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<NAME>Mona Logarbo</NAME>
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<HEAD>Cau&s;es of a &s;olemne FAST, appointed by the <HI>Commi&s;sioners of the Generall A&s;&s;embly, to be kept in all the Congrega|tions of this Kirk, upon the la&s;t Thur&s;day of April,</HI> 1646.</HEAD>
<P N="1">I. _BE&s;ides the diver&s;e cau&s;es of our former &s;olemne Humiliati|ons, both for the evill of Sin and of Puni&s;hment, lying &s;till in a great mea&s;ure upon the whole Land, wee &s;hould lay to heart the late &s;hamefull back&s;liding and compliance of many with the Enemies, in the houre of temptation.</P>
<P N="2">II. It is to be lamented, though the Lord our God hath taken pains to purge us by his Judgments of Sword and Pe&s;tilence, yet there is no re|formation of our lives, our &s;cumme remains in us, many returning with the dog to their former profanene&s;&s;e, neglect of Gods wor&s;hip in Fami|lies, uncleanne&s;&s;e, drunkenne&s;&s;e, and other great provocations, as if they had been delivered to do all the&s;e abominations: Have we not ju&s;t cau&s;e to mourn and be afraid that the Lord kindle the fire again, heap on more wood, and cau&s;e his fury to re&s;t upon us?</P>
<P N="3">III. It is high time when the whole Land is threatned with a new breach from the North, to acknowledge our great and &s;en&s;ele&s;&s;e ingrati|tude, who have no wayes rendred to the Lord according to the benefits received, though the Lord hath begun to draw back his hand in a &s;en&s;ible and unexpected delivery from the raging Pe&s;tilence, and hath given us a little breathing from the cruell in&s;ulting Enemie, yet all our promi&s;es and vows uttered in the day of our trouble, have proven to be as the early dew and morning cloud; neither have we brought forth the fruits of righte|ou&s;ne&s;&s;e, and amendment of our wayes, while the Lord looked for them, after &s;o gracious a Delivery: &s;o that it is ju&s;t with our God to di&s;appoint us of our expectation, when we look for healing to &s;end new troubles, and to rai&s;e up in his wrath &s;ome, who have banded them&s;elves together in the North, contrary to our &s;olemne Covenants.</P>
<P N="4">IV. Seeing our God hears Prayer, it is our duty to run to him in this day of trouble, and to wre&s;tle with tears and &s;u<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">plications, that our God in he might of his power would cru&s;h this Cockatrice Egge, that it break not forth into a fierie flying Serpent; that the in&s;olent pride of the contri|vers of this divi&s;ive and &s;editious Bond, may be rebuked by the Lord; that the &s;imple who have been mi&s;-led, may be convinced and drawn out of the &s;nare, that the&s;e who &s;tand, may be &s;tabli&s;hed by grace in their &s;tedfa&s;tnes, and &s;trengthened with the &s;pirit of Unity and Courage to oppo&s;e that divi&s;ive motion: La&s;tly, that the Work of Uniformity in Church-go|vernment may be fini&s;hed, our Armies ble&s;&s;ed and compa&s;&s;ed with Gods favour, and a firme and well-grounded Peace &s;ettled betwixt the Kings Maje&s;ty and Parliaments of both Kingdomes.</P>
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<P>Printed at <HI>Edinburgh</HI> by <HI>Evan Tyler,</HI> Printer to the Kings mo&s;t Excellent Maje&s;ty. <HI>1646.</HI></P>
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