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         Scotland. Privy Council.
      
       
         
           1689
        
      
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             A proclamation, for a general fast. At Edinburgh, the twenty fourth day of August, one thousand six hundred eighty nine years.
             Scotland. Privy Council.
             Scotland. Sovereign (1689-1694 : William and Mary)
          
           1 sheet ([1] p.)
           
             Printed by the heir of Andrew Anderson, by order of Secret Council,
             Edinburgh :
             Anno Dom. 1689.
          
           
             Caption title.
             Signed: Gilb. Eliot, Cls. Sti. Concilii.
             Reproduction of the original in the National Library of Scotland.
          
        
      
    
     
       
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             A
             PROCLAMATION
          
           ,
           For
           a
           General
           Fast.
           
        
         
           
             At
             Edinburgh
             ,
             
               
                 the
                 twenty
                 fourth
                 day
                 of
              
               August
               ,
               
                 One
                 thousand
                 six
                 hundred
                 eighty
                 nine
                 years
                 .
              
            
          
        
         
           
             Present
             in
             Council
             ,
          
           
             E.
             Crafurd
             P.
             
          
           
             M.
             Douglas
             .
          
           
             E.
             Southerland
             .
          
           
             E.
             Leven
             .
          
           
             E.
             Annandale
             .
          
           
             L.
             Ross
             .
          
           
             L.
             Carmichell
             .
          
           
             Sir
             
               Hugh
               Campbel
            
             of
             Calder
             .
          
           
             Sir
             
               James
               Montgomry
            
             of
             Skelmorly
             .
          
           
             Sir
             
               Arch.
               Murray
            
             of
             Blackbarrony
             .
          
           
             
               James
               Brodie
            
             of
             that
             I●k
             .
          
           
             Sir
             
               John
               Hall
            
             L.
             Provost
             of
             Edinburgh
             .
          
        
         
           FOrasmuch
           as
           the
           great
           and
           long
           abounding
           of
           Sins
           of
           all
           sorts
           amongst
           all
           Ranks
           of
           Persons
           ,
           with
           the
           continued
           Impenitency
           under
           them
           ,
           and
           not
           Reforming
           therefrom
           ;
           The
           falling
           from
           
             their
             first
             Love
          
           ;
           and
           great
           Faintings
           and
           Failings
           of
           Ministers
           ,
           and
           others
           of
           all
           Ranks
           ,
           in
           the
           
             hour
             of
             Temptation
             ,
             in
             their
             Zeal
             for
             God
             and
             his
             Work
          
           ;
           and
           that
           although
           there
           be
           much
           cause
           to
           Bless
           God
           for
           the
           Comfortable
           Unity
           and
           Harmony
           amongst
           the
           Ministers
           ,
           and
           Body
           of
           Christian
           Professors
           in
           this
           Church
           ;
           Yet
           that
           there
           are
           such
           Sad
           ,
           and
           Continuing
           Divisions
           amongst
           some
           ,
           is
           also
           matter
           of
           Lamentation
           before
           God
           ;
           The
           great
           Ingratitude
           for
           his
           begun
           Deliverance
           of
           this
           Nation
           from
           Popery
           and
           Slavery
           ,
           and
           unsuitable
           Walking
           thereunto
           ;
           The
           Contempt
           of
           the
           Gospel
           ,
           not
           Mourning
           for
           former
           ,
           and
           present
           Iniquities
           ,
           nor
           turning
           to
           the
           Lord
           by
           such
           Reformation
           and
           Holiness
           ,
           as
           so
           great
           Work
           calls
           for
           ;
           The
           many
           Sad
           and
           long
           continued
           Tokens
           of
           Gods
           Wrath
           ,
           in
           the
           hiding
           of
           his
           Face
           ,
           and
           more
           especially
           in
           his
           Restraining
           the
           Power
           and
           Presence
           of
           his
           Spirit
           ,
           with
           the
           Preached
           Gospel
           ,
           in
           the
           Conversion
           of
           Souls
           ,
           and
           Edifying
           the
           Converted
           ;
           and
           the
           Lord
           's
           Threatning
           the
           Sword
           of
           a
           Cruel
           and
           Barbarous
           Enemy
           ,
           in
           the
           present
           great
           Distress
           of
           Ireland
           ,
           by
           the
           prevailing
           of
           an
           Anti-Christian
           Party
           there
           ;
           and
           Threatning
           the
           Sword
           of
           the
           same
           Enemy
           at
           home
           ,
           and
           the
           great
           and
           imminent
           Danger
           of
           the
           Reformed
           
             Protestant
             Religion
          
           ,
           not
           only
           from
           an
           open
           Declared
           Party
           of
           Papists
           ,
           Enemies
           to
           the
           same
           ,
           but
           from
           many
           other
           professed
           Protestants
           ,
           who
           joyn
           Issue
           with
           them
           in
           the
           same
           Design
           ,
           befides
           the
           Sad
           Sufferings
           ,
           and
           Scatterings
           of
           Reformed
           Churches
           Abroad
           ;
           Having
           Seriously
           ,
           and
           Religiously
           moved
           the
           Presbyterian
           Ministers
           ,
           Elders
           and
           Professors
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           Scotland
           ,
           Humbly
           to
           Address
           themselves
           to
           the
           Lords
           of
           His
           Majesties
           Privy
           Council
           ,
           for
           a
           General
           Fast
           and
           Day
           of
           Humiliation
           ,
           to
           be
           kept
           throughout
           the
           whole
           Kingdom
           ,
           The
           saids
           Lords
           ,
           Do
           out
           of
           a
           Pious
           and
           Religious
           Disposition
           ,
           approve
           of
           the
           said
           Motion
           ,
           as
           Dutiful
           and
           Necessary
           at
           the
           time
           ;
           and
           therefore
           in
           His
           Majesties
           Name
           and
           Authority
           ,
           Do
           Command
           a
           Solemn
           and
           Publick
           Fast
           ,
           and
           Day
           of
           Humiliation
           ,
           to
           be
           Religiously
           and
           Sincerely
           Observed
           throughout
           this
           Kingdom
           ,
           both
           in
           Churches
           and
           Meeting-Houses
           ,
           as
           they
           would
           avert
           Wrath
           ,
           and
           procure
           and
           continue
           Blessings
           to
           this
           Kingdom
           ;
           and
           that
           all
           persons
           whatsomever
           may
           send
           up
           their
           Fervent
           Prayers
           and
           Supplications
           to
           Almighty
           God
           ,
           that
           he
           would
           pour
           out
           upon
           all
           Ranks
           ,
           a
           Spirit
           of
           Grace
           and
           Supplication
           ,
           that
           they
           may
           Mourn
           for
           all
           their
           Iniquities
           ,
           and
           more
           especially
           ,
           that
           God
           would
           pour
           forth
           upon
           King
           WILLIAM
           ,
           and
           Queen
           MARY
           ,
           and
           upon
           all
           inferior
           Magistrats
           ,
           and
           Counsellors
           ,
           a
           Spirit
           of
           Wisdom
           for
           Government
           ,
           and
           Zeal
           for
           God
           ,
           his
           Church
           ,
           and
           Work
           in
           this
           Land
           ,
           as
           the
           present
           case
           of
           both
           do
           Call
           for
           ,
           and
           that
           God
           may
           preserve
           Them
           for
           Carrying
           on
           that
           great
           Work
           ,
           which
           he
           hath
           so
           Gloriously
           and
           Seasonably
           begun
           by
           them
           ;
           and
           that
           God
           would
           Countenance
           ,
           and
           Bless
           with
           Success
           ,
           the
           Armies
           by
           Sea
           and
           Land
           ,
           raised
           for
           the
           Defence
           of
           the
           Protestant
           Religion
           ;
           and
           more
           especially
           ,
           that
           God
           would
           pour
           forth
           a
           Spirit
           of
           Holiness
           upon
           them
           ,
           lest
           their
           Sins
           ,
           and
           ours
           may
           provock
           God
           against
           them
           in
           the
           Day
           of
           Battel
           ;
           and
           that
           he
           would
           Bless
           all
           Means
           for
           the
           Settlement
           of
           Church
           and
           State
           :
           That
           God
           would
           Bless
           the
           Season
           of
           the
           Year
           ,
           and
           give
           Seasonable
           Weather
           for
           Cutting
           Down
           ,
           and
           Gathering
           in
           the
           Fruits
           of
           the
           Earth
           ,
           that
           the
           Stroke
           of
           Famine
           ,
           which
           God
           hath
           frequently
           Threatned
           the
           Nation
           with
           ,
           may
           be
           averted
           .
           And
           the
           saids
           Lords
           of
           His
           Majesties
           Privy
           Council
           ,
           Do
           ,
           in
           Name
           and
           Authority
           foresaid
           ,
           Command
           and
           Charge
           ,
           That
           the
           said
           Solemn
           and
           Publick
           Fast
           ,
           be
           Religiously
           ,
           and
           Devoutly
           Performed
           ,
           both
           in
           Churches
           and
           Meeting-Houses
           ,
           by
           all
           Ranks
           and
           Degrees
           of
           Persons
           within
           this
           Kingdom
           ,
           on
           this
           side
           of
           the
           Water
           of
           Tay
           ,
           upon
           Sunday
           the
           fifteenth
           day
           of
           September
           next
           to
           come
           ;
           and
           by
           all
           others
           be-north
           the
           same
           ,
           upon
           Sunday
           thereafter
           ,
           the
           twenty
           second
           day
           of
           the
           said
           Moneth
           of
           September
           :
           And
           to
           the
           End
           that
           this
           part
           of
           Divine
           Worship
           ,
           so
           pious
           and
           necessary
           ,
           may
           be
           punctually
           kept
           upon
           the
           respective
           Dayes
           above-mentioned
           ,
           They
           Ordain
           Sir
           
             William
             Lockhart
          
           Sollicitor
           ,
           in
           the
           most
           convenient
           and
           proper
           way
           ,
           to
           Dispatch
           ,
           and
           send
           Copies
           hereof
           to
           the
           Sheriffs
           ,
           their
           Deputs
           ,
           and
           Clerks
           of
           the
           several
           Shires
           of
           this
           Kingdom
           ,
           to
           be
           by
           them
           Published
           at
           the
           Mercat-Crosses
           of
           the
           Head-Burghs
           ,
           upon
           Receipt
           thereof
           ,
           and
           immediatly
           sent
           to
           the
           several
           Ministers
           ,
           both
           of
           Churches
           and
           Meeting-Houses
           ,
           that
           upon
           the
           Lords
           Day
           immediatly
           preceeding
           the
           Fast
           ,
           and
           upon
           the
           respective
           Dayes
           of
           the
           publick
           Fast
           ,
           and
           Humiliation
           ,
           the
           Ministers
           may
           Read
           ,
           and
           Intimat
           this
           Proclamation
           from
           the
           Pulpit
           ,
           in
           every
           Paroch-Church
           ,
           and
           Meeting-House
           ;
           and
           that
           they
           exhort
           all
           Persons
           to
           a
           Serious
           and
           Devout
           Performance
           of
           the
           saids
           Prayers
           ,
           Fasting
           and
           Humiliation
           ,
           as
           they
           regard
           the
           Favour
           of
           Almighty
           God
           ,
           and
           the
           Safety
           and
           Preservation
           of
           the
           Protestant
           Religion
           ,
           and
           expect
           a
           blessed
           success
           to
           the
           Carrying
           on
           of
           that
           Great
           and
           Glorious
           Work
           of
           this
           Nations
           being
           Delivered
           from
           Popery
           and
           Slavery
           ,
           so
           seasonably
           begun
           ,
           and
           as
           they
           would
           avoid
           the
           Wrath
           and
           Indignation
           of
           God
           against
           this
           Kingdom
           ,
           and
           procure
           ,
           and
           continue
           manifold
           Blessings
           to
           the
           same
           :
           Certifying
           all
           these
           who
           shall
           contemn
           ,
           or
           neglect
           such
           a
           religious
           and
           necessary
           Duty
           ,
           they
           shall
           be
           proceeded
           against
           ,
           and
           punished
           as
           Contemners
           of
           his
           Majesties
           Authority
           ,
           Neglecters
           of
           Religious
           services
           ,
           and
           as
           persons
           disaffected
           to
           the
           Protestant
           Religion
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           to
           their
           Majesties
           Royal
           Persons
           and
           Government
           .
           And
           Ordains
           these
           Presents
           to
           be
           Printed
           ,
           and
           Published
           by
           Macers
           ,
           or
           Messengers
           at
           Arms
           ,
           at
           the
           Mercat-Cross
           of
           Edinburgh
           ,
           and
           other
           places
           above-mentioned
           ,
           that
           none
           may
           pretend
           ignorance
           .
        
         
           
             
               Per
               Actum
               Dominorum
               Secreti
               Concilii
            
             .
             GILB
             .
             ELIOT
             ,
             
               Cls.
               Sti.
               Concilii
            
             .
          
        
         
           God
           save
           King
           VVilliam
           and
           Queen
           Mary
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         
           Edinburgh
           ,
           Printed
           by
           the
           Heir
           of
           
             Andrew
             Anderson
          
           ,
           by
           Order
           of
           Secret
           Council
           ,
           
             Anno
             Dom.
          
           1689.
           
        
      
    
  

