ACT
,
For
a
Publick
Fast
.
Edinburgh
,
the
thirteenth
Day
of
June
,
1690.
Years
.
OUR
Soveraign
Lord
and
Lady
,
The
King
and
Queens
Majesties
,
and
the
Estates
of
Parliament
,
Taking
to
Their
Consideration
,
the
present
Condition
of
the
Kingdom
of
Ireland
,
and
the
great
Dangers
Threatning
this
Kingdom
from
thence
;
And
that
His
Majesty
has
Adventured
to
go
thither
in
Person
,
for
Reducing
that
Kingdom
to
its
due
Obedience
,
and
thereby
to
Secure
Our
Religion
and
Peace
;
And
it
being
the
Indispensible
Duty
〈◊〉
all
the
Leidges
,
as
good
Protestants
,
and
Dutiful
Subjects
,
in
this
●ime
of
Common-danger
,
Seriously
to
Call
upon
Almighty
God
;
and
●arnestly
to
Implore
his
Blessing
upon
this
His
Majesties
Undertaking
,
●●r
the
Interest
of
the
Protestant
Religion
,
and
the
Safety
of
His
Kingdoms
:
Therefore
,
Their
Majesties
,
with
Advice
and
Consent
of
the
●●ids
Estates
,
Do
Ordain
and
Appoint
,
That
a
Publick
and
Solemn
Fast
●nd
Humiliation
,
be
Keeped
and
Observed
throughout
this
Kingdom
,
by
●●l
the
Subjects
,
in
a
Devout
and
Decent
Manner
,
to
Pray
to
Almighty
●od
,
for
the
Pardon
of
our
Sins
,
and
that
he
would
be
Graciously
Pleas●●d
to
Protect
His
Majesty's
Person
,
and
to
Bless
His
Arms
with
Success
:
●nd
that
the
said
Fast
be
upon
the
Days
following
,
viz.
For
the
Shires
on
●his
side
of
the
River
of
Tay
,
upon
Tuesday
the
Twenty
fourth
of
June
Instant
;
●nd
for
the
Shires
be-north
Tay
,
upon
the
Tuesday
thereafter
,
being
the
●●rst
of
July
next
;
and
Ordains
the
Ministers
to
Intimat
from
their
Pul●its
,
the
Observation
of
the
said
Fast
,
upon
the
Lords-day
immediatly
●receeding
the
saids
respective
Days
,
that
the
people
may
meet
in
the
Churches
,
or
other
places
where
they
ordinarly
attend
Divine
Service
,
●o
hear
Sermon
,
and
joyn
together
in
performing
the
Duties
proper
for
●●ch
a
Solemnity
.
And
Appoints
this
Act
to
be
Printed
,
and
publickly
Proclaimed
by
Heraulds
,
Macers
,
or
Pursevants
,
at
the
Mercat-Cross
of
Edinburgh
,
and
Printed
Copies
thereof
to
be
dispatched
to
the
Sheriff-Clerks
of
the
respective
Shires
,
that
they
may
send
the
same
to
the
several
Ministers
in
the
Shire
,
to
Intimat
the
said
Fast
in
manner
foresaid
.
Extracted
forth
of
the
Records
of
Parliament
,
by
me
Th.
Burnet
,
Cls.
Reg.