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A69508	Admonitions by the Supreame Councell of the Confederat Catholicks of Ireand [sic] to all His Majesties faithfull loyall subjects of the three Kingdomes of England, Ireland, and Scotland against a Solemn League and Covenant framed by the malignant partie in the Parliament of England : as also against a declaration of the English Lords and Commons assembled in Parliament.	Confederate Catholics. Supreme Council.; England and Wales. Parliament.	1643 (1643)	Wing A593A; Wing A598; ESTC R11171	12,219	24

ordered by the Commons in Parliament That this Covenant and Orders bee forthwith printed and published H. Elsings Cl. Parl. D. Com. London Printed for Edward Husbands Octob. 9. 1643. Die Lunae 25. Septemb. 1643. IT is this day ordered by the Commons now assembled in Parliament that the Ministers in all the Parish Churches and Chappell 's of London VVestminster Suburbs and Liberties and in all Parishes within the Bills of Mortality doe read the solemne League and Covenant on Wednesday next being the day of publicke humiliation And doe explane it and urge the ground and necessity of it and exhort the people to the cheerfull taking of it and that the severall Inhabitants and Parishioners of the severall and respective Parishes arforesaid and Students of the Innes of Court doe take the said League and Covenant on the Lords day next in the afternoone And that notice hereof be given to my Lord Mayor and his Lordship desired to give timely notice hereof to the places aforesaid The Ministers are likewise to give notice that the Comissioners of Scotland now here doe take it here Hen. Elsinge Cler. Parl. D. Cem. Die Sabbathi 30. Sept. 1643. WHereas divers Lords Knights Gentlemen and divers Colonells Officers and Souldiours and others now residing in the Cities of London and VVestminster and within the line of Communication are desirous to meere at Saint Margarets Church at VVestminster on Friday next to take the solemne League and Covenant for Reformation and defence of the honour and happinesse of the King and the peace and safety of the three Kingdomes of England Scotland and Ireland And whereas divers of the Scottish Nation are desirous likewise to meet at the same time and place and divers Ministers who have no charge within the said limits to take the said Covenant It is this day ordered by the Commons assembled in Parliament That M. Carrill of Lincolus Inne be desired to preach on Friday next in the forenoone to those that shall so meet for the taking of the said Covenant And a Parchment Rolle with the said Covenant written therein shall be prepared for every one that take the said Covenant to subscribe his name and Colonell Long and M. Iohn Browne members of the said House are to see the names subscribed accordingly And this order is appointed to be printed and published forthwith Hen. Elsinge Cler. Parl. D. Com. A solemne League and Covenant for Reformation and defence of Religion the honour and happinesse of the King and the peace and safety of the three Kingdomes of England Scotland and Ireland WE Noblemen Barons Knights Gentlemen Citizens Burgesses Ministers of the Gospell and Commons of all sorts in the Kingdomes of England Scotland and Ireland by the providence of God living under one King and being of one reformed religion having before our eyes the glory of God and the advancement of the Kingdome of our Lord Iesus Christ the honour and happinesse of the Kings Majestie and his posterity and the true publicke liberty safety and peace of the kingdomes wherein every ones private condition is included and calling to mind the treacherous and bloudy plotts conspiracies attempts and practises of the enemies of God against the true Religion and professors thereof in all places especially in these three kingdomes ever since the reformation of Religion and how much their rage power and presumption are of late and at this time increased and exercised whereof the deplorable state of the Church and Kingdome of Ireland the distressed estate of the Church and kingdome of England and the dangerous estate of the Church and kingdome of Scotland are present and publicke testimonies We have now at last after other meanes of supplication remonstrance Protestations and sufferings for the preservation of our selves and our Religion from utter ruine and destruction according to the commendable practise of these kingdomes in former times and the example of Gods people in other Nations after mature deliberation resolved and determined to enter into a mutuall and solemne League and Covenant wherein we all subscribe each one of us for himselfe with our hands lifted up to the most High God doe sweare 1. That we shall sincerely really and constantly through the grace of God endeavour in our severall places and callings the preservation of the reformed Religion in the Church of Scotland in doctrine worship discipline and government against our common enemyes the reformation of Religion in the kingdomes of England and Ireland in doctrine worship discipline and governement according to the Word of God and the example of the best reformed Churches And shall endeavour to bring the Churches of God in the three kingdomes to the neerest conjunction and uniformity in religion confession of Faith Forme of Church governement directory for worship and Cathechising that wee and all our posterity after us may as brethren live in Faith and love and the Lord may delight to dwell in the middest of us 2. That we shall in the like manner without respect of persons endeavour the extirpation of Popery Prelacy that is Church-governement by Archbishops Bishops their Chauncellours and Commissaries Deanes Chapters Archdeacons and all other Ecclesiasticall officers depending on that Hierarchie superstition heresie schisme prophanenesse and whatsoever shall be found to be contrary to sound doctrine and the power of godlinesse lest we partake in other mens sinnes and thereby be in danger to receive of their plagues and that the Lord may bee one and his Name one in the three kingdomes 3. We shall with the same sincerity reallity and constancy in our severall vocations endeavour with our estates and lives mutually to preserve the rights and priviledges of Parliaments and the liberties of the kingdomes and to preserve and defend the Kings Majesties person and authority in the preservation and defence of the true Religion and Liberties of the kingdomes that the world may beare witnesse with our consciences of our Loyaltie and that we have no thoughts or intentions to diminish his Majesties just power and greatnesse 4. Wee shall also with all faithfulnesse endeavour the discovery of all such as have beene or shall be incendiaties malignants or evill instruments by hindering the reformation of Religion dividing the King from his people or one of the kingdomes from another or making any faction or parties amongst the people contrary to this League and Covenant that they may be brought to publicke triall and receive cōndigne punishment as the degree of their offences shall require or deserve or the supreame Iudicatories of both kingdomes respectively or others having power from them for that effect shall judge convenient 5. And whereas the happinesse of a blessed peace betweene these kingdomes denyed in former times to our progenitors is by the good providence of God granted unto us and hath beene lately concluded and setled by both Parliaments we shall each of us according to our place and interest endeavour that they may remaine conjoyned in a firme peace and union

Rolles Sir Adam Loftus Treasurer of Ireland and Treasurer at warres and Sir Robert Meredith one also of the Councell-Table Secondly the Lords and Commons desire it may be observed that during all these passages and negotiations the houses of Parliament were never acquainted by the state of Ireland with the treaty of a Cessation much lesse was their advise or Counsell demanded notwithstanding that the care and managing of the war was devolved on them both by Act of Parliament and by his Majesties Commission under the great Seale to advise order and dispose of all things concerning the government and defence of that kingdome but the wants of the Army were often represented and complayned of whereby with much craft a ground was preparing for the pretext wherewith now they would cover the Counsell of this Cessation as if nothing had drawne it on but the extreame wants of their Armies whereas it is evident that the report of such a treaty have beene in a great part the cause of their wants for thereby the adventurers were disheartned contributions were stopped and by the admittance to Court of the negotiators of this Cessation their wicked Councell have had that influence as to procure the intercepting of much provisions which were sent for Ireland so that Ships going for Ireland with victuals and others comming from thence with commodities to exchange for victuals have beene taken by Dunkerkers having his Majesties warrant but also by English Ships commanded by Sir Iohn Pennigton under his Majesty And moreover the Parliament messengers sent into severall Counties with the Ordinance of Ianuary last for Ioanes and contributions have beene taken and imprisoned their Money taken from them and not one penny eyther loane or contribution hath been suffered to be sent in for Ireland from those Counties which were under the power of the Kings army while in the meane time the houses of Parliament by their ordinances declarations sollicitations to the City of London the counties free from the terror of the Kings forces were still procuring not contemptible ayde and reliefe for the distresses of Ireland Thirdly as the Lords and Commons have reason to declare against this plot designe of a Cessation of armes as being treated and carryed on without their advise so also because of the great prejudice which will thereby redound to the Protestant Religion and the encouragement and advancement which it will give to the practise of Popery when these rebellious Papists shall by this agreement continue and set up with more freedome their Idolatrous worship their Popish superstitions and Romish abominations in all the places of their command to the dishonoring of God the grieving of all true Protestant hearts the dispising the Lawes of the Crown of England and to the provoking of the wrath of a Iealous God as if both kingdomes had not smarted enough already for this sin of too much connyving at and tolerating of Antichristian Idolatry under pretext of Civill contracts and politick agreements In the fourth place they desire it may be observed that this Cessation will prove dishonorable to the publicke faith of this kingdome it will elude and make null the acts and ordinances of Parliament made for the forfeyting of Rebels Lands at the passing of which acts it was represented that such a course would drive the Rebels to despayre it prove so but otherwise then was meant For dispayring of their force and courage they go about to overcome us with their craft Lastly what shall become of the many poore exiled Protestants turned out of their estates by this rebellion who must now continue begging their bread while the rebels shall enjoy their lands and houses And who shall secure the rest of the Protestants that eyther by their owne courage industry great charges hath kept their possessions or by the successe of our Armies have beene restored can there be any assurance gotten from a perfidious enemy of a Cessation from butchery and breach of agreement when they shall see a fit time and opportunity These and many other considerations being well weighed it will appeare evidently that this designe of a Cessation is a deepe plot laid by the Rebells and really invented for their own safety and falsely pretended to bee for the benefit of our Armies And whereas the Lords and Commons have no certaine information that the treaty is concluded but are informed by severall letters that all the Protestants as well inhabitants as soldiors in that kingdome are resolved to withstand that proceeding and to adventure on the greatest extremities rather then have any sort of peace with that generation who have so cruelly in time of peace murthered many thousands of our Countrey-men and laboured to extirpe the Protestant Religion from amongst them so they doe believe that these rumors of a Cessation were first contrived by the enemies of our Religion and peace and by their practises the treaty was carried on with much subtility and sollicitation thereby to stoppe the sending of supplies from thence to our Armies and for the cooling of the affections of those who have already shewed their zeale to the weale of Ireland and therefore the onely meanes to defeate this their policy and prevent the evills intended by it is to settle a course whereby the army of Ireland may be at least fenced against hunger and cold for which purpose it is desired that all those who are well affected to the Protestant Reliligion either in that or this kingdome And all those who by their adventures already made have imbarked their particular interests with the publicke of that kingdome and doe desire a good returne of their engagements will joyne their endeavours for obviating of that necessity which may be made a strong argument to enforce a destructive Cessation of Armes that they would nor through too much suspition and jealousie of it forbeare the providing of supplies and so occasion that inconvenience which they ought by all meanes to prevent for by so doeing they will loose all their former paines and charges and the withholding of provisions will gaine credit to that calumny laid against this kingdome and neglecting the armies of Ireland and by the continuing of supplies these forces will bee encouraged to continue the warre and so ●owne both their worke and ours And lastly the Rebels seeing assistance against them still flowing from hence must needs be out of hope of prosecuting or concluding this their designe the cry of much Protestant bloud the great indigencie of many ruynate families the danger of our Religion almost exiled out of that kingdome calls for this last act of piety charity justice and policy from us which being resolved on letters are to bee dispatcht to the severall partes of that kingdome to encourage the Commanders and souldiers upon the foresaid reasons and assurances that they may not hearken to such an unjust and deceitfull counsell and as by their prosecuting of the warre through Gods blessing they have successe fully resisted the Rebels cruelty so they may upon this occasion beware they be not over reached by their crafts All which the Lords and Commons doe earnestly desire may be seriously taken into heart by all the kingdome and that from those other encouragements mentioned at large in the ordinance of the fourteenth of Iuly last and such as are now offered a course may be taken wherby such a constant weekely contribution may be setled as will supply the Army in Ireland The meere necessity of nature which may be more punctually and seasonably transmitted into the severall parts of that kingdome according to their respective wants that so the benefit and honour of so pious a worke happily begun and successively hitherto carryed on may not be lost when so little remaynes to be done And that the saving of a kingdome the reestablishing of so many Protestants Churches the repossessing of so many thousand Christians unto their estates may not be deserted and let fall to the ground for a little more paines and cost FINIS