The humble Desires of his Majesties Subjects of Scotland.
FIrst, It is our humble desire, That his Ma∣jesty would be pleased to assure us, that the Acts of the late Assembly holden at Glasgow by his Majesties Indiction, shall be ratified in the en∣suing Parliament to be holden at Edinburg, July 23. since the Peace of the Kirk and Kingdom cannot endure further Prorogation.
Secondly, That his Majesty, out of his ten∣der Care of the preservation of our Religion and Laws, will be graciously pleased to declare, and assure, That it is his Royal Will, that all Matters Ecclesiastical be determined by the As∣semblies of the Kirk, and Matters Civil by Par∣liament. Which for his Majesties Honour, and keeping Peace and Order amongst his Subjects, in the time of his Majesties personal Absence, would be holden at set times, once in two or three years.
Thirdly, That a blessed Pacification may be speedily brought about, and his Majesties Sub∣jects may be secured; Our humble Desire is, That his Majesties Ships and Forces by Land be recalled; That all Persons, Ships, and Goods Arrested, be restored, and we made safe from Invasion. And that all Excommunicate Persons, Incendiaries, and Informers against the King∣dom, who have out of malice caused these Commotions for their own private Ends, may be returned to suffer their deserved Censure and Punishment, and some other Points, as may best conduce to this happy Pacification.
As these are our humble Desires, so it is our Grief that his Majesty should have been provo∣ked to Wrath against us his most humble and loving Subjects. And it shall be our delight, upon his Majesties gracious assurance of the Pre∣servation of our Religion and Laws, to give example to others of all Civil and Temporal O∣bedience which can be required or expected of Loyal Subjects.
To which his Majesty said, For the clearing of Particulars, I require you to set down the Grounds and Reasons of your Desires. Which the Lord Lowdon did in haec verba.
Memorandum, That our Desires are only the enjoying of our Religion and Liberties, according to the Ecclesiastical and Civil Laws of his Maj••sties Kingdom.
To clear by sufficient Grounds that the Particulars are such, we shall not insist to crave any Point which is not so warranted. And we humbly offer all Civil and Temporal Obedience to your Majesty, which can be re∣quired or expected of Loyal Subjects.
Signed, Lowdon.
To which his Majesty answered,
THat whereas his Majesty, the 11. of June, received a short Paper of the general Grounds and Limits of their humble De∣sires, his Majesty is graciously pleased to make this Answer.
That if their Desires be only the enjoying of their Religion and Liberties, according to the Ecclesiastical and Civil Laws of his Maje∣sty's Kingdom of Scotland, his Majesty doth not only agree to the same, but shall always