Selected quad for the lemma: mercy_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
mercy_n	heart_n	lord_n	name_n	5,498	5	5.3931	4	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A80949	The Lord Gen. Cromwel's letter: with a narrative of the proceedings of the English Army in Scotland, and a declaration of the General Assembly, touching the dis-owning their King and his interest. Published by authority.	Cromwell, Oliver, 1599-1658.; Church of Scotland. General Assembly.; England and Wales. Lord Protector (1653-1658 : O. Cromwell)	1650 (1650)	Wing C7115; Thomason E610_4; ESTC R206333	4,292	12

past And therefore as they do disclaim all the sin and guilt of the King and of his House so they will not own him nor his Interest otherwise then with a subordination to God and so far as he owns and prosecutes the Cause of God and disclaims his and his Fathers opposition to the Work of God and to the Covenant and likewise all the enemies thereof And that they will with convenient speed take in consideration the Papers lately sent unto them from Oliver Cromwel and vindicate themselves from all the falshoods contained therein especially in those things wherein the the quarrel betwixt us and that party is mis-stated as if we owned the late Kings proceedings and were resolved to prosecute and maintain His present Majesties Interest before and without acknowledgment of the sins of His House and former ways and satisfaction to Gods people in both Kingdoms A. Ker. 13. August 1650. THe Committee of Estates having seen and considered a Declaration of the Commission of the General Assembly anent the stating of the quarrel whereon the Army is to fight Do approve the same and heartily concur therein Tho. Henderson SIR I Received yours of the thirteenth instant with the Paper you mentioned therein inclosed which I caused to be read in the presence of so many Officers as could well be gotten together to which your Trumpet can witness we return you this Answer by which I hope in the Lord it will appear That we continue the same we have profest our selves to the honest people in Scotland wishing to them as to our own souls it being no part of our business to hinder any of them from worshipping God in that way they are satisfied in their Consciences by the Word of God they ought though different from us but shall therein be ready to perform what obligation lies upon us by the Covenant but that under the pretence of the Covenant mistaken and wrested from the most native intent and equity thereof a King should be taken in by you to be imposed upon us and this called The Cause of God and the Kingdom and this done upon the satisfaction of Gods people in both Nations as is alleaged together with a disowning of Malignants although he who is the Head of them in whom all their hope and comfort lies be received who at this very instant hath a Popish party fighting for and under him in Ireland hath P. Rupert a man who hath had his hand deep in the blood of many innocent men of England now in the head of our Ships stoln from us upon a Malignant accompt hath the French and Irish Ships daily making Depredations upon our Coasts and strong combinations by the Malignants in England to raise Armies in our Bowels by vertue of his Commissions who having of late issued out very many to that purpose and how the interest you pretend you have received him upon and the Malignant interest in the ends and consequences centring in this Man can be secured we cannot discern and how we should believe that whilst known and notorious Malignants fighting and plotting against us on the one hand and the declaring for him on the other should not be an espousing of a Malignant-party quarrel or interest but be a meer fighting upon former Grounds and Principles and in the defence of the Cause of God and of the Kingdom as hath been these twelve yeers last past as you say For the security and satisfaction of Gods people in both Nations or the opposing of which should render us enemies to the godly with you we cannot well understand especially considering That all these Malignants take their confidence and encouragement from the late Transactions of your Kirk and State with your King for as we have already said so we tell you again It is but satisfying Security to those that employ us and are concerned in that we seek which we conceive will not be by a few formal and feigned Submissions from a person who could not tell otherwise how to accomplish his Malignants ends and therefore councelled to this compliance by them who assisted his Father and have hitherto acted him in his most evil and desperate Designs and are now again by them set on foot against which how you will be able in the way you are in to secure us or your selves is forasmuch as concerns our selves our duty to look after If the state of your quarrel be thus upon which as you say you resolve to fight our Army you will have opportunity to do that else what means our abode here And if our hope be not in the Lord it will be ill with us We commit both you and our selves to him who knows the Heart and tries the Reins with whom are all our ways who are able to do for us and you above what we know which we desire may be in much mercy to his poor people and to the glory of his own great Name and having performed your desire in making your Papers so publique as is before exprest I desire you to do the like by letting the State Kirk and Army have the knowledg hereof To which end I have sent you inclosed two Copies and rest your humble servant O. Cromwel From the Camp at Pentland Hills 14. August 1650. FINIS