A DECLARATION FROM The Northern Counties, containing their cordiall Re­ſolution and Repreſentation touching the Parlia­ment and Army, and their proteſtation con­cerning the Kingdom of Scotland.

I Received yours this poſt, and am glad to ſee things to go on ſo well, God grant it may hold till the whole work be finiſhed, and all injuſtice brought down, that ſo Englands Common-wealth and Courts of Juſtice may now be purified from the corrupted Juſtice that hath for many yeares bin executed within her Territories; for it was the ſaying of a learned Au­thor, That thoſe Laws were most destructive to a Nation when not to every perſon put in equall ballance and exe­cution; and ſeeing that the talleſt Ceder hath juſtly ta­ſted of the fury of Almighty God againſt him without2 impartiality, let the loweſt ſhrubs hereafter dr•••〈◊〉dregs of her diſpleaſure; that ſo all thoſe who••e acted contrary to the known lawes of this Real•,〈◊〉be brought to condigne puniſhment, and ſeverely•••­ſhed with true ſentence and judgment; which〈◊〉done, and a cleer way made unto Babels utter ruin•,〈◊〉the people of England then ſing hallelujah, and proclaim•eace throughout her Confines.

And although there ſeemeth great oppoſition to the work in hand; yet we doubt not, but divine providence will bring to light, and in its due time diſcover and•••­ſtrate all the machavilian combinations, now agitating and contriving by the Spirits of Envy and Malignancy, whoſe inveterate apoſtacy, is ready to corrupt and pu­trifie divers cleer and undefiled Fountains in theſe parts, their endeavors, actions, and deſigns, tending only to the alienation of the hearts of the people from their due o­dedience to their Repreſentatives, and to inflame and in­volve this Kingdome in another bloudy and inteſtine war; and to that end, the prelatical Clergy, and the uſur­ping Royaliſt leaves no meanes unattempted, for ſtiring up the people to an engagement againſt the parliame••and army; having had ſeveral meetings in privat and o•­ſcure places, for the gathering to a head, and to raiſe the ſiege at Pontefract; but care is taken to ſuppreſſe their future meetings: and in order thereunto, the well affe­cted about Hallifax, Deeds, Bradford, Preston, Mansfield, and parts adjacent, have declared their cordial reſolu­tions to riſe as one man, for the aſſiſtance of the Nor­thern Brigade, a copy whereof followeth.

This Declaration was ſubſcribed to by many thou­ſands of the Knights, Gentry, and Comoners with­in the Counties of York and Lancaſter and ordered to be printed and publiſhed, & diſperſed through­out the ſeveral counties on this ſide Trent.

Other Letters of a later date, ſay, That the Royal par­ty begins to take their Spring-flight into Scotland, where (as it is reported) Major Gen. Maſsey i•reſident, and doth negotiate with the Eſtates at Edenburgh, for an En­gagement againſt England, having declared his reſolu­tions to joyn with them therein.

A Declaration of the Parliament of England, and a Liſt of the Names of the Councell of State, who are to governe this Nation.

FOraſmuch, as the great expectation of the people of England, is to know, what aſſurance they ſhal have, that they are not under an arbytrary power, the parl. of England now aſſembled do declare, That they are fully reſolved to keep, preſerve, and maintain the fundamentall Laws of this Nation, for and concerning the preſervation of the lives properties, and liberties of the people; and in order thereunto, have appointed a Councell of State for the Government of this Kingdom, a perfect Liſt of their Names are here inſerted verbatim.

• THe Earl of Denbigh.
• Earl of Malgrave.
• Earl of P•mbroke.
• Earl of Salisbury.
• Lord Generall Fairfax.
• Lord Grey of Wark.
• Lord Grey of Groby, Son to the Earl of Stamford.
• Lord Liſte.
• Lieut. Generall Cr•m•ell.
• Major Gen. Shippon.
• Lord chief Juſtice Rolle.
• Lord chief Juſti••St. John.
• Lord chief Baron VVild.
• Lord Preſident Bradſhaw.
• Sir Arthar Hazlerig.
• Sir VVilliam Maſsum.
• Sir Gilbert Pickering.
• Sir James Harrington.
• Sir Henry Van•, junior.
• Sir John Danvers.
• Sir VVilliam Armyn.
• Sir Henry Mildmay.
• Sir VVilliam Conſtable.
• Alderman•enington.
• Alderman VVilſon.
• Mr. VVhitl•ck Eſq.
• Mr. Scapely Eſq.
• Mr. Henningham Eſq.
• Colonel Ludlow.
• Mr. VVallop Eſq.
• Mr. Hutchinſon Eſq.
• Mr. •ond Eſq.
• Mr. Popham Eſq.
• Mr. VValton Eſq.
• Mr. Scot Eſq.
• Mr. Purefoy Eſq.
• Mr. Jones Eſq.

Which Councell of State, are to receive Inſtructi­ons from the Repreſentatives of this Kingdom, and to be impowred for the managing of affaires in England, Ire­land, and the Principality of VVales, and to act and de­termine ſuch things, as may be moſt conſiſtent to the advancement of the publike Intereſt of the Common-wealth, and the liberty, freedome, and ſafety of the peo­ple.

Divine Solitudes, and Heavenly Meditations.

Of providence, That God ſtill knoweth the hearts and deſigns of the wicked, and taketh continual notice of all their actions; and in his due time, will deliver his cho­ſen people from ſlavery, tyranny, and oppreſſion.

Of the Kingly Office, That Chriſt, who purchaſed the Church by his bloud, is appointed by God, to be the King and Head of the Church, and Prince over the peo­ple of God, that his Kingdom is not of this World, but a ſpirituall and celeſtial Kingdom, that he fulfilled the whole Law of God perfectly in all his actions, that hee fulfilled the law not only for himſelf, but for his peo­ple, their liberty and freedom; that he ſuffered extream things for us, even the moſt hardeſt uſage, that could be imagined or acted by men; that judgment ſhall bee be pronounced againſt them at the laſt day, according to their workes, and that the glory of Heaven is unſpea­kable, and in reſpect of us here upon earth, and our toſ­ſing to and fro, from one place to another, incompre­henſible.