By the King and Queen, a proclamation for a publick thanksgiving

By the King and Queen, a proclamation for a publick thanksgiving

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[Figure] By the King and Queen, A PROCLAMATION For a Publick THANKSGIVING.

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By the King and Queen, A PROCLAMATION For a Publick THANKSGIVING.

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WILLIAM R.

WHereas Their Majeſties in ſerious Conſideration of the War in which Their Majeſties (together with moſt of the Princes and States of Europe) were (and ſtill are) Engaged againſt the French King, did, by Their Royal Proclamation bearing Date the Ninth day of April laſt, Appoint a General Monthly Faſt to be kept throughout this Kingdom, by Solemn Humiliation and Repentance of Our Sins, and by humble Supplications to Almighty God for the Preſervation of Their Majeſties Sacred Perſons, and the Proſperous Succeſs of Their Arms, which hath beén Religiouſly kept and obſerved accordingly. And foraſmuch as it hath pleaſed Almighty God of his Infinite Goodneſs, in anſwer to the Prayers offered up on that Occaſion, to Protect His Majeſty from great and manifold Dangers in His late Expedition beyond the Seas, and bring Him back in Safety, and to Preſerve Their Majeſties and Their Government againſt all the wicked Machinations and Deſigns of Open and Secret Enemies, and by a Wonderful Succeſs of Their Arms to Reduce the Kingdom of Ireland entirely to Their Obedience, whereby Their Majeſties are now Eſtabliſhed in the full Poſſeſſion of Their Three Kingdoms, and in a Condition, with the Bleſſing of God, to Settle the ſame in a firm and laſting ſtate of Safety, Honour and Proſperity. Their Majeſties therefore with all Humility Adoring the Mercy of the Divine Providence manifeſted to Them and Their People, and duly conſidering that Publick and Signal Bleſſings do call for Publick and Solemn Acknowledgments, Have thought fit, and by, and with the Advice of Their Privy Council do hereby Appoint and Command that a General and Publick Thankſgiving to Almighty God for theſe great Bleſſings be Obſerved throughout this Realm of England, Dominion of Wales, and Town of Berwick upon Tweed, in moſt Devout and Solemn manner on Thurſday the Six and twentieth Day of November next enſuing. And for the better and more orderly Solemnizing of the ſame, Their Majeſties have given Direction to the Moſt Reverend the Arch-Biſhops, and the Right Reverend Biſhops of this Kingdom, to Compoſe a Form of Prayer ſuitable to this Occaſion, to be Vſed in all Churches and Chappels, and other Places of Publick Worſhip, and to take Care for the timely diſperſing of the ſame through their reſpective Dioceſſes. And Their Majeſties do ſtrictly Charge and Command, That the ſaid day of Publick Thankſgiving be Religiouſly Obſerved by all Their Loving Subjects, as they tender the Favour of Almighty God, and upon Pain of ſuch Puniſhments as Their Majeſties can juſtly inflict for the Contempt or Neglect thereof.

Given at Our Court at Whitehall, the Two and twentieth Day of October, 1691. In the Third Year of Our Reign.

God ſave King William and Queen Mary.

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LONDON, Printed by Charles Bill, and the Executrix of Thomas Newcomb, deceas'd; Printers to the King and Queens moſt Excellent Majeſties. M DC XCI.

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By the King and Queen, a proclamation for a publick thanksgiving

England and Wales. Sovereign (1689-1694 : William and Mary)

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1691

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A66287

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Wing W2578

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ESTC R38084

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17165996

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ocm 17165996

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106112

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— By the King and Queen, a proclamation for a publick thanksgiving, England and Wales. Sovereign (1689-1694 : William and Mary), Mary II, Queen of England, 1662-1694., William III, King of England, 1650-1702..

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Printed by Charles Bill, and the executrix of Thomas Newcomb, deceas'd ...,. London :: MDCXCI [1691]. ("Given at our court at Whitehall, the two and twentieth day of October, 1691. In the third year of our reign.") (Reproduction of original in the Harvard University Library.)

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