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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A33099	A letter from the Commission of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland, met at Glasgow, July 21, 1699 to the Honourable Council, and inhabitants of the Scots colony of Caledonia, in America.	Church of Scotland. General Assembly. Commission.	1699 (1699)	Wing C4230; ESTC R22523	9,973	14

Uncleanness be abhorred Pollute not the Temples of the Holy Ghost which your Bodies are Consecrated to him in Christian Baptism 1 Cor. 6.19 but let every one possess his Vessel in Sanctification and Honour 2 Thes 4.4 lest the Place of your Settlement be defiled and the Land Spue you out as Canaan did its Inhabitants And let Interest oblige you to extraordinary Caution and Watchfulness over the People with respect to the Natives in this matter least their Resentment prove a Mean of your Ruine and if they should be provoccked to avenge Indignities done them and Injuries of this kind your fall could not but prove Disgraceful and Unpitied Let your Laws strike severely against Idleness and want of Imployment the Parent of much Mischief and Beggary Idle People are not only Useless but Burdensom in a Common wealth Sowers of Sedition Discontented and seldom better exercised then to find out base and dishonest Wayes whereby they may be maintain'd in pampering of sloathful Lusts Let Industry be reputed Honourable and Diligence in Imployment a Character of Vertue worthy of the highest Respect Let not the foolish Notion ever get Footing with you which hath been one great Cause of the Poverty of Our Nation at Home and our Reproach among the Rich and Trading Nations Abroad That it is below a Gentleman to follow Trade and Imployment Let not only all Falshood in Words and Actions be severely punished as what is inconsistent with Humane Society and Enervats and Destroys Trade Faith and uprightness in Dealing● being the Life and Soul of Commerce and the best Foundation of Success Prov. 10.92 For he that walketh uprightly walketh surely But likewise Discourage and Disgrace Self-seeking and Narrowness to the prejudice of the Publick Let not every one seek his own things to the Detriment of his Neighbour but every one the good of others and common Benefite for in the Interest of the Publick and Prosperity of the Common-wealth that of each particular Person consists and is best secured Especially this is to be look'd to in the beginning of a Settlement and Infancy of a Government where Publick-Spiritedness and Self denial as they are Gospel-preceepts so will be found best Principles of Policy whereas Self-seeking hath ever been the Bane and Ruine of many promising Undertakings We cannot forget to Recommend to you Brotherly Love and Concord and that you Live in peace and Unity among your selves a thing no less Profitable to you than Pleasant to the God of Peace and suitable to the Christian Name This is our Lords new Commandment left by Him in Legacy to all His Followers John 13.34.35 that they Love one another By this even the Heathen Nations shall know that you are the Disciples of the Prince of Peace We need not tell you what is the Common-remark on these of our Nation that however Hasty Impatient and Warm they may be in their Debates while at Home yet they are Noted as Exemplary to others in an Affectionat Concern in Sympathy with and close Adherence to one another when Abroad We heartily Wish this may be Verified of you now when you are far removed from your Native Land and plac'd amidst envidus Neighbours who are waiting for your Halting and would make it their Work to Improve to your Hurt any Difference that might arise among you Let Righteous Judgement be Execute betwixt Man and Man for the Judgement is the Lords Let it be done Impartially without vexatious Quibbles or dilatory Forms and Dispensed either Gra●●● or upon a publick Salary so as no Magistrate may Gain by Fines of his own Imposing a Practice most hurtful in your Native Land whereby the Covetous are Tempted to Squeeze and Oppress and those of a more honest and free Disposition to become over Slack least they should appear gripping for their own Interest And in general whatever Scripture or solid Reason hath discovered to you to be Wrong or of ill Consequence in the Customs you have seen at Home or elsewhere and in the Errors of other Plantations let these things be carefully Avoided in your new Government The Eyes of God of Angels and of Men are upon you The World begins to take notice of you as a most hopeful Colony to the Envy of your Enemies and the Joy of your own Country and Freinds Remember as you are People of great Expectation and of great Advantages So your Honour and Renoun your Temporal as well as your Spiritual and Eternal Gain shall be great if you improve your Talent and Manage the Price put in your hands wisely and well but if otherwise your Reckoning must be sore and heavy and your End Inglorious We again repeat our most earnest Intreaties unto you our Dear and honoured Freinds that you be very exact vigilant and conscientious in Modeling your new Colony to all vertue and Godliness especially in the first beginning which is of vast importance in all great Undertakings And a due care of which will render all after proceedings easie pleasant and successful That you bond your outmost endeavours both by Example and Law to make Righteousness Sobriety and Godliness appear in the Eyes of others as they are in themselves Amiable and Honourable And all Vice and Impiety detestable and infamous So as a vitious person may look like a Monster and Object of Horrour amongst you Thus Religion and Vertue will Incorporate into your very Customs and Constitutions and your Laws and Persons will be venerable without the greivous necessity of being severe and God will Bless you and delight to dwell among you and your Land shall be called Hephzi-bah 〈…〉 and the name of your place Jehovahshamniah the Lord is there But if any will do wickedly Ezek. 4 if Men will be foolish and froward your duty to God and Mercy to the Community calls for speedy and Exemplary Justice that you may put the evil away from among you and others may hear and fear As we recommend unto you a just and Christian regard to all Gospel Ordinances So in particul●r a Religious Observance and Sanctificacion of of the Lord's Day the neglect of which will ly heavy on Governours the command being peculiarly giv'n to them as Persons that must Answer for their Children and Servants and for the Stranger that is within their Gates aswel as for Themselves If the Sabbath of the Lord be Prophan'd He will cause your Land to Enjoy its Sabbaths by Desolation But if you Sanctifie the Holy Day of Rest unto the Lord Lev. 26.43 He will procure and Maintain Rest for you in your Land And as we are hopeful of your Just and Faithful Dealings with all Men whom you may have Occasion to Negotiate and Trade with So we Recommend not only Equity and Justice but also Obligeing Kindness towards the N●tives That your People may not only have their Conversation Honest among the Gentiles but Winning and Engageing by Beneficence That they beholding and enjoying the Benefice of