s then they have yet
seen, And we abhor to entertain any other thought of you: Nay we are
confident that your Honours will seriously indeavour the prosecution of
all these ends designed in the Covenant, and the bringing these Nations
unto the neerest conjunction both in judgement and affection, especially
in these things that concern Religion, which with out all controversie, is
the readiest and surest way of attaining and securing the Peace and
Prosperity of both Kingdoms.

_Edinburgh 18 Junii 1646._

Subscribed in name of the Generall Assembly by the Moderator.

_The Assemblies Letter to the Right Honorable the Lord_ Major Aldermen,
_and_ Common-Councel _of the City of_ London.

Your late and seasonable testimony given to the Truth of the Gospel, and
your affection to the Peace of the Kingdoms, manifested in your humble
Remonstrance and Petition to the Honorable Houses of Parliament, hath so
revived the remembrance of your former Faith and Zeal, and proclaimed you
the worthy seed of so noble ancestors in that famous City, As we cannot
but acknowledge with all thankfulnesse the grace of God bestowed on you,
and stirre you up to take notice, how since you were precious in the Lords
sight, you have been ever Honurable, The Lord hath loved you, given men
for you, and people for your life: What an honour was it in the dayes of
old, when the fire of the Lord was in _Zion_, and his furnace in your
_Jerusalem_ (even in Queen _Maries_ dayes) that there were found in you
men that loved not their lives unto the death? What a glory in after time,
when Satan had his Throne and Antichrist his Seat in the midst of you,
that there were still found not a few that kept their Garments clean? But
the greatest praise of the good hand of God upon you hath been in this,
That amidst the many Mists of Errour and Heresie which have risen from the
bottomlesse pit, to bespot the face and darken the glory of the Church,
(while the Bride is a making ready for the Lamb) you have held the Trueth,
and most piously endeavoured the setling of Christ upon his Throne. We
need not remember how zealous you have been in the Cause of God, nor how
you have laid out your selves and estates in the maintenance thereof, nor
how many acknowledgements of the same you have had from the Honourable
Houses, nor how precious a remembrance will be had of you in after ages
for your selling of all to buy the Pearl of price: We only at this time do
admire, and in t