ACTS OF PARLIAMENT AND COMMITTEE OF ESTATES In the Kingdom of SCOTLAND, Concerning the Authority and lawfulness of the said PARLIAMENT, &c.  
Together with a Declaration of the Estates of Parliament in the said Kingdom sent to their several Presbyteries.  
According to the copy printed in Edinburgh.  
Printed Anno Domini 1648. June 27.   

ACTS OF PARLIAMENT AND COMMITTEE OF ESTATES, CONCERNING The Authority and lawfulness of this PARLIAMENT, and the obedience to, and observation of the Acts and Constitutions thereof.  

At Edinburgh, 12. junii 1648.  
THE Committee of Estates, In pursuance of the trust committed to them by the Parliament, Ordains this Act and Declaration of the Estates of the 10. of Junii to be Printed and Signed by all Members of Parliament, Noblemen, Barons, Burgesses, and all other Subjects and Inhabitants of this Kingdom in manner following: And Ordains the Committees of war, and Magistrates of Burghs, to be careful to see this Act signed, and an account thereof returned, comform to the said Act ▪ whereof the tenor followeth.  

At Edinburgh, 10. of june, 1648.  
THE Estates of Parliament now convened, considering how necessary it is to establish their Union in the preservation and maintenance of the Religion, Laws, and Liberties of this Kingdom, of his Majesties Authority; and to prevent all Factions, and Contention, and Divisions which may arise in prejudice thereof from malicious suggestions, and mis-informations of their adversaries, Do hereby testify and declare their Resolution and obligation to aclowledge this present Parliament, To have been, and to be a free and lawful Parliament: Likeas, They bind and oblige themselves upon their Honors and credit, And as they desire to be, and to be holden true Lovers of their country, and of the Religion, Laws, and Liberties thereof, efauldlie and faithfully to the uttermost of their power, To join and concur with their Persons and Estates, every one according to their several Stations and callings in the maintenance of the Freedom and lawfulness of this foresaid Parliament: And in the advancement, furtherance, and assistance of the execution, obedience, and observation of the Acts and Constitutions thereof, as the most fit and necessary remedies of the by-gone and present evils and distractions of this Kirk and kingdom; And for the preservation of Religion, Laws, and Liberties thereof, and of his Majesties Authority: And have Ordained and Ordains this present Act to be subscribed by all the Members of Parliament, present and absent, Noblemen, Barons, and Burgesses, and all other Subjects and Inhabitants of this Kingdom, in their Shires, and Burghs, as they shall be directed by the Commissioners of Parliament left at Edinburgh, and to be reported to the Clerk, betwixt and the first of August next to come: With certification that such as refuse, or postpone, and delay to subscribe the same, shall be holden as Enemies, and opposites to the common Cause, consisting in the maintenance of the true Reformed Religion, and of the Laws and Liberties of this Kingdom, and his Majesties Authority. Extracted forth out of the Records of Parliament, by me Sir Alexander Gibson of Durie, Knight; Clerk of his Highnesse Rolls, Register and counsel, under my sign and subscription manual  
Alex: Gibson, clear. Regist. We underscribers do hereby declare, That we aclowledge the Justice of the Act and Declaration abovewritten, And do hereby oblige ourselves to adhere thereunto.    

A Declaration of the Estates of the Parliament of Scotland sent to their several Presbyteries.  
THE Estates of Parliament finding by the Petitions presented to them by several Synods and Presbyteries, that their present proceedings for the good of Religion, his Majesties rescue and safety, and the true peace of these Kingdoms is much misconstrued and mis-understood; They have thought fit to declare, for the satisfaction of all such as are satisfiable, that in their undertakings at this time, they shall prefer no earthly consideration to their duties for preserving Religion in Scotland, in doctrine, worship, discipline and Government as it is already established; and for endeavouring to settle it in England and Ireland according to the Covenant. And as we cannot with safety to our consciences and honour, leave and suffer our King to continue in his base imprisonment: So our undertakings for him shall be subordinate to Religion and to our duties to God. And in pursuance of these ends as we shall employ none in our Army but such as have signed the solemn league and Covenant, and such against whom there is no just cause of exception, so we shall associate with none but such as will engage themselves to be faithful to the ends of the Covenant; And our undertakings shall not be in any wise against the kingdom of England, or to break the Union betwixt the two Nations, but onely for Reformation and defence of Religion, the honour & happiness of the King and his royal Posterity, and the peace and safety of these Kingdoms, against such who have destroyed Religion, and imprisoned our King: And certainly, when they have brought their Intended confusion in England to pass, both in Church and State, we cannot hope for safety here, whatsoever their professions may now be. Therefore we are resolved to proceed in this levy in a vigorous doing of our duties, and we do expect from you and all His Majesties good Subjects a ready obedience to the Commands of the Parliament, and Committ●e of Estates in pursuance thereof. And the Estates of Parliament Remittees to the Committee of Estates, to give forth a more full Declaration of the great endeavours the Parliament hath used, and still resolves shall be used, to satisfy the desires of the Commissioners of the general Assembly, and to answer their Papers given in this day to the Parliament. And Ordains this Act to be Printed and published, and sent by the Committee of Estates to the several Presbyteries.  
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