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A92720	Scotlands alarme. Or, Some considerations tending to demonstrate the necessitie of our speedie marching to the assistance of our brethren in England, notwithstanding all difficulties and necessities, reall or pretended. Together, with a letter dated at Edinburgh, Novemb. the 29. 1643. Wherein is given full satisfaction to all men who desire to know the reasons why the Scots Army is not yet advanced into England.		1643 (1643)	Wing S2015; Thomason E77_5; ESTC R21030	9,618	16

Spirit Though this Work of Babylons ruine shall not be done without power or might for double must be rendred to her and happie shall they be that reward her as shee hath served us giving her blood to drinke for shee is worthy yet not by that power or might in an ordinary way but by the Spirit of GOD the disposer of all affairs especially those that concerne the Church of GOD strangely ordering things that so little of men or meanes but much of GOD may be seen so that when he hath made the Mountains become plains before his Zerobabels the head-stone may be brought fotth with shouting crying not Armies Councels Commanders but Grace grace unto it But this is a strange Dialect to States men Souldiers It may be so but GOD will probably make it familiar in time Let this discourse be taken as it was intended not to take men off the using preparations but from trusting them and standing so precisely upon all accomplishments when GOD hath given so good encouragement to hope that he will make up our unwilling and unavoidable necessities But in the midst of our businesse let it be seriously laid to heart how much blood is spilt how many Townes and Countries spoiled how miserably our friends are distressed and distracted while we are preparing onely for their reliefe We have professed to looke upon their condition as our own and well we may for it is truly though not presently and immediately our own let us so carry our selves as if they enemies Forces were as neer Edenburgh as they are London But this must not be interpreted quarreling but quickning And now let us descend from this general consideration of difficulties and take a particular view of the present difficulties that interrupt and retard our so much expected and desired aid And first whereas it may bee there are some that quake and shiver at the thought of a Winters march and looke upon it as an unreasonable motion that our Army should then take the field when other Armies betake themselves to Garison Let none take exception if we pray GOD to keepe Winter out of our hearts and we shall make a reasonable good shift for our bodies the worst weather in the world is that which our Saviour tells of When iniquity abounds and the love of many waxes cold Christ never complained it was too hot when he sweat drops of blood GOD hath given us bodies able to endure much let not our mindes refuse it necessity makes all seasons alike and that is our case or I am sure the case of our friends which we should make ours or GOD will make it ours But if the consideration of the condition of our friends who endure a hard winter for want of coals from New-castle do not move us let us looke at the carriage of our enemies sure we shall be ashamed to decline that for the Service of Christ which they so readily endure for Antichrist Did not the Kings Armie march from Oxford to Brainford in November the M. of New-castle with his Popish Army from Northumberland to York in Decem. Did not the Cavaliers take in Cicester in Glocestershire in the depth of Winter Feb. 2. 1642. Vt iugulent homines surgunt de nocte latrones Vt teipsum serves non expergisceris Shall villains to destroy get up by night And we not stir to save till day be light For shame let not this be thought an impediment much lesse made an excuse by any GOD will either send such weather as we may endure or make us able to endure such as he sends If we complain the winter is too cold it is much to bee doubted we may have reason hereafter to complain that the Spring is too hot when our work shal be made ten times more difficult by the increase of the enemies strength from Ireland and other places and the provision of Armes and Ammunition now so much wanting among them which these dark winter nights notwithstanding the guards at Sea will befriend them with Let us not favour our enemies while we think to favour our selves and suffer them to make use of those provisions for horse and man which are now in the Countrey though Winter be more cold the Summer is like to be more hungry Delayes especially in Military affairs are seldome or never without many dangers Ours will have sin and danger too if they be not timely looked unto But the last and greatest difficultie is the matter of money how can it be thought that we should satisfie the expectation of our friends and neighbours when they fall so much short of satisfying ours in that which is the sinew and strength of warre This is a strong objection but necessity is a stronger answer we must be sure at some time or other for we are made Traitors and Rebels by Proclamation already and promised protection but upon a slender condition that is so long as wee behave our selves so as evill Councellours may give a good report of our deservings we shall be compelled to raise an Armie in defence of this Cause and our selves and though the termes are not so good as some expected they are better then wee are like to finde if our brethren in England bee utterly spoiled and wee left to shift for our selves Let us therefore perswade our selves to doe that now which otherwise we shal be in time constrained to that is part with what we have for the vindication of our Religion and Liberty As it was just and reasonable that for the better accomplishment of the intended worke we should make as good provision as might be and to that end desire a considerable summe of money the better to prevent future inconveniencies So it is no lesse just and reasonable that our friends having as we are credibly informed done their utmost for this present toward the satisfaction of our propositions in that point we should bee willing and ready to doe our utmost to supply their unwilling wants the cause being as certainly though not so immediately ours as theirs It may be more money might have been had if Malignants Neuters and lukewarme-professors could have found in their hearts to have parted with it but as some have done below so doubtlesse some have done beyond their ability Shall honest men be destroyed because worldlings will not part with their Mammon For that is the case if we helpe not the good Protestants of England because money is short they must be lost and undone because after this vast expence upon the Cause of GOD they are no richer And if this be an impediment certainly it will be an everlasting impediment the longer we stay the lesse assistance must bee expected from our friends which bee daily more and more exhausted and that middle sort of men which have the riches of the Kingdome will rather with their money buy an unlawfull peace than maintain a lawfull warre Considering therefore that GOD hath so in his providence

ordered things that our Brethren of England and wee should be happily united in a Solemne Covenant a thing wee would not long since have purchased at a dear rate and hath disposed the hearts of the Parliament readily to condiscends to the Articles of the Treaty without any materiall alteration Seeing that notwithstanding the spoile of the Kings Armies having a great part of the Kingdom under contribution and almost destroying the trade of London and notwithstanding the charge of their own Armies which hath been exceeding great both in England and Ireland and yet is like to be they have used so much care and so faithfull endeavours for the fulfilling our demands Let us every man look upon his Covenant wherein he hath engaged to his power and then look to his purse his barns his shop and store-houses and whatsoever he can call his And last of all look back into his own heart and conscience and make an impartiall judgement of his ability and do accordingly left our hands in contribution not being answerable to our Vow in the Covenant we be accounted deceivers and meet with a curse in stead of a blessing What GOD hath denied us in money he hath grant ed us in victuall whereof he hath vouchsafed us plenty let us not suffer his Cause to starve in the midst of it Let us consider that there is now no place for concealments wee have not to do with men but with GOD with whom we have covenanted he searcheth our hearts sees our actions and abilities He takes notice what prophane Esaus there are among us that preferre pottage to their birth-right What churlish Nabals who say of the servants and Cause of GOD 1 Sam. 25.5 as he once of Davids Shall I take my bread and my flesh and give it to men whom I know not whence they be and he takes so strict notice as to render to them according to their wayes and according to the fruit of their doings as you may see in that reckoning Christ makes at the 25 of Matth. v. 41. I was hungry and ye fed me not naked and ye clothed me not Depart ye cursed c. But I wil not so much distrust your faithfulnesse and forwardnesse in this great Cause of Jesus Christ which pleads so strongly for it self in every Christian heart If this labour be superfluous I am glad you wanted it not if it be necessary I am glad I spared it not I shut up all with the words of Ioab to Abishai 2 Sam. 10.12 Be of good courage and let us play the men for the people and cities of our God and let the Lord do what seemeth to him good Only adding that lively encouragement of David to Solomon 1 Chron. 12.6 Arise therefore and be doing and the Lord be with you FINIS A LETTER From EDINBVRGH NOVEMBER 30. 1643. Giving full satisfaction to all men why the SCOTISH Army is not yet Advanced into ENGLAND My true and constant Friend GIve me leave to use this compellation of you who lives in the midst of so many changes and changlings Suffer me also to entreat you to afford me a little of your patience if it be not all spent till you have perused and pondered these few lines expressing the condition of our affaires here and then pronounce your sentence Master Hatcher and his Company with the Treatie and the Money came to Leith road November 21. so long a time it pleased God to keep him on Sea and thereby to excroise our patience The publicke Orders to the Shyres concerning the generall Randevous which is appointed to be upon the 29. of December at Hatrlaw a place foure miles from Berwicke were exped upon the fourth day after the arrivall of the Ship which was Novemb. 25. The neerest Regements are appointed to march presently towards the borders there to quarter and exercise themselves and to meet with the Cavaleeres if any of them shall appeare till the day of Randevous Consider with your selfe what time you will allow for sending the Orders to the Shires to call the Committees of the severall Shires to bring together the Souldiers to their Colours and to march as farre as Barwicke from which some of the Regiments are no lesse then a hundred miles distant after you have impartially considered these and other such necessary duties and distractions you will not condemne us of delayes or slacknesse Ireland hath also bred us at this time much trouble and hinderance for upon the very day of Master Hatcher his arivall Commissioners came from Ireland expressing the unsupporable sufferings of our Irish Army One of them swore to my selfe that being present at a Parade he did see a whole Regiment whereof scarcely one hundred had either stockings or shooes but all bare-legged and bare-footed in this season of the yeere and yet poore soules they are ready to take the Covenant and to spend their lives against the Cessation if they had necessaries for their lives furnished unto them Our Councels were tossed betwixt two extremities upon the one hand to bring them away was to give up that Kingdome into the hands of Papists and Rebels to suffer the poore Protestants there either to be driven forth and to come upon us for reliefe or their throats to be cut by their barbarity which hath destroyed so many already and to make the Rebels strong and united for invading these two Kingdomes Upon the other hand to keepe them there and to feed them with promises and really to starve them as we have done for a long time were to fall in the like barbarity In this perplexity we have beene forced to dispatch from Air 4000 bolls of meall which we had provided for the Western Regiments and are providing other necessaries to be sent unto thē with diligence This hath bin an unexpected untimeous but a necessary diversion of our councels from the great businesse And hath taken up a great part of our time which the English Comissioners here doe know and the wise there cannot but acknowledge The act of publike faith is also concluded and sent up that there be nothing wanting on our part No sooner did the Committee of the convention of Estates resolve upon the day of generall assembly in their meeting at Edenbrugh have appointed a publike fast and humiliation for a blessing from Heaven upon our expedition which is to be solemly kept in the Army in all the Kirks of the Kingdome Jan. 7. being the Lords day and the wednesday following according to the warning sent to all the Presbitaries and the particular causes expressed therein which I have herewith sent unto you Thus have we resolved with our prayers and endeavours to joyne in the cause of God and to wait for his blessing for successe FINIS