WHereas it hath pleased God, out of his gracious Providence, to manifest to the Good People of this distract­ed Commonwealth, his Rule and Governe­ment amongst us; We do now appeal to that Great God, whom we must own as the Great Comman­der of our Armies, and General of our Forces; acknowledging him to be the first Worker amongst us.

By many signal Tokens it hath been made appa­rent, That God hath owned in a most especial man­ner the poor Souldiery of this Nation; which must needs strike real reflections upon the Consciences of all sober and honest Men, who have adventured thus far, and have found Jehovah-jireh, God in the Mount amongst us.

As God hath made and appointed us for the gene­neral good of the Nation, so we do most seriously, with real hearts own the Godly of this Nation, and will be a Cove [...]t to them, although to the destruction of our lives and fortunes, if God so pleases, for the general good of them all.

As for the breaches that are amongst us, we claim an interest in them; for the Great God, for our sinful deserts, in our backsliding from him, hath laid this visitation upon us; and so we must own his most legal dealings with us. The consideration of which, does cause reflections upon our hearts humbly to own these his Chastisements, and to consider these remark­able Tokens of his love. For if we consider the un­worthiness of our dealings, and the specious pretences which have gone along with us under fair glosses, we must confess, that what distractions are among us, are not answerable to our just deserts; But we know, That the dealings of the Almighty are not to be found out; therefore we confess, That we have found God merciful although we have transgressed, For with him is mercy that he may be feared: and he hath thus dealt with us, that we might take notice of his long-suffering, and goodness to us; to his glory let us ascribe it, and with thankful hearts return hearty praise for these great mercies received by us.

And now to come to a further serious Conside­ration of Gods good dealing with us: we do de­sire to praise the Lord for his uniting of the Army with such Unanimity and Courage, to stand for, [Page 3]and maintain the Good Old Cause so long contend­ed for, and which the Lord hath formerly so much owned, although our backslidings might have gi­ven cause of a far greater judgement then hath yet befallen us: which we hope will be prevented by our return and owning our first Principles with so much cordial affection as is at this time declared amongst us, although great opposition might be expected; But that God that can throw down at a blast the loftiest Cedars, can also raise out of the earth small Shrubs to glorifie him, and to do his Work: which with heart and mind is so much de­sired by the Faithfull Members of the Army, as is at this day experienced amongst us.

Therefore we pray, and hope it will also stir up the Faithfull of this Nation to this Consideration, That although Objections may be raised against, and Aspersions cast upon the poor despised Instru­ments of this Work, yet are we unanimously re­solved to maintain our First good Principles, and to own the Good Old Cause, as we have already testified; First, by our Addresses for the rooting out of superfluous and ill-affected Members of the Army; and Secondly, by our Real Desires and Concordance with the Faithfull, known so to be, which were turned out without any just or lawfull account given therefore.

As God hath been pleased to instruct us so far to begin the Work, so we hope the Lord in his time will perfect the same for the general good and com­fort [Page 4]of this Nation; not doubting but the honest People of this Commonwealth will take notice that that we are not Self-seekers, nor desire to be Self-ended, but Conscientious in these things; assured­ly knowing, that the Lord judgeth the most secret thoughts, and that no practise nor thing formed a­gai [...]st God shall prosper, who is able to do his own Work without any Instruments at all

Therefore with serious reflections upon our consci­ences, we do most humbly implore the Lord to bless these our honest desires, and to go along with us in our hearty indeavours to glorifie him: And truly since the Lord hath been pleased to stir up our hearts in this great Work, to the glory of God be it spoken, we have likewise from the Faithful of the Nation re­ceived so great incouragement and concurrence in our desires, in one and the same thing, that it doth great­ly incourage us; and we hope we shall with an unanimous courage shew our selves for our great God, for the Good Old Cause, and for the Good People of this Nation; To whom we do most un­feignedly present these Just Intendments wee are fixt upon.

And we likewise return most sincere Thanks to the honest People of this Nation, especially our cor­dial friends in this City and the Places adjacent, for their many good Exhortations, and the great En­couragement we have had from them in these our Pro­ceedings.

And truly wee hope the Lord will bless our real [Page 5]indeavors in these our honest Principles: For we are not onely desirous to destroy any Arbitrary Power that shall oppose us herein, but likewise to be Unani­mous for a present applying of our selves to the performance of that we do declare. And we desire to make these our Purposes apparent, hoping that the Good People of this Nation will with serious hearts joine with us, as they have begun; and do not question, but those to whom we have access, will faithfully own us, and give us incouragement in the same.

These honest Resolutions of ours, we thought fit to declare to the Good People of this Nation, not doubt­ing but that they will own, and stand by us, as long as we stand for the Good Old Cause. Desiring the Lord to own us all, and to bring us to the wished Effects of our Spiritual and Temporal desires, for the Publick good of the Common-wealth; and in the end to e­ternalize us in the blessed union and fellowship of Himself in glory, is the hearty Prayer and Desire of all the Honest and Faithful Souldiers in the Ar­my.