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<HEAD>A DECLARATION from the GENERALL AND COUNCIL of STATE,</HEAD>
<HEAD TYPE="sub">To incite all the good People of the&s;e Nations to thankfullne&s;s and holy rejoy|cing in the Lord, for the late great Victory at Sea, obtained by the Fleet of this Common-wealth again&s;t the <HI>Dutch,</HI> upon <DATE><HI>Thur&s;day</HI> and <HI>Friday</HI> being the &s;econd and third of <HI>June</HI> 1653.</DATE></HEAD>
<P>_IT hath been a Cu&s;tom much exerci&s;ed to enjoin Days and Duties of Thank&s;giving for Mercies received from the Lord: The &s;uitablene&s;&s;e of which practi&s;e with Go&s;pel Times, and that Go&s;pel Spirit, which is only to bear Rule in the Churches of God (where the Wor&s;hip is to be in Spirit and Truth, exerci&s;ed by a Free and willing People) is be&s;ides the intent of this Pa|per to di&s;pute.</P>
<P>But con&s;idering how welcom to the Lords People every occa&s;ion of prai&s;e, mini&s;tred by the Lord him&s;elf, and minded by tho&s;e that manage the Publique Affairs, is, to &s;uch as wait for his Salvation, we have thought fit to commend this high and Heavenly Exerci&s;e and Privi|lege, to all tho&s;e, who are faithful in the&s;e Lands, in the words of the Prophet <HI>I&s;aiah.</HI></P>
<P><BIBL>I&s;a. 12. 4.</BIBL> <HI>In that day ye &s;hall &s;ay, Prai&s;e the Lord, call upon his name, declare his doings among the People, make mention that his name is exalted.</HI></P>
<P><BIBL>Ver. 5.</BIBL> <HI>Sing unto the Lord, for he hath done excellent things; this is known in all the Earth.</HI></P>
<P><BIBL>Ver. 6.</BIBL> <HI>Cry out and &s;hout, thou inhabitant of</HI> Zion; <HI>for great is the Holy One of</HI> I&s;rael <HI>in the mid&s;t of thee.</HI></P>
<P>Truly this is &s;uch a Day, if not that Day, it may be the dawning of it.</P>
<P><BIBL>I&s;a. 10.</BIBL> <HI>A day of wo to unrighteous Judges, to Tyrants, to all the proud of the Earth.</HI></P>
<P><BIBL>I&s;a. 11.</BIBL> <HI>The day of him who is the rod, the branch, and the root of</HI> Ie&s;&s;e.</P>
<P><BIBL>Ver. 5.</BIBL> <HI>The day of his Righteou&s;ne&s;s and Faithfulne&s;s.</HI></P>
<P><BIBL>Ver. 6.</BIBL> <HI>Of his beginning to heal the Creation.</HI></P>
<P><BIBL>Ver. 12, 13.</BIBL> <HI>The day of gathering his People, and taking away their envyings of one another, and making up their breaches.</HI></P>
<P>This great Succe&s;s again&s;t the Dutch (who, a few daies before, were lifted up with their Succe&s;s in getting out their Fleets for Trade, and bringing their Ships loaden with Merchandi&s;e home in &s;afety, and in their braving it upon our Coa&s;ts, &s;hooting again&s;t our Towns and Ca&s;tles in the ab&s;ence of our Fleet) was a mo&s;t Signal, and every way, a mo&s;t &s;ea&s;onable mercy.</P>
<P>The Victory was a compleat one.</P>
<P>The Enemy flying with great Terrour and A&s;toni&s;hment, having received great lo&s;s of Men and Ships, and this in the view and hearing of the Subjects of <HI>France,</HI> and <HI>Spain,</HI> and their own Countrymen.</P>
<P>It was without the lo&s;s of one Ship on our part.</P>
<P>It was al&s;o &s;ea&s;onable, in aba&s;ing Pride, Haughtine&s;s and fle&s;hly Confidence, and in di&s;covering Hypocri&s;ie.</P>
<P>It was an An&s;wer to the Faith and Prayers of Gods People, and to their great hopes and expectations from the Lord.</P>
<P>It is a Mercy minding us of, and &s;ealing to us, all our former Mercies.</P>
<P>A mercy at &s;uch a time as this, to &s;ay no more; what Mercies it hath in the Bowels of it, time will declare: who knows?</P>
<P>One of which we de&s;ire from our Hearts, and Hope may be, as of E&s;tabli&s;hment and Union to all tho&s;e that fear the Lord among&s;t us: So of conviction to that Nation (at lea&s;t to all tho&s;e that fear the Lord there) of their Oppo&s;ition to the Work of the Lord in the mid&s;t of us: And of their Duty to be &s;erviceable to <HI>Christ</HI> (with their Brethren) in that which He is doing in the World, preferring their u&s;efulne&s;s therein, before all their Worldly advantage.</P>
<P>We &s;hall conclude our Exhortation with that of <HI>David.</HI></P>
<P><BIBL>P&s;al. 107. ver. 1.</BIBL> <HI>O give thanks unto the Lord, for he is good, for his mercy endureth for ever.</HI></P>
<P><BIBL>Ver. 2.</BIBL> <HI>Let the redeemed of the Lord &s;ay &s;o, whom he hath redeemed from the hand of the Enemy.</HI></P>
<P><BIBL>P&s;al. 118. ver. 1.</BIBL> <HI>O give thanks unto the Lord, for he is good, for his mercy endureth for ever.</HI></P>
<P><BIBL>Ver. 2.</BIBL> <HI>Let</HI> I&s;rael <HI>now &s;ay, that his mercy endureth for ever.</HI></P>
<P><BIBL>Ver. 3.</BIBL> <HI>Let the hou&s;e of</HI> Aaron <HI>now &s;ay, that his Mercy endureth for ever.</HI></P>
<P><BIBL>Ver. 4.</BIBL> <HI>Let them now that fear the Lord &s;ay, that his Mercy endureth for ever.</HI></P>
<P><BIBL>Ver. la&s;t.</BIBL> <HI>O give Thanks unto the Lord, for he is good, for his mercy endureth for ever.</HI></P>
<P>The General and Council of State have appointed the 23. of this in&s;tant <HI>Inne</HI> to meet (if the Lord permit) with the Council of Officers, to prai&s;e him.</P>
<CLOSER><DATELINE><DATE>Saturday, June 12. 1653.</DATE></DATELINE></CLOSER>
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<P>At the Council of State at White-Hall, Ordered, That this Declaration be forthwith Printed and Publi&s;hed.</P>
<CLOSER><SIGNED>To. Thurole
Secr.</SIGNED></CLOSER>
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<P><HI>London,</HI> Printed for <HI>Giles Calvert, Henry Hills,</HI> and <HI>Thomas Brew&s;ter,</HI> 1653.</P>
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