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<HEAD>PROCLAMATION For a Solemn National Fa&s;t.</HEAD>
<OPENER><SIGNED><HI>WILLIAM</HI> by the Grace of GOD, King of <HI>Great-Britain France</HI> and <HI>Ireland,</HI> Defender of the Faith,</SIGNED>
<SALUTE>To <GAP DESC="blank" EXTENT="1 span"> Macers of Our Privy-Coun|cil, Me&s;&s;engers at Arms, our Sheriffs in that Part, Conjunct|ly and Severally, Specially Con&s;titute, Greeting;</SALUTE></OPENER>
<P>Fora&s;much as the Commi&s;|&s;ion of the General A&s;&s;embly of this Church in Con&s;ideration of the Judge|ments of Almighty GOD already inflicted, and more and more threatned upon this Our Kingdom, for Our manifold and hainous Sins and Provocati|ons, &s;till continued in, and encrea&s;ing, notwith&s;tanding of the fore&s;aids Judgments, and Our profe&s;&s;ed Repentances for the &s;ame, Have addre&s;&s;ed to the Lords of Our Privy-Council, that a Day be &s;et apart for Solemn Fa&s;ting and Humiliation, for the Rea&s;ons and Cau&s;es contained in their Act and Addre&s;&s;es thereanent. <HI>Therefore,</HI> We with Advice of the Lords of Our Pri|vy Council, have Commanded and hereby Command and Appoint the Twenty ninth Day of this Moneth of <HI>Augu&s;t</HI> In&s;tant, being the la&s;t <HI>Thur&s;day</HI> thereof, to be keeped and ob&s;erved in all the Churches of this Kingdom, as a Day of &s;olemn Fa&s;ting and Humiliation before GOD, by all Per&s;ons with &s;eri|ous and un&s;eigned Repentance of Sins, &amp; Re&s;olution of Amendment, &amp; earne&s;t and fervent Prayers and Supplications for the obtaining of GODS Mercy, Grace and Peace, as it is more fully contained in the fore&s;aid Act and Ad|dre&s;s of the Commi&s;&s;ion hereto &s;ubjoyned, and which Act, together with this Proclamation, We hereby ordain to be publickly Read by all Mini&s;ters in all Churches the LORDS Day immediatly preceeding the &s;aid <HI>Thur&s;day.</HI> And We do again Require and Command all Mini&s;ters and People to be careful of the ob&s;ervation of the Premi&s;&s;es, as they will be an&s;werable to GOD and Us on the Pains formerly Ordained and Statute again&s;t the not due ob&s;erving of the like Days of Fa&s;ting. OUR WILL IS HEREFORE, and We charge you &s;trictly, and Command, that incontinent the&s;e Our Letters &s;een, ye pa&s;s to the Mercat-Cro&s;s of <HI>Edinburgh,</HI> and to the remanent Mercat-Cro&s;&s;es of the haill Head Burghs of the &s;everal Shires and Stewartries within this Our anci|ent Kingdom, and thereat in Our Name and Authority by open Proclama|tion make Intimation of the Premi&s;&s;es, that none pretend Ignorance. And appoints Our Solicitor to tran&s;mit Copies of this Proclamation, and of the a|bove Act and Addre&s;s of the General A&s;&s;embly to the Clerks of the &s;everal Shires and Stewartries within this Kingdom, to be by them tran&s;mitted to the Mini&s;ters of the &s;everal Paroch Churches, and by the&s;e Mini&s;ters intimate upon the Sabbath-Day immediatly preceeding the Day appointed for keeping thereof. And Ordains the&s;e pre&s;ents to be Printed.</P>
<CLOSER><DATELINE>Given under Our Signet at <HI> Edinburgh</HI> <DATE>the &s;econd Day of <HI>Augu&s;t,</HI> and of Our Reign the Twelfth Year, <HI>1700.</HI></DATE></DATELINE>
<SIGNED>Per Actum Daminorum Secreti Concilii. <HI>GILB. ELIOT:</HI> Cls. Sti. Concilii</SIGNED><LB>
GOD &s;ave the King.</CLOSER>
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<P><HI>Edinburgh,</HI> Printed by the Heirs and Succe&s;&s;ors of <HI>Andrew Ander&s;on,</HI> Printer to the King's mo&s;t Excellent Maje&s;ty.</P>
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