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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A86721	The humble addresse of the provinciall synod, of Fife in Scotland. To His most sacred Majesty, after the receipt of his most gracious letter, to the several presbyteries of the Church of Scotland. Directed to the Right Honourable the Earle of Lauderdale, gentleman of His Majesties bed-chamber, and Lord Secretarie of Scotland, to me by him presented to His most Excellent Majesty.	Church of Scotland. Synod of Fife.	1660 (1660)	Wing H3385; Thomason E1047_4; ESTC R208090	3,383	12

An Humble ADDRESSE OF THE Provinciall Synod OF FIFE IN SCOTLAND To His most Sacred Majesty After the Receipt of His most Gracious LETTER to the several Presbyteries of the Church of SCOTLAND Directed to the Right Honourable the Earle of Lauderdale Gentleman of His Majesties Bed-Chamber and Lord Secretarie of Scotland to be by him presented to His most Excellent MAJESTY LONDON 〈…〉 C R HONI SOIT QVI MAL Y PENSE DIEV ET MON DROIT An Humble Addresse of the Provinciall Synod of Fife in SCOTLAND May it please your Lordship HAving received the double of a Letter sent from his Majesty with our brother Mr. James Scharp to the Presbyterie of Edinborough communicated by them by his Majesties desire to the severall Presbyteries of this Province as it was also to other Presbyteries within this Kingdome and by these referred to this Assembly because of the near approaching of our meeting for some returne to be given thereupon And the same being read once and again in the publick audience of the Assembly we were so to our great comfort and joy affected with his Majesties gracious resolutions therein expressed in order to the matters of God That as we could not but break forth into joyfull thanksgiving to God in His Majesties behalf So judged we it our duty to expresse our sense hereof to your Lordship His Majesties Secretary which we humbly desire your Lordship will be pleased as conveniency may serve to make known to his Majesty WHen it seemed good to the Lord God whose waies are all holy and righteous for the iniquity of the people of these Lands to permit the power of rebellious and ungodly men so far to prevaile as to the expelling His Sacred Majesty out of His Kingdomes and from the government thereof This was to us the taking from us the breath of our Nostrills and the shadow under which we were to have lived among the Nations And we did finde it indeed to be so by many sad and bitter oppressions and confusions as well in civil interests as in matters ecclesiastick which followed thereupon under and by the domination of the Usurpers and are so notoure to the world that we need not trouble your Lordship by taking up your time with a rehearsal thereof As soon as His Majesty returned and entred again into his Kingdoms we found a reviving especially by that most Royall Christian and Pious Proclamation issued by his Majesty the very next day after His first coming to His Royal Palace of White-hall against unchristian heart-burnings and revilings amongst His Christian Subjects and against profanenesse and debaucht ryotings This as it was a clear evidence that the Lord had sanctified His Majesties afflictions to Him and given Him his Judgments and Righteousnesse So was to us a strong ground of joyfull hope and assurance that the righteous shall flourish in His daies And that wisedome and knowledg shall be the stabilitie of his times and strength of salvation And that the fear of the Lord is his Treasure But now this His most Sacred Majesties gracious Letter hath fully quickned us and set us and this Church upon our feet And is as the Lord were saying to us Fear not peace be unto you be strong yea be strong As it is matter of great peace to our consciences before God by whom Kings do reign that in these by-past times of tryals and tentations we have through the grace of God according to our measure sympathized with our King in his sufferings and continued constant in our affection and loyalty to His Majesty as our onely rightfull Soveraign under Almighty God So it is no small matter of comfort happinesse and rejoycing to us that His Majesty hath been graciously pleased to declare His assurance of and good satisfaction with the 〈◊〉 of the generality of the Ministers in this Kingdom as to this And as we do verily beleeve that for the generality of the Ministers of Scotland there is real cause why His Majesty might well be so perswaded of them So it is to us great grief and affliction of Spirit that any in this Kingdom of what station or calling soever have in the time of tryal under whatsoever pretences swarved from that Duty and Allegiance they owed to his Majesty wishing that God may grant them repentance and forgiveness of that grievous sin so hatefull to God and so opposite to the principles of our holy Profession But our hearts were filled with joy beyond all for the grace of God bestowed upon His Majesty and his abundant goodnesse tovvard this Church by inclining His Majesties royall Heart to resolve and for assuring his people graciously to declare it to be His resolution by the grace of God to discountenance profanenesse and all contemners and opposers of the ordinances of the Gospel to protect and preserve the Government of this Church as it is established by Law without violation to countenance in the due exercise of their Functions all such Ministers who shall behave themselves dutifully and peaceably which indeed becometh men of their calling and for our selves we trust through grace shall ever be our sincere endeavour to do as also to take care that the Authority and Acts of the generall Assembly of St. Andrewes and Dundee in the year 1651. wherein the peace of this Church and the reputation thereof in the eyes of all Churches about us are so much concerned be owned and stand in force untill another generall Assembly promising graciously withall that he will call another as soon as His Majesties affairs will permit a blessing which the sad affects that this Church hath sustained by the want therof through the oppression of Usurpers makes us the more to long for and will render the more sweet to us My Lord we cannot expresse how great obligations we are sensible doth lie upon our hearts to blesse the Lord our God who hath set up such an hedg of royall Authority about this Church and the matter of Religion among us a people so unworthy and misdeserving And what addition we do finde these His Majesties Gracious and Pious resolutions make to all the other Bonds and Engagements Naturall and Divine we are under to study to approve our selves faithfull loyal and loving Subjects to His Majesty If now when the Lord hath procured to us such a shadow and assurance from His Sacred Majesty that we may live under Him a quiet and peaceable life in all godlinesse and honesty any should yet labour to create jealousies in the mindes of people it were high wickednesse and ingratitude to be abominated both against God and the King We do heartily homolog at the resolution of our brethren hinted in his Majesties Letter not to meddle without their Sphere and are resolved by the grace of God to do accordingly in our respective Judicatories and every of us in our particular Stations judging it very aliene from our Calling and contrary to the clear revealed will of our Lord and Master Jesus Christ to intrude into or intangle our selves with medling in matters that are not Ecclesiastick We will also according to our duty whereunto we are so straitly bound by the Command of God and the tie of our Allegiance and so deeply obliged in gratitude to his gracious Majesty endeavour as is competent to us to promote His Majesties Authority and interests with His Subjects against all opposers And shall in the way allowed to us take notice of all such as shall in any way transgresse the limits of their Calling by endeavouring to corrupt the people or sowe seeds of disaffection to his Majesty And as we esteem it a singular mercy that we may expect His Majesties favour in our Calling and Work trusting that our Lord will furnish us with wisedom and grace so to carry our selves in all the managements thereof that we shall not deserve the withdrawing of His royall favour and encouragement from us so it being the will of God that prayers and supplications be made for all men in special for Kings and all in Authority And His Majesty being such a King who himself is so piously and affectionately desirous of our prayers which makes us confidently hopefull that our Addresses to the Throne of Grace in his behalf shall not be in vaine we shall not faile as the Spirit of the Lord shall help and enable us to pray in publike and private that our Almighty gracious God may multiply grace mercy and peace upon His royal heart pour out blessings upon His Throne and Government preserve his Person long to reign a Nursing Father to the Church of Jesus Christ in his Dominions Amen My Lord We humbly beg leave to trouble your Lordship with this one word more VVe do heartily blesse the Lord in your behalf for the good offices we are certainly informed your Lordship has done at this time for this your mother Church And we assure our selves your Lordship will continue and abound more and more in so good a work We verily do think and look on it as a special mercy of God to this Church that such a Son of hers as your Lordship a Person so eminently gifted and enabled of God so well principled is come to such place and trust about his Majestie at such a time as this Your Lordships improving the advantage therof in so pious a service will be acceptable to God be honourable to and bring a blessing we doubt not upon your Lordships Person and Noble Family That so it may be shall be the earnest prayer of Right Honourable Your Lordships very Humble Servants the Ministers and Elders of the Synod of Fife Mr. George Hamilton Moderator in Name and by the Appointment of the Synod Mr. George Ogilvie Clerk Kirkaldy 4. Octob. 1660.