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A33092 A declaration of the commissioners of the General Assembly to the whole kirk and kingdome of Scotland concerning present dangers and duties relating to the covenant and religion. Church of Scotland. General Assembly. Commission. 1648 (1648) Wing C4218; ESTC R25372 8,541 18

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A DECLARATION OF THE COMMISSIONERS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY To the whole Kirk and Kingdome of SCOTLAND CONCERNING Present dangers and duties relating to the Covenant and Religion Printed at Edinburgh by Evan Tyler Printer to the Kings most Excellent Majesty And re-printed at London for Robert Bostock at the Kings Head in Paul's Church-yard 1648. Edinb 1 Martii 1648. Post Meridiem A Declaration of the Commissioners of the General Assembly to the whole Kirk and Kingdom of Scotland concerning present dangers and duties relating to the COVENANT and RELIGION IF in a time of so great and imminent danger to Religion and the Cause of God the Trumpet in Zion should give no certain sound nor the watch-mens Tower any seasonable warning it might be justly charged upon us as a sinful neglect of duty and the blood of many thousand souls might be required at our hands Therefore so far as we have discovered the dangerous plots and snares of the malicious and crafty adversaries of this Cause we shall freely and faithfully make the same known trusting that all who would not make shipwrack of faith and a good conscience will carefully avoid as well hid as manifest rocks when they are warned of them After the Solemn League and Covenant of the three Kingdoms had so prospered against the enemies and opposers thereof as made them despair of overthrowing it in any such way of a direct opposition they begun with much wit and industry to endeavour a dividing of the ends of the Covenant and an altering of the first principle and state of the Cause Upon the one hand the Sectaries in England according as is formerly represented by the late General Assembly in their Declaration to their Brethren of England and by our Remonstrance to the Committee of Estates of the 13 of October last have by fraud and violence endeavoured the subversion of Religion whose exorbitant insolency being now in Arms is so unsupportable that no man can doubt but all the Articles of the Covenant are in danger by them the vile Errours wicked Heresies and intolerable Blasphemies daily growing amongst them can hardly be reckoned up all which are mightily aggredged by the lawlesse and Godlesse toleration thereof And lest Parliamentary authority should curb this monstrous insolency they have not onely refused Orders for disbanding but have forced Orders for their own standing and do over-rule Parliament King City and Country to the trampling under foot all Government Civil and Ecclesiastical and to the terrour oppression and apparent ruine of all the truely godly and sound lovers of the Solemn League and Covenant On the other hand the Prelatical and Malignant party have catched at and studied to make advantage of some parts and clauses of the Covenant without keeping all the links of that golden chain fast together This designe of receding from the former principles and stating the publike Cause otherwise then it was stated by both Kingdoms when they joyned in Covenant and Arms may be abundantly discovered by two instances First the designe hath been so fast and so far driven on that although the fourth Article of the League and Covenant was clearly framed and intended against the Malignant party and although there was one expresse Article in the Treaty between the Kingdoms for swearing and subscribing the League and Covenant by both Kingdoms as a more neer tie and conjunction of both for their defence against the Popish Prelatical and Malignant party and their adherents And although in the Declarations of both Kingdoms in the yeer 1643 it was declared that all such as would not speedily take the Covenant and joyn with all their power in the defence of this Cause are to be censured and punished as professed Adversaries and Malignants Yet some are not ashamed to plead for the Malignant party as if they were friends rather then enemies to this cause and as none were now to be looked upon as dangerous enemies to the Cause but the Sectaries onely whereas the word of God and the experience of former times not onely teacheth us to beware of dangers from the fraud as well as the force from the plots as well as from the power of enemies but also setteth before us sad examples of great unexpected miseries and mischiefs brought upon the people of God from enemies once broken and quashed when they got again the power of the sword opportunity to act whatsoever cruelties their inveterate malice and enraged spirits put them upon The other instance is that although in the Covenant the duty of preserving and defending the Kings Majesties person and authority be joyned with subbardinate unto the duty of preserving and defending the true Religion and Liberties of the Kingdoms and although from the beginning of this Cause the good safety and security of Religion hath been principally sought after and insisted upon yet solicitations perswasions and endeavours have not been nor are wanting for his Majesties restitution to the exercise of his Royal power and for espousing his Majesties quarrell notwithstanding his not granting of the publick desires concerning the Covenant and Religion And this course is clearely contrary to the declared resolution of the Parliament of this Kingdom after advice desired from us upon the case concerning the King then propounded to us And it is no lesse contrary to the Principles and professions of the Convention and of the Committee of Estates before any such advise was desired or had from us yea all along and in the whole course of the publick proceedings the setling and securing of Religion hath been so much stood upon that Malignants who intended a new state of the cause did well perceive how great difficulty and how small hopes there was of satisfying this Kirk and Kingdom with any thing else while unsatisfied in the point of Religion and therefore all possible care hath been taken by them whereby to have some specious and fair pretences of satisfaction in the businesse of Religion And here as we do not disapprove but highly commend the worthy pains of such as did indeed endeavour to bring the Kings Majestiy a greater length even to give full satisfaction in point of Religion so we cannot but take notice of that report which many did lately entertaine and spread in this country namely that his Majesty hath given satisfaction to the desires of this Kirk and Kingdome in point of the Covenant and Religion If his Majesty had indeed given such satisfaction we should rejoyce at it as much as any and however shall not cease to pray for his Majesty that God would give him repentance and remission of sins and incline his heart to the love of the true Religion and Reformation and that his Royal person may be preserved from all harm and violence And being now as we formerly remonstrate on the 13 of October very sensible of the present danger his Majesties person and Monarchicall goverment is in by that prevalent party of Sectaries We shall so far