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B05605 Proclamation for a solemn fast and humiliation Scotland. Privy Council.; Scotland. Sovereign (1694-1702 : William II) 1696 (1696) Wing S1791; ESTC R183471 2,024 1

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DIEV ET MON DROIT HONI SOIT QVI MAL Y PENSE PROCLAMATION For a Solemn Fast and Humiliation WILLIAM By the Grace of GOD King of Great Britain France and Ireland Defender of the Faith To Macers of Our Privy Council Messengers at Arms Our Sheriffs in that part conjunctly and severally specially constitute Greeting Forasmuch as by Reason of many abounding heinous Sins and Provocations The Displeasure and Wrath of Almighty GOD is very visible against Us and Our People not only in the sad Calamity under which the Kingdom Labours by reason of the Disappointment and failing of the Cropt and Fruits of the Ground for the Year by past whereupon such Scarcity and Dearth did ensue That the Poor of the Land have generally been Reduced to the greatest Extremity But also by the continuance of such bad VVeather and so unnatural a Season as doth sadly threaten the Mil-giving and Blasting of the present Cropt and Fruits of the Ground to the Increase of that Distress whereby the Kingdom is already Afflicted and in hazard to be ruined if God in his Mercy prevent not which certainly calls for our deepest Humiliation and most earnest and fervent Supplications to our gracious God to avert it VVhich Consideration hath also moved the Commission of the late General Assembly to Adress the Lords of Our Privy Council That a Day of Humiliation may be appointed and keeped throughout this Kingdom VVherefore VVe with Advice of the Lords of Our Privy Council appoint and Command a Day of Solemn Humiliation and Prayer to be observed through this whole Kingdom that all may put up fervent Prayers to God 〈…〉 and Forgivenness And that he would turn away his Wrath and keep off deserved Judgement and yet Graciously bless 〈…〉 People with Seasonable VVeather for In bringing the Fruits of the Ground And also that above all things he would bestow on Us and them his Spiritual and Heavenly Blessings by the continuing and prospering of his Gospel and the Fruits thereof amongst us And We with Advice foresaid Require and Command the said Solemn Fast and Day of Humiliation to be Religiously Observed and Keeped by all Ranks and Degrees of People upon the Days following viz. In all the Planted Churches on this side the River of Tay upon the twenty fifth day of August Instant and in all the Planted Churches of the rest of this Kingdom upon the Eight Day of September next to come And in such Churches as are Vacant upon such Days as shall be Appointed by the Presbytery of the Bounds Certifying such who shall Contemn or Neglect the Dutiful Observing and Keeping of the said Day of Humiliation They shall be proceeded against as Contemners of Our Authorty and Neglecters of such a Necessary Duty And seing that on such an Occasion and for such Causes God doth more especially require the exercise of Christian Charity and Compassion towards the Poor and Indigent whose Pinching Straits and VVants do at present lay them under the deepest distress and cry aloud to all for their Help and Relieff as they expect and would wish that God should be gracious to them in the like Case Therefore VVe do further with Advice foresaid seriously Recommend to all Our Good Subjects to draw forth and extend their Christian Charity and Compassion towards the Poor and Indigent by a Cheerful and Liberal and Bountiful Contribution upon the said Day of Humiliation and Lords Day thereafter as the best and most acceptable Expressions of their Sincerity and Earnestness in the foresaid Duty And VVe peremptory Require and Command that not only the Money to be Contribute and Collected upon the Dayes foresaid But likewise if it shall be found needfull that all other Money formerly Collected and still lying in Church-Boxes or in the hands of Kirk Sessions or lent out upon Interest by Bonds taken for the Product of such Collections be instantly uplifted imployed and wared out for buying of Victual and other necessars for relief of the Poor within the Bounds of the Paroches to which the saids Collections and Bonds do belong And that at the fight of the Ministers and Elders with concourse of such Heretors as shall Joyn with them within the saids respective Paroches by these already Intrusted or who shall be Intrusted by the saids Ministers and Elders and Heretors with the over sight of the Poor in the saids Bounds to the Effect the said Victual and other necessars for the relief of the poor may be Orderly and Proportionally distribut among them effeiring to their severall Indigencies And We again Require and Command all Ministers of the Gospel and others foresaid to applye themselves diligently to the foresaid pious VVork for the Supplye and Relief of the Poor as they will be Answerable to God and Us thereanent OUR VVILL IS HEREFORE And VVe Charge you strictly and Command That in continent these Our Letters seen ye pass to the Mercat Cross of Edinburgh and to the remanent Mercat Crosses of the Head Burghs of the several Shires and Steuarties within this Kingdom and in Our Name and Authority make Publication hereof that none pretend Ignorance An VVe Ordain Our Solicitor to dispatch Copies hereof to the Sheriffs of the several Shires and Steuarts of Steuartries and their Deputs or Clerks to be by them Published at the Mercat-Crosses of the Head Burghs upon receipt thereof and immediately sent to the several Ministers to the Effect they may Read and Intimate the same from their Pulpits upon the Lords Day immediately preceeding the Dayes above appointed And Ordains these Presents to be Printed and Published in manner foresaid Given under Our Signet at Edinburgh the seventh day of August and of Our Reign the Eighth Year 1696. Per Actum Dominorum Secreti Concilii GIL ELIOT Cls. Sti Concilii GOD save the KING Edinburgh Printed by the Heirs and Successors of Andrew Anderson Printer to His most Excellent Majesty 1696