The Acts of the General Assemblies of the Church of ScotlandChurch of Scotland. General Assembly
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The Acts of the General Assemblies of the Church of Scotland
Church of Scotland. General Assembly
Ecclesiastical law -- Scotland; Scotland -- Church history -- 17th century
from them, being now hardened and animated by the successe which God hath
for our humiliation and correction, permitted unto them: and if they shall
now get leave to secure the High-Lands for themselves, they will not onely
from thence infest the rest of this Countrey, but endeavour a diversion of
our Forces in England, from the prosecution of the ends expressed in the
Covenant of the three Kingdoms, toward which ends, as their service hath
already advantageous, so their continuance is most necessary.
The second sort of Enemies, from which our present dangers arise, are
secret Malignants and Dis-covenanters, who may be known by these and the
like Characters: Their slighting or censuring of the publick Resolutions
of this Kirk and State: Their consulting and labouring to raise Jealousies
and Divisions, to retard or hinder the execution of what is ordered by the
publick Judicatories: Their slandering of the Covenant of the three
Kingdomes and expedition into England, as not necessary for the good of
Religion, or safety of this Kingdome, or as tending to the diminution of
the Kings just power and greatnesse: Their confounding of the Kings Honour
and Authority, with the abuse and pretense thereof, and with Commissions,
Warrants, and Letters, procured from the King, by the Enemies of this
Cause and Covenant, as if we could not oppose the latter, without
encroaching upon the former: Their whetting of their tongues, to censure
and slander those whom GOD hath honoured as his chief Instruments in this
Work: Their commending, justifying, or excusing the proceedings of _James
Grahame_, sometime _Earle of Montrose_, and his Complices: Their
conversing or intercommuning by word of writ, with him, or other
excommunicate Lords, contrary to the nature of that Ordinance of Christ,
and to the old Acts of General Assemblies: Their making merry, and their
insolent carriage, at the News of any prosperous successe of the Popish
and Malignant Armies in any of these Kingdomes: Their drawing of Parties
and Factions, to the weakning of the common Union: Their spreading of
Informations, That Uniformitie in Religion, and the Presbyterial
Government, is not intended by the Parliament of England: Their
Endeavours, Informations, & Sollicitations, tending to weaken the hearts &
hands of others and to make them withold their assistance from this Work.
Let this sort of bosome Enemies, and dis-affected Persons, be well marked,
timely discovered, and carefully avoided, lest they infuse the poison of
their seducing counsels into the mindes of others: Wherein let Ministers
be faithful, and Presbyteries vigilant and unpartial, as they will answer
the contrary to GOD, and to the General Assembly, or their Commissioners.
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