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A79705	Church of Scotland. General Assembly.	Causes of a solemn national fast and humiliation, agreed upon by the Commissioners of the late General Assembly, met at Edinburgh the 4. of June 1696 and presented to the Lords of His Majesties most honourable Privy Council, to be read by the ministers, in all the churches at the intimation of the said fast.	1696.0		.xml	application/xml	1559	51	57	THE KING'S MAJESTY , being gone Abroad , and Engaged in a Dangerous War , and His ROYAL PERSON exposed to Danger , on whose Safety and Success under GOD , the Welfare of these Nations , and of the Churches of GOD , both at Home and Abroad ▪ much depends : It is Our Judgement , that there is great need of pouring out fervent Prayer , and Supplications to GOD , for the Preservation of His MAJESTIE' 's PERSON , and for Directing His Councils , and Blessing the Forces of His MAJESTY , and His ALLYES by Sea and Land with Success ; and in Order to Our Acceptance with GOD , It is Our Duty to join Fasting and Humiliation and Reformation , with Our Prayers , and to be Humbled , and Lament bitterly before the LORD , That tho' there have been for some Years past , divers solemn National Fasts , and in some of them , a Particular Enumeration of the Nations Sins , yet few have been duly Humbled for these Sins , and few have joined suteable Reformation , with their profest Humiliation ; and that notwithstanding of all the Great Things , GOD hath wrought for Us , and the shaking of his terrible Judgements of the Sword of a cruel Enemy , and Arrow of Famine , Yet few have turned from the Evil of their Ways unto GOD , or sought him with all their Heart , We have been unthankful for Our Deliverance ▪ many have been angry at , or murmure under it , the Gospel hath little success , yea by many is much contemned , Iniquity aboundeth in City and Country , and in the Army , and while some are in great Straits , others abuse their Plenty to Excess and Riot and Lasciviousness , and by frequent Murders Blood toucheth Blood , Animosities and Divisions continue , and these contrary to the many Obligations	cache/A79705.xml	txt/A79705.txt
