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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A97039	The declaration of Sir Hardresse Waller, Major General of the Parliaments forces in Ireland, and the Council of Officers there	Hardress, Waller, Sir, 1604?-1666?.; England and Wales. Army.	1660 (1660)	Wing W536; Thomason 669.f.22[70]; ESTC R211464	1,990	1

THE DECLARATION OF Sir HARDRESSE WALLER Major General of the Parliaments Forces in Ireland and the Council of OFFICERS there THe Signal Turns of Gods hand challenge of right our signal observation and improvement that we may express in 〈◊〉 ●eart and life the due counterpane of his various dealings Providence hath of late wrought wonders of mercy as in these Nations so particularly in this City and throughout this Land The Lord hath remembred us in our low estate because his mercy endures for ever Who is so great a stranger in our Israel that observed not the dreadfull symptoms of threatned ruine to our Religion and all our Liberties Sacred and Civil Hath not God saved us with a notwithstanding by the late dispensations of his gracious appearances in our greatest straights and perplexities Were not the mountains of sinfull provocations and strong oppositions raised up to their height to obstruct the great work of Reformation so happily begun and so solemnly engaged for among us Had not the Romish Emissaries and Ingeneers of darkness prevailed far to divide and distract to delude and destroy us Were not the hopes of our Common Enemy exceedingly raised up gaping for the confusion and dissolution of Christs interest and People in these Nations Had not the powers and policies of Hell prevailed far and laid the very necks of Magistracy and Ministry upon the block of direfull Anarchy and Arbitrary rule Were not all foundations religious and politick so put out of course in all Relations as to threaten eminent ruine both to Church and State Which Ordinance of God was not slighted opposed maligned and scorned by specious pretences and strong delusions Were not Gods own people very deeply guilty of apostacie and hypocrisie of unfaithfulness and breach of Covenant in all Relations Were we not all ready to devour one another by sinfull mistakes and wofull miscarriages whilst our ill neighbours were laughing at us and combining against us Did not unclean spirits range and rage among us possessing many foaming out their shame torturing souls and all societies with deadly convulsions Were not our distempers personal and publick grown so inveterate so complicate so multiplicious that our best Physicians could do little else then pity bewail our expiring Liberties Was not the name of Christ and whatsoever is dear unto his people ready to be made the scorn and prey of our ill neighbours Were we not hastning to the sad Catastrophe of the German Tragedy and Munsters desolations procured by the like fanatick spirits which then obstructed Reformation work What cause then have we to admire the miraculous patience and bounty of our God that have made us now the living monuments of undeserved Mercy Should not we adore and celebrate that good-will of his who dwelling in this Bush hath thus prevented the consumption thereof He that is our God now appears indeed to be the God of all salvations to whom belong all issues from death He hath delivered he doth deliver in him we hope that he will still deliver Thankfulness to him verbal actual cordial and constant will be the best preserver of mercy and improver thereof The choice circumstantials of this Salvation are so many and so remarkable that the sense thereof cannot but engage and inflame our hearts to the highest expressions of gratitude and praise That such a God so highly provoked should shew such favor to such an unworthy people in such a season and by such means in such a manner and to such an end this indeed is the wonder of Mercies the complex and complement of Free-grace That so great a change should be brought about with so little noise so little bloud so little opposition and so hopefully Is not this a miracle of Mercy This day of small things should not then be despised being the Lords doing so marvellous in our eies Though our Redemption be not yet perfected yet do we see cause abundantly to provoke all Christs friends to solemn Acknowledgments Should not they praise him that have been seeking him Do not the Signal returns of his mercy challenge proportionable returns of our Duty Is not this the best way to assure and increase to improve and hasten the blessings promised and begun Doth he not command and commend such a course hath it not been his own and his peoples method in all former ages Have not we received notable experiences ever since the begining of our famous Parliament to direct and strengthen us thereto Doth not the posture of Gods reforming people so signally foretold Rev. 15. challenge this from us Those very persons who have been unhappily seduced into snares and illegal Engagements against the supreme Authority may in this great Turn find sufficient ground of blessing the Lord that they have been stopt in such a career posting to confusion To be thus kept from sin and ruine will be then known and acknowledged for a singular mercy when the Lord shall please to remove prejudice and pre-ingagements That all Gods people in this City and throughout Ireland may orderly concurr in all humble return of praise to our good God on this account it is therefore seriously recommended and desired That Tuesday next being the 3. of January 1659 be set apart and solemnly observed as a day of publick Thanks-giving within the City and Liberties of Dublin and the Tuesday fortnight next after it being the 17. of January to be likewise observed for a solemn Thanks-giving throughout all the parts of this Nation and the several Ministers of the Gospel in their respective places are desired to give publick notice thereof on the first Lords day after the receipt hereof Dated at Dublin-Castle the 28. of December 1659. HAR. WALLER DUBLIN Printed by William Blader by special Order and Reprinted at LONDON by John Macock 1659.