THE % % % ? .1 T116 twcnty vfecond Day of April, 169a. . __‘_.(_. ' % _ , ' ' '. 7 , an ' V "x.:. ’ V ,l‘ i V ‘ 5* 3;‘ “I ‘. H‘ L’ , L I V' ‘V1; Q"vx“&T”&‘~"' ‘;¢:§“a1,L¢K.4-9%?‘ ‘Fig, :1. a J ‘wrfiag 3’ X ‘*3 5% of Crawfurd , ‘Prefident ‘, t/are zed efeflptil, 1690.-f My Lord: 421.1 Gezzntltenezz,‘ May lay with Nehemiah, tothe Nobts, Rulers, and tell of this Honou- rable Affcmbly ; The work before (I! itgreat, Let :4: not be flzparczted upon the Wafl orzefarfrom another, and our God will do for 14:. Our Religion, Church-Government, Publick Safety, Laws, and Liberties , are all at Stake 5 and the Enemy is watching for our halting in our endeavours, for every one ofthem .- Yet ifGod countenance us, fothat Duty be made plain, and we be helped to follow it,'€ve are under the Protefiion of a Prince, who . is a great Judge where our True lnterefi lyes, and I am convinced, » will ftan§.;- ly dealto us, whateverpupona iufl Claim, we {hall apply for. His Majefties. Printed Inflruétions for lall Sellion, are plain evidence: ofliis tender Regard offlis People, and contain greater Condefcenfions, than we have {£361}, or read Of, inthe Reigns Ofany ofour Kings" {by many Ages: But I trufl this new Dyer, will compleat‘ th-at‘Tranquilnlity, which we {o impatiently with and waitfor :‘-“ And that we than be engaged to fay of His Maielly, as the Queen of Sheba did 0fS0la.w02a=§ Biefléa’ be the Lord r/2} Goa’, which deligbted intlaee, tofit tbeean the Throne, becauje the Lord loved aw, there. fore wade, be!/lee King to do jizrdgrneizt and ya;/-;v’;‘ce. It were a fuitable Returnto His Majelly, for the great things He hath E1009 for up, to repofie an intire Trail in Him, and evidence “we Zeal for His Service; which in this Critical time, as it would be moi’: -fatisfying, and en- gaging to To generous a Prince ; So it would be of notable advantage to His, and our Affairs. i ' l Were it not a lealonable spartp to guard againlt Prejudices towards one a- nother, and when all is at Stake, topart with trivial Ditierences , (our E- nemies only reaping advantagewby them) and to employ our {elves to the outmoll, for the Settlement of our Church, the Defence of the Kingdom, and the enacting of other good Laws, now under our Confideration .~ That we may comfortably and fully partake, of the wonderful Deliverance God hath wrought forusi’ ’ - i = If in our laflseflion we had begun at theiloule of God,other things might have framed better in our hands; hath not theChurch fuffered fadly by ourDifferen- cesfand have not our delays tgadc the Work more diflicultffhe O ppofition an l1ome,andClamour abroad ,hg§§ certainly begn‘r lel's,aiid rna nyhonefl fufferingMi- nillcrs ere now had been relieved oftlieir Pinchesfifa greater Difpatch had been m3d€- But What 1530)’ ffimalnmg 0533616 fhould prove a real Difappoint-Q mcnt in the Eflablifhingof our Churclnwoulud not theblatne be lodged at our own Door? Some are at the firne Language that was fpokc in Haggafs days; The time if not come that 1/2: Lard’: Ham e /lwpnld be built : To fuch lfhall give the ;sT,s?.;i>\‘i - i 2 thciPmphets Anfwcr, I: it timefarycm to dwefl in your Cielcd r.n€ of us’ ., if His l\_/gjeily iwithclrew His fpccial "Pmtefiion, and We were left? to the rage ofour Enemies .3 Tho our Church were Settled to the great- ,t:l't aafv;mtage, and our t)tli€r Grievances likewife Redrelled, the Nationcana not fififie, withouta Supply, fuitfile to the prefent Emgcncy. ‘ It matter of heavy Regrate, that (o many are Groaning under the Load of Forfeitures and Fines, and H as Majefiy Willing to relieve them, and as yet no lflhe put to theft: defireablc Putpoles. y May thewifdom and Goodnefs of God, fo Over-rule all our Counfiirls, that We be not Impofcd upon by falfe Notions of things: Let neither Partiality on the one fide, not Paffion on the other, either keep upfortner Differen- ces , or give a die to new ones, let} it be {aid of us, as was lipokce by Mara upon the like occafion , And after all that 2': come upon u: for our em! Deedr, andflor our great Trqfmf}, feing that than our God bajt parfiflaed us Ief} x/Jam agar iiziquitiex dejérzie, aizd /zvqfi given In fitcb Deiwercmce at Ibix, jbou/cl me again brew/{t/.1} Commandment: P V ' What my Lord Commiflioner {poke the other day, was delivered to fnch advantage, that anyenlargmentl could_ make on it, would he like a mlh touch of a Pencil, by an unskill hear every thing of that kind. . It is beyond Debate , that in this honourable Allemblv, the Hearts of :1 great many are very warm to His Majefty, and that His, tho at a dszlazrcte zhm 'us, is no lefs filled with Thoughts of Favour to us : So if the I-iiemlt cut’ ;~..;;. Counfels be not comfortable to our felves, and of National Adv;1nt:tge, E ..4'«.n afraid , the prefetft opportunity of doing -well, if negleéted , lhall pmvr; 4 heavy Claarge againli us, in the Day of our Accounts. But as the Lord's hand hath’ been eminently feen inpcvery (lcp srf zmx late efcape from Fopery, “and begun Reformation 54 So 1 ttuli the He n;i—itt)ne fhal be put on with Shouting, and we {hall tn the lflue be forced to atls.t1ow— ledge, Uzi: inbe Lord’: doing, and it i: tmwelom in our ejex. We are threatne ul hand , upon a compleat Piéiures So 1 a,-2);. & £K;;;D RARE JN 1267 .C7 A5 1690 uumnovxonn-coumn ELLSPCRRERARE JN1267.C7 A5 1690 o1o.oo71eo329 A