ue, and (if possible) more frequently and fervently ascend to
your God, and our God, not only for removall of outward pressures, and the
visitation of the sword, that hath already learned to eat much of our
flesh, but also for the special assistance and protection of the Father of
lights, in this great Work unto which we are now called, and wherein we
already finde many and potent adversaries: that seeing the plummet is now
in the hands of our _Zerubbabels_, all mountaines may become plains, and
they may bring forth _the capstone of the Lords House with shoutings,
crying, Grace, grace unto it_: and that how weak and contemptible builders
soever we be, the Lord would enable us to build with them, that none may
have cause to despise the day of our small beginnings, nor to stop our
progresse in the work which he hath given us to do, And as for us, who
cannot but take notice of the extraordinary employments unto which you are
called in your great Assembly, now also sitting: God forbid that we should
sin against the Lord, in ceasing to pray for you, that the Lord may enable
you to be wise masterbuilders, preserve your peace alwayes by all means,
and make you stedfast, unmoveable, alwayes abounding in the work of the
Lord, to the praise of the glory of his grace, and to the further benefit
and comfort of the whole Church of God, but more especially of this our
afflicted Ark, now wafted into the midst of a sea of miseries, and tossed
with tempests, untill our wise and gracious God, by the furtherance of
your prayers and brotherly endeavours, shall cause it to rest upon the
mountains of _Ararat_, which may take away our fears, as well as put an
end to our present sufferings and give you to rejoyce with us, that now
mourn for us.

_Westminster, August 4. 1643._

_Subscribed by your most loving Brethren, highly prisyng the graces of God
in you, and that are your Servants for Jesus sake, in the name of the
whole Assembly._

_William Tuisse_, Prelocutor.
_John White_, Assessor.
_Cornelius Burges_, Scribe of the Assembly.
_Henry Roborough_, Scribe of the Assembly.
_Adonirum Byfield_, Scribe of the Assembly.

_The Result of the Debates and Consultations of the Committees of the
Convention of Estates and General Assembly, appointed to meet with the
Commissioners of the Parliament of England._

_August_ 17. 1643.

The Committees of the Convention of Estates of Scotland, and of the
General Assembly, being appointed to meet