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A58614 A declaration of the Committee of Estates of the Parliament of Scotland in answer to some printed papers intituled, The declaration of the Parliament of England, and the declaration of the army of England, upon their march into Scotland. Scotland. Parliament.; England and Wales. Parliament. Declaration of the Parliament of England. 1650 (1650) Wing S1214; ESTC R34039 26,589 42

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what is farther said upon this point to aggravate the miscarriages of the Engagers in their taking of Berwick and Carlile invading England without an antecedent warning We have nothing to say on their behalf their proceedings were palpably grosse inexcusable But if their wayes were so bad why do these who now prevail in England trace their steps not fearing their end Will they justifie themselves in that very thing for which they have condemned others We desire they may remember some expressions of a Letter written to us by Lieu. Generall Cromwel and his Counsell of War the 18. September 1648. shortly after the defeat of the Engagers the words are these Give us leave to say as before the Lord who knows the secrets of all hearts that as we think a especiall end of Providence in permitting the enemies of God and goodnesse in both Kingdoms to rise to that height and exercise such tyranny over His people was to shew the necessity of Unity amongst His of both Nations so we hope and Pray that the late glorious dispensation in giving so happie successe against your and our Enemies may be the foundation of the Union of the people of God in love and Amity unto that end we shall God assisting to the utmost of our power endeavour to perform what may be behinde on our parts and when we shall through any wilfulnesse falle herein let this Profession rise up in judgement against us as having been made in hypocrisie a severe a venger of which God hath lately appeared in his most righteous witnessing against the Army under Duke Hamilton Invading Us under specious pretences of Piety and Justice We may humbly say We rejoyce with more trembling then to dare to do so wicked a thing We may here also correct a mistake of theirs where they say by the Treaty six moneths warning was to precede Warre t is strange how they have learnd to multiply when they speak against others and to mince in relation to themselves But because it may belong since they read the Treaty We shall passe that and only desire to know how it comes that not only contrary to the Treaty but to the law of Nations and common reason they have without any previous warning seased our ships stopped our trade and now have published a Declaration shewing their resolution forth with to send an Army into this Kingdom even the late Engagers who are justly condemned for not giving previous warning according to the Treaty sent particular demands to the Houses of Parliament three moneths before invasion which they declared they would prosecute and about a moneth before invasion they published a Declaration of their resolutions to march into England Another ground of the justice of their undertaking is that they being invited to come into Scotland and having setled us in the power we now enjoy wee exercise it for their destruction That wee take on us to determine what is fundamentall in their Government direct threaten them if they change not what is now established form it to our minde or accomodate it to our interest which they say is sufficiently cleared by the Protestation of our Commissioners the Earl of Lothian Sir John Cheislie Mr. Glendoning who have been owned justified by the Parliament of Scotland and no censure passed upon them Wee shall first answer to this alleadged invitation They say Sir Andro Ker and Major Strachan were sent to them for that purpose the letter then written was directed to the Commander in chiefe of the forces of the Parliament of England which wee heard were upon the borders and we held it very necessary for us to acquaint the Kingdom of England or any intrusted by them that we dissented and protested against that unlawfull engagement and were then in Arms in opposition to the contrivers abettors thereof and were firmly resolved not to lay them down untill the garrisons of Berwick Carlile were restored to the Kingdom of England Wee likewise gave instructions to these Gentlemen But neither in the letter nor instructions as may be seen by the printed copies published by order of the House of Commons is there any call given for the coming of the English forces into this Kingdom We did only signifie to the Commander in chiefe of the English forces that we were to send to the Houses of Parliament to desire their assistance and that by joynt counsells and forces the disturbers of the peace of both Kingdoms may be brought to tryal and condign punishment and that we expected the English forces on the borders should be in readinesse to concurre with us when we should give them a call yet before any other addresse made by us either to the Houses of Parliament or to those forces yea before the answer of our letter came to our hands L. G. Cromwell marched into this Kingdom with his forces without waiting for our call which we did not intend to have given to them but to have desired the assistance of the Houses of Parliament with whom this Kingdom had joyned in Covenant and to whom we had formerly given assistance In the next place we were to have desired that those who were sent might be such as had signed the Covenant and would preserve and defend the doctrine and discipline of this Church according to the Covenant and particularly that none such should be sent as would disturb the peace of this Church or vent strange opinions contrary to the Confession of Faith directory of worship and Church-Government In the third place that their number should not exceed four thousand And lastly that the Garrisons of Berwick and Carlile being restored and the engagers being subdued or having submitted the English forces should remove out of this Kingdome Therefore so soon as wee received Lievtenant Generall Cromwels letter signifying that upon defeat of the forces under command of the Duke of Hammiltoun he had received commands to prosecute the victorie untill the Enemie were put out of a condition of growing into a new Armie and the Garisons of Berwick and Carlile were reduced in order whereunto he had resolved to march into Scotland we dispatched away the Lord Marquis of Argyle Lord Elcho and others unto him with Instructions desiring that the number of the forces should not exceed four thousand that such as should come were qualified as is before expressed And that the Garisons of Berwick and Carlile being restored and those in Armes against us having submitted his forces should return to England As matters then stood though we were very unsatilfied with many of the proceedings of that Armie yet we could not but looke on them as the servants of both houses of Parliament by whose authority they acted and to whose commands and directions they professed obedience and subjection wherefore the Houses of Parliament having upon knowledge of the State of affaires in Scotland appointed Lievtenant Gen. Cromwel by their votes 28. September 1648. to afford us