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<NAME>Mona Logarbo</NAME>
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<HEAD>THE ANSWER OF THE PARLIAMENT <HI>OF</HI> SCOTLAND TO THE Petitions pre&s;ented from the SYNODS and PRESBYTERIES.</HEAD>
<OPENER><DATELINE>At <HI>Edinburgh,</HI> <DATE>10. <HI>Iunii</HI> 1648.</DATE></DATELINE></OPENER>
<P>_THE E&s;tates of Parliament, finding by the Petitions pre&s;ented to them by &s;everall Synods and Presbyteries, That their pre|&s;ent proceedings for the good of Religion, His Maje&s;ties re&s;cue and &s;afety, and the true Peace of the&s;e Kingdomes, is much mi&s;con&s;trued and mi&s;under&s;tood; They have thought fit to Declare for the &s;atisfaction of all &s;uch as are &s;atisfyable, That in their undertakings at this time, they &s;hall preferre no earthly con&s;ideration to their duties for pre&s;erving Religion in <HI>Scotland,</HI> in Doctrine, VVor&s;hip, Di&s;cipline and Government, as it is al|ready e&s;tabli&s;hed; And for endeavouring to &s;ettle it in <HI>England</HI> and <HI>Ireland</HI> according to the Covenant: And as we cannot, with &s;afety to our Con&s;ciences and Honour live, and &s;uffer our King to continue in his ba&s;e Impri&s;onment, &s;o our undertakings for him &s;hall be &s;ubordinate to Religion, and to our duties to God: And in pur&s;uance of the&s;e ends, as we &s;hall imploy none in our Army but &s;uch as have &s;igned the Solemn League and Covenant, and &s;uch again&s;t whom there is no ju&s;t cau&s;e of exception; So we &s;hall a&s;&s;ociate with none, but &s;uch as willingage them&s;elves to be faithfull to the ends of the Covenant; And our undertaking &s;hall not be any ways again&s;t the Kingdom of <HI>England,</HI> or to break the Union between the two Nations, but only for Reformation and defence of Religion, the Honour and Happine&s;&s;e of the King, and of his Royall Po&s;terity, and the Peace and &s;afety of the&s;e Kingdoms, again&s;t &s;uch who have de&s;troyed Religion, Impri&s;oned our King; And certainly when they have brought their intended confu&s;ion in England to pa&s;s both in Church and State, we cannot hope for &s;afety here, what&s;oever their profe&s;sions may now be; Therefore we are re&s;olved to proceed in this Levy in a vi|gorous doing of our Duties: And we do expect from you, and all his Maje&s;ties good Subjects, a ready obedience to the Commands of the Parliament and Committee of E|&s;tates in pur&s;uance thereof: And the E&s;tates of Parliament remits to the Committee of E&s;tates to give forth ane more full Declaration of the great endeavours the Parlia|ment hes u&s;ed, and &s;till re&s;olves &s;hall be u&s;ed to &s;atisfie the de&s;ires of the Commi&s;sioners of the General A&s;&s;embly, and to An&s;wer their Papers given in this day to the Parliament. And Ordains this Act to be Printed and publi&s;hed, and &s;ent by the Committee of E|&s;tates to the &s;everal Presbyteries.</P>
<CLOSER><SIGNED><HI>Alex. Gib&s;on,</HI> Cler. Regi&s;t.</SIGNED></CLOSER>
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<P><HI>Edinburgh,</HI> Printed by <HI>Evan Tyler,</HI> Printer to the Kings mo&s;t Excel|lent Maje&s;tie, 1648.</P>
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