had in charge yet did they not condiscend or agree to accept of those conditions And some dayes being spent in fruitlesse debates The Committee of Estates who were then returned unto Edinburgh consisting of such persons onely as had dissented from the Engagement considering that as yet they had no modelled Army and that those in Stirling were strengthening themselves unto the raising a new and dangerous warre did take in deliberation what was fit for them to do in such an exigent And whilst they were about their resolutions therein they were informed by letters from the English Forces that they did resolve to prosecute the warre untill their Enemies were put out of a condition of growing unto a new Army and the Garrisons of Berwick and Carlile were reduced and that they were advanced into Scotland for pursuance of those ends And the Committee not finding themselves in a posture at that time and that