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A58650
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A letter from the meeting of Estates of the Kingdom of Scotland, to the King of England in answer to His Majesties letter directed to them.
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Scotland. Parliament.
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1689
(1689)
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Wing S1282; ESTC R6453
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757
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A LETTER FROM THE Meeting of Estates of the Kingdom of Scotland TO THE King of England In Answer to his MAJESTIES Letter Directed to them May it please Your Majesty AS Religion Liberty and Law are the dearest Concerns of mankind so the deep sence 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 Congratulate 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 settling a lasting Peace We 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 the 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. LONDON Printed by G. C. for John Mumford 1689.