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A33100 Letter from the Commission of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland to the honourable council and inhabitants of the Scots colony of Caledonia in America dated at Glasgow, July 21, 1699. Church of Scotland. General Assembly. Commission. 1699 (1699) Wing C4231; ESTC R40834 14,482 20

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get Footing with you which hath been one great Cause of the Poverty of our Nation at Home and our Reproach among the Rich and Trading Nations Abroad That it is below a Gentleman to follow Trade and Imployment Let not only all Falshood in Words and Actions be severely punished as what is inconsistent with Humane Society and Enervats and Destroys Trade Faith and uprightness in Dealing being the Life and Soul of Commerce Prov. 10.9 and the best Foundation of Success for he that walketh uprightly walketh surely But likewise Discourage and Disgrace Self-seeking and Narrowness to the prejudice of the Publick Let not every one seek his own Things to the Detriment of his Neighbour but every one the Good of others and common Benefit for in the Interest of the Publick and Prosperity of the Common-wealth that of each particular Person consists and is best secured Especially this is to be look'd to in the beginning of a Settlement and Infancy of a Government where Publick Spiritedness and Self-denial as they are Gospel-precepts so will be found best Principles of Policy whereas Self-seeking hath ever been the Bane and Ruine of many promising Undertakings We cannot forget to Recommend to you Brotherly-Love and Concord and that you Live in Peace and Unity among your Selves a Thing no less Profitable to you than Pleasant to the God of Peace and suitable to the Christian Name This is our Lord 's New Commandment left by Him in Legacy to all his Followers Joh. 13.34 35. that they Love one another By this ev'n the Heathen-Nations shall know that you are the Disciples of the Prince of Peace We need not tell you what is the Common-remark on these of our Nation that however Hasty Impatient and Warm they may be in their Debates while at Home yet they are Noted as Exemplary to others in an affectionat Concern in Sympathy with and close Adherence to one another when Abroad We heartily Wish this may be Verified of you now when you are far removed from your Native Land and plac'd amidst envious Neighbours who are waiting for your Halting and would make it their Work to Improve to your Hurt any Difference that might arise among you Let righteous Judgement be Executed betwixt Man and Man for the Judgement is the Lords Let it be done Impartially without vexatious Quibbles or dilatory Forms and Dispensed either Gratis or upon a publick Salary so as no Magistrat may Gain by Fynes of his own Imposing a Practice most hurtful in your Native Land whereby the Covetous are Tempted to Squeeze and Oppress and those of a more honest and free Disposition to become over Slack left they should appear gripping for their own Interest And in general whatever Scripture or solid Reason hath Discovered to you to be Wrong or of ill Consequence in the Customs you have seen at Home or else where and in the Errors of other Plantations let these Things be carefully Avoided in your New Government The Eyes of God of Angels and of Men are upon you The World begins to take Notice of you as a most hopeful Colony to the Envy of your Enemies and the Joy of your own Country and Friends Remember as you are a People of great Expectation and of great Advantages So your Honour and Renown your Temporal as well as your Spiritual and Eternal Gain shall be Great if you improve your Talent and Manage the Price put in your Hands Wisely and Well but if otherwise your Reckoning must be Sore and Heavy and your End Inglorious We again Repeat our most earnest Intreaties unto you our Dear and Honoured Friends that you be very Exact Vigilant and Conscientious in Modeling your New Colony to all Vertue and Godliness Especially in the first Beginning which is of vast Importance in all great Undertakings And a due Care of which will render all after Proceedings Easse Pleasant and Succesful That you bend your outmost Endeavours both by Example and Law to make Righteousness Sobriety and Godliness appear in the Eyes of others as they are in themselves Amiable and Honourable And all Vice and Impiety Detestable and Infamous So as a vitious Person may look like a Monster and Object of Horrour amongst you Thus Religion and Vertue will Incorporat into your very Customs and Constitutions and your Laws and Persons will be Venerable without the grievous Necessity of being Severe and God will Bless you and Delight to Dwell among you Isa 62.4 Ezek. 43. and your Land shall be called Hephzi-bah and the Name of your Place Jehovah-shammah the Lord is there But if any will do Wickedly if Men will be Foolish and Froward your Duty to God and Mercy to the Community calls for Speedy and Exemplary Justice that you may put the Evil away from among you and that Others may Hear and Fear As we Recommend unto you a Just and Christian Regard to all Gospel-Ordinances So in Particular a Religious Observance and Sanctification of the Lord's Day the Neglect of which will ly heavy on Governours the Command being peculiarly giv'n to them as Persons that must Answer for their Children and Servants and for the Stranger that is within their Gates as well as for Themselves If the Sabbath of the Lord be Prophan'd Lev. 26.43 He will cause your Land to Enjoy its Sabbaths by Desolation But if you Sanctifie the Holy Day of Rest unto the Lord he will Procure and Maintain Rest for you in your Land And as we are hopeful of your Just and Faithful Dealings with all Men whom you may have Occasion to Negotiat and Trade with So we Recommend not only Equity and Justice but obliging Kindness towards the Natives That your People may not only have their Conversation Honest among the Gentiles but winning and engaging by Beneficence That they Beholding and Enjoying the Benefit of your Good-Works may Glorifie God in the Day of your Visitation If you Partake of their Temporal Things are you not bound to Minister unto Them of your Spiritual Things Verily their Debtors you are And not only is it the Interest of your Trade and your Safety to keep good Measures with them but 't is your positive Duty for which the Lord seems in a peculiar Manner to have Designed your Plantation as its most glorious End To Propagat the Light of his Gospel amongst them and that Heavenly Wisdom which is more Precious than all Riches and whose Merchandise is better than the Gold of Ophir or Darien 'T is by their Consent that God Confirms your Right therefore Cherish them as your Brethren of the same Blood and Kindred in Adam And Endeavour that you may have them also your Brethren in Christ not only let no Stumbling-block or Occasion of Offence be laid before them but all due Encouragement giv'n them to Embrace the Everlasting Gospel Let them see what Veneration and Regard you Pay to your Ministers as the Servants of the most High God who must Labour amongst them and to