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A96240	A letter from the Assembly of Divines in England and the commissioners of the Church of Scotland written, and sent by order of the honorable House of Commons assembled in Parliament, to the Belgicke, French, Helvetian, and other reformed churches / translated into English and now published with the severall inscriptions to those churches by order of the said House.; Literae a Conventu Theologorum in Anglia et Ecclesiae Scoticanae delegatis. English	Westminster Assembly; Lauderdale, John Maitland, Duke of, 1616-1682.; Church of Scotland. General Assembly. Commission.; England and Wales. Parliament. House of Commons.	1644 (1644)	Wing W1443A; ESTC R42767	7,942	17

A LETTER FROM THE ASSEMBLY OF DIVINES IN ENGLAND AND THE COMMISSIONERS of the Church of SCOTLAND Written and sent by Order of the honorable House of Commons assembled in Parliament to the Belgicke French Helvetian and other Reformed CHURCHES Translated into English and now published with the severall Inscriptions to those Churches By Order of the said House LONDON Printed by Richard Cotes for Ralph Smith and are to be sold at his Shop at the signe of the Bible in Cornhill neere the Royll Exchange 1644. IT is this day Ordered by the Commons House of Parliament That the Assembly of Divines bee moved to write Letters unto some Divines or Churches of Zealand and Holland and to the Protestant Churches in France Switzerland and other Reformed Churches to informe them against the great Artifices and Disguises of his Majesties Agents in these parts of the true state of our affaires and of the constant imployment of Irish Popish Rebels and other Papists to be Governours Commanders and Souldiers the many evidences of their intentions to introduce Popery their indevour to hinder the Reformation here intended and condemning other Protestant Churches as unsound because not Prelaticall And that the Scots Commissioners be desired to joyn therein And likewise that the Committees of the Lords and Commons and of the Divines may advise with the Scots Commissioners in the Premises H. Elsynge Cler. Parl. D. Com. IT is this day ordered by the Commons House of Parliament That the Letter from the Assembly of Divines to the Reformed Churches beyond Seas shall be printed in Latin and English with the the Severall Inscriptions to the Particular severall Churches and that Mr. ●elden and Mr. Rous doe acquaint the Assembly with this Order H. Elsynge Cler. Parl. D. Com. A LETTER FROM THE ASSEMBLIE OF DIVINES IN England and the Commissioners of the Church of SCOTLAND to the Belgicke French Helvetian and other reformed Churches Right reverend and dearly beloved in our Lord Iesus Christ WEE the Assembly of Divines and others called and conveened by the Authoritie of both Houses of Parliament of England vvith the Commissioners sent from the Generall Assembly of the Church of Scotland doe heartily salute you in the Lord. Wee doubt not but the sad reports of the miseries under which the Church and Kingdome of England do bleed and vvhere-with vve are all readie to be swallowed up the cup which the righteous Lord hath given us to drink is long since come to your ears And it is probable that the same instruments of Sathan and Antichrist have endeavoured by their emissaries to present us as blacke as may be among your selves vvho by falsehood lies endeavour every vvhere to put faire glosses upon their own bloudy designes to reproach our strugglings after a more thorow Reformation of Religion in the Church of England according to the vvord of God and our just defence of our lives liberties and Religion against their cruell and unjust violences And vve sometimes doubt vvhether vvee have not been vvanting to our own innocency and your satisfaction in being thus long silent from giving you a faithfull though sorrowfull relation of the state vvherein vve stand But pardon us deare Brethren if this cup of trembling wherevvith our spirits have beene filled to amazement and our wrestlings vvith extreame difficulties ever since our meeting have hindred us from that vvhich vve long since knew to be our duty And give us leave now a little to ease our grief by powring our hearts into your bosomes vvhile we relate the desolation made by an Antichristian faction who amongst us have still beene hindring the vvorke of reformation and vvith all introducing and cherishing of Popery and are now arrived at that strength and have prevailed so farre against us that if the Lord vvhose judgements are unsearchable and vvhose tender mercies are innumerable doe not speedily helpe us vve shall even altogether be laid waste by them How great a hand this treacherous and bloody generation amongst us have long had in the miseries of other refored Churches in the destruction of the Palatinate and in the betraying losse of Rochell and how by seeming overtures of Ambassies and Treaties for their reliefe they have fomented continued and encrased their calamities are so fully known by you all and miserably felt by some of your selves that we need not speak any thing of them And we suppose their inveterate hatred against you all is sufficiently manifested in that multitudes of them have refused to acknowledge any of you for Churches of Christ because you are not Prelaticall and thereby as they conceive vvant a lawfull Vocation of Ministers Sure vve are that amongst our selves in all these three Kingdomes they have prevailed so far in advancing Poperie and depressing Religion that it vvould require a Volume rather than a Letter to relate all the particulars Scarce one thing can be thought upon which may be supposed to be an argument of any intent set up popery and even extirpate the true reformed Religion but we could give you abundant instances that they have not onely attempted but in great measure prevailed for the putting thereof in execution All the good and just Lawes of this Kingdome against papists concerning their lives liberties and goods suspended Judges prohibited to proceed against condemned Priests ever Jesuites set free Houses of superstition in Ireland and England set up not discountenanced beside the seldome or never questioned transportation of many young persons to Seminaries in foraine parts Notorious papists contrary to known Laws permitted to come to Court to reside there enjoy the favour preferment of it Multitudes of them released from legall penalties for time past and time come Prosecuters of them checked and discountenanced Agents sent from hence into Italy Nuntioes and Agents from Rome received and treated with such as warped that vvay cherished and advanced The most zealous Ministers and professours of Religion bitterly persecuted And all these things so apparant that abundance of popishly affected Prelates and Ministers adventured in every part of the Kingdome publickly to preach and leaven their people with almost all points of popery except the Supremacy and to introduce abundance of corrupt innovations in the vvorship of God compelling the people to yeeld conformitity to them vvith persecuting such as vvould not Insomuch as many who looked at Religion only for outward advantage found it best for their gaine and sarty to turne papists And many godly Ministers who vvould publish a book purposely set forth to allow such sports on the Lords day vvhich the reformed Churches thinke unlawfull at any time or who vvould not conforme themselves to their other superstitions have had their mouthes stopped many thousands of their people vvith them compelled to seeke for refuge amongst your selves or in remote parts of the vvorld Yea so farre they had advanced in their presumption as to impose upon the vvhole Kingdome of SCOTLAND a new popish book of