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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A79761	A solemn acknowledgment of publick sins, and breaches of the Covenant, and a solemn engagement to all the duties contained therein, namely those, which do in a more speciall way relate unto the dangers of these times. With two acts of the Commission of the General Assembly of the sixth of October, for renewing the Solemn League and Covenant. And debarring of persons accessory to the late unlawfull engagement, from renewing the Covenant, receiving the communion, and from exercise of ecclesiastick office, with their advice to Presbyteries for celebrating the communion. Together also with, an Act of the Committee of Estates of the fourteenth of October for renewing the League and Covenant	Church of Scotland. General Assembly. Commission.; Scotland. Parliament.	1648 (1648)	Wing C4259F; Thomason E473_10; ESTC R205251	9,418	19

Gentlemen Burgesses and Commons neglect to seek God in their families and to endeavour the Reformation thereof And albeit it hath been much pressed yet few of our Nobles and great ones ever to this day could be perswaded to perform family duties themselves and in their own persons which makes so necessary and usefull a duty to be misregarded by others of inferior rank Nay many of the Nobility Gentry and Burrows who should have been examples of godlinesse and sober walking unto others have been ring-leaders of excesse and rioting Albeit we be the Lords people ingaged to him in a solemn way yet to this day we have not made it our study that judicatories and Armies should consist of and places of power and trust be filled with men of a blamelesse and Christian conversation and of known integrity and approven fidelitie affection and zeal unto the cause of God but not onely those who have been neutrall and indifferent but disaffected and Malignant and others who have been prophane and scandalous have been intrusted By which it hath come to passe that judicatories have been the seats of injustice and iniquity and many in our Armies by their miscarriages have become our plague unto the great prejudice of the cause of God the great scandall of the Gospel and the great increase of loosenesse and prophanity throughout all the Land It were impossible to reckon up all the abominations that are in the Land but the Blaspheming of the name of God swearing by the Creatures prophanation of the Lords Day uncleannesse drunkennesse excesse and rioting vanity of apparel lying and deceit railing and cursing arbitrary and uncontrolled oppression and grinding of the faces of the poor by Landlords and others in place and power are become ordinary and common sins And besides all these things there be many other transgressions whereof the Land wherein we live are guilty All which we desire to acknowledge and to be humbled for that the world may bear witnesse with us that Righteousnesse belongeth unto God and shame and confusion of face unto us as appears this day And because it is needfull for these who finde mercy not onely to confesse but also to forsake their sin Therefore that the reality and sincerity of our repentance may appear We do resolve and solemnly ingage our selves before the Lord carefully to avoid for the time to come all these offences whereof we have now made solemn publick acknowledgement and all the snares and tentations which tend thereunto And to testifie the integrity of our resolution herein and that we may be the better enabled in the power of the Lords strength to perform the same We do again renue our Solemn League and Covenant Promising hereafter to make conscience of all the duties whereunto we are obliged in all the heads and Articles there of particularly of these which follow 1. Because Religion is of all things the most excellent and pretious The advancing and promoving the power thereof against all ungodlinesse and profanity The securing and preserving the purity thereof against all error heresie and schism and namely Independency Anabaptism Antinomianism Arminianism Socinianism Familism Libertinism Scepticism and Erastianism and the carrying on the work of uniformity shall be studied and endeavoured by us before all worldly interests whether concerning the King or our selves or any other whatsoever 2. Because many have of late laboured to supplant the liberties of the Kirk we shall maintaine and defend the Kirk of Scotland in all her liberties and privileges against all who shall oppose or undermine the same or encroach thereupon under any pretext whatsoever 3. We shall vindicate and maintaine the liberties of the Subjects in all these things which concern their consciences persons and Estates 4. We shall carefully maintain and defend the Union betwixt the Kingdomes and avoid every thing that may weaken the same or involve us in any measure of accession unto the guilt of those who have invaded the Kingdome of England 5. As we have been always Loyall to our King so we shall still endeavour to give unto God that which is Gods and to Cesar the things which are Cesars 6. We shall be so farre from conniving at complying with or countenancing of Malignancy injustice iniquity prophanity and impiety that we shall not onely avoid and discountenance those things and cherish and encourage these persons who are zealous for the Cause of God and walk according to the Gospel But also shall take a more effectuall course then heretofore in our respective Places and Callings for punishing and suppressing these evils and faithfully endeavour that the best and fittest remedies may be applyed for taking away the causes thereof and advancing the knowledge of God and Holinesse and Righteousnesse in the Land And therfore in the last place as we shall earnestly pray unto God that he would give us able men fearing God men of truth and hating covetousnesse to judge and bear charge among his people so we shall according to our Places and Callings Endeavour that Judicatories and all places of power and trust both in Kirk and State may consist of and be filled with such men as are of known good affection to the cause of God and of a blamelesse and Christian conversation And because there be many who heretofore have not made conscience of the oath of God but some through fear others by perswasion and upon base ends and humane interests have entered thereunto who have afterwards discovered themselves to have dealt deceitfully with the Lord in swearing falsly by his name Therefore we who do now renew our Covenant in reference to these duties and all other duties contained therein Do in the sight of him who is the searcher of hearts solemnly Professe that it is not upon any politique advantage or private interest or by-end or because of any terrour or perswasion from men or hypocritically and deceitfully that we do again take upon us the oath of God But honestly and sincerely and from the sence of our duty And that therefore denying our selves and our own things and laying aside all selfe interest and ends We shall above all things seek the honour of God the good of his Cause and the wealth of his people and that forsaking the counsels of flesh and blood and not leaning upon carnall confidences we shall depend upon the Lord walk by the rule of his word and hearken to the voice of his servants In all which professing our own weaknesse We do earnestly pray to God who is the father of mercies through his Son Jesus Christ to be mercifull unto us and to enable as by the power of his might that we may do our duty unto the praise of his Grace in the Churches Amen Edinburgh 6. Octob. 1648. post meridiem Act for renewing of the Solemn League and Covenant THe Commission of the Generall Assembly considering that a great part of this Land have involved themselves in many and grosse breaches of the

A Solemn ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF PUBLICK SINS And breaches of the COVENANT AND A Solemn ENGAGEMENT to all the DUTIES contained therein namely those which do in a more speciall way relate unto the Dangers of these Times WITH Two Acts of the COMMISSION of the GENERAL ASSEMBLY of the sixth of October for renewing the Solemn League and COVENANT And debarring of persons accessory to the late unlawfull Engagement from renewing the COVENANT receiving the Communion and from exercise of Ecclesiastick Office With their advice to Presbyteries for celebrating the Communion Together also with An Act of the Committee of Estates of the fourteenth of October for renewing the League and COVENANT EDENBVRGH Printed by Evan Tyler and Reprinted at London for Robert Bostock at the Signe of the Kings Head in Pauls Church-yard Novem. 22. 1648. A Solemn Acknowledgement of publike Sins and Breaches of the Covenant And a solemn Engagement to all the Duties contained therein namely those which doe in a more speciall way relate unto the dangers of these times WEE Noblemen Barons Gentlemen Burgesses Ministers of the Gospel and Commons of all sorts within this Kingdom by the good hand of GOD upon us taking into serious consideration the many sad afflictions and deep distresses wherewith we have been exercised for a long time past and that the Land after it hath been sore wasted with the Sword and the Pestilence and threatened with Famine and that shame and contempt hath been poured out from the Lord against many thousands of our Nation who did in a sinfull way make Warre upon the Kingdome of England contrary to the Testimony of his Servants and desires of his People and that the remnants of that Army returning to this Land have spoiled and oppressed many of our Brethren and that the Malignant party is still numerous and retaining their former principles wait for an opportunity to raise a new and dangerous War not onely unto the rending of the bowels of this kingdom but unto the dividing us from England and overturning of the work of God in all the three Kingdoms And considering also that a cloud of calamities doth stil hang over our heads and threaten us with sad things to come We cannot but look upon these things as from the Lord who is righteous in all his wayes feeding us with the bread of tears and making us to drink the waters of affliction untill we be taught to know how evill and bitter a thing it is to depart away from him by breaking the Oath and Covenant which we have made with him and that we may be humbled before him by confessing our sinne and forsaking the evill of our way Therefore being pressed with so great necessities and straits and warranted by the word of God and having the example of Gods people of old who in the time of their troubles and when they were to seek delivery and aright way for themselves that the Lord might be with them to prosper them did humble themselves before him and make a free and particular confession of the sinnes of their Princes their Rulers their Captains their Priests and their people did ingage themselves to doe no more so but to reform their wayes and be steadfast in his Covenant And remembring the practise of our predecessours in the yeare 1596. Wherein the Generall Assembly and all the Kirk Judicatories with the concurrence of many of the Nobility Gentry and Burgesses did with many tears acknowledge before God the breach of the Nationall Covenant and ingaged themselves to a Reformation even as our predecessors and theirs had before done in the Generall Assembly and convention of Estates in the year 1567. And perceiving that this duty when gon about out of conscience and in sincerity hath alwayes been attended with a reviving out of troubles and with a blessiing and successe from Heaven We do humbly and sincerely as in his sight who is the searcher of hearts acknowledge the many sinnes and great transgressions of the Land We have done wickedly our Kings our Princes our Nobles our Judges our Officers our Teachers and our People Albeit the lord hath long and clearely spoken unto us we have not hearkened to his voice Albeit he hath followed us with tender mercies we have not been allured to wait upon him and walk in his way And though he hath stricken us yet we have not grieved Nay though he hath consumed us we have refused to receive correction We have not remembred to render unto the Lord according to his goodness and according to our own vowes and promises but have gone away backward by a continued course of backsliding and have broken all the Articles of that solemn League and Covenant which we swore before God Angels and men Albeit there be in the land many of all ranks who be for a Testimony unto the Truth and for a name of joy and praise unto the Lord by living godly studying to keep their garments pure and being steadfast in the Covenant and cause of God Yet we have reason to acknowledge that most of us have not endeavoured with that reality sincerety and constancy that did become us to preserve the work of Reformation in the Kirk of Scotland Many have satisfied themselves with the purity of the Ordinances neglecting the power thereof yea some have turned aside to crooked wayes destructive to both The prophane loose and insolent cariage of many in our Armies who went to the Assistance of our BRETHREN in ENGLAND And the tamperings and unstraight dealing of some of our Commissioners and others of our Nation in London the Isle of Wight and other places of the Kingdom have proved great lets to the worke of Reformation and setling of Kirk-Government there whereby Error and Schism in that Land have been encreased and Sectaries hardned in their way We have been so far from endeavouring the extirpation of Prophanesse and what is contrary to the power of godlinesse that prophanity hath been much winked at and Prophane persons much countenanced and many times imployed untill iniquity and ungodlinesse hath gone over the face of the land as a flood Nay sufficient care hath not been had to seperate betwixt the pretious and the vile by debarring from the Sacrament all ignorant and scandalous persons according to the Ordinances of this Kirk Neither have the Priviledges of the Parliaments and Liberties of the Subject been duly tendered But some amongst our selves have laboured to put into the hands of our King an arbitrary unlimited powre destructive to both And many of us have bin accessory of late to those meanes wayes whereby the freedom and priviledges of Parliaments have been incroacht upon and the Subjects oppressed in their Consciences persons and Estates Neither hath it been our care to avoid these things which might harden the King in his evil way But upon the contrary he hath not onely been permitted but many of us have been instrumentall to make him exercise his power in many things