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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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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.

Name: 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.
Author: Church of Scotland. General Assembly

Church of Scotland. General Assembly

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VI. The Commissioners from some Presbyteries exceeded their number,
prescribed in the act at Dundie, 1597: for the Presbyterie of
Arbroth were foure Commissioners, and foure for the Presbyterie
of Aughter-ardour: Beside these that were heard to vot, having no
commission at all, and some who had commission were rejected, and were
not enrolled, but others put in their place without commission.

VII. The pretended Bishops did practise some of the articles to be
concluded there, before the pretended Assembly, in Edinburgh, St.
Andrews, and other cathedrall Churches, by keeping festivall dayes,
kneeling at ye Communion. Thus their voices were prejudged by their
practise of these articles before condemned by the Kirk, and therefore
they should have been secluded from voicing.

VIII. In all lawfull Assemblies, the voicing should be free: But in
this pretended Assembly there were no free voicing; for the voicers
were threatned to voice _affirmativè_, under no lesse pain nor
the wrath of authoritie, imprisonment, banishment, deprivation of
ministers, and utter subversion of the state: Yea, it was plainly
professed, that neither reasoning, nor the number of voices should
carie the matter away: Which is qualified by the declaration of many
honest old reverend Brethren of the ministery now present.

IX. In all lawfull Assemblies, the grounds of proceeding were, and used
to be, the word of God, the confession of Faith, and acts of former
generall Assemblies. But in this pretended Assembly, the ground of
their proceeding in voicing was the Kings commandment only: For so the
question was stated: _Whether the five articles, in respect of his
Majesties commandement should passe in act, or not:_ As the records
of that pretended Assembly beareth, where it is declared, that for
the reverence and respect which they bear unto his Majesties Royal
commandements, they did agree to the foresaids articles.

X. Many other reasons verifying the nullitie of all these Assemblies,
were showen and proven before the Assembly, which needeth not here to
be insert.

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Act. Sess. 13. December 5. 1638.

_Against the unlawfull oathes of intrants._

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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

History

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

Church of Scotland -- History -- Sources

VI. The Commissioners from some Presbyteries exceeded their number,
prescribed in the act at Dundie, 1597: for the Presbyterie of
Arbroth were foure Commissioners, and foure for the Presbyterie
of Aughter-ardour: Beside these that were heard to vot, having no
commission at all, and some who had commission were rejected, and were
not enrolled, but others put in their place without commission.

VII. The pretended Bishops did practise some of the articles to be
concluded there, before the pretended Assembly, in Edinburgh, St.
Andrews, and other cathedrall Churches, by keeping festivall dayes,
kneeling at ye Communion. Thus their voices were prejudged by their
practise of these articles before condemned by the Kirk, and therefore
they should have been secluded from voicing.

VIII. In all lawfull Assemblies, the voicing should be free: But in
this pretended Assembly there were no free voicing; for the voicers
were threatned to voice _affirmativè_, under no lesse pain nor
the wrath of authoritie, imprisonment, banishment, deprivation of
ministers, and utter subversion of the state: Yea, it was plainly
professed, that neither reasoning, nor the number of voices should
carie the matter away: Which is qualified by the declaration of many
honest old reverend Brethren of the ministery now present.

IX. In all lawfull Assemblies, the grounds of proceeding were, and used
to be, the word of God, the confession of Faith, and acts of former
generall Assemblies. But in this pretended Assembly, the ground of
their proceeding in voicing was the Kings commandment only: For so the
question was stated: _Whether the five articles, in respect of his
Majesties commandement should passe in act, or not:_ As the records
of that pretended Assembly beareth, where it is declared, that for
the reverence and respect which they bear unto his Majesties Royal
commandements, they did agree to the foresaids articles.

X. Many other reasons verifying the nullitie of all these Assemblies,
were showen and proven before the Assembly, which needeth not here to
be insert.

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Act. Sess. 13. December 5. 1638.

_Against the unlawfull oathes of intrants._

Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.

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.

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.

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