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A77443 A briefe narration of the carriage and successe of the English affaires, in the hands of the commissioners for Scotland 1643 (1643) Wing B4607A; ESTC R232459 3,773 8

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which yet may prove their own and this their Epitaph Hic jacent jaceant sine spe resurgendi Libertatis tam Christianae quam Civilis Yet we are happy that we have met with friends who so cordially resent our dangers and miseries and may bee so fit a counterpoise to the French Spanyards Walloons Geball Ammon and Amalek that are received amongst us and confederate against us Let not any mans thoughts murmure when I say Cordiall resentment I confesse and doe this publike penance that I went with a prejudice and expected the fullfilling of my apprehensions as much as my desires but finde my selfe happily deceived for though They do as every wise man will take in their own interest and after conscience hath had its due and supreame work make use of their best prudence for the compassing lawfull ends yet I am perswaded that God and Religion and true brotherly affection to this Nation have the upper hand in their thoughts and undertakings for this businesse And God hath seemed to frame them as those fit instruments which shall begin to execute the vengeance of the Lord and the vengeance of his Temple And let no man prejudice himselfe or them and say instead of helpers we shall have Masters and they will have too strong an influence into our Religion and Liberty When as it will be found in that offered Covenant that they intend not the least confusion betwixt the Kingdomes and Churches though the neerest conjunction but to maintain the respective liberties and priviledges of both Nations and presse nothing but what our selves have propounded The word of God as the rule of our and their reformation And here I can not omit a passage full of meeknesse and wisdome that fell from a considerable man among them for piety and Learning Let Scotland help to reform England and England Scotland God hath edged the spirits of the Scottish Nation more against Popery Prelacie and Superstition then the English let us help to rid you of them and mutually receive from you that assistance which may be requisite to advancing the purity and power of godlinesse among us both It need not be doubted but if we forsake not our own mercy God hath stretched out a hand to us to draw us out of the mire both of corruption confusion in which we are let every one therefore in his place study to promote this promising union which it is hoped may in time be an example and encouragement to other Protestant Churches to joyne them thereto to the inlargement and establishment of the Kingdome of Christ and the disappointment and destruction of his and our Enemies God hath begun by them Hee is our Rock and his way is perfect If therefore any proposition bee made to you concerning money for the levying and conducting these Forces let us not keep it to perish with us I beleeve the desire will bee modest and enforced by that necessitie which we have been constrained to bring upon them by the expence they have bin put to in the maintenance of the Irish Army to which we are so deeply ingaged I hope I may safely say they seek not yours but you and their own Since therefore they that are reasonably well skilled in computation of our English affairs judge it impossible without a Miracle to accomplish a Reformation sca●cely a preservation without out them let us all strive with earnestnesse and expedition to promote this present hopefull service lest hereafter upon the return of our calamitie which in this sea of misery that overspreads us is like againe to flow upon us it be said of us Wee had a Price in our hands And so I beseech God who hath hitherto appeared in this businesse to goe on to order and expedite it to the glory of his Name the establishment reformation and propagation of true Religion the preservation and improvement of liberty that we may live a quiet and a peaceable life in all godlinesse and honesty FINIS Printed at London for Samuel Gellibrand at the Brazen Serpent in Pauls Church-yard 1643.
A Briefe NARRATION OF THE Carriage and Successe OF THE ENGLISH AFFAIRES in the hands of the COMMISSIONERS FOR SCOTLAND SIR WHereas the love and wisedome of Parliament foresaw that the Malignant humors of this Church and Kingdome were very unlikely if not impossible to be removed without some Northern Physick and their resolution and necessity had wrought through those manifold difficulties and oppositions which were continually made to the calling in their assistance You remember they appointed Commissioners Lords and Commons furnished with Instructions to the better expediting so weighty an affaire and joyned two Ministers of good worth and ability to be assistant to them in any thing that might concerne the Ecclesiasticall part of the Negotiation who undertooke their journey from London Iuly 20. and lay at Graves-end to 22. From thence came to Yarmouth where they were stop'd two or three dayes by contrary winds but were by Gods providence released August 1. and arrived at Leith August 7. Where they were nobly and courteously received by the Earle of Lindsey and Sir Archibald Iohnston who conveyed them from thence to Edenburgh that night where they received all respect due to their persons and employment But a little time served for complement when a businesse of no lesse consequence quence then the preservation of Religion and liberty in three Kingdomes was to bee propounded They made therefore speedy addresses to the Assembly and convention of Estates who respectively appointed Committees to treat with them of what they had in command from the Parliament of England Our Commissioners according to their Instructions pressed upon them a firme Union and speedy assistance a good lesson taught us by ill masters the Papists and Prelates who are incorporate to the danger of Protestant Religion and Civill Liberty And though they omitted no time yet when by Mr Robert Meldrum a faithfull Agent they received the sad letters from England of the surrender of Bristoll with the causes and consequents they thought fit to adde double diligence and accordingly with more earnestnesse they applyed themselves The Assembly and Convention equally sympathizing that condition though the best meanes for the accomplishing and expediting this union and assistance to be a solemne mutuall Covenant into which both Nations should enter and therefore offered that one might be drawne by the mutuall approbation of the English Commissioners and the Scottish Committees which was accordingly done August 15. Which though at first it seemed a hard morsell yet it pleased God to frame the spirits of them that were employed to that Christian condescension and selfe-deniall which God usually makes the foundation of every great work that those rubs were quickly removed and the forme agreed on that night which ought not to be attributed to any slightnesse or suddennesse in a matter of so great concernment but to their diligence and apprehension of the present necessity of the businesse And let none wonder that this way of Christian Association was pitched upon which though at the first view it speaks delay yet it really meanes expedition in that that prudent Nation hath experience that they shall be able upon a mutuall consent thereto to doe more in a week toward the accomplishment of our desires then in a month without it as their experience in their late troubles made apparent where God did miraculously blesse that Nation in this way And further it cannot be thought unfit that so religious a work should have a religious foundation nor unreasonable that when the thing to be undertaken is so full of difficulty and hazard the undertakers should bee obliged in the most strict and inviolable bands especially in this revolting and backsliding age and our advantage and the advantage of the Cause cannot be small thereby considering that after this mutuall obligement we have not only an assurance of a present auxiliary but at all times of whatsoever the power and prudence of that Nation can contribute to the maintenance of Religion and Liberty The Covenant being upon these o● the like grounds agreed to it was propounded to the Assembly by the Reverend Mr Alexander Henderson the Moderator who carried the businesse of that day with singular discretion and affection and after a little demurre cast in by the Kings Commissioner which gave occasion to the mention and so to the deniall of a negative voice to his Majesty in that Assembly the Noblemen and Ministers were required to give their resolutions concerning it and here I must beg excuse neither mine nor any pen is able to reach that abundant alacrity and Christian affection wherewith their severall votes were delivered for the affirmative without any contradiction but what was mentioned And though the thing it selfe scil the passing such a Covenant be of moment yet I confesse the circumstances of it wrought more upon me even those impressions which I hope were made by the same spirit that guided them so that I should not doubt to say the speciall hand of God was in the businesse and unlesse we be wanting to our selves I hope we may reap in joy what they sowed in teares and that the work of that day though it may and must as every great work in which God delights to be most seen receive several checks interruptions wil not be quashd will reach Spaine and Rome it selfe in due time And as I am certainly informed by a person whom for honour sake in regard of his faithfull industry in the cause of God I mention Sir Archibald Iohnston at the Convention of Estates it received the like unanimous and affectionate approbation that same might who likewise backed it with the draught of a Proclamation to put the whole Kingdome in a posture of defence and commanding them to provide themselves of Armes and to be ready at the time and place appointed them And thus this memorable 17 of August ended on the 18. it was dispatched by a Messenger to whom the Commissioners gave credite for England and was brought hither Aug. 25. and presented to the Parliament August 26. And thus is your own businesse brought to your own doores where I hope it will not long lie though I cannot doubt but it will meet with manifold opposition in regard that the Popish and Prelaticall faction and men that are so deeply affraid of the Word of God and a Government according to it know that though they may cheaply contemne English Votes and Vowes which they see many among us who yet challenge titles of honour can dispence with yet a Scottish Covenant carries strength and resolution with it and hath already proved fatall to the Hierarchy For my own part I will not dissemble my apprehensions in this businesse and they are these That though wee are extreame unhappy that our Nation should have so much corruption as that by its naturall strength it could not work it out and that so many among us should bee so industrious in making a grave for their own Religion and Liberty