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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A26619	A sober letter of General Monck's unto the commander in chiefe, and officers in Ireland with another letter from an officer of the army there, wherein the genrall doth declare his own, and the armies resolution, to adhere to their first declaration, notwithstanding the agreement of his commissioners at London, it being contrary to the instructions given them to act by.	Albemarle, George Monck, Duke of, 1608-1670.; J. E.	1659 (1659)	Wing A866; ESTC R15546	1,844	8

A SOBER LETTER OF GENERAL MONCK'S UNTO THE Commander in Chiefe and Officers in Ireland with another Letter from an Officer of the Army there wherein the Genrall doth declare his own and Armies resolution to adhere to their first Declaration notwithstanding the agreement of his Commissioners at London it being contrary to the Instructions given them to Act by Printed at London 1659 General Monck's Letter unto the Commander in Chiefe in Ireland to be communicated to the Officers there SIR HAving recieved your's of the 4 of this instant signed by your self and some others you are pleased to signifie your apprehensions of our undertakings and your hopes that we have received from our Bretheren in England such satisfaction as we may acquiesce in their late actings I have sent to you by this Gentleman these inclosed Papers wherein you will be fully informed of our endeavours and pains to keep a right understanding with our friends and Fellow-souldiers but we sincerely professe to you that we cannot be convinced of any such necessity or sence of duty that could engage them in Actions so violent and unwarrantable contrary to such late and solemn engagements indeed it makes our hearts mourn in secret to consider what the issue of this dangerous and rash change of the Government may be but we hope we shall be found in the way of duty and shall walk according to Gods word in that we have born our testimony according to our consciences against that which is evil and we humbly desire you to lay to heart the great dishonour that will lye upon the holy name of God by our inconstancy and I wish I could not say Treachery are we not an Army that have the highest engagements upon us never such a professing Generation for God yet to make no conscience of obedience to those that God set's over us nay such whose authority hath been witnessed too by Almighty God in many successes and for restoring of which we were but the other day rejoycing and praising God And for the asserting whose just authority our Bretheren in England so lately hazarded to blood and from whom we have all received Commissions and Encouragement and this to be don without halfe an houres deliberation we tremble to consider of it and that a few persons and of them some unknown to us to be intrusted with the power of abolishing Lawes Raising moneys chusing generall Officers creating new Modells of Government making Peace and War and this derived from the Officers of a few Regiments quartered in England and our consent to all this authoritatively required we cannot but witnesse against such proceedings as must needs make us a Scorn to our Enemies a shame to our friends and odious to all the People of God in the VVorld is this the good old Cause the defence of the Parliaments priviledges to dissolve them with the greatest Contempt are Peoples Rights now secured when their consciences Estates and persons are abandoned to the wills and pleasure of nine or ten persons are the Churches of Jesus Christ like to be protected when the encouragement of the Ministry of the Churches is to be removed Now we beseech you in the bowells of the Lord Iesus to lay to heart these things and consider whether our jealousies and fears be not reall and we desire to deale with plainnesse and singlnesse of heart as in the presence of God with you that our Brethren in England are very dear to us in the Lord that it wounds us deeper to consider these actings then the wounds we have received from our enemies for them we could have born We blesse the Lord that you are so sensible of the hazard and blood that may follow so we beg of you to remember what blood hath been shed and who will answer for it if we be worse then those God cast out before us We blesse God we need no umbrage for our actions but testifie before God and man that we will not admit any single person whatsoever nor House of Lords that we desire successive Parliaments and Councils of State establisht by authourity of Parliament for the Government of these Nations and that there may be a Legal foundation and succession We desire our Brethren in Ireland to joyn with us in our desires to the Army in England that this Parliament may be restored and put a period to their sitting and settle such expedients as may be for the securing of these Nations against the common enemy and we shall take this as a renewed engagement of your Brotherly love and kindnesse to us and having no further to trouble you but to let you know that I am Edinburgh 27 Nov. 1659. Honoured Sir Your humble Servant GEORGE MONCK This Messenger after some time being in this City carried himself very indiscreetly so that I thought fit to confine him to his Chamber which I hope you will not take ill A Letter from an Officer of the Parliaments Army in Scotland to an eminent friend in London Sir THe Lord Generall and Officers there are resolved to stand to their Declarations and Resolutions for the Parliament what their Commissioners have done being besides their Instructions in the Third Fourth and Sixth Articles of their late agreement Edinburgh 29 Nov. 1659. Your Servant J E For Mr. I P.