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Edinburgh, June 19. 1690. The general meeting of the ministers and elders of this Church ...
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Church of Scotland. General Assembly.
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EDINBURGH June 19. 1690. THe General Meeting of the Ministers and Elders of this Church finding that the Commissioner His Grace and the Honourable Estates of Parliament by their Act the 13 of June 1690. have Indicted a solemn Fast to be kept on ââe 24 of June instant on this side the River Tay and on the 1. of July thereafter ân the other side of the said River and they being sensible how much it is their âuty and the duty of the rest of the Ministers and People of this Church religiâusly to observe the said Fast on the foresaids days respectively and particularly for ââe Causes therein specified Therefore we do recommend the strict observance of it ââcordingly and that it may be the more religiously observed and through the âercy of God prove the more effectual for His Majesties preservation and success in is present undertaking it is necessary that Ministers excite themselves and the peoââe to the exercise of Repentance for their own sins and the Lands and particuâârly for the great ignorance of God Profanity and gross Abominations abounding ââong all Ranks and Stations the slighting of Jesus Christ the Gospel Ordinances ââd Ministry profanation of the Lords Day neglect of Family Worship and Secret ârayer the neglect of the duties of Righteousness and Mercy the great and geneââl defection from the Truth and ways of God over the belly of great Light Merââes and Judgments and our most solemn engagements to God Earthly-mindedâess Self-seeking Scandalous Divisions and other the like evils as also for our ââsensibleness of and ingratitude for the manifold mercies bestowed on this Church ând Kingdom and in special in giving us the light of the glorious Gospel of Christ ând in delivering us in former times and now signally at this time from Popery ârelacy and Slavery that being humbled for our sins we may obtain Reconciââation with God and Pardon through Faith in the Blood of Christ and may have ââcess with confidence to put up our Supplications to God for our King and Queen âhe Commissioner his Grace our Parliament Council and Forces by Sea and Land ând for the Lord 's carrying on the happily begun Restauration of this Church and ââr his sending out of faithful Ministers and blessing of the Gospel and for his graââous presence in the Meetings of this Church and for that end that he would disâover and defeat the Plots and Attempts against His Majesty and His Government ând would be pleased to send seasonable Weather for bringing forward the Fruits âf the Ground and that a Spirit of Reformation and Repentance being poured out ân all of us Religion and Righteousness Peace and Prosperity under the shining of âis Countenance may yet flourish in our Land Extracted by John Spalding Cls. Edinburgh June 19. 1690. THEIR Majesties High-Commissioner and the Lords of Privy Counsel Considering that through the neglect of Posts or Others the Proclamations of Parliament indicting a Solemn and Publick Fast to be observed in âll the Churches and Meeting-Houses within the Kingdom upon the days therein âentioned may not be sent timously to the Ministers hands and the Observation âf so Religious a duty being the Universal Concern of this Kingdom Thereâore they hereby Appoint that in case the day of the Fast have not been Obserâed upon the particular days mentioned in the said Proclamation that the Ministers ând all within their respective Congregations shall keep the famine upon the Tusâay next thereafter Extracted by GILB ELIOT Cls. Sti. Con.