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A81600 The danger of the Church of England from a general assembly of Covenanters in Scotland. Represented from their principles in oaths, and late acts of assemblies; compar'd with their practices in these last two years. Written in the year 1690. By a true son of the Church. True son of the church. 1698 (1698) Wing D179A; ESTC R230519 14,686 35

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Uniformity in Government shall be brought about your Majesty's Conscience in performing so great a duty shall be a well-spring of Comfort to your self your Memory shall be a sweet savour and your Name renowned to all following Generations and if the unhappy Commotions and Divisions shall end in this Peace and Vnity then it shall appear in the Providence of God they were but the noise of many Waters and the voice of a great Thunder before the voice of Harpers harping with their Harps which shall fill the whole Island with Melody and Mirth and the Name of it shall be The Lord is there This is the exact transcript of that Assembly's Supplication to King Charles the I. only that for Brevity some Personal things relating to his then Majesty and the then Parliaments Declaration are omitted because they do not quadrat with the times In the second place the Scottish Covenanters keep the same correspondence with their Brethren here as was kept in the days of their Forefathers And accordingly as was done in the late times grant to this effect and in this manner A Commission for those that repair to the Kingdom of England Edinb Aug. 19. 1643. THE General Assembly of the Kirk of Scotland finding it necessary to send some Godly and Learned of this Kirk to the Kingdom of England to the effect underwritten Therefore gives full Power and Commission to Mr. c. (a) For in this Consistory the Mis. John that is Minister hath the precedence to his Grace the Duke who is a Ruling Elder or but a Laick join'd in Council Ministers and to D. M. E. or L. Elders or any three of them whereof two shall be Ministers to repair to the Kingdom of England and there to deliver the Declaration sent unto the Parliament of England and the Letter sent unto the Assembly of Divines now sitting in that Kingdom And to propose consult treat and conclude with that Assembly or any Commissioners deputed by them or any Committees or Commissioners deputed by the Houses of Parliament in all Matters which may further the Vnion of this Island in one Form of Kirk-Government one (b) And tho' the Westminster Confess avows the K's Supremacy which they do not own yet they have chosen it in complaisance with England Confession of Faith one Catechism and one Directory for the Worship of God according to the Instructions which they have received from the Assembly or shall receive from time to time hereafter from the (c) The Commission of the Kirk is the great Committee of the General Assembly which does all affairs when the Assembly does not sit Commissioners of the Assembly deputed for that effect With power also to them to convey to His Majesty the humble answer sent from this Assembly to His Majesties Letter by such occasion as they shall think convenient and generally Authorizeth them to do all things which may further the so much desired Vnion and nearest Conjunction of the Churches of Scotland and England conform to their Instructions before-mentioned And if our Presbyterians here in England should entertain the correspondence so far as to Petition in any Letter the concurrence of their Covenanted Brethren in Scotland then in that case they probably will return such an answer as was return'd to our English Presbyterians by the Scottish in the year 1642. Dated at St. Andrews July 22. Right Reverend and Beloved in the Lord Jesus YOur Letters which came unto our Hands so seasonably was not only acceptable unto us but hath also encouraged us to renew both to the Kings Majesty and the Houses (a) (a) In their Declaration to the Houses of Parliament Who knows say they but the Lord hath now some controversie with England which will not be removed till first and before all the Worship of his Name and the Government of his House be settled according to his own Will meaning to have neither Bishop nor Common Prayer of Parliament the desires of the Commissioners of this Kingdom for Vnity in Religion We cannot be ignorant but the opposition from Satan and Worldly Men in Kirk and Policy will still be vehement as it hath been already but we are confident through our Lord Jesus Christ that the prayers and endeavours of the Godly of both Kingdoms will bring the Work to a wished and blessed issue This whole National Kirk is so much concern'd in that Reformation and Unity in Religion in both Kingdoms that without it we cannot hope for any long time to enjoy our Purity and Peace which hath cost us so dear and is now our chiefest Comfort and greatest Treasure which one cause beside the Honour of God and the Happiness of the People of God in that Kingdom more desired of us than our lives is more than sufficient to move us to contribute all that is in our power for bringing it to pass And since we have with so great liberty made our desires and hopes known both to King and Parliament it is a duty incumbent both to you and us who make mention of the Lord and are Watchmen upon the Walls of Jerusalem never more to keep silence nor to hold our peace Day and Night till the Righteousness of Zion go forth as brightness and the Salvation thereof as a Lamp that burneth And if it shall please the Lord to move the heart of King and Parliament to hearken unto the motion for which end we have resolved to keep a Solemn Fast and Humiliation in all the Kirks of this Kingdom the mean by which we have prevailed in times past we wish that the Work may be begun with speed and prosecuted with diligence by the joynt Labours of some Divines in both Kingdoms who may prepare the same for the view and examination of a more frequent Ecclesiastical meeting of the best affected to this Reformation there and of the Commissioners of the General Assembly here that in the end it may have the Approbation of the General Assembly here and of all the Kirks there in the best way that may be we wish and hope at last in a National Assembly Our Commissioners at Edenburgh shall in our Name receive and return Answers for promoting so great a Work which we with our Heart and our Soul recommend to the blessing of God We continue Your Loving Brethren and Fellow Labourers And although the Oath of Supremacy be inconsistent with Scottish Presbytery and hath been taken by many in this Kingdom of England of all degrees and stations yet the Scottish Covenanters for curing that distemper of Malignancy may Institute a Fast of the same nature and for the same causes as made their Predecessors do it in the 6th of August 1642. Act for remembring in Publick Prayers the desires of the Assembly to the King and Parliament and induction of a Publick Fast THE General Assembly being desirous to promote the great Work of Vnity in Religion and Uniformity in Church Government in all these three Dominions