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         Scotland. Privy Council.
      
       
         
           1698
        
      
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             A proclamation, for a national fast.
             Scotland. Privy Council.
          
           1 sheet ([1] p.)
           
             Printed by the heirs and successors of Andrew Anderson, Printer to the King's most excellent Majesty,
             Edinburgh :
             Anno Domini 1698.
          
           
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             Dated: Given under Our Signet at Edinburgh the tenth day of May one thousand six hundred ninety and eight years, and of Our Reign the tenth year.
             Signed: Gilb Eliot, Cls. Sti. Concilii.
             Reproduction of the original in the National Library of Scotland.
          
        
      
    
     
       
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             A
             PROCLAMATION
          
           For
           a
           National
           Fast
           .
        
         
           
             WILLIAM
             By
             the
             Grace
             of
             GOD
             ,
             King
             of
             
               Great
               Britain
               ,
               France
            
             and
             Ireland
             Defender
             of
             the
             Faith
             ;
          
           
             To
             Macers
             of
             Our
             Privy
             Council
             ,
             Messengers
             at
             Arms
             ,
             Our
             Sheriffs
             in
             that
             part
             conjunctly
             and
             severally
             ,
             specially
             constitute
             Greeting
             :
          
        
         
           Forasmuchas
           the
           Holy
           and
           Righteous
           Dispensations
           of
           the
           Almighty
           GOD
           ,
           in
           sending
           so
           cold
           and
           unkindly
           a
           Season
           and
           Seed
           time
           ,
           after
           two
           years
           Scarcity
           and
           Dearth
           ;
           As
           also
           the
           great
           Death
           of
           Cattle
           through
           most
           part
           of
           the
           Kingdom
           ,
           and
           growing
           Dearth
           and
           Famine
           threatned
           ,
           do
           all
           express
           His
           high
           Displeasure
           against
           this
           Land
           ,
           and
           provoke
           him
           to
           multiply
           and
           inflict
           these
           and
           heavier
           Judgements
           as
           the
           just
           Deservings
           and
           Effects
           of
           the
           Sins
           abounding
           in
           this
           Nation
           ,
           and
           of
           the
           great
           Security
           and
           impenitency
           under
           them
           ,
           and
           therefore
           do
           certainly
           call
           aloud
           for
           our
           own
           and
           our
           peoples
           deep
           Humiliation
           ,
           under
           the
           mighty
           hand
           of
           GOD
           ,
           and
           our
           most
           earnest
           and
           solemn
           Application
           ,
           by
           fasting
           and
           Prayer
           for
           His
           gracious
           Pardon
           ,
           and
           removing
           and
           averting
           the
           foresaids
           Judgements
           ,
           and
           turning
           us
           sincerely
           to
           the
           LORD
           .
           Upon
           which
           Considerations
           ,
           the
           provincial
           Synod
           of
           Lothian
           and
           Tweddale
           with
           a
           Commity
           of
           the
           Commission
           from
           the
           General
           Assembly
           ,
           have
           likewise
           addressed
           the
           Lords
           of
           Our
           Privy
           Council
           ,
           that
           a
           Day
           of
           Humiliation
           may
           be
           appointed
           and
           keeped
           for
           these
           Causes
           ,
           and
           others
           mentioned
           in
           their
           said
           Address
           ,
           throughout
           the
           whole
           Kingdom
           :
           Therefore
           ,
           We
           with
           the
           Advice
           of
           the
           Lords
           of
           Our
           Privy
           Council
           ,
           Command
           and
           Appoint
           a
           Day
           of
           Humiliation
           ,
           Fasting
           and
           Prayer
           ,
           to
           be
           keeped
           and
           observed
           within
           the
           Bounds
           of
           the
           Provincial
           Synod
           of
           Lothian
           and
           Tweddale
           ,
           upon
           Tuesday
           the
           seventeenth
           Day
           of
           this
           current
           Moneth
           of
           May
           ,
           and
           upon
           the
           twenty
           fifth
           Day
           of
           the
           said
           Moneth
           for
           the
           rest
           of
           the
           Kingdom
           upon
           this
           side
           of
           the
           River
           of
           Tay
           ,
           and
           throughout
           the
           rest
           of
           the
           whole
           Kingdom
           ,
           upon
           the
           first
           Day
           of
           June
           nixt
           to
           come
           :
           Upon
           which
           Days
           respective
           ,
           We
           and
           Our
           People
           are
           to
           be
           deeply
           humbled
           before
           GOD
           ,
           for
           the
           manifold
           Sins
           and
           Provocations
           ,
           that
           so
           openly
           abound
           in
           the
           Land
           ,
           and
           in
           which
           men
           still
           continue
           secure
           and
           hardned
           ,
           notwithstanding
           of
           GOD'S
           great
           Mercy
           and
           Deliverance
           wrought
           for
           us
           ,
           and
           of
           frequent
           Confessions
           and
           former
           Fasts
           ,
           which
           yet
           have
           produced
           no
           Amendement
           or
           Reformation
           ,
           and
           therefore
           to
           deprecat
           his
           deserved
           Wrath
           ,
           and
           to
           implore
           his
           Mercy
           and
           Grace
           ,
           and
           that
           the
           LORD
           may
           turn
           unto
           us
           ;
           and
           turn
           Us
           and
           Our
           People
           to
           Him
           ,
           and
           avert
           the
           Judgement
           hanging
           over
           Us
           ,
           and
           other
           Evils
           wherewith
           we
           are
           so
           eminently
           threatned
           ,
           and
           send
           kindly
           Weather
           to
           cherish
           the
           Fruits
           of
           the
           Earth
           for
           Food
           to
           man
           and
           Beast
           :
           Which
           respective
           Days
           of
           solemn
           Humiliation
           and
           Prayer
           above
           appointed
           ;
           We
           with
           Advice
           foresaid
           Require
           and
           Command
           ,
           to
           be
           most
           religiously
           and
           seriously
           observed
           by
           all
           our
           People
           by
           publick
           Prayer
           ,
           Preaching
           and
           all
           other
           Acts
           of
           deep
           Humiliation
           and
           Devotion
           ,
           suitable
           to
           the
           foresaids
           Causes
           and
           Occasions
           .
           OUR
           WILL
           IS
           HEREFORE
           and
           We
           Charge
           you
           strictly
           and
           Command
           ,
           that
           incontinent
           thir
           Our
           Letters
           seen
           ,
           ye
           pass
           to
           the
           Mercat
           Cross
           of
           Edinburgh
           ,
           and
           to
           the
           remanent
           Mercat-Crosses
           of
           the
           head
           Burghs
           of
           the
           several
           Shires
           and
           Steuartries
           within
           this
           Kingdom
           ,
           and
           there
           in
           our
           Name
           and
           Authority
           make
           Publication
           hereof
           ,
           that
           none
           pretend
           Ignorance
           ;
           And
           We
           ordain
           Our
           Solicitor
           to
           dispatch
           Copies
           hereof
           to
           the
           Shireffs
           of
           the
           several
           Shires
           ,
           and
           Stewarts
           of
           Stewartries
           and
           their
           Deputs
           or
           Clerks
           ,
           to
           be
           by
           them
           published
           at
           the
           Mercat
           Crosses
           of
           their
           head
           Burghs
           upon
           receipt
           thereof
           and
           immediatly
           sent
           to
           the
           several
           Ministers
           ,
           to
           the
           effect
           the
           same
           may
           be
           intimat
           and
           read
           in
           their
           several
           Paroches-Churches
           ,
           upon
           the
           Lords
           Day
           immediatly
           preceeding
           the
           respective
           Days
           above-appointed
           .
           And
           ordains
           thir
           presents
           to
           be
           printed
           .
           And
           allowes
           the
           Causes
           of
           this
           Fast
           given
           in
           to
           the
           Lords
           of
           Our
           Privy
           Council
           ,
           by
           the
           Provincial
           Synod
           of
           Lothian
           and
           Tweddale
           ,
           to
           be
           also
           printed
           and
           transmitted
           herewith
           .
        
         
           
             Given
             under
             Our
             Signet
             at
             Edinburgh
             
               the
               tenth
               day
               of
               May
               one
               thousand
               six
               hundred
               ninety
               and
               eight
               years
               ,
               and
               of
               Our
               Reign
               the
               Tenth
               Year
               .
            
          
           
             Per
             Actum
             Dominorum
             Secreti
             Concilii
             .
             
               GILB
               ELIOT
            
             ,
             Cls.
             Sti.
             Concilii
             .
          
           
           GOD
           Save
           the
           KING
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         
           Edinburgh
           ,
           Printed
           by
           the
           Heirs
           and
           Successors
           of
           
             Andrew
             Anderson
          
           ,
           Printer
           to
           the
           KING
           's
           Most
           Excellent
           MAJESTY
           ,
           
             Anno
             Domini
          
           1698.
           
        
      
    
  

