A
DECLARATION
OF
THE
COMMANDER
in
CHIEF
IN
SCOTLAND
,
And
the
Officers
under
his
Command
,
In
Vindication
of
the
Liberties
of
the
People
,
and
Priviledges
of
Parliament
.
HAVING
to
the
great
grief
of
Our
Hearts
,
information
of
a
most
unhappy
difference
fallen
out
between
the
PARLIAMENT
and
some
Officers
of
the
ARMY
at
LONDON
,
which
hath
occasioned
the
displacing
of
sundry
Officers
:
And
also
the
interrupting
of
the
Members
of
PARLIAMENT
in
the
discharge
of
their
Duty
.
Wee
therefore
,
having
earnestly
besought
the
LORD
to
direct
Us
in
this
great
and
Weighty
Affair
,
wherein
the
Liberty
,
and
Peace
of
these
Nations
,
and
the
Interest
of
the
godly
and
Faithfull
therein
is
so
nearly
concerned
,
Do
find
it
our
Duty
to
Declare
,
and
do
hereby
Declare
,
That
we
shall
use
Our
Christian
endeavours
to
the
utmost
,
for
the
begetting
a
right
Understanding
and
Reconciliation
between
the
PARLIAMENT
and
the
said
Officers
of
the
said
ARMY
.
And
We
do
also
Declare
,
That
We
shall
through
the
strength
of
God
assert
and
maintain
the
Freedom
and
Priviledge
of
the
present
PARLIAMENT
,
that
was
so
often
and
lately
acknowledged
,
the
Supream
Authority
of
the
Nations
,
and
not
suffer
the
Members
thereof
to
be
illegally
interrupted
,
or
molested
in
the
discharge
of
their
Duties
.
And
We
do
solemnly
Vow
to
all
the
World
,
That
our
only
intention
in
doing
this
,
is
to
preserve
the
Rights
of
Our
Countrey
,
And
to
Protect
and
encourage
all
the
godly
and
faithfull
therein
,
according
to
Our
Declaration
to
the
Churches
lately
emitted
and
Published
:
And
likewise
to
establish
the
Peace
or
these
Nations
,
and
the
Government
of
a
Free
State
or
Common-wealth
,
to
which
We
stand
Obliged
by
several
Vowes
and
Engagements
made
bofore
God
and
many
Witnesses
.
And
as
We
have
within
us
the
Testimony
of
sincere
hearts
,
and
unbyased
Consciences
to
encourage
us
in
these
Undertakings
:
so
we
doubt
not
of
the
concurrent
Assistance
of
all
the
unprejudiced
faithful
in
the
Land
;
For
whose
sakes
principally
We
are
drawn
forth
to
this
Engagement
.
And
We
therefore
invite
all
Our
Brethren
of
the
ARMY
,
and
of
the
MILITIA
,
and
of
all
others
that
professe
Love
to
God
,
and
to
his
People
,
and
to
their
own
,
and
their
Posterities
Liberty
,
to
come
and
give
us
their
chearful
ayd
in
this
Work
whereunto
the
Lord
hath
called
Us
,
lest
they
be
made
a
Prey
to
the
Lusts
of
Men
,
and
then
bewaile
the
losse
of
this
Opportunity
which
God
hath
put
into
their
Hands
.
Signed
in
the
Name
,
and
by
Consent
of
the
Commander
in
Chief
,
and
the
Officers
of
the
ARMY
in
SCOTLAND
,
VILLIAM
CLARK
,
Secretary
.