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<HEAD>BY THE COMMISSIONERS Of the PARLIAMENT of the COMMON-VVEALTH of ENGLAND, For Ordering and Managing Affairs in SCOTLAND.</HEAD>
<P>_ALthough the Parliament of the Common Wealth of <HI>England,</HI> in their Declaration, concerning the Settlement of <HI>Scotland,</HI> Have in the Article that concernes Religion, and the Advancement of the power of Godline&s;s, held forth, That the Union tendred by them to <HI>Scotland,</HI> for making it one Common-Wealth with <HI>England,</HI> &s;hall be (through the a&s;&s;i&s;tance of GOD) &s;o managed, as may conduce to the reall good and encouragement of all tho&s;e that fear GOD in both Nations, and that the People throughout the whole I&s;land, may become &s;uch, as among&s;t whom the Lord may delight to dwell.</P>
<P>And have likewi&s;e, together with what, they publi&s;h concerning Forfeiture and Confi&s;cation of E&s;tates, held forth in their &s;aid Declaration, favour to &s;everall &s;orts of per&s;ons, according to their re&s;pective Qua|lifications, expre&s;&s;ed and contained therein: Yet, to the end the good Intentions of the Parliament may be more fully under&s;tood by all, and brought to happy effect, according to the Tru&s;t and Power committed to Us, We Declare,</P>
<P>That for promoting of Holine&s;s, and advancing the power of Godline&s;s, all po&s;&s;ible care &s;hall be u&s;ed for publi&s;hing the Go&s;pel of CHRIST, in all parts of this Land, and provi&s;ion of Maintenance made and allowed to the Faithfull Di&s;pen&s;ers thereof, together with &s;uch other encouragements, as the Magi&s;trate may give, and may be expected by them, who demean them&s;elves peaceably and becomingly, to the Government and Authority, by which they receive the &s;ame. As al&s;o, that care &s;hall be taken for removing of &s;candalous Per&s;ons, who have intruded into the Work of the Mini&s;try, and placing of others fitly qualified with gifts, for the in&s;tructing of the People in their &s;tead. And that &s;uch Mini&s;ters, who&s;e Con&s;ciences oblige them to wait upon GOD in the admini&s;tration of Spirituall Ordinances, accor|ding to the Order of the <HI>Scotti&s;h</HI> Churches, with any that &s;hall voluntarily joyn in the practice thereof, &s;hall receive Protection and encou|ragement from all in Authority, in their peaceable and in-offen&s;ive exerci&s;e of the &s;ame; as al&s;o &s;hall others, who not being &s;atisfied in Con&s;cience to u&s;e that Form, &s;hall &s;erve and wor&s;hip GOD in other Go&s;pel-way, and behave them&s;elves peaceably and in-offen&s;ive|ly therein.</P>
<P>We &s;hall likewi&s;e take care, as much as in Us lies, that in Places of Tru&s;t throughout this Nation, Magi&s;trates and Officers, fearing GOD, may be &s;et up, who according to the duty of their place, may be a terrour to all evill-doers, and even to them who&s;e licentious practices (though under pretence of Liberty and Con&s;cience) &s;hall manife&s;t them not to w<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter">lk according to godline&s;&s;e and hone&s;ty.</P>
<P>And by vertue of the power on the behalf given Us, We do further Declare,</P>
<P>That all Per&s;ons within the Qualifications of favour, expre&s;&s;ed in the Parliaments Declaration, being Inhabitants within the Sheriff|dom of <GAP DESC="blank" EXTENT="1 word"> and the Towns and Burroughs thereof, that &s;hall in pur&s;uance thereof, live peaceably under, and yeeld obe|dience unto the Authority of the Parliament of the Common Wealth of <HI>England,</HI> exerci&s;ed in <HI>Scotland,</HI> are capable of, and &s;hall enjoy the re&s;pective Benefits and favours, held forth in the &s;aid Declaration, and &s;hall have &s;uch further grants and confirmations for the compleating thereof, as &s;hall be found requi&s;ite.</P>
<P>And We do la&s;tly Declare,</P>
<P>That all Merchants, Trade&s;men and Handy-Crafts men within the &s;aid Sheriffdom of <GAP DESC="blank" EXTENT="1 word"> and the &s;everall Burroughs and Towns thereof, not having in Lands and Goods above the clear value of Five hundred pounds &s;terling; And all other per&s;ons within the &s;aid Sheriffdom, Towns and Burroughs, not having in Lands and Goods above the clear value of Two hundred pounds &s;terling (not being pri&s;oners at Wars, or Souldiers of Fortune in Commi&s;&s;ion) who &s;hall al&s;o in pur&s;uance of the &s;aid Declaration, live peaceably un|der, and yeeld obedience unto the Authority of the Parliament of the Common-Wealth of <HI>England,</HI> exerci&s;ed in <HI>Scotland,</HI> &s;hall not onely be freed and di&s;charged from all forfeitures and Confi&s;cations of their E&s;tates, for any thing formerly done by them, in reference to the Wars, but be received into the Protection of Parliament, and enjoy &s;uch Liberties and Immunities, as al&s;o &s;uch Lea&s;es and grants of con|fi&s;cated and forfeited Lands, as upon con&s;ideration of their re&s;pective qualities and de&s;erts &s;halbe thought fit.</P>
<P>Provided the favour held forth in this Declaration, extend not unto any pe<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter">&s;ons, commonly known by the name of Mo&s;&s; Troopers, or any other who have murthred or kill'd any Souldiers, contrary to the Lawes and Cu&s;tome of War, or any <HI>Engli&s;h</HI> people, contrary to the Lawes of <HI>Scotland.</HI></P>
<CLOSER><DATELINE><HI>Given under our Hands at</HI> Dalkieth, <DATE><HI>the <GAP DESC="blank" EXTENT="1 word"> day of February, in the Year of our Lord, one thou&s;and &s;ix hundred fifty and <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 word">;.</HI></DATE></DATELINE></CLOSER>
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<P>Printed at <HI>Leith</HI> by <HI>Evan Tyler.</HI> Anno Dom. <HI>1651.</HI></P>
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