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TVesday being the 22 d. of this Instant January , and the time appointed for the Meeting of the Convention , the Members , accordingly Elected , met at the Parliament-House at Westminster ; Where , after the usual Customs and Ceremonies of the House were over , the Members accordingly took their places ; and Mr. Powle being chosen Speaker , made this small Harrangue to the House . Gentlemen , The Distracted conditions of these Kingdoms , being now left without a Head or King , requires a speedy and double Care from the Representatives in this House : And since there are few here but must of necessity know the Calamities that attend a large and populous Nation , under no certain form of Government , The great Enormities , as Rapes , Murthers , Robberies , Devastations , and Private Pillages , that are very usual and common in such Cases ; every Man 's private Interest , besides the care of his Native Country , ( a Duty Incumbent upon you all ) must be sufficient Motives . But one thing I am Commanded ( by His Highness the Prince of Orange ) to put you in mind of , viz. The present Condition of the Protestants in Ireland , who are now in a deplorable Condition , so vast an Army of Papists being in actual Arms in that Kingdom , and all Sworn Sacramentally Enemies , not only to the Protestant Religion , but also to the Crown of England , that unless some speedy Care be taken for their Relief , they will not only undergo a general Massacre , but also that Kingdom will be Inevitably lost to this Crown . I am also commanded to put you in mind of the Growth of France , and the aspiring Hopes of their Turbulent Monarch , who , we know , is not only an Enemy to the Protestant Religion , but also a Sworn Foe to the Crown of England : We therefore ought to be in such a condition , not only to Defend our selves against the utmost of his Force , but also be able to give him so Powerful a Diversion in his own Country , that our former Conquests in France may be remembered , and the Provinces formerly belonging to the Crown of England recover'd . This Speech was received with a general satisfaction of the House ; and a Worthy Gentleman of the same , made this Reply . Mr. Speaker , We cannot be sufficiently Thankful to Almigh●y God , whose Providence , Per varias casus , per tot discrimina Rerum , has brought us all to this Place , and once more put us in a condition of shaking off the Tyrannick Yoke of Romes insufferable Bondage under which we began to Groan ; and to which we had been perpetual Slaves , ( a miserable condition for English-Men ) had not the speedy Succours of His Royal Highness the Prince of Orange come just in the Nick and prevented it ; and , indeed , in a small time Confounded the tedious Toyls , and incessant Labor of the Papal Chair and its Adherents . And as for the Condition and State of Ireland , and Growth of the French Monarch , I hope we shall take that Care , that we may be in a Capacity of keeping our Own , and stop the Progress●●●●●d Grandeur of our Enemy the French King. But the first thing we must conclude on , is , A suitable Return to His Royal Highness the Prince of Orange , for the great Care and Hazzard he has undergone for our Preservation , and other Things will follow in course . This being the general Opinion of the House , a Committee was chosen out to present the Thanks of the House to the Prince , and so ended the business of that Day . His Highness the Prince of Orange His Letter to the Lords Spiritual and Temporal Assembled at Westminster in this present Convention , January 22d . 1688. My Lords , I Have endeavoured , to the utmost of my Power , to perform what was desired from me , in order to the Publick Peace and safety ; and I do not know that any thing hath been omitted which might tend to the Preservation of them , since the Administration of Affairs was put into my Hands : It now lieth upon you to lay the Foundations of a firm security for your Religion , your Laws , and your Liberties . I do not doubt , but that by such a Full and Free Representative of the Nation , as is now met , the Ends of my Declaration will be attained : And since it hath pleased God Hitherto to bless my good Intentions with so great Success , I trust in him , that he will compleat his own Work , by sending a Spirit of Peace and Union to influence your Councils , that no interruption may be given to an happy and lasting Settlement . The Dangerous Condition of the Protestant Interest in Ireland , requiring a large and speedy Succour , and the Present State of Things abroad , oblige me to tell you , That next to the Danger of unseasonable Divisions amongst your selves , Nothing can be so Fatal as too great Delay in your Consultations : The States , by whom I have been enabled to rescue this Nation , may suddenly feel the ill Effects of it , both by being too long deprived of the Service of their Troops , which are now here , and of your early Assistance against a Powerful Enemy , who hath declared War against them : And as England is by Treaty already engaged to help them upon any such Exigencies , so I am confident that their chearful Concurrence to preserve this Kingdom with so much Hazard to themselves , will meet with all the Returns of Friendship and Assistance , which may be expected from you , as Protestants and Englishmen , when ever their Condition shall require it . Given at St. Jame's this 22 d day of January , 1688. Will. H. P. d' Orange To the Lords Spiritual and Temporal , assembled at Westminster in this present Convention . An ORDER of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal and Commons , Assembled at Westminster in this Present Convention , for a Publick Thanksgiving . ORDERED , By the Lords Spiritual and Temporal , and Commons , That Thursday the 31 of January Instant , be and is hereby appointed for the City of London and Ten Miles distance , for a Day of Publick Thanksgiving to Almighty God , for having made his Highness the Prince of Orange , the Glorious Instrument of the Great Deliverance of this Kingdom from Popery and Arbitrary Power . And that Thursday the Fourteenth Day of February next , be and is hereby Appointed for a Publick Thanksgiving throughout the whole Kingdom for the same . LONDON Printed for W. D. 1688.