An Act for a day of publique thanksgiving to be observed throughout England and Wales, on Thursday on the first of November, 1649 Together with a declaration of the grounds thereof. Public General Acts. 1649-10-11. England and Wales. This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A84580 of text R211282 in the English Short Title Catalog (Thomason 669.f.14[80]). 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. 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A84580) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 135459) Images scanned from microfilm: (Early English books, 1641-1700 ; 2555:14) An Act for a day of publique thanksgiving to be observed throughout England and Wales, on Thursday on the first of November, 1649 Together with a declaration of the grounds thereof. Public General Acts. 1649-10-11. England and Wales. 1 sheet ([1] p.) printed by John Field for Edward Husband, printer to the Parliament of England, London : 1649. With an order to print dated 11 Oct. 1649. Arms 48A; Steele notation: forth them of. Reproduction of original in the Henry E. Huntington Library. eng Fasts and feasts -- Law and legislation -- England -- Early works to 1800. Broadsides -- England A84580 R211282 (Thomason 669.f.14[80]). civilwar no An Act for a day of publique thanksgiving to be observed throughout England and Wales, on Thursday on the first of November, 1649. Together England and Wales 1649 715 28 0 0 0 0 0 392 F The rate of 392 defects per 10,000 words puts this text in the F category of texts with 100 or more defects per 10,000 words. 2007-11 TCP Assigned for keying and markup 2007-11 Apex CoVantage Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2008-01 Emma (Leeson) Huber Sampled and proofread 2008-01 Emma (Leeson) Huber Text and markup reviewed and edited 2008-02 pfs Batch review (QC) and XML conversion blazon or coat of arms incorporating the Commonwealth Flag (1649-1651) ●ct for a Day of Publique Thanksgiving to be observed throughout England and Wales , on Thursday the First of November , 1649. Together with a DECLARATION of the Grounds thereof . THe great and wonderful Providences , wherein the Lord hath eminently gone forth in mercy towards this Nation , have been such , that however many do shut their eyes , or murmure against them , or at least refuse to joyn in Publique Acknowledgements , and Thanksgiving to Almighty God for the same ; Nevertheless , the Lord hath been pleased to publish to all the world , That it is the work of his own hand : Nor hath his infinite goodness and favor been restrained to England onely , but extended to Ireland , which he hath been pleased to remember in its low estate ; and when his People there were as dry bones , He hath not onely revived them in a way almost as miraculous as a Resurrection from the Dead , but been pleased to raise both them and us to a high pitch of hope , That the Lord will go on to perfect his work in ●●●d , and make it likewise at last a quiet Habitation for his People , and establish the power and purity of ●●●el there . The consideration whereof , and of the Goodness and Power of God in the late wonderful 〈◊〉 which he hath been pleased to give unto the Parliaments Forces there before Dublin ( never to be for●●●●● And the further progress God hath made in giving in Drogheda , a place of great Strength and Conse●●●●●●●efended by a considerable number of their prime Officers and Soldiers , the particulars whereof are ex●●●●●●●n the Lord Lieutenants and other Letters , lately Printed ; and since that , by striking Terror into the 〈…〉 the Enemy , so as they have yielded up or deserted many other considerable Castles and Garisons , as ●●●●●ndalk , Carlingford , the Newry , and other Places , and some other additional Victories which God hath cast in 〈…〉 not but make a deep impression on the hearts of all that fear the Lord , and provoke them to exceeding ●●●●●lness and Rejoycing . ●●on consideration of all which , the Parliament out of their deep sense of so great and ●ontinued Mercies , Have thought fit , as in duty to God , to set apart a day for publique ●nd solemn Thanksgiving to the Lord , the Author of these Mercies : And they do there●● act and Ordain , That Thursday the First of November next , be kept as a day of pub●●●●●●hanksgiving to the Lord , in all the Churches and Chappels , and places of Divine 〈◊〉 within this Commonwealth of England , Dominion of Wales , and Town of Berwick up●●●●●ed : And that the Ministers of the respective Parishes and places aforesaid , be and here●●●● are required and enjoyned to give publique notice on the Lords-day next preceding the ●●●●st of November , of the day so to be observed , to the end the People of their several Con●●●●●ons may the more generally and diligently attend the publique Exercise of Gods Wor●●●● 〈◊〉 Service , there to be dispensed upon this occasion ; At which time , that the People may 〈…〉 particularly and fully informed of this great Victory and Successes , the said Ministers 〈…〉 by required to publish and read this present Act. And for the better observation of the day , 〈…〉 ●arliament doth hereby inhibit and forbid the holding or use of all Fairs , Markets , and ser●●rks of mens ordinary Callings upon that day : And all Majors , Sheriffs , Iustices of ●●●ce , Constables and other Officers , be and are hereby enjoyned to take especial care of 〈◊〉 observance of the said day of Thanksgiving accordingly . Die Jovis , 11 Octobr. 1649. ●●●●red by the Commons assembled in Parliament , That this Act be forth with printed and published ▪ Hen : Scobell , Cleric ' Parliamenti . London , Printed by John Field for Edward Husband , Printer to the Parliament of England . 1649.