Selected quad for the lemma: religion_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
religion_n	england_n	king_n	kingdom_n	4,625	5	5.7154	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A92573	A letter from the meeting of the estates of the kingdom of Scotland to the King of England, in answer to His Majesties letter, direct to them ... Edinburgh, March 23. 1689.	Scotland. Convention of Estates.	1689 (1689)	Wing S1281; ESTC R43920	757	1

A LETTER From the Meeting of the Estates of the Kingdom of Scotland to the King of England In Ansvver to His Majesties Letter Direct to them May it please Your Majesty AS Religion Liberty and Law are the dearest Concerns of mankind so the deep sense of the extream Hazards these were exposed to must produce suitable Returns from the Kingdom of Scotland to Your Majesty whom in all Sincerity and Gratitude we acknowledge to be under God our great and seasonable Deliverer and we heartily Congratulat that as God has honoured Your Majesty to be an eminent Instrument for the preservation of His Truth so he hath Rewarded Your Undertakings with Success in the considerable Progress which You have made in Delivering us and in preserving to us the Protestant Religion We return our most dutiful Thanks to Your Majesty for Your accepting the Administration of publick Affairs and Conveening the Estates of this Kingdom and we shall with all convenient Diligence take Your gracious Letter into our ConsIderation hoping shortly by the blessing of God to fall upon such Resolutions as may be acceptable to Your Majesty secure the Protestant Religion and Establish the Government Laws and Liberties of this Kingdom upon solid Foundations most agreeable to the general Good and Inclination of the People As to the Proposal of the Union we doubt not Your Majesty will so Dispose that Matter that there may be an equal readiness in the Kingdom of England to accomplish it as one of the best means for securing the Happiness of these Nations and setting a lasting Peace VVe have hitherto and still shall endeavour to avoid Animosities or Prejudice which might disturb our Councils that as we design the publick Good so it may be done with the general Concurrence and Approbation of the Nation In the mean time we desire the continuance of Your Majesties Care and Protection towards us in all our Concerns whereof the kind Expressions in Your gracious Letter have given us full assurance Signed in Name of us the Estates of this Kingdom of Scotland by our President May it please Your Majesty Your Majesties most Humble most Faithful and Obedient Servant HAMILTON P. Edinburgh March 23. 1689. Edinburgh Printed in the Year 1689.