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A32213 A declaration by the Kings Majesty, to his subjects of the Kingdomes of Scotland, England, and Ireland England and Wales. Sovereign (1660-1685 : Charles II) 1650 (1650) Wing C2959; ESTC R15465 5,568 17

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A DECLARATION BY THE KINGS MAJESTY TO HIS SUBJECTS OF THE KINGDOMES Of SCOTLAND ENGLAND and IRELAND EDINBVRGH Printed by Evan Tyler Printer to the Kings most Excellent Majesty 1650. C R HONI SOIT QVI MAL Y PENSE BY THE KING HIS Majesty taking in consideration that merciful dispensation of divine providence by which he hath been recovered out of the snare of evil counsell and having attained so full perswasion amp confidence of the loialty of his people in Scotland with whom hee hath too long stood at a distance of the righteousnes of their cause as to joyn in one Covenant with them and to cast himself and his interests wholly upon God and in all matters Civil to follow the advice of his Parliament and such as shall be intrusted by them in all matters Ecclesiastick the advice of the Generall Assembly their Commissioners And being sensible of his duty to God desirous to approve himself to the consciences of all his good subjects and to stop the mouths of his and their enemies and traducers doth inreference to his former deportments and as to his resolutions for the future Declare as follows Though his Majesty as a dutiful Son be obliged to honour the memory of his Royall Father and have in estimation the person of his Mother yet doth hee desire to be deeply humbled and afflicted in spirit before God because of his Fathers hearkening to following evil counsels and his opposition to the work of Reformation and to the Solemn League Covenant by which so much of the blood of the Lords People hath been shed in these Kingdomes And for the Idolatrie of his Mother the Toleration whereof in the Kings house as it was matter of great stumbling to all the Protestant Churches so could it not but be a high provocation against him who is a jealous God visiting the sinnes of the fathers upon the Children And albeit his Majesty might extenuat his former carriage and actions in following of the advice and walking in the way of those who are opposite to the Covenant and to the work of God and might excuse his delaying to give satisfaction to the just necessary desires of the Kirk and Kingdom of Scotland from his education and age and evill counsel company and from the strange and insolent proceedings of Sectaries against his Royal Father and in reference to religion and the Ancient Government in ●he Kingdom of England to which he hath the undoubted right of Succession Yet knowing that he hath to do with God Hee doeth ingenuously acknowledge all his owne sinnes and all the sinnes of his Fathers House craving pardon and hoping for mercie and reconciliation through the blood of Jesus Christ And as be doth value the constant addresses that were made by his People to the Throne of Grace on his behalf when he stood in opposition to the work of God as a singular Testimony of long suffering patience and mercy upon the Lords part loyalty upon theirs So doth he hope and shall take it as one of the greatest tokens of their love and affection to him and to his Government that they will continue in prayer and supplication to God for him that the Lord who spared anti preserved him to this day notwithstanding of all his own guiltinesse may be at peace with him and give him to fear the Lord his God and to serve him with a perfect heart with a willing mind all the dayes of his life And his Majesty having upon full perswasion of the Iusti●● equity of all the heads articles thereof now sworn subscribed the national Covenant of the Kingdom of Scotland the solemn League and Covenant of the three Kingdoms of Scotlant England and Ireland Doth Declare that he hath not sworn subscribed these Covenants entred into the Oath of God with his people upon any sinister intention crooked design for taining his own ends but so far as humane weaknesse will permit in the truth and sinceritie of his heart and that he is firmly resolved in the Lords strength to adhere thereto to prosecute to the utmost of his power all the ends thereof in his station and calling really constantly sincerely all the dayes of his life In order to which hee doth in the first place Professe and Declare that hee wil have no enemies but the enemies of the Covenant that he wil have no friends but the friends of the Covenant And therefore as he doth now detest and abhor all Popery Superstition Idolatry together with Prelacy and all errors heresie schism and profanenes and resolves not to tolerate much lesse allow any of these in any part of his Majesties Dominions but to oppose himselfe thereto and to endeavour the extirpation thereof to the utmost of his power So doth he as a Christian Exhort and as a King Require that all such of his subjects who have stood in opposition to the Solemn League and Covenant and work of Reformation upon a pretence of Kingly interest or any other pretext whatsoever to lay down their enmity against the Cause people of God and to cease to preferre the interest of man to the interest of God which hath been one of those things that hath occasioned many troubles calamities in these Kingdoms and being insisted into will be so far from establishing of the Kings Throne that it will prove an Idol of Iealousie to provoke unto wrath him who is King of Kings and Lord of Lords The King shal alwise esteem them best servants and most Loyal Subiects who serve him seek his greatnesse in a right line of subordination-unto God giving unto God the things that are Gods and unto Cesar the things that are Cesares And resolveth not to love or countenance any who have so little Conscience and piety as to follow his intrests with a preiudice to the Gospell and the Kingdome of Jesus Christ which he looks not upon as a dutie but as flatterie and driving of self designs under a pretence of maintaining Royall Authority and greatnesse II. His Majesty being convinced in conscience of the exceeding great sinfulnesse and unlawfulnesse of that Treatie and peace made with the blody Irish Rebels who treacherously shed the blood of so many of his faithfull and Loyall Subiects in Ireland and of allowing unto them the liberty of the Popish Religion for the which he doth from his heart desire to be deeply humbled before the Lord And Iikewise considerering how many breaches have been upon their part Doth Declare the same to be voyd And that his Maiesty is absolved therefrom being truly sorry that he should have sought unto so unlawfull help for restoring of him to his Throne and resolving for the time to come rather to choose affliction then sin III. As his Majesty did in the late Treaty with his people in this kingdom agree to recall annull all Commmissions against any of his Subiects who