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A31851	His Majesties declaration, directed to all persons of what degree and qualitie soever, in the Christian world with a letter from divers godly ministers of the Church of England to the assembly of the Kirk of Scotland, shewing the cause of these troubles : and a list of the popish vicker-generalls, Jesuites, priests and fryers in England, and their names and places to them assigned, in the severall provinces of England and Wales, to exstinguish the Protestant clergie and religion and bring in and settle popery instead thereof.	Charles I, King of England, 1600-1649.; England and Wales. Sovereign (1625-1649 : Charles I)	1644 (1644)	Wing C2199; ESTC R11738	6,381	8

HIS MAJESTIES DECLARATION Directed to all Persons of what degree and qualitie soever in the Christian World VVith a LETTER from divers Godly Ministers of the CHURCH of ENGLAND to the Assembly of the KIRK of SCOTLAND Shewing the cause of these troubles And a LIST of the Popish Vicker-Generalls Jesuites Priests and Fryers in England and their Names and Places to them assigned in the severall Provinces of England and Wales to exstinguish the PROTESTANT Clergie and Religion and bring in and settle Popery instead thereof Published according to Order London Printed by JANE COE 1644. His Majesties Declaration to all Forraign Protestant Churches CHarles by the providence of Almighty God King of England Scotland France and Ireland Defender of the Faith c. To all those who professe the true Reformed Protestant Religion of what Nation degree and condition so ever they be to whom this present Declaration shall come Greeting WHereas We are given to understand that many false Rumours and scandalous Letters are spred up and down amongst the Reformed Churches in forraign parts by the politique or rather the pernicious industry of some ill-affected persons that We have an inclination to receed from that Orthodox Religion which We were born baptized and bred in and which We have firmly professed and professed and practised throughout the whole course of Our Life to this moment and that We intend to give way to the introduction and publike exercise of Popery again in Our Dominions Which conjecture or rather most detestable calumny being grounded upon no imaginable foundation hath raised these horrible Tumults and more then barbarous Wars throughout this flourishing Island under pretext of a kinde of Reformation which would not onely prove incongruous but incompatible with the Fundamentall Laws and Government of this Kingdom We desire that the whole Christian World should take notice and rest assured that We never entertained in Our imagination the least thought to attempt such a thing or to depart a jot from that holy Religion which when We received the Crown and Scepter of this Kingdom We took a most solemn Sacramentall Oath to professe and protect Nor doth Our most constant practise and quotidian visible presence in the exercise of this sole Religion with so many Asserverations in the head of Our Armies and the publike attestation of our Barons with the circumspection used in the education of Our Royall Off-spring besides divers other undenyable arguments onely demonstrate this But also that happy Alliance of Marriage We contracted betwixt Our eldest Daughter and the Illustrious Prince of Orange most cleerly confirms the reality of Our intentions herein by which Nuptiall engagement it appears further That Our endeavours are not onely to make a bare profession thereof in Our 〈◊〉 Dominions but to inlarge and corroborate it abroad as much as liet● in Our Power This most holy Religion of the Anglican Church ordained by so many Convocations of learned Divines confirmed by so many Acts of Parliament and strengthned by so many Royall Proclamations together with the Ecclesiastick Discipline and Liturgie thereunto appertaining which Liturgie and Discipline the most eminent of Protestant Authors as well Germanes as French as well Danes as Swedes and Switzers as well Belgians as Bohemians do with many elogies and not without a kinde of Envy approve and applaud in their publike writings particularly in the transactions of the Synod of Dort wherein besides others of Our Divines who afterwards were Prelates one of Our Bishops assisted to whose dignitie all due respects and precedency was given This Religion We say which Our Royall Father of blesled memory doth publikely assert in that His famous Confession addressed as We also do this Our Protestation to all Christian Princes This most holy Religion with the Hierarchy and Liturgie thereof We solemnly protest That by the help of Almighty God We will endeavour to Our utmost power and last period of Our life to keep entire and invioable and will be carefull according to Our duty to Heaven and the tenour of the aforesaid most sacred Oath at Our Coronation that all Our Ecclesiasticks in their severall degrees and incumbences shall Preach and practise the same Wherefore We enjoyn and command all Our Ministers of State beyond the Seas as well Ambassadours as Residents Agents and Messengers and We desire all the rest of Our loving Subjects that sojourn either for curiositie or commerce in any forraign parts to communicate uphold and assert this Our solemn and sincere Protestation when opportunitie of time and place shall be offered The Contriver of this Declaration whether it was Digby or who ever it was doth here in his Maiesties Name Charge not onely us with sending but other Protestant Churches with receiving groundlesse Calumnies and there upon came these Warrs to be raised But if His Maiestie will be pleased to beleeve the Godly Protestant Ministers of this Kingdome they will iustifie for us that it is the Hierarchie the Hierarchicall Factions the Prelates Papist Delinquents and their adherents that have been and are the fomenters and Incendiaries of these our Confused conflicts A Letter Subcribed by divers Godly Protestant Ministors in the Church of England sent to the Generall Assemblie of the Church of Scotland Right Reverend in our Lord and Saviour WE received with much joy and satisfaction the answer of your Generall Assembly vouchsafed us to our Letters of the last yeer Some of us in name of our Brethren thought it then fit by Master Alexander Henderson a Brother so justly approved by you and honoured by us to return our desired thanks And we now further think it equall upon this occasion to make a more publique acknowledgement of such a publique favour You w●re then pleased to give us fair grounds to expect that Brotherly advice and endeavours which the common cause of Christ and the mutuall interest of the united Nations command us now again to ask if not to chalenge We doubt not but your experience together with your intelligence abundantly informs you of our condition what various administrations of providence we have passed thorow and we still lie betwixt hopes and fears a fit temper for working the God of all grace inable us to improve it As our hopes are not such as may make us secure so neither do our fears prevail to the casting away of our confidence Your own late condition together with this Declaration of our present may acquaint you with the certain though subtle Authors and Fomenters of these our confused conflicts which we conceive to be the Hierarchicall faction who have no way to peace and safety but through the trouble of others Our prayers and endeavours according to our measure have been and shall be for the supplanting and rooting up whatsoever we finde so prejudiciall to the establishment of the Kingdom of Christ and the peace of our Soveraign And that this Declaration of our selves may not leave you unsatisfied we think it requisite further to expresse