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Topic: The English Revolution

General Monck to Mr. Bridge and Mr. Brinsley - Sir William Clarke, The Clarke Papers. Selections from the Papers of William Clarke, vol. 4 [1901]

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The Clarke Papers. Selections from the Papers of William Clarke, Secretary to the Council of the Army, 1647-1649, and to General Monck and the Commanders of the Army in Scotland, 1651-1660, ed. C.H. Firth (London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1901). 4 vols.

Part of: The Clarke Papers. Selections from the Papers of William Clarke, 4 vols.

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General Monck to Mr. Bridge and Mr. Brinsley

Reverend Sir,

xxxii. f. 41.You will receive the resolution of the armie under my command by these inclosed papers, and you will also see my care and tendernesse to avoyd the effusion of bloud; but in the asserting such a glorious cause for the vindication of the priviledges of Parliament and rights of the people, I could not but appeare, not without a summons from God, my conscience, and the Countrey. And truly, Sir, I do judge our religion in danger, wee haveing brought such a reproach thereupon by our apostacy and treachery that never was such a wound given to the holy name of God. I doe looke upon the liberty of the Churches and the maintenance of a Gospell ministery as my grand motive to this worke, and recommend all to your prayers, and desire you also to make this as publick as you can to all Christian freinds; the assistance of the Saints, next to the presence of God, wee esteeme our greatest strength.

To Mr. Bridge and Mr. Brinsley.