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
Neverthelesse, we are also very sensible of the great and imminent dangers
into which this Common Cause of Religion is now brought by the growing and
spreading of most dangerous errours in _England_, to the obstructing &
hindering of the begun Reformation, as namely (beside many others)
Socinianisme, Arminianisme, Anabaptisme, Antinomianisme, Brownisme,
Erastianisme, Independency, and that which is called (by abuse of the
word) Liberty of Conscience, being indeed Liberty of Errour, Scandall,
Schisme, heresie, dishonouring God, opposing the Truth, hindering
Reformation; and seducing others; Whereunto we adde those Nullifidians, or
men of no Religion, commonly called Seekers: Yea, wee cannot but look upon
the Dangers of the true Reformed Religion in this Island, as greater now
then before; Not onely for that those very principles & fundamentals of
Faith which under Prelacy, yea, under Popery it self, were generally
received as uncontroverted, are now by the Scepticisme of many Sectaries
of this time either oppugned, or called in question; But also, because in
stead of carrying on the Reformation towards perfection, that which hath
beene already built is in part cast down, and in danger to be wholly
overthrowne through the endeavours of Sectaries to comply with many of the
Prelaticall and Malignant, and even the Popish party; and their joyning
hand in hand, and casting in their lots, and interweaving their interests
together in way of Combination, against the Covenant and Presbyteriall
Government; Yea, the unclean spirit which was cast out, is about to enter
againe with seven other spirits worse then himselfe, and so the latter end
like to be worse then the beginning.
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