Records of the Kirk of Scotland: containing the Acts and Proceedings of the General Assemblies from 1638 downwards, as authenticated by the clerks of assembly.Church of Scotland. General Assembly
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Records of the Kirk of Scotland: containing the Acts and Proceedings of the General Assemblies from 1638 downwards, as authenticated by the clerks of assembly.
Church of Scotland. General Assembly
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XIII. Whenever the Town of Edinburgh shall depart from the Covenant,
and petition for Our Favour, We will that you bring back the Council
and Session to it.
XIV. You shall deny no Pardons nor Acts of Council to any particular
persons that shall desire the same for their security.
XV. Some marks of Favour We may be moved to give to particular persons
that may deserve the same.
XVI. All Acts of Council that enjoyn the use of the new Service-book
are to be suspended, and to be of no force hereafter.
XVII. You shall declare Our pleasure to Our two Archbishops, (as soon
as the Country is anyway settled) that it is Our Pleasure, that every
Bishop shall live within his own Diocess, except upon his own urgent
occasions, or that he be commanded from Us, or the Council, to attend
there for Our Service, which I intend as seldom as may be.
XVIII. You shall refuse Complaints against no man in particular,
whether Officers of State, Councellours, or Bishops, so that it be
against their Persons and not their Places.
XIX. All those Ministers who have been displaced by the seditious
multitude, are to be (so soon as conveniently may be) repossessed
again as they were.
XX. As for silenced Ministers, you may connive at their Preaching, if
you find it may tend to the quieting of the Country.
XXI. For the Organs in the Abby-Church, We leave them to your
discretion when to be used, and to advertise Me of your opinion.
XXII. You are to cause insert 6 weeks in Our Declaration for the
delivery up of the Covenant, and if you find cause, less.
XXIII. You shall declare, that if there be not sufficient Strength
within the Kingdom to force the refractory to Obedience, Power shall
come from England, and that My Self will come in Person with them,
being resolved to hazard My Life rather than to suffer Authority to be
contemned.
XXIV. If you shall find cause, you are to raise a Guard of 200 or more,
to attend Our Council.
XXV. You may treat with the Earl of Marr for the keeping of our Castles
of Edinburgh and Sterlin, and for the present he must be charged with
their safe Custody.
XXVI. You shall take seriously into consideration the Copper-coyn, and
declare Our willingness to remedy the Evils that have risen thereby; or
what else the Subjects may justly complain of.
XXVII. You may declare, that as We never intended to assume the
Nominating the Provost of Our Town of Edinburgh, so We mean not by Our
too frequent Letters to hinder the free Election of their own Officers.
XXVIII. You may likewise declare, (if you find cause) that as We never
did, so by Gods Grace We never will stop the course of Justice by any
private directions of Ours; but will leave Our Lords of Session, and
other Judges, to administer Justice, as they will be answerable to God
and Us.
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