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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A34784	The Covenant with a narrative of the proceedings and solemn manner of taking it by the honourable House of Commons and reverent Assembly of Divines the 25th day of September, at Saint Margarets in Westminster : also two speeches delivered at the same time, the one by Mr. Philip Nye, the other by Mr. Alexander Hendersam.	Henderson, Alexander, 1583?-1646.; Nye, Philip, 1596?-1672.	1643 (1643)	Wing C6621; ESTC R3970	18,809	36

from his Majesty without successe and the miseries of Ireland the distresses of England and the dangers and pressures of the Kingdom of Scotland growing to greater extremity such as were intrusted with the publike affaires of the Kingdom were necessitate according to the practise of former times his Majestie having denied a Parliament to call a Convention of the Estates for considering of the present affaires and for providing the best remedies which immediately upon their meeting by the speciall providence of God did receive information of divers treacherous attempts of Papists in all the three Kingdoms as if they had been called for that effect And by the same Providence Commissioners were sent from both Houses of Parliament to consider with the Estates of the Kingdom of Scotland of such Articles and Propositions as might make the conjunction betwixt the two Nations more beneficiall and effectuall for the securing of Religion Liberty against Papists Prelats with their Adherents Their Consultations with the Commissioners of the Generall Assembly did in the end bring forth this Covenant as the only meane after all other have beene assayed for the deliverance of England and Ireland out of the deeps of affliction preservation of the Church and Kingdom of Scotland from the extremity of misery and the safety of our native King and his Kingdoms from destruction and desolation This is the manifold necessity which Nature Religion Loyalty and Love hath laid upon them Nor is it unknown in this Honourable Reverend and wise Audience what errors and heresies in doctrine what Superstition and Idolatry in Worship what Usurpation and Tyranny in Government what cruelty against the soules and bodies of the Saints have been set on foot exercised and executed for many Generations and now of late by the Roman Church all which wee hope through the blessing of God upon this work shall be brought to an end Had the Pope at Rome the knowledge of what is doing this day in England and were this Covenant written on the Plaster of the Wall over against him where he sitteth Belshazzar-like in his Sacriligious pomp it would make his heart to tremble his countenance to change his head and Miter to shake his joynts to loose and all his Cardinals and Prelates to be astonied When the Reformed Churches which by their Letters have been exciting us to Christian Communion and Sympathy in this time of the danger of Religion and distresse of the Godly shall heare of this blessed conjunction for uniformity in Religion according to the Word of God and the defence thereof it shall quicken their hearts against the heavinesse of oppressing sorrows and feares and bee no other than a beginning of a Jubilee and joyfull deliverance unto them from the Antichristian yoke and tyranny Vpon these and the like considerations wee are very confident that the Church and Kingdom of Scotland will most cheerefully joyne in this Covenant at the first motion whereof their 〈◊〉 were moved within them And to give testimony of this our confidence we who are Commissioners from the Generall Assembly although we have no particular and expresse Commission for that ●nd not from ●a●t of willingnesse but of a fore-sight offer to joy● our hearts and hands unto it being a stored that the Lord in his own time will against all opposition even against the gates of Hell crown it with a blessing from Heaven The Word of God is for it as you have been 〈…〉 〈…〉 by the consent and testimonie of a Reverend Assembly ●● so many godly learned and grav 〈…〉 Divines In your own sense and experience you will finde that although while you are assaulted or exercised with worldly cares and fears your thoughts may somwhat trouble direct you yet at other times when upon seeking of God in private or publike as in the evening of a well spent Sabbath or day of Fast and Humiliation your disposition is more spirituall and leaving the world behinde you you have found accesse unto God through Jesus Christ the bent and inclinations of your hearts will be strongest to go through with this work It is a good testimony that our designes and wayes are agreeable to the will of God if we affect them most when our hearts are furthest from the world and our temper is most spirituall and heavenly and least carnall and earthly As the Word of God so the prayers of the people of God in all the Reformed Churches are for us and on our side It were more terrible then an Armie to heare that there were any servent supplications to God against us blasphemies curses and horrid imprecations there be proceeding from another spirit and that is all That Divine Providence also which hath maintained this Cause and supported his Servants in a marvellous manner unto this day and which this time past hath kept things in an equall ballance and vicissitude of successe will we trust from this day forth through the weight of this Covenant cast the ballance and make Religion and Righteousnesse to prevaile to the glory of God the honour of our King the confusion of our common Enemies and the comfort and safety of the people of God Which he grant who is able to doe above anything that we can ask or think FINIS