By the King, a proclamation appointing a time of publick thanksgiving and prayer throughout the kingdom England and Wales. Sovereign (1685-1688 : James II) This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A46534 of text R2633 in the English Short Title Catalog (Wing J313). Textual changes and metadata enrichments aim at making the text more computationally tractable, easier to read, and suitable for network-based collaborative curation by amateur and professional end users from many walks of life. The text has been tokenized and linguistically annotated with MorphAdorner. The annotation includes standard spellings that support the display of a text in a standardized format that preserves archaic forms ('loveth', 'seekest'). Textual changes aim at restoring the text the author or stationer meant to publish. This text has not been fully proofread Approx. 3 KB of XML-encoded text transcribed from 1 1-bit group-IV TIFF page image. EarlyPrint Project Evanston,IL, Notre Dame, IN, St. Louis, MO 2018 A46534 Wing J313 ESTC R2633 12889183 ocm 12889183 95071 2240921823

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By the King , A PROCLAMATION Appointing a time of Publick Thanksgiving and Prayer throughout the Kingdom . JAMES R.

IT having pleased Almighty God ( Who in signal manner hath blessed His Majesty and this Kingdom under His Majesties Government , with great Prosperity , Peace and Plenty ) to give His Majesty also apparent hopes and good assurance of having Issue by His Royal Consort the Queen , who ( through Gods great Goodness ) is now with Child : And forasmuch as Increase of Issue of the Royal Family is a publick Blessing , and ( under God ) a great Security of Peace and Happiness to this Kingdom : His Majesty therefore hath thought fit ( at the humble request , and by the Advice of His Privy Council ) to Appoint a time , upon this occasion , to render Publick and Hearty Thanks , throughout the Kingdom , for this great Blessing already begun , and to offer up Prayers to Almighty God for the continuance thereof : And His Majesty doth accordingly Appoint , Command and Require , That upon the Fifteenth day of January next , within the Cities of London and Westminster , and Ten Miles thereabout , and upon the Nine and twentieth day of the same Month , in all other Places throughout this Kingdom , Publick Thanks , and Solemn Prayers be offered up to Almighty God upon the Occasion aforesaid : And for this purpose His Majesty hath signified His Royal Pleasure to the Right Reverend Fathers in God Nathaniel Lord Bishop of Duresme , Thomas Lord Bishop of Rochester , and Thomas Lord Bishop of Peterborough ( being his Majesties Commissioners Constituted for Exercising the Episcopal Iurisdiction within the Diocess of London ) forthwith to prepare a form of Prayer and Religious Service , which may be suitable to this occasion ; Which Form of Prayer and Service His Majesty will cause to be Printed and Published , and by the Right Reverend the Bishops Sent and Distributed throughout their several and respective Diocesses , to be observed and used in the Churches and Chappels of this Kingdom upon the several and respective days before mentioned : And lastly , His Majesty doth Charge and Command all His loving Subjects to take notice hereof , and to demean themselves in all things accordingly .

Given at Our Court at Whitehall the 23d day of December , 1687. In the Third Year of Our Reign . GOD SAVE THE KING .

London , Printed by Charles Bill , Henry Hills , and Thomas Newcomb , Printers to the King 's most Excellent Majesty . 1687.