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May it please Your Majesty , AS Religion , Liberty and Law are the dearest Concerns of mankind , so the deep sense of the extream Hazards these were exposed to , must produce suitable Returns from the Kingdom of Scotland to Your Majesty , whom in all Sincerity and Gratitude , we acknowledge to be under God , our great and seasonable Deliverer ; and we heartily Congratulat , that as God has honoured Your Majesty to be an eminent Instrument for the preservation of His Truth , so he hath Rewarded Your Undertakings with Success , in the considerable Progress which You have made in Delivering us , and in preserving to us the Protestant Religion . We return our most dutiful Thanks to Your Majesty , for Your accepting the Administration of publick Affairs , and Conveening the Estates of this Kingdom ; and we shall with all convenient Diligence , take Your gracious Letter into our ConsIderation , hoping shortly , by the blessing of God , to fall upon such Resolutions , as may be acceptable to Your Majesty , secure the Protestant Religion , and Establish the Government , Laws and Liberties of this Kingdom upon solid Foundations , most agreeable to the general Good and Inclination of the People . As to the Proposal of the Union , we doubt not Your Majesty will so Dispose that Matter , that there may be an equal readiness in the Kingdom of England to accomplish it , as one of the best means for securing the Happiness of these Nations , and setting a lasting Peace . VVe have hitherto , and still shall endeavour to avoid Animosities or Prejudice , which might disturb our Councils , that as we design the publick Good , so it may be done with the general Concurrence and Approbation of the Nation : In the mean time , we desire the continuance of Your Majesties Care and Protection towards us in all our Concerns , whereof the kind Expressions in Your gracious Letter , have given us full assurance , Signed in Name of us the Estates of this Kingdom of Scotland , by our President , May it please Your Majesty , Your Majesties most Humble , most Faithful and Obedient Servant , HAMILTON P. Edinburgh , March 23. 1689. Edinburgh , Printed in the Year , 1689.