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A35086 A declaration of His Highnes the Lord Protector for a day of publick thanksgiving with an order of His Highness Council in Scotland for the government thereof for a day of publick thanksgiving in Scotland. England and Wales. Lord Protector (1653-1658 : O. Cromwell); Cromwell, Oliver, 1599-1658. 1658 (1658) Wing C7068; ESTC R25359 4,180 11

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greater plenty hath been seldom seen upon the face of the Earth And lastly in that place where the Enemy layd all his designs from whence to invade Vs and to give Vs trouble and had brought it to that passe for the heightning of their confidence both there and here that they were ready even to triumph as having as good as obtained their wishes even there hath the great God abased them and brought them low in a signal victory gained by the French and Vs over them In which successe the French themselves have owned much to the honour of the English Nation not without admiration observing that the English on Our part should behave themselves with so much valour and undaunted resolution and the English on Charls Stuarts part more cowardly then any in the Spanish Army The Lord also hath in the same place given Vs a Port-Town not the worst in Flanders which We beg we may make use of to the glory of God and the good of the Christian cause These things being thus how could We forbear for the honour of God to give you a remembrance of them And how can you and We forbear the returning of our humblest and heartiest thanks to the Lord How can We refrain any longer from breaking forth into the high praises of Our God for He is good for His mercy endureth for ever Let the redeemed of the Lord say so Let Israel now say so Let them now that fear the Lord say that His mercy endureth for ever And when We have with our mouths and with our hearts thus blessed God let Vs like a People blessed by Him keep in our hearts a thankfull remembrance of these and all other Our mercies giving glory to God and Christ through the Spirit seeking the Peace and the Truth for evermore We have therefore thought fit to appoint Wednesday the one and twentieth day of July instant to be a day of Publique Thanksgiving unto the Lord for these great and eminent mercies to be observed in all places within England Wales and Town of Berwick upon Tweed and do Command and require all Ministers and Pastors to give notice thereof in their Congregations on the Lords-day next before the said Day of Thanksgiving and that upon the said Day of Thanksgiving they do read this Declaration in their respective Congregations And we do hereby prohibit the keeping of all Fairs and Markets upon the day aforesaid Given at White-hall this third day of July 1658. BY HIS HIGHNES COUNCIL IN SCOTLAND For the Government thereof HIs Highnesse Council here having received the fore-going Declaration of His Highnesse the Lord Protector for a Day of Publick Thanksgiving with a Letter from his Highnesse and the Council recommending it to his Highnesse Council here to do the like in Scotland upon such a convenient day as they should think fit And his Highnesse Councill here being very sensible of the Lord's Mercies towards these Nations divers of which are expressed in the said Declaration and considering that the whole Common-wealth being concerned in the Mercies the LORD hath vouchsafed are therefore obliged to joyn in the return of Praises They have therefore thought fit to appoint Thursday the Twenty ninth of July instant to be observed in the Burgh of Edinburgh and Shire thereof as a Day of Publique Thanksgiving And that throughout all the other Shires and Burghs in Scotland Thursday the Nineteenth day of August next be observed as a Day of Thanksgiving unto the Lord for these great and eminent Mercies And the said Council do hereby recommend it to the Presbyteries and Ministers and Pastors within the Burgh of Edinburgh and Shire thereof to give notice of the said Day of Thanksgiving appointed for those Places in their Congregations on the next Lord's-day And in like manner do recommend it to the other Presbyteries Ministers and Pastors to give notice of the said Day of Thanksgiving appointed for those places in their respective Congregations on the Lord's-day next before the said Nineteenth of August And that all the said Ministers and Pastors do on those Dayes of their respective Publick Thanksgivings reade the said Declaration of His Highnesse together with this Order in their respective Congregations And the said Council do hereby prohibit the keeping of all Fairs and Markets within the Burgh of Edinburgh and Shire thereof As likewise all Traders and VVork-men from trading or labouring on the said Day of Thanksgiving for those places And also they do hereby prohibit the keeping of all Fairs and Markets in the other Shires and Burghs and all trading and bodily labour there on the said Nineteenth of August next And do require the Sheriffes and Justices of his Highnesse Peace in the respective Shires and the Magistrates of the Burghs respectively to cause this Prohibition of Fairs and Markets Trade and bodily Labour on the Publick Thanksgiving Day to be duely observed Given at Edinburgh the One and twentieth day of July One thousand six hundred fifty and eight Signed in the Name and by Order of the Council GEORGE MONCK