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Act of his Majesties Privy Council of Scotland for a solemn and publick thanksgiving throughout the kingdom, upon her royal Majesties being with child.
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Scotland. Privy Council.
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1688
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J R ACT Of His Majesties Privy Council of Scotland for a solemn and publick Thanksgiving throughout the Kingdom upon Her Royal Majesties being with Child Edinburgh the seventeenth day of January 1688. SInce it hath pleased Almighty GOD the Fountain of all Life by whom Kings Reign and Kingdomes are established to grant unto the Kings most excellent Majesty fresh hopes of Royal Issue by his most Serene Consort Our Gracious Queen Mary who through the great Goodness and Blessing of God is now with Child And considering that the multiplying of the Branches of the Royal Family especially Issuing from our present Sacâ—ed Soveraign James the Seventh under whose Auspitious Wise and Clement Government We enjoy so much Prosperity Peace and Plenty Is a most Desireable Blessing a Native Support and Strengthning of the Crown and by just Consequence a publick Blessing to this Kingdom Tending to the further Security of the Peace and Happiness thereof His Majesty Therefore At the Humble and Earnest Desire and by the Advice of his Privy Council Hath thought fit upon this important Occasion to set apart and appoint a time for rendering Devout and Solemn Thanks to GOD for this great Mercy and Blessing and for offering Publick and Hearty Prayers to his Divine Majesty To Blesse and Preserve the Sacred Person of our Dread Soveraign Lord the King to Prosper his Reign with Honourable and Glorious Successes and to Prolong his Life that he may see his Childrens Children and his Throne may be as the Sun As also that he may Blesse Preserve and Strengthen His Royal Consort the Queens Majesty and make perfect his Work begun for Her may Save and Defend Her from all Dangers and evil Accidents that what She hath conceived may be Preserved and Happily brought forth to the Joy of our Soveraign Lord the King the further Security of his Crown and the Happiness and Establishment of this Kingdom For this end His Majesty with Advice foresaid Doth Appoint and Ordain that the foresaid Thanks-giving and Prayers be Devoutly and Solemnly performed in all the Paroch-Churches within the City and Diocesse of Edinburgh upon the twenty ninth day of January instant and in all the other Churches within this Kingdom upon the ninteenth day of February next And His Majesty accordingly Requires and Commands the most Reverend and right Reverend the Arch-Bishops and Bishops to take care that in all the Paroch-Churches within their respective Diocesses these Prayers and Thanksgivings be accordingly Celebrate by all the Ministers and Presbyters under their Jurisdiction and that they cause intimation be made hereof by reading of the same from the Pulpits in the several Paroch-Churches the Lords-day Immediatly preceeding the saids Solemn days of publick Thanksgiving respectivè And finaly His Majesty Charges and Commands all his Loving Subjects heartily to joyn and concur in these Religious and Dutiful Performances as they would shew their Piety and Loyalty in praying for the Life of the King the Encrease of his Royal Issue the further Security of the Crown and the Estbalishment of Peace and Happiness in this His Ancient Kingdom And that these Presents may be made publick and known His Majesty Ordains His Lyon King at Armes and his Brethren Heraulds the Macers of the Privy Council and Pursevants to pass to the Mercat Cross of Edinburgh and other places needful and there by open Proclamation and with all accustomed Solemnities on extraordinary Occasions make publication of the Premisses that none may pretend ignorance Extracted forth of the Records of Privy Council by Sir William Paterson Baronet Clerk of His Majesties most Honourable Privy Council WILL. PATERSON Cls. Sti. Concilii GOD save the KING Edinburgh Printed by the Heir of Andrew Anderson Printer to His most Sacred Majesty Anno Dom. 1688.