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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A62409	A letter from the Commissioners of the Kingdom of Scotland residing here at London to William Lenthall Esq. Speaker of the House of Commons concerning the present proceedings in this kingdome, against religion, the King, and government : together with their declaration and protestation against the taking away His Majesties life.	Scotland. Parliament.; Lenthall, William, 1591-1662.	1649 (1649)	Wing S987; ESTC R10022	4,002	9

A LETTER From the Commissioners of the Kingdom of SCOTLAND Residing here at LONDON To William Lenthall Esq Speaker of the House of COMMONS Concerning the present proceedings in this Kingdome against Religion the King and Government Together with their DECLARATION and Protestation against the taking away his Majesties Life London Printed Anno Dom. 1649. A Letter from the Commissioners of the Kingdome of SCOTLAND c. SIR THe Committee of Estates of the Kingdome of Scotland understanding that the Honourable Houses of Parliament were proceeding in a Treaty for peace with His Majesty did about the beginning of the last Moneth authorize Us to present Propositions to his Majesty and particularly to deal with him and the honourable houses for establishing the Covenant and Presbyteriall Government the Confession of faith Directory for Worship and Catechism For preventing the tolleration of Idolatry Popery Prelacy Superstition Blasphemy Haeresie and Schisme And for perfecting the great work of Reformation and uniformity according to the Covenant the substance whereof hath been formerly communicated in a letter from the Committee of Estates to both houses and by one of our number upon his reception ar the Committee of Derby house by order from the houses of Parliament But to our great greif we doe perceive That the distractions of this kingdome are beyond our expectation grown exceeding high That a force hath been placed on the passages to the houses which during transactions of highest concernmens hath imprisoned and secluded a great number of Members of Parliament and given occasion to many others to withdraw because they find they cannot Act as in a free Parliament that applications are made to you for proceeding against the King to take away his life and for changing the fundamentall Government of this kingdome And strong endeavours are used to overturne the whole work of Reformation to cast off the Ministry and introduce a toleration of all Religions and formes of Worship and so in effect to destroy the Cause wherein both Nations have been engaged and frustrare all the ends of the solemne League and Covenant which both kingdomes have sworne with uplifted hands to Almighty God sinceerly really and constantly to performe The consideration of these things doth exceedingly trouble us and fill our hearts with feares that as they are for the present matter of great provocation of the wrath of God against us dishonourable to his Name and a reproach to Religion so if persisted in that they shall greatly weaken and divide us amongst our selves invite forraigne Enemies against us advance the popish interest loose Ireland and in the end prove destructive to the Reformed Religion and to the peace and happinesse of those kingdomes In the year 1640. when these Kingdoms were oppressed under the yoke and tyranny of the Prelats who then were far advanced in the design to introduce popery the kingdom of Scotl. did joyn their Endeavours with this kingdom to procure a free Parliament here looking upon it as the chief mean by the blessing of God to give a check to the designs of the Prelats who were studying the chang of Religion And to the interprises of evill Councellors about the King who were endeavouring to establish an Arbitrary and tiranicall Government and afterward when through the power and prevalency of papists prelats Malignants this kingdom was distressed The kingdom of Scotland did enter into a solemn League and Covenant with this Nation For reformation and defence of Religion the honour and happinsse of the King and the peace and safety of the three kingdoms And particularly for bringing the Churches of God therein to the neerest conjunction and uniformity in Religion Confession of Faith form of Church-government Directory for worship and Catechising for extirpation of popery prelacy Superstition Heresy Schisme profanes And what soever shall be found contrary to found Doctrin for mutuall preservation of the rights and priviledges of Parliaments and liberties of the kingdoms for discovering of Incendiaries Malignants and evil Instruments that hinder Reformation of Religion divid the King from his peopl or one of the kingdoms from another or make any faction or party among the people contrary to the Leagu and Covenant that they may be brought to publique triall and punishment for preserving peace and union betwixt the kingdoms And defending one another in this Cause and continuing therein all the dayes of our lives zealously and constantly against all opposition and for promoting the same according to our power against all Letts and impediments whatsoever In pursuance of the solemn League and Covenant both Houses of the Parliament have often declared That they will Establish the Reformation of Religion Extirpate Popery and Prelacy And suppresse Heresie and Schism and that they will maintain the fundamentall Government of this Kingdom by King Lords and Commons And when the Common Enemy being subdued the Scottish Army was to go out of this Kingdom in the beginning of the year 1647. And his Majesty by consent of both kingdoms was to come to Holdenby The Houses of Parliament did declare both to the king to the kingdom of Scotland That respect should be had to the safety and preservation of his Majesties person in the preservation and defence of the true Religion and liberties of the Kingdomes according to the Covenant And when the King should be at Holdenby and the Scottish forces gone out of this Kingdome That they would joyne with the Kingdome of Scotland in imploying their best endeavours to procure his Majesties assent to the Propositions agreed on by both kingdomes And in case the King should not give his assent thereunto that the Houses were resolved still to maintaine the happy union already settled between the two Kingdomes according to the Covenant and Treaties The Parliament of Scotland did at the same also publish a Declaration of their intentions whereof one Copy was delivered to his Majesty and another to the Houses of Parliament that in the interim untill his Majesty should give satisfaction to both Kingdomes in the Propositions of peace there should be no harme prejudice injury or violence done to his Royall person that there should be noe change of Government other then had been for the three years preceding And that his posterity should be no wayes prejudiced in their lawfell succession to the Crown and Government of these Kingdomes These being the engagements of both Kingdomes joyntly together and severally one to another for the ends aforesaid VVe hold it our duty to endeavour That Reformation of Religion be setled and established as is before expressed And especially that the toleration of Idolatry Popery Blasphemy Heresie and Schisme be prevented least we partake in other mens sinnes and thereby being in danger to receive of their plagues That the Rights and priviledges of Parliament may be preserved that there may be no change of the fundamentall government And that there be no harme injury or violence offered to his Majesties person the very