A letter sent to the General Assembly of the kirke of Scotland: by Oliver Cromwell Lord Generall of the army of the Common-wealth of England now in Scotland &c. Cromwell, Oliver, 1599-1658. 1650 Approx. 6 KB of XML-encoded text transcribed from 4 1-bit group-IV TIFF page images. Text Creation Partnership, Ann Arbor, MI ; Oxford (UK) : 2014-11 (EEBO-TCP Phase 2). A80938 Wing C7107 Thomason E609_7 ESTC R205939 99865159 99865159 117396

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 Early English books online text creation partnership. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 2, no. A80938) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 117396) Images scanned from microfilm: (Thomason Tracts ; 93:E609[7]) A letter sent to the General Assembly of the kirke of Scotland: by Oliver Cromwell Lord Generall of the army of the Common-wealth of England now in Scotland &c. Cromwell, Oliver, 1599-1658. [2], 5, [1] p. Printed for Hanna Allen at the signe of the Crown in Popes-head-Alley, London : MDCL [1650] Annotation on Thomason copy: "Aug. 9". Reproduction of the original in the British Library.

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 eng Church of Scotland. -- General Assembly -- Early works to 1800. Great Britain -- History -- Commonwealth and Protectorate, 1649-1660 -- Early works to 1800. 2020-09-21 Content of 'availability' element changed when EEBO Phase 2 texts came into the public domain 2013-07 Assigned for keying and markup 2013-07 Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2013-09 Sampled and proofread 2013-09 Text and markup reviewed and edited 2014-03 Batch review (QC) and XML conversion

A LETTER Sent to the Generall Aſsembly OF THE KIRKE of SCOTLAND:

BY Oliver Cromvvell Lord Generall of the ARMY of the Common-wealth of ENGLAND now in SCOTLAND &c.

Aug. 9 LONDON Printed for Hanna Allen at the ſigne of the Crown in Popes-head-Alley, MDCL
TO THE Generall Aſſembly of the KIRKE of SCOTLAND: OR, In caſe of their not Sitting, To the Commiſsioners of the KIRKE of SCOTLAND. SIRS,

YOur Anſwer to the Declaration of the Army wee have ſeen; Some godly Miniſters with us, did at Barwicke compoſe this reply, which I thought fit to ſend you. That you or we, in theſe great tranſactions, anſwer the will and mind of God: it is only from his grace and mercy to us, and therefore having ſaid (as in our papers) we commit the iſſue thereof to him who diſpoſeth all things; aſſuring you that we have light and comfort increaſing upon us day by day, and are perſwaded, that before it be long, the Lord will manifeſt his good pleaſure, ſo that all ſhall ſee him, and his people ſhall ſay, This is the Lords work, and it is marvellous in our eyes: This is the day that the Lord hath made, we will be glad and rejoyce therein

Onely give me leave to ſay in a word, you take upon you to judge us in the things of our God, though you know us not; though in the things we have ſaid unto you (in that which is intituled the Armies Declaration) we have ſpoken our hearts, as in the ſight of the Lord who hath tryed us▪ and by your hard and ſubtle words you have begotten prejudice in thoſe who do too much (in matters of conſcience, wherein every ſoule is to anſwer for it ſelfe to God) depend upon you, ſo that ſome have already followed you to the breathing out of their ſoules, others continue ſtill in the way wherein they are lead by you (we fear) to their owne ruine: and no marvell, if you deale thus with us, when indeed you can finde in your hearts to conceale the papers we have ſent you, from your own people, who might ſee and underſtand the bowels of our affections to them, eſpecially ſuch among them as fear the Lord. Send as many of your papers as you pleaſe amongſt ours, they have free paſſage, I feare them not; what is of God in them would it might be imbraced and received.

One of them lately ſent, directed to the under Officers and Souldiers in the Engliſh Army, hath begotten from them this incloſed Anſwer, which they deſired me to ſend you, not a crafty politique one, but a plaine ſimple ſpirituall one; ſuch as it is God knoweth, and God alſo will in due time make manifeſt, and do we multiply theſe things as men? or doe we them for the Lord Chriſt and his peoples ſakes?

Indeed we are not, through the grace of God, affraid of your numbers, nor confident in our ſelves We could (I pray God you do not think we boaſt) meet your Army, or what you have to bring againſt us. We have given (humbly we ſpeak it before our God, in whom all our hope is ſome proof, that thoughts of that kind prevaile not upon us. The Lord hath not hid his face from us ſince our approach ſo near unto you, your own guilt is too much for you to beare, bring not upon your ſelves the blood of Innocent men, deceived with pretences of King and Covenant, from whoſe eyes you hide a better knowledge I am perſwaded that divers of you, who lead the people have laboured to build your ſelves in theſe things, wherein you have cenſured others and eſtabliſhed your ſelves upon the Word of God. Is it therefore infallibly agreeable to the Word of God all that you ſay?

I beſeech you in the bowels of Chriſt, think it poſſible you may be miſtaken: Precept may be upon Precept, Line may be upon line, & yet the Word of the Lord may be to ſome a word of Judgement, that they may fall backward & be broken, and be ſnared, and be taken: There may be a ſpirituall fullneſſe, which the world may call drunkenneſſe as in the ſecond of the Acts; there may be as well a carnall confidence, upon miſ-underſtood, and miſ-applyed Precepts, which may be called Spirituall Drunkenneſſe, There may be a Covenant made with Death and Hell, (I will not ſay yours was ſo) but judge if ſuch things have a politick aime, to avoide the overflowing ſcourge, or to accompliſh worldly intereſts, and if therein we have confederated with wicked and carnall men, and have reſpect, or otherwiſe drawn in to aſſociate with us, whither this be a Covenant of God and ſpirituall bethink your ſelves, we hope we do. I pray you read the 28th of Eſaiah from the 5th, to the 15th. and do not ſcorn to know that it is the Spirit that quickens and giveth life, and the Lord give you and us underſtanding to do that which is well-pleaſing in his ſight, committing you to the Grace of God I reſt,

Your humble Servant, O. CROMWELL. Muſcleborough 3 Aug. 1650.
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