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A83632 An act of the Commons of England assembled in Parliament, for the keeping a day of humiliation upon Thursday the 19 day of April, 1649. England and Wales. Parliament. House of Commons. 1649 (1649) Wing E2505; Thomason 669.f.14[3]; ESTC R211051 970 1

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AN ACT OF THE COMMONS of ENGLAND Assembled in PARLIAMENT For the keeping a day of Humiliation upon Thursday the 19 day of April 1649. VVHereas this Nation hath long laboured under many Miseries and Iudgements as a just fruit of our multiplyed transgressions and amongst other sins more especially for our unthankfulness and unfruitfulness under unparalleld mercies and deliverances and for our unbelief to the dishonor of our mighty wise and good God who hath through a Wilderness of Temptations brought us even to the entrance of a Canaan and to the hope of a blessed Reformation as also for our uncharitablenes and want of a good affection to the publique and of love one to another the very fountain of our late Civil Wars and Desolations And whereas we have learn'd from the word of God and the example of his people in all ages and our own experience That the humbling of our souls for sin and the seeking the favor of God in the mediation of our Lord and Savior Iesus Christ by prayer and fasting hath been through his grace and acceptance effectual both for the preventing removal of the greatest Iudgements and also for procuring the choycest Mercies The Commons of England assembled in Parliament having through the wonderful goodness and assistance of God restored this Nation as far as in them lieth and the present interruptions will yet admit to their just Liberties and laid Foundations for the well Government thereof in the way of a Commonwealth Do Enact and Ordain and be it Enacted and Ordained by this present Parliament and by Authority thereof That Thursday the 19 day of April 1649. shall be observed and kept in all Parishes and other places in England and Wales a solemn day of Fasting Prayer and Humiliation for the aforementioned sins and all other the abominations whereof this Nation is guilty and for the imploring of the Lord our God who is Holiness Love and Wisdom and the Father of Spirits to give unto this people the Spirit of Reformation Faith Vnderstanding and Vnion That so our sins the cause of our sufferings may be forgiven and this Commonwealth may be setled in a lasting Peace and Happiness And be it further Enacted and Ordained That all Ministers and other people within England and Wales do with all possible care pious diligence solemnly observe the same accordingly under the penalties contained in any Order or Ordinance of Parliament heretofore made concerning the due observation of the Lords-day or days of publique Humiliation Die Sabbathi 17 Martii 1648. ORdered by the Commons assembled in Parliament That this Act be forthwith printed and published and that the Members of this House be required to take care to disperse the same in the several Counties Hen Scobell Cleric Parliament London Printed for Edward Husband Printer to the Honorable House of Commons March 20. 1648.