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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A95441	Two letters of great concernment, with their answers. The one, from the Scotish Commissioners at London, to the Generall Assembly of the Kirk of Scotland. Together with the answer of the aforesaid Generall Assembly to the said Commissioners. The other, from the synod of Divines in England, to the Generall Assembly of Scotland. Together with the answer also of the aforesaid Generall Assembly in Scotland, to the said synod.	Church of Scotland. General Assembly.; Westminster Assembly (1643-1652)	1645 (1645)	Wing T3468; Thomason E294_4; ESTC R27032	9,329	16

be earnest suiters not onely for the continuance of these excellent helpers Mr Alex. Henderson and Mr Sam. Rutherfurd yet remaining with us but also for the speedy return hither of our Reverend Brethren that are now going hence for the perfecting of that Work which yet remains And this sute we trust you will the rather grant because of the great and joint concernment of both Churches and Kingdoms in these matters Now the spirit of wisdom and of all grace rest upon you in all your great consultations as at all times so especially now when you shall be gathered together in the Name of the Lord Jesus for the further building up and polishing of his Church and cause the fruit of all your labour to be to the praise and glory of God and the comfort and rejoycing of the hearts of all the Israel of God He reward all our dear Brethren of that Sister Church and Nation manifold into their bosome all the labours love and sufferings which they have afforded and still do cheerfully continue for our sakes and the Gospels in this distracted and bleeding Kingdom suppresse all commotions and bloody practices of the common Enemy in both yea in all the three Kingdoms set up the Throne of Jesus Christ and make all the Kingdoms to be the Lords and our Jerusalem to be a praise upon Earth that all that love her and mourn for her may rejoyce for joy with her and may suck and be satisfied with the breasts of her consolation Westminster Jan. 6. 1644. Subscribed by Your most loving Brethren and fellow-labourers in the Work of the LORD in the name of this whole Assembly WILLIAM TWISE Prolocutor CORNELIUS BURGES Assessor JOHN WHITE Assessor HENRY ROBROUGH Scriba ADONIRAM BYFIELD Scriba DIRECT To the Right Honourable and Right Reverend the Generall Assembly of the Church of Scotland these present The Generall Assemblies Answer to the Right Reverend the Assembly of Divines in the Kirk of ENGLAND Right Reverend and well-beloved in the Lord JESVS AMidst the manifold troubles in which this Kingdom hath been involved and under which it still laboureth we greatly rejoyced when it was testified unto us by our reverend Brethren and under your hands in your Letter and these Papers by them presented to us from you what progresse you had made in the much desired Work of Uniformity and acknowledge that the same hath comforted us concerning our work and toile of our hands and seemeth to us as an olive branch to prognosticate the abating of the waters which overflow the face of the Earth When we consider that you have walked in pathes unusuall which have not been haunted by Travellers there as the publike way though pointed out as the good old way by the Reformed Kirks we do not wonder that you have carefully adverted in every step to set foot upon sure ground When we behold that strong and high tree of Episcopacy so deeply rooted by continuance of time not lopped of the Branches and the stumpe of the root left in the Earth with a band of iron and brasse but pluckt up by the roots We do confesse that the Carpenters though prepared have a hard task requiring time to hew it down and root it up And when we call to mind how much the Service-Book hath been cryed up as the onely way of Gods Worship how many thereby have had their wealth and how difficill it is to forgo the accustomed way We admire the power and wisdom of the good God who hath prospered you in your way and led you this length through so many straits and over so many difficulties in so troublous a time We do for our part not onely admit and allow but most heartily and gladly embrace the Directory of Worship as a common Rule for the Kirks of God in the three Kingdoms now more straitly and firmly united by the Solemne League and Covenant And we do all in one voice blesse the Lord who hath put it in the hearts first of the Reverend Learned and Pious Assembly of Divines and then of the Honourable Houses of Parliament To agree upon such a Directory as doth remove what is none of Christs and preserve the purity of all his Ordinances together with Uniformity and Peace in the Kirk Onely we have thought necessary to declare and make known That the Clause in the Directory for the administration of the Lords Supper which appointeth the Table to be so placed that the Communicants may orderly sit about it or at it is not to be interpreted as if in the judgement of this Kirk it were indifferent for any of the Communicants not to come to and receive at the Table or as if we did approve the distributing of the Elements by the Ministers to each Communicant and not by the Communicants among themselves In which particulars we still conceive and beleeve the order and practice of our own Kirk To be most agreeable and sutable to the Word of God the example of our Lord Jesus Christ and the nature of that Heavenly Feast and Table Neverthelesse in other particulars we have resolved and do agree to do as ye have defired us in your Letter That is not to be tenacious of old Customs though lawfull in themselves and not condemned in this Directory but to lay them aside for the nearer Uniformity with the Kirk of England now nearer and dearer to us than ever before A Blessing so much esteemed and so earnestly longed for among us that rather than it false on our part we do most willingly part with such practice and customs of own as may be parted with safely and without the violation of any of Christs Ordinances or trespassing against Scripturall Rules or our Solemne Covenants We do in like manner agree to and approve the Propositions touching Kirk-Government and Ordination and have given power to our Commissioners who are to meet in Edinburgh to agree to and conclude in our Name an Uniformity therein betwixt the Kirks in both Kingdoms so soon as the same shall be without any substantiall alteration Ratified by an Ordinance of the Honourable Houses of Parliament of England according to our Act of Approbation sent to our Commissioners with you As for the returning of our Commissioners though the councell and assistance of our Reverend Brethren might be of good use to us in these difficult times and their particular stations and imployments importune the stay of these who are come unto us and the returne of these who stay with you yet preferring the publike good and looking upon the profit may redound unto all by their continuing with you we have satisfied your desire and renewed their Commission Praying God they may as we are confident they shall prove answerable to our trust and to your expectation Concerning one Confession of Faith and Forme of Catechisme we apprehend no great difficulty And to that which remains to be perfected in the matter of Kirk-Government we do beleeve and both you and

we know by experience that there is no word impossible with our God He that hath begun a good work among you will also perform it of his good pleasure Go on in the Lord your strength and the Spirit of truth lead you in all truth The God of all grace and peace that brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus that great shepherd of the sheep through the blood of the everlasting Covenant and by him hath called us unto his eternall glory make you perfect in very good work to do his will working in you and by you and among you that which is well pleasing in his sight stablish strengthen setle you through Jesus Christ our Lord. Edinburgh 13 Feb. 1645. Subscribed in name of the Generall Assembly of the Kirk of Scotland by the Moderator of the Assembly The Assemblies Answer to their Commissioners at London Reverend and beloved Brethren THese sweet Fruits of your long continued Labours in the Work of the Lord entrusted to you brought to us at this time by these two of your number whom you were pleased to send were received by us with no small joy and rejoycing as being in great part the satisfaction of our Souls desire in that so much longed for so much prayed for happy Uniformity of these Kirks and Kingdoms And an evident Demonstration to us that the Lord hath not even in this time of his seen and felt displeasure so covered himself with the cloud of his anger that our Prayers should not passe through The great and main difficulties through which the Lord hath carried this Work as we do acknowledge ought mainly to be made use of for the praise and glory of his power who is the great worker of all our works for us So your overcoming of them is to us no small Demonstration of your zeal wisdom and faithfulnesse which without great injury both to the Lord the prime Worker and to you his Instruments we cannot but acknowledge hath been much manifested in the whole managing of this work in your hands The full answer to all the particulars you write of in your Letters we leave to the Relation of those that come from you and are now appointed to return to you And as with much thankfulnesse we acknowledge your fidelity in what ye have done already so we have again renewed your Commission for the continuance of your Imployment there for the perfecting of the Work so happily begun For the furthering whereof as we shall not be wanting in our prayers to God for his blessing upon your labours so for your help and assistance we have appointed a Commission to sit at Edinburgh to which at all occasions you may have your recourse as the exigence of the Work shall require How satisfactory that Directory of Worship presented to us by our Brethren from you was to us we leave it rather to their relation at their return being ear and eye-witnesses to the manifold expressions of our joy and gladnesse then offer to represent it to you in a Letter The Act herewith sent and ordained to be prefixed unto the Directory will sufficiently declare our hearty approbation of it Our judgement also concerning the propositions of Government and Ordination and our earnest desire to have the Work of Uniformity promoved and perfected in that particular also will appear to you by the other Act which herewith you will receive Our zeal and desire to have that Work fully closed with so much harmony as becometh the work of God will appear to you in our resolution and answer to that particular in the point of Excommunication concerning which you write These particular differences hinted at in the Assemblies Letter for Uniformity with that Kirk so much endeared to us we have resolved to lay aside and have taken course for preserving harmony amongst our selves whereof our Brethren will give you more particular account Anent your desire of Mr Alexander Henderson his attending the Treaty we are consident ere this you have received our resolution Amidst the many difficulties wherewith it pleaseth the Lord to presse us as we thought it necessary to publish and send forth a Warning to all sorts of Persons in this Kirk and Kingdom concerning the present affliction of this Nation and their sins procuring the same So we thought it incumbent to us in duty as the best Testimony which we can give at this present to his Majesty to remonstrate unto him faithfully The great and growing dangers his Majesty is now under and the causes thereof This Remonstrance we have sent to you to be presented to his Majesty by such means and at such time as you who are there upon the place shall judge fittest And now dear Brethren go on with cheerfulnesse in the Work of the Lord Let no discouragement or opposition make your heart to faint or your hands wax feeble Perswade your self the Lords hand shall still be made known toward his Servants and his indignation against his Enemies Remember the Work is his who useth not to begin but also to make an end and is abundantly able to supply all your need according to the riches of his glory Be confident therefore of this thing that he who hath begun this good Work by you will also in due time accomplish it to his own praise To his gracious assistance we heartily recommend you Subscribed in name of the Generall Assembly of the Kirk of Scotland by the Moderntor of the Assembly Postscript Edinburgh 13 Feb. 1645. It is earnestly desired That the Directory for Worship be sent to Ireland and that you recommend to the Honourable Houses of the Parliament To think upon the best way for the establishment and practice of it in that Kingdom And that the like course may be taken with the Government and other parts of the Vniformity so soon as they shall be agreed upon FINIS