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A60795 Some few observations by the Committee of Estates of Parliament upon the declaration of the general assembly of the last of July. Scotland. Parliament. 1648 (1648) Wing S4504; ESTC R19685 6,666 16

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SOME FEW OBSERVATIONS BY THE COMMITTEE of ESTATES OF PARLIAMENT UPON THE DECLARATION OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY Of the last of July EDINBVRGH Printed by Evan Tyler Printer to the Kings most Excellent Majestie 1648. EDINBURGH 10. August 1648. THE Committee of Estates Ordains and Commands this Paper of their Observations upon the Declaration of the Generall Assembly to be printed and published And do seriously recommend to and require the Committees of War in the severall Shires and the Magistrates within Burgh to take exact course that with all diligence after it come to their hands it may be read upon the Lords Day at the Parish Kirk doors in the hearing of the Parishoners And that some of each Committee and Magistrates be appointed to see it done And published at all other places needfull within their severall Bounds and Jurisdictions ARCH PRIMEROSE Some few OBSERVATIONS made by the Committee of Estates of Parliament Upon the DECLARATION of the Generall Assembly of the last of June 1648. ALbeit the Offers of the Commmittee of Estates for securing of Religion hath not been accepted by the Generall Assembly at the suggestion of some dis-affected Persons Yet the Committee Resolves never to leave Persuing of their Duties for Preserving the same according to the Solemn League and Covenant But least by their filence they should seem to be satisfyed with the Papers presented to them by the Assembly the last day of July Entituled A DECLARATION c. of the 21. of July They thought fit to return for the present a very few short OBSERVATIONS thereupon Intending to emit a large Narrative of the Reasons and necessities of the present Engagement of this Kingdom in a War against the Sectaries in England wherein as they will Vindicate themselves from encroaching in any sort upon the Liberties of the Kirk So they resolve to assert and maintain the just power of the Civil Magistrate against all usurpation whatsoever All the Arguments brought to prove the Sinfulnesse and Unlawfulnesse of this Engagement are reduced in the Assemblies Declaration to four Classes 1. From these places of holy Scripture wherein the Wars of Gods people are called VVars of the Lord and that all things should be done to the Glory of God 2. From these places which discharge Association with the Canaanites Idolaters and wicked men 3. From these places wherein we have the example of the people of God seeking reparation by Treaty before they engaged in a War 4. From these places wherein Breach of Covenant is condemned for a great Sinne procuring Nationall Judgements To the first we Answer by acknowledging and beleeving that all the Wars of the People of God should be the Wars of God undertaken at the Command of these who have lawfull authority under God as were the Wars by the command of Moses Joshua the Judges and Kings of Judah And as undertaken by warrant from Gods Vicegerents So for an honest Cause for the glory of God But where as it is assumed that this Engagement is not such we deny it Because it hath the warrant of lawfull Authority The Estates of Parliament And the Cause being honest to do a Duty commanded of God to our Prince God is glorified by doing that Duty The releeving of our King out of Prison is a duty John 18 36. If my Kingdom sayes our Lord were of this VVorld then would my Servants fight that I should not be delivered to the Jews Our Lord suppones it was a common Dutie that Subjects should fight to preveen the captivity of their King And if a Warre be lawfull to preveen captivity Is it not lawfull to deliver him from that base captivity are we lesse obliged in dutie to our Native Prince then Abraham to his kinsman Lot who engaged in a Warre for rescuing him notwithstanding Lot had associated himself in Warre with wicked men The Sodomites Gen. 14. Are we lesse obliged then David and his associates to their captive wives who engaged in Warre for their freedom 1. Sam. 30. As for the duty of honour for performance whereof we have engaged our selves We beleeve it is a dutie commanded by God himself in the fifth Command Pro. 24.22.1 Ep. Pet. 2.16.17 We are forbidden to use our Christian liberty as a Clock to maliciousnesse for withholding or withdrawing Dutie Yea Pagans by the light of Nature reading the law of Nature which is from the God of Nature do use all honour to their Kings Yea holy Samuel undoubtedly zealous of Gods Honour notwithstanding he knew certainly by Divine Revelation that God had rejected Saul yet honoured him before the People 1 Sam. 15.30.31 To the second Classe of Arguments against associations with Malignants We answer 1. These places wherein association with the Canaanites is forbidden proves not the point for they were destinated to destruction Deut. 7.2 that Gods People might have that Countrey promised of old for their peculiar habitation We hope none pretend such a warrant for destroying all who differ in Religion from them That they alone may dwell in the Land or if any be of that judgement Let him speak it out in time 2. It would be considered that confidence and trust in these worldly helps are forbidden Did not the Generally Assembly in the year 1585. supplicate King James of happy Memory as is mentioned in the Assembly 1642 to command his Ambassador then going to England to deal with the Queen that there might be a bond of Union betwixt them and other Christian Princes professing the true Religion for the defence thereof against the persecution of Papists joyned in League by the bloody Decree of Trent And who doubts but many of these protestant Princes were Lutherians Did our fathers wrong in taking help from England then under Prelates and using the Service Book To withstand the French Persecution 3. There is a great difference in joyning with Strangers idolaters as the Kings of Judah sometimes did And Subjects obliged in a common Dutie living under one King 4. We declare as may be seen in our Declaration To this Kingdom and in our Answer to the Petitions of Presbyteries and Synods that we will associate with none but such as will engage themselves to be faithfull in the Ends of the Covenant and who do so cannot be reputed Malignants that is Popish and Prelaticall unlesse they be false Hypocrites And if at any time they manifest their falshood by their works in obstructing or opposing the Ends of the Covenant we have declared that through Gods assistance we shall do our uttermost endeavours to suppresse them To the third because there hath been no Treaty That is denied Because our Commissioners did for a long time represent wrongs and seek reparation as is mentioned in their Papers given into the Parliament of England and approven in this Parliament also a Messenger with our just and necessary Demands was sent to the Houses in April last yet by the prevalency of Sectaries no satisfaction is returned thereunto To the