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<NAME>Elspeth Healey</NAME>
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<OPENER><DATELINE><DATE>Die Martis 25 April, 1648.</DATE></DATELINE></OPENER>
<P>_WHat&s;oever dangers are threatned or feared, either by divi&s;ions among&s;t our &s;elves, or practices from Enemies abroad, we have a&s;&s;urance out of the word of God that we are not in the lea&s;t danger, if God Almighty be not incen&s;ed again&s;t us for our &s;ins and wickedne&s;&s;e, which our Con&s;ciences te&s;tifie that he is ex|ceedingly again&s;t every one of us in particular, and the King|dome in generall, yet we beleeve that if we doe heartily and &s;in|cerely humble our &s;elves and turne to the Lord, crying mightily to him in fervent Prayer, with a lively faith in Chri&s;t we &s;hall certainly be delivered from all evills and dangers, and enjoy all needfull ble&s;&s;ings and be|nefits to the whole &s;tate and Kingdome, therefore the &s;everall Mini&s;ters within the Cities of <HI>London</HI> and <HI>We&s;tmin&s;ter</HI> and the late Lines of Communication in their re&s;pective Con|gregations are de&s;ired upon this en&s;uing day of Humiliation, being the &s;ix and twentieth of this In&s;tant <HI>April,</HI> earne&s;tly to &s;eeke the Lord, who is the God of all wi&s;edome and help, in much mercy to this &s;infull and di&s;tracted Nation, &s;o to direct and ble&s;&s;e the Coun|cells and proceedings of the Parliament at this pre&s;ent, that his heavy Judgements may be diverted from us and truth and peace e&s;tabli&s;hed throughout the three Kingdomes.</P>
<P>Ordered by the Lords and Commons, That this Declaration be &s;ent by the Lord Mayor, to the &s;everall Mini&s;ters in the &s;everall Congregations within the re&s;pective pla|ces afore&s;aid.</P>
<CLOSER><SIGNED>Joh. Brown Cler. Parliamentorum.</SIGNED></CLOSER>
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<P>London printed for <HI>John Wright,</HI> at the Kings Head in the Old Bayley. 1648.</P>
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