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</FIGURE><GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="OXF" EXTENT="1 letter">ct for a Day of Publique Thank&s;giving to be ob&s;erved throughout <HI>England</HI> and <HI>Wales,</HI> on <HI>Thur&s;day</HI> the Fir&s;t of <HI>November,</HI> 1649. <HI>Together with a</HI> DECLARATION <HI>of the Grounds thereof.</HI></HEAD>
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<P>_THe great and wonderful Providences, wherein the Lord hath eminently gone forth in mercy towards this Nation, have been &s;uch, that however many do &s;hut their eyes, or murmure again&s;t them, or at lea&s;t refu&s;e to joyn in Publique Acknow|ledgements, and Thank&s;giving to Almighty God for the &s;ame; Neverthele&s;s, the Lord hath been plea&s;ed to publi&s;h to all the world, That it is the work of his own hand: Nor hath his infinite goodne&s;s and favor been re&s;trained to <HI>England</HI> onely, but extended to <HI>Ireland,</HI> which he hath been plea&s;ed to remember in its low e&s;tate; and when his People there were as dry bones, He hath not onely revived them in a way almo&s;t as miraculous as a Re&s;urrection from the Dead, but been plea&s;ed to rai&s;e both them and us to a high pitch of hope, That the Lord will go on to perfect his work in <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="OXF" EXTENT="3 letters">d, and make it likewi&s;e at la&s;t a quiet Habitation for his People, and e&s;tabli&s;h the power and purity of <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="OXF" EXTENT="3 letters">el there. The con&s;ideration whereof, and of the Goodne&s;s and Power of God in the late wonderful <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="OXF" EXTENT="1 word"> which he hath been plea&s;ed to give unto the Parliaments Forces there before <HI>Dublin</HI> (never to be for|<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="OXF" EXTENT="5 letters"> And the further progre&s;s God hath made in giving in <HI>Drogheda,</HI> a place of great Strength and Con&s;e|<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="OXF" EXTENT="6 letters"> <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="OXF" EXTENT="1 letter">efended by a con&s;iderable number of their prime Officers and Soldiers, the particulars whereof are ex|<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="OXF" EXTENT="6 letters"> <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="OXF" EXTENT="1 letter">n the Lord Lieutenants and other Letters, lately Printed; and &s;ince that, by &s;triking Terror into the <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="OXF" EXTENT="1 span"> the Enemy, &s;o as they have yielded up or de&s;erted many other con&s;iderable Ca&s;tles and Gari&s;ons, as <HI><GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="OXF" EXTENT="5 letters">ndalk, Carlingford,</HI> the <HI>Newry,</HI> and other Places, and &s;ome other additional Victories which God hath ca&s;t in <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="OXF" EXTENT="1 span"> not but make a deep impre&s;sion on the hearts of all that fear the Lord, and provoke them to exceeding <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="OXF" EXTENT="5 letters">lne&s;s and Rejoycing.</P>
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<P><GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="OXF" EXTENT="2 letters">on con&s;ideration of all which, the Parliament out of their deep &s;en&s;e of &s;o great and <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="OXF" EXTENT="1 letter">ontinued Mercies, Have thought fit, as in duty to God, to &s;et apart a day for publique <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="OXF" EXTENT="1 letter">nd &s;olemn Thank&s;giving to the Lord, the Author of the&s;e Mercies: And they do there|<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="OXF" EXTENT="2 letters"> act and Ordain, That <HI>Thur&s;day</HI> the Fir&s;t of <HI>November</HI> next, be kept as a day of pub|<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="OXF" EXTENT="5 letters"> <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="OXF" EXTENT="1 letter">hank&s;giving to the Lord, in all the Churches and Chappels, and places of Divine <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="OXF" EXTENT="1 word"> within this Commonwealth of <HI>England,</HI> Dominion of <HI>Wales,</HI> and Town of <HI>Berwick</HI> up|<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="OXF" EXTENT="2 letters"> <HI><GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="OXF" EXTENT="3 letters">ed:</HI> And that the Mini&s;ters of the re&s;pective Pari&s;hes and places afore&s;aid, be and here|<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="OXF" EXTENT="4 letters"> are required and enjoyned to give publique notice on the Lords-day next preceding the <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="OXF" EXTENT="4 letters">&s;t of <HI>November,</HI> of the day &s;o to be ob&s;erved, to the end the People of their &s;everal Con|<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="OXF" EXTENT="5 letters">ons may the more generally and diligently attend the publique Exerci&s;e of Gods Wor|<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="OXF" EXTENT="4 letters"> <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="OXF" EXTENT="1 word"> Service, there to be di&s;pen&s;ed upon this occa&s;ion; At which time, that the People may <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="OXF" EXTENT="1 span"> particularly and fully informed of this great Victory and Succe&s;&s;es, the &s;aid Mini&s;ters <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="OXF" EXTENT="1 span"> by required to publi&s;h and read this pre&s;ent Act. And for the better ob&s;ervation of the day, <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="OXF" EXTENT="1 span"> <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="OXF" EXTENT="1 letter">arliament doth hereby inhibit and forbid the holding or u&s;e of all Fairs, Markets, and &s;er|<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="OXF" EXTENT="2 letters">rks of mens ordinary Callings upon that day: And all Majors, Sheriffs, Iu&s;tices of <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="OXF" EXTENT="3 letters">ce, Con&s;tables and other Officers, be and are hereby enjoyned to take e&s;pecial care of <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="OXF" EXTENT="1 word"> ob&s;ervance of the &s;aid day of Thank&s;giving accordingly.</P>
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<OPENER><DATELINE><DATE>Die Jovis, 11 Octobr. 1649.</DATE></DATELINE></OPENER>
<P><GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="OXF" EXTENT="4 letters">red by the Commons a&s;&s;embled in Parliament, That this Act be forth with printed and publi&s;hed&punc;</P>
<CLOSER><SIGNED>Hen: Scobell, Cleric' Parliamenti.</SIGNED></CLOSER>
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<P><HI>London,</HI> Printed by <HI>John Field</HI> for <HI>Edward Husband,</HI> Printer to the Parliament of <HI>England.</HI> 1649.</P>
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