An act of the Commons of England assembled in Parliament, for the keeping a day of humiliation upon Thursday the 19 day of April, 1649. England and Wales. Parliament. House of Commons. This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A83632 of text R211051 in the English Short Title Catalog (Thomason 669.f.14[3]). 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. 4 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 2017 A83632 Wing E2505 Thomason 669.f.14[3] ESTC R211051 99869788 99869788 162991 2248525080

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Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. A83632) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 162991) Images scanned from microfilm: (Thomason Tracts ; 246:669f14[3]) An act of the Commons of England assembled in Parliament, for the keeping a day of humiliation upon Thursday the 19 day of April, 1649. England and Wales. Parliament. House of Commons. 1 sheet ([1] p.) Printed for Edward Husband, Printer to the Honourable House of Commons, London : March 20. 1648. [i.e. 1649] Order to print dated: Die Sabbathi, 17 Martii, 1648. Signed: Hen: Scobell, Cleric. Parliament. Reproduction of the original in the British Library. eng Fasts and feasts -- Great Britain -- Early works to 1800. Great Britain -- History -- Commonwealth and Protectorate, 1649-1660 -- Early works to 1800. A83632 R211051 (Thomason 669.f.14[3]). civilwar no An act of the Commons of England assembled in Parliament, for the keeping a day of humiliation upon Thursday the 19 day of April, 1649. England and Wales. Parliament. 1648 1 568 1 0 0 0 0 0 18 C The rate of 18 defects per 10,000 words puts this text in the C category of texts with between 10 and 35 defects per 10,000 words. 2007-11 Assigned for keying and markup 2007-11 Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2007-12 Sampled and proofread 2007-12 Text and markup reviewed and edited 2008-02 Batch review (QC) and XML conversion
AN ACT OF THE COMMONS of ENGLAND Assembled in PARLIAMENT , For the keeping a day of Humiliation upon Thursday the 19 day of April , 1649.

WHereas this Nation hath long laboured under many Miseries and Iudgements , as a just fruit of our multiplyed transgressions , and amongst other sins , more especially for our unthankfulness and unfruitfulness under unparalleld mercies and deliverances , and for our unbelief , to the dishonor of our mighty , wise , and good God , who hath through a Wilderness of Temptations brought us even to the entrance of a Canaan , and to the hope of a blessed Reformation ; as also for our uncharitablenes and want of a good affection to the publique , and of love one to another , the very fountain of our late Civil Wars and Desolations : And whereas we have learn'd from the word of God , and the example of his people in all ages , and our own experience , That the humbling of our souls for sin , and the seeking the favor of God in the mediation of our Lord and Savior Iesus Christ by prayer and fasting , hath been , through his grace and acceptance , effectual both for the preventing & removal of the greatest Iudgements , and also for procuring the choycest Mercies : The Commons of England assembled in Parliament , having through the wonderful goodness and assistance of God , restored this Nation ( as far as in them lieth , and the present interruptions will yet admit ) to their just Liberties , and laid Foundations for the well Government thereof in the way of a Commonwealth , Do Enact and Ordain , and be it Enacted and Ordained by this present Parliament , and by Authority thereof , That Thursday the 19 day of April , 1649. shall be observed and kept in all Parishes and other places in England and Wales , a solemn day of Fasting , Prayer , and Humiliation , for the aforementioned sins , and all other the abominations whereof this Nation is guilty ; and for the imploring of the Lord our God , ( who is Holiness , Love , and Wisdom , and the Father of Spirits ) to give unto this people the Spirit of Reformation , Faith , Vnderstanding , and Vnion , That so our sins , the cause of our sufferings , may be forgiven , and this Commonwealth may be setled in a lasting Peace and Happiness : And be it further Enacted and Ordained , That all Ministers , and other people within England and Wales , do with all possible care & pious diligence , solemnly observe the same accordingly , under the penalties contained in any Order or Ordinance of Parliament heretofore made , concerning the due observation of the Lords-day , or days of publique Humiliation .

Die Sabbathi , 17 Martii , 1648.

ORdered by the Commons assembled in Parliament , That this Act be forthwith printed and published ; and that the Members of this House be required to take care to disperse the same in the several Counties .

Hen: Scobell , Cleric . Parliament ▪ .

London , Printed for Edward Husband , Printer to the Honorable House of Commons , March 20. 1648.