An Act appointing Thursday the last day of February, 1649. for a solemn day of humiliation, fasting & prayer and declaring the grounds thereof. England and Wales. Parliament. This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A84563 of text in the English Short Title Catalog (Thomason 669.f.15[11]). 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 2017 A84563 Wing E981 Thomason 669.f.15[11] 99870059 99870059 163086 2240953353

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Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. A84563) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 163086) Images scanned from microfilm: (Thomason Tracts ; 246:669f15[11]) An Act appointing Thursday the last day of February, 1649. for a solemn day of humiliation, fasting & prayer and declaring the grounds thereof. England and Wales. Parliament. 1 sheet ([1] p.) Printed by Edward Husband and John Field, Printers to the Parliament of England, London : 1649. [ie. 1650] Order to print signed: Hen: Scobell, Cleric. Parliamenti. Reproduction of the original in the British Library. eng Fasts and feasts -- England -- Early works to 1800. Public worship -- Great Britain -- Early works to 1800. Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 1649-1660 -- Early works to 1800. A84563 (Thomason 669.f.15[11]). civilwar no An Act appointing Thursday the last day of February, 1649. for a solemn day of humiliation, fasting & prayer: and declaring the grounds the England and Wales. Parliament. 1649 1 516 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 A This text has no known defects that were recorded as gap elements at the time of transcription. 2007-09 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 Appointing Thursday the last Day of February , 1649. for A Solemn day of Humiliation , Fasting & Prayer : And Declaring the GROVNDS thereof .

THe Lord who Ruleth over the Nations , who disposeth and ordereth all things , according to the good pleasure of his own Will , hath in our Age ( as in former Generations ) exceedingly glorified his Wisdom , Power and Mercy , That he might warn and awaken the Inhabitants of the Earth unto a diligent enquiry after him , a faithful and fruitful living before him ; His Voyce and his Hand hath been heard , and seen in this Land most eminently , in rescuing Us out of the destroying hands of Tyranny , Popery and Supersition : Which experience of the Lords wonderful Goodness and Mercy towards this Nation , might have wrought an answerable return of Duty and Obedience ; and the sense of the want hereof ought to fill us with shame , astonishment and confusion of face , especially when ( in stead thereof ) we finde in the midst of it , such crying Sins , hideous Blasphemies , and unheard of Abominations ( and that by some under pretence of Liberty , and greater measure of Light ) as after all our wondrous Deliverances , do manifest themselves to the exceeding dishonor of God , and reproach of our Christian Profession : To the end therefore that this Nation in general , and every one in particular may have an opportunity to know and acknowledge their Sins in the sight of God , and be truly humbled for them ; and that earnest Prayer and Supplication may be put up on behalf of this Commonwealth , for the advancement of the Kingdom of Christ , and propagation of his Gospel throughout the same , and all the Dominions thereof ; That the good hand of God may be continued with us in perfecting his great works , which have been carryed on to so good a degree in England and Ireland ; That all Differences among Brethren might be reconciled in love ; That the Designs , Combinations and Conspiracies of all wicked men ( whether within or without us ) to imbroil this Nation in a New War , may be discovered and prevented ; and that Whilest ungodly men do make the Arm of Flesh their Confidence , We may testifie ( from an abundant experience of the Lords Goodness ) That our Strength is onely in the Living God : Be it therefore Enacted and Declared , That Thursday the last day of February , 1649. be appointed and kept as a Solemn day of Fasting , Prayer and Humiliation , for the ends aforesaid .

Die Lunae , 4ᵒ Februarii , 1649.

ORdered by the Parliament , That this Act be forthwith Printed and Published .

Hen: Scobell , Cleric , Parliamenti .

London , Printed by Edward Husband and John Field , Printers to the Parliament of England . 1649.