By the King, a proclamation for a general fast for the imploring a blessing from Almighty God upon His Majesty and all his dominions, and for averting of those judgments which our manifold sins and provocations have most justly deserved ... England and Wales. Sovereign (1694-1702 : William III) This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A66205 of text R37227 in the English Short Title Catalog (Wing W2456). 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. 2 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 A66205 Wing W2456 ESTC R37227 16272552 ocm 16272552 105223 2248527224

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By the King , A PROCLAMATION For a General FAST . WILLIAM R.

HONI SOIT 〈◊〉 MAL Y PENSE

IE MAINTIENDRAY

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FOR the Imploring a Blessing from Almighty God , upon His Majesty , and all His Dominions , and for the Averting of those Iudgments which our manifold Sins and Provocations have most justly deserved ; and that God would , in His great Mercy and Goodness , Relieve and Comfort such as Suffer Abroad for the Protestant Religion ; The Kings most Excellent Majesty ( by the Advice of His Privy Council ) hath thought fit , and doth hereby Appoint and Command , That a General Fast , and Day of Solemn Humiliation be Religiously Kept and Observed throughout His Majesties Kingdom of England , Dominion of Wales , and Town of Berwick upon Tweed , in most Devout and Solemn manner , on Wednesday the Fifth Day of April next . And for the more Orderly Solemnizing of the said Fast , His Majesty hath given Directions to the Right Reverend the Bishops of this Kingdom , to Compose a Form of Prayer suitable to this Occasion , to be used in all Churches and Chapels , and other Places of Publick Worship , and hath given Charge for the Dispersing thereof through their several Dioceses in the whole Kingdom . And His Majesty doth most strictly Charge and Command , That the said Fasting and Prayers be Soberly , Reverently and Decently Performed by all His Loving Subjects , as they tender the Favour of Almighty God , and upon Pain of receiving such Punishment as His Majesty can justly Inflict upon all such as shall Contemn or Neglect so Religious and Necessary a Duty .

Given at Our Court at Kensington the Twelfth Day of March , 1698/9. In the Eleventh Year of Our Reign . God save the King .

London , Printed by Charles Bill , and the Executrix of Thomas Newcomb , deceas'd , Printers to the Kings most Excellent Majesty . 1698/9.