To the reverend, learned and grave divines, in the City of London This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A94589 of text R211481 in the English Short Title Catalog (Thomason 669.f.23[4]). 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 A94589 Wing T1603 Thomason 669.f.23[4] ESTC R211481 99870206 99870206 163660 2240952295

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Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. A94589) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 163660) Images scanned from microfilm: (Thomason Tracts ; 247:669f23[4]) To the reverend, learned and grave divines, in the City of London 1 sheet ([1] p.) s.n., [London : 1660] An anonymous address, requesting the clergy to take into consideration the unhappy state of the nation. Imprint from Wing. Annotation on Thomason copy: "Jan. 19. 1659". Reproduction of the original in the British Library. eng Christianity and politics -- England -- Early works to 1800. Clergy -- England -- London -- Early works to 1800. London (England) -- History -- 17th century -- Early works to 1800. A94589 R211481 (Thomason 669.f.23[4]). civilwar no To the reverend, learned and grave divines, in the City of London. anon. 1660 1 512 2 0 0 0 0 0 39 D The rate of 39 defects per 10,000 words puts this text in the D category of texts with between 35 and 100 defects per 10,000 words. 2007-06 Assigned for keying and markup 2007-06 Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2007-07 Sampled and proofread 2007-07 Text and markup reviewed and edited 2008-02 Batch review (QC) and XML conversion
TO THE REVEREND , LEARNED and GRAVE DIVINES , IN THE CITY OF LONDON .

HAving of late , with great satisfaction , taken notice of your frequent and earnest Addresses to our merciful God ( by your publick and private Fasts ) for the Settlement of these poor distracted Nations : And knowing ; when we supplicate for the Effusion of any Mercy ; we are obliged to endeavour all lawful and rational means that may conduce to its attainment , but most especially in what concerns our Religion , Lawes ▪ and our three Nations greatest good : ( Right Reverend Fathers ) with all due submission to your Grave Wisdomes ) we offer this our request unto your several Considerations ; and according as it shall please him who rules the hearts of all men , to direct you in this , which we conceive may so much conduce to the publick good , to appoint an Assembly of your selves , and upon your most serious Consultation of what may most speedily redress the Breaches of our ruined Nations ▪ and establish our Religion , to draw up the Heads of your Desires ( which we know will be the freest from the prejudice of self-interest ) with a subscription of all your names , and appoint their delivery by some of your own Hands , to his Excellency the Lord General Monk , ( to whom God hath now given an opportunity to make these three Nations happy ; And herein we are fully perswaded , that his Piety and Conscience will neither pass by , nor reject , and much less act contrary to what by your Assembly shall be , by right Reason , Judgment and Equity , manifested to be the only means of our Settlement :

And if it shall please God in his infinite mercy , to make your Advice a furtherance and perswasive to his resolutions , to use that power God hath put his hands in asserting the apparent good of the Nations , it would evidence the acceptance of your Prayers to God , and endear you to the affections of all good men .

And we do assure you , there is none whom ( under God ) we would so gladly acknowledg the Authors of our happiness , as your selves . We suppose we need not use any Arguments to perswade you herein ; It being manifested by the like Addresses from all the Counties through which his Excellency hath yet passed , to be a most probable way , by the expressed unity of the several desires of the whole Nation to promote the Settlement and security of the true Protestant Religion , of our known Fundamental Laws and Liberties , and to prevent the Effusion of Christian Blood .

If you shall please to make use of this our humble Advice ; we doubt not but all good men will joyn with us in our Prayers to God , to bless and prosper your Indeavours :