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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A95441	Two letters of great concernment, with their answers. The one, from the Scotish Commissioners at London, to the Generall Assembly of the Kirk of Scotland. Together with the answer of the aforesaid Generall Assembly to the said Commissioners. The other, from the synod of Divines in England, to the Generall Assembly of Scotland. Together with the answer also of the aforesaid Generall Assembly in Scotland, to the said synod.	Church of Scotland. General Assembly.; Westminster Assembly (1643-1652)	1645 (1645)	Wing T3468; Thomason E294_4; ESTC R27032	9,329	16

Right honourable right revered and dearly beloved in the LORD JESVS AS cold waters to a thirsty soul so is good news from a far Countrey We your Brethren yet remaining in the Furnace of affliction and still labouring in the very fire Have at length by the good Hand of God upon us attained so far toward the Mark at which we all aime that we shall now send you by two of your Reverend and Faithfull Commissioners Mr Robert Bailie and Mr George Gillespie our much honoured Brethren some good news of that great Work after which your zeal for Truth and Peace hath so much thirsted and for which you have not loved your lives unto the death Our progresse therein hath not been so expeditious as was desired and expected This unto such as either know not or consider not The weight and greatnesse of the Work nor The manifold difficulties which have occurred to obstruct our proceedings in this day of darknesse and calamity too sad to be expressed hath been like unto hope deferred which makes the heart sick Howbeit we trust That when their desire namely that which we have prepared and are further in travell with shall come unto them It will be through God a Tree of life as to our great comfort and encouragement we already perceive it to be to both the honourable Houses of Parliament Touching the severall Papers brought to us from your Honourable and Reverend Commissioners by the hands of the Committee appointed to treat with them in matters of Religion one of the Papers being given in the 10 of November 1643 Concerneth the severall sorts of Church-officers and Assemblies Another bearing date the 24 of January 1643 Concerneth Congregationall Elderships and Classicall Presbyteries The other being presented the 15 of August last Representeth the necessity of making greater speed in setling the intended Uniformity in Religion according to the late solemne Covenant We hold it our duty in regard both of the arct and inseparable Union which the Lord hath happily and seasonably made between you and us and of your indefatigable and inestimable labour of love to this afflicted Kingdom to give your Lordships and the rest of that Venerable Assembly some brief account Concerning one Confession of Faith and Forme of Catechisme we make no question of a blessed and perfect harmony with you The publike Doctrine held out by our Church to all the World especially when it shall be reviewed which is in great part done concurring so much with yours may assure you of your hearts desire in those particulars so soon as time and opportunity may give us liberty to perfect what we have begun The chief reason of laying aside the review of our publike Doctrine after the happy and much desired arrivall of your Reverend Commissioners here was The drawing up and accelerating of a Directory for Worship and of a Forme of Church-Government in both of which we stood at a greater distance from other Reformed Churches of Christ and particularly from yours which we very much honour with whom our solemne sacred Nationall Covenant requireth us to endeavour the nearest Conjunction and Uniformity that we and our posterity after us may as Brethren live in Faith and Love and the Lord may delight to dwell in the midst of us Nor have our labours therein been frustrate For we have per●●cted and transmitted a Directory for Worship to both Houses 〈◊〉 Parliament where it hath received such acceptance that it is 〈◊〉 passed in both the Honourable Houses of Parliament which 〈◊〉 hope will be to the joy and comfort of all our godly and dear ●rethren in all His Majesties Kingdoms and Dominions We have not advised any imposition which might make it un●●wfull to vary from it in any thing Yet we hope all our Reve●●nd Brethren in this Kingdom and in yours also will so far value ●●d reverence that which upon so long debate and serious delibe●ation hath been agreed upon in this Assembly when it shall also ●asse with you and be setled as the common publike Directory or all the Churches in the three Kingdoms that it shall not be he lesse regarded and observed And albeit we have not expressed ●n the Directory every minute particular which is or might be either laid aside or retained among us as comely and usefull in practice yet we trust that none will be so tenacious of old customs not expressely forbidden or so averse from good examples although new in matters of lesser consequence as to insist upon their liberty of retaining the one or refusing the other because not specified in the Directory but be studious to please others rather than themselves We have likewise spent divers moneths in the search of the Scriptures to finde out the minde of Christ concerning a Forme of Church-Government wherein we could not but expect the greatest difficulty For our better Progresse herein we have with all respect considered the severall Papers of your Honourable and Reverend Commissioners touching this Head and do with all thankfulnesse acknowledge their great zeal judgement and wisdom expressed therein as also the excellent assistance and great furtherance of your Reverend Commissioners in this great Work which now through Gods goodnesse is very near to a period also In pursuit where 〈…〉 ●nd scrutinie of every Proposition that we might find it agreeable to and warranted by the Word of God in a method of our own without resting upon any particular modell or frame whatsoever already constituted What we have performed and how far we have proceeded therein we leave to the information of your Reverend Commissioners who have been eye and ear-witnesses of all that hath past and we doubt not but you will shortly receive a satisfactory answer from hence so soon as it shall be passed in the Honourable Houses of Parliament And now Right Honourable and Right Reverend Brethren let it not seem grievous that we have thus long delayed the satisfying of your earnest and just expectation It is the Lot of Jerusalem to have her Walls built in troublous times when there are many adversaries Nor let it offend that albeit we acknowledge the many great and inestimable expressions of your love zeal and helpfulnesse unto us every way in the day of our distresse to be beyond all that we can in words acknowledge we professe plainly to you That we do most unwillingly part with those our Reverend and dear Fellow-labourers your Commissioners whom now you have called home to render an account of their imployment here which hath been so managed both by them and the rest of their Honourable and Reverend Colleagues as deserveth many thanks and all Honourable acknowledgement not onely from us but from you also Give us leave to adde that the long experience we have had of the great sufficiency integrity and usefulnesse of them all in the great Work of Christ our common Lord and Master inforceth us next to our greatest sute for the continuance of your fervent prayers to