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COLLECTION 
 
 O F T H E 
 
 LAWS 
 
 In favours of the 
 
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 Reformation in Scotland, 
 
 In Three PARTS. 
 
 Part I. Containing the principal Acts and Statutes made by the 
 Parliaments of Scotland, in favours of the true Religion, be- 
 twixt our Reformation from Popery (1560.) and the Year 1640. 
 With An Abridgment of the other Laws rcfpecling Religion, 
 made during that Period. 
 
 Part II. Containing an exacl Collection of the Laws made in fa- 
 vours of the Church and Religion in Scotland, betwixt the 
 Years 1640 and .1650. to which are fub joined Three Acts of the 
 Parliament 1661. refcinding the fame. 
 
 Part III. Containing the principal Ads and Statutes made by the 
 Parliaments of Scotland, in favours of the true Proteftant Reli- 
 gion and Presbyterial Church-Government, from the Revolu- 
 tion (1690.) to the incorporating Union with England (1707.) 
 With An Abridgment of the other Laws rcfpecling Religion, 
 from the Reftoration (1660.) to the prefent Time. 
 
 To all which is fubjoinei 
 
 <An INDEX of the principal Contents of thefe Colleftioi^ - 
 
 The Whole making up 
 
 A genuine Hiftory of the legal Eftablifhment of Relifion in 
 Scotland, from the Reformation (15- 60.) to the 
 Year 1749. and wherein Care is taken ro diftinguilh tl 
 Laws which were refcinded, from the Laws that wete ne- 
 vtr declared to be Co. 
 
 EDINBURGH, 
 
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 b&th, and by the 
 

A 
 
 COLLECTION 
 
 Of the principal 
 
 ACTS and S TATUTES 
 
 Made by the 
 
 PARLIAMENTS 
 
 O F 
 
 SCOTLAND 
 
 In favoifrs of the 
 
 TRUE RELIGION, 
 
 BETWIXT 
 
 The Time of our Reformation from Topery 
 (1560.) and the Year 1640. 
 
 WITH 
 
 An Abridgment of the other Laws refpetf ing 
 Religion, made during that Period. 
 
 EDINBURGH, 
 
 Printed by W. Cheyne, (by Allowance of his Majerty's 
 Printer) for Andrew Stevenson Writer, and fold by him, 
 at his Houfe, South-Side of the Tolbooth, and by the iiool^ 
 fellers in Town and Country. MDCCXL1X. 
 

 
C v ] 
 THE 
 
 PUBLISHER 
 
 T O T H E 
 
 READER. 
 
 DURING the Period now before us there were 
 Twenty feven Parliaments; three whereof wera 
 holden by Q. Mary, Twenty three of them by 
 K. Ja. VI. and his Regents and Commiifioiu 
 and the only Parliament of K. Charles I. (not rekindtd) 
 was holden by himfeli in Perfon. 
 
 For preventing fuch of you as have not Acccfs to be bet- 
 tcr informed, from being furprifed at the flow Progrefs, fre- 
 quent Interruption, and at length overturning of the Scrtle- 
 ment of Religion in this Period, it is informed, That ahho\ 
 according to the Claim of Right, this Nation was refori 
 from Popery by Presbyters j and tho' the great Mr. i 
 and our other Reformers, did as much as could be expected 
 of Men in their Circumftances; particularly, though the ( 
 fcflion of Faith was ratified in Parliament, and the firfl } 
 of Difcipline, which contains the Eflcntials of Presbytery, 
 was agreed on by the Miniflcrs, and fubferibed by a | 
 Part of the Privy-jCouncil, both in the 15-60. moreover, tho* 
 the fecond Book of Difcipline, u herein tl c Form of Pre 
 terial Government and Difcipline is more diltinclly laid d 
 was approven and regiftrate by the < anu* 
 
 1 58 1. and appointed to be (ubfcribed by all the Minifrc: 
 this Church anno 15*90. and, in like Manner, tl 
 tional Covenant was fubferibed by the King 
 in the Year 1^80. and by Perlboi of all ; >8i. 
 
 and again by all Ranks of Pcrfons in the Year ijyo. 
 
 the 
 
L V1 J 
 
 though frequent Applications were made by the General-Af- 
 fembly, to the Parliament, for * formal and explicit Ratifica- 
 tion of Prtsbyterial Church-Government and Difcipline; 
 Yet, as the King himfelf, and a confidcrable Part ofthe No- 
 bility, were at Bottom difaffecled to the Striftnefs (or, as 
 it was reckoned, the Rigour) of Presbyterial Difcipline, 
 no more was obtained for the Church, than a general Ratifi- 
 cation of her Freedom, Liberty, and Juriidiclion, until 
 the Year 1592. and a format Settlement of Presbytery was 
 fcarce fooner obtained, than Efforts were making to under- 
 mine, fubvert,.and overthrow the feme : For King James, 
 having fucceeded to the Crown of England anno 1600. and 
 finding it a fit Method of ingratiating himfelf to the Englijh t 
 he never refted until he got Presbytery overthrown, and 
 Prelacy eftablilhed in its Place, in Scotland ; and in thefe Steps 
 did his Son King Charles, who fucceeded to him anno 1625. 
 tread with Succefs, until the memorable Year 1638. 
 
 Altho' the Order obferved by fuch as havereprinted*Partof 
 the following Acts, hath prevailed with us, after their Exam- 
 ple, to prefix a Date to each Act, thofe Dates, tho' correfpon- 
 ding with the Down fitting of the refpective Parliaments, can- 
 not be depended on as the precife Dates of drawing up thefc 
 Afts. 
 
 It remains only to be noticed here, that the Acls faid to 
 fee given at Length, in the following Collection, are full, ge- 
 nuine, and true, having been taken from and compared with 
 the well known printed Acts whereof they bear the Titles ; 
 and that the Abridgments, therewith infert, do agree with 
 the Abridgments made by Glendock and Sir James Stewart. 
 
 A COL- 
 
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 A 
 
 COLLECTION 
 
 Of the principal 
 
 ACTS and STATUTES 
 
 Made by the 
 
 PARLIAMENTS of SCOTLAND 
 
 In favours of the 
 
 TRUE RELIGION, 
 
 BETWIXT 
 
 The Time of our Reformation from Popery 
 (1560.) and the Year 1640. 
 
 JAMES VI. Pari. I. Cap. 2. 
 I. Anent the olol'tjhing of the Pape and his ufurped Authority. 
 
 At Edinburgh, December ij. 15-67. 
 
 ITEM, Our Soveraine Lord, with Advife of his deareft Re- 
 gent, and three Eftaitcs of this prcfent Parliament, ra 
 and apprevis the Aft underwritten maid in the Parliament I 
 din at Edinburgh the 24th Day of Augujl, the Zeir of God One 
 thoufand five hundred and fixty Zeircs. And of new, in this 
 prefent Parliament, ftatutis and ordainis the faid Acl I 
 ane perpetual Law, to all our Soveraine L01 M in all 
 
 Times cumming. Of the quhilk the Tenoar toll 
 
8 Topes Authority 'aholrjhed. 
 
 The three Eftaites underftanding that the Jurifdiction and Au- 
 thorise of the Bifchop of Rome, called The Pape y ufed within 
 this Realme in Times bypaft, hes not onely bene contumeli- 
 ous to the eternal God, but alfo very hurtfull and prejudici- 
 all to our Soveraine's Authorise and commoun Weill of this 
 Realme: THEIRFOIR it is ftatute and ordained, that the 
 Bifchop of Rome, called The Pape, have na Jurifdiclioun nor 
 Authoritie within this Realme, in ony Time cumming. And 
 that nane of our faid Soveraine's Subjects, in ony Times heir- 
 after, fute or defire Title nor Richt of the faid Bifchop of 
 Rome, or his Seel, to ony Thing within this Realme, under 
 the Paines of Barratrie, that is to fay, Profcription, Banifli- 
 ment, and never to bruike Honour, Office, nor Dignitie with- 
 in this Realme. And the Contraveners heirof to be called 
 before the Juftice, or his Deputes, or before the Lords of the 
 SefTion, and'punifched theirfoir conform to the Laws of this 
 Realme. And the Furnifchers of them, with Finance of 
 Money, and Purchafers of their Title of Right, or Maintain- 
 ed or Defenders of them, fall incurr the famen Paines. And 
 that na Bifchop. nor uther Prelat of this Realme, nfe ony 
 Jurifdiflion in Time cumming, be the faid Bifchop of Rome's 
 Authoritie, under the Paine foirfaid. And therefore of newe 
 decernis and ordainis the Contraveners of the famin, in ony 
 Time heirafter, to be purjmed according to the Paines in 
 the forefaid Act above rehearfed. 
 
 JAMES VI. Pari. i. Cap. 3. 
 
 II. Anent the annulling of the Aclcs of Parliament made again/1 ' 
 Cod his Word) and Maintenance of Idolatry in ony Times bypaft* 
 
 At Edinburgh, December 15. 15*67. 
 
 ITEM, Our Soveraine Lord, with Advife of his dearefl 
 Regent, and three Eftaites of this prefent Parliament, 
 ratifyis and appricvis the Acl underwritten, made in the Par- 
 liament haldin at Edinburgh, the Twenty fourth Day of ■ 
 Auguf}, the Zeir of God Anc thoufand five huudreth thrce- 
 fcore Zeires. And of new, in this prefent Parliament, fta- 
 tutis and ordainis the faid Aft to be as a perpetual Law to 
 all our Soveraine Lordis Liegis in all Times cumming. Of 
 
 the 
 
Heads of the ^Confejfion of Faith. 9 
 
 the quhilk the Tenour followis. The quhilk Day, For- 
 fameikleas there hes beene diverfe and findrie A<5b of Par- 
 liament, made in King James I, II, III, IV, and V,'s 
 Times, Kinges of Scotland for the Time, and als in our 
 Soveraine Ladies Tyme, not agreing with God's haly Word, 
 and be them diverfe Perfones tuke Occafion to mainraine Ido- 
 latrie and Superftition within the Kirk of God, and re- 
 preding of fik Perfones as were ProfefTours of the faid 
 Word, quhairthrow divers Innocents did fuffer. And fox 
 efchcwing of fik Inconvenientes in Time dimming, the 
 three Eftaites of Parliament hes annulled and declared all 
 iik Ac*ls made in Times bypaft, not agreing with God his 
 Word, and now contrary to the Confeffion of Faith, ac- 
 cording to the faid Word, publifhed in this Parliament, r j> 
 be of nane Availe, Force, nor EfTccl:. And deccrnis the 
 faid Acls, and every ane of them, to have na Effect nor 
 Strength in Time to cum, bot the famin to be abolilhed 
 and extinguifhed for ever, in fa far as any of the foirfaidis 
 Acts are repugnant and contrary to the Confcflion of Faith, 
 and Word of God foirfaid, ratify ed and approved be the 
 Eftaites in this prcfent Parliament. And theref/ir deccrnis 
 and ordainis the Contraveners of the famin Act, in ony 
 Time hereafter, to be punifched according to the Laws. 
 Of the quhilk Confeffion of the Faith the Tenour follow! 
 
 B MES 
 
 ' Here followed the Confcflion of Faith, with Scripture Citations, whereof 
 the following is the Title, Pleads, and Ratihcat 
 Faith, and Doctrine of the Protefhnts of Scotland, author] 1 
 or Parliament as a Doftrine founded on the mftllihlr NX ! 
 
 i How : 1 . Qf Q 
 3. Of original Sin. 4. Of the Revelation of the I 1 
 
 ice, Increafe, and I'lcfcrvati-jn of the Kirk. 6. Of the Im 
 Chritt Jcfus. 7. Why it behoved the M 
 Man. 8. r.lcction. y. Chrift'l Death, I 
 Faith in the 
 good Works. 1 4. What Works are repute! 
 Perfection of the Law, and h 
 Jmn 
 
 ccrncd bom the faUe, 
 thority of the S 
 rity, and c 
 
10 The Meffe abolifietl 
 
 JAMES VI. Pari. i. Cap. j. 
 
 III. Anenl the Meffe abolifad, and puni/hing of all that hearts 
 
 or fiijis the famin. 
 
 At Edinburgh, December 15. 1567. 
 
 ITEM, Our Soveraine Lord, with Adviie of his dearefl 
 Regent, and the three Eftaits of this prefent Parliament, 
 ratifyis and appreives the Act underwritten, maid in the 
 Parliament halden at Edinburgh, the 23d Day of Augujl the 
 Zeir 1560 Zeires. And of new, in this prefent Parliament, 
 ftatutis and ordainis the faid Act to be as an pevpetuall Law, 
 to all our Soveraine Lords Lieges in all Times to cum. 
 Of the quhilk the Tenour followes. The quhilk Day, For- 
 fameikleas Almichty God, be his maift new and blclTed 
 "Word, hes declared the Reverence and Honour quhilk fuld 
 be given unto him ; and, be his Sonne Jefus Chrift, hes de- 
 clared the trew Ufe of the Sacraments, willing the fame to 
 be ufed according to his Will and Word. Be quhilk it 
 is notour, and perfitelie knawen, that the Sacramentes of 
 Baptifme, and of the Body and Blood of Jefus Chrift, hes 
 bene in all Times bvpaft corrupted be the Papiftical Kirk, 
 and be their ufurped Minifters. And prefentlie, notwith- 
 ftanding the Reformation alreadie made, according to God's 
 "Word : Zit there is fum of the faid Papift Kirk, that ftub- 
 burnely perfeveris in their wicked Idolatrie, fayand Meffe, 
 and baptizand conforme to the Papift Kirk, prophanand 
 therethrow the Sacraments foirfaids in quiet and fecrete 
 Places, therethrow nouther regardand God nor his Word. 
 Therefoire it is ftatute and ordained, in this prefent Par- 
 liament, That na Maner of Perfoun or Perfounis, in onie 
 Time cumming, administrate ony c^t the Sacraments foir- 
 faids fecretl), or ony uther Maner of Way, but they that 
 arc admitted, and havand Power to that Effect. And that 
 Da Maner of Perfoun nor Perfounis fay MeJfe, nor zit hear 
 IMeffe, nor be prefent theirat s under the Paine of Confifca- 
 tioun of all their Gudis movabill and unmovabill, and pu- 
 plftiirig of their Bodyes at the DHlretioun of the Magiftrat 
 with "hi quhais J-urifdictioun fik Perfounis happinnis to be 
 apprehended, for the firiT Fault ; Banilhfrtent of the Realme 
 for the fecond Fault ; and juilifying to the Death for the 
 
 thrid 
 
j. uc K^tji unuivjii-vjuiu. II 
 
 thrid Fault. And ordainis all SchirefFes, Stewards, Bail- 
 lies, and their Deputes, Provcftes, and Bafflies of Burrowes, 
 and uthers Judge: quhatfumever, within thic Rcalme, to take 
 diligent Sute and Inquifitioun, Within their Bounds, quhair 
 ony fick ufurped Miniflerie is ufi ^ n C> or they 
 
 that beis prefent at the doing thereof ratif\ and and ap- 
 proovand the famin, take and apprehend them, to the Ef- 
 fect that the Paines above written may be execute upon them. 
 And therefore of new decernis and ordaines the Gontr 
 neris of the famin, in ony Tyme heirafrer, to be puniihed 
 according to the Paines of the aforefaid Acle above rchearied. 
 
 JAMES VI. Pari. i. Cap. 3. 
 IV. Anent the King is Aith t 
 
 At Edinburgh, December If* if 67* 
 
 ITEM, Bccaufe that the tew, and fup- 
 
 prefling of Idolatrie, craves that I 
 People be of ane perfite K quhilk of God's Mer- 
 
 est is now perfectly pro felted within this Rcalme : T: 
 fore it is ftatute and ordained be our Soveraine Lcrd, my 
 Lord Regent, and the three Eltaires of this prefent Pa 
 ment, That all Kinges and Pr:r, -arcs wha 
 
 ever, balding their Place, quhilkis hereafter in ony Time 
 fall happen to reign? and bcare Rule over this Rcalme, at 
 the Time of their Cbronatioun, and Reed 
 ly Authoritie, make their faithfull Promife be Aith. in i 
 fence of the Etcrnall God, 1 oi^e 
 
 of their Lives, they fall ferve the fi 
 the uttermoft of their Power, according as he 
 in his maid haly W 
 New .And, 
 
 ;de, fall mainteine the trcw 1 
 fus, the preaching of his halic Word, *• 
 Miniftration of the Sacraments 
 within this Rcalme j a 
 Rcligioun com imin ; an 
 
 committed to theii 
 Command of God revetted in ' 
 cording to th< 
 
12 The Coronation-Oath, 8cc. 
 
 this Real me, nawife repugnant to the faid Word of the 
 Eternall God. And fall procure, to the uttermaifl of their 
 Power, to the Kirk of God, and haill Chriftian Peopill, 
 trew and perflte Peace in all Time cumming. The Richtis 
 and Rentis, with all juft Priviledges of the Crowne of 
 Scotland, to preferve and keip inviolated, nouther fall they 
 transfer nor alienate the famin. They fall forbid and re- 
 prefle, in all Eitaites and Degries, Reife, Oppreflion, and 
 all Kind of Wrang. In all Judgementes they fall com- 
 mand and procure that Juftice and Equitie be keiped to 
 all Creatures, without Exception, as the Lord and Father 
 of all Mercyis be mercifull to them. And, out of their 
 Landes and Empire, they fall be carefull to rute out all He- 
 retikes, and Enimics to the trew Worihip of God, that fall 
 be convict be the trew Kirk of God of the foirfaidis Crymes. 
 And that they fall faith fullie affirme the Things abovewrit- 
 ten be their folemne Aith. 
 
 JAMES VI. Pari. i. Cap. p. 
 
 V. Na Per/on may be Julge, Procurator, Notar, nor Member of 
 Court, quia profejjis not the Religion. 
 
 At Edinburgh, December 15. T567. 
 
 ITEM, The Kingis Grace, with Advife of my Lord Re- 
 gent, and the three Eilaites of this prefent Parliament, 
 flatutes andordainis, That na Maner ofPerfbn or Perfons be 
 received in onv Times heirafter, to bear publike Office re- 
 movabili of Judgement, within this Rcalme, bot fik as pro- 
 feffis the Puritie of Religion and Doclrine now prefentlic 
 eftabiiflied. And that nane be permitted to procure, nor 
 admitted Notar, or created a Member of Court in ony Time 
 cumming without he in like wife profefle the Evangel and 
 Religion foirfaid. Providing always, that this Aft be on 
 na wife extended to ony Maner of Perfon or Perfones 
 havand their Offices heritablie or in Liferent, but "that they 
 tnay ufe the famin conforme to their In felt men ts and Difpo- 
 fitions granted to them thereof. 
 
 JAMES 
 
Liberty of the true Kirk ratified, 8cc. 13 
 
 JAMES VI. Pari. 2. Cap. 35:. 
 
 VI. Ratification of the Freedoms and Liber tie of the trew Kirk 
 cf Cod. 
 
 At Strivling, Augufi 28. 15-71- 
 
 ITEM, Our Soveraine Lord, with Advife and Content cf 
 his (kid Regent, the three Eftaites, and haill Bodi 
 this prefent Parliament, hes ratified, and be this prefcnt Aftc 
 ratifies and appreves all and quhatfumcver Acles and S 
 tutes, made ot bef'oir, be our Soveraine Lord, or his Pre 
 ceflbures, anent the Frcedome and Libertie of the trew 
 Kirk of God, and Religion now publicklie profiled u i 
 in this Realme. 
 
 JAMES VI. Pari. 3. Cap. 47. 
 
 VII. Adv erf cries cf the treiv Religion ar not Suljefls to the 
 King. Of Apofiates. 
 
 At Edinburgh, January 16. 157 2. 
 
 ITEM, Forfameikleas there hes bene great Rebellion and 
 Diibbedience againfi our Soveraine Lordis Authorise in 
 Time bypaft, and feeing the Caufe of Godis true Religi 
 and his Hicneffe Authoritie foirfaid, ar fa joyned, as the 
 Hurt of the ane is common to baith : It is thcirfoir de- 
 red, ftatute, and ordained be our Soveraii 
 vile and Confent of his Rcgentis Grace, with the true; 
 ftaites, and haill Bodie of this prefent Parliament, That 1 
 fall be repute as loyall and fVithfull Subjects to our 
 Soveraine Lord, or his Authoritie, bot be puniihabi' 
 be I lares, and CJa'ncftanderes of the fimin, quhilk 
 give their Confeflion, and make their Pro! 
 trew Religion *'. And that all fik as malf 
 and zit hes maid Dcfcclion fra the:: 
 aucht to our Soveraine Lord, fall be admonifhed be the 
 flours and Minilters of the Kirk, to acku 
 J'cnfe, and returnc to their dcwtiiull Ol 
 
 £0 into 1 a ' 
 
 tliL . 
 
14 Juwerty of the true Kirk ratified^ &c. 
 
 they failzie therein, to be excommunicate and fecluded from 
 the Societie of the Kirk, as rebellious and corrupt Members, 
 beiuixt and the firlf. Day of Junij nixt to cum. And that 
 alwaies, befoir iik Perfounes as hes maid Defection be re- 
 ceived to our Soveraine Lordis Mercie and Favour, they fall 
 give the Confeffion of their Faith ©f new, and promife to 
 continew in the Confeffion of the trewe Religion in Time 
 cumming, mainteine our Soveraine Lordis Authoritie ; and 
 that they (all, at the uttermaift of their Power, fortifie, af* 
 fid and mainteine the trew Preachoures and Profeflburs of 
 Chrifts Religion, againft quhatfumever Enimies and Gaine- 
 ftaoderes of the famin : And namelie, againft all fik, of 
 quhatfumever Nation, Eftaite, or Degree they be of, that 
 lies joyned and bund themfelvcs, or hes affifted, or affifts to 
 fet forward and execute the crucli Decreittes of the Councell 
 of Trent, (quhilk maift injuriouflie is called, be the Adverfa- 
 ries of Godis Truth, The Haly League) contrarie to the 
 Preachours and trew Profeflburs of the Word of God. 
 
 JAMES VI. Pari. 5. Cap. 61. 
 
 VIII. The Ratification of the Libertie of the trew Kirk of Cod 
 and Religion. 
 
 A t Stirling, July 25. 1 5* 7 8 . 
 kUR Soveraine Lord, with. Advife of his three Eftaites 
 _ ' of this prefent Parliament, has ratified and appreved, 
 and be the Tenour heirof ratines and apprevis all and quhat- 
 fumever AS:* of Parliament, Statutes and Conftitutions, paft 
 and maid of befoir, agreeable to Godis Word, for Mainten- 
 ance of the Libertie of the trew Kirk of God, and Religion, 
 now prefentRc profeffed within this Realm, and Puritie there- 
 of : And decernis and declaris the famin to have the Effect 
 in all Points, after the Form and Tenour theirof. 
 
 JAMES VI. Pari. 6. Cap. 68. 
 
 IX. Anent the trew and haly Kirk, and then that are declared 
 not to he of the famin. 
 
 At Edinburgh, QCiober 20. 1579. 
 UR Soveraine Lord, with .Advife and Confent of his 
 three EftaitcSj and haill Bodie of this prefent Parliament, 
 
 ratifies 
 
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Who are the true Kirk. 15 
 
 ratifies and apprevis all and quhatfumever Aeles and Statutes 
 maid of befoir be his Hienes, with Advife of his Regentis ia 
 his awin Reigne, or his PredecefTbures, anent the Libertie 
 and Freedome of the trew Kirk of God, and Religion now 
 prefentlie profeffed within this Realme. And fpecially ra- 
 tify is and apprevis the fext Acl of his Hienefs Parl'ian. 
 haldin the firft Zeir of his Majefty's Reign, intitulat, A 
 the trew and halie Kirk, ana of them that are declare J 
 cf the famin. Ordaining the fame to be heir infert of new, 
 (becaufe of fum Defection and Informality of Words in De- 
 fault of the Prenter) in this Forme : Our Soveraine Lord, 
 with Advife of his three Eilaites, and haill Bodie of this pre- 
 fent Parliament, hes declared, and declaris the Mioificr 
 the Drilled Evangel of Jefus Chrifl, quhame God of his M 
 cie hes now raifed up amangs us, or heirafrer fall raile, a- 
 greeing with them that now lives, in D« ctrine and Admi 
 ftration of the Sacraments-, and the Pe >pil of t! c Realme 
 that profeffis Chrift. as he is now offered in his Evangel, and 
 does communicate with the halie Sacram; : in the re- 
 
 formed Kirkes of this Realise ar pnblicklie adminiftrate) ac- 
 cording to the Confeffion < i the Faith, to be the rrcw . 
 halie Kirk of Jefus Chrift within this Kealme, and 
 and declaris, that all and findrie, quha bu1 the 
 
 "Word of the Evangel, received and apprc 
 of the Confeffion of the Faith proftiitd in Parliai 
 befoir in the Zeir of God One th 
 
 ty Zcircs : As alfwa fpecified an J * f 
 
 Parliament, maid in the fir ft i 
 particularise dois exprcile, rai 
 
 I irliament or thai the 
 
 hulie Sacran I . 
 mber* ol th 
 
 
 . 
 
1 6 jurifdiaion of the Kirk, Sec. 
 
 JAMES VI. Pari. 6. Cap. 6 9 . 
 X. Quhairin confiflis the JurifdicJion of the Kirk. 
 
 At Ed'uiburgh, Oflober 20. 15*79. 
 
 OUR Soveraine Lord, with Advifc of his three Eflaites 
 of this preient Parliament, hes declared and granted 
 Jurifdiclioun to the Kirk, qnhilk confiflis and Hands in the 
 Preaching of the trew Word of Jefus Chrift, Correction of 
 Maners, and Adminiftration of the halie Sacraments, and 
 declairis that there is na uther Face of Kirk, nor uther Face 
 of Religion, then is prefentlie be the Favour of God eltablifli- 
 cd within this Realm *, and that there be na uther Jurifdicti- 
 on Ecclefiaftical acknowledged within this Realme, uther 
 then that qnhilk is and fall be within the famin Kirk, or that 
 quhilk flows theirfra, concerning the PremiiTes. 
 
 JAMES VI. Pari. 8. Cap. 133. 
 
 XI. That Miniflers fall not be Judges , nor exerce any uther or. 
 dinar Office that may abftracl them fra their Office. 
 
 Edinburgh, May 12, 1584. 
 
 THE Kingis Majefty, and his three Eflaites aiTembled in 
 this prefent Parliament, earneftly defirous that all his 
 loving and gude Subjeeles fall be faithfullie inflriuftcd in the 
 Doctrine of their Salvation, and that the Miniflers of Godis 
 "Word and Sacraments may the better and mair diligently 
 attend upon their awin Charges and Vocation : Theirfoir 
 ftatutis and ordainis, that all the faidis Miniflers fall faith- 
 fullie await thereupon, to the Comfort and Edification of the 
 Flockes committed unto them : And that nane of them pre- 
 fenrly being in that Function, or fall be admitted theirto in 
 Time cumming, fall in ony "Waies accept, ufe, or ad- 
 ininiftrate ony Place of Judicature in quhatfumever civil or 
 criminal Caufes, nocht to be of the College of Juftice, Com- 
 rniilioners. Advocates, Court Clerk es, or Notaris, in ony 
 Matters (the making of Tellamcntes only excepted) under the 
 Pain of Deprivation fra their Benefices, Livinges, and Func- 
 tions f ; 
 
 * Taking this to he meant of the Fresbyterial Church of Scotland, then the 
 tliii Act alio, bec*ufe it admits ©f Epilcopacy 
 SQOthcr Face of Religjpn, 
 
Kirkmen Jloould not enjoy Civil Tower, &c. 17 
 
 tions f ; and gif they failzie heirin, being called, tryed, and 
 adjudged culpable be their Ordinars, or be the Kings Maje- 
 fties CommifTioners in Ecclefiaftical Caufes, they fall thea 
 tine their faidis Benefices and Livinges, and uthers qualified 
 Perfons fall be prefentcd and provided thereto, as gif they 
 wer naturallie dead. 
 
 JAMES VI. Pari. n. Cap. 23. 
 
 XII. Ratification of all Lawes maid anent the Liberty of tie 
 Kirk, and all uthers y in the Kingis Minoritie. 
 
 A t Edinburgh, July 29. 1 5- 8 7 . 
 
 OUR Soveraine Lord, now and after his lauchful and 
 perfite Age of Twenty ane Zeires complete, with Ad- 
 vife and Confent of his Eftaites conveened in this prefent 
 Parliament, ratifies, apprevis, and, for his Hienefs and his 
 SuccefTours, perpetuallie confirms all and quhatfumever Aftes 
 maid bee his Hienes, in the Governements of his Regentes 
 during his zoung Age, or fen the Acceptation of the Governc- 
 ment of this Realme in his awin Perfone, or be his maift no- 
 ble Progenitours, anent the Kirk of God, and Religion now 
 prefentlie profeffed, and be the Lawes eftabliihed within this 
 Realme, and that the faid Ratification be als effectual as giff 
 all the faidis Actes war heirin exprefled, named, and num- 
 bred ; and cadis, annullis, and abrogatis all Laws, Acles 
 and Statutes, canon, civil, municipal, and uthers Ordi- 
 nances quhatfumever, maid in onie Times of before, conrrair 
 or in Prejudice of the faide trew Religion and Profefiburej 
 thereof. 
 
 JAMES 
 
 f Tic Deprivation of MSnttfal from tlicir FunAior hcR fi'p- 
 
 , tent to the Chun 
 ganical, by virtue of the mtrinucJE iuv.tr commUeJ H I >.-■ 
 
 Chrift. 
 
1 8 "Presbytery eftablijhed. 
 
 JAMES VI. Pari. 12. Cap. 114. 
 
 XIII. Ratification of the Libertie of the trew Kirk : Of Ge- 
 neral! an I Synodal! Ajfemblies : Of Presbyteries : Of Difci- 
 fline. All Laws of Idolatrie ar abrogate : Of Prefent ation 
 to Benefices. 
 
 At Edinburgh, June j . 1 5 2 . 
 
 OUR Soveraine Lord, and Eftaites of this prefent Par- 
 liament, following the lovabil and gude Exemple of 
 their PredecelToures, hes ratified and appreeved, and, be the 
 Tenour of this prefent Aft, ratifies and apprevis all Liber- 
 ties, Priviledges, .Immunities, and Freedomes quhatfumever, 
 given and granted be his Hieneffe, his Regentes in his 
 Name, or onie of his PredeceiTours, to the trew and halie 
 Kirk, prefentlie eftablilhed within this Realme, and declared in 
 the firft Afte of his Hieneife Parliament, the Twentie Day 
 of October, the Zier of God Ane thoufand five hundreth 
 threefcoir ninetcne Zeires ; and all and quhatfumever Aftes 
 of Parliament, and Statutes made of befoir be his HighneiTe 
 and his Regentes, anent the Libertie and Freedome of the 
 faid Kirk : And fpeciallie the firft Afte of the Parliament 
 halden at Edinburgh the Twentie foure Daie of October, the 
 Zeir of God Ane thoufand five hundreth fourfcoir ane 
 Zeires; with the haill particular Aftes there mentioned; 
 quhilk fall be als fufficient as git the famin were here ex- 
 preffed ; and all uther Afts of Parliament maid fenfine in 
 favour of the trew Kirk : And fiklike, ratifies and ap- 
 prervis the Generall Affemblies appoynted be the faid Kirk : 
 And declaris that it fall be lauchfull^ to the Kirk and Mi- 
 niiters. everie Zeir at the lead and oftner fro re nata, as 
 Occafion and Neccffitie fall require, to hald and keepe Ge- 
 nerall Aflemblies : Providing tha' the Kings Majeftie, or 
 his Commiflioners, with them to be appoynted be his Hie- 
 neife, be prefent at ilk Generall AlTemblie, before the dif- 
 folving thereof, nominate and appoynt Time and Place quhen 
 and qubair the nixt Generall Aifemblie fall be halden : And 
 in cafe naither his Majeftie nor his faid Commiffioners beis 
 prefent for the Time in that Toun quhair the faid Ge- 
 neral! 
 
Presbytery eftablified. 1 9 
 
 nerall AfTemblie beis halden* ; then, and in that Cafe, it fall 
 be lefum to the faid Generall Affernblie, be themfelves, to no- 
 minate and appoynt Time and Place quhair the nix: Gene- 
 rall AiTemblie of the Kirk fall be keiped and halden, as they 
 have bene in ufe to do thir Times bypaft f. And als ratifies 
 and apprevis the Synodall and Provinciall Aifemblies, to 
 be halden be the faid Kirk and Minifters twife ilk Zeir, as 
 they have bene, and ar prefentlie in ufc to do, within everic 
 Province of this Realme : And ratifies and apprccvis the 
 Presbyteries and particular Seiliones appoynted be the faid 
 Kirk, with the haill Jurifdiclion and Difcipline of the famin 
 Kirk, agried upon be his Majeftie in Conference had be his 
 HienefTe with certaine of the Minifters convcencd t * that 
 Effect. Of the quhilks A. tickles the Tenour foil cm 
 MATERS to be intreated in Provincial Affemblies. Thir . 
 femblies ar conftitute for weichtie Maters, neceffar to be in- 
 treated be mutual Gonfent and Affiftance of Brethren with- 
 in the Province, as Ncede requiris. This AiTemblie hes 
 Power to handle, ordour, and redrefie all Tilings omittdd 
 or done amiiTe in the particular Affemblies : It hes Pon 
 to depofe the Office- Beareres of that Province, for g 
 and juft Caufe deferving Deprivation : And generaliie, thir 
 Affemblies has the haill Power of the particular Elder- 
 fchippes quhairof they ar collected. MA PERS to be in- 
 treated in the Presbyteries. The Power of the Presbyteries is 
 to give diligent Laboures in the Boundcs committed to : 
 Charge •, that the Kirkcs be kecped in glide Ordour ; to in- 
 quire diligentlie of naughtie and nngodHc I . and to 
 travel to bring them in the Way againe, bee Admonition, or 
 Threatning of Gods Judgements, or be Correction. I: 
 
 pertaincs 
 
 the Church hath an intrinfick Pout-, 
 to meet in the ( 
 highefl o> 
 
 I [cfus Chrift, the 
 leail fcem inconiiftcnt with tbi and Liberty. 
 
 f Let it be remarked, that till this Tim I 
 
 out I 
 was pre; 
 
20 ^Presbytery eftablijhed. 
 
 pertaines to the Elderfchippe *, to take heede that the 
 Word of God be purelie preached within their Boundes ; 
 the Sagramentes richtlie minirtred, the Difcipline interteined, 
 and Ecclefiaftical Guddes uncorruptlie diftributcd. It be- 
 langis to this Kinde of Aflemblies, to caufe the Ordinances 
 maid by the Aflemblies Provincialles, Nationalles, and Ge- 
 neralles, to be keeped and put in Execution, to make Gon- 
 ftitutions, quhilk concernis rhvyvxm in the Kirk, for decent 
 Ordour in the particular Kirk quhair they governe : Pro- 
 viding that they alter na Rules maid be the Provincial or Ge- 
 neral Aflemblies ; and that they make the Provincial Aflem- 
 blies forefaid privy of the Rules that they fall make ; and 
 to abolifh Gonftitutiones tending to the Hurt of the fame. 
 It hes Power to excommunicate the obftinate, formal Procefs 
 being led, and dew Interval of Times obferved. ANENT 
 particular Kirks, gif they be lauchfullie ruled, be fufficient 
 IMinifterie and Seffion, they have Power and Jurifdi&ion in 
 their owen Congregation in Maters Ecclefiaftical. And de- 
 cernis and declaris the faides AfTemblies, Presbyteries, and 
 Sefliounes, JurifdicYion and Difcipline thereof forefaid, to 
 be in all Times cumming maift juft, gude, and godlie in the 
 felfe, notwithftanding of quhatfumever Statutes, Acles, ca- 
 none, civill or municipal Lawes made in the contrare. To 
 the quhilkis, and everie ane of them, thir Prefents fall make 
 exprefle Derogation- And becaufe there ar diverfe Acles of 
 Parliament, maid in favour of the Papifticall Kirke, tend- 
 ing to the Prejudice of the Libertie of the trew Kirk of 
 God, prefentlie profefled within this Realme, Jurifdiclion 
 and Difcipline thereof, quhilk ftands zit in the Buikes of the 
 Acles of Parliament, nocht abrogated nor annulled : There- 
 fore his HieneiTe, and Eftaites forefaids, hes abrogated, cafled 
 and annulled, and bee the Tenour hereof, abrogatis, caflis and 
 annullis all Acles of Parliament, made be onie of his HieneiTe 
 Pre ieceflbures for Maintenance of Superftition and Idolatrie, 
 with all and quhatfumever Atfte, Lawes and Statutes, maid 
 at ony Time before the Daye and Dait hereof, againft the 
 
 Libertie 
 
 * By EWcrfchips, our Reformers i;nder(too<J Presbyteries \ as clearly appears 
 by looking at the Second Book of Di'cipiwe, Chap. 7. * p:idcrlchips (fay thq^ 
 ' arc commonly conftitute of Pallors, Doctors, and fuch as we connnoiil- 
 
rresbytery cjiabhjhed. 1 1 
 
 Libertie of the trew Kirk, Jurifdiflion and Difciplinc their- 
 of, as the famin is uied and exerciled within this Realme. 
 
 And in fpeciall, that Part of the A<ft of Parliament hal- 
 den at Stnviling the Fourth Day of November, the Zeir of 
 God Ane thoufand four hundreth fourtie three Zeires, com- 
 maunding Obedience to be given to Eugenius the Paipe f(/r 
 the Time : The A61e maid be King James III. in his Par- 
 liament halden at Edinburgh the Twenty four Day of Fe- 
 bruary the Zeir of God Ane thoufand four hundieth four- 
 fcoir Zeires ; and all uthcris Aftes quhairby the Paipis 
 Authoritie is eftablifhed : The Acle of King Jataes III. in 
 his Parliament held at Edinburgh the Twentie Da)e of 
 vernier, the Zeir of God Ane thoufand four hundreth three- 
 fcoir nine Zeires, anent the Satterday and uther Vigilcs to be 
 halie Days from Even-Sang to Even -Sang. 
 
 ITEM, That Pairt of the Aft, maid be the Queene Re- 
 gent in the Parliament halden at Edinburgh the full Day of 
 Februar y the Zeir of God Ane thoufand five hundreth fiftie 
 ane Zeires, giving fpeciall Licence for halding of Pajche 
 and Zule. Item, The Kingis Majeftic and Eflaitcs forc- 
 faidis declaris, That the i 29 Acle of the Parliament hal- 
 den at Edinburgh the Twentie lecond Day of Maij t the 
 Zeir of God Ane thoufand five hundreth fourfcoir four 
 Zeires*, fall nav/ife be prejudicial!, nor derogate onie Thing 
 to the Priviledge that God hes given to the Ipirituall Office- 
 Bearers in the Kirk, concerning Heads of Religion, Maters 
 of Herefie, Excommunication, Collation or Dcprivatioi 
 JViiniflers, or ony fiklikc ciitntiall Cen fours, fpctialHe 
 grounded and hxvand W'arrand of the \\ ord 1 I ( 
 
 v. Our Sovcraine Lord, and Ellaites of Pal 
 faidis, abrogatis, caflis, and annullis the AS\ of the (1 
 Parliament, halden at Edinburgh the laid Zeir Ane I 
 five hundreth fourfcoir four Zeires, grant: 
 
 and utheris Judges conftitute in Ecclefiafli 
 Caulls, to receive his HUenefle Prefcntati 
 
 I : illation tl I dour in all Cs 
 
 (licali, ijuhilk hi tie and Eilaitcs forcfaidi^ 
 
22 rresuyiery ejiavujnea. 
 
 claris to be expired in the felfe, and to be null in Time 
 dimming, and of nane Avail, Force, nor Effect. And there- 
 fore ordainis all Preientations to Benefices to be direct to the 
 particular Presbyteries in all Time cumming, with full 
 Power to give Collation thereupon, and to put Ordour to 
 •all Maters and Caufes Ecclefiafticall within their Boundes, 
 according to the Difcipline of the Kirk : Providing the fore- 
 said Presbyteries be bound and aftricled to receive and admit 
 quhatfumcver qualified Minifter prcfented be his Majeftie or 
 laick Patrones *• 
 
 * 2V. B. Patronages are exprefsly retained in the above Settlement. 
 
 A N 
 
 ABRIDGMENT 
 
 O F T H E 
 
 LAWS refpectting Religion, from the Refor- 
 mation (1560.) to the Year 1640. not con- 
 tained in the preceeding Collection. 
 
 JAMES VI. Par!, i. begun December 15. 1567. 
 
 A a VII. AJmiflion of Minifter s : Of laick Patrons. 
 
 HEREBY it is ordained, That the Examination and Ad- 
 million of Miniiters be only in the Power of the Kirk, 
 without Prejudice to the Patron?, who muft prefent a qua- 
 lified Perfon, within fix Months after they have Know- 
 ledge of the Vacancy, to the Superintendent or CommifTioner 
 ot the Kirk ; otherways the Kirk may difponc upon the Be- 
 nefice : In cafe the Patron and Superintendent differ, the Ap- 
 peal 
 
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 peal to be made to the Superintendent and Minlfters of that 
 Province, and from them to the General Alfembly *. 
 
 Aft XL The Teacher is of Zouth fold be tryed be the Vi fit or Is 
 of the Kuk. 
 
 HEREBY it is ordained That all Schools and Colleges 
 be reformed, and that none be permitted or admitted 
 to have the Cure thereof, but fuch as (hall be tryed by the 
 Superintendents or Vifitors cf the Kirk ; but now this Power 
 is committed to the Presbytery of the Bounds. 
 
 A:7 XIII. Anent the fit hie Vice of Fornication, and Puni foment 
 of the famiiu 
 
 HEREBY it is ordained, That Fornicators, as well the 
 Man as Woman, to pay for the firll Fault 40 L. for 
 the fecond 100 Mcrks ; for the third 100 L. or elfe to be 
 punifhed corporally as in the Aft and the faid Fines to be 
 applied ad pios ufus wit bio the Bounds, as the King dull di- 
 rect ; but thefe Pains are altered by after Afts. 
 
 Aft XIV. Anent them that commit fa Inceft. 
 
 HEREBY it is ordained, That fuch as commit Incefr, by 
 abuiing their Bodies with Perlons in D cfly 
 
 forbidden by God's Word, Leviticus Chap. 18. be puniihej 
 by Death. 
 
 Act XXXI. Anent abrogating of all ACies catrarie to the R:» 
 ligi 
 
 HERE, by an Aft made by Q. M. 19th April \$6j. 
 granting Impunit; 
 then received, g all Lawi ftgaiofi them, and 
 
 them into her Protection, is rcco. ( 
 
 . 
 
[ *4 1 
 
 JAMES VI. Pari. 3. begun January 16. 15*72. 
 
 A3 XLV. Papifles relapfe, and not Communicant es y fuld be admo- 
 ?iijhed y and they remainand objiinate ar infamous. 
 
 HEREBY it is ordained, That all fufpeft to be Papifts 
 be warned to recant, and give Confeflion of their Faith, 
 according to the approved Form, under the Pain of Excom- 
 munication ; and, if they fail, that they be excommunicate : 
 That a Roll be made and printed of the Perfons obftinate, 
 or relapfe, who mall be infamous, and incapable to fit or 
 ftand in Judgment purfue, or bear Office, or to be "Witnefs 
 or Aflizers againfl thofe of the true Religion ; neither can 
 they make Deputes, nor grant Procurations; and an Excep- 
 tion being hereupon proponed and verified by the faid Roll, 
 if repelled, and Inftruments thereupon taken, fhall be a fuf- 
 ficient Ground of Sufpenfion. 
 
 A3 XLVI. All Ecclefiaflicall Per/ones fuld fubferive the Con- 
 feffton of the Faith. Of Here ticks. 
 
 HEREBY it is ordained, That all Minifters of Kirks, or 
 beneficed Perfons, or who hath Penfion or Portion 
 furth of Benefice, within a Month after his Admiflion, fub- 
 fcribe the Confeflion of Faith, and give his Oath for acknow- 
 ledging his Majefty, and make publick Profeflion of both in 
 the Kirk where he hath Intereft, on a Sabbath-Day the Time 
 of Divine Service: Item, That any fuch Perfon maintaining 
 any Doctrine directly contrary to any Article of the faid 
 Confeflion, and perfifting or relapfing after Admonition, be 
 deprived of his Church-Living. 
 
 A3 LIII. Excommunicate Per fanes fuld be denounced Rebelles. 
 
 HEREBY it is ordained, That Perfons excommunicate, 
 after forty Days, may be charged by Letters of four 
 Forms, at the Inftnnce of the Party, the King's Advocate, 
 or the Procurator for the Kirk, to fatisfy the Sentence, and 
 reconcile themfelves to the Kirk; and, if they fail, are to 
 be denounced, and Caption and other Executorial to pafs 
 againfl them. 
 
 JAMES 
 
[ *5 ] 
 
 JAMESVl. Pari. £ begun (2/r^r 2c. 1J79. 
 
 jtH LXX. Difcharge of Mercattes end Lahzuring en Sabl 
 Dayes, or playing and drinking in Time of Sermzn. 
 
 HEREBY Mercats and Fairs on the Sclbjth are 
 charged, and that no Handy-Labour be ufed thcrt 
 under the Pain of Ten Shillings Scots ; nor gaming, playing; 
 parting to Taverns or Ale-Houfes, felling of Meat and Drink, 
 and wilful remaining from Kirk the Time of Sermon or 
 Prayers, under the Pain of Twenty Shillings : And if" the 
 Offenders be unwilling, or unable to pay, that they be put 
 in the Stocks or Juggs ; and the King is to appoint Commitfi- 
 oners in every Parii!) for executing of this Aft. 
 
 A3 LXXI. Antnt thi Zouth and uthers leyznd Se:. 
 to have declined fra tie trew Rsl. 
 
 HEREBY it is ordained, That Perfons going out cf 
 Kingdom, for farther Knowledge in Letters, have the 
 King's Licence, which fliall contain this Provifion, that they 
 (hall adhere to the true Religion, and do nothing again 
 under the Pain of Barratrie *, and that, within Twenty D 
 after their Return, they make and give, before their Ordina- 
 ry, the ConfcfTion of their Faith as now tftablifluv 
 therways devoid the Kingdom within Forty Days thereafter, 
 or be purfiied as Adverfaries to the Religion. 
 
 A3 LXXII. That Houfialders have Billes .. I i 
 
 THIS Aft is in little different from the Title, more thiri 
 that it prefcribes certain Pains to the Dilobeyers. 
 
 jAfltESYl. Pail. 7. begun OOoUr 24. 15-81. 
 
 tift XCOC. 1% / 
 
 of God aid Religion, withCfafirmdti 
 
 maid 
 
 HEREBY is ratified ail AT: 
 and Rclii 
 teration oi 
 
L 26 J 
 
 A St C. Provifion of Miniflers, and certainc Stipendes for them 
 •at all Paroche-K'irkcs. 
 
 HEREBY it is provided, That every Pari fh, or Bounds 
 competent to be a Parifh, have their own Miniftcr, 
 with a fufficient Stipend as the Place may bear ; and 
 that Kirks annexed to Prelacies be provided of Minifters with 
 competent Livings. 
 
 A Si CII. That Miniflerisfall he prefented be the Kingis Majeflie, 
 and the laick Patrones, to all Benefices of Cure under Prelacies. 
 
 HEREBY it is ordained. That all Benefices of Cure un» 
 der Prelacies be prefented, by the King and laick Pa- 
 trons, in favours of able Minifters, and all Gifts o- 
 therways made are declared null. 
 
 A Si CUT. For Piimfchment of the Blaftphemy of Coddis Name, 
 and utheris horribil Aithes. 
 
 HEREBY is ratified, AS 16. Pari. 5. Q. M. ordain- 
 ing particular Pains, againft profane Swearers, with 
 gradual Augmentations, and ending in Banilhment, 
 with an Augmentation of the Pains j and that Magiftrates 
 to Burgh and Landward appoint Cenfors in publick Mercats 
 and Fairs, with Power to cxacl the faid Pains ; and that 
 Houfeholders delate Offenders within their Houfes, under 
 the Pain to be efteemed as Offenders themfelves. 
 
 A {I CIV. Again fl pajfing in Pilgrimage to Chappeles, Welles, 
 and Croces. 
 
 HEREBY it is ordained, That none go in Pilgrimage to 
 Kirks, Chapels, Croffes, or the like $ keep Saints 
 Days, fing Carrols, or obferve any other fuperftitious 
 Papiftical Rite, under the Pain of 100 L. the landed Man, 
 iooMerks the unlanded Man, and 40 L. the Yeoman : And 
 the Offender not refponfal, to be imprifoned for the firffc 
 Fault, and for the fccond that the Offenders be puniihed by 
 Death as Idolaters. 
 
 AX 
 
[ 2 7 ] 
 
 Act CV. The Exploitation of the Aft tuiching the notour oni 
 manifeft Committer is of Adulterie. 
 
 HEREBY is ratified an Aft of Q. M. ordaining that o- 
 pen and mantfeft Adulterers, after due Admoniti 
 made to them to abftain, be punilhed to the Death, 
 referving the former Laws againft other Adulterci i 
 by this A 61, notour and maniielt Adultery, worthy of Death, 
 is declared to be where Bairns arc procreate, or the Adulter- 
 ers keep Company and Bed together nc: 
 fufpeft, and duly adraonUhed, they refufe the 
 pentance or Purgation, and are therefore excommunicate. 
 
 Act GVI. Againft Fugitives, and uthtris Papifls prafliznig j- 
 gat nft the t reive Religion. 
 
 HEREBY it is ordained, That no Subjects or Strangers, 
 (^except Ambafladors, MelTengers, or Merchants) Ad- 
 Yeriaries of, or Apoftates from the true Religion, return 
 to, or remain within this Realm, unlels they obey the Law 
 anent giving their ConfefTion of Faith, and that in the mean 
 Time they repair not to the King's Prefcnce or Palace, un- 
 der the Pain of Imprifonment, until they find Soverty, under 
 the Pain of Five hundred Merks, to fatisfy or depart; and 
 that in the mean While they (hall not (educe : And that 
 thc'Makers, Sellers, Home-Bringers, or Dilpi -ro- 
 
 neous Books, incur the Pain of Banilliment, and Confilcation 
 of all their Moveables. 
 
 JAMES VI. Pari. 8. begun Ataj 22. 1 5S4 
 
 Aft CX/ 'rming the King is 
 
 over all Eflaitcs and Subjetft 
 
 THIS Aft ratifies the V 
 all Efhtcs, as well (j 
 fon of the Kiog, his Heirs and S 
 and their Councils art 
 their Subjects ; and in all M 
 moned or charged to U 
 
[ *s ] 
 
 rJ. of them ; and that none decline thQ King of his Coun? 
 cj! in the Premilfcs, under the Pain of Trealon. 
 
 According to Sir George MacKenzie in his Obfervations, 
 this Act was occafioned by Mr. Andrew Melvil and other 
 Minifters declining the Privy-Council, as Judges competent 
 tQ fome difrefpectful Speeches uttered from the Pulpit. 
 
 But by Acl i i 4. Pari. 1 2. J a. VI. to be found, p. #1. it is 
 declared, That the above Acts (hall be noways prejudicial, 
 nor derogate any Thing to the Privilege that God has given 
 ;o the fpirituaj Qmce-Bearers in the Kirk. 
 
 Act CXXXI. Drfrharging all Jurifliclions and Judgements 
 
 not approved be Parliament ; and all AJJemblies and Conventions > 
 10} t bout cur S over at ne Lordis [fecial Licence and Commandment. 
 
 HEREBY all Judgments and JurifdicYions, either fpirituaj 
 or temporal, not approven by the King and Parlia- 
 ment, are difcharged ; certifying the Excrcers and Q- 
 bevers thereof, that they ill all be punilhed as Ufurpers and 
 (Contemners of the King's Authority, 
 
 A a GXXXII. The Caufei and Manner of Deprivation of Mini- 
 flers. 
 
 HEREBY it is ordained, That all Minifters, pr others 
 having Benefices under Prelacies, fnfpecled culpable of 
 Hcrefy, Pa pi ft ry, erroneous Doctrine, common Blaf- 
 phemy, Fornication, common Drunkennefs, Non-Refidence 
 for four Sabbaths in the Year, without Leave of his Ordina- 
 ry, Plurality of Benefices, Simony and Dilapidation, being 
 found guilty, fliafl be deprive^ from b;oth Office and Benefice. 
 That, in the Cafe of Plurality of Benefices, the Acceptation 
 of the laft he (umcient Cauje of Deprivation ; and a Minifies 
 being convic*) of a capital Crime, and therefore alfp. orderly 
 hjs Benefice v.V 
 
 JAMES 
 
[ 2 9 ] 
 
 JAMES VI. Pari. jo. begun December 10. Ij8$\ 
 
 Aft XII. v^V Leagues a,id B andes maid without the Kinges Con* 
 fent are null. 
 
 HEREBY is ratified Aft 4?. Pari 6. Q. M. dec] 
 ing the Nullity of all Leagues made in Time bvgone 
 among the Subjects, under the Pain of Warding cur- 
 ing the Queen's Pleafure, and difcharging any to be mide 
 in Time coming, without his Highnefs's Privity and Con' 
 under the Pain to the Makers to be holden and execute as 
 Movers of Sedition. 
 
 Thus the Bonds and Leagues made for fetting fijre 
 the Reformation were of Courfc condemned, and the like 
 fraclice prohibit in Time coming. 
 
 JAMES VI. Pari. 11. begun Jnly 29. 15-37. 
 
 Aft XXIV. Anent Tryal aid Punt foment of the Advc- 
 the tre-jj Re'.i 
 
 HEREBY is ratified all Laws made againft the Adverfa- 
 ries of the true Religion, and the Seducers or P. 
 ders to decline therefrom ; that any profeft Papiir, or 
 Seminary Pried, found after the Space of a Month aiier the 
 Publication of the Acls of this Parliament, (hall ir.cur the 
 Pains of Death, and Efcheat of Moveables ; and their R< 
 ters and Supplyers, by the Space of three Da\s and t. 
 Nights, tyne their Liferents. All Savers and Hearers oi 
 Mais, Profaners of the Sacraments, Perfons fufpt 
 have declined, Withdrawers from the Preaching of the 
 "Word, Seducers by Reasoning, or dilperfing 
 Letters, being tilled before the Council or Jurtices and c 
 :. incur the Tinfel of their moveable Goods and Liferent, 
 
 V. Tie Seller: 
 he ■ cd. 
 
 HEREBY with a 
 
 fcarch for and deit 
 ■ 
 U at tLc K 
 
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 Att XXVII. P nm foment of ' Trou tiers of the Kirk, Invaders of 
 Miniflers, end of excommunicate Perfons entrand into the Kirk. 
 
 HEREBY it is ordained, That Troublers of the Kirk, or 
 who raifes any Fray therein, or in^the Kirk-Yeard, the 
 Time of divine Service, be punifhed by Tinfel of their 
 Moveables : That who invades or puts violent Hands on a- 
 ny Minifter, mall be punifhed by Tinfel of their Moveables 
 for the Violence ailenarly, the one Half to the King,- the 
 other to the Party offended • and that Letters be thereon di- 
 rect, at the Inftance of the Minifter, the King or Kirk's Ad- 
 vocate, or any other Perfon : And that a Perfon excommu- 
 nicate, entering the Kirk the Time of the Miniftration of the 
 Sacraments, or common Prayers, mould be charged in God 
 and the King's Name to remove ; and, if he refufe, the Mi- 
 nifter after the Service may caufe apprehend and ward him 
 until he find Caution, at the Minifter and Elders Sight, to 
 reconcile himfclf to the Kirk, and make Amends for the Of- 
 fence ; and if he deforce any in the Execution of the Pre- 
 m'uTes, that his Moveables be efcheat, and his Perfon in the 
 King's Will. 
 
 N. B. The Acts both above copied and abridged, and feve- 
 ral others refpecYmg Stipends, and other Matters extrinfical of 
 Religion, arc all ratified in the i 14 Aft, Pari. 12. Jam. VI. 
 to be feen at Length, />. 18. 
 
 JAMES VI. Pari. 12. begun July 5. 1592. 
 
 Aft CXX. Sayers of Mejfe, Jefuites, Seminar ie Priefts. traf 
 ticking Papijls, and Receipters cf any of them, committis 
 Treafon* 
 
 HEREBY it is declared, That the Saying of Mafs, and 
 the Referting of Jefuits, Seminary Pricfts, and traflck- 
 ing Paplfts againft the King and the prefent Religion, 
 infer the Crime and Pain of Treafon, both againft the Per- 
 fons relet, and ;hcir Refctters : But if the Jefuits and Prkfts 
 fliall fatisfv the King and Kirk, their Refc tiers are free. 
 
 AH 
 
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 AH CXXII. The Mercattes, quhilkis ar forbidden on the Sab- 
 bath -Day, may be halden on the oulk Dayes. 
 
 HE above Title is as plain and explicire as the Aft 
 itfelf. 
 
 AH CXXIII. Quha hes not given Confejfion of their Faith, fall 
 not enjoy the Benefit e of the AH of Parliament. 
 
 HEREBY it is ordained, That none have the Benefit 
 of the Aft of Pacification 15*72. and Aft of Obli- 
 vion 1585-, except fuch as profefs the prefent true Re- 
 ligion, and acknowledge the King's Authority. 
 
 JAMES VI. Pari. 13. begun July 21. 1593. 
 
 AH CLIX. Mercattes and Fairs ar forbidden on tie Sabbath- 
 Day. 
 
 HEREBY AH 70. Pari 6. Jam. VI. is ratified; and 
 all Judges, and others whom it mall pleafe Presby- 
 teries to name, are charged to put away Fairs and 
 Mercats on Sabbath ; and that Letters be direft, at the In- 
 ftance of the Presbytery, again ft them for this Effect. 
 
 AH CLX. Contemners of the Decreetes of the Kirk fuld be dc» 
 nunceJ Re belles. 
 
 HEREBY it is ordained, That 1 Perfon being chsr 
 by the Beadle, and thereafter bv t!. 
 Parilh, three Sal>bjth-Dj\s from fa I pit, in the % 
 of God and the King, to obey a Sen rente ol 
 gainfl him, and refuting, may be ljKv ; 
 the Judicatory that gave the Sentence, before 
 Scffion, that 1 
 be direct again ft him in caie of Diiobcdici^. 
 
 AH CLX IV. Ant 
 
 Hers of e\ . P 
 
 HEREBY it i 
 wilful Entertainers ol foch, lhall, for the full I 
 
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 infer the fimple Efcheat ; for the fecond the Liferent Ef- 
 cheat ; and for the third the Fain of Treafon and Fore- 
 feiture. 
 
 JAMES VI. Pari. 14. begun June 8. 155)4. 
 Ati CXCIli. Again ft wilful Hearers of Metfe. 
 
 HEREBY it is ordained, That all wilful Hearers of 
 Mafs, and Concealers of the fame, be execute to the 
 Death, and their Goods efcheat, they being therefore 
 found guilty, or declared Fugitive before the Juftice or Pri- 
 vy-Council. 
 
 A 61 CXCIV. Anent SatisfacTicn to the Kirk be Papiftes. 
 
 HEREBY it is declared, That Papifts, required by Pref- 
 byteries to fatisfy the Kirk, and not compearing, or 
 refufing, lhould be charged to produce the Presby- 
 teries Testimonial to the Privy-Council; and, in cafe of 
 Failie, denounced, whereby their Efcheat, both fimple and 
 Liferent, vaiks ; and who thereafter refets them incurs the 
 fame Pain ; and the Presbytery, or any Minifter thereof ne- 
 gligent, tines the Half of his Stipend for that Year. 
 
 An CXCVIII. For the better obferving cf the Sabbath-Day, 
 
 HEREBY former Acts of the Kind are ratified, with this 
 Addition, that who fells, or prefents to Sale, any 
 Goods on the Sabbath, and ihall be thrice convift 
 thereof, flinll tine all their Moveables, and their Perfons be 
 in the King's Will. 
 
 JAMES VI. Pari. 15. begun December 19. 1597. 
 
 A:l CCXXXI. All Minifter s provided to Prelacies futd have 
 Vcte in Parliament. 
 
 EREBY it is ordained, That all Minillcrs provided 
 to the Title of a Bifhop, Abbot, or other Prelate, 
 have Vote in Parliament, iiklike as Prelates had of old, 
 
 iV. B. As 
 
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 N. B. As this was the firft legal Step to the Introduction of 
 Prelacy, it met with confidcrable Oppofiti sni- 
 
 fters, and became an Occasion of Suffering to feverals of them ; 
 but was refcinded annis 1640 and 1690. 
 
 JAMES VI. Pari. 16. begun November 15. \6oo. 
 
 Aft I. The $th Day c/~Auguft is appointed for giving yearly fo- 
 
 lemn Thanks to Cod, 
 
 HEREBY the 5-th Day of Auguj] yearly is appointed to 
 be a Day of Thankfgiving to God for ever, for King 
 James VI. his Prefervation from the treasonable At. 
 tempts of the Earl of Gowry and his Brother, with Abili- 
 nence from all Works that may diftract from the faid Ex- 
 crcife. 
 
 But according to Ca/derwood'f Hiftoty, p. 443. and down* 
 wards, Giwry was a Presbvterian, a good Man, and a bold 
 Oppofer of Epifcopacy, izc. and as there was therefore a 
 Neceflity of getting him out of the Way, a Confpiracy was 
 alledged againfl: him, for which he and his Brother were 
 maflacred, and the above Thankfgiving appointed : And, be 
 in the Confpiracy what will, the Truth of it was then fo 
 much doubted, that few found Presbyterians would obfervc 
 that Day. Many fuffered for it ; and particularly, for this a- 
 lone, was the great Mr. Robert Bruce, Minifter of E 
 banifhed the Kingdom. 
 
 Aft XVI. Ratification of the Afts maid of before in fivvurs of 
 the Kirk. 
 
 EREBY was ratified all A<fts anent the Liberty and 
 Freedom of the true Kirk of Cod and Religion prc- 
 fcntly profeficd in this Realm. 
 
 Aft XVII. Anent jXyi-Cir 
 
 EREBY it was ordained, That all nnnmicatc 
 
 once a-Yc.ir, without refpe^ to rl 
 ly Feid, under the Pains fpecified in the A. 
 
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 jlcl XVIII. Rat if canon of the Att anent Jefuits, Priejls, ex- 
 communicate and trafficking Papifts. 
 
 HEREBY it is ordained, That all Jefuits, Seminary 
 Priefts, excommunicate and trafficking Papifts, com- 
 mon Enemies to all Chriftian Government, be appre- 
 hended and committed by all Magiftrates, until they be con- 
 verted, or put out of the Kingdom, or punifhed conform to 
 the Acts of Parliament; and that none refet them under the 
 Pains fpecified in the Act. 
 
 JAMES VI. Pari. 1 8. begun July 9. \6o6. 
 AS II. Anent the Reflitutioji cf the EJlate of Bifkops. 
 
 HEREBY Is refcinded the Act of Annexation of the Tern* 
 porality of Benefices to the Crown, made in the Par- 
 liament 1587. and other Laws whmfocver, in fo far as the 
 fame may in anyways comprehend or be extended to the 
 Authority, Dignity, Prerogative, Privileges, isc. of Biihops ; 
 $nd it doth repone, reilore and redintegrate the faid Eftatc of 
 Bimops to their ancient and accuftomed Honour, Dignities, 
 Prerogatives, Privileges, Livings, Lands, Tiends, Rents, 
 Thirds, and EJtatc, as the famin was before the forefaid Act 
 of Annexation, c: . . 
 
 Againft this Act, the folemn Proteftation recorded by Gal- 
 Jfrwod (Hilt, p. 5*27.) was taken ; which Proteftation is 
 acknowledged and approved by the Parliament 1 640. and 
 this Act refcinded both by that Parliament and the Parlia* 
 ment i<5po. 
 
 JAMES VI. Pari. u;. begun Augufl it. 1607. 
 Ad I. Anent Saye • bearers of Mejfes. 
 
 HEREBY it is ordained, That all wilful Refetters of 
 excommunicate denounced Papifts, alter Publication 
 ie by the Minifter . pay the Penalties of 
 
 JAMES 
 
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 JAMES VI. Pari. 20. begun Ju-e 24. Xi 
 
 Art I. Anent cbufing of Pedagogue >h f 
 
 Scotland to oY/\- 
 
 HEREBY it is ordained, That Pedagogues fent by No* 
 blemen, and others, with their Sons out of tb 
 try, have the Biihop\s Teftimonial of his Religion ani 
 Learning, under the Pains, to the Earl, of 5000 L. to the 
 Lord, oi jooo Merks, and to the Baron, of 30c _ .*. 
 
 j4:7 II. Againfl Children that becomes Papifts when they arc 
 of Scotland. 
 
 HEREBY it is ordained, That fuch as fend their Sons 
 abroad have a fpecial Care that their S y be 
 
 where the true Religion is profeffed, efpecially where I 
 want Pedagogues, at lean: where the Inquifition is not : And 
 in cafe any of thefc Sons haunt the Exercife of con*- 
 Religion, thofe that have the Charge of them n.uft find c 
 tion to furnifli them no more Money, except their realonable 
 Expences to bring them home. 
 
 j4ct III. Anent excommunicate Perfons not to enjoy their L . 
 pmts and P 
 
 HEREBY it is ordained, That no Perfons cxcoiv 
 for not conforming to the Religion prefently ; 
 directly nor indirectly, poifefs their Etlaics, but that the lame 
 .be meddled with to his Majcfty's Ufc. 
 
 A SI V. Again/1 Jefuites, Semina- P 
 
 HEREBY all Acts agalnfl Jeftitt 
 pifts, and their ReVettcrs, arc l 
 their fs, that tritlmat ion and D 
 
 the 1: 
 
 \ (halt be fufficicnt \ 
 
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 Aft VI. Of the Commijfarittes and Jurifdiftion given to Arch- 
 
 bijhcps and Bijhops. 
 
 HEREBY the Archbiihops and Bifhops have the Juris- 
 diction of Co mmiffa riots, and Adminiftration of Ju- 
 ftice, by their Commiffioners and Deputies, in all Spiritual 
 and Ecclefiaftical Caufes controverted between any Perfons 
 within their Diocefe. The Commiflaries'of Edinburgh are ap- 
 pointed, (two to be nominate by the Archbifhop of St. An- 
 drews, and two by the Archbifhop of Glafgow) with fole 
 Power to decide all Caufes of Divorcement, and to reduce all 
 other CommirTaries Decreets in prima inflantia, with Subordi- 
 nation, neverthelefs, to the Lords of Scffion : But this Aft is 
 afterwards repealed. 
 
 Aft VIII. Anent the Chapter of Sanft Androes. 
 
 HEREBY it is ordained, That the Appointment of a 
 Chapter for St. Andrews confift of at lead Seven, to 
 be chofen by the Archbifhop of thofe dwelling and having 
 Charge within his Diocefe : But this Aft is afterwards re- 
 pealed. 
 
 JAMES VI. Pari 2i. begun Oftober 23. 1610. 
 
 Aft I. A RaUfcation of the Afts and Conclufions fet down and 
 agreed upon in the General A ft mill e of the Kirk keeped in 
 Giafgow in the Monet h <?/*June \6\o. together with an ZT.v- 
 plana lion made by the Ejlaiies of fomc of the Articles of the 
 fame. 
 
 HEREBY the Indiftion of the General AfTembly is ac- 
 knowledged to appertain to his Majefty by his Grown - 
 Prerogative. The Biihops lhall moderate in the Dioce- 
 fan Synod whereof there fhali be two in the Year. No Sen- 
 tence of Excommunication or Absolution muft be pronounced 
 without the Billion's Approbation and Direction. All Pre- 
 fentations. formerly dircft to the Presbyteries, muft be di- 
 rected hereafter to the Archbifhop or Biihop of the Diocefe 
 within which the vacant Benefice lies ; to whom alfo the jus 
 
 devolutum, 
 
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 dtvolulum, in cafe of the Bifhop's Neglect, belongs. If the 
 Incumbent, to get into the Office, do part with Part of the 
 Benefice to the Patron, the Biihops muft take Care that he 
 referve a fufficient Maintenance. Depofition and Sufpenfion 
 of Minifters muft proceed upon the Motion and at the Sight 
 I and Direction of the Bilbop and he muft pronounce the Sen- 
 i tence. Every Minifter at his Admilfion muft fwear Obe- 
 dience to his Majelly, as well in Spirituals as Temporals ; 
 and to his Ordinary, /. e. the Birhop, and to his Succeifors. 
 The Vifitation of each Diocefe muft be done by the Biihop 
 himfelf, or fome other deputed bv him : And that the Con- 
 ventions of Minifters, for Exercife, fhall be moderated by 
 the Bifhop, or, in his Abfence, by any other Minifter whom 
 he ihali appoint; and abrogating the Settlement of Presby- 
 tery 13*92. But this Acl is afterwards refunded. 
 
 JAMES VI. Pari. 22. begun JuMi 2S. 1617. 
 Aft I. Ancnt the Sleflhn of Archbijhops end Br 
 
 HEREBY the Mcnner of their Election is appointed b 
 be by the Dean and Chapter rjf the Cathedral Kirk 
 of the Sec; which being tcftined to hi! he 
 
 gives his Foyal Alfent, which pafic! the Seal, and i Man- 
 date is g'r en to the Bifhops. v. ho conlecrare him with the 
 ordin .. v Rites ; which being done, the King drfj 
 the Benefice, and then the Per' 
 and gives an Oath of Allegiance and Fidelity to 
 But this Act is afterwards reminded. 
 
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 HEREBY i: is ordil M all Deans and o*' 
 
 to 
 
 their M 
 -the fame arc Jiffol fed i. ; 
 
 tfterwti uded. 
 
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 ASt 5tXl Ancnt the ■Punijbment of Drunkards. 
 
 EREBY it is ordained, That Perfons convict of Drun- 
 kennefs, or haunting of Taverns and Ale-Houfes, af- 
 ter Ten of the Clock at Night, or any Time of the 
 Day, except the Time of Travel, or for Refrefhment, pay, 
 ibr the fir-ft Fault, 3 I. or be put in Joggs or Jayle fix fours'; 
 for the fecond, 5* L. or be put in Joggs or 'Jayle* 12 Hours; 
 and for the third, iq I., or Stocks or Jayle 24 Hours : And 
 if they hereafter tranfgrefs, to be put in Jajl'e till they find 
 Caution ; aryl all inferior Judges and Kirk-Seflions are em- 
 powered to execute this Acl, and apply the Pains to pious 
 and neceifary Ufes, 
 
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 JAMES VI. Pari. 23. begun Auguft 4. 1621. 
 
 A St I. Ratification of the five Articles of the General Afifem- 
 bly of the Kirk, halden at Perth in the Month of Auguft 1 61 8. 
 
 HEREBY are ratified thefe five Articles, concluded in 
 thatAifembly, viz. 1. That the Sacrament of the Lord's 
 Supper be celebrate by the People on their Knees. 
 2. That it be privately adminiftrate to Perfons on Deathbed, 
 three or four being prefent to communicate with them, and 
 a Place convenient, and all Things neceifary decently provid- 
 ed. 3. That Baptifm, when great Need ihall compel, be 
 adminiftrate in private Houfes, and Declaration made there- 
 of the next Lord's Day in the Congregation. 4. That Mi- 
 nifters catechife all young Children of Eight Years of Age, 
 and that the Bilhops, in their Visitations, caufe prefent them 
 to them, and blefs them, with Prayers. And, j. That the 
 Days of our Lord's Birth, Paffion, RefurrecYion and Afcenfl- 
 on, and fending down of the Holy Ghoft, be obferved by the 
 Minifters in Commemoration of thefe ineftimable Benefits ; 
 which Articles arc ordained to be obeyed as Laws, and all 
 Laws and Cuftoms in the contrary refunded : But this Aft 
 is afterwards repealed. 
 
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 AH XIV. Ansnt flaying at Cards and Dye <?, and ffSt/i R acts. 
 
 EREBY it is ordained, That none play at Cards or 
 Dyce in any common Houfe, Town, Hoftellary, of 
 Cook's Houfe, tinder the Pain of 40 L. the Keeper of 
 the faid Houfe for the fir it, and Lois of Liberty for the fe- 
 :ond Fault ; and that there be no playing in any private* 
 Houfe, except where the Maiter plays j and if more be wia 
 in 24 Hours than ico Merks, it lliall be configncd in the 
 Kirk-Treafurer's Hand in Edinburgh, or in the Collector for 
 the Poor his Hands in the Country : And if any Man gain by 
 Wagers, upon Horfe-Races, above the Sum of 100 Merks -, 
 that the Superplus beconfigned in the Hands of the Collector 
 for the Poor; and Magiitrates in Burghs, Sheriffs, and Jufti- 
 ces' of Peace in the Country, are impowered to purfue far 
 the faid fuperplus Gain, or elic are declared liable to thfc 
 [nformer in the Double thereof, Half to Lira, the othc: 
 to the Poor. 
 
 King Charles I. Pari. 1. begun June 28. 1635. 
 
 A CI III. A Si anent his MajeJYies Ro)al Prerogative^ and Appa- 
 rel of Kirkmen. 
 
 HEREBY is ratified the 8th Acl, Pari. VI. 
 
 whereby the Parliament refers to the King to appoint 
 the Habits and Apparel of I and pi 
 
 that the fame, being fent to the Clerk-Regilter, Hull be by 
 him infert in the Books of Parliament, to hive the St- 
 of an Act thereof; and that Letters may be direct there 
 charging the Perfons concerned to provide u ithin 4^ I 
 and wear and ufc the faid Apparel, at the Times and in the 
 Manner his Highncfs lhall appoint, and by thib Aft the 
 i . as to the Apparel of Kirkmen, i^> declared to 1 
 
 With King Charles and hi fl >rs. 
 
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 Aft IV. Ratification of the Acls touching Rg/q 
 
 EREBY is generally ratified all I it the 
 
 Liberty and Freedom of the mi 
 Religion prefently profcfled within this Realm. 
 
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 Att V. Ratification of the Aft of Council anent 'Plantation of 
 Sc holes. 
 
 HEREBY is ratified the Ac! of Council loth December 
 1616. for planting of Schools, and the Bifhop of 
 the Diocefe is impowered, with Gonfent of the Heritors, 
 and moft Part of the Parifhioners. or, if the Heritors refufe, 
 with Confent of moft Part of the Parifhioners, to lay a Stent 
 on every Plough for Maintenance of the laid Schools, and 
 Letters are ordained to be direct at the School -Mafters In* 
 fiance, 6v. 
 
 j4tt VI. Againfl the inverting of pious Donations. 
 
 HEREBY it is ordained, That Gifts, Legacies, or Do- 
 nations for pious Ufes, may not be inverted from the 
 fpecifick Ufe deftinate by the Giver or Difponer* and 
 the Perfons intruded are made comptable for the fame, and 
 ordinary Profits thereof, to the Kirks, Colleges, and others to 
 which they were deftinate, 6c 
 
 End of the Firft PART. 
 
COLLECTION 
 
 OF THE 
 
 LAWS 
 
 Made in favours of the 
 
 Church and Religion 
 
 I N 
 
 SCOTLAND, 
 
 BETWIXT 
 
 The Years 1640 and 1650, 
 
 To which are fabjoinej 
 
 Three A6ta of the Parliament 1661. ft 
 the fame. 
 
 EDINBURGH, 
 
 Printed by \V. Chkyn:, lor Andrew l 
 and fold by him, at his Houfr, South l 
 and by the Bookfellcr, in Town . .:ry 
 
 iMDCCXLIX. 
 
[ xliii ] 
 T O T H E 
 
 READER. 
 
 IT is the Obfervation of Solomon, the wifcft of King? *, 
 that to every Thing there is a S$afon x and that * Word 
 ken in due Scajon, hrjo good is it \ ? It canr ot, (though 
 taking too much Place in our Day) be the Duty of any 
 :o juftle out private perfonal Reformation and - : -{~>l; :e!.> of 
 Life and Walk, by a fpeculative Contending for publick Re- 
 Formation : For that Zeal, which doth not begin with and 
 :arry alongfl: the firft:, feems not to be a Spark of the Lord's 
 kindling •, and yet for any, whofc Hearts the Lord hath gra- 
 cioufly touched, to fit filent, when a publick Teftimonv lor 
 born-down and buried Truths is called for, is inconfiftcnt 
 with that Honour and Character the Lord gives them in his 
 "Word, Ifa. xliii. 10. Ye are my WITNESSES, faith the Lord. 
 For a Perfon or People, try (led with the Lord's rare Mer- 
 cies and eminent Kindnefs, and bound in the mod fok 
 Manner to improve the fame to his Glory, to bury, forget 
 and undervalue, be afhamed of, contradict and reproach the 
 fame, mufl no doubt procure their unfpeakable Lofs, as well 
 as indelible Reproach : And yet to this awful Length is it 
 come, not only with all thole whole great eQ ] nld 
 
 be to fee us involved in the Labyrinth wherein the lair Peri- 
 od left us, but alfo with too many fometime pretended Friends 
 to the Reformation which obtained in this fecond Peri 
 Who, to juftify their backfliding Courfet, when not 
 
 fquarc the fame thereby, do fqueeze, torture, and mcta-. 
 phofe that Reformation inl i wp Liker.ef-, tiled] 
 
 at lead an equal, if not greater P< fl ay 
 
 than in it. 
 
 it Height the came to in the 
 
 Period now before 
 
 Collection oTAfts, which contaii I 1 i mai y ol the covenanted 
 Boundaries and March-Ston< )ur Parliament! 
 
 a Tiaie 
 
 .:. i. | Pre . i 
 
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 a Time, when, as they thereby acted for the Lord, he was* 
 according to many concurring Tcftimonies, eminently feen 
 tp be with them. 
 
 As by what obtained both, in this and during a, good Part 
 of the former Period, the Lord's Faithfulnefs hath been evin- 
 ced in the ancient Promife made to the Church *, That 
 Kings fliould be her nurfing Fathers ; and more particularly the 
 Promifes made to the Ifles, of the Sea, Ifa. lx. o. Surely the 
 Ifles flail wait fir me \ and Pfal. lxxii. 10. The Kings of — the 
 IJles /hall bring Prefents :. So the prefent Publication thereof 
 feems neceffary, in refpefl of God, of ourfelves, and of a- 
 fhers. 
 
 i. In refpeft of God, his Authpriry obliges us f to walk 
 ebout Zion, and go round about her ; to tell the Towers thereof 
 to mark well her Bulwarks, and con/icier her Palaces ; THAT 
 we may tell it to the Generation following. And feeing our Fa- 
 thers have told us what Work Cod did in their Days, Gratitude 
 requires of us, not only th,at we mould remember the Tears of 
 the Right-Hand of the MOST HIGH, but alfo that we /hould 
 fraife his Works to another Generation, an,d declare his mighty 
 A$s% : 
 
 2. In refpect of others, this Collection may be of Ufe for 
 reaching Conviction of the Sin of the Parliament \66\. in, 
 refunding the Laws after infert, and of the Revolution-Par- 
 liament in leaving them fo buried ; as ajfo for juftifying the 
 Conduct of the Inftruments who procured the making of thefe 
 honourable Laws, the Martyrs who. fuffered for adhering to 
 the Lord's Gaufe thereby approved and ratified, and fuch as 
 fince have efpoufed, and endeavour to fnpport the fame Caufe ; 
 and lor the Information of the ignorant, and of the Genera- 
 lion f blowing. And, 
 
 3. In refpect of ourfelves, this Undertaking may be of Ufe, 
 for evidencing our Love to thefe Laws, and our Defire that 
 the fame may be revived, or at ieaft a thankful Remembrance 
 thereof preserved amongft us, and that v/e may with our 
 own Eyes, difcern the true Settlement of Religion thar ob 7 
 gained in that Period, the great Difference betwixt it and the. 
 
 prefent 
 
 :,l:x. 53. fpftl sItHj, 12, 13. J Pfal. cslv. 4, 
 
[ w ] 
 
 prefcnt Settlement, and who at prefenf may be reckoned up- 
 right Propagaters of the fame Caufe : But, not to ftay here, 
 During the ten Years now before us there were only three 
 Parliaments ; the firft, intitled, The fecond Parliament of King 
 Charles, fat down the i ith June 1640. and after foine Time 
 it was adjourned to the 15th June 1641. and at this Seffion 
 of Parliament the King was prefent, acknowledged their 
 Authority, and ratified the whole Acts of this and the pre- 
 ceeding Seflion of Parliament, amongft which this was one, 
 Aft 17. anno 164Q. That every third Tear, once at leaf}, there 
 fhould be a full and free Parliament ; and that the Time end 
 Place jhould be appointed by his Majejfy, cr his Commifioncr for 
 the Time, and the EJlates of Parliament, before the End and Clo- 
 fing of every Parliament ; and the faid Parliament 164 1. hav- 
 ing, by their 7 t Aft, appointed the next Parliament to con- 
 vcen the firft Tuefday at' June 1644. they met accordingly ; 
 and becaufc, through the Part taken by the Scots in the civil 
 War raifed by the King in England, he would countenance 
 none of their Parliaments hereafter, therefore the Eftates 
 of the Land, being eflcntially Judges, and feeing the true 
 Proteftant Religion, his Majelly's Honour, and the Peace and 
 Intereft of the Kingdom, were in great Hazard, they did, 
 by virtue thereof, and Act above mentioned, continue the 
 Parliament for fevcral Times, making in all fix Seffions, end- 
 ing 27th March 1647. at the End of which Time they ap- 
 pointed their fecond triennial Parliament to meet March 2. 
 1648. and the firft Seflion thereof having ended Jure 10. 
 that Year, they continued the Parliament till t! •>rf 
 
 day of March 1650. but withal they impowcred tin I 
 mittec to conveen the Parliament (boner if they thought fit- 
 ting. And the laid Committee having icen Caufe to com 
 the Parliament, January 4. 1649. they then met in theii 
 cond Selfion, and having fat till Mpth \6. 1649. tl.ey 
 continued this Parliament to May I Year; and ha 
 
 vcened in their third Seflion Time aforcla: 
 
 ^9. they continued themfelvcs unto I 
 Thu> . liter fhil 
 
 A^ts Were pub) i (bed, owjng, it may be pre!' the 
 
 Uiurpci I 
 
[■ xlvi ] 
 
 ttin they had two after Meetings, which refcinded the Act of 
 Claffes, <bc. So fay Meffieurs JVodrow and Cruikjhauks, in 
 the Introduction to their Hiftories of the Church of Scotland, 
 and feveral others. 
 
 As there is no one Thing pleafing to every Palate, and 
 that nothing hath been more galling to carnal and malignant 
 Spirits, than the Reformation that then obtained, it need not 
 i>c furprifing to find a Variety of Objections to thefe Laws ; 
 and though to pretend to their Perfection, were to forget 
 that the Inftruments who made them were Men, yet may I 
 venture to fay of the very ftrongeft of thofe Objections, that 
 they do expofe their Authors exceedingly more than they 
 can do theie Laws, or even the Inftruments concerned in 
 making them. For Inftance, 
 
 i. It hath been objected by the Carriers on of the unlaw- 
 ful Engagement with England \ 648. in their Letter to the 
 feveral Presbyteries within the Kingdom, that, under Pre- 
 tence of Religion, great Incroachments were made by the 
 Church upon the Rights of Parliament. 
 
 To which the General AfTenibly anfwer *, * If their 
 ■ Lordfliips mean any politick Intereft in fuch Undertakings, 
 
 * we claim no fuch Thing, if the Meaning be of a fpiritual 
 '.Intereft, and lo far as concerneth the Point of Gonfcience, 
 
 * there can be no Doubt thereof made by fuch as do, with 
 ' David, make the Teftimonies of the Lord their Counfellors, 
 
 * Pjalr cxix. 24. and confult with God, as he ufed to do, in 
 ' undertaking War : It is alfo to be remembred, that JoJJnta 
 ' and all the Congregation of Ifiael were commanded to go 
 1 out and in at the Word of Eliazer the Prieft, who was to 
 1 ask Couniel of the Lord for them, Numb, xxvii. -28, &c* 
 
 2. It hath been objected, That the Parliaments in this Pe- 
 riod were illegal, wanting the King or his Commrffioners Pre- 
 i'ence thereat, &c. 
 
 To this an Anfwer hath already been materially given ; to 
 which I add, with the Author of the Apologetical Relation f, 
 ' (1.) That the Want of this Formality cannot be the Caufe 
 c of annulling thefe Parliaments, or Seljfions of Parliament, 
 c becaufe they annul the very Seflion of Parliament 1641. at 
 
 * which King Charles was prcient. (2.) There was then no 
 
 « Law 
 
 * A&s of Aflcmbly, h 4°4- t f- »3«« 
 
[ xtvii ] 
 
 « Law making the Prefence of the King or his Commiflioner 
 « eflential to every Parliament, far Iefs to every Seflion of 
 « Parliament. (3.) There have been many Parliaments hol- 
 « den in Scotland, without either King or Commiffioner, as in 
 « the Days of King Jams: II. annis 1437, 1438 and 1440. 
 « where there is no Mention made of the King in the A<5b, 
 « as there is at the next Parliament 1443. but only of the 
 
 * three EJlates of Parliament concluding and ordaining : So anno 
 
 • 1560. there is a Parliament holdcn at Edinburgh by the 
 4 three Eftates, without either King or Queen, and feveral 
 4 Acts thereof ratified, Pari. 1 . King James VI. And anno 
 4 1567. the Parliament is kept by the Regent and the 
 ■ three Eftates, without the Queen who then did reign, as 
 4 the Afts of Parliament 15-81. King James VI. fliew , for 
 4 there thefe Words are to be found in the firft Aft thereof, 
 4 And efpecially the Aft made in the Reign of the Queen his dear- 
 4 eft Mother, in the Parliament ho/den at Edinburgh, 19th A- 
 c pfil 15-67.' 
 
 3. It isobjecled, That the whole Aftsin this Period, and 
 the Authority of the Parliaments who made them, having 
 been refcinded by the Parliament in the 1661. and the Au- 
 thority thereof never revived to this Day, they arc null, and 
 of none Effect ; and therefore, what the Parliament lay for 
 refunding them mnft ftrike ngainft republifhing thereof, 
 namely, That they are a Reproach to the Kingdom, and un- 
 fit to be any longer upon Record. 
 
 Anfwer. This indeed mufr unloofc the G rotj and 
 
 I grant that in foro hiimano thefe Acls cannot be now pled up- 
 on j but, m foro Dr., that which wa$ lawful from the Be 
 ning cannot be afterwards made finful. Thefe A els carry 
 undoubted Evidence alongft with them of the iity, 
 
 and confequently of their tending to the Glory /mi 
 
 the Credit of thole who made or I for them, or 1 
 
 adhere unto them ; and therefore the Reproach a mnft 
 
 recur upon thofe who refcinded them: Az, I. The Re- 
 proach of refcinding the Covi nants. National and 
 League, (the Land's Covenants with the Lor.' 
 fdfion of Faith, Catechifms, Din Order of 
 
 Church-Government, 6tf. all ratified by thefe ntS. 
 
 2. The Reproach of condemning the fame 
 
[ XIVlll J 
 
 bly 1638. alfo thereby ratified. 3. The Reproach of con- 
 demning all the Meetings, Councils and Conventions of the 
 Subjects, For preferving and promoting Reformation at the 
 Beginning of this Period, the defending themfelves againft 
 the Popifti, Prelatical and malignant Party, who rofe in 
 Arms under Montrofe and others, and helping England in 
 the Day of their Diftrefs ; all approved by the A els of this 
 Period. And, 4. The Reproach of running themfelves in- 
 to feen Abfurdities : As, (1.) The Abfurdity of condemn- 
 ing Parliaments lawfully conveened, as hath been Ihewn. 
 (2.) The Abfurdity of condemning many Laws morally good, 
 as themfelves have granted, by fmce making Acts of a like 
 Nature to feverals in this Period. (3.) The Abfurdity of 
 condemning the very Parliament, who by their Commiflioners 
 treated with King Charles II. at Breda, and who afterwards 
 received and crowned him. For more of this Sort th» 
 Reader may confult the Apologetical Relation, from/'. 128* 
 to 135. inclujive. 
 
 The Allegation from another Quarter, namely, That the 
 Laws made in favours of Religion betwixt the Years 1640 
 and 165*0. were all revived, either generally or more exprefs- 
 ly, at the Revolution, does aifo afford a proper Occafion for 
 anfwering thereto : But the Vanity thereof being elfewhere 
 fufficiently expofed, particularly in a Pamphlet iately pu- 
 blifhed, intitled, A Criterion, Head III. Seel. 1. I ihall 
 not farther trouble you with Repetitions. Whoever hath 
 that Performance at Hand, will, I hope, be of Opinion, 
 that it contains many ufeful Remarks upon the following Ac~tSj 
 and difcovers the vaft Difference betwixt that and the prefent 
 Settlements of Religion, and that the one is a neceifary Sup- 
 plement to the other. 
 
 I only add, that, as the following Collection contains all 
 the Laws made in favours of Religion during this Period, 
 fo it is exactly tranferibed from the only printed Edition of 
 the refcinded Acts. 
 
 That you may get Good by the following Collection, is 
 the Defire of your Friend, 
 
 The Publisher. 
 
 AH 
 
t 49 1 
 
 AN EXACT 
 
 COLLECTION 
 
 OF THE 
 
 LAWS 
 
 Made in favours of the 
 
 CHURCH and RELIGIO. 
 
 I N 
 
 SCOTLAND) 
 
 Betwixt the Years 1640 and K. 
 
 CHARLES I. Pari. 2. ScfT. I. begun Jurcw. : 
 
 Atl II. Antnt the t | 0/ the P 
 
 qucnt Parliaments. 
 
 THE Eftates of" Parliament, preleni 
 his Mcjcflics fpeciall Ai I 
 i nt Parliament 
 •atifying oiTuch Acts as (kould he concluded 10 the Lre . 
 emblie of the Kirk, for d< and 
 
 fettling all fuch Things as may tonduec 
 
/ 50 Of the Cortjlittition cf Parliament. 
 
 and Peace of this Kirk and Kingdome ; and confidering the 
 feirera] Complaints of this Kirk unto Parliaments from lime 
 to Time, proceeding from her continuall Experience of Pre- 
 judice and Ruine through many Perfons, and fpecially of 
 Prelates their attempting to voyce or do' any Thing in Name 
 of the Kirk, without either bearing Office in the Kirk, or 
 having GommifRon from the Kirk ; and the Acts of the late 
 Generall Aflemblie condemning the Office of Bilhops, Arch- - 
 bilhops, and other Prelates, and the civil Places and Power 
 of Kirkmcn, as their vovcing and ryding in Parliament; and 
 craving the a bo liming* of thefe A&£ of Parliament which 
 grants to the Kirk or Kirkmen Vote in Parliament, to be 
 abrogate, as prejudicial! to her Liberties, and incompatible 
 v/ith her fpirituall Nature ; confidering aifo that there are 
 conveened in this pre fen t Parliament, by his Majefties fpe- 
 ciall Indiclion, Warrant and Authoritie, the Nobilitie, Ba- 
 j*ohs, and Burgeffes, the Eftates of this Kingdonic. who haVi 
 a full and undoubted Power to proceed and determine in all 
 Matters concerning the publick Good of this Kingdom, and 
 that notwithstanding of the Abfe'nce of the Prelates, who by 
 former Lawes were appointed to bee Members of Parliament : 
 And to the Effecl none prefume to' move any Queftion there- 
 anent, the fa ids Eftates now convCened, as' faid is, have de- 
 clared, and by thefe Prcfents declares this prefent Parliament, 
 holden by the Nobilitie, Barons and Burgeffes, and their 
 Commiffioners. the true Eftates of this Kingdome, to be a 
 Complete and per feci: Parliament, and to have the famine 
 Power, Authority and Jurifdiclion, as abfolutely and fully 
 as any Parliament formerly hath had within this Kingdome 
 in Time bygoiie : And ordaines all Parliaments hereafter to 
 be f > conftitute, and to con fill onely, in all Time coming, of 
 the Noblemen. Barons and BurgelTes, as the Members ana 
 three Eitates of Parliament: And rcfcin'des and annulfs all 
 ft >rmer Lawes and Acls of Parliament madar in favours of 
 whatfoever Bifhops, Archbifhops Abbots, Pryors, or other 
 Prelates or Churchmen whatfoever, for their riding" fitting, 
 or voycing in Parliament, either as Churchmen, or the Cler- 
 gie, or In Name of the Church, or as rcprefenting the 
 Church as an Stare or Member of Parliament, by Reafon o£ 
 their Ecslefiafticall- Offices, Titles, Dignities; or Benefices ;' 
 
 and- 
 
Laws in favours of "r relates abrogated. 51 
 
 and namely the 251 A3 t Pari. ij. K. Jam. VJ. 15-97. ancnt 
 the Kirk, and fpecially Parfons and Prelates repreienting 
 the third Eftate ; and the 2d A3, Parl.18. K. Jam. VI. i6z6. 
 anent the Reftitution of the Eftate of* Biihops, and their re- 
 prefenting the third Eftate, wlrh all Acts and Con.ftitu:: 
 of Convention, Councell, or Seffion, and all Pracliles and 
 Cuftomes whatfoever, in fo far as the fame, or any Claufe 
 thereof, trends or may be ext.ended to the Effect forefaid, as 
 being found and declared prejudicial! to the Libeme of this 
 Kirk and Kingdom, and to the Puricie of the true reformed 
 Religion therein eftablifhed : And prohibitcs all Perfons what- 
 foever to call in queftion the Authorise of this prefent Par- 
 liament, upon whatfoever Pretext, under the Pain of Treafon. 
 
 Acl IV. A:;er,t the Ratification :f the A } cJs of the Afmblj* *. 
 
 THE Eftates of Parliament prefcntly convcencd by his 
 Majefties fpecial Authoring, ratifies, approve^, and 
 perpetually confirmed the Aft of the General! Aifemblie hoi. 
 den at Edinburgh in the Moneth of Augufl laft bypaft, made 
 upon the Seventeenth Day of the (aid Moneth, and in the 
 eighth Seillon of the faid Aflembly, intituled, Anent the fix 
 Caufes of our bygone Evils, whereof the Tenour followes. 
 The Kings Majeftie having gracioufly declared, that it is hi> 
 Royall Will and Plcafure, that all Queftions about Religion 
 ind Matters Eccicfiafticall be determined by Ailemblics of the 
 Kirk, having alio, by publick Proclamation, indicted t! is free 
 National) Ailcmbly, for letting the prefent Detractions ol this 
 Kirk, and for eftabiilhing of a perfect Peace, againft fiich Oi- 
 tifions and Difordcrs as have been fore difpleafing to his Mar 
 jeftie, and grievous to all his good Subjccl his 
 
 Majefties CommiiTioncr, J r jhn Earl ol Ti 
 
 authorized with a full Commillion, reffnt, and lining 
 
 in this Aflembly, now fully conveened andorderl) con ft M 
 m all the Members thereof, acp 
 
 Kirk, having at large declared hi! the re- 
 
 formed Religion, and his Ro 
 
 Subitum 
 
 .1 . bin then 
 
51 IPrelqtick Novations abrogated. 
 
 to this Kirk, where hit Majeftie hid both his Birth and Bap- 
 tiirne. his great Difpleafure at the manifold Diftraclions and 
 Divifions of this Kirk and Kingdom, and his Defires to have 
 all our Wounds perfectly cured, with a faire and fatherly 
 If and ; and although, in the Way approver! by this Kirk, 
 Try all hath been taken in former Alfemblies before, from 
 the Kirk Rcgifters, to our full Satisfaction ; yet the Com- 
 fcfffioners Gnroe making particular Inquirie from the Mem- 
 bers of the Aifembly now folemnly conveencd, concerning 
 the resil and true Caufes of fb many and great Evils, at this 
 Time paft had fo fore troubled the Peace of this Kirk and 
 Kingdom, it was reprefented to his M~a jetties Commiflioner,, 
 fey this Afiembly, that, befide many other, the main and mo ft 
 pater j all Caufes were, firft, the preffing of this Kirk by the 
 Prelates, with a Service Book, or Book of Common -Pra\er, 
 without Warrant or Direction from the Kirk, and containing^ 
 befide the Popifn Frame thereof, divers Popiili Errours and 
 Ceremonies, and the Seeds of manifold and groffe Superfliti- 
 ons and Idolatrie, with a Book of Canons, without War- 
 rant or Direction from the Generall Affembly, eilablifhing a. 
 tyrannicall Power over the Kirk, in the Perfons of the Bi- 
 fliops, and overthrowing the whole Difcipline and. Govern- 
 ment of the Kirk by Ailemblies ; with a Book of Conlecrati- 
 on and Ordination, without Warrant of Autboritie civil or 
 scclefiaftical, appointing Offices in the Houfe of God which 
 a.re not warranted by the Word o{ God, and repugnant to 
 the Difcipline and Acts of our Kirl; ; and, with the High Com- 
 rr/ilnon erected without the Con fen t of this Kirk, fubverting 
 the Jurisdiction and ordinary judicatories of this Kirk, and 
 giving tp Perfons meerly ecclefiarticall the Power of both 
 S'.vords. and to Perfons meerly civil! the Power of the Keyes 
 a r ,-;d Ivirk-Cenfurcs. A fecond Caufe was the Articles of 
 Pcih. viz. the Obfervarion of Fcftivall Daves, kneeling at 
 ^ Communion, Confirmation, Adminillration of the Sacra- 
 ments in private Places, which were brought in by a null 
 j^ifembly, and are contrary to the Confcffion of Faith, as it. 
 was Rifant and (ibfcribccj anno ic8q. and divcrfe Times. 
 fince, and to the Order and Conflifution of this Kirk, $dfy. 
 The Change of the Government of the Kirk from the AiTcm- 
 Wl(?§ of the Kirk, to the Perfons of iom/: Kirkmen pfbrping 
 
 Priority 
 
Trelattck Novations abrogated. 53 
 
 Priority and Power over their Brethren, by the Way and 
 under the Name of Epifcopall Government, againft the Con- 
 feffion of Faith 15 80. againft the Order fet down in the Book 
 of Policie, and againft the Intention and Conftitutions of this 
 Kirk from the Beginning. ^thly. The civil! Places and 
 Power of Kirkmen their fitting in Seffion, Gouncell. and Ex- 
 chequer, their rjding, fitting, and voycing in Parliament, 
 and their fitting in the Bench as Juftices ot Peace, which, 
 according to the Conftitutions of this Kirk, are incompatible 
 with their fpirituall Function, lift them up abjve their Bre- 
 thren in worldly Pomp, and doe tend to the Hinderance of 
 the Miniftcrie. $thty. The keeping and authorizing corrupt 
 AJTemblies at Linlithgow 1606, 160S. at Glafgow \6\o. at A- 
 her dene t<Ji<5. at St. Andrews \6\ 7. at P earth 1618. which 
 are null and unlawful, as being called and conftitute quite 
 contrary to the Order and Conftitutions of this Kirk, receiv- 
 ed and praclifed ever fince the Reformation of Religion, and 
 withall labouring to introduce Novations into this Kirk, a- 
 gainft the Order and Religion eftablifhed. A fixth Caufe \s f 
 the VV r ant of lawfull and free Generall AfTerublies, rightly 
 conftitute of Paftours, Doftours, and Elders, jearcly, or oit- 
 ner pro re r.ata. according to the Liberty of trm Kirk cx- 
 prefled in the Book of Policie, and acknowledged in the Act 
 of Parliament i;p2. After which the whole AfleoUy, in 
 cne Heart and Vovce, did declare. That thefe, and fuch o- 
 ther, proceeding from the Neglect and Breach of t! 
 nail Covenant of this Kirk and Kingdome, ma 
 have been indeed the true and main Caufcs of all our Evils 
 and Diftractions ; and therefore ordain, according to the 
 Conftitutions of the Generall Aflcmblies of this K'nk.aiu! 
 on the Grounds rr/he:!ive above fpecified, That thv 
 Service H »- k. Books of Canons and Ordination, and the 
 High Commiflion, he ftill reje^ed, That the Articles of 
 
 //; be no more proctifed, That Epilcopall 
 the civill P J aces and Power of Kirk men, be hoiden ftill as un- 
 : Jl in this Kirk, That the above named pretcnted Allcm- 
 at Lir/ir ici'-. i| 1610. at Mm 
 
 l$i<$. at V:. 4nir*wj 1617. at :6\S. be 
 
 accounted as null, ar.«.i : j tnJ t 
 
 ~U iucii E 
 
54 J- be Church s mtnnjtck Toiver ratified. 
 
 comming, Generall Airemblies rightly conftitutc, as the pro- 
 per and competent Judge of all Matters Ecclefiaftical, here- 
 after be keeped yearely, and pjfmer pro re nata, as Occafion 
 and Neceilitie fhall require : (The N-eceffitie of thefe occafi- 
 onal Alfemblies being firft remonftra.te to his Majeftie by hum- 
 ble Supplication) as alio .that Kirk-Stffions, Presbyteries, 
 and Synodal AiTemblie^s, be conllitute and obferyed according 
 to -the Order of this Kirk •, which Act, with all and fundriq 
 the particular Heads, Claufes, and Articles therein contained, 
 the Eftates now conveened by his Majefties Indietion, War- 
 rant and Authoritie forelaid. ratifies, approves, and confirmes in 
 all Points, in Manner as the fame propor.ts : And gives there- 
 unto the Strength of a Law and Ait of Parliament, and or- 
 daines Execution to pafs thereupon as effeirs, and refcindes, 
 caffes, and annuljs aJ! Acts and Decrees of Parliament ancj 
 Councell formerly made, contrair and in Prejudice of the laid 
 Act, or any Part thereof. 
 
 Aft V, Anent the Ratification of the Covenant, and cf the Af* 
 JemV-ies Supplication : 4 ft of Councell, and Aft of Ajfem^lie 
 concerning the Covenant, 
 
 THE Eitates of Parliament, presently conveened by his 
 Majefljes fpeciall Authoritie, confidering the Suppli- 
 cation of the Generall Aifembiy at Edinburgh the 12th Day 
 of Aitgufl 1639. to his Mnjefties High Commiffioner, and the 
 Lords of his Alajefiies Honourable Privie Councell, and the 
 Act of the Councell, the 30th of Augufl 1629. containing 
 the Anfwer of the faid Supplication, and the Act: of the faid 
 Generall Aifembiy, ordaining, by their Ecclefiafticall Gon- 
 ftitution, the Subfcription of the ConfelTion of Faith and Co : 
 venant mentioned in' their Supplication : And wilhall, hav- 
 ing fupplicated his Majeftie to ratifie and enjoyne the famin* 
 by his Royali Authoritie, under all civill Raines, as tending 
 to the Glorie of God, Preservation of Religion, the Kings 
 Majefties Honour, and the perfect Peace of this Kirk and 
 Kingdome, do ratifie and approve the faid Supplication, Act 
 pfCounccil and Att of AfTembly ; and conforme thereto or- 
 daincs and commands the faid Confeffion and Covenant to be 
 Jlibfcribed by all his Majdlies Subjects, of what Rank and 
 £>ja!itie foever, under aj] civill Eaines : Apd crduines the 
 
 k\4 
 
Ratification of the Covenant. 55 
 
 faicf Supplication, Aft of Councell, and Aft of the AiTem- 
 bly, with the whole ConfelTion and Covenant itfelfe, to be* 
 infert and regiftrate in the Afts and Books of Parliament : 
 And alfo ordames the famine to be presented at the Entrie 
 of every Parliament, and before they proceed to any other 
 Aft, thrat the fame be piibllckly read and fworne by the 
 whole Members of Parliament claiming Vovcc therein, o- 
 therwife the Refufers to fubferibe and (wear the fame lhall 
 have no Place nor Voice in Parliament And inch like or- 
 daines all Judges, Magiftrct'tes, or othCr Officers of whatfo- 
 ever Place, Rank of Qualiiie, and Minillers at their Entrie, 
 fo fweafe and fubferibe the famine Covenant ; whereof, and 
 of the laid Supplication, Aft of Councell, and Aft of the 
 Affembry, the Tcnour follows, &c. 
 
 The Supplication of the General! Jfjemhly conveened at Edin- 
 burgh the \1th c/~Augu(l 1639. to his Majeflics Hig 
 mijfioner^ and the Lords of bit MajiflidS Honourable 1 
 
 ' CouncelL 
 
 WEE the General! Affcmbly, confidering with all hum- 
 ble and thankfull Acknowledgment the many recent 
 Favours beftowed upon us by His Mqjdtie, and that there' 
 refteth nothing for crowni.\g of his Majeflics incomparable 
 Goodnelle towards us, but that all the Members of I 
 and Kingdome be joyned in one and the fame Conic (Bon l 
 Covenant with God, with the kings Majeftic, and amt 1 
 ourfelvcs : And conceiving the main Lett aoc 
 to this fo good a Work, and Co much wiilied by all, to have 
 been the Informations made to his Majeftu 
 
 ike off civill and ductifull Obcdief) 
 
 to dimTniiq the Kings Greatnefle qd I 
 being moil willing and dcfirous to re an J all fi 
 
 ! cdiments which mav hinder and rnipcd 
 
 Ml Union, and for clearing oi our I. oval:: C 
 
 the refl ol 
 ( 1 whom we rep&fenr, d< 
 
 I C : ; t tO \ 1 
 
 mod Honourable Prific c: uncell, 
 
 - 
 
$6 Ajfemhlys Supplication rat [fie J. 
 
 have any Thought of withdrawing ourfelves from that nub- 
 ble and duetifull Obedience to his Majeftie, and to his Go- 
 vernment, which by the Defcent, and under fhe Reigue of 
 107 Kings, is moft chearfully acknowledged by us and our 
 Predeceff )urs ; and that we never had nor have any Inten- 
 sion nor Deflre to attempt any Thing that may rend to the 
 Difhonxmr of God, or the Diminution of the Kings Great- 
 iieiTe and Authoritie : But, on the contrary, acknowledging 
 our Quietnefle, Stabilise and Happineife to depend upon the 
 Safety of the Kings Majefties Perfon, and Maintenance of 
 his Greatneffe and Royall Authoritie, who is Gods Vice- 
 gerent fet over us for the Maintenance of Religion and Mi- 
 niftratiori of juftice, wee have folemnly fworn, and do 
 fweare, not only our mutuall Concurrence and Affiftance for 
 the Caufe of Religion, and to the uttermoft of our Power, 
 with our Meanes and Lives, to fland to the Defence of our 
 dread Soveraigne his Perfon and Authority, in the Preferva- 
 tion and Defence of the true Religion, Liberties and Lawes 
 of this Kirk and King-dome ; but alfo, in every Caufe which 
 may concern his Majefties Honour, lliall, according to the 
 Lawes of this Kingdome, and the Duties of good Subjects, 
 concurre with our Friends and Followers, in quiet Manner, 
 or in Amies, as we (hall be required of his Majeftie, his 
 Councell, or any having his Authority. And therefore, 
 being moft defirous to clear ourfelves of all Imputation of 
 this Kind, and following the laudable Example of our Pre- 
 deceffours 15*89. do moft humbly fupplicate your Grace, his 
 Majefties CommifTioner, and the Lords of his Majefties moft: 
 Honourable Priyie Councell, to injo'yn by A<fr. of Councell;. 
 that this Confeftion and Covenant, which, as a Teftimony 
 i>f our Fidelity to God, and Loyalty to our King, wee have 
 fubferibed, be fubferibed by all hrs Majefties Subjecls of whai 
 Ranke and Quality foever. 
 
 The Aci of his Majefties moft honourable Privie Councell at Edin- 
 burgh, Auguft 30. anno 1 djp. containing the /Infwer of th& 
 Supplication above -written. 
 
 THE which Day, in Pretence of the Lord Commiflioner, 
 and Lords of Privie Councell', compeared perfonally 
 
 J,hr, 
 
Acl of Trivy Council ratified. 57 
 
 John Earl of Rothes, James Earl of Montrofe, John Lord Lex* 
 4oun y Sir George Stirling of Keir Knight, Sir Willigm Dough fs 
 of Cavers Knight, Sir Henry Wood of Bonytcun Knight, John 
 Smyth Burgeffc of Edinburgh, Mr. Robert Barcley'Vroveft of 
 Irwing, Mr. Alexander Henderfon Minifter at Edinburgh, and 
 Matter Archibald Johnfteun Clerk to the Generall Aflembly, 
 and, in the Name of the prefent fitting Generall Aflembly, 
 gave in to the Lord Commiffioner, and Lords of Privie Conn- 
 cell, the Petition above v/ritten ; which being read, heard, 
 and confidered by the faids Lords, they have ordained, and 
 ordain the fame to be infert and regiftratc in the Bookes of 
 Privie Gouncell ;and, according to the Defire thereof ordaines 
 the faid Confeffion and Covenant to be fubferibed in Time 
 comming by all his Majefties Subjects of this Kingdome, of 
 what Rank and Quality foever. 
 
 The AcJ of the Generall Affembly ordaining, by Ecclefaflicall Att* 
 thoritie, the Subfcription cf the Confeffion of Faith and Cove- 
 nant. 
 
 THE Generall AITembly confidering the great Happineffe 
 which may flow from a full and perfect Union of this 
 Kirk and Kingdome, by joyning of all in one and the fame 
 Covenant with God, with the Kings Majeftie, and amorgft 
 ourfelves, having, by our great Oath, declared the Uprightres 
 and Loyalty of our Intentions in all our Proceeding?, and 
 having withall fupplicated his Majefties High Commiffioner, 
 and the Lords of his Majefties honourable Privie Councell, 
 to injoyne, by Act of Councell, all the Lieges in Time com- 
 ming to fubferibe the Confeffion of Faith and Covenant, 
 which, as a Teftimony of our Fidelity to God, and Lojalty 
 to our King, we have fubferibed ; and feeing his Majefties 
 High Commiffioner, and the Lords of his Majefties honour- 
 able Privie Councell, have granted the Defire of our Suppli- 
 cation, ordaining, by civil Authority, all his Majefties Lie- 
 ges in Time comming to fubferibe the fore fa i nt, 
 that our Union may be the more full and perfect, we, by 
 our Act and Conftiturion Va -cltliafticall, do approve the fore- 
 faid Covenant, in all the nd Claufcs thereof, and or- 
 dailies that all the 
 
 li Md 
 
58 Aft of JffemUy ratified. 
 
 Matters of Univerfities; Colledges and Schoolcs ; all Schol- 
 lers at the palling of their Degrees ; all Perfons fufpefl of 
 Papiftry, or any other Errour ; and finally, all the Members 
 of this Kirk and Kingdome. (ubfcribe the fame, with thefe 
 "Words prefixed to their Subfcription : The Article of this 
 Covenant, which was at the fir ft Subfcription referred to the De- 
 termination of the Generall Affembly, being determined, and there- 
 hy the five Articles of Perth, the Government of the Kirk by B'u 
 /hops, the civill Places and Power of Kirk Men, upon the Reafons 
 and Grounds contained in the Ails of the Generall Affembly, de- 
 clared to be unlawfull within this Kirk, wee f ubfcribe according 
 to the Determination for ef aid. And ordaines the Covenant, 
 with this Declaration, to be infert in the Regifters of the Af- 
 femblies of this Kirk, Generall, Provinciall, and Presbyteriall, 
 ad perpetuam rei memoriam\ and in all Humility fupplicates 
 his Majefties High Commiflioner, and the honourable Eftates 
 of Parliament by their Authority, to ratifie and injoyne the 
 fame, under all civill Paines, which will tend to the Glory 
 of God, Prefervation of Religion, the Kings Majefties Ho- 
 nour, and jperfecl Peace of this Kirk and Kingdome. 
 
 The Confejpon of Faith, fubfcribei at fir (I by the Kings Majefiie 
 and his Houflwld, in the Ye are of God 1580. thereafter by 
 Perfons of all Ranies in the Teare 15-81. by Ordinance of the 
 Lords of the fecret Councell, and Acls of the Generall Affembly % 
 fubfcribed again by all Sorts of Perfons in the Teare 15 90. 
 by a new Ordinance of Councell at the Defirc of the General 
 Affembly, with a generall Band for Maintenance of the true 
 Religion and the Kings Perfn, and fubfcribed in the Tear 
 1638. by us, Noblemen. Barons, Gentlemen, Burgefier, Mini- 
 fters and Commons ihen under fubfcribing ; together with our 
 Refolution and Promt fes, for the Caufe* after fpecified, to maine- 
 taine the fai I true Religion, an / the Kings Majefiie according 
 to the Confcffion forefaid 1 anl 4i~is of Parliament. And now, 
 vpon the Supplication of tl>e Generall Affembly. to his MajeQies 
 High Commitjioncr, and t he Lords of his Majefties Honourable 
 Privy Councell, fubfcribed again in the Teare 1639. by Ordi- 
 nance of Councell, and Aft of the Generall Ajfe?jrbly. 
 
 WE all. and every one of us underwritten, proteft, that, 
 after long and due Examination of our ovvne Confci- 
 
 ences, 
 
The Covenant as firflfivorn anno 1 580. 59 
 
 ences, in Matter? of true and falfe Religion, wee are now 
 throughly relolved of" the Trueth. by the Word and Spirit 
 of God ; and therefore wee believe with our Hearts, con- 
 feife with our Mouths, fubfcribe with our Hands, and 
 conltantly affirme before God and the whole World, that 
 this oneiy is the true Chriftian Faith and Religion plea- 
 fing God, and bringing Salvation to Man, which now 
 is, by the Mercie of God, revealed to the World by 
 the Preaching of the blefled Evangel, and received, be- 
 leeved, and defended by many and lundry notable Kirks and 
 Realmes, but chiefly by the Kirke of Scotland, the Kings 
 Majeflic, and the three Ejlates of this Rea/me, as Gods eternal 1 
 Trueth, and onely Ground of our Salvation, as more parti- 
 cularly is exprefled in the Confeflion of our Faith, ftablilhed 
 and publickly confirmed by fundry Acts of Parliaments, and 
 now of a long Time hath beene openly profefled by the 
 Kings Majeitie, and whole Body of this Realme both in 
 Burgh and Land. To the which Confeflion and Forme of 
 Religion wee willingly agree in our Conlciences in all Points, 
 as unto Gods undoubted Trueth and Veritie grounded one- 
 ly upon his written Word. And therefore wee abhorrc 
 and deteft all contrarie Religion and Doctrine ; but chiefly 
 all Kind of Papiftrie in general and particular Heads, even 
 as they are now damned and confuted by the Word of God and 
 Kirk of Scotland : But in fpecial we deteft and refufe the 
 ufurped Authoritie of that Roman Antichrift upon the Scrip- 
 tures of God, upon the Kirk, the civill Magiirrate, and Con- 
 fciences of Men ; all his tyrannous Lawcs made upon indiffe- 
 rent Things againft our Chrillian Libcrtic \ his erroneous 
 Doctrine againft the Sufficiencie of the written Word, the 
 Perfection of the Law, the Orlice of Chrift and his blefled 
 Evangel; his corrupted Doctrine concerning originall Sinne, 
 our naturall Inabilitie and Rebellion to Gods Law, our Jufti- 
 fication by Faith only, our imperfect SancTification and O- 
 bedience to the Law, the Nature, Number and \J(c of the 
 Holy Sacraments; his five baftard Sacraments, with all his 
 Rites, Ceremonies, and falfe Doctrine added to the Miniftra- 
 tion of the true Sacraments, without the Word of God ; his 
 cruell Judgment againft Infants departing without the Sacra- 
 ment ; his abfolutc Ncccflitic of Baptifmc ; his blafphcmous 
 Opinion of Traniubftantiatiun, or icall prcilncc of Chrifts 
 
 Hodv 
 
60 'The Covenant as firft fivorn anno 1580. 
 
 Body in the Elements, and receiving of the fame by the 
 "Wicked, or Bodies of Men; his Difpenfations with folemne 
 Oaths, Perjuries, and Degrees of Marriage forbidden in the 
 "Word; his Crueltie againft the Innocent divorced; his di- 
 vellifh MaiTe j his blafphemous Pricfthood ; his profane Sa- 
 crifice for the Sins of the Dead and the Quicke; his Cano- 
 nization of Men, calling upon Angels or Saints departed, 
 •worshipping of Imagerie, Reliefs and Crofies, dedicating of 
 Kirks, Altars, Dayes, Vowes to Creatures ; his Purgatorie, 
 Prayers for the Dead, praying or fpeaking in a ftrange Lan- 
 guage, with his Proceitions, blafphemous Letanie, and Mul- 
 titude of Advocates or Mediators ; his manifold Orders, Au- 
 ricular ConfefTion ; his defperate and uncertain Repentance ; 
 his generall and doubtfomc Faith ; his Satisfactions of Men 
 for their Sinnes ; his Juftification by Works, opus operatum^ 
 Works of Supererogation, Merits, Pardons, Peregrinations 
 and Stations ; his Holy Water, baptizing of Bells, conjur- 
 ing of Spirits, crofting, failing, anointing, conjuring, hallow- 
 ing of Gods good Creatures, with the fuperftitious Opinion 
 joyncd therewith ; his worldly Monarchic and wicked Hierar- 
 chie •, his three folemne Vowes, with all his Shavelings of 
 fundry Sorts ; his erroneous and bloudie Decrees made at 
 Trent, with all the Subfcribers and Approvers of that cruell 
 and bloudie Band, conjured againft the Kirk of God : And, 
 finally, we deteft all his vain Allegories, Rites, Signes and 
 Traditions brought in the Kirk, without or againft the 
 Word of God, and Doctrine of this true reformed Kirk : To 
 the which wee joyne ourfelves willingly in Doctrine, Faith, 
 Religion, Difcipline, and Ufe of the Holy Sacraments, as 
 lively Members of the fame in Chrift our Head, promising 
 and fwearing, by xht Great Name of the Lord our God, that wee 
 ihall continue in the Obedience of the Doctrine and Difci- 
 pline of this Kirk, and fhall defend the fame, according to 
 cur Vocation and Power, all the Dayes of our Lives, under 
 the Paines contained in the Law, and Danger both of Body 
 and Soule in the Day of Gods fearefull Judgment : And fee- 
 jng that many are flirred up by Sathan, and that Roman 
 Antichrift, to promife, fvveare, fubferibe, and for a Time ufe 
 the Holy Sacraments in the Kirk deceitfully, againft their 
 own Gonfciences, minding thereby, firft, under the externall 
 Cloak of Religion, to corrupt and fubvert fecretely Gods true 
 
The Covenant as fir ft fivorn anno 1580. 61 
 
 Religion within the Kirk, and afterward, when Time may 
 ferve, to become open Enemies and Perfecutors of the iame # 
 under vain Hope of the Pope's Difpenfation deviled againft 
 the Word of God, to his greater Gonfufion, and their douole 
 Condemnation in the Day of the Lord Jeius : We therefore, 
 willing to take away all Sufpicion of Hvpocrifie, and uf Inch 
 double Dealing with God and his Kirk, proteft. and cail the 
 Searcher of all Hearts for WitnefTe, that our Mindes and Hearts 
 doe fully agree with this our Coufefion, Picn ife. Oath jnd ^uB- 
 fcrtption, fo that we are not moved fur any worl^lv Relpecl but 
 are perfv/aded only in our Conferences, through the Knowledge 
 and Love of Gods true Religion, printed in our Hearts by 
 the Holy Spirit, as wee thall anfwere to him in the Day 
 when the Secrets of all Hearts fhall be dilcloted : An J be- 
 caufe wee perceive that the Quiernes and StabiKtie ol our 
 Religion and Kirk doth depend upon the Safe-tie a 
 Behaviour of the Kings Majeftie, as upon a comfortable in- 
 ftrument of Gods Mercy granted to this Countrey for the 
 maintaining of his Kirk, and Minillration ui Jultice amoi.gft 
 us, we proteft and promife with our Hearts, under the lame 
 Oath, Hand- Writ and Paines, that wee (hall deiend his i y er- 
 fon and Authorise, with our Goods, Bodies and Lives in 
 the Defence of Chrift his Evangel, Liberties of our Coin - 
 Minillration of Juftice, and Punilhmcnt of iniquitie ag 
 all Enemies within this Realme, or without, as wee delire our 
 God to bee a ilrong and merciful De lender to us in the 
 of our Death, and comming of our Lord J'-fii$ Chrift : To 
 whom, with the Father and the Holy Spirit, be all Honour 
 and* Glory eternally. 
 
 LIKEAS many Acts of Parliament, not only in generall 
 do abrogat, annul 1 and refcind all Laws, Statutes, A&S, 
 Conftitutions, Canons eivill or municipal 1, with all other Or- 
 dinances and pr« clique Penalties whatioevxr, made in Preju- 
 dice of the true Religion and Pi or oi the 
 true Kirk Difcipline. Jurifdiclion and Ereedome thereof 
 in favquri oi IdoUtnc and Superflttion, or of tb< 
 call Kirk; as AH 3. 'n. 
 
 114. Pari. 12 ol VI. that Papiilrie 
 
 Superftition may be utt< 
 lion of the A els of Parliament re] 
 
 "% ■». T\ '« n.T 7 : -/* \ I Hl.l fn flnf Rn.l t '• i* all Pa. 
 
6z haws warranting the renewing thereof. 
 
 pifts and Priefts to be puniftied by manifolde civill and Ec- 
 clefiafticall Pames, as Adverfaries to Gods true Religion 
 preached, and by Law eltabliihed within this Realme, Aft 
 24 Pari. 11. King James VI. as common Enemies to all 
 Chriltian Government, Aft 18. Pari 16. King James VI. 
 as Rebelled and Gainftander* of our Soveraigne Lords Au- 
 thority Aft 47. Pari. 3. King James VI. and as Idolaters, 
 Aft 104. Pari. 7. King James VI. But alfo in particular (by 
 and at&our the Confeflion of Faith) do aboliih and condemne 
 the Popes Authority and Jurifdiction out of this Land, and 
 ordain the Maintainers thereof to be puniftied. Aft 2. ParL 
 \. Aft 51. Pari. 3 Aft io<5 ParL 7. Aft 114. ParL 12. 
 King James VI. do condemn the Popes erroneous Doctrine, 
 or any other erroneous Doctrine repugnant to any of the 
 Articles of the true and Chriftian Religion publikely preach- 
 ed, and by Law eftabliftied in this Realme : And ordainc 
 the Spreaders and Makers of Books or Libels, or Letters or 
 Writs of that Nature, to be puniftied Aft 46. Pari. 3. Aft 
 106. ParL 7. Aft 24. ParL 11. King James VI. do con- 
 demn all Baptifm conform' to the Popes Kirk and the Ido- 
 latry of the MafTe, and ordain all Savers, wilful Hearers and 
 Concealers of the MafTe, the Maintainers and Refetters of 
 the Priefts, Jefuits, traffiquing Papifts, to bee puniftied with- 
 out any Exception or Reftriclion. Aft 5. ParL 1. Aft 120. 
 ParL 12. Aft 164. Pari. 13. Aft 193. ParL 14. Aft 1. 
 Pari. 19. Aft 5-. Pari. 20. King James VI. do condemne 
 all erroneous Bookes and Writs, containing erroneous Doc- 
 trine againft the Religion prefently profeffed, or containing 
 fuperftitious Rites and Ceremonies Papifticall, whereby the 
 People are greatly abufed. and ordain the Home-Bringers of 
 them to be puniftied. Aft 25*. Pari. 1 t. King James \ I. do 
 condemn the Monuments and Dregs of bygone Idolatry , as 
 going to the Cr fTes. obferving the Feftivall Dayes of Saints, 
 andfuch other fuperftitious and Papifticall Rites, to the Dif- 
 honour of God. Contempt of true Religion, and foftering of 
 great Errour among the People j and ordain the Ufers of 
 them to be puniftied for the fecond Fault as Idolaters, Aft 
 104. ParL 7. King James VI. 
 
 Likeas many Acls of Parliament are conceived for Mainte- 
 ra:;ce of God's true and Chriltian Religion, and the Purity 
 
 thereof 
 
Laws warranting the renewing thereof. 63 
 
 thereofin Doctrine and Sacraments of the true Church of God, 
 the Liberty and Freedome thereof in her Nationall and Sy- 
 nodall Aflemblies, Presbyteries. Seffions, Policie. Difciplinc 
 and Jurifdiclion thereof, as that Purity of Religion and 
 Liberty of theChurch was ufed, profeffed, exerciied, preach- 
 ed and confefTed according to the Reformation of Religion in 
 this Realme; as for Inftance, the 99 Aft, Pari. 7. Act 23. 
 Pari. 11. Att 114. Pari. 12. Aft 160. Pari. 13. of K. 
 James VI. ratified by 4 A?l of King Charles. So that the 
 6 Att % Pari. 1. and '68 Atf % Pari. 6. of King Janes VI. in 
 the Yeare of God 15-79. declare the Miniftcrs of the blefTed 
 Evangel, whom God of his Mercie had raifed up, or here- 
 after lhould raife, agreeing with them that then lived in Doc- 
 trine and Adminiftration of the Sacraments, and the People 
 that profefTed Chrift as hee was then offered in the Evangel, 
 and doth communicate with the holy Sacraments. ( as in the 
 reformed Kirks of this Realme they were publikely admini- 
 ftrate) according to the Confoffion of Faith, to bee the 
 true and holy Kirk of Chriir Jefus within this Realme, and 
 difcerne and declare all and fundry, who either gainfay the 
 Word of the Evangel, received and approved, as the Heads of 
 the Confeflion of Faith profefled in Parliament, in the Yeare 
 of God 15-60. fpecified alfo in the firft Parliament of King 
 James VI. and ratified in this prefent Parliament, more par- 
 ticularly doe fpecifie. or that refutes the x^dminifrration of 
 the h'.lv Saciaments as they were then miniitratcd. to be no 
 Members of the faid Kirk within this Realme, aid true Reli- 
 gion prefently profefled, fo long as they keep themlllves fo 
 divided from the Socictie of Chriit's Bod) : And the fuble- 
 qucnt Att 69. Pari. 6. of King Ja-»es VI. declares, that 
 there is none other Face of Kirk, nor other Face of Religion* 
 than was prefently at that Time bv the Favour of God eita- 
 bliilied within this Realme which is therefore ever itil- 
 ed. Gids trie Religion^ Chri'fi true Religion, the true crd 
 Chri/tidn Religion auJ a perfeft Religion which 
 A As of Parliament, all within thi^ Realme are [ 
 profefie, to fubferibe the Articles thereof the ConfcfTron of 
 h, to recant all Doctrine and Errours repugnant to any 
 of the faid Art 46 47. 
 
 Part. 6. 
 
 x :. 
 
04 Laws warranting the renewing thereof. 
 
 ii. Aft 123. Pari. 12. Afts 194 and 197. P#;7. 14. of King 
 Javes VI. And all Magiftrates, Sheriffs, &<;. on the one 
 Part, are ordained to fearch, apprehend, and pnnifh all Gon- 
 traveeners. For Inftance, Aft 5 . Pari. 1. Aft 104. Pari. 7. 
 ^# 25. Ptf/7. 11. K. James VI. and that notwithftanding 
 of the Kings Majefties Licences on the contrary, which are 
 difcharged and declared to be of no Force, in fo far as they 
 tend in any waves to the Prejudice and Hinder of the Execu- 
 tion of the Acts of Parliament againft Papifts?and Adverfaries 
 of true Religion, Aft 106. Pari. 7. K. James VI. On the 
 other Part, in the 47 Aft, Pari. 3. K. James VI. it is de- 
 clared and ordained, feeing the Gaufe of Gods true Religion, 
 and his Highnes Authority, are fo joyned, as the Hurt of the 
 one is common to both, and that none mall be reputed as 
 lo> all and faithf.ull Subjects to our Soveraign Lord, or his Aur 
 tlmrity, but be punifhable as Rebellers and Gainftanders of 
 the fame, who mall not give their Confeffion, and make 
 their Profeffion of the faid true Religion ; and that they who 
 after Defection fliall give the ConfefTion of their Faith of 
 new, they fliall promife to continue therein in Time comming, 
 to maintaine our Soveraigne Lords Authority, and at the ut- 
 termoft of their Power to fortify, a (fill and maintain the true 
 preachers and Profeflburs of Chrifls Evangel, againfl whatfo- 
 ever Enemies and Gainftanders of the fame : And, namely^ 
 againft all fuch (of w r hatfoever Nation, Eftateor Degree they 
 be of) that have joyned and bound themfelves, or have aflift- 
 ed, or aflift to fet foreward and execute the cruell Decrees of 
 the Councell of Trent, contrary to the true Preachers and 
 Profeflburs of the Word of God, which is repeated Word 
 bv Word in the Articles of Pacification at Perth, the 23d 
 of February 15*72. approved by Parliament the laft of April 
 IS13 ratified in Parliament 1587. and related Aft 123. Pari. 
 12. of K. James VI. with this Addition, that they are 
 bound to refift all treafonable Uproares and Hoftilities raifed 
 againft the true Religion, the Kings Majefty, and the true 
 Frofeflbrs. Likeas all Leip-es are bound to maintain the K. 
 
 o 
 
 Majefties Royall Perfo.11 and Authority, the Authority of 
 Parliaments, without the which neither any Lawes or law- 
 full Judicatories can be eftablifhed, Afts 130 and 131. Pari. 
 2. K. James Yl, and the Subjects Liberties, who ought only 
 
 to 
 
Laws warranting the renewing thereof, 
 
 to live and be governed by the Kings Lawes, the con: 
 Lawes of this Realm allanerly, Act 48. Pari. 3. K. Jum\ 
 Acl 79. Pari. 6. K. James IV. repeated in the Aft I 13. Part* 
 S. K. James VI. Which, if the), be innovated or prejudged, 
 the Gommiffion anent the Union, of the two Klhgdomss of 
 Scotland and England, which is the fole Aft of the ijth Part, 
 cfK. James VI. declares fuch Confufion would enfue 
 this Realm could be no more a free Monarchic, becaufe, by 
 the fundamental! Lawes; ancient Privilege:, Offices and Li : 
 berties of this Kingdom, not onely the Princely Authority of 
 his Majeftics Royal Defcent hath beene thefe many. Ages 
 maintained, but alfo the Peoples Security of their Lands, 
 Livings, Rights, Offices, Liberties and Dignities preferved. 
 And therefore, for the Prefervation of the (aid true Religion, 
 Lawes and Liberties of this Kingdom, it is flatute by JfiS. 
 Pari/ 1. repeated in the 99th Act, Pari.-, ratified In the ijj 
 j4£i % Pari. 1 1. and Act 114. Pari. 12. of K. games VI. and 
 A (1 4.ofK. Charles, that all Kings and Princes, at ifieJr Co- 
 ronation and Reception of their Princely Authority, wall 
 make their faithful! Promife, by their folcmne Oath in the 
 Prefence of the eternal God, that, enduring the whole Time 
 of their Lives, they fhall ferve the fame eternal God to the 
 uttcrmoft of their Power, according as he hath required in his 
 mod holy Word, contained in the Old and New Teft&iK 
 And, according to the fame Word, fhall maintain the true 
 Religion of Chrift Jefus, the Preaching of his holy W 
 the due and right Adminiftralion of the Sacraments now re- 
 ceived and preached within this Real me (according 
 fconfeflion of Faith immediately preceeding) and (ball 
 and gamftand all falle Religion contrary to the fa 
 fhall rule the People committed to their Charge, a< 
 
 /111 and Command of G 
 Vfor&t and according to the Lowes and Gondii 
 ed in thti Rcalnfe, nowayes repugnant 
 the eternal God, and (hall procure, to 
 Power, to the Kirk of God, 
 true in all Tir , 
 
 Enemies to the t 
 
66 The Covenant as renewed anno 1638. 
 
 was alfo obfcrved by his Majeftie, at his Coronation at E- 
 dinburgh 1633. as may be fcen in the Order of the Corona- 
 tion. 
 
 In Obedience to the Commandement of God, conform to 
 the Practice of the Godly in former Times, and according 
 the laudable Example of our worthy and religious Progeni- 
 tors, and of many yet 'living amongft us, which was war- 
 ranted alfo by Act of Councell, commanding a generall 
 Band to bee made and fub'fcribed by his Majefties Subjects, 
 of all Ranks, for two Gaufes : One was for defending the 
 true Religion, as it was then reformed, and is expreffed in 
 the Confeflion of Faith above written, and a former large 
 Confeflion eftablifhed by fundry Acts of lawful Generall Af- 
 femblies and of Parliament, unto which it hath Relation, fet 
 down in publick Carechifmes, and which had beene for ma- 
 ny Yeares, with a Bleffing from Heaven, preached and pro- 
 feifed' in this Kirk and Kingdom as Gods undoubted Truth, 
 grounded onely upon his written Word. The other Caufe 
 was for maintaining the Kings Majeftie his Perfon and Eftate, 
 the true Worihip of God and the Kings Authority being 
 fo ftra'uly joined, as that they had the fame Friends and com- 
 mon Enemies, and did ftand and fall together. And finally, 
 being convinced in our Minds, and confefling with our Mouths, 
 that the prefent and fuccceding Generations in this Lan4 
 are bound to keep the forefaid Mationall Oath and Subfcrip- 
 tion inviolable, we Noblemen, Barons, Gentlemen, Burgef* 
 fes, Minifters and Commons underfcribing, confidering di- 
 vers Times before, and efpecially at this Time, the Danger 
 of the true reformed Religion, of the Kings Honour, and of 
 the publick Peace of the Kingdome, by the manifold Inno- 
 vations and Evils generally contained and particularly men- 
 tioned in our late Supplications Complaints and Protec- 
 tions, doe hereby profeffe and before God, his Angel?, and 
 the World, folemnh declare That, with our whole Hearts, 
 wee agree and refolve, all the Dayes of our l.ile, conftantly 
 to adhere unto and to defend the forefaid true Religion, and 
 (forbearing the PracYife of all Novations already introduced 
 in the Matters of the YVorfhip of God, or Approbation of 
 the Corruptions of the publick Government of the Kirk, or 
 civiU Places and Power of Kiikmen, till they be tryed and 
 
 allowed 
 
The Covenant as renewed anno 1 63 8. 67 
 
 allowed in free Affemblies and in Parliaments) to labour 
 by all Meanes lawfull to recover the Purity and Liberty of 
 the Gofpel, as it was eftablifhed and profelTed before the 
 forefaid Novations : And becaufe, after due Examination, 
 wee plainly perceive and undoubtedly beleeve, that the In- 
 novations and Evills contained in our Supplications, Com- 
 plaints and Proteftations. have no Warrant of che U ord of 
 God, are contrary to the Articles of the forefaid Confell; r.s, 
 to the Intention and Meaning of the blefled Reformers of 
 Religion in this Land, to the above written Afts of Parlia- 
 ment, and doe fenfibly tend to the re- eftabli flung of the Po- 
 pifh Religion and Tyranny, and to the Subversion and 
 Ruine of the true Reformed Religion, and of our Liberties, 
 Lawes and Eftates, we alfo declare, That the forefaid Con- 
 felTions are to be interpreted, and ought- to be underftood of 
 the forefaid Novations and Evills, no lcfTc than if every one 
 of them had been exprelTed in the forefaid Confcffions, and 
 that wee are obliged to deteft and abhorre them among!! o- 
 ther particular Heads of Papiftry a jmed therein. And 
 therefore, from the Knowledge and Conluenccs of our Du- 
 ty to God, to our King and Countrey, without any world- 
 ly Refpect or Inducement, fo farre as humane Infirmit) will 
 uirfcr, wiihing a further Meafurc of the Grace of God for 
 this EfFecT:, we promife and fweare, by the Great Name of the 
 Lord our God, to continue in the ProfcfTion and Obedience of 
 the forefaid Religion, that wee fhall defend the fame, and 
 refift all thefe contrary Errours and Corruptions according 
 to our Vocation, and to the uttermoft of that Power 
 God hath put in our Hands, all the Dayes of our Life. And 
 in like Manner, with the fame Heart, wee declare, before 
 God and Men, that wee have no Intention nor Dtfnc to at- 
 tempt any Thing that may turn to the Diihohour of ( 
 or to the Diminution of the Kings Greatneife and Authority i 
 But, on the contrary, wee promife and fweare. That WCC 
 fliall, to the uttermoft of .our Power, with our Mefl 
 Lives, (land to the Defence of our dread Sowaignc the 
 Kings Majcftie his Pcrfon and Authority, in the Dcfc 
 anJ Prcfervation of the forefaid true Religion, Libci 
 and Lawes of the Kingdome : As alio to the mutual] I 
 fence and AlHltancc every one of us of another, in the I 
 
68 3w Covemni as renewed anno 1638. 
 
 Ccnfe of maintaining the true Religion and his Majefties 
 Authority, with our belt Counfell, our Bodies, Mcanes, an4 
 whole Power, againft all Sorts of Perfons whatfoever ; fo 
 fnat v/hatfoever ihall be done to the lead of us for that 
 Caufe, ihall be taken as done to us all in generall, and to 
 every one of us in particular. And that we (hall neither di- 
 reqly nor indirectly lufFer ourfelves to be divided or with- 
 drawn by whatfoever Suggeflion, Allurement, or Terrour, 
 from this blefled and loyall Conjunction, nor flia.ll call in 
 any Let or Jmpedirnent that may (lay or hinder any fuch 
 Refoluticn as by common Content fhall be found to conduce 
 for fo good Ends •, but, on the contrary, fhall by all lawfull 
 Mcanes labour to further and prornove the fame. And, if 
 any fuch dangerous and divifive Motion be made to us by 
 "Word or Writ, we, and every one of us, fliall either fup- 
 prefs It, pr, if need bee, fhall incontinent make the fame, 
 Jtnown, that it be timoufly obviated. Neither doe wee fear 
 the foul Afperfions of Rebellion, Combination, or what elfe 
 qur Adverfaries from their Craft and Malice would put upon 
 us, feeing what wee doe is fo well warranted, and ariieth 
 from an unfained Defire to maintain the true Worfhip of 
 God, the Majcfty of our King, and Peace of the King- 
 dome, for the common Happineffc of ourfelves and the Po- 
 sterity , And becaufe wee cannot look 4br a Bleffing from 
 Pod upon our Proceedings, except with our profeffion and 
 Subscription wee joyne fuch a Life and Ccnverfation as be- 
 feemeth Chriftians who have renewed their Covenant with 
 God, wee therefore faithfully promife, for ourfelves, our 
 Followers, and all others under us, both in publike, in our 
 particular Families and perfonall Carriage, to endeavour to 
 keepe ourfelves within the Bounds of Chriftian Libertie, ancj 
 to be good Examples to others of all Godlinefle, Soberneife, 
 and RighteoufneiTe, and of every Duty wee owe to God and 
 Man. "And, that this cur Union znd Conjunction may bee 
 obferved without Violation, wee call the Living God, the 
 sarcher of our Hearts, to witneffe, who knowerh this to be 
 cur nncere Defire and unfained Resolution, as wee fliall anfwe'f 
 |G Jcfus Chritt in the great Day, and under the Pain of Gods 
 svcrlamng W'rath', ancl of Infamie and LofTe of all Honour 
 
 humbly befeechjng the 
 
The Lhurcpl i/&~*Jacy abrogate J. ?t 
 
 Lord to ftrcngthen us by his Holy Spirit 10. .uj Aflemblr 
 to blcfic our Defi es and Proceedings with a happy Succelft, 
 that Religion and Righteoulhefle may flourifh in the Land, 
 he Glory of God, the Honour of our King, and Peace 
 and Comfort of us all. In witncfle whereof, wee have iub- 
 Jcribed with our Hands all the Premiffes. 
 
 The Article of this Covenant, which was at the fir ft Sut/crfo* 
 tion referred to the Determination of the General/ Ajptmtfy, being 
 determined, and thereby the five Articles of Perth, the Gov em- 
 went of the Kirk by Bif;ops y the civill Places and Power of 
 Kir the Reafons and Grounds contained in the Acts of 
 
 the General) Ajfembly, declared to be unlawful! wiibin this Kirk % 
 : Jul fc rile according to the Determination for ej aid. 
 
 AX VI. Art Refcifforie *. 
 
 fnOHE Eftates of Parliament, prefently conveened by his 
 X Majclties fpecial Authority, confidering that the- Of- 
 fice of Bifliops and Archbilhops, and all other Prelates, the 
 civil Places and Power of Kirkmen, as their voycing and 
 ryding in Parliament, are condemned by the Aflemblies of 
 fhis Kirk ; and considering the feverall Acts and Complaints 
 of this Kirk unto Parliaments, from Time to Time, againft 
 . [peciallv of Prelates, their attempting to vote or 
 any Thing in Name of the KUk, without cither bearing 
 Office in the Kirk, or having Commilfion from the K 
 with her frequent Supplications to the Parliament for dif- 
 folving all Prelacies ; copfidcring alio the Petition of the 
 niniflioners of the lare Generall Aflemuly, humbly craving 
 Rcfciflion of alj A<fh of Pari; '.<ich grants to 
 
 the Kirk or Kirl;mcn, of whatfoever Sort, allowed or dif- 
 allowc^i $s representing her, or in her Name, the Prtvikdgt 
 ryding and voting in Parliament, as prejudicial to her Li- 
 .md irvcon -. ith her fpiritu . i.ircs, 
 
 'I ' I !,'..:.'. 
 
 I as k is now reloi: 
 
 Ufcroblict, with the 
 
 i by A (ft of ..r \i\ 
 
 u-.il a faull Par: of the £ody of the Aft. • 
 
68 ?w Covenant as r/^nj tared. 
 
 C-ufe of.rt^. 1 140. which Aft the faids Eftates, now con- 
 veened by his Majeities fpeciall Indiftion, Warrant and Au- 
 thority, revives and rcnewes in the whole Heads, Points, 
 and Articles thereof, (with this expreife Declaration, that, 
 according to the kft Claufe in the Aft of the late Generall 
 Aftembly of the 17th of Auguft, the Neceflitie of occafional 
 Aftemblies be firft remonftrate to his Majeltie by humble Sup- 
 plication) to ftand in full Strength as a perpetuall Law in all 
 Time comming, notwithftanding of whatfocver Afts and 
 Statutes made in the contrair thereof, in whole or in Part, 
 which the Eftates conveencd, as laid is, cafles and annuls 
 in all Time comming, and declares, That it is and (hall be 
 lawful 1 to the Presbyteries of this Kirk to exaft and receive 
 from Subjefts of all Qualities their Oath of the Confeffion 
 of Faith and Covenant, with the Subfcription thereof, to 
 examine Pedagogues of the Sons of Noblemen palling out of 
 the Countrey, to give them Teftimonials according to for- 
 mer Afts of Parliament to give and direft Admonitions, pri- 
 vate or publick, to Perfons joyned in Marriage for Adhe- 
 rence, to defigne Manfe and Gleibs to Miniiters to appoint 
 Stent- Matters for Reparation of Kirks and Kirk-Yeards. and 
 for Maintenance of the Matters of Schooles, and to flent 
 the Parochioners conform to the Aft of Parliament, to ad- 
 mit Minifters upon the Prefentations from the lawful Pa- 
 trons, or jure devoluto, which fhall happen hereafter, or un- 
 to Kirks which fall not under Patronages, fuchhke and as 
 freely as they did or might have done off before. And to 
 doe all and whatfoever Things which before pertained to 
 Presbyteries, and were ufurped by the Prelates, and that 
 notwithttanding of whatfoever Afts or Statutes made in the 
 contrair in favours of Bilhops, Archbifhops, or other Pre- 
 htcs, which the Eftates, authorized in Manner forefaid, caf«r 
 fes and annuls. And fpccially the Eftates forefaids cafles 
 and annuls the 23d Afi 1 j 97. anent the Kirk, and fpeciall 
 Perfons and Prelates voycing in Parliament, and reprefent- 
 ing the third Eftate; the 2d Aft i6cd. anent the Reftitution 
 of the State of Btihops, and their reprefenting the third E- 
 ftate, the 8th Aft 1607, anent the Chapter of St. Andrewes ; 
 the 6th A3 1609. anent the CommifTariats and Jurifdiftion 
 given to Bi&ops and Arch i>ij(h ops ; the firft AS 1612. a- 
 
Laws for Prelacy abrogated. ft 
 
 CCnt the Ratification of the Acts of the pretended AfTembly 
 of Glafgow \6\o. the nrft and fecond Acts i 6 j 7. anent the 
 Election of Bifhops and Reftitution of Chapters, without 
 Prejudice alwaies to the Miniliers ferving the Cure, of E* 
 moluments allowed to them in Part of their Stipend ; the 
 firil Act 1621. anent the Ratification of the Articles of the 
 pretended AfTembly holden at Perth. And finally, the Im- 
 itates forefaid, conveened by Authority, refcindes and an- 
 nulls all and whatfoever Acts of Parliament, Lawes and Con- 
 ftitutions, in fo far as they derogate and are prejudiciall to 
 the fpirituall Nature, JurifdicYion, Difcipline, and Priviledges 
 of this Kirk, or of her Generall, Provinciall. Presby teriall 
 AfTemblies and Kirk-Seffions, and fo far as they are conceiv- 
 ed in favours of Archbifhops, Bifhops, Abbots, Priors, and 
 other Prelates or Kirkmen whatfoever, their Dignity, Ti- 
 tle, Power, JurifdicYion and Eirate in this Kirk and King- 
 dome, or in favours of the civill Places and Power of Kirk- 
 men, of whatfoever Sort, allowed or difallowed, for their 
 riding, fitting, and voycing in Parliament, either as Kirk* 
 men, or the Clergy, or in Name of the Kirk, or as repre- 
 fenting the Kirk, either in regard of their Ecclefiaftick Ti- 
 tles, Offices, Places, and Dignities, or in regard of the Tem- 
 porality or Spirituality of their Ecclefiaftick Benefices, or o- 
 ther Pretext whatfoever, wirh all Acts and Conftitutions (if 
 Convention, Councell, or SefTion, or other Judicatory what- 
 foever, and all PracYifes and Cuftomes whatfoever, introdu- 
 ced in favours of the faids Offices, Titles, Benefices, or Per- 
 fons provided thereto : And declares all Perfons, civill or 
 ecclefiafticall, ceniured, deprived, confined, or banilhed. by 
 Venue of whatfoever Acts, Decreets, or Sentences, given 
 and pronounced by the faids Archbifhops and Bifhops, or ci- 
 thers their Colleagues and Aflociats in their Ecck/iaflicall 
 
 rrs holden by Venue of the Acts forefaids. or arij 
 them, or by Vertue of the pretended High CotnrarJJvon, and 
 all Acts intcrponcd thereto agnii 
 
 not Obedience of the I : them, w I 
 
 arc now repealed, as laid ir, or for not acknou their 
 
 faids Courts, or for their | I Contumacy, 
 
 ipearancc to anfv.-cr befi ro be null anc 
 
 A\ail, Force, nor 1 :o be re- 
 
 IloicJ 
 
72 Arient jldmiffion of Ititipifti 
 
 ftored and reponed againft the fame, fuchlike as if the famine 
 had never been given nor pronounced. 
 
 Acl VIII. Aneht Admiffion tfMintjlcrs to Kirks which belonged 
 to Bijhopricks. 
 
 THE Eftates of Parliament, prefently conveened by his 
 Majefties fpecial Authority, confidering that the 
 Right of Patronage and Power of preferring of Minifters to 
 divers Kirks within this Realme, have been acclaimed and 
 poifefled by the fometime pretended Bifhops and Archbilhops 
 within this Kingdome. by vertue of the 2d Aft of Parliament 
 1606. anent the Reftitution of the Eftatc of Bifhops, or by 
 fome other Right, or Pretence of Right, to the very great 
 Grief and Prejudice of this Kirk, her juft Liberty and Pofleifi- 
 on fince the Reformation, by Superintendents, and the Com- 
 miffioners of the Kirk before the Erection of Presbyteries ; 
 and fince by Presbyteries themfelves, who have been re/pec 
 iive in Pofieffion, for providing and planting of all Kirks with- 
 in this Kingdome, belonging to the Bifhopricks, and that 
 even fince their Annexation 15 S7 . upon the Sine and Calling 
 of the Congregations and Paroches, where the Minifters were 
 to ferve in the Funftion of the Miniilerie, which is moft evi- 
 dent by the 7 th Aft of the ill: Parliament of our deareft Fa- 
 ther, in the Yeare 1567. and by the Aitignation to Minifters 
 of Stipends out of the Thirds of Benefices, and Letters of 
 Horning conftantly ufed to bee direft by Deliverance of the 
 Lords of Seffion upon the Provisions and Admiflions of 
 Minifters to the faids Stipends of the Thirds of Benefices, by 
 Superintendents, Commissioners of the Kirk, and Presbyteries 
 refpeflive, without any Prefentation at; all, both before and 
 fince the Aft of Annexation 15S7. whereby the Minifters fo 
 provided and admitted did brook and enjoy the Fruits and 
 Rents alTigned, and their Stipends, during their Lifetime, and 
 many of them yet living doe ftili brook and enjoy the -fame, 
 And fuchlike, the forcfaid Privilege and the Right of the Kirk 
 is evident by divers Afts of her Generall Aflemblies made there, 
 anent, and by her frequent Grievances againft the Ufurpation 
 of Prelats and others, upon her faid Right and Poflcifionj 
 and efpecially by her Proteftation againft the foresaid two 
 Afts of Parliament of King James the VI. his Elajeftiis 
 
Planting the Cktrch allowed to Tresbyteries. 73 
 
 while deareft Father, holden in theYeare 1606. whereby the 
 Prelates pretended Right of Patronages and Advocation? of 
 Kirks had defrauded the Kirk thereof. And now feeing the 
 faid Aft of that Parliament in the Yeare 1 606. i refcinded, caf- 
 fed and annulled in this prefent Parliament, and it is moll rca- 
 fbnable that the Kirk be reftored, now after the Abolition ot 
 the Eftate ofBiihops, to the wonted Right;, Privileges and 
 Liberties which he had, and was in PoflefTion of before the 
 the Reftitution of Bifhops, therefore the faids Eftates of Par- 
 liament, conveened as faid is," deccrnes, flatutes, and or- 
 daines, That, according to the faid ?th Aft of the firft Par- 
 liament of the Kings Majefties umwhile deareft. Father, the 
 full Power of providing of all Minifters to Kirks, which the 
 faids pretended Biihops have been in Ufe to provide fince the 
 faid Aft of their Reftitution 1606. ihall hereafter belong and 
 appertaine to the Kirk : And that, in all Time coming, Prcf- 
 byteries, (who are now in place of Superintendents and Corn- 
 miflioncrs of the Kirk) within their feveral Jurifdiftions, fhill 
 provide and admit Minifters to all thefe vacant Kirks, which 
 before Were acclaimed by the forefaids Bifhops by the faid 
 Aft of Reftitution i6c6. to the Fruits and Stipends thereof 
 but Prejudice alwayes to any Patronages of Kirks, which be» 
 long either to the Kings Majefty, or to an) L*ick Patron, or to 
 any Nobleman, Baron, or Burgtfit Right and Pofleflion befoic 
 thefe late Troubles *, and but Prejudice of the Interclt of the 
 Parocbes, according to the Afts and Praftife of the Kirk finer 4 - 
 the Reformation : And declares, That the faid Provifion and 
 Admidion, with Collation and Inltitution following ihere- 
 n, lhall be a fufficient Right and Title for the Intrant 
 to pufTeilc and enjoy the whole Fruits, Rents and Stijx 
 whatfoevcr belonging to the Kirk, and to the Minifies fer- 
 - the Cure thereat. And ordaines the Lords of Scflion, 
 
 all other Judges competent, to give out Decreets 
 Sentences, Letters conforme, Horning and Inhibition, and 
 
 ther Executorial!*, upon the faid Provifion 'mif- 
 
 fi m of Minifters by Prcs'm tcries, Collation and Init: mion 
 following thereupon, fuchlikc ns thev are in life to d<>e Dl 
 I ; Inltitution following upon Prcfematiuns fi 
 
 lawfull Patrons. *r 
 
 K At 
 
74 Laws again/} profaning the Sabbath. 
 
 Afl IX. Dtfcharghig the going cf Salt -Pans and Mylnes up- 
 on the Sabbath- Day. 
 
 FOrfameikle as the Eftates of Parliament, prefently con- 
 veened by his Majefties fpeciall Authority, confidering 
 that Gods publick W or (hip upon the Sabbath-Day is hinder- 
 ed, and the Sabbath- Day prophancd by the going of Mylnes 
 and Salt Pans upon the Sunday ; for Remeed hereof, the fi- 
 liates of Parliament, prefently conveened by his Majefties fpe- 
 ciall Authority, difcharges and prohibires all Salt- Pans and 
 Mylnes within this Kingdom, from all going, grinding, mak- 
 ing of Salt, or anywayes working upon the Sunday in any 
 Time hereafter : And ordaines the Salters, Millers, and o- 
 ther Servants in the faids Mylnes and Salt-Pans, to attend 
 Gods publick "Worfhip every Sunday hereafter, under the 
 Paines and Cenfures contained in the Acts of the AiTcmbly, 
 or other Kirk- Acts fet down hereanent. To the which Acts 
 jhe faids Eftates of Parliament interpones the civil Sanction 
 and Authority of Parliament for the better Execution there- 
 of. 
 
 Aft X. Difcharging Salmond Fifiing on Sunday. 
 
 THE Eftates of Parliament, prefently conveenecTby his 
 Majefties fpeciall Authority, confidering the great A- 
 bufe and Prophanation of the Sabbath Day, occafioned by the 
 fifhing of Salmond upon that Day, thereby many People are 
 withholden from divine Exercife. and are employed in the 
 ordinary Works of their Calling, Or ctherwayes have Oppor- 
 tunity to miflpend their Time in unlawful Actions, contrary 
 to the Law of God, and Acts of this reformed Kirk : There- 
 fore, for Remeed thereof in all Time comming inhibites and 
 difcharges all Manner of Salmond- Fiihing upon the Sabbath* 
 Day, under the Paine to the Contravceners to be punifhed 
 as Breakers of the Sabbath-Day, by the Confiscation of the 
 Nets and Fiih to the Bchoofe of the Poore. 
 
 Aft XI. Againjl Papi/Is. 
 
 HE Eftates of Parliament, now prefentlv conveened by 
 his Majefties fpeciall Authority, ratifies and approves 
 all and whatfoevcr Acts and Statutes of Parliament, 
 
 Convert 
 
 T 
 
Slgainjt rapijts and Kejetters oj them. J 5 
 
 Convention, or Secret Councell, made againft Papifts, againft 
 Sa)ers and Hearers of iMalle, and againft Jefuirs, Seminary 
 Priefts, and againft excommunicate Perfons for Papiftry, or 
 for reletting of Jefuirs and excommunicate Papifts, and a* 
 gainft the Reietters of the fore/aids Perfons, or any of them, 
 in the whole Heads and Articles thereof; and fp»cially, but 
 Prejudice of the Generality forefaid, ratifies and approves 
 the Act of Parliament made by his Majefties Father of blef- 
 fed Memory, Part, 13 Cap 164. and Part. 14. Cap. 193, 
 194. and the Ac°c made, Pari. 20. Cap. 5. in the whole 
 Heads and Articles thereof : And declares, that witting and 
 wilfull refetting of the Perfons forefaids fhall be understood 
 to be committed by rhefe, who (after lawful Intimation to 
 be made at the Head-Burgh of the Shire where they dwell 
 and make their Refidence for the mod Part, and at the Mar- 
 ket CrolTc of Edinburgh, of the Names of the Jefuits, Semi- 
 nary Priefts, and excommunicate Perfons for the Caufcs 
 forefaid) refets the Perfons forefaids by the Space of three 
 Nights together, or three Nights at feveral Times, (which 
 is the Manner of Intimation prefcribed by the faid 13th ParL 
 Cap. 164. and by the faid Pari. 20. Cap. 5-9. and that the 
 Perfons Rcfetters, in Manner forefaid, mall be l)able to the 
 Paine and Puniihmcnt contained in the faid Acts, without 
 farther verifying of their Notice and Knowledge, except the 
 Intimation forefaid. And alfo declares, that the faids Arts 
 of Parliament, ratified as faid is, fhall comprehend not onely 
 Men, but Women of all Quality, and that they and their 
 Reietters mall be lyable to the Paines therein contained. And 
 fuchiike the Eftates ratifies and approves the A61 of Parlia- 
 ment made by his Majefties Father, Pari. \6. Cap. 17. in- 
 tituled, Aol anent Kon -Communic ant s , and ordaines every Pcr- 
 fon Non-Communicant to be lyable to the Paines therein 
 contained. And wills and ordaines all Minifters within their 
 Parochins, and all Presbyters within their Presbyteries to 
 take Tryall and Cognition of the PremiiTes, and that as fully 
 as the Biihops or Archbjfhops might have done by the fore- 
 faids Afts, or any of them \ and abrogates the faids A(ft> in 
 fo far as any Power is thereby granted to the faid Archbilhops 
 and Biihops anent the Premiffi 
 
 An 
 
J 6 -Si& ain ft Superftition. 
 
 Jfl XII. Uncharging the Zule Vacance, and appointing the Sefi 
 fori to fit clowne the firft of November, and rife the lali of 
 February, and thereafter to ft doivue the fir ft of June, and 
 rife the laft cf July ) ear eh. 
 
 **T "" }iE Eftates oT Parliament, prefently convcened by his 
 J Majefties fpeciall Authoritie, underftanding that the 
 Kirke within this Kingdome is now purged of all fuper- 
 {titious Obfervation of Dayes ; and herewith alfo considering 
 that the keeping of the Zule Vacance hath not only Relation 
 to that Superftition, and may ferve to keep the famine in 
 Memory, but alfo that the keeping of the fa. id Zule Vacance 
 hath interrupted the Courfe or Juftice in this Kingdome, to 
 the Hinderance and heavie Prejudice of the Lieges thereof: 
 Therefore the faids Eftates have difcharged, and /imply dif- 
 charges the forefaid Zule Vacance, and all Obfervation there- 
 of in Time comming, and refcindes and annulls all Acts, 
 Statutes, Warrants and Ordinances whatfoever, granted at 
 any Time heretofore for keeping of the faid Zule Vacance, 
 with all Cuftome of Obfervation thereof and finds and declares 
 the famine to be extincl, voyde, ai- j of no Force nor EiTecl 
 in Time comming. And ordaines the Court s^nd ScfTion of 
 the Colledge of Juftice, and Senarours and Members there- 
 of to conyeerre and fit for the, Administration of Juftice, 
 \jrithotrf any Interruption by the forefaid Zule Vacance, from 
 the firft Day of November to the lair Day of February there- 
 after inclufive yearely* And ordaines the faids Senatours 
 and remanent Members of the Colledge of Juftice, to rife 
 ihc faid i aft Day of February, and to cenveene and fit downe- 
 againe, for Adminillrution of Juftice to the Lieges, the fir ft 
 Pay of June yearly, and to rife the. laft Day "(July next 
 thereafter faclnfhe. And alfo ordaines the whole remanent 
 Ridges of inferiour Courts within the Kingdome to proceed 
 fcl the Admin'mration of Juftice within their fevcrali Jurisdic- 
 tions, without any Refpcfl to the faid Zule Vacance, and with- 
 out any 'Interruption or Vacation by the faid Zule Vacz 
 notwithstanding of any bygone Cuftome of Obfervation of 
 the faid &ilf Vacance, feeing the famine is now difchartrcd 
 in Ma&iger forefaid. 
 
Agamji excommunicate T relates > 8cc. 77 
 
 Aft XIV. Fzr taking Order with the Abufes committed on the 
 Sunday by the Confluence of People for by ring cf Shearers on 
 Sunday. 
 
 T7*Orfameikle as the Prophanation of the Sunday is greatly 
 J7 occafioned in the Time of Harveft, by the great Con- 
 fluence of People to publick Places, ai> Ports, or Streets of 
 Townes, and Paroch Kirkes of Landward, everie &ui 
 from 'Morning to Preaching Time, for hiring Shearers the 
 AVcck following, whereof there arifeth alio limdry Tumults, 
 Diforders, fwearing, drinking, and often righting on the 
 Sabbat h-Dd) ; for Remeed hereof the Ettates of Pariiar 
 prcfently conveened by his Majefties fpecial Authoiit^ < tiers 
 and remits the famine to be taken Order with, to th 
 of Peace and Kirk Seffions where the Abufe ihall be com- 
 mitted hereafter by the Confluence of the laid People and 
 hyring of the faids Shearers upon the Sunday, as fuid u 
 the faid Juftices of Peace and Kirk-Seffions fliall find the laids 
 Abufes, then to be committed, to delerve* 
 
 Act XV. For directing Letters of Horning and Caption by the 
 Lords of Sejjion again/} the excommunicate Prelates, and all 
 other c>: communicate Perfons. 
 
 THE Eftates of Parliament, conveened- by his Majcfties 
 fpeciall Authoritie, confidering the Neceffitie oi il . 
 ing and putting In Execution the ^^d Act of the third Parlia- 
 ment of King fames VI. anent Letters of Horning and Cap- 
 tion to follow upon Excommunication oi the Kirk alter lour tic 
 its and revives the faid Acl oi Parliament, and 
 raincj the Lords of Scflion to grant Letters and other 
 
 /rift the excommunicate Prelates, and all otht; 
 excommunicate Perfons. 
 
 Ad XXVI Fcr f'/ppre/J7ng the Dijiir.fthn offpirituz'l 
 I 
 
 THE E:!a:c; of Parliament, prefcntly conveened by his 
 MtjcfttCS fpeciall Authority, cailcs, annuls, and rc« 
 
 irticlc oi the brj • the iSfih 1 
 
 Men by King /fltrrj the V. oi" worthy Mo 
 
 • 
 
78 T reclamations againjl the Reformers annulled. 
 
 nent the Inftitution of the College of Juftice, bearing, That 
 the Loids of Counccll and Seffion fhull be chofen halfe fpi- 
 rituall, halfe te.nporali, and deccrnes and ordaines the 
 whole Number to be temporal], and none of them fpirituall, 
 and the forcfaid Diftinftion jpf fpirituall and temporall to 
 be fuppreft and forgotten in all Time coming. 
 
 Jfl XXVIII Annulling all unlawful! and unjufl Proclamations 
 made under the Paine of Treafon again]} the Difobeyers, 
 
 FOrfomuch as the Eftates of Parliament, prcfently con- 
 veencd by his Majcilies fpeciall Authorise, having taken 
 to their Cnnfideration, that there hath been diverfc unjuft 
 and unlawful Proclamations made, commanding the Obe- 
 dience of Things unjuft and unlawfull, (tending to the O- 
 verthrow and Prejudice of the Lawes and Liberties ofKirke 
 and Kingdome) under the Paine of Treafon, as alfo declar- 
 ing the Difobeyers of thefe unlawfull and unjuft Proclama- 
 tions to be Rebels and Traitours, which is againft Law, E- 
 quity and Reafon, no Triall nor Deelaratour of Treafon 
 having proceeded againft them of before, flndes and de- 
 clares all thefe Proclamations, with the pretended Ac"h and 
 AVarrands for making and proclaiming thereof, to be null 
 and of none Availe, Force, nor Effect, with all that hath 
 followed or may follow thereupon : And therefore the faids 
 Eitates of Parliament caffes and annulls the forefaids pre- 
 tended Proclamation?, with all the faid Acts and Warrands 
 whereupon the fame proceeded : And findes and declares* 
 That no Perfon nor Perfons can be declared Traitours, but 
 either by the Parliament itfelfe, and by Act and Sentence 
 thereof or then by the iawiliJl ordinar Judge, after Tryall : 
 And finding, That the faids Perfons hath contraveencd a 
 Law and Act of Parliament made under the Paine of Trea- 
 fon againft the Difobeyers and Contraveenars thereof. 
 
 Aft XXIX. Explaining the preceding j48s of Parliament made 
 avoir-fl Bands end Conventions amongfi the Subjeth ; as alfo 
 declaring the Bands and Convention/, made and kept fnce, the 
 Beginning of tie frefent Troubles \ to be legal! and lawfu'L 
 
 FOrfomuch as the Eitates of Parliament, prefently con- 
 veeaed by bis MajeiUes fpeclail Authorise, eoDJidering 
 
 that, 
 
The Green Tables and their AShgs vindicated. 79 
 
 that, by the twelfth Acl of the tenth Parliament of the Kings 
 Majefties uimvhile deareft Father, of eternall Memory, all 
 Leagues and Band; amongft the Subjects are difcharged ; and, 
 by the 131 Aft of the eighth Parliament of the Kings urn- 
 ■while deareft Father, all Councels, Conventions or AfTem- 
 blies, without the Kings Command or Licence, are alio dif- 
 charged, under the Paines ordained by the Acls of Parlia- 
 ment againft fuch as unlawfully convocates the Kings Lie- 
 ges : And that alfo, by fundry other preceding Statutes and 
 Acts of Parliament made by his Majefties moft Noble Pro- 
 genitors, the forefaid Leagues, Bands, Councels, Conven- 
 tions and Meetings are likewife difcharged. And here- 
 with alfo the faid Eftares, taking to their Confideration what 
 was the true End and Meaning for making of the forefaid 
 Acts, and how farre the fame in Ecjuitie and Reafon can be 
 extended, findes and declares^ That the forefaid Acls and 
 Laws, particularly and generally before expreft, is not nor 
 cannot bee extended againft any Bands, Leagues, Councels, 
 Conventions, Affcmblies, Committees, or Meetings, made, 
 holden, and kept by the Subjects for Maintenance and Pre- 
 fervation of the Kings Majeltic. the Religion, Lawes, and 
 Liberties of the Kingdome, or for the publick Good either 
 of Kirk or State. But the laid Eilates findes and declares, 
 1 hat all thefc Bands, Conventions. Committees, and other 
 Meetings made and keeped by the Eftates and Subjects of this 
 Kingdome. for the publike Good of King. Kirke and State, 
 and intended for the Defence and Prefervation thereof ! ; 
 the Beginning of thefe prefent Troubles, are not prohifa 
 nor diicharged by the forefaid s Lawes and Acts of Pari 
 ment, particularly and gencrallv before rehcarfed. nor n< nc 
 of them ; and can noways be underft tod nor interpret to f ill 
 within theCompaflc of the Dilcharge an J Prohibition ol the 
 forefaids Acts, and doth n r nor 
 
 none of them. And therefore tl 
 proves and alluv.es all the I 
 
 minces and other Mec . i hive bre'n imda 
 
 and kecped wilh'm I 
 vatio:i (.1 the Kii g's M 
 berties ol :!< : 
 
 the prck >lcs there >i bee 
 
 U 
 
8o The Oath required of all Tarliamenters. 
 
 lav, full and legall Deeds, and that they doe nowayes con- 
 travccne the forefaids A<fls of Parliament reffeCtlve above 
 mentioned, nor none of them, nor no ^other Law nor Con- 
 stitution of this Kingdome. 
 
 Charles!. Pari 2. Sejf. 2. begun June 15-. 1641. 
 
 Aft V. Anent the Oath to be given by every Member of Par It a* 
 merit, Auguft 18. 164 1. 
 
 FiORSOMUCH as the Honour, GreatnefTe and Happlneifc 
 of the Kings Royall Majeftie, and the Welfare of the 
 Subjects, depend on the Puritie of Religion as it is 
 now eftablifhed in this Kingdome, the Laws, Liberties, and 
 Peace thereof, which ought to be fought after by all good 
 Chriftians, loyall Subjects and true Patriots, and to be fur- 
 thered and maintained by them againft all jfuch as by any 
 Mcanes endeavour to (hake or fubvert the fame : Therefore 
 we Under Subfcribers, and every one of us, do, in the Pre- 
 fence of Almightie God, promife and vow, That, in this 
 prefent Parliament, we fhall faithfully and freely fpeak, an- 
 swer and expreffe ourfelves upon all and every Thing which 
 is or (hall be proponed, io farre as we think in our Gonfci- 
 ence may conduce to the Gloric of God, the. Good and Peace 
 of the Church and State of this Kingdome,. and imploy our 
 befr Endeavours to promove the fame : And fhall in noways 
 advifc, voyce nor confent to any Thing, which, to our befr. 
 Knowledge, we think not mod expedient and conduceable 
 thereto : As alfo that we fhall maintaine and defend with 
 our Life, Power and Eftatc, his Majeftres Royall Perfon, 
 Honour and Eflate, as is expreft in our Nationall Covenant; 
 and likewife the Power and Pr-ivi ledges of Parliament, and 
 the lawfull Rights and Liberties of the Subjects, and by all 
 good Means and ~\V r ayes oppofe and indeavour to bring 
 to exact Tryal'l, all fuch a; either by Force, Piactife, Coun- 
 fell, Plot c , Cnnfpiracies, or other way <es, have done or fhall do 
 
 . Thing in Prejudice of the Puritie of Religion, the Ln 
 L". ! ?crties, and Peace of the Kingdome : And further, that 
 we (hall in all juft and honourable \yayefs endeavour to pre- 
 dion and Peace betwixt the three Klngdprues oi £1 
 
Rati feat ton of a 'fredty with the King. &i 
 
 tir.d, England and Ireland, and neither for Hope, Fcart, nor 
 other Rclpeft, lKall relinquiin this Vow and Promifc. 
 
 Read in Audience of the Kings Majefty and the Efiates of Par, 
 liament, who approve the fame, and appoint the J aid £*ath ti 
 to be taken by all Members of this Parliament, and in all Par* 
 liament s hereafter^ before they proceed to any Ad or Determina- 
 tion. 
 
 Att VI. Anent the Ratification of the Articles of the freatie 
 fupcrfcribed ky the King, and fubferibed by the Prefident cf 
 the Parliament, Auguft 26. 1641. 
 
 OUR Sovereign Lord and Ertates of Parliament ratifies 
 and approves the Articles of the large Treaty coru 
 cerning the eltablifhing of the Peace betwixt the Kings Ma- 
 jefty and his People of Scotland, and betwixt the two King- 
 domes of Scotland and England ; and for his Majeftic and hi£ 
 SuccefTours perpetually confirmes the fame, ordaining the 
 fame, in all Time comming, to have the full Force and 
 Strength of perfect Security, Lawes and Ac*te of Parliament : 
 Likeas his Majefty, for himfelf and his SuccefTours, promi- 
 feth, in verbo principis, never to come in the contrary there- 
 of, for any Thing therein contained, but to hold the fame 
 firme and liable, and ihall caufe it to be truly obferved by all 
 his Majeftics Lieges, according to the Tenour and Intent 
 thereof, for now and ever. 
 
 Here followed the Treaty at large, what thereof refpefis fjfaj 
 Purpofe of this Collection is as followi 
 
 The fir ft Demand, That his Majefty would bee gracioufly 
 pleafed to command that the Arts of the late Parliament may 
 lice piiblifhcd in his Highneilc Name as our Sovcraign Lord, 
 with Confent of the Eftates of Parliament convecned by his 
 Alajefties Authority. 
 
 Whereunto it is anfwercd and agreed, That, for as 1 
 a; the Kings Majefty, at the humble Defir* of his Si.K 
 did call and convcen a Parliament to be holden at E 
 the 2d of June 1640. wherein certain Acls were made and 
 agreed upon, #hicn Ads his Majefty, (for the Peace and 
 Good of his Kingdom) is pleaded to publifli in his owne 
 ftarne with Confer, t ol the Eibtes ; and therefore cl 
 
 t 
 
82 Ratification of a "Treaty with the King. 
 
 that the faid Acts, bearing Date the i ith Day of June 1640. * 
 be publiihed with the Acts to be made in the next Seflion of 
 the fame Parliament : And that all the faid Acts, afwell of 
 the precedent as of the next Seffion to be holden, have in 
 all Time comming the Strength of Lawes, and to be univer- 
 fally received and obeyed by all the Subjects of the Kingdome 
 of Scot/and. 
 
 His Majefty doth, in the Word of a King, promife the 
 publishing of the faid Acls in fuch Sort as is above fpecified. 
 
 The third Demand, That S cot tijh Men within his Majeftics 
 Dominions of England and Ireland may be freed from Cenfure 
 for fubferibing the Covenant, and be no more preffed with 
 Oathes and Subfcriptions unwarranted by their Lawes, and 
 contrary to their Nationall Oath and Covenant approved by 
 his Majefty. 
 
 It is thereto anfwered and agreed in his Majefties Name, 
 upon December 8. 1640. That as his Majefty hath granted 
 your firft and fecond Demands, fo do we, in his Majefties 
 Name, anfv/er to the third, That all thefe who in his Majefties 
 Dominions of England or Ireland have been imprifoned, for- 
 feited, or cenfured any other Way for fubferibing of the Co* 
 venant, or for refr.fing to take any other Oath contrary to 
 the fame, (hall be freed of thefe Cenfures, and fliall be fully 
 reftored to their Liberties, Eftates and Pofleflions. And, for 
 Time comming, that the Subjects of Scotland, as Subjects of 
 Scotland^ fliall not be conftrained to any Oath contrary to 
 the Lawes of that Kingdome, and the Religion there eftablifh- 
 ed : But fuch of the Kingdome of Scotland as fliall tranfport 
 themfclves into the Kingdome of England or Ireland, and 
 there be fctled Inhabitants, either by Way of having Inheri- 
 tance or Freehold, or by Way of fetled Trades, (by which 
 the Wav of trading of the Factors of Merchants, nor of Mer- 
 chants themfelves. is not to be underftood) fhall be fubject to 
 the Lawes of England or Ireland, and to the Oathes eftablifh* 
 ed by the Lawes and Acts of Parliament in the faid King- 
 domes refpectively wherein they live and have their ordi- 
 nary and conftant RefiJence, and not otherwa^es. And the 
 Englijb and Irijh fhall have the like Privilcdge in Scotland, 
 8 Decemhris i 640. 
 
 To their Defire concerning Unity in Religion, and Uni- 
 formity of Church-Government, as a fpcciall Meancs for 
 
 con- 
 
Monuments of Idolatry abolifhed. 83 
 
 conferving of Peace betwixt the two Kingd >mes, upon the 
 Grounds and Reafons contained in the Paper of the 10th 
 of March, given into the Treaty and Parliament of E?ig- 
 land *, 
 
 It is anfwered, upon the 15-th of June That his Majefty, 
 with the Advice of both Houfes of Parliament, doth approve 
 of the Affection of his Subjects of Scotland^ in their Defire of 
 having Conformity of Church Government betwecne the two 
 Nations ; and as the Parliament hath already taken into 
 Confideration the Reformation of Church-Government, fo 
 they wil proceed therin in due Time as lhal belt conduce to 
 the Glory of God, the Peace of the Church, and of both 
 Kingdoms. 1 1 th of June 1 64 1 . 
 
 Ac! XII. For abolifiing of Monuments of Idol air ie, lot 6 Sep- 
 tember 1 64 1. 
 
 OUR Soveraigne Lord, with Confent of the Eftates of 
 Parliament, underftanding that the General! Affembly 
 of the Kirk hath, by their fpcciall Act made 30th July 
 1640. ScJJT. 3. ordained all idolatrous Images, Crucifixes, 
 Pictures of Chrift, and all other idolatrous Pictures, to be 
 demolimed and removed forth and from all Kirks. Col- 
 ledges, Chappels, and other publick Places : Therefore or- 
 daines all PresbyterVes to take diligent Tryall of all idola- 
 trous Pictures and Images being within Kirkes, Collcdges, 
 Chappels, and other publick Places, and after Tryal inti- 
 mate the fame, firft to the Owners and Parties themfclves, 
 that they may remove the fame ; and in cafe they doe nei- 
 ther appeal prefently from the Prcsbytcrie In the ordinarie 
 Way to the Synod and Generall Aifembly, nor remove 
 them within the Space of three Moncths, then to intimate 
 the fame to all Sheriffs, Stewards. Bay lifTs, Magiftrates of 
 Burghs or Regalities, within the which the fame ill all he 
 found; and ordaincs them, upon the Rcquifuion to be made 
 to them by the finds Presbyteries, Moderator, or Brethren 
 thereof, to ra/.c, demoliih, abolilh, cafl down ail 
 
 thefe idolatrous Images, Pictures, and other idolatrous Mo- 
 numents forefaids, according as they lhall be enjoined and 
 
 Red 
 
 tfa Dcmani. 
 
o 
 
 94 Concerning JSon-Lommumcant^ fife. 
 
 directed from the faids Presbyteries from Time fo Time, \\\ 
 one of them within their owp Bounds and Jprifdiction refpec- 
 ifohi except in the Cafe of Appellation aforefaid : And if the 
 Presbyteries be negligent, that they be cenfured by the Synod? 
 and Generall Aflemblics, and jlje Sheriffs and other Officers 
 forefaid, (in cafe of their Negligence) to be cenfured by the. 
 fecret Councell, as they lhal think reasonable : And prohibites 
 and difcharges ail making of any fuch Images or Idols, and 
 all up-putting of the fame in all Time cqmming, under all 
 higheft P'aines to be inflicted upon the Cqntraveeners thereof. 
 
 Acl XIII. Anent Ncn-Commur.iccrij and excommunicato Perfins. 
 io///September 1641. 
 
 UR Sqvcraigne Lord and Eftates of Parliament rati- 
 fies the two Acts of Parliament anent the Efcheats of 
 excommunicate Perfbns, made by his Majefties Father of 
 blelfed Memory ; one thereof Bar. $4, cap. 197. and the 
 frthsr, Par, *q. cap. 3. v/ith the Addition and peclaratiori 
 following, That no Gift of Efcheaf, part or to be paft upon 
 Excommunication, or Horning upon Excommunication, fhalj 
 be vallid ; but ths famine is declared to haye been and to be 
 null, in all Time comming, by way of Exception or Reply : 
 And declares the faids two Ac^s, ratified as faid is, with the 
 Addjtiqa forefaid made thereto, to be extended to alj Ex- 
 communication pronounced or to be pronounced againft 
 vhatfoever PerTon or Perfons, and for whatfoever Caufes. 
 And further, Hjs Majeftip and Elates forefaicjs ratifies and 
 approves the Act made by his ZViajeltjes Father, Par. 16. 
 cap. 17. anent Non-Gqrr}mun;cants every Year once, with, 
 this Declaration and Addition, That the Penalties of th$ 
 Cqntraveeners, modified in the faid Act, be payable in all 
 Time coming to the feveral Presbyteries within the Jurifdic- 
 tion whereof the Contra veeners. dwell tp be applied by 
 them ad pio: ufks : And that the faid Presbyteries, or any 
 they appoint, fhall have Ppwer to crave, receive and purfue 
 for the fame*. ' And further, Qur Soveraigns L°rd and E- 
 ftates rnrefajds, fqr \\\t grpater Terror and the more effectualj 
 reclaiming of all excommunicate Rerfons, declares, That all 
 Perfons whatfoever, according to the Degrees and Qualities 
 
 mentioned 
 
Concerning excommunicate ferjons. jo 5 
 
 mentioned in the faid Aft, lying under the Sentence of Ex- 
 communication, fhall be lyable to the Paines and Penalties 
 therein contained, and that yearely after the Sentence cf Ex- 
 communication, ay and while they be relaxed therefrom and 
 reconciled to the Kirk : And alio declares, That the fa.d 
 yearely Penalties againfl excommunicate Perfons {hall per- 
 tain to every Paroch Kirk and Kirk-Sejlion in Burgh or 
 Landward within their own Bounds, to be applyed u\. ; 
 Vtfus ; and that they, or any Perfon they appoint, ihall have 
 JPowcr to crave, receive, and purfue the famine, to be ap- 
 plyed to the pious Ufes of the ieverall Paroch Kirk-Sefiioqs 
 where the Contraveeners dwell ; and in cafe of the Paroch 
 Kirk-Seilions their Slacknefle, the Presbyterie to exaft alter 
 the Expiration of Yeare and Da\ after the conrraveening. 
 And further declares the Por,atois to the excommunicate 
 Perfons thejr fimple Efcheat and Liferent, and all other In- 
 tromitters with their Goods, and Geir, and Livings, fnall 
 be liable to the payment ol the [aids Paines and Penalties in 
 the famine planner as the excommunicate Pcriops arc lyabie 
 themfelves. And becaufe, jn the faid Aft, there is no parti- 
 cular Penalty modified agninft BurgeiTes, therefore his M:- 
 kftic and Eftates forefaids ordaines cverje Burgcs that 
 beares or hath borne Office of Magiftracie, fo oft as he ill a 1 1 
 contraveene the faid Aft, to pay the Summe of Two b 
 dred Marks, and every other Burgcs the Summe of Foj 
 founds : And fuchlike ordaines the fai J PerJons to ce li- 
 able in the faids Penalties re/pcttive, not only for their own 
 perfqnal! contraveening of the faid Aft, but alfo fo ofi 
 the fame (hall be contraveened by their Wives rgfp^Shi t and 
 alfo fo oft a. the fame fhall be contravened by their ( 
 drcn, they (hall incqrre the fifth Part of the fajd$ Paines re- 
 ffertivc, for every Bairne pot ionsfamiljat. and of the 
 < t fifteen Yeares complcat, and that tottcs quotiei t. 
 contraveene the faid A^t : h like, that c | 
 
 yant, fo oft as he fhall contraveene the faid A 
 one Yfarci Fee talcs pmti , lawfull Requisition being 
 waiej mi ic to the (aids Wives. Children and Servants, 
 their Paftor or jPffibytpric, tc 
 Aft 
 
86 sfgrinft Trofanatwn of the Lord's Day. 
 
 Att XXVIII. Againfl going of Salt-Pans and Mils on the 
 Lords Day. and other Prophanations of that Day. 15 th No- 
 vember 1641. 
 
 OUR Sovereign Lord and Eftates of Parliament con- 
 sidering, notwithstanding the Acls of the Generall Af- 
 fembly, ratified in this prefent Parliament June 1640. againft 
 the prophaning of the Lords Day, by going of Salt Pans, 
 Salmond- timings, Kils, Mils, and hyring of Shearers on the 
 faid Day, jet the (bids Abufes are not left off. but rather 
 increafed : Therefore our Soveraign Lord and Eftates fore- 
 faids, for the better Reftraint of the faids Abufes and Pro- 
 phanations, do againe inhibite and difcharge all going of 
 Salt-Pans or Mils, and all working of Works thereintill 
 upon the Lords Day, and all hyring and conditioning of 
 Shearers on the faid Day, and that under the Paines and 
 Penalties following, to be payed to the particular Seffions of 
 every Paroch wherein the Abufes before fpecified are com- 
 mitted, to be employed to pious Ufes, viz. The Summe of 
 Twenty Pounds for ilk Day forefaid working in Manner 
 forefaid of ilk Salt Pan, of ilk Daycs fiining of Salmond, 
 and of ilk Mill, to be pajed by the Heritors and PofTef- 
 fors thereof for the Time, and the Maftcrs to be anfwer- 
 able for their Servants ; and the Summe of Ten Pounds 
 for ilk Shearer and Fifher of Salmond on the Lords Day ; 
 the one Halfe to be payed by the Hyrers and Conducers, the 
 other Halfc by the Perfons hired, toties qvoties : And ordaines 
 the Maglilrates of the Town, to keep the TranfgreiTours in 
 "Ward while they pay the faid Penalties,, for the which the 
 Magiftrates fhall be anfwerable to -their Seflions. And fur- 
 ther, our faid Soveraign Lord and Eftates do hereby inhibite 
 and difcharge all Markets, ufing of Merchandize, carrying of 
 Loads upon the Lords Day, and all other Prophanations or 
 Abufes thereof wbatfoever ; and that under the fame Paine 
 of Ten Pounds, to be paved by every Tranfgrerlbur to their 
 Seilions reffeclive, for the Ufes forefaid, tcties quot'us : And 
 i-ies the faids Penalties rcfpcclive above fpecified' to be 
 exacted, by and atrour the Confifcation of the Salt; Corne, 
 Marchandize, Loads, and other Goods wbatfoever, imploy- 
 ufed, vjayned, or wade and wrought in the prophaning 
 
 and 
 
Ratification of the Convention anno 1643. 87 
 
 and abufing of the faid Lords Day ; which .Paine is alfo 
 hereby ordained : And, if the Tranfgreffours be not able to 
 pay the Penalties forefaids, ordaines them to be punifhed 
 exemplarly in their Bodies, according to the Merit of their 
 Fault, toties quoties. 
 
 Charles I. Par!. 3. Sej. 1. begun June 4. 1644. 
 
 Aft V. Anent the Ratification of the calling of the Convention, 
 Ratification of the League and Covenant, Articles of Treatie 
 betwir.t the Kingdcmes of Scotland and England, and rema- 
 nent Ails of the Convention of Eftates and Committee there- 
 of 15M July 1644. 
 
 TH E Eftates of Parliament, prefently conveened by 
 Vertue of the laft Acl of the laft Parliament holden 
 by his Majeftie and the three Eftates cr.no 1641. confidering 
 that the Lords of his Maje(iies Privie Gouncel. and Com- 
 miffioners for conferving the Articles of the Treatie, having, 
 according to their Intertfts and Truft committed to them by 
 
 Majeftie and Eftates of Parliament, ufed all Meanes, by 
 Supplications, Remonftrances. and lending of Commiffioner.^ 
 for fecuring the Peace of this Kingdome, and removing the 
 unhappy DiftracYions betwixt his Majeftie and his Subjects 
 in England, in fuch a Way as might ierve moft for his Ma- 
 jefties Honour and Good of both Kingdomes j and their 
 humble and dutiful! El ? for fo good Ends ha' 
 
 proven ineffectuall, and their OlTer of Mediat! rei- 
 
 ceffion being refufed b) (lie, and tl riding the 
 
 Weight and Difltcultie of Affaires, and tL g on 
 
 them to be greater the , did therefore, in 
 
 the Moncth of May \t ■ together with the Commif- 
 
 fioncrs f« jr the £©nimoji 
 
 •Jution mi and. in n 1 
 
 Danger ii 
 
 now and - 
 rude qf Pap ifts and tl 
 and i 
 fair.. Ad- 
 
S3 Ratification of the Convention ah no 1643=1 
 
 vice of the reprefentative Body of the Kingdome, appointed 
 and caufed indi<51 a Meeting of the Convention of EftatcS 
 (his Majcitie having formerly refufed their humble Dcfires* 
 for a Parliament) tor be tipon the 1 2d of June following : 
 "Which Diet being frequently kept by the Noblemen, Com- 
 Jhiflioners of Shires and Burrows, and they finding theft 
 Dangers againft this Kirk and State ftill increafing, refolved, 
 after ferious Deliberation, and Advice of the Generall Af- 
 fembly, and joynt Concurrence of the Commiflioners autho- 
 rized by the Parliament oft England, That one of the chief eft 
 Remedieb for preventing of thefe and the like Dangers, for Pre- 
 fervatibn of Religion and both Kingdomcs from Rtiifte rfnd 
 DeitrucYion, and for procuring of Peace, that both King- 
 domes fhould for thofe Ends enter into Covenant ; wh'rch 
 was accordingly drawne up, and chearfully embraced and 
 allowed : Whereat the oppofite and malignant Party, more 
 enraging then before, did gather their Strength and Power 
 againft the fame, fo as the Eftates were ffeccflltate to put 
 this Kingdome into a Pofture of Defence ; and for this Pur- 
 pofe appointed Coic'nels and Committees of VVarre in the 
 feverall Shires for exercifing the forces therein, and put- 
 ting them in ReadinelTe for rftutuall Defehce, in this Caufe 
 of Religion, his Majefties Honour and Peace of his King- 
 domes, as they mould be required by the Eftates, or their 
 Committee, who were entrufted with the Charge of the pub- 
 Ire ke Affaires of the Kingdome during the not fitting of the 
 Eftates. And at laft a Treatie was agreed unto by both King- 
 domes concerning the faid Covenant, and Afliftance craved front 
 this Kingdome by the Kingdome of England, in purfuance of 
 the Ends expreffcd therein' ; and another Treatie for fettling a: 
 Garrifon in, and feciiring of the Town of Berwick, as the fame 
 more fully proports ; conforme whercunto Orders were iffucd 
 forth, and in Armie faifed out of the Shires and Burrowes 
 of this Kingdome and fent into England. And the Eftates, 
 finding themfclves bound in Dutie and Confcience- to pro- 
 vide all Means for Supply of that Army and relieving the 
 Scots Army in Ireland, did refolve, That the fame fhould be 
 by Way of Excife, as the moft cortftant, juff, and equall 
 Way, leaft prcjudicrill to the Kingdome, and moft benefi- 
 cial! to the Caufe m Hand j and ordained ccrtame Rates and' 
 
 Sum hits 
 
Ratification of the Convention anno 1643. 8<£ 
 
 Summcs to be raifed off the Commodities contained in tha 
 Aft made thereanent, and Schedule thereunto annexed : 
 And, in refpeft of theNeceffitie of prefent Money, and rhtt 
 the Excife could not be gotten timoufly in for SuppU of the 
 Army, did appoint, That all Perfons within thi* Kin^dome, 
 who had Moneys, or by their Credit could raife and advance 
 the fame, fliould lend fuch Summes to the Eftates, or their 
 Committee, as they mould be required, upon Aflurance of 
 Repayment from the Publick, in Manner contained in the 
 Acts made thereanent, and gave Order to their Committee to 
 fee them put in Execution, who have accordingly beene care- 
 full in Difcharge of that Trull committed to them. And, 
 the Eftates being ftill defirous to ufe all good Meanes. that, 
 without the Effufion ,of more Bloud, there mav be fuch a 
 bleffed Pacification betwixt his Majeftie and his Subject, as 
 might tend to the Good of Religion, his Majefties true Ho- 
 nour and Safety, and Happinefle of his People, did there- 
 fore give Commiffion to John Earl of L&wdonn Lord Chan- 
 cellour, Lord Mai t land, Lord Wariftoun, and Mailer R:\ j 
 Barclay, to repaire to England^ and endeavour the cffecluat- 
 ing of thefe Ends contained in the Covenant and Treaties, 
 coniorme to their InftrueYions : And in this Interim, the fi- 
 liates being informed of the traitcrons Attempts of fome 
 unnaturall Countreymen, who in an hoflile Manner invad- 
 ed this Kingdome towards the South, and had their Com- 
 plices in Armcs in the North, all for one Define of fubvert- 
 ing the Religion, Laws and Liberties of this Kingdome, 
 were nceeflitate, for fuppreffing thereof to direct an Army 
 to the South, under the Command of the Earle of ( 
 and a Committee of the Eftates to be aflifting to them ; an- 
 other Armie to the North, under the Command of the Mar- 
 queflc of jirgyUy and a Committee to goc along with him. 
 And the faids Eftates having taken the Proceedings above 
 written to their Confideration, do findc and declare, That 
 the Lords of Councell, and Confervers o{ Pr-icc. did beh 
 thcmfelves as faithfull Counccllours, [oyall S 
 good Patriots, in tendring their humble Endeavours lor »e- 
 moving the Diftraftions betwixt his MajeRie ?nd his S 
 jefts, and in calling the CommilTumcrs lor the br- 
 
 4cns, and by joynt Advice appointing the late Mo : 
 
 M 
 
$o Ratification of the Convention anno 1643* 
 
 Convention, wherein they have approven themfelves anfwer- 
 able to the Dutie of their Places, and that Truft committed 
 to them ; and therefore ratifies and approves their whole Pro- 
 ceedings therein, and declares the faid Convention was law- 
 fully called, and als full and free in iffelfe, confiding of all 
 the Members thereof, as any Convention hath been in any 
 .Time bygone ; and ratifies and approves the feverall Acts 
 made by them or their Committee, for cnjoyning the Cove- 
 nant appointing of Committees, putting the Kingdome in 
 a Pofture of Defence, allowing the Treaties, raifing of Ar- 
 mies, and fending them into England, eftablifhing the Ex- 
 cife, and borrowing of Money, and all other Acts, De- 
 creets, Sentences, Precepts, Warrants, Commiflions, Inftruc- 
 fions, Declarations, and other Deeds done by them. 
 ; And alfo the faids Eftates of Parliament (but Prejudice 
 of the PremilTes, and of the generall Ratification above 
 mentioned) ratifies, approves and confirms the forefaid mu- 
 iuall League and Covenant concerning the Reformation and 
 £>cfence of Religion, the Honour and HappineiTe of the 
 King, and the Peace and Safety of the three Kingdomes of 
 Scotland, England and Ireland; together with the Acts of the 
 Kirk and Eftate authorifing the fame League and Covenant; 
 together alfo wi<h the forefaids Articles of Treatie agreed 
 i;pon betwixt the faids Commiffioners of the Convention of 
 Eftates of Scotland, and the Commiffioners of both Houfes of 
 the Parliament of England, concerning the faid folemne 
 League and Covenant, and the fettling of the Towne and 
 Garrifon of Berwick; with the forefaids Acts eftablifhing the 
 Excife. and borrowing of Moneyes refpettlve above mention- 
 ed. And the >faids Eftates " ordaines the fame Acts, with 
 the League and Covenant above fpecified, Acts authorifing 
 fame, and the Article? of Treatie forefaid, to have the full 
 Force and Strength ot perfect Lawe's and Acts of Parlia- 
 ment forefaid, and to be obferved by all his Majefties Lie- 
 ges, conforme to the Tenors thereof refpeftive. Of the 
 which League and Covenant, and" Acts authorifing the fame, 
 the Tenors follow. 
 
 A 
 
The Solemn League and Covenant. 91 
 
 A SOLEMNE LEAGUE and COVENANT 
 
 for Reformation and Defence of Religion, the Honor and Hap* 
 pinejfe of the King, and the Peace and Safety of the thrts 
 King domes of Scotland, England and Ireland. 
 
 WE Noblemen, Barons, Knights, Gentlemen, Citizens, 
 Burgeifes, Miniirers of the Gofpcl, and Commons of 
 all Sorts in the Kingdomes of Scotland, England and 
 Ireland, by the Providence of God living under one King* 
 and being of one reformed Religion, having before our Eyes 
 the Glory of God, and the Advancement of the Kingdome 
 of our Lord and Saviour Jefus Chriir, the Honour and Happi- 
 nciTe of the Kings Majeftie and his Pofterity, and the true 
 publick Liberty. Safety and Peace of the Kingdomes where* 
 in every Ones private Condition is included ; and calling to 
 Minde the treacherous and bloudy Plots, Confpiracies, At- 
 tempts and Practices of the Enemies of God, againft the 
 true Religion and ProfefTours thereof in all Places, efpecial- 
 \y in thefe three Kingdomes, ever fincc the Reformation of 
 Religion, and how much their Rage, Power and Preemp- 
 tion are of" late, and at this Time, increafed and exercifed, 
 (whereof the deplorable State of the Church and Kingdome 
 of Ireland, the diftreffed Eftate of the Church and Kingdome 
 of England, and the dangerous Eftate of the Church and 
 Kingdome of Scotland, are prefent and publick Teftimonies) 
 we have now at laft, (after other Means of Supplication, 
 Remonftrance, Proteftations and Sufferings) for the Prefer- 
 vation of ourfelves and our Religion from utter Ri.ine and De- 
 finition, according to the commendable Pra<flice of thefe 
 Kingdomes in former Times, and the Example of Gods Peo- 
 ple in other Natious, after mature Deliberation, refolved and 
 determined to enter into a mutuall and folcmne League and 
 Covenant, wherein we all fubferibe, and each one of us for 
 himfelf, with our Hands lifted up to the molt High God, doe 
 fwcar, 
 
 !. npHAT we (hall fincercly, really and conftantly, 
 
 A through the Grace of God, endeavour, in our 
 rail Places and Callings, the Prcfcrvaiion of the reformed Re- 
 ligion in the Church of S$otland^ in Dx'Linc, Woiibip, Oil- 
 line 
 
p 2 The Solemn League and Covenant. 
 
 cipline and Government, againft our common Enemies ; the 
 Reformation of Religion in the Kingdomes of England and 
 Ireland, in Doctrine, Worihip, Difcipline and Government, 
 according to tha> Word of God and the Example of the bed 
 reformed Churches ; and fhall endeavour to bring the Chur- 
 ches of God in the three Kingdomes to the nearcft Conjunc- 
 tion and Uniformity in Religion, Confeflion of Faith, Forme 
 of Church Government, Directory for Woribip and Cate- 
 chizing ; that we, and our Pofterity after us, may, as Brethren, 
 live in Faith and Love, and the Lord may delight to dwell in 
 the Midft of us. 
 
 2. That we fhall, in like Manner, without Refpecl of Per- 
 fons, endeavour the Extirpation of Popery, Prelacie, (that 
 is, Church-Government by Archbiihops, Biihops, their Chan- 
 cellours and CommiHaries, Deans, Deans and Chapters, 
 Archdeacons, and all other Ecclefiaftical Officers depending 
 on that Hierarchy) Superitition, Hereiie, Schifme, Prophane- 
 neife, and whatfoevcr fhall be found to be contrary to 
 found Doctrine and the Power of Godlinefle, left we partake 
 in other Mens Sins, and thereby be in Danger to receive of 
 their Plagues , and that the Lord may bee one, and his 
 Name one in the three Kingdomes. 
 
 3. We (hall with the fame Sincerity, Reality and Con- 
 jftancie, in our feverall Vocations, endeavour, with our Eftates 
 and Lives, mutually to preferve the Rights and Priviledges of 
 the Parliaments and the Liberties of the Kingdomes ; and to 
 preferve and defend the Kings Majefties Perfon and Authority, 
 in the Prefervation and Defence of the true Religion and Li- 
 berties of the Kingdomes ; that the World may bear Wit- 
 peffe with our Conferences of our Loyal tie, and that wee 
 "have no Thoughts or Intentions to diminifli his Majefties juft . 
 Power and GreatneiTe. 
 
 4. We fhall alio, with all FaithfulneiTe, endeavour the Dif- 
 covery of all fuch as have been, or fhall be Incendiaries, Ma- 
 Ugnants, or evil Inftruments, by hindering the Reformation 
 of Religion, dividing the King from his People, or one of 
 the Kingdoms from another, or making any Faction or Par- 
 lies amor.gft the People contrary to this League and Cove- 
 nant, t h a r they may be brought to publick Triail, and re- 
 ef ive coadigne Puniilimeju as the Degree of their Offences 
 
 {ball 
 
The Solemn League and Covenant. 93 
 
 fhall require or deferve, or the fupreame Judicatories of butfi 
 Kingdomes refpectively, or others having Power from them 
 for that Effect, fhall judge convenient. 
 
 5-. And whereas the Happineife of a blelTed Peace betweea 
 thefc Kingdomes, denyed in former Times to our Progeni- 
 tors, is by the good Providence of God granted unto us, and 
 hath been lately concluded and fetled by both Parliaments, 
 we fhall each one of us, according to our Place and Intereft, 
 endeavour that they may remaine conjoyned in a firme Peace 
 and Union to all Pofterity, and that Juftice may be done up- 
 on the wilfull Oppofers thereof in Manner exprefTed in the 
 precedent Article. 
 
 6. We fhall alfo, according to our Places and Callings, in 
 this common Caufe of Religion, Liberty and Peace of the 
 Kingdomes, afTiil and defend all thofe that enter into this 
 League and Covenant, in the maintaining and purfuing there- 
 of ; and fhall not fuffer ourfelves, direcily or indirectly, by 
 Combination, Perfuafion orTerrour, to be divided and with- 
 drawen from this blefled Union and Conjunction, whether to 
 make Defection to the contrary Part, or to give ourfelves to 
 a deteftable Indifferency or Neutrality in this Caufe, which 
 fo much concerneth the Glory of God, the Good of the King- 
 doms, and Honour of the King : But ihall, all the Dayes of 
 our Lives, zealoufly and conftantly continue therein againft 
 all Oppofition, and promote the fame, according to our 
 Power, againft all Lets and Impediments whatfoever ; anJ, 
 what wee are not able ourfelves to fupprefTe or overcome, we 
 icveal and make known, that it may be timely prevented 
 or removed : All which we fhall do as in the Sight of God. 
 
 And, becaufe thefc Kingdomes are guilty of many Sins and 
 Provocations againft God, and his Son Jefus Chrift, as is too 
 manifeft by our prefent Diftreifcs and Dangers, the Fruits 
 thereof, wee proieffe and declare before God and the World, 
 our 1 Ucfire to be humbled for our own Sins, and for 
 
 the S I y t rhat wc have nc\ 
 
 we ought, valued \\\t ineftimablc I .the Gofpel, that 
 
 wee laboured fur the Purity and Power thereof and 
 
 that wc have not endeavoured to receive Chrift in our Hearts, 
 ilk wortln \w\-\ arc the Caufcs 
 
 oj Qtbcr bins and Traofgreffioos fo muck abounding amongft 
 
 US: 
 
■~v 94 ■* " e Stu em v{y approve the Solemn lueaguc. 
 
 us ; and our true and unfained Purpofe, Defire and Endea- 
 vour, for ourfelves, and all others under our Power and Charge, 
 both in Publick arid in Private, in all Duties wee owe to 
 God and Man, to amend our Lives, and each one to go be- 
 fore another in the Example of a real Reformation ; that the 
 Lord may turn away his Wrath and heavy Indignation, and 
 eitabhlb thefe Churches and Kingdomes in Truth and Peace. 
 .And this Covenant wee make in the Prefence of Almighty 
 God, the Searcher of all Hearts, with a true Intention to 
 periorme the fame, as v/e fhall an Twer at the great Day, 
 when the Secrets of all Hearts mall be difclofcd : Moll hum- 
 bly befeeching the Lord, to ftrengthen us by his Holy Spirit 
 for this End, and to blefs our Defires and Proceedings with 
 fuch SuLceffe as may be Deliverance and Safety to his 
 People and Encouragement to other Chriftian Churches 
 groaning under, or in Danger of the Yoke of Antichriftian 
 T>rannie, to join in the fame or like Aflbciation and Cove- 
 nant, to the Glory of God, the Enlargement of the Kingdome 
 of Jefus C^irift, and the Peace and Tranquillity of Chriftian 
 Kingdoms 'and Commonwealths. 
 
 SelT. XIV. Augujl 17. 1(543. 
 
 The Genera!/ Affemblies Approbation of the Draught $f the 
 League and Covenant prefented to them, 
 
 THE Affembly having recommended unto a Committee 
 appointed by them, to joyn with the Committee of the 
 Honourable Convention of Eftatcs, and the Commiflioners of 
 the Honourable Houfes of the Parliament of England, for 
 bringing the Kingdomes to a more near Conjunction and Uni- 
 on, received from the aforefnid Committees the Covenant a- 
 b'»ve mentioned as the Refult of their Confutations : And, 
 having taken the fame, as a Matter of lb publickConcernment, 
 am' of fo deep Importance doth require, unto their graveft 
 Confutation, did. with all their Hearts, and with the Be- 
 girn ; ngs of the Feelings of that Joy which they did finde in 
 fo great Meafure upon the Renovation of the National Cove- 
 nant c (his Kirk and Kingdom, all with one Voice approve and 
 embrace the fame, as the raoft powerful Mean, by the Blcf- 
 
 fxng 
 
*fbe Convention approve the Solemn League. 9 jj 
 
 fingofGod, for fettling and prcferving the true Proteftant 
 Religion, with perfect Peace, in his Majefties Dominions, and 
 propogating the fame to other Nations, and for eftablifhing 
 his Majefties Throne to all Ages and Generations. And 
 therefore, with their beft Affections, recommend the fame to 
 the Honourable Conventions of Eftates, that, being exam n- 
 ed and-approved by them, it may be fent with all Diligence 
 to the Kingdome of England, that, being received and appro- 
 ver! there, the fame may be with publick Humiliation, and all 
 religious and anfwerable Solemnity, fworn and fubferibed by 
 all true ProfefTors of the reformed Religion, and all his Ma- 
 jefties good Subjects in both Kingdomes. 
 
 The Convention of Eftates their Approbation of the Draught of 
 the League and Covenant afore/aid. ijth Auguft 1643. 
 
 THE Noblemen, Commiflioners of Shires and Burrows 
 now convcencd, having received the Covenant above 
 mentioned from their Committee, as the Refult of their Con- 
 futations with a Committee of the Generall AiTembly, and 
 the Commidioners from both Houfes of the Parliament of 
 England ; and having taken that Covenant unto their graved 
 Consideration, did, with all their Hearts, and great Expref- 
 fions of Joy and Unanimitie, approve and embrace the fame, 
 as the moft powerfull Meane, by the Bleffing of God, for 
 fetling and prcferving the true Proteftant Religion, with a 
 perfect Peace, in ail his Majefties Dominions, and propa- 
 gating the fame to other Nations, and for eftabliihin^ his 
 Majefties Throne to all Agts, And being very a 
 that their Brethren in the Kingdom of Envlanl will hearti- 
 ly receive and approve the famine, Therefore, according 
 to the earned Recommendation of that Venerable A&fobly 
 of this Kirk now met, thinks it moft necclTarv, lor i 
 Is aforefaid, that it be I i that Kii 
 
 Diligence 
 their there, th< 
 
 both 
 
 Ah 
 
9 6 The Comrniffiori s AH fir fw earing it. 
 
 jtft of the Commijfion of the Genera!/ Affemlly fir the folemne 
 receivings /wearing and fubfcribing of the League and Cove- 
 nant. 
 
 At Edinburgh, i \th October 1643. 
 
 THE CommifTioners of the Generall AlTembly, having 
 received from their Brethren fent unto the Kingdome 
 of England the folemne League and Covenant above written, 
 as it was approven by the Honourable Houfes of the Parlia- 
 ment of England, and the AfTembly of Divines in that King- 
 dome and folemnly fworn and fubferibed there, after due 
 Examination thereof, did all in one Voice mod heartily re- 
 ceive and embrace the fame, as agreeing with the Draught 
 unanimoufly and chearfully approven and embraced by the 
 late Generall AfTembly and Convention of Eftates, as the 
 nioft powerfull Meane, by the Blefling of God, for fctling 
 and preferving the true Proteftant Religion with per feci: Peace 
 in his Majefties Dominions, and propagating the fame to o- 
 ther Nations, and for eftablifhing his Majefties Throne to all 
 Ages and Generations : And therefore, according to the 
 Power given to them by the faid AfTembly, ordaine this fo- 
 lemne League and Covenant to bee, with publick Humilia* 
 tion and all religious Solemnities, received, fworn and fub- 
 feribed by all Minifters and ProfefTours within this Kirk : 
 And, that this may be univerfally performed, it is alfo or- 
 dained, That this League and Covenant be forthwith print- 
 ed, and that the printed Copies, bound with fome cleane 
 Sheets of Paper, be fent unto the Miniftery ; and that eve- 
 ry Minifter, upon the firfl Lords Day after the fame fhall 
 come to his Hands, read and explaine it, and by Exhorta- 
 , tion prepare the People to the fwearing and fubfcribing 
 thereof folemnly the Lord's Day next immediately follow- 
 ing. And it is further ordained, That Presbyteries take 
 Account of the Performance hereof in their feveral Bounds, 
 and that they proceed with the Cenfures of the Kirk againfl 
 all fuch as (hail refufc or fhift to fweare and fubferibe this 
 League and Covenant, as Enemies to the Prefervation and 
 Propagation of Religion ; and that they notifie their Names, 
 and make particular Report of their own Diligence herein- 
 till to this CommiiTion, or their Moderator, or Clerk, to be 
 delivered to them ; And the CommifTioners think it very 
 
 con- 
 
The Committee s AB Joffi ; ih <)j 
 
 Convenient for good Example, and the better Enc 
 ment of others, that this Covenant be io!emnlie fvorrie 
 fubferibed by the;nfe!ves nov/ prefent, before the ( 
 lion in the Eafr. Kirk, upon Friday Dfext the 13th of this - 
 Rant, after Sermon and Exhortation to be made bj 
 Robert Douglas Moderator ; and that the Commiffioners of 
 the Convention of Eftates now in Town, and the Commif- 
 fioners from the Parliament of England, and the Divines of 
 that Kingdome here prcfer.r, be carnefUy defiied to join v, 
 them in this folemne and religious Acliun. 
 
 Ordinance by the Conimittti of Eftates for the folemn r 
 
 fa earing and fubfer Ibing of the League .int. 
 
 At Edinburgh % the 12th of {lobar 1643. 
 
 THE Commiffioners of the Convention oi "i. :::.::-. hav- 
 ing received from the Commiffioners of the General! 
 Aflemblie the Solemn e League and Covenant above men- 
 tionat, approven and folemnlie fVornfi and fubferybed in the 
 Kingdome of England; and having taken the: theif 
 
 ferious Confidcfation, doe unanimouHie and chearfullie re- 
 
 C and embrace it as agreeing with the Draught i\ 
 bv the late Convention of Imitates and Gencrall Ailcmbly ; 
 and therefor ordains the fame to be, with all reltgibirt So- 
 lemnities, fv/orn and fubferybed by all his IMajcftics Subjecls 
 of this Kingdome ; end that under the Paine, offset) a*, fliafl 
 poftpone or refufe, to bee cftccmed and ptmifhed as. Ene- 
 mies to Religion, his Majcftics Honour, a 
 Kingdofaes *, and to have their Goods arid RentS cohfifcal 
 
 the Vfc of the and that 
 
 nor enjoy any Benefite, Place nor Office within this Kij 
 
 it : And ah ordains all Sheriffs, S r i 
 his Majcflies'Majrftrats to B 1 Lands. 
 
 ties if! ieverall Shyres, to be aililling to Mihifti Prcf- 
 
 bytcrics in procuring tck\\ Obcdicr,: 
 with all Diligence the- 
 EhV of all (in I I 
 
 or refufe, to tl 
 
 ire to the 1 
 
5)3 jjgamjl profaning the Lord's Day. 
 
 to receive what further Punifhment his Majeftie and Parlia- 
 ment rhall inflict upon them : And further^ ordaines thir 
 Prefents to be printed with the former Act of the Eftates, and 
 publifhed at the Markett-Crofles of the Head-Burrous of this 
 Kingdome, wherthrough non pretend Ignorance of the lame. 
 
 AtiYLlV. Dijcharging Executions of Captions for Debt upon ii s 
 Lords Day, or upon Faffs, &c. commanding Warnings, &c; 
 to be red after the B I effing, and extending the A els made ( 
 Profanation of the Saboth. July 23. 1644. 
 
 THE Eftates of Parliament, prefently conveened by ver- 
 tue of the laft Act of the laft Parliament, holden by 
 his Majeftie and the three Eftates in anno 1641, for 
 the better Obfervation of the Lords Day, and of other Dayes 
 fet apart for his folemne Worfhip, difcharges all Execution of 
 Letters of Caption raifed for civil Debts in any Tym of rr^e 
 Lords Day, or upon ordinary Week-Dayes appointed for 
 folernne^Fafts or Thanfgivings, during the Tyme of divine 
 Service, And fuchlike. difcharges all Warnings, Inhibitions, 
 Requidtions, or other Letters, to be read at the Kirk -Door be- 
 fore the firfte Sermone ; and ordains the fame to beread, hcre- 
 aiter, immediately after the Minifter hath concluded the Ex- 
 ercife and faid the Bleffing, whereby the Congregation, at 
 the Diflolving, may more commodioufly hear, and the Wor- 
 fhip of God will not be interrupted : Arid als declares that 
 all Afis made agaif:*ft Salmond-Fiihing, or any other Labour 
 on the Lords Day, to be nor only againft Servants, who doe 
 acl'.aily work, but alfo the famine fliall be extended againft 
 JMaiuers whofe hired Servants they are, if the . Servant's 
 forking be either of the Maifter's Knowledge, or with their 
 Approbation or Connivance : And farther, the Eftates doe 
 hereby declare and ordaine, that all Acts of Parliament made 
 trift Pfophanation of the Lords Day, be extended to or- 
 dntry Week-Dayes appointed for folemne Faftes and 
 Thafctfgiving, during the Tyme of divine Service upon the 
 famen." 
 
 M 
 
Slgainjt Drunkards and Taverners. 99 
 
 Act XVIII. Againft Keepers of Tauerns, Sec. and Sellers of 
 Drink on the Lords Day. 23/ July 1 644. 
 
 *T^HE Eftates of Parliament, prefently conveened by ver~ 
 X tue of the laft Aft of the lad Parliament, holden by his 
 Majeftie and the three Eftates in anno 1641. confidering that 
 the great Abufe of Drucknes doeftill continov/ and increafe, 
 notwithstanding of the 20th Act of the 2 2d Parliament of 
 King James VI. of good Memory, made againft Drunkards 
 and Haunters in Taverns and Ale-Hordes after ten Hours at 
 hr, or at any Tym of the Day except in Time of Tra- 
 vel, or for ordinary Refrefhment, therefor, and for the better 
 Reftraint of the faid Vice of Druckneis, ratifies and ap- 
 proves the faid Act ; and farther declare and ordain, That 
 not only Drunkards and Haunters in Taverns and Ale Houfes, 
 in Manner foreiaid. fliall be liable to the faid Aft, but the 
 fam, in the whole Tenor thereof, lliall hereafter be extended 
 againft the Keepers of Taverns or Ale-Houfes that fell the 
 Drink unto them. 
 
 •> 
 
 An ACT paft in the fecond Sefiion of the fir ft triennial 
 Parliament ofK. Charles L begun the 7th l<tyj- 
 
 A:i VIII. Anent the printing of the Warning from the Cc: . 
 ■bly, 13//' February 1645*. 
 
 THE Eftates of Parliament, now conveened In the fecond 
 Seffion oi* this firft triennial Parliament by \ 
 the laft Aft of the laft Parliament, holden by hi; ind 
 
 three Eftates in anno 1641. having heard the \\ pre- 
 
 fented unto them from the General Aflembly read in 1 
 Audience, received the fame chcarfully as I 
 Ding, and appointed the fame to be printed -, and ordftifll 
 Ear! fur d- Lin J fay, Prcfident of the Parliament, IQ 
 
 Thanks from the Parliament to the AHen;bly, iur thcii 
 Pains and VigiliQC 
 
 ACTS 
 

 The Djrectory approved, oao. 
 
 ACTS done in the fourth Seffion of the firft triennja} Ea;Ka- 
 iwjnt of K. Charles I. begun 4th July 1 645*. 
 
 Ja II. Of Approbation of the Directory, and for recording, 
 ptfblijb'ing and praBifng of the fame conform to the printed 
 Copy. ciAuguft 1.64^, 
 
 THE ElTates of Parliament, pow conveened in the fourth 
 Scflipn of this fit ft triennial Parliament, by virtue of 
 the lad Aft of the !aft Parliament, holden by his Ma- 
 jefty and three Eftates in anno 1 6 1 a \ . having ferioufly confider- 
 ed the printed Copy of the Directory for publick Worfliig, 
 now prefented unto them from the Commiffioners of the Ge- 
 neral AiTcmbly, and finding the fame agreeable to the Copy 
 prefented from the late General Affembly in the proceeding 
 Seffion of this. Parliament, do therefore ratify and approve 
 the faid printed Copy, and ordains the Direftory for the 
 pubijek Vvorfhip to be recorded, publiihed and praftifed ac- 
 cording to the Tenor thereof 
 
 A?, VIII. yigainfl. foearing, drinking, and necking of Piety* 
 7th Au^uft 1 6.1". 
 
 *liPHE Eftates cf Parliament, cpnfidcripg that, by the Sq- 
 \ lemn National Covenant, fworn and fubferibed by 
 People of all Ranks within this Kingdom, and ratified 
 in Parliament in anno 1641. the whole Lieges have bound ; 
 themfcives before God, with a folemn Oath, fo to behave 
 themfelves in their Lives and Conventions as befeemeth 
 jChfiftians who have renewed their Covenant with God, and 
 $ Faithfully prpniittcd, lor themfelves, their Followers, and 
 a]J others under them, both in publick and their particular Fa- 
 milies, and perfonal Carriage, to endeavour to keep them- 
 ftlvcs within the Bounds of Ghriftian Liberty, and to be good 
 ss to others of a*l Goalinefs, Sobriety and RighteoiiA 
 znd of every Duty they owe to God and Man ; and 
 hat the neglecting of the Performance 
 hat Part of the folemn Oath 01 the National Covenant, 
 and the open Abundance of all Vices dhhenourauis to God, 
 ana reproachful fo th* iaid National C hatb, with 
 
 Doubt, q heavy Judgments which the Lord, in 
 
Agciinjl (wearing j drinking, &c IQI 
 
 his great Wrath, hath poured our upon this Land, as ap- 
 peareth this Day : THEREFORE the Eitates, for curbing 
 juch Vices as are grofs and molt uiual, and for teftifying 
 their Detention thereof, and for putting a Mark upon the 
 Committers of the fame, ftatute and ordain, That whoibever 
 fhall fwear, curfe, or blafpheme, and whoibever ihail drink ex- 
 cefTively, efpecially under the Name of Healths, and alio 
 all Mockers and Rcproachers of Piety, or the Exerciie there- 
 of, or who ihail be'found culpable of all, or any one or other 
 of the forefaid Vices, by any Kirk-Judicatory whereunto 
 they are fubjecl, having been once already ceniured by the 
 (aids Kirk-Judicatories for the fame Vice before, fhall, after 
 the fecond Conviction before the laid Kirk-Judicatories, be 
 cenfured in Manner following, viz* That ilk Nobleman ihail 
 pay Twenty Pounds for the laid fecond Conviction, and 
 ilk Fault thereafrer, tctics quoties : Ilk Baron Twenty Mcrks : 
 Ilk Gentleman, Herctor, Burgefs, ten Merks : Ilk Yeoman 
 fourty Shillings : Ilk Servant twenty Shillings : Ilk Mini- 
 ster the fifth Part of their Year's Stipend ; r\nd that the Wi 
 Delinquents againft this Act be punimed according to the 
 Quality of their Husbands, and that their Husbands be lyable 
 
 Payment of their Witcs Fines ; and it is ordained that 
 
 the faids Fines be employed aJ pios v/us in the Parith where 
 
 the Offenders dwells. And ii is farther ordained, That ilk 
 
 Iter who fhall keep and maintain anj of his Servants of- 
 
 ing in the Premises in bis Company, after thc\ (hall be 
 fentenced conform to the prefent Statute, (ball be lyable ia 
 Payment of the Servant's Fine ; and il is declared that the 
 executing of this Act ill a 1 i I 
 of the Kirk C. 
 
 A C T S ^one in the fifth Seftiori of the firft triennial Pa 4 1 
 roent of K. Cbar/fs I. begu;i 
 
 T'.vccned in 
 
 - 
 
Io2 Acls hi favours of the Church. 
 
 the Commiflioners of the General AfTcmbly, read in their 
 Audience, they received the famin cheerfully as an feafonable 
 Peclaration. and appoints the lame to be publiihed and 
 printed ; and ordains the Earl of Ca fills, Vice-Prefident of 
 Parliament, to give Thanks from the Parliament to the Com- 
 miflioners of the General Aflembly, for their Care, Pains, 
 and Vigilency expreffed in the faid Peclaration *. 
 
 Aft XIII. Difcharguig the Printing of any Thing concerning 
 Religion or the Kirk without Licence. 2d February 1646. 
 
 THE Eftates of Parliament, prefently conveened in the 
 fifth Seffion of this firft triennial Parliament, under - 
 ftanding from the General Aifembly the great Abufe of 
 printing and publifhing Books, Letters, and other Papers 
 concerning Religion and the Kiik without Licence : There- 
 fore, for Remedy thereof, jnhibites and difcharges all and 
 every one to prefume hereafter to print or reprint any De- 
 clarations, Protefhtions, Covenants, Confeflions, Letters, 
 Acls, or any Thing iifuing from Kirk- Judicatories, or any 
 Books, Trentifes, Hiftories, Sermons, Commentaries, Dis- 
 putes, or other Papers whatfomever Treating of Religion, or 
 any Point of Religion, in Doctrine, "Worfhip or Discipline, 
 or concerning the Kirk, the Officers, Government, or Condi- 
 tion of Affairs thereof without fpecial Licence and Privi- 
 lege of the General Aflembly, or their Commiflioners, or fuch 
 as ihall have Power from them ; and that under the Pain of 
 Confi feat ion of the (aids Books, and other Papers printed 
 without Licence aforefaid, and of the PrefTes, Types, and 
 other moveable Goods whatfomever belonging to the Printers 
 thereof; the one Half thereof mall belong to the Kirk, to 
 be made ufe of and employed upon pious Ufes, beilde any 
 further perfonal Punifhment of the faids Printers, that the 
 Lords of fecret Counfel, or the Committees of Parliament, 
 or Convention, (ball think fit to infliel : And the faids Eflates 
 ordains Magiilrates of Biirghs where Printers dwell, upon 
 Information from the General AiTembly, their Commifli- 
 oners, or others having Power from them, to arreft, take and 
 apprehend the (aids Printers, Contraveeners of this Acl, with 
 the Books and other Papers afqreiaiJ, to be preferred to the 
 
 Lor ds 
 * This Declaration t${ f:s of Aflembly at that T%f. 
 
For founding Schools. 1 03 
 
 Lords of Councel, or Committees of Parliament, or Con- 
 vention, to underly the Law for the (aid Offence; that after 
 Trial thereof, the faids Books and Papers, and all the o- 
 ther Goods aforementioned, may be confifcate in Manner 
 aforefaid, and the Offenders further puniihed at the Diicre- 
 tion of the faid Judges. 
 
 ASl XVII. F. n s very Part Jh. 2 J Februa> 
 
 ry 1646. 
 
 THE Eftates of Parliament, now convcened in the fifth 
 Seffion of this fir ft triennial Parliament, considering 
 how prejudicial the Want of Schools in many Con- 
 gregations hath been, and how beneficial the founding there- 
 of in every Congregation will be to this Kirk and Kingdom, 
 do therefore ftatute and ordain, That there be a School 
 founded, and a Schoolmafter appointed, in every Parim, (not 
 already provided) by Advice of the Presbytery : And to 
 this Purpofe, that the Heritors in every Congregation meet 
 among themfclvcs, and provide a commodious Houfe for a 
 School, and modify a Stipend to the Schoolmafter, which 
 fliali not be under an hundred Merks, nor above two hun- 
 dred Merks, to be paid yearly at two Terms : And to this 
 Effect that they fet down a Stent upon every one's Rent of 
 
 k and Tiend in the Pari ill proportionably to the Worth 
 thereof, for Maintenance of the School, and Payment of the 
 Schoolmaster's Stipend; which Stipend is declared to he 
 
 to the Schoolmafrers by and attour the Cafiultics which 
 
 lerljr belonged to Readers aiid Clerks of Kirk-Seflions ; , 
 and if the Heritors (hall not conveeo, or, being conveened, 
 (ball not agree amongft themlclves, then, and in that Cafe, 
 thejpresbytery fliali nominate twelve honcft Men within the 
 Boui (ball have Power to eftabliih 
 
 \ a Stipend tdr the Schoolmafier \ 
 the I re exprefled, and I a Stent for 
 
 merit thereof upon the Heritors, which lhall be as valid 
 and efTecluall, as ii I been done by the Her 
 
 becaufe l I will be 
 
 ill, there! 
 men! thereof :t is : &, That if two Terms P 
 
 llOQt 
 
>04 Founding Schools, uncharging Lykewakes. 
 
 portions run in the third unpaid then thcfe that fo fail irl 
 Payment fhall be lyable in the double of their Proportions 
 then refting, and in the double of every Term's Proportion 
 that mall be refting thereafter, ay and while the School- 
 matter be compleatly paid, and that without any Defalca- 
 tion ; and that Letters of Horning, and all other Executo- 
 rial neceflary be directed, at the Inflance of the School- 
 ir?after, for Payment of the double of the Proportion in 
 Wanner forefaid, difcharging hereby any Sufpenfion to pafs 
 againfl the Schoolmafters without Consignation. And it is 
 declared, That Liferenters, during their Lifetime, fhall be 
 lyable in Payment of the Proportion impofed upon the 
 Lands liferented, and Execution in the Manner before ex- 
 prefTed fhall pafs againft them for that Effect, and the He- 
 ritors fnall be always free of the fame during the Liferenter's 
 Lifetime. And if any Perfons finds themfelves wronged by 
 the Inequality of the Proportions impofed, it mail be law- 
 full for them to feek Redrefs thereof before the Lords of 
 Secret Gouncel or Seffion, within Year and Day after the 
 impofing of the Stent, and no otherways. 
 
 All XVIII. Difcharging Lykezvakes. id February 1646. 
 
 THE Eftates of Parliament, now conveened in the fifth* 
 Seflion of tfcis firft trfennial Parliament, confidering 
 the great Abnfe of Lykewakes, do therefore inhibite 
 and difcharge all Perfons of whatfoevcr Qualify to have 
 Lykewakes hereafter, and that under the Pain of twenty 
 Pound Scots to be paid by the Contraveeruers tcties quoties % 
 to the Kirk- Seflion, -for pious Ufes : And ordaines their 
 Fynes and Penalties to be uplifted conform to the Acl 
 taafc at Perth anent the uplifting of pecunial Pains. 
 
 ACTS 
 
Keajons for giving up A, diaries. 105 
 
 ACTS done and paft in the fixth SefTion of the firft tfi 
 rial Parliament of K. ^Charles I. beg-:: rr 3. 1 64^. 
 
 jift X. Declaration of the K. Scotland the 
 
 Kings Maje flies Ptrfon. 16//; January 16.: 
 
 WHereas it pleafed God to joyne the Kingdomes of 
 Scotland, England and Ireland in Solemne Leagi • 
 Covenant, for Reformation and Defence of Reli- 
 gion, the Honour and Happines of the King, and their c 
 Peace and Safety, and, lb Purfuance thereof, the S 
 my being in the Kingdome of England, the King* M-: ?."y 
 came into their Quarters be! i profeifeJ 
 
 came there with a full and abfolute Intention to ei* s 
 Satisfaction to the joyqt Defires of both Kingdomes, 
 with no Thought either to continue this tin natural] Y 
 any longer, or to make Diviuon betwixt the K 
 to comply with his Parliaments and thefe entrufkd b 
 in every Thing for fettling Truth and Peace and that 
 would apply himfeif totally to the Ccunfeh and Advices of 
 his Parliaments ; and this he did not onely pr. :t':c vei 
 
 the Committee of Eftales with the Shots At 
 alio in his fevcral Letters and Declarations under !. 
 to the Committee of Eftates of Scotland, and 
 
 ics of the Parliament of Engt : In C* 
 
 dence whereof, and of the Reality of his Intentions and Re- 
 fblutions, which he declared proc 
 
 the deep Serife of the bleeding Con.' 
 his Kingdomes, the Committees of the Kingdom 
 
 General Officers of the Scots Arnr 
 and the Kingdom of England, t! 
 
 n thcfcTermSg (which is fhi - 
 
 cling what ma\ be fuggefted or all the con: 
 
 by ai . ingdoms') r ;d 
 
 1 :im, that the only Way of his own H. 
 
 C 01 his Kingdorr.cs, under God, was to make good 
 cd to both Kii 
 Thereafter, not onlv were Proportions ot • 
 O 
 
 ■ 
 
106 Re a fins for giving up K. Charles. 
 
 after ferious and mature Deliberation, were agreed upon) 
 tendered to him, in the Name of both Kingdomcs, for his 
 Royall Aficnt thereto, but alfo all the fupreame Judicato- 
 ries of this Kingdome, both Civill and Ecclefiaftick, made 
 their humble and earned Addrefles to his Majefty, by Sup- 
 plications, Letters, and Commiilioners for that End, and did 
 fully reprefent all the Prejudices and Inconveniencies of the 
 Delay or Refufall of his AiTent ; and, in particular, that 
 his Kingdome would be neceifitate to joyne with the King* 
 dome of England, conforme to the League and Covenant, in 
 providing for the prefent and future Security of both King- 
 domes, and in fetling the Government of both, as might 
 moft conduce to the Good of both. And the Parliament of 
 Scotland, being now, according to the Treaty, to retire their 
 Army out of England, have again, for their further Exonera- 
 tion, fent Commiilioners to reprefent their renewed Defires 
 to his Majefty, with the Dangers may enfue by his Delay 
 or Refufall to grant the fame, and that till then there was 
 Danger to the Caufe, to his Majefty, to this Kingdom, and 
 to the Union betwixt the Kingdoms by his coming into 
 Scotland, and that therefore a joynt Courfe will bee tane by 
 both Kingdomcs anent the Difpofall of his Perfon. And, 
 confidering that his Majefty, by his Anfwer to the Propofi- 
 tkms of Peace in Augufl laft, and alfo by his late MeiTage to 
 the two Houfes, (and by his Warrand communicate to the 
 Eftatcs of this Kingdome) hath expreffed his Defires to be 
 near to the two Houfes of Parliament. And feeiftg alfo the 
 Parliament of England have communicate to the Scots Com- 
 mifTioners at Nswc<iflle, and by them to this Kingdome, their 
 Refolution, That Holenby-Houft, in the County of Northampton , 
 is the Place which theHoufes^hink fit for trajving to come un- 
 to, there to remain, with fuch^Attendants about him as botli 
 Houfes of Parliament fiiall think fit to appoint, with refpect 
 had to the Safctie and Prefervation of his Perfon, in the Prefer- 
 \Tition and Defence of the true Religion and Liberties of the 
 Kingdomes, according to the Covenant : Therefore the E- 
 flates of Parliament of the Kingdome of Scotland, and in re- 
 gard of his Majefties not giving a fatisfactorie Anfwer to the 
 Propofitions as yet, and out of their earned Defire to keep 
 a right Undcrflanding betwixt thefe Kingdomes, to prevent 
 
 new 
 
Scots againft executing K. Charles. 1 07 
 
 new Troubles within the fame, to fatisfie the Deilre of his 
 Majefty, and the two Houfes of Parliament pf England, an J. 
 of this Kingdome. for his Residence in fome of his Houfes 
 near the Parliament of England, and to prevent Mifinfor: 
 tion, and to give Satisfaction to all, do declare their Con- 
 currence for the Kings Majefties going to Holenby-Houfe, or 
 fome other of his Houfes in or about London t as ihall be 
 thought fit, there to remain untill he give Satisfaction to 
 both Kingdpmes in the Proportions of Peace : And that in 
 the Interim there be no Harme, Prejudice, Violence, nor In- 
 jury done to his Royall Perfon ; that there be no Change 
 of Government other then hes been thefe three Yearcs pail; 
 and that his Pofterity in nowayes be prejudged in their law- 
 full Succeflion to the Crown and Government of thefe King- 
 domes. And as this is the clear Intention and full Relolu- 
 tion of the Kingdome of Scotland, according to their Intercfl 
 and Duety in relation to the Kings Majeit), lb they are con- 
 fident (from the fame Ground and manifold Declarations of 
 the Parliament ol England) that the fame is the Refolution 
 of their Brethren ,* and at fuch a Time they do expect a 
 renewed Declaration thereof, and' that they will give bro- 
 therly a^hd juft Satisfaction to the Defires herewith fent. 
 Likeas the Kingdom of Scotland do hereby afiiire their Bre- 
 thren in England, that it fhal! be their conflant Endeavour 
 to keep, continue, and ftrengthen the Union and Peace be- 
 twixt the Kingdomes, according to the Covenant and Treat ic. 
 
 A Si XV. An/zver of the Parliament to the Re 'monfl ] ranee cf the 
 Church, nth February 1647. 
 
 THE Eftates of Parliament, now conveened in this f 
 Seffion of the firfl trienniall Parliament, having 
 oufly confidered the Rcmon (trance of the Commiffioncrs ol 
 Generall AfTcmbly prefented to them, do, with all thankltiil 
 Acknowledgement, receive the pious and feafonable Admo- 
 nitions and Exhortations therein contained, and return U 
 their particular Defires this following Anfwer. 
 
 1. That they do hereby ordain all A&S already paiTcd, 
 for puniihing < t \ i< p, and advancing of Virtue, to fl 
 in Force, and be put to due Rxccutl amending 
 
 /: to all lh< Mioift.frs u! Jufticc v.' horn it con 
 
jo8 The State's ^iffeS'wn to Religion cleared. 
 
 and that they are yet ready to enacl any further new Lcr 
 rnd Ordinances neceffary for that Purpofe, having appointed 
 a Committee for A els and Overtures to meet with Mr. James 
 Rebsrtoun, the Juftice Depute, at all convenient Occafions, 
 for receiving and confldering the Defires and Overtures ot the 
 laid Commiilioners. and to prepare a Report of their Opi- 
 nions therein to the Parliament with all Diligence. 
 
 2. That they have been ever carefujl to preferve that 
 Banc! of Union between the Kingdornes, and to profecute 
 the Wjorl of Uniformity according to the Covenant, flill 
 r.efolving zcaloufly to fludy the fame : That they have yet 
 again made their humble Addreffes to his Majefty for figr.ing 
 the Covenant, and fatisfying the' Deures of his Parliaments 
 of both Kingdornes ; all which their Inftruflions to their 
 Co mmiifio ners at London and Ns-uicaflle, and their Letters to 
 the Parliament of England, do iufnciently exprefle : And 
 tyhat further is to be done, in relation to thefe Particulars, 
 (hall be communicate to the Commiffion from Time to Time, 
 that they may joyntly concur, according to their Place and 
 Vocation for pro (editing thereof. 
 
 3. Touching the Particulars concerning thefe Perfons 
 brought off the Rebellion by the Generall-Major thereunto 
 Warranted, that the publick Faith fo given unto them is 
 
 I ro be violated ; but, for the better fecuring the Peace 
 and Quiet of the Kingdornes, thefe Perfons brought off ths 
 Rebellion are hereby appointed to give filch f'ru ther Aifa- 
 rance of their good ana regular Behaviour in Time coming, 
 and for keeping* the Peace, as is conform to the former Lawec 
 and Practifes : And in the mean Time, that inch of them, 
 and others acceiTary to the Rebellion, and under Ccnfure of 
 Church and State, whom the Committee thereunto appointed 
 Ihall think fit, be commanded orf Town ; and tUat an Act and 
 proclamation be drawn by that Committee, and fpeedily expe- 
 dited and prepared for the Parliament to that Effect, ordaining 
 further, That the faids Perfons brought off the Rebellion, 
 Bird any others guilty of the Crimes mentioned in the firtt 
 {Zhflfc pf 4 the Acfr. at S. s. iliall not be admitted to 
 
 £t in any publick judicatories, nor enjoy and pxerce any 
 Offices »>i P)cxa of T-rpff eivill or n .'.• 
 
 6 
 
 ;er during . 
 
The State's AffeBhn to Religion cleared. 1 09 
 
 the Parliament without Prejudice to Perfons who have he- 
 ritable Offices, to nominate and appoint, by the Advice of 
 Parliament, Committee ot Eitates, or Secret Councell, fit 
 Perfons. againft whom there is no juft Exception, to be their 
 
 .:tes in thefe Offices. And it is alio hereby declared, 
 That thefe Perfons brought off the Rebellion are not to be 
 in a better Condition than other Subjects, but that they 
 are and fhall be lyable and fubjeel in Payment of all L( 
 Taxes, monethly Maintenance, and of their Proportions for 
 Lcavies of Foot and Horfe, at the Rates and Prices fet 
 
 n by Acts of Parliament, or Committee of Eftates, or 
 Committers of War in Shires where they have Intereft re- 
 : and of all other publick Burdens Impofitions, and 
 Duties whatfomever, for all Yeares bygone and in Time com- 
 ing, as fully, and in the fame Manner, as any other Per fori 
 is or hath been fubjeft thereunto. 
 
 4. Th^t all the former Lawes and Ordinances againft ex- 
 communicate Perfons are hereby appointed to ltand in fuii 
 Force and Vigour, recommending to every one whom it eon- 
 
 s to put the fame to due Execution : And what : 
 : -and further neceifary from the Parliament, to make that 
 .diul Ordinance of God lenfible to fuch obilinate O;: 
 dcrs, and to have due Regard and Reverence from all, is to 
 .e laid Committee, to whom the Over: 
 . to that Purpofc are referred ; and, after 
 Return pffbeir Report, the Par!. .e the lame to 
 
 'deration. 
 
 5. That they are very fcnfible of the DiftrefTcs of the Pro- 
 vince of 4rgjte, and hive already provided (one Means for 
 ffcetr prefeot Subfiltance and Relief, rcfolving (till to I 
 
 p for their Help and Succour, and to | 
 the ...lit the Rebels, no. re, but in all 
 
 Part ine. 
 
 c. 1 ";. (s of Ireland is carefully recomnu 
 
 nit tee ; wherein, after the Refill! ot their 
 . r?c returned, they :edic 
 
 juft and rcafonablc, that the 
 1 
 
 be cxemplarh 
 
I io The State s AffeBlon to Religion cleared. 
 
 nifhed, and that particular Ordinances be drawn for that 
 Purpofe, which is hereby recommended to the faid Committee 
 of Overtures. 
 
 8. That they have recommended to the Generall Officers, 
 to punifli the Infolencies and Diforders of Souldiers commit- 
 ted before this Time ; and, for preventing the hke hereafter, 
 they are to confider the Report of the great Committee, and 
 to take Courfe how the Officers that are to have Command 
 may give AiTurance for reftraining and redreffing fuch Infolen- 
 cies and Diforders for Time to come. 
 
 And the Eftates of Parliament hereby ftature and ordain, 
 That the particular Ordinances, Declarations and Anfwers 
 above expreffed, fhall have the Strength and Authority of 
 A&S, Declarations, An (Vers and Ordinances of Parliament, 
 ponform to the Tenours and Natures thereof refpeflive. 
 
 48 XXVII. Againjl excommunicate Per fonu 18/A March 1^47/ 
 
 FOrafmuch as the Pride and Infolencie of excommunicate 
 Perfons doeth exceedingly increafe, and that dreadfull 
 Cenfure of Excommunication is much flighted and vilipended, 
 whereby not onely the Offenders are obdured in their obfti- 
 nate Jmpenitencic, but God is much dishonoured by their con* 
 temning of that his Ordinance : For Remedy thereof, the In- 
 flates of Parliament ratifie and approve all preceding A 6h and 
 Ordinances of Parliament apainit .excommunicate Perfons, or- 
 daining the fame to be put to due Execcution \ and, in refpeft 
 of the Impenitencie of excommunicate Perfons, and their Dif- 
 obedienceunto, and Contempt of all Ecclefiaftick Difcipline, 
 do further ftatute and ordain, That, fourty Dayes being paft 
 after the Sentence of Excommunication, Letters bee direct for 
 denuncing all excommunicate Perfons his Majefties Rebels, 
 and putting them to the Horn at the Inftance of the Kings 
 Advocate, the Proqutor for the Kirk, the Presbytei ie ? or o- 
 ther fuperior Kirk-Judlcatorie intcreffed, or either of them, 
 and that by Warrand of any of the Lords of Privie Coun- 
 fell or Seffion, which Letters'fhall be execute at the Market- 
 CrofTe of Edinburgh and Pcir of Lcith, and the Denunciations 
 ufed by vertue thereof in thefe Places, (hall be fufficient a- 
 gainfl them, ordaining alio Letters of Intercommoning and 
 
 i-etters 
 
Againft ^apijis and others excommunicate. 1 1 1 
 
 Letters of Caption to bee direct upon their Denunciation ; 
 and that in the Execution of Caption all the Lcigeb concur 
 and be aflifting : Difcharging hereby all Sufpcnfions, Re- 
 laxations and VVarrands whatibever, for Liberty to excom- 
 municate Perfons, except they certifie by Writ that they 
 have given full Obedience and Satisfaction to the Kirk, and 
 made reall Payment of the Penalties they incurre by the 13th 
 Act of the Parliament in the Year 1641. made againft the 
 excommunicate Perfons : And the Eftates of Parliament ra- 
 tifies and approves all Acts of Convention and of Secret Coun- 
 fell made againft Jefuits, Papifts, Pricfts and excommunicate 
 Perfons, and fpecially the Acts of Secret Counfell made againft 
 them upon the firfl of July 1642. printed the fame Year, viz. 
 concerning the Incapacitie of profeffed Papifts refufing to com- 
 municate to have Place in publick Judicatories, or to bruike 
 any Office in the Kingdonic, or to have Acceffe to the 
 Court ; concerning the debarring of excommunicate Papifts 
 from Proceffc, and offering a Roll of their Names for that 
 Purpofe ; concerning the directing Letters of Treafon and 
 Intcrcommoning againft excommunicate Papifts, denuncedi 
 Rebels, Recommendation to the Lyon for difcharging Mef- 
 fengers fufpect ofPoperie, and refufing the Covenant, Re- 
 commendation to the Lords of Exchequer for the Efcheats 
 and Liferents of excommunicate Papifts, and for obferving du- 
 ly the 13th Act of the Parliament 1641. and nne Ordinance 
 that Husband* fhall bee countable that their Wives (hall not 
 relet, fupplic nor intercommune with Jefuits nor Priefts, and 
 that he nor lhe fhall not be obferved by Papifts j and that 
 none fhall bee admitted to their Service, but fuch as fhall 
 have a Tcftimoniall of the SoundncfTe of their Religion from 
 the Miniftcr where they dwelt, under the Paines contained 
 in the Acts of Parliament made againft Refetters ofjefuirs, 
 Seminary and Ma: and cfpecially under the Paine* 
 
 contained in the laid 13th Act of the Parliament Id 
 Which Ordinance concerning the Reccit of Jefuits anJ 
 Piicfts, together with the remanent Acts concerning prof 
 ^\\<\ excommunicate Papifts, are hereby extended to all ex- 
 communicate Perfons Whatfoevcr rcfpcctivelv, ordaining 
 the (aid Acts and On: r.fel to bf put to due Ex- 
 
 ecution accordJTi 
 
1 1 2 .Again ft Supcrjtition and Topijh Education. 
 
 Aft XX VIII. Difcharging theObfervation of fupcrjlitious Dayes. 
 1 8//; March 1647. 
 
 THE Eftates of Parliament, confidering that the obferv- 
 ing of Yule-Day, and other fuperftitious Dayes, is 
 much occasioned by Coal-Hewers and Salters Flitting and 
 Entrie at Yule ; therefore they ordain, that the Termes of 
 Flitting and Entry of all Coal-Hewers and Salters {hall hereaf- 
 ter be upon the firft of December yearly, difcharging any En* 
 try or Removal to be at Yule hereafter : Inhibiting alfo all 
 and every one to obferve the fuperftitious Time of Yule, or 
 any other fuperftitious Dayes in any Manner of Way, and 
 that under the Paines contained in the Acts of Parliament 
 made againft Prophanation of the Sabbath : And recommends 
 to all whom it concerns to fee this Act obferved, and the 
 Contraveeners punillied in their Perfons and Goods condignly. 
 
 jfH XXXIX. Concerning the Education of Children under Po- 
 pith Parents or Tutors. 26th March 1647. 
 
 THE Eftates of Parliament, now conveened in this fixth 
 SeiTion,of the firft triennial Parliament, confidering 
 how dangerous it is that Children be educate by Perfons that 
 are popifhly affected, do therefore, conform to ane Ordinance 
 of Parliament at St. Andrews, ordain the Lords of Secret 
 Councel, or the Committee of Eftates, or either of them* 
 upon the Reprefentatton of the particular Care by a Presby- 
 tery, or other Kirk-Judicatdrie, to provide and appoint a 
 "Way for the Education of Children thatare under the Power 
 of Popifh Parents, Tutors or Curators, giving unto them full 
 £ower to take thefe Children from under the Charge of Po- 
 pifn Parents, Tutors and Curators, and to commit them to 
 the Care of fome well affected religious Friend, to bee edu- 
 cate in Religion and Vertue, and to do every Thing neceffar 
 for their good Education : And farther, that Children doc not 
 differ in their Education abroad, the Eftates of Parliament rati- 
 fy and approve the firft and fecond A£ls of the twentieth Par- 
 liament of King Juries VI. (and the fixth Ac! of the Parlia- 
 ment of King Charles, in the Year of God 1641. relating 
 thereto) concerning Children that go out of the Kingdom, 
 
 and 
 
jAcl for renewing the Solemn League: i I J 
 
 and fending Pedagogues with them, ordaining the fame Acts 
 to be carefully obferved, and put to due Execution in Tims 
 comming. 
 
 
 ACTS done and pad in the fecond Setfion of the fecond 
 triennial Parliament holden at Edinburgh, and beginning 
 the 4th of January 1649. and ending the 1 cT th {A March 
 in the Year aforefaid. 
 
 Aft II. For a folemn Fajl and Humiliation, to be kecked by all 
 the Members of this Parliament, in relation to publick Sins 
 and Breaches of Covenant ; and for tier rencuir.g the League 
 qnd Covenant y and Engadgment to the Deutees therein i . 
 teined. January 5*. 1649. 
 
 *np<HE Eftates of Parliament taking to their ferious Con- 
 I fideration the great Sinnes and Provocations of the 
 Land, and the great Calametees and Diflre/Tcs wherewith 
 they have bene exercifed, and which yet hang over their 
 Heads ; dnd being defirous to returne unto the Lord, by 
 bumbling themfelves before him, Afith fincere Confeffion of 
 their Sinnes, and Engadgment to doe no mor fo, but to re- 
 fbrme ther Wayes, and be ftedfafl in his Covenant ; and con- 
 fidering that, in relation to the generall Sinnes of the Land, 
 the Commiffion of the Generall Aflemblie appoints a fo!cmnc 
 Acknowledgment of publick Sinner end Breaches of Co- 
 venant, anda publick Engadgment to the Duties therein con- 
 tained : Therefore the (aid Eftats, in the Sence of their oune 
 Sinnes, and of their AcccfTion ro the Breaches 1 Wf& 
 
 Land, do rcfolve, that all the Members of the prcfent 
 Parliament humble themfelves in the Parliament Houfc, be- 
 fore the Lord, in a folemne Acknowledgment of their Sinnes 
 and Breacb.cs of Covenant, and engage themfelves to a more 
 firicl Obfervance of publick Deutics, efpccially of thofe 
 that relate to Dangers of the Tymc : And alfo, that they 
 renue the Solemnc League and (Covenant according to the 
 Order (ct doirhC by the I I Alfcm- 
 
 bly. And that this may be performed with Fatting and {fil- 
 iation, and si] other religious Deutiet, a::u a Day fa 
 
f 14 jfgnwjt the TFar with England 164.8. 
 
 part for that Purpofe, the Earle o£ Cajfells, and Sir Archlald 
 Johnfloun of IVarifloun, and the Proved of Edinburgh, ar to 
 acquaint the Gommiflion of the Kirk with this Refolution, 
 and in Name of the Parliament to defire that fome of their 
 Number may preach in the Parliament-Houfc, and adminifteT 
 to them the Covenant ; and doe and order all other Things 
 neceffarie for fo folemne and religious ane Action. 
 
 Art IV. Repealling all Afls of Parliament or Committee made 
 for the late unlaufull Engagement, and ratifying the-Protcjla- 
 tion and Oppofitione again]} the fame* \6th January 1649 • 
 
 T^ HE Eftates of Parliament, pfefentlie conveened in this 
 fecond Seftion of the fecond triennial Parliament, by 
 Vertue of an Aft of the Committie of Eftates, who 
 had Power and Authority from the laft Parliament, taking 
 to ther mod ferious Confiderations (after fo great Judgments 
 and Deliverances on Gods Part, and after fo folemn ane Ac- 
 knowledgment and Covenant reneued on ther Part) ths 
 Acts of the laft Seffion of Parliament, beginning the 2d of 
 March, and ending the 10th oifunii 1648. and of the Com- 
 mitty of Eftates before September laft, and the providing of 
 the Forces raifed by them in the firft and fecond Levie, and 
 fhefe brought out of Ireland, and of the Committees of 
 "War re id the feverall Shires appointed by them, with the 
 Grounds, Reafons, and Pretences therfor, whether contain- 
 ed in the King's Conceflions at the Ifle of Wight, or fet down 
 in ther Declarations,, as in the fourth, feventh fextine, twentie 
 fcx, twentie feven Acts of" the laft Parliament, and in ther 
 Declarations to the Kingdome of England emitted by the 
 Committee of Eftates the 28th Day of Junij laft. when 
 ther Army went unto England, in citabliihing, carrying on, 
 and profecuting the late Engagment againft the Kingdoms' 
 of England • and raifeing the firft and fecond Levie, in pref- 
 5ng the fame at home by unlawfull Hands and crule Plun- 
 drings, and in rejecting of- Wairnings, Petitions, Remon- 
 fl ranees from the Kirk-Judicatories, and from Shyres at 
 home; and all Remonftrances and Offers of Treaty made 
 from the Parliament of England, made by ther Commiffio- 
 f&t'&t in refilling to declare the Kings Conceffions at the Ifle 
 
 of 
 
jfgaitift the War with England 1648. 1 15 
 
 rf 'Wight unfatisfaclorie to them, in trampling under Fm the 
 Liberties of the Church at home, in invaiding the Kingdome of 
 England, and furprifing of ther Towns, and marching through 
 ther Counties, and ahociuting with the malignant Party ther, 
 in returning after their Defeat to Scotland, to renue ther Op- 
 preffion in this Kingdome, and Invafion of England, and to 
 that End in the railing of new Forces, fending CommkTions to 
 the claffed Incendiaries of the Kingdome, who by (landing 
 Acts of Parliament were debarred from all Trud for ther 
 joyning in ther late Rebellion, and in many other Waves, 
 Acts and Deeds profecuting ther Defigne at home and a- 
 brode ; and confiddering the (everail Oilers and Defires made 
 by the Commiffioners ot the Kingdome of Erglani for con- 
 tinuing the Peace and ITnyon, and the many earned and 
 humble Petitions from feverall Shyres, and the mod Part of 
 provinciall Synods and Presbyteries, and the juft and ne- 
 ceflary Defires, Remondrances and Declarations of the Com- 
 miflioners of the Church to the Parliament and Committee, 
 with ther unfatisfaftorie Anfwer thereunto, and the Papers 
 pad betwixt the late Generall AiTembW and the Committee, 
 and the Diffent and Protections entered in the Parliament 
 by a great Number of eurie EiUte, and that of fuch as hath 
 bene mod igftrumentail and conllant in this Caufe fince the 
 Beginning : And withall, taking to their ferious Considera- 
 tion the manifold folid Reafons againd the Ingagement ex- 
 preifed in the Remondrances of the Commiflion of the Kirk 
 given unto the Parliament, and of the unanimous Declara- 
 tion of the late Generall Aifembly, and the Reply of the 
 CommiiTioncrs, dcmonltrating from the Word of God the 
 Unlaufulnes of the (aid Engagement, and evidencing the ma- 
 Breaches of Covenant and Treaties of Peace, the manv 
 Wrongs done to the liberties of the Church, and Oppi 
 /ions of" the People of God, and manv other r.nlaufull 
 grediences in the Mater, Mnner, x I of that 
 
 "Engagement, and therefore denunciAg I Judgments a- 
 
 gaind it, and warning the People to do tl the 
 
 Caufe oi God, and to theCovenai ; 
 
 pediments. All which wns I I 
 
 d lately by God's i g up the i 
 
 cond curious Peoj ! 
 
? 1 6 ^fgakji the War -with England 1 648. 
 
 a Defection from the Caufe and Covenant ; and by his per- 
 forming the Gounfell of his MeiTingers, and confirming the 
 A' rds of his Servants in the Defeat of* that Army and ther 
 Overthrow in England, with ther Allociats in' England ; as alfo 
 in flarring of the Remainder of that Force returned unto Scot- 
 land, and joyned with thofe who at horn were enflaving this 
 Kingdome, and in devefling them, with ther own Confent by 
 Treaty, (with fo little Blood) of all outward Force and Ex- # 
 ercife of State-Pour untill the Determination of this Parlia- 
 ment. And the Eftates pondring ferioufly the great Necef- 
 jitie and manifold Reafons preffirig the Protefters in Parlia- 
 ment, with the Affiftance of the conftant Covenanters through- 
 out the Land, to make that Oppofition in Armes, fo tryfted, 
 directed and countenanced by Gods own good Hand upon 
 them as Is more expreiTed in the Declaration of the Com- 
 mittee of Eilates of the yth of October laft, and Information 
 of the Ki;k publifjied to the Vew of tjie World upon the 
 ^pth of 'Ofiober laft. 
 
 Therefor, and for many other Reafons and.Confiderations 
 convincing them in ther Conferences, that the forefaid Pro- 
 ceedings of the late Parliament and Committee, in the ap- 
 pointing and profecuting that Engagement againft England, 
 and in eppreffing of the Church in hir Libertees, and of the 
 good People throghout the Land in their Perfons and Eftate^ 9 
 and, which is molt of all, in their Cqncienccs, by Force and 
 Violence, raifing the People to Sin, after they had declarecj 
 by their Petitions the fam was againft the Light of their Gon- 
 ciences, wer unlawful before God, and againft his Word, 
 wer Breaches of the Solemhe League and Covenant, which, 
 being ane Oath to God fo neceffary, is not alterable by any 
 human Authority • and of the Tjeatees betwixt the King- 
 doms, and under Pretence for doing for Religion, for the 
 King, for the Kingdoms' and which, in few Monethes, 
 hath more wailed the Subftance of this Kingdome, and efpe- 
 ciallv of the well-afFecled, then all our former Troubles, 
 and hath led out a forced Multitud to Slaughter or SlaveriCj 
 tvith fo great Reproach and Difgrace to the Nation, and oc- 
 caci >ned a powerful Army to en^er the Bowels of this King- 
 dom, in Purfute of ther Enemies who had invaded England, 
 to the great endangering of this Kingdome, an$ fo laying the 
 
 1 x Land 
 
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 JLand open, and making it lyable to the Gilt and Mifery of 
 ane unjuil and otter. five Warr, drawing doun Gods Judg- 
 ments, and expufmg us and our Pofterity to thelnvafion from 
 our neighbour Kingdom, if God in his Providence had not 
 remeeded the lame ; As the Eitarcs of Parliament have made 
 before God anc folemne Acknowledgment of the publick Sins 
 and Breaches of the Covenant, and a folemne Engagement ro 
 al the Dutees therin contained, namely, thofe which doe in a 
 more fpecial Way relat unto the Dangers of triple Tymes, 
 fhat Gods Judgments drawn doun upon the Nation by fuch a 
 finlul Courii, by a prevalent Party of the reprefentative Body, 
 maybe recovered, and the lik in Tym comming prevented, lb 
 alio that all Pretence of Law at Horn, for proiecuting of thefc 
 Courfes, and that all Pretence of Quarreil from Abroad a- 
 gair.lt this Nation for the fam, may be taken away, and to 
 tettifie the tirme Refoiution and earned Defire of this king- 
 dom to preierve inviolably the Union betwixt the Kingdoms, 
 the Eftatcs forefaids do hereby find and declare the Kings 
 Conceifior.5 at the Ifle of Wight, and late Declarations emit- 
 ted by the Parliament and Committee to be unfatibfactory 
 to them, and deltructive to the Cauie and Covenant, and 
 doth dilclame, condemne, annulle, repeall and declare to be 
 void and .. fte, the Acts after mentioned, as being in 
 
 the; gi nning unjuft and unlawful, and con- 
 
 trary to the Word of God, and Solemne League and Cove- 
 nant, and large Treaty betv/ixt the Kingdoms. The fourth 
 Act. intituled. Act" ancnt the Refolutions of Parliament, 
 teeming the Breaches of the Covenant, and Treatees be- 
 y the Kingd.»mes of Scotland and England, and Demands 
 for Reparation thereof. The fixr Act, intituled, Act for 
 putting oi the Kingdom irv a Poltur of War for Defence, 
 and com! mmirtce of War of the fcueral Shyrcs. 
 
 The feventh Act, intituled, A Declaration of the Parliament 
 
 )d Subjects of this Kingdome, 
 Refolutions for Religion, Kir>j and K 
 .enant. The 
 i^ct, intituled, Oefires of the Parliament of & > the 
 
 nent of England. T 
 intituled. Afl anent tl of Horfe and Kurt I 
 
 and Burghs, and the Liil oi UjrCollo- 
 
 aelli 
 
I 1 3 jfgainjt the War with England 1648, 
 
 nells with their Numbers. The Eleuenth Aft, intituled, A 
 Letter from the Parliament o[ Scotland to thefeverall Presbyte- 
 ries within this Kingdome. The eighteen Aft, intituled, Aft 
 anent the Oath to be taken by the Committee of War in the 
 fevarall Shyres. The ninteenth Aft, intituled, Aft and Or- 
 dinance concerning the Garrifons within the Kingdome, for 
 Provifions of the Forces thereof, and adding of the two Months 
 Maintenance to the former Fine. The twentie Aft, intituled, 
 Aftfor the railing of Troops. The twentie third Aft, intituled, 
 Aftordening all Miniftexs to exort the People to the Obedi- 
 ence to the Lawes of this Kingdome, and aifuringthele Mini- 
 sters of their Stipends during their Lyftymes. Aft twentie 
 iburth, intituled, Aft ordening the whole Members of Parlia- 
 ment, Noblemen, Barrens, BurgerTes, and all other Subjects 
 and Inhabitants of the Kingdome, to fubferive the Aft for 
 the Defence of the Lawfulnefs of this Parliament, and Obe- 
 dience to the Afts thereof. The twentie fixt Aft, intituled. 
 Aft and Declaration of Parliament, and Anfwers to the Sup- 
 pofnions from Synods and Presbyteries. The twentie feventh 
 Aft, intituled, Aft and Declaration of Parliament, in An- 
 fwer to the Petitions prefented to them from fom Committees 
 of War of Shyrcs. And all other Afts, or Parts or Claufes 
 of any other Aft of the laft Parliament publifhed, and 
 Grounds and Pretences thereof, in fo far as they import the 
 Approbation, Purfuance, or Furtherance of the late un- 
 lawful! Engagement : And this general Claufe is declared 
 to be als fufficient for repealing and annulling of them, as if 
 the Tenor thereof wer heerin infert, wherwith the States dif- 
 pence. 
 
 Siklike, the Eilates annuils, refcinds and repealls, amongft 
 the imprinted ACis y the Commiilion granted to the clofe 
 Committee, concerning Bernick and Carlell, againft which 
 divers Members of Parliament entered their Diifent and Pro- 
 tection ; the CommiiTions granted to Duke Hamilton^ and o- 
 thei' Officers of the Army ; the Ordinances in favours of thofc 
 that protefted m -Fjfc and Haddington^ the' Ordinances for 
 giving Thanks to thofe who in their feveral Shyres prefented 
 Petitions, or v/rir Letters for encuraging the Parliament to 
 gne on in the Engagement ; the Aft anent the Colleg of 
 jvftice, and ther CoIIonell j the Aft anent the Lord Co : 
 
 \ 
 
yfgdinjt the War 'With England 1 648. 119 
 
 chrans, Laird Cart hi and and Alexander Craw fur d y their going 
 to Ireland ; the Aft anent the Magiftrates and Cbuncell of 
 Glafg'j-iv ; the Aft ratifying the Afts of Committee made in 
 the Recefs of Parliament, and all other imprinted Afts, or Clau- 
 fesof unprinted Afts, Grounds and Pretences thereof, in fo far 
 as they import the Approbation, Purfuance or Furtherance of 
 the faid late unlawfull Engagement: And this general Claufe is 
 declared to be als fufficient for repealling and annulling them, 
 as if the Tenours therof wer heerin infcrt. 
 
 In lyk Manner, the Ellates of Parliament condemns, annulles 
 and relcinds all the Afts of the Committee of Eliates, contained 
 in the Table fubjoined to this Aft, and all other Afts, or Parts 
 ©r Ciaufes of any other Afts of the faid Committee of Ellates, 
 Grounds and Pretences thereof, in fo far as they import the 
 Approbation, Purfuance or Furtherance of the faid late Engage- 
 ment : And this general Claufe is declared to be als fufficient 
 for repealing and annulling of them, as if the Tenor thereof 
 wer heerin infert, wherewith the laid Eltates difpence. 
 
 And in lik Manner doe annul, condemne and repeal, 
 all Afts made and Deeds done by the former Parliament and 
 Committee ofEftates, contrarie to the Libcrtees of the Kirk, 
 or anywayes encroching upon the fam ; in particular thofc 
 which follow. Firft, Ther emitting of Declarations, con- 
 taining Things highly concerning Religion, not only without 
 Aduice or Confent of the General Affcmbly and therCommil- 
 fioners, but contrarie to their exprefs Dcfires, Supplications/ 
 Remonftrances and Declarations, declaring the fam to be 
 dangerous and deflruftive thereto ; efpecially the reftoring the 
 King to Honour, Freedom and Safty without fufficient S. 
 rity firlt had from hint for fecuring of Religion, as is more 
 fully expreft in the De/ires and Reprefentations of the Com- 
 
 boners of the General Aifcmbly. Secondly, The pu: 
 of an unfound ploft in the Clofc of the Declaration of the 
 lament upon the Covenant and Afts of the General Af- 
 fembly, in thofe Thing! thai concern our Deutv to the K 
 n forth in the Representation of the i. 
 Ifciflion of the Alterably, .for 
 
 the I -i> a> ihall be - 
 
 fttitutedfoi their concurring in or pcea r unlawful En- 
 
 cfen- 
 
i2o Agdinft the War with England 1648; 
 
 ting of the Proceedings of the Commiffion of the General*! 
 Aflembly, by the Parliament's Letter of May the eleventh 
 to the feueral Presbyteries, and indevoring to inccnfe them 
 againft the Commiflion of the Generall Aflembly, and tc 
 prepoflefs with Prejudices the CommifTroners to the follouing 
 Aflembly. Fifthly, The taking upon them, in the Acl and 
 Declaration of the Parliament, commonly called the Band, 
 to judge and determine fuch Things without Advice of the 
 Kirk, wherein the Affehibl'ys of the Kirk haue a fpecial Inte- 
 reft of an antecedent Judgment, as who are Enemees to' 
 Religion, and who not, and what are the mod fit and.necef- 
 fary Remedees for preferving of the fame. Sixthly, Ther de- 
 priving of the General Aflembly and ther Coramiffioners of the 
 Liberty of prenting, by putting ane Inhibition to the contraric 
 upon Prenters under the Pain of Death, againft feueral Acts 
 of Parliament declaring and conftrening the Kirks Liberty 
 and Privilege of Prenting: Andfiklike difclaims and condemns 
 ther impious Usurpations, in eating in the printed Copies 
 of the Caufes of a folerh imiverfal Fa ft and Humiliation, in- 
 ditted by the Commiflioners of the Aflembly, and inhibiting of 
 the Prenter to give any out of his Hands, thereby intending to 
 interrupe the obferving of the Faft, by the Want of Infor- 
 mation of the Reafons and Caufes thereof. And alfo annuls 
 and repealls, difclaims and condemnes all and fondrie others 
 Acts made, and Deades done by. the faid Parliament and 
 Committee of Eftates, or by their Anthority, that may infer a- 
 ny Prejudice to Religion, or the Pour, Privileges and Liber- 
 tees of the Kirk, which we are bound by fo ftrong Bands and 
 fo folemne Obligations to maintain : And fiklik annulls and 
 refcinds all Acls of Committees of Shy res or Burghs-Roy all, 
 or of Regallity, Barrony-Courts, or other Judicatories what- 
 fomever, made in Purfuance of that Engagement ; and or- 
 daines all the fubferyved Coppies of the Band condemned by 
 Generall Aflembly, to be brought unto the Parliament or 
 Committee of Eftates, to be difpofed of as they fliall think 
 fitted; and all other Acls, Grounds mor fully, and Pre- 
 tences thereof, in fo far as they import the Furtherance or Pur- 
 fuance of the faid late unlawful Engagement : Lykas, the 
 Eftates of Parliament, upon the manyfould above mentioned 
 Grounds, more fully related in the Declarations of the Com- 
 
 riiiue? 
 
j4gahijl the War with England 1648; Hi 
 
 irnttee of Eflates, and Information of the Kirk, being per - 
 fuaded that the Prdteftatibns of the Members mad? in Parlia^ 
 ment, and their Oppofitidns fince, by defensive Arme.v 
 the Safty of the Covenant, Caufe and themfelves, from Ruine, 
 againft fo great a Defection carried on with fo great Opprt': 
 and their Proceedings in the Treaty at Stirling^ diveUing the 
 Engagers, with their own Confent, of Power and Force v. 
 they had in their Hands, and their Affurance give; 
 the Act of the 6th o&Ottobsr, to the Kihgdome of fcnglar.d, for 
 debarring of the Authors and Abettors of that Engager 
 from Places of publick Troft or Power without their Confenr; 
 ivhich was demanded by ther Forces as the leafr Sate c faclion 
 and Security before ther Removal!, and ther Proceeding 
 publick Acts in the Purfbance of thefe two Treaties, to fee 
 thofe who had concurred in the Engagement from Power in 
 Judicatories, Armees or Places of Trufl untill the Determi- 
 nation of a Parliament, wer Lawes in themfelves, and n< 
 fary for them according to the Condition of Affaires : Thcr- 
 For the Eftates of Parliament do allow, approve of and con- 
 firme the DifTent and Proreftation made in Parliament by 
 many faithful Members of each E irate, wherofthe Tenour 
 follows : ' wheras the Draught of a Declaration ! 
 read, concerning the Breaches of the Covenant, in Mate 
 Religion, end the Demands to be made for Remedv and Re- 
 paration therof; the Dangers to Religion, and the D. 
 v.hcreunto we arc obliged by Covenant, for Reformatio? 
 Uniformity in Religion, and the Security to be had for the 
 eftablifhingthc Came, upon which Grounds alfdaWar is fotii 
 td : And whereas we haue earncftly defired an.! ' 
 that there may be no Proceedings to any Determination con- 
 cerning the (aid Declaration, befor tlie Commiflion of the 
 General I Aifembly be firit confulted therin, we do he: 
 citer our DifTent from proceeding fo t!;e Determination 01 
 Maters fo highly concerning Religion, without th fc Advice 
 ahd Concurrence of the Kirk, as a Preparative of ra< . 
 rous Confcqufencfc td Religion, and defl 
 
 of the Church ; as fcohtfarie I -ionaland S 
 
 League and Covenant, and to the known Lawes oil 
 
 ftife of this Kingdorfie : And we dne proteft, that 
 Vft mav not be included in ai 
 
may be free of all the Giltynefs, Confuiions, Diffractions and 
 Evils whatfoever that may follow thereupon to Religion, the 
 .King, this Kirk and Kingdome, and the Union betwixt the 
 Kingdoms.' 
 
 And ficklik allowes the rifing of fuch Shyres and others 
 who joined in Armes for oppo/ing of the laid Engagement, and 
 re fcuing the Kingdom from the Oppreflion of the Forces un- 
 der the Command of the Earle of Craw fur d, Earle of Loner k 
 and George Monro, and thcr Proceedings in Purfuance there- 
 of : And alfo ratifies the late Treatie at Stirling and Edin« 
 lurgb, upon the 26th and 27th of September laft ; and fick- 
 lyk allows the Treatie and Engagement to the Kingdome of 
 England hy ther Anfwers of the 6th ofOflcber laft, and the 
 Aci for debarring of the Engagers from publick Troft in this 
 Kingdome without their Con lent ; ficklik the two Acts of 
 Committee of the 2 2d of September and 4th oiOttober, and 
 the Acl of the oth of November, all made for debarring of 
 thofe who concurred in the late Engagement, from the Ex- 
 ercifes of publick Places or Troft until the Determination of 
 this Parliament : Likways the Declaration of the Committee 
 of Eftates, concerning ther Proceedings in Oppofition to the 
 late unlawful Engagement again ft England, of" Date the 27th 
 of Ottober laft, publifhed to the "World ; and the Acl of the faid 
 Committee for making of the publick Acknowledgment, and 
 renewing of the Covenant, and the A 61 of the Committee of 
 the 14th of richer laft ; all which the Eftates of Parliament, 
 as is aforefaid, doe allow, confirme and ratifie in all the 
 Heades, Claufes and Articles thereof; and this general 
 Claufe is declared to be als fufficient for ratifying and confirm- 
 ing of the (aids Acts and Claufes thereof, as if the Tenors 
 of the fam wcr heir particularly infert, wherewith the Eftates 
 for Pa ids doe hierby difpenee. 
 
 Follows the Lift of the Acls of the Committee of Eftates 
 for advancing the Engagement. Acl for difplacing of fuch 
 of the Committee of Warr as wold not tak the Oath j Acl 
 for fending thcFourty thouland Pounds for Ireland; Warrant 
 to quarter upon the Deficients in the unlawful Engagement; 
 Letter? to feveral Shyres for aduancing the Levie ; Letters, 
 millions, Defires and Anfwers for bringing the Forces out 
 of Ireland ; Warrand for impriionning the Magiftrates and 
 
 GounicU 
 
Jlgainfl the War with England 1648. 123 
 
 :ifell of G/a/gow, for ther Deficiencie in the Levie ; the 
 Oath to be taken by the Committee for maintening the Pro- 
 cidings in Parliament ; Approbation of the Earle ol 
 and General Major Midhtone, for ther bate, cruele and ur 
 tural Proceadings againft the honed and confcicncious People 
 that met a: Maud an-Mootc ior their o\ ^e, whilk was 
 
 not done without the Bafencfs and Treacherie of iom . 
 on to the Captain of Qanronald and H excommi::. 
 
 s ; Aft for doping of Printing, notwithstanding 
 of the Ivirks Liberty ; Letter to l . to pro- 
 
 le againft rhofe that refnfed to obey their Orders for the 
 Engagement, as Enemies to Religion, King and Kingdomes ; 
 "Warrand to Duke Hamilt:n to garrifon the lioufes of the 
 bed aiFefted in the Waft ; Warrand to the Marquis 
 to delyver Lammd ; Commiffion to the Earle ol 
 command the Forces that cam out of Ireland -, Aft for drc 
 Dittays againft the Miniftcrs, and for Continuation rf tl 
 Procefs until] a new Citation ; Commitnon to Sir A' 
 
 jlafs oi \ Blackftone (a prime clafled M tlignant, for hauing 
 Hand in the Rebellion of J.. to uplift the 1 
 
 I of the honeft Men in the Weft for being a; 
 ComniifTion to young MacLene % who had bene in the Re: 
 on, to be a Collonell; Declaration anent the L 
 and his Army; Warrand to Duel: Hamilton to invade Engi 
 the Declaration of the Committee of Eftatcs anent the Necef- 
 fity of invading England; Aft for repaying Moneys advan- 
 ced for the Engagement ; Letters to with 
 Ducke Hammitton 9 * Army , Warrand to Mr. Georgg Hal.' 
 to borrow Money in Eng/a tith nnlimil 
 
 • > the King and Parliament ol \ ing their 
 
 Intentions in the Engagement fent with Mr. 
 Aft taking of! Sir John D 
 
 mitteof Eftates, and Meflages t< I 
 
 fl >ry ; Pi dure 
 
 Jeneral Allembly ; Iinprifon 
 
 Illonell Scot ; Approbation of the 
 I 
 thou 
 Aft for the Lcyic of On thoufand u 
 
"I 
 
 24 jfgahft the War "with England 1648. 
 
 Pretext of ane Gaird to the Prince ; jCommiffion to Mach* 
 tojb for ane Garifon to the Houfe of Innerlochie ; Warrand to 
 jevie T roups lor advancing the Engagement , Commiflions to 
 Puke Hamilton to be Governour oi Bentick, and the Earle of 
 Calender cf Car/He ; Precept to General Major Robert Monroe 
 for ane thou fan <j Pounds Sterling ; VVarrand to the Com- 
 inifljoriqrs to deliver Vicluall to Seafortb, MacLene and Mac- 
 Don::ald, who wpr in the former Rebellion, for entertening 
 pf their Force; Warrand to cjifcharge the Garriibns of Do- 
 ioart, My, and others, whereof the Marques of Argyle had 
 the Keeping ; Commiffion to P{lacConnel to depute another in 
 his Place, himfejf and ajl his Friends being in Rebellion ; 
 MacConriel difcharged of his former Rebellion, and employed 
 vithou.t finding Caution ; A 61 pardoning MacLene, notwith- 
 ifandmrr of the Ac~b of the 3d and §th oi'Febniary 1648. 
 vherby he is declared to haue forfeited their Pardon ; Charge 
 to the Marques of Argyle to delyver Lamond under the 
 Tain of Rebellion, and his Efchete to fall ; Warrand for re- 
 moving all out of the Abhay ; Ael: approving the cafchiring 
 of Sir Dougaid Campbell of Juchinhreck and tVUliam Campbell 
 from their Places in A/gyles Regiment, and placing ethers 
 therin, for their IJot-concurrence in the Engagement ; Ac~t 
 qifcharging the Prespytery of Ltnlitfrgcw from ther Exercifq 
 of ther Calling in admitting a Miniiler, and ordaining the 
 Ivirk-Efoors to be locked ; Letters relating to the Engage- 
 ment ; Letter for railing the Aijiole Men who 1 had bene in the 
 Rebellion ; IVilljam Gordon pfMcaymorf, ane acliue and bloo- 
 dy Inftrument in the Rebellion, fet at Liberty freely ; War- 
 rand for pubiilhing the Committees Obfervation^, Princes 
 Declaration and Information of pv.bjike Proceedings ; Earle 
 of Ar&lit diicharged of feventen Months Maintenance ; the 
 Petition from t[ie Committee of Sterling- Shy re, anent their 
 3\tmifters ;:ommit:cd j new CoinmnIii>ns and Warrants to Earle 
 ni Sea for: ,eud % Sir J&mfs ./</, contrary to the, 
 
 iLnding Afts of Parliament ; Commidion to the parle of. 
 GeperaJ; feuerall Letters exprelTing ihey wold 
 ^eave and outlive that Engagement ; IpQifderdzUf Inftrufti* * 
 to bring forrane Forcps out oi France, Holland, or clf- 
 ;e ; Letters to the Cardinal of France ; blank Commiffi- 
 W arrant to engage ifre public Faith pf 
 
 the 
 
jfgainfl the War with England 1638. 125 
 
 the Kingdom for Money abroad, and for Armes and Ammuni- 
 tion ; a ftrick Union with Holland, for affifting the Pro* 
 fecution of the Engagement ; Promefe to rellore the Queen ; 
 Laudsrdaiils Infrruclion to the Prince ; Letters to the 
 Queen inviting hir to returne and to interpofe ; Letters 
 to the Prince of Orrang and States of Holland, requir- 
 ing forring Ainitance ; Commiffions to the Earle of Seaforth, 
 Sir John A e, and all other Commiflions for leveing 
 
 Forces -, Act made at Stirling and other Places, lor bringing 
 out all betwixt lixtie and fixreen for their Afliftance •, ACz for 
 gi\ing to Sir Hary Gibb Two thoufanJ Pounds Sterling ; 
 Commiflion for Ir.nercauld his Regiment and Watch ; Aft. for 
 Amgnments upon feverall Shyres for Maintenance and Excife, 
 especially Air and Galloway, and all others in that Kind ; 
 Difpoution of Forfauitrv of Midkeltzun ; V/arrands to admitt 
 to the Committees of War thofe that wer in the firft and fc- 
 cond Gaffes ; Aifr. for repaying Mony that was disburfed for 
 the Engagement ; Ailignation of the Excife toCaptane J^' 
 and Mr. Mauld . all other A els done by thefe Members of the 
 Committee who had taken the Oath befor or after the firft of 
 ember at Stirling, or any wherels, in profecuting of the laid 
 .gement and Oppofition to the covenanted Forces rifen 
 in deTenfive Armes, and ordains the lame prefently to be 
 publilhcd at the Mcrcat-Crofs of Edinburgh and thereafter 
 to be printed. 
 
 A(l Vlt g the Re! 
 
 the Com mi 
 of the Generah 
 
 1 3th January i 649. 
 
 fe I ^HE E dates of Parliament, prefently convcencd, talci 
 JL to jher nioft lerioos Gonfidefation, t! 
 
 >n, and the prefent Proceeding of the 
 
 ivcli- 
 and Government, with an Admonition ami Exortai 
 
 cral 
 ■'. commui 
 . 
 
126 j^gainfl tne Toller at ion and sectaries. 
 
 Knouledge, they do return unto you ther herty Thanks, 
 both for your good Correfpondence, which this Parlia- 
 ment will with aii Cheerfulnes cntertaine, and for your great 
 Care and Faithfulnes in giving fuch neceifary and icafonable 
 Warnings and Teflimonys againit. the Dangers of the Tymes, 
 on all Hands* at all Occafions ; and doe hertily concurre in 
 the Grounds thereof, againfl: Tolleration and the prefent Pro- 
 ceedings of Sectaries in England, in reference to Religion and 
 Government, and in the Admonitions and Encuradgments 
 fo fully cxpreJTcd in the laid Paper ; and doe mo ft willingly 
 adde this our Teflimony thereunto, that our Brethren 
 in England may be the more moved by the Mouth of tuo 
 "Witneffes, and efpeciallie focb as together with them ftand 
 and fail, and ar covenanted with them for mutuall Good, to 
 lay thefe Things to Heart, and to abfteenefrom all luch fin- 
 fai and dangerous Courfes ; and the faithful not to fant under 
 thefe Afflictions, or to omit any neceilary Teftimony or Du- 
 ty againft the Corruptions of the Time ; and becaufe ther 
 hath been feverall Afpertions publiilied in printed Pamhplets, 
 for the flrengthning the Hands of thole who goe on in 
 thefe finful Courfes, and for difcouraging the Hearts of 
 thofe ^who are (offering under them : Therefor the Efiates 
 of Parliament, after diligent Inquirie at all the Members of 
 this Court, upon ther pubiick and folcmn Oath, both concern- 
 ing themfelves and others, do declare, and can afTure ther Bre- 
 thren ztEagbna\\hz\ they cannot find, that either thisKingdom, 
 or any Perfon thereof, hath any Knowledge of, or Acceffion 
 to the late Proceedings of the Englijh Army in relation to 
 to the King's Perfon, or the Houfes and reftrained Members 
 therof, but are very confident ther is no Ground for fuch 
 Afperfions : On the other Hand, fo (bone as this Parliament 
 was convened and conftiruted, and hard of the prefent Po- 
 fture of Affairs, they being nowayes fatisfied with ther Pro* 
 ccedings, and the Reafons thereof published to the World : 
 And being convinced of the dangerous Consequences therof, 
 and Calamities lick lie to follow thcrupon, they did give 
 prefent Inftructions to ther Commiffioncrs, upon many Reafons 
 founded on the Obligations and Declarations m^de bctueene 
 by both Kingdoms, of which the flatter of Facl is fully 
 
 ex- 
 
yfgainjt the Sectaries and their ^Proceedings. 1 27 
 
 cxprefled by, in the Paper given in by our Commiffioners 
 on the fixth of January inihnt, to the Speaker to the Houfc 
 of Commons, in our Name, and according to our Mynd, 
 and hecrwith communicated to you, to prels a Deby of all 
 thofe Procedors againft the Kings Perfon, the Princes Right 
 oi Succcflion, or the fundamental Government of the King- 
 dome, until this Kingdome were hard to reprefi-nt tlicr In- 
 terests and Dcfires ; and, in cafe of ther Rcfbfil* that they 
 fhould enter, in the Name of this Kiogdbme, a Diffent and 
 Proteft, That as this Nation is free from all Knouledg of, and 
 Acceffioa of thefe Defignes and PracHfes. Jo they may be 
 free of all the Calamities, Miferics and Confuiions which 
 *may follow thereupon to thefe diffracted Kingdoms ; and as 
 our conftant Refolution and earned Dcfire, to preferve inviola- 
 bly the Peace and Union betueene the Kmgdomes, will evi- 
 dently appears to any who will read (befides all our former 
 Actions and Sufferings for it) our Act of approving the In- 
 dication of this prcfent Parliament, and our Act in repealling 
 all pad in the laft Parliament or Committee of Eftates for 
 the late unlawful Engagement againft: England \ and as you 
 are Witnefs of our keeping a folemn Day of Humiliation, 
 not only for our oune Sins and Miferies, but alfo for the Sins 
 and Diftrcifes lying on our deare Brethren, and for fceking 
 the Lords Directions to us, that we may know and perform 
 al the Deurees which the Lord requires of usct fiich a Tymc, 
 after fuch Judgments ijnd Deliverances on his Part, fuch an 
 cut and renued Covenant on our P?.rt. not 
 only in relation to our oune AiTaircs at horo< 
 what may concern Religion, King, and Kingdoms, accord - 
 to the Solemne League and Covenant in thefe unite J 
 ions : 80 we, with ' e, declare that it i. 
 
 cenft^nt Refolutions, to gi\ - i cftimahy, and 
 
 doc all neccflary Durecs within our Pour and 
 the Prefcrvation of the begun R< inft Tollcra- 
 
 tion of all Religion, and ol the fundament nment a- 
 
 gainft Anarchy and Copfuuon : and I and pre 
 
 the Peace 
 all :'.. 
 in tl 
 
128 jl gain ft the Sectaries^ &c. 
 
 gion, and for the Observance of the manyfould Declarations 
 emitted betueene and by both Kingdoms to the World, in 
 the pofitive and neceiTary Dutees, lor purftiance of all the 
 Ends of the Solemn League and Covenant, and to this Effect 
 we ar and fliall be moft ready to do all, and interpofe in a!l 
 Earneftnes and Sincerity of Heart ; and by all lawful and 
 neceiTary Means, with all whom it may concern, for ietling 
 Trouth and Peace in thefe Kingdoms, upon the Grounds 
 •and Propofitions fo often agreed unto, and fo long infilled 
 upon by thofe tiio Nations, and upon what farther fhall be 
 fund fafe and nccelfary for the removing of thofe Diftempers, 
 and preventing new IlTues of Blood, Calamitys and Confuiions 
 in thofe Kingdoms, which the Searcher of Hearts knoweth to 
 be the earned Defire and firme Refolution of this Kirk; 
 Court and Kingdom. 
 
 A V? VIII. Of Gaffes for purging the Judicatories and other 
 Places of publick Troft. 2$d January 1649. 
 
 At Edinburgh, the 23d Day of Januarij 1649 Yeares. 
 
 THE Eftates of Parliament, prefently conveened in this 
 fecond SefTIon of the fecond triennial! Parliament, by 
 Virtue of an.e A6t of the Committee of Eftates, who had' 
 Power and Authority from the laft Parliament for conveen- 
 ing the Parliament, cohfidering that foralsmeakle as the late 
 Committee of Eftates did, in the Indication of the Parliament, 
 by thcr Act. of the 27th of Oficber laft, declare and warne, 
 ss after follows, to witt, That whereas the Corruption of 
 judicatories in this Kingdome, and Officers of Eftate, and o- 
 ther Perfons in publick Troft, haue bene the Caufe and 
 Fountane from whence our former Evil 1 hath proceeded ; 
 and whereas, by our folemne Acknowledgment, agreed up- 
 on by Church and State, r:t are bound fo God, by our/' 
 Engagement to England we are bound to them, and, by 
 the forfaid publick Declaration, we are obliged, before 
 the World, to endevore the Purgation and Reformation 
 of our Judicatories, and Places of publick Troft. And 
 forafmeakieas the forefaids Perfons, and all who are in 
 publick Troft, ar lyabie to the Judgment and Cenfure of 
 PsrHarafttff tot tht: ti'QQS&tit ft iktit icvml Pfaces and Of- 
 
Warning by the Committee of Eft at es. 12^ 
 
 fices. Lykas, by the Agreement at EtRmhrgh and Stirling^ 
 al fuch as haue bene employd in publick Places and Truftj 
 and haue bene accellbry to the late unlaufull Engagement, 
 forbear the Exercifes of ther Places in the mean Tym ; and 
 all Queftions ar referred to the Determination of the Parlia- 
 ment : And whereas bv the faid Treaty all thofe who haue 
 bene accefTory to the faid Engagement ar chalengable for the 
 faid AccefTion, at the leaft in Co far as concerns ther Places and 
 publick Truft, and the debarring of them from any of thefe : 
 Therfor the Committee of Eftates doe heerby warne and 
 cite all and every on of thofe ivho extra nce % Place t 
 
 pr publick Trufl, or who wer Members or Clerks of any pub- 
 lick Judicatories of whatfoeuer Degree, Quality or Condi- 
 tion foeuer, in Burgh or Land within this Kingdome, and 
 hath bene acccflory to the late Engagement, or ar guilty of 
 the Faults mentioned in the printed Acts of the 2 2d of Sep- 
 tember and 4th of October, to compeare before the Eftates 
 of Parliament at Edinburgh, the 4th Day of Januarij next to 
 come, in a peaceable Way, accompanied only with their 
 ounc domeftick Servants, to heare and fee the Parliament 
 tak fuch Courfe as thev in their Jufrice and Wifdome, for 
 the Good of the Kingdome, fiiall think fit, for purging of -he 
 Judicatories) and for declaring their Places vacand, and filling 
 them with fuch as ar able and qualified Perfons, fitted for the 
 Service, and may giue mod Contentment, and as have conti- 
 nowed conftant in the Covenant and Caufe in the Time of 
 Trvall, and f>r debarring them who are put our from any pu- 
 blick Places or Truft, during fuch Tyme and in inch Maner as 
 the Eftates of Parliament fhall think fit ; with Certification trt 
 enerv on of thofe Perfons concerned, as is above faid and 
 W&ifned by thh publick Proclamation, which the Committee 
 of Eftates declares that they find it a fufficient tntim 
 in this noturCafe of fo great and publick a Backflicjingi to all 
 Pcrfms concerned therein, for the Effect fci 
 
 n equivalent to a perfboal Citation, or at ther 
 Dwclling-Houfe. upon particular Sliltilhi l l euery on 
 
 of them, to compeir befor the Kft.itcs oi P r.t, as is be* 
 
 for laid, and compeir not, that then the I | 
 
 both to determine the general I Queftidn and the particular 
 concerning their Places and Troft, a:. 
 
 R 
 
130 Atl of Gaffes. 
 
 Courfe they fhall think fitting for the Good of the King- 
 dome : And forafmeikleas the Eftates of Parliament, be- 
 ing now conveened. haue ratified the forefaid Act in al the 
 Heads thereof, and by open Proclamation intimate the fame : 
 Lykas, they haue made their folemrie Acknowledgment of 
 the publick Sins and Breaches of the Covenant, and ther 
 folemne Engagement to all the Deuties conteined therein, 
 namely thefe which doe in a more fpecialf Way relate to 
 the Dangers of thofe Tymcs, and in relation thereto haue 
 renued their Solemne League and Covenant before God. and, 
 by ther A6t of the i 6th of January initant, haue difchrcmed 
 and condemned the late unlawful! Ingagement as contrary 
 to Gods Word, and a manifeft Breach of Covenant and Trea- 
 ties, as deftruclive to the Carafe and Covenant, to Religion, 
 the King, and thefe Kingdomes, and is the Caufe of all the 
 Oppreffions aiid Miferies that hath followed or may follow 
 therupon : And therfor. and for many other Reafons, haue 
 nnulled and repealed all Acts made by the late Parliament and 
 Committee of Eltates in Profe« ution therof and haue ratified and 
 approver) the Protestation in Parliament and Oppofition made 
 thereof by this Kingdom againft the Authors and Abetters 
 therafter, and the late Tieaty made at Stirling, debarring al 
 acceffory to that unlawful! Engagement from therExercife of 
 ther Places or publick Troft untill the Meeting and Deter- 
 mination of his prefent Parliament, unro whom all Civill 
 Qiieftions ar referred : And lykwayes hath confirmed the 
 Aifurance given by the Committee unto the Kingdome of 
 England, that we fiiould not admit any of thefe Authors or 
 Abetters of the late Engagement to any publick Place or 
 Truft without the Cunfent of that Kingdom againft which 
 ther Engagement was, as is more fully exprcft in ther Anfwer 
 of the tfth'of Orfoher In ft : And wheras the Eftates of Par- 
 liament ar not only fatisfied of the Trueth, Laufulnes and 
 jNeceilitie of, the forbids Grounds, but alfo ar convinced in 
 ther Conferences, from the Word of God from the large 
 Treaty betuene the Kingdoms, and from ther Oath of Par- 
 liament, from ther Solemne League and Covenant, efpeci al- 
 ly from the 2d, 4th and 5-th Articles thereof and from foci 
 and deir boght Experience, that the malignant Dealing of 
 feme, and the profane Loofe-walking of others, who haue 
 
 •bene 
 
Act of Clajfes. 131 
 
 bene Members of Judicatories, and imployed in Places of 
 Power and publick Troft, hath bene a cheefe Caule of all 
 the Evills, both of Sinne and Pun i foment, tinder which the 
 Land groanes ; and that the Lord requires in his Word, 
 that thole who judge and beare Charge among his Peo- 
 ple, Could not only be able Men, but fuch as fear God, 
 hate Covetoufnes, and deale trewjy ; and that it is of fpe- 
 ciall Importance, for the Remeeuee of all our Evills, and for 
 fecuring and aduancing of Religion and Righteoufnes, for 
 keeping a right Understanding betuene the Kingdomes, and 
 for profecuting all the Ends of the Solemne League and Co- 
 venant, and for removing the Judgment of God, and pre- 
 venting or dilappointing all the Defignes and Oppofitim jf 
 Ennemies of all Sorts, and for procuring the Bleflmg of God 
 wpon the whole Land, that Men, not only of known Abili- 
 ties, butTaKo of approven Integrity, and conftant Affection 
 to the Caufe, and good and Chriftian Converfation. be in- 
 truded in all Judicatories and Places of Power and Trull, 
 according to the feventh Deiire of the Commiffioners of the 
 Church, given in to the laft Parliament, as fo abfolutely ne- 
 peffary for the fecuring of Religion, which by the Ingagers 
 therafelves, in the Treaty at Stirling, is fubmitted to the 
 Church thcr Determination ; which Determination, anent the 
 Qualifications aforefaids, is clearly, fet down in the >. 6, 7, 
 id & 12. Pages therof the Acknowledgment and ther De- 
 claration emitted to the World. 
 
 Therefore the Eitates of Parliament, remembring weell 
 the laudable Precedents of the Parliament 1 64 1 . and 1646. 
 and fcveral others, for Purgation of the Judicatores and 
 Places of Troft ; and considering, that all Peribns, both by 
 the comon Law, by many Acls of Parliament, and the N.i- 
 tur of ther Place and Truft, ar comptable for their Proceed- 
 ings in ther fcverall Places and Truft which they haue ad 
 vitam aut culpam ; and confidering how great 1 Fault it is to 
 Haue had any Hand or Acceilion in the enacting or enforc- 
 ing or profecuring fo unlaulull ane Engagement, thcrbv 
 trailing on the Land, fo far as t' the W rtth of 
 
 God, and all the Miferics of a War with our Breth r< 
 I ; , againft Covenant, T: od many Warnings 
 
 from the Kirk and CoDtiy, to (he Petitions Ercna man;. 
 
1 32 The Ftrji Oafs. 
 
 nod?, Pretbyteries, and Shyrs, and the folemne Acknowleg* 
 rnent, Performance of ther Voues to God, Declaration e- j 
 fitted to the World, and AlTurance given to the Kingdom j 
 0$ England, both in the large Treaty 1641. and late Anfwer ; 
 6th Ofiobpr hft.. for fatisfeing of the Kirks juft Dcfires, for 
 Purgation and Reformation of our Judicatories, arid for De- 
 termination of this Queftion anent Places of Truft, referred • 
 by the Treaty at Stirling to their Determination, and for I 
 deterring all others in this or fubfequent Generations, who 
 Khali be intruded with publick Power or Place, from drauing • 
 on this Nation the Guil tines and Mifery of an ofTenfiue War, . 
 and againft Covenant and Treaties, and publick Warnings 
 from Church-Judicatories and Shyres, and for encuraging ail 
 who ihail be in publick Place or Trufr. hi Tymes of new 
 Straits and Try alls, to ahyd conftantly by the Caufe and | 
 Covenant, and to giue evident Teftimonies therunto againft | 
 all Defection and Apoftafie : The Eftates of Parliament, up- 
 on this and many other greate and weghty Confederations 
 moving and preffing them to this neceffary Duty, doe ther- 
 for declare, enacl and ordain, That al thofe Officers of E- [ 
 Rate, Members or Clerks of the Parliament, Committees 'f 
 therof, Secret Counfell, Seffion, Exchequer, Juftice Courts, 
 Sheriff-Courts^ Steuart-Courts, Baillie-Courts, Commefar- 
 Courts, Baillies of Regality -Courts, Wairden -Courts of his 
 Majcfries Mint-Houfe. Admiral! Court, Gild-Court, Town- 
 Counfell, or anv other publick Judicatory, or Deacons of 
 Crafts, and all who had any Office, Place, or publick Truft, 
 arid all hauing Deputation from, or Deoendence upon any 
 of fchofe aforefaid, who were guilty of any of the Faults 
 conteined in the four feverai Claffes after mentioned, fhall 
 be remoucd and fecluded from publick Truft, according tQ 
 j the feverali Rules ref^ecliv} after following. 
 
 The Firfl ClaJJe. 
 
 The Eftates declare all thofe to be comprehended in the 
 
 flrft Clafs, who wer General! Officers which led and acconv 
 
 panied the Army unto England, and all thofe Officers who 
 
 continued in the Engagement who commanded in Mauchlcn- 
 
 . re qx n\ Stirling ; and ajl thofe who were principally ac. 
 
 tiuei 
 
The Second Chfs. 133 
 
 tiuc in perfuadding or bringing over of the Forces from Ire- 
 land, and all thcfe Perfons who wer Plotters, cheefe Actors, 
 and prime Promotters of the late unlaufull Engagement, frcrn, 
 the Beginning to the End therof, in Parliament, Committees, 
 or otherwayes. And fickl) k, all thofe who wer cheefe Actors 
 and prime Promotters of the horrid Rebellion of Jm 
 GrhamCy and who fince haue ather accepted of Charge, or 
 joined as Voluntars in the faid unlaufull Ingagement, or ta- 
 ken the Oath in Committees, or fubfcryved the Band, for 
 themfelues or others, for the Engagement, or fat in the 
 Committees or other Meetings, and gaue Order for profecut- 
 ing the faid Engagement, or who otherwys gaue or receiued 
 and execut Orders againft others for profecuting the Engage- 
 ment ; as alfo fuch Clerks of Parliament, Committees there- 
 of, Secret Counfell or Seffion, who wer giltie of any of the 
 Faults contcined in any of the ClaiTes at St. Andrews, and re- 
 teening ther former Principles of Malignancie, and haue 
 bene acliue in their Places or Implements for promouing 
 the late unlaufull Engagement. 
 
 Tke Stand Gaffe* 
 
 The Eftatcs alfo declares al thefe to be comprehended io. 
 the fecond Claffe, who, not being included in the firft ClaiTe, 
 haue bene formerly claffed or ceniured for Malignants, or < 
 ty of the Crymes conteined in the firft and fecond CI 
 at St. Andrews, of" the Date at St. Andrews the 
 
 Day of On thoufand 
 
 fix hundred and Yeares ; and fince haue athcr 
 
 !.arge, or joined as Voluntars in the faid un- 
 
 .11 Ingagement, or taken the Oath in Committees, or 
 
 lubfcryved the Bond, for themielvcs or others, for the En- 
 
 .':ient, or fat in Committees or other Mcctir -mc 
 
 Order for profecuting the faid Ingagement, or who other- 
 
 vayes gaue or received and ex-cute Orders againft oth 
 
 lgement : And ficklik all thofe Pcr- 
 fons. .: former! and not being included in 
 
 the G ers which wer upon a; 
 
 Sc$t lend tot the faid E 
 incurred in Petitions, 1 
 
134 The Third Oafs. 
 
 tions, Remonftrances, or Letters for moving of the Parlia- 
 ment or Committees to carry on the Engagement : And fick- 
 like al thofe who proteft againft the Caufe of the Fad, or the 
 Kirko Declarations, or Petitions of the Presbyteries orKirk- 
 SeflTions aganeft the Engagement, or read or caufed read at 
 Kirk-Dores the Commit :ees Obferuations againft the Affem- 
 blys Declaration, or interrupted diuine Service, or Majeftrats, 
 or Perfons of Quality, or who remoued at the reading of the 
 Alfemblys Declarations : Sicklyke al thofe who not only 
 took the Othe injoined by the laft Parliament for the En- 
 gagement, in Committees, or fubferibed the Bond, or decla- 
 red thcmfclues ready to doc the fame, but alfo fecluded others, 
 or proteft againft others for ther not taking of the Oath, or 
 not fubferibiag of the Bond : Sicklik all thofe who enjoin- 
 ed and preflcd others to fubferybe the Bond, or tak the Oth 
 for carrying on the Engagement : And ficklik al thofe who 
 concurred as Member^ or Clerks in Acts of Parliament and 
 Committee of Eftates for profecuting the faid Engagement, 
 or for preffing others thereunto, and fuch who confulted and 
 gaue Advice for purfuing or profecuting of the Profefs a- 
 gainft the honeft Minifters who were at Mauchlen- Moore, or 
 any others, for ther oppofing or not joining in the Engage- 
 ment. 
 
 The Third CI atfe. 
 
 The Eftates likewayes declares all thefe to be comprehend- 
 ed in the thrid Clalfe, who not being included in the firft or 
 fecond ClaJie, fat in Parliament and Committees of Eftates, 
 and took the Oaths forfaid for the Engagement, or fat as 
 Clerks in any of thefe or any other Jiuiicatorie, and gaue no 
 publick Teftimony againft the faid Engagement, carried 
 on therin by ther Service, or wer anyway known to haue 
 .bene for the fame in ther Judgment, manifefted by ther Expres- 
 sions and Actions i fiklik all thefe Perfons who haue taken 
 the Oath forfaid, or fubferived the Bond for the Engagement, 
 or who, in Committees of W r ar or other Meetings, Town- 
 Counfell or other Courts, haue refufed or oppofed the Defires 
 .ofan\ Petitions from Shires, Presbyteries, Seffions, or other 
 JKirk- Judicatories againft the Engagement, or concurred in 
 Aiis to force the DUFcnters, Petitioners, or others., to concur 
 
 in 
 
T'he Fourth Oafs. 1 35 
 
 In the firft or fecond Levies, or other Acceffion to the faid 
 Engagement, or with the Forces under the Earle of Crawfurd y 
 Earle of Lanerk, Sir George Monro ; and ficklike all fuch 
 who wer ather Forcers, Urgers or Seducers of others to con- 
 curre in the faid Engagement, or with the for laid Forces : 
 And ficklike all thefc who except Commiffions to be Officers, 
 or joyned as Volunteers to the Forces under the Duck of 
 Humeltone, or the Earle oi Craw fur d, LjnerL or Ceorge .Monro : 
 Lykas all Perfons who in ther Speeches and Actions did evi- 
 dence ther Judgments for and Affection to that finfull Gourfe, 
 or who in fuch a Tyme of Tryalle. after fuch Petitions from 
 the Shires, and fuch Declarations and Warnings from the 
 Church, evidencing to all the Unlawfulnefs of the Engage- 
 ment againft Covenant and Treatie, did not give any Coun- 
 tinance to the Caufe or Tcftimony of ther Judgment and Af- 
 fection againft fuch a Defection and dangerous War, when 
 and where they had the Opportunity to do it with others. 
 
 * The Fourth Chtfe. 
 
 The Eftates of Parliament in lik Maner declares all thofe 
 to be comprehended in the fourth Claife, who being Mem- 
 bers of Judicatories, Clerks, and Perfons of publick Troft, as a- 
 forfaid, ar given to Uncleannes, Brvberic. Swearing, Dnuken- 
 nes, or Deceaving, or ar other waves openly prophanc and 
 grofly fcandalous in their Conversion, or who neglect the 
 "Worfhip of God in ther Families: The Eftates declares, en- 
 nacks and ordens, that all fad) Officers of Eirat. Members of 
 any Judicatorie. Clerks, and others befor mentioned, and all 
 Perfons in publick Place or Troft v. | 
 
 the Faults before fpecifieJ, contcned in an-. four Claf- 
 
 efix fet doun, he prefenl by this Parliament 
 
 or fuch Committees or P . ifed 
 
 with Pouer to ihai ; uiJ 
 
 all 
 St. . . - 
 
 /. 
 
136 The Fourth Clafs. 
 
 Places belonging to them ad vltam vel culpam be declare^ 
 vacant, and filled with other Perfons who haue given reall 
 Proffe of ther conftant Affection to the Gaufe, and a good 
 Converfation ; and that thofe who heerupoh mall be remov- 
 ed from ther Places and Offices, or heerby difcharged fre 
 mcdling thereafter in any Exercife, Bage or Benefere therof, 
 under Pain of Confifcation of ther Moveables, Liferent of ther 
 Eftates, Imprifonment of ther Perfons, being for ever declar- 
 ed uncapable of the meaneft publick Truft within the King- 
 dome : Lykas the Eftates of Parliament, upon the many fold 
 Grounds aforfaid, doth declare, enact and ordein, that nen 
 of thefe Perfons, who are guilty of the Crymes conteined in 
 the firft Gaffe, mail ever be cappable of, or admitted to any 
 public! Office, Place or Truft aformentioned within this King- 
 dome, during all the Dayes of their Lyftymes : Lykas they 
 declare, enacl and ordene. that none of thofe who are guiltie 
 of any of the Crymes mentioned in the fecond Claffe, lhall 
 be capable of, or admitted to any publick Office, Place or 
 Trofte aformentioned within this Kingdome for ten Years to 
 come, and farther, untill they haue giuen fufficient Evi- 
 dence of ther Change of ther malignant Principles and Prac- 
 tifes, and of ther firme Refolution and Affection to promoue 
 the Ends of the Covenant in all Tymes of fubfequent Tryal, 
 wherof the Judicatories of the Church and State refpeciivt, 
 hauing Pouer for that Effect, ar to judge impartially as in 
 Gods Sight, and therby haue giuen Satesfaclion to the Kirk 
 and to both Kingdomes, fo far wrought by them, according 
 to the Affurance giuen on the fixt of OCiobev Lift. 
 
 Lykas the Eftates declares, enacts and ordains, that no Per- 
 son who is gilty of any of the Faults contained in the thrid 
 Claffe, (excepting thefe that are after excepted) fliall be capable 
 of, or admitted to any publick Place, Office or Troft aformenti- 
 oned within this Kingdome during five Yeares to come : And 
 farther, until they haue giuen fufficient Evidence of ther Change 
 of ther malignant Principles and Practifes, and of ther firme Re- 
 folution and Affection to promoue the Ends of the Covenant in 
 all Tymcs of fubfequent Tryall, whereof the Judicatories of 
 the Kirk and State rt/pe&ip*, hauing Pouer for that Effect, ar 
 to judge impartially as in the Sight of God, and thereby haue 
 giuen Sitesfaction to the Kirk and both Kingdoms, fo far 
 
 wronged 
 
Exceptions from t Tes. i$f 
 
 pronged by them, according to the AfTurance givft 
 fixt oi'Ocioier laft. 
 
 Excepting rhofe who, before the Tyme of 
 mouing of the Engagement, wer known to have bee 
 rn the Caufe of God, and not malignant, end who wer 
 knoune by ther Carriage to haue bene agaihft the Ing . 
 ment in their Judgment, and did concurre in petitioning, 
 diilenting, protefting, or ryling in Amies, or othcrwa 
 did beare Teftimony againft it as they hadOpporre; 
 who not knowing the Nature and Driftc of the Band and 
 Oath for the Engagement ; which Perfons forfaid, hauing rhd 
 forfaid Qualifications, and giuing Satesfatfrion to the Kirk,' 
 ar remitted till the next Seflion of the Parliament, at w! 
 Tyme, according to their Repentance and Carriage, they 
 may be declared capable of publick Places and Troft, fa 
 as the Parliament mall think them fit : Lykas the Elates de- 
 clares, enacts and ordeins, that no Perfon contened in the 
 fourth Chile fhall be capable of, or admitted to any pftbJick 
 Place or Trufl within this Kingdom for a Year to co- 
 further, until I they haue giuen to the Judicatories of Church 
 and State rt/pt£Hvc % fuffictetit Evidence oT ther Change bf I 
 prophaneand fcandalous Life, and of ther firme Kclolution and 
 conftant Endcavore for a good and Christian Converfatione, 
 whereof the Judicatories of the Church and State (hall ):. 
 
 irtially, as in Gods Sight, and this without D&fogatfoq 
 the former Lawes made againft the lame. 
 
 Lykas it is hereby declared, That where my Perfons ar 
 excluded by the former Claitc from the Exercife of the 1 
 
 ■ Offices, that, during the Tyme of ther S eel u /Ion, trcicr 
 Places fha!l be . by fuch I 
 
 Committee of Eftates, or others authorift 
 fhall ac fcrve therein for the Interim. 
 
 -dwayes hecrby declared, Tl 
 not be ex'; 
 
 Faults aforfaid, fhall, within th 
 cation herof if they be within thi 
 without the Kingd 
 tprne to t: 
 
 State ref]\\. 
 
*3^ jJgahfl Witches ', &c 
 
 lignant Principles and Praftifes, of their firme Refolutiori 
 and Indcvore to promoue the Ends of the Covenant in all 
 Tymcs of fubfequent Tryalls, and fhall behaue themfelves 
 accordingly tinto their Majority, and \vho within fix Months 
 after Majority lhsll ratifle the fame. 
 
 It is declared, That this Aft is without Prejudice to what 
 further Cenfure the Eflates (hall think fit to inflifte upon 
 thefe who ar guilty of the Faults aforfaid, and hath not, by 
 ther dew Acceptance of the Benefete of the Treaty at Edin- 
 burgh and Stirling. 
 
 The faids Eftates declares, That they referve to themfelves 
 the Confideration of fuch Perfons as may fall under the Ex- 
 ception of the thrid Gaffe, and what mall be done concern- 
 ing them in the Committees of War of the feverall Shyres, 
 v/hen" the Committees mall be nominat : And the faid Eftates 
 ordains the Afte forfaid to be publifhed at the'Marcat-Crofs 
 of Edinburgh by an Herauld, having difplayed Armes by- 
 Sound of Trumpet, and thereafter ordeins the famen to be 
 printed. 
 
 A% XI. Jfgdinfl Confulters with Diuels and familiar Spirits ,• 
 and again/} Witches and Confultcrs with them, ift February 
 1649. 
 
 THE Eftates of Parliament, now convecned in the fecond 
 Seflion of this triennial Parliament, underftanding 
 that ther ar fome Perfons who confult with Divells and fami- 
 liar Spirits, who, notwithstanding of the 73d Act of Q. 
 Mary, whereby it is ordeined, That all Witches, Sorcerers, 
 Necromancers, and Confulters with them, ar to be punifhed 
 v/ith Death, do yet draue to themfelves Impunity, becaus 
 Confulters ar not expreily mentioned in the faid Aft, doe 
 therefor, for further clearing therof, declare and ordein, that 
 whatfoeuer Per/on or Perfons mail confuhe with Divells or. 
 familiar Spirits, ar Iyable to the Pains conteined in the faid 
 Aft, and ill a 1 1 be punifhed by Death ; and the faids Eflates 
 ratifies and approves all former Afts made againft Witches, 
 Sorcerers, Necromancers, and Confulters with them, in the 
 whole Heads, Articles and Claufcs thereof. 
 
 M 
 
jrfgainft Fornication, &£• 139 
 
 yf/? XII. Againfi Fornecation. \fl February I 649. 
 
 THE Eftates of Parliament taking in Consideration, that 
 the Act made agaiuft Fornecation, in the firft Parlia- 
 ment of King James VI. wherby it is appointed. That ilk 
 Perfon that lliall be convict of Fornecation, als weell the 
 Man as the Woman, (hall pay, for ther firft Fault, the Sou me 
 of Fourtie Pounds, is becom in Difucrud in many Places of 
 this Kingdome, and rendered ineffectuall, becaus on and the 
 fame Penalty is injoined upon Perfons of all Ranks and Qua- 
 lity, by which it corns to pafs, that the forfaid Sin doth ex- 
 ceedinglie abound, unto the Diihonour of God, and Scan- 
 dall of the Gofpell : Therfor, for the better retraining and 
 .puniming therof, it is ftatute and ordeined, That whofoener 
 liiall heirefter be convict of the Sinne of Fornecation, fhall 
 pay for the firft Fault, ilk Nobleman Four hundrcth Pounds, 
 ilk Baron and landed Gentleman Two hundreth Pounds, ilk 
 other Gentleman and Burgefs One hundrcth Pounds, ilk 
 Farmer Twenty fiue Pounds, eueric other Perfon of inferior 
 Quality Ten Pounds ; and that thefe particular Penalties fhall 
 be doubled toties auoties, according to the Relapfes and the 
 Degrees of the Offence and Qualitie of the Offenders; and 
 that the faids Penalties fhall be exacted not only of the Man, 
 but alio of the Woman, according to hir Qualitie, and the 
 Degree of hir Offence, the on without Prejudice of the other, 
 and be deliucred to the Kirk-Seffion of the Parochin wher the 
 Offender Hues, to be imployed by them upon pious Ufcs : 
 And the Eftates of Parliament doth ratific the forfaid Act of 
 the firft Parliament of King James VI. in all the other H 
 and Claufes therof, declaring always, That thofe Things 
 ihall be without Prejudice of the Cenfurs of the Kirk. 
 
 Art XIV. Profanation of Charles II. King c/Grcatt Britan, 
 
 1 1 land. C 
 
 $th Februarij 1 64 
 
 TIIF Eftates of Parliament, prcfently convcencd in the 
 fecqnd ScfF.on of fhe fecond trieni anient, by 
 
 f anc Acte of the Committee of Eftates, who 
 and Authorise from the hft Parliament for conveening 
 liament, confidcring, Th~t for - :hc King 
 
X4p Atl fr( proclaiming the King. 
 
 : who latciie reigped, is, coptrarie to the DifTeut sn4 
 Protection of this Kingdome, now remoued by a violent 
 £>eath, and that, by the Lords Blefling, ther is left unto ui 
 a righteous Heir, and laufuit S ux cello* i Charles Prince of 
 Scotland and Wallls, now King of Great Britane, France and 
 IxeUiuU w£, the Eitates of Parliament of the Kingdome of 
 Scotland, dee therfor moil unanimouflie and chcarfully , ia 
 Recognizee and Acknowledgement of his juft Right, Title, 
 and Succeffion to the Growne of thefe Kingdomes, heerby 
 proclame and declare to all the World, That the faid Lord 
 and Prince Charles 'is, by the Providence of God, and by the 
 laufuil Right and undoubted Succeffion and Dcfcent, King of 
 Great Br\t,une, France and Ireland, whom all the Subjects of 
 this Kingdome are bond humbly and faithfully to obey, 
 maintain, and defend, according to the Nationall Covenant, 
 end the Splemne League and Covenant betwixt the King- 
 doms, with rheir Lives and Goods, againft all deadly, as 
 ther only righteous Soijerane Lord and King. And becaus 
 his Majeliie is bond by the Law of God, and foundamentall 
 Laues of this Kingdome, to reule in Righteoufnefs and Equi- 
 ty, for the Honour of GoJ, the Good of Religion, the 
 "Wealth ti{ his People, it is hereby declared, That, befor he 
 be admitted to the Exercife of his Royall Pour, he mall giue 
 Satisfaction to this Kingdome in thefe Things that concerne 
 the Security of Religion, the Union betwixt the Kingdoms, 
 and the Good and Peace Q^ this Kingdome, according to 
 the National) Covenant, and the Solemne League and Co- 
 venant I for the which End we ar refolved, with all polfi- 
 ble Expedition, to mcjke our humble and earned: AddrefTes 
 to his Majcitie : For the Teftification o.f all which, we the 
 Pailjamenr. of. the Kingdome of' Scot/and publifh this our 
 dew Acknowledgment of his juft Right, and Title, and Suc- 
 ceilioh to the Groyne of tbel'e Kingdoms, at the Marcat- 
 CrofTe oj Edwhifgfa with ail ufoaJl Solemnities in the lyk 
 Cafes : And orceins his Royall Name, Portrait, and Stale, 
 
 e iifed in the pubiick Writings and Judicatories of this 
 Xir.^dome, and in the Mint-Houfe, as was "ufuallie done to 
 
 Royall PredecefTors ; and commands this Ail to be pro- 
 It oil the Marcat GroJTes of the Royal! B/ughes v/iih!n 
 
For Security of Religion, &c. 141 
 
 chis Kingdome, and to be printed, that none may pretend 
 Ignorance thereof. 
 
 Gqd fane King Charles the Sec 
 
 Afty^V. Anent fecurirg the Covenant) Religion and Peace of 
 \he Kingdom* *jth February 1649. 
 
 THE Eflates of Parliament, taking to their mod ferious 
 Consideration the unhappy Differences between their 
 late Sovereign and thefe Kingdoms, caufed by the evil Coun- 
 cils about him, unto the great Prejudice of Religion, and 
 long Disturbance of the Peace of theic Kingdoms ; as like- 
 ways the manifold Ac"h of Parliament, the fundamental 
 Conftitution of this Kingdom anent the King's Oath at his 
 Coronation, which, judging it neceflary that the Prince and 
 the People be of one perfect Religion, appointeth, That all 
 Kings and Princes who lhall reign or bearRule over this Realm, 
 fhall, at their Coronation, or Receipt of their Princely Au- 
 thority, folemnly lwear to obferve in their own Perfons, and 
 to preserve the Religion as it is prefently eftablifhed and pro- 
 fciled, and rule the People committed to their Charge ac- 
 cording to the Will of God revealed in his Word, and the 
 (iitution? received within this Kingdom, and do 
 fundry other Things which are more fully expreflcd therein : 
 And withall pondering rheir manifold folefcta Obligations to 
 endeavour the fe eta ring of Religion and the Covenant before 
 and above all worldly Intrefh, therefor they do enact, or- 
 dain and declare, That before the King's Majcity who now 
 is. 1 his Succeilors, fhall be admitted to the Excr- 
 
 e fhall, by and attour the forefaid 
 Oath, allure and declare, by his folemn Oath under his Hand 
 and Seal wnr.ee of the ."'. tenant , and of the 
 
 and Obligation to prolecutc the 
 
 :*, rhercol in his Station and Calling ; and that he fhall, 
 
 himlcli and his Succeflbrs, confent and agree to Afti 01 
 
 the Solemn League and Covenant, and 
 
 fully eftablifhing Presbyterian Government, the Directory of 
 
 <ith and Catt. i they a;c 
 
 icral AfTembly of tin , K Par- 
 
 m, in all his Majcfty', D 
 
142 For Secunty of Religion , Sac, 
 
 that he (hall ebferve thefe in his own Pra&ice and Family, 
 and that he (hall never make Oppofition to any of theie, or 
 endeavour any Change thereof 
 
 It is alfo declared, enafled and ordained, That before 
 the King, who now is, be admitted to the Exercife of his 
 Royal Power, he mail leave all Counfel and Counfellors 
 prejudicial to Religion, and to the National Covenant, and 
 to the Solemn League and Covenant, and give Satisfac- 
 tion to the Parliament of this Kingdom, as it is now confli- 
 tute, in what further lhall be found neceffary for the fettling 
 of a happy and durable Peace, Prefervation of the Union 
 between the Kingdoms, and for the Good of the Crown, and 
 for his own Honour and Happinefs, and fhall confent and 
 agree, that ail Matters Civil be . determined by the Par- 
 liaments of this Kingdom, and all Ecclefiaftick Matters by 
 the General AfTembly of this Kirk : For the which Ends 
 the Eftates of Parliament are refolved to make their humble 
 and earneft AddreiTes to his Ma-jetty with all poflible Expedi- 
 tion. All which they find tbemfelves bound to profecute, and 
 jefolves not to recede therefrom, but to fee the fame really 
 performed. 
 
 Likeas the Eftates of Parliament difcharges all the Lieges 
 and Subjects of this Kingdom, to procure or receive from his 
 jMajefty, an y Commiflions, Patents, Honours, Offices, or 
 Gifts whatfomever, until his Majefty give Satisfaction, as 
 <faid is, under the Pain of being cenfured in their Perfons 
 .and Eftates, as the Parliament, or any having Power from 
 •them, (hall judge fitting. 
 
 And if any fuch Commiflions, Patents, Honours, Offices, 
 pr Gifts, fhall be procured or received by any of the Subjects 
 of this Kingdom before fuch Satisfaction, the Parliament de- 
 clares and ordains all fuch ConimifTions, Patents, Honours, 
 'Offices, or Gifts, and all that ihall follow thereupon, to be 
 void and null. 
 
 VI. Anent the Cutechifms, Gwfeffr.v of faith, and rati- 
 jying thereof, jth February 1649. 
 
 THE Eftates of Parliament, now prefently convecned in 
 this fecond ScfTion of the fecond triennial Parliament, 
 
 ft 
 
Ratification of the ConfefioK. Catechijins, 8cc. 143 
 
 by Virtue of an Act of the Committee of Eitates, v.»ho hac! 
 Power and Authority from the lafi Parliament for conveen- 
 ing the Parliament, having ferioufly considered the Cate- 
 chifms, viz. the larger and ihorter One£, with the Confef- 
 fion of Faith, with three Acts of Approbation thereof by the 
 Commiffioncrs of the General Aflembly, prefented umo them 
 by the Commillioners of the faid General AiTembly, do rati* 
 fy and approve the faids Catechifms, GonfeiTion of Faith, 
 and Acts of Approbation of the fame, produced as faid is-, 
 and ordains them to be recorded, publiihed and pnnftifed. 
 
 Acl XVIII. Ancnt Remijlons for Capital Crimes. i$th Febru- 
 ary 1649. 
 
 THE ErtatC5 of Parliament, now conveened in the fecona 
 Seffion of this fecond triennial Parliament, con fidcriiifj} 
 the exceeding great Abufe that hath crept in by granting Re- 
 miffions and Refpites to Perfons guilty of Crimes which are or- 
 dained to be puniflled by Death, both by the Law of God 
 and Law or Pratique of this Kingdom ; by which Remiili- 
 ons and Refpites God's Law is prefumptuoufly difpenfed with, 
 the Law and PracTique of the Land made ufelefs, the whole 
 Land polluted with Sin, a Door opened unto the committing 
 of many heinous Crimes without Fear, through Hope ot 
 Impunity, and the Lord provoefced in his Wrath to pi.- 
 the Land, and to do Jufticc upon the Inhabitants thereof, be- 
 caufe of the Neglect of the Magi ft rate herein, do therefore 
 ftatute and ordain, that no Remiffinn or Rcfpite (hall hereafter 
 be given or pafs in favours of any Perfon or Perfons that arr 
 puniihable by Death, both by the Law of God, and by the 
 or PracTique of this Kingdom, and that, if any Re- 
 million or Rcfpite iliall be purchafed and obtained by any 
 fuch Perfon, or in their Favours, the fame is hereby declar- 
 ed null and of no ElrecT and that the faidi Perfons, notwith- 
 Handing of the faid RcmiiHon or Refpite, (hall be proceeded 
 
 \w{\ and punilhed by Death, according to the Law 
 1 iTique oi the Land, and ordain the Ji :ra!, and 
 
 his Deputes, and a-ll others hav • inals, ac- 
 
 rdingly to | nd d^ Jo (Bet notwirhfhmding of any 
 
 ■ lillions or Refpircs 
 
J 44 ^S atf lft fandry Immoralities. 
 
 catc, and others having Intereft, to intent and pfofecute Pur- 
 fuits, to the final Decifion of the fame, againit the Contravee- 
 ners of the forefaid Aft. 
 
 j4ft XX. jfgainfl Swearing, Drunketwejs, Scolding, and other 
 Propbanities. 13th February 1649. 
 
 THE Eflates of Parliament confidering, that, notwith- 
 (landing the laudable and pious Aft made at Perth 
 the 7th oi Augufl 1645'. againit Swearing, Drnnkennefs, and 
 mocking of Piety, thefe Vices do (till continue and increaft 
 ill the Land, unto the great Diihonour of God and Scandal 
 cftheGofpel, do therefore, for Remedy thereof, renew the 
 faid Aft, with the Alteration and Addition following, biz. 
 That whofoever fliall be found culpable of any one or other 
 of the Vices mentioned in the faid Aft, by any Civil or Ec- 
 clefiaftical Judicatory whereunto they are fubjeft, (hall, even 
 after the firil Conviftion before any of the faids Judicatories, 
 be liable unto the feveral refpeftive Penalties mentioned in 
 the faid Aft, and ordaineth the Aft forefaid to have fuli 
 Force, Strength and EfTeft in all the other Claufes thereof ; 
 and further, ordains the faid Aft to be extended and executed 
 againft Scolders, filthy Speakers, and Makers or Singers of bau- 
 dySangs, and they made liable to the refpeftive Penalties con- 
 tained therein, according to the Quality of the Offenders, e- 
 ven after the fird Gonviftion, as faid is. And as for thofe who, 
 after the fourth Conviction of any one of the faids Faults, do 
 not yet amend, but prove incorrigible, the Gonviftion being 
 reprefented by the Seffion or Presbytery to the Magiftrate of 
 the Parifh appointed for lifting the Penalties, or Sheriffs 
 of the Shyre, Lords of Secret Council!, or Magiftrates of 
 Burghs, the Eflates ordains the faids incorrigible Pcrfons to be 
 put in Prifon, there to remain ay and while they find Cauti- 
 on of their good Behaviour in all Time coming, under the 
 Pains 01*400 L. to ilk Nobleman ; to ilk Baron 400 Merks ; 
 ilk Gentleman, Heritor and Birrgefs, 200 Merks j ilk Yeoman 
 40 L. ilk Servant 20 L. to be employed on pious Ufes. And 
 becaufe healthing and fcolding is occafioned by much Drun- 
 kennefs, therefore the Eftates of Parliament extend this Aft«, 
 and the faid Aft at Perth, m\^\ the refpeftive Penalties there-' 
 
 m 
 
J/lgainfi dandeftlne Marrl\ \$ 
 
 in contained, againft all thofe who, under whatibever Name, 
 or by whatfomever Gelture, drink Healths, or icolds, i 
 inotion the fame, and urge others thereunto : And it is de- 
 clared, that the executing of this Aft lliall be brcfi 
 Avithout Prejudice of the Kirk-Cenfurc. 
 
 Acl XXII. Againft cUndeflinc Mcrrizgcs. i$th February 
 I 6.0. 
 
 THE Eflates of Parliament, confidering how heceifary it 
 is that no Marriage be celebrate but according to the* 
 laudable Order and Conititutiqn of this Kirk, and by iticS 
 Perfons as arc by the Authority of this Kirk Warranted t; 
 celebrate the fame, and that, notwitbftinding hereof, fiin 
 cither out of Difaffeftion to the Religion prefently profei 
 in this Kingdom, or being defirous to efchev/ the Cen Fares of 
 the Kirk, or to fatisfy their Promife of Marriage formerly 
 made to others, or to decline the Concurrence and Con 
 of their Parents, or others having Intcrefh or out of fomi 
 other unlawful Pretext, do procure themfefvts to be married, 
 and are married, cither in a clandeftiue VVay, contrary to the 
 eftabliflied Order of the Kirk, or by Jefiiits. Pricfls, flepo- 
 fed or fufpended Minifters, or any other not authorifed by 
 this Kirk, do therefore ftatutc ana ordain, That whatfu* 
 ever Perfbn or Perfons (ball hereafter marry 
 themfclves to be married in a clandeiline and in 
 or by jefiiits, Priefts, or any other not authorifed 
 %\t]l % that they fhall be imprifoned for three Months, a 
 befides their (aid ImpYifonmcnt, ihall pay. ilk Nobleman 
 
 3 L. ilk Baron and landed Gentleman 
 Gentleman and Burgefs iooo L. ilk other I 
 and that thev lliall remain in Prifbn av and while tbcj 
 Payment of thfcfe r^fpeaive Penalties 
 
 ich are hereby ordained to be pa': I 
 the fcveral Pari (he 5 where the fv 
 the Celcbrators of fitch 
 
 r to return therein under i 
 Ellates ratifies I 
 againft thefc Parti* 
 
 T 
 
i£ c & sfgainjl fcandalous TcrfoiiSo 
 
 and againfl: the Order and Conftitution of the Kfrk tnereof,- 
 with this Addition, That the Contraveeners fhall be liable to 
 the refpective pecunial and corporal Pains mentioned in this 
 Act, and that the pecunial Pains fhall be applied to pious 
 TJfes : And ordains the Procurator for the Kirk to purfue 
 before the Civil Judge the fulfilling of this, and Ordinance 
 fpr the corporal and pecunial Pains above irrentioned, but 
 Prejudice always to the Kirk to proceed with their Cenfure? 
 againft fuch Offences. 
 
 Aft XXIII. Agci'infi fcanJahns Per fins. \^th February I £4$. 
 
 THE Eftates of Parliament confidcring, that notwith- 
 ftanding of the Act made at Perth in the Year 1645*. 
 concerning one or moe to exact the Penalties and inflict cor- 
 poral Pains againir fcandalous Offences that are not capital, 
 yet the fame is ineffectual, beeaufe the Per funs, nominate for 
 that Purpofe, either will not accept of that Employment, or are 
 negligent therein, or will not exact thefe Penalties, or inflict 
 thefe Pains, without a new civil Procefs, therefore they do re- 
 new the former Act made at Perth, in all the Heads and 
 Claufes thereof: And do further ftatute and ordain, That 
 -whatfocver Perfon or Perfons fhall be nominate and chofen 
 for thefe Employments, after the Manner contained in the 
 iaid Act, or by the Lords of Secret Council, upon Recom- 
 mendation of the Presbytery or Seffion, if they fhall refufe 
 to accept of the (aid Employment, that Letters' of Horning, 
 upon the Defire of Presbytery or Kirk-SeiTion, ihall be given 
 out againft them, for charging them to accept thereof: And 
 it is alio ordained, That thefe Perfons, that fhall accept of the 
 faid Employment, ihall, upon theDefire of the Seffion, fit with 
 them, and, upon the hearing of fcandalous Offenders convict 
 before them, by Proof or Confeflion, or upon the Sight of the 
 Procefs of toe Kirk Seffion, fubferibed under the Miniftef 
 and two Elders Hands, when they thcmfelves cannot be pre- 
 fent, that they lhail, without any new civil Procefs, exact the 
 Penalties contained in the Acts of Parliament, and deliver 
 them to the Kirk- Seffion, and inflict the corporal Punish- 
 ments as is provided" in the Act', of Parliament. And it is 
 alfo ordained, That any of thefe Perfons, who fhall be pro- 
 
 eeffedf 
 
\Agamft profaning the Sabbath, 8cc. l±J 
 
 cefTed by the Seflion or Presbytery for their Negligence ii 
 thefe Duties, diall, upon Complaint made and verified ag- 
 them by the SeiEon or Presbyter} heibre the Lord:, of Secret 
 Council, be fyned or iruprifoned by - .ords, not ex- 
 
 ceeding the Quadruple of the Penalty; and that this Act 
 fhall be extended, in the fevera! Heads and CJaufes thereof 
 to Magiftrates in Burgh as well as Landward : And, be- 
 caufe it is ceedful that the Peribn or Perfons, who (hall be 
 chofen to thefe Employments, have inferior Servants and 
 Officers for exacting the Penalties, and inflicting the corpo- 
 jal Punifbments provided in the Acts of Parliament, there- 
 fore it is ftatute and ordained, That the tenth Part of 
 ilk Penalty (hall be given, at the Sight of the faids Perfons, 
 unto the faids inferior Servants and Officers, for Re con pence 
 of their Pains, in every landward Congregation. 
 
 Acl XXIV. a 
 
 Jug on the Lord' s Djy. i$tt February 1649. 
 
 HE Eftates cf Parliament considering, that notwith- 
 ftar.ding of former Acts of Parliament made agiinft 
 going of Mills and Salt-Pans, and againft Salmon-Filhing, 
 and other fervile Work, on the Lord's Day, yet the Sabbath 
 is, in many Places of the Kingdom, profaned by doin^ 
 thefe Works in the Morning or Evening of the Lord's D 
 do therefore ftatute and ordain, That whofoever fliall work 
 in Corn or Walk-Mills, dry in Kilns, work in Salt-Pans, 
 or in Fiihing, to be acccflory thereto, or any other unnecei 
 ry Work, betwixt Midnight and Midnight on the Lord's D 
 /hall be liable to the Penalties contained in the refpec~ti\e 
 Arts of Parliament made againft Profaners of the Sabbath. 
 
 /ta XXVI. For knfing the Jud[eatorte$ and P. Truf 
 
 free of C \jt/> February 1 1 
 
 THE Eftatcs of Parliament, taking into Confideratiop 
 rd our God requires that fuch as 1 
 .Charge amOngft his People ihould be able I 
 hatiti ufnefs, and dealing truly 1 and that many ol the 
 
 ilvii and PunUbmenfj which the Land grones, 
 
 h?vt 
 
 T 
 
148 For Reformation of the Judicatories, &c 
 
 have come to paTs, becauTe hitherto they have not been fuf- 
 iiciently provided and cared for; and being fenfible of the 
 great Obligation that lies noon them by the National Cove- 
 nant, and by the Qnlemn League and Covenant, and by 
 many Deliverances and Mercies from God, and by the fo- 
 lemn Engagement unto Duties, to advance Religion and 
 Righteqnfnefs in the Land, and fill Places of Power and 
 Trull with Men of approved Integrity, and of a blamelefs 
 and Chriilian Conversation, and being convinced in their 
 Confcicnces that there cannot be a more effectual Wav for 
 bearing down of Malignants, and fuppreffing of Profanity, 
 and iniquity, and Ungodlinefs, and rendering all the Laws 
 already made, or hereafter to be made, forcible and effectual, 
 for the Honour of God, the advancing of Religion and 
 Kighteou fnefs, and the Good of the Lieges, than that all 
 the Judicatories of the Kingdom confift of, and Places oi 
 Power and publick Truft be filled with able apd honeft Men, 
 do therefore ftatute and ordain, That no Perfon that is ma- 
 lignant and difaffecled to the prefent Work of Reformation 
 and Covenants, and againft whom there is juft Caufe of Ex- 
 ception, or juft Ground of Jealoyfy, becaufe of their Difaf- 
 feclion, nor any Perfon given to Drunkennefs, Swearing, 
 t'nclcannefs. or any other fcandaloiis Offence, fhall here- 
 after be chofen to be a Judge, or any Office of Eftate, or 
 £Iagiftrate or Counfellor in Burghs, Clerks, or Deacons of 
 Crafts, or any Officer of any Army belonging to this King- 
 dom, or employed in any Place of publick Power or Truft with- 
 in this Kingdom ; and that a|l fuch as fhall be chofen to be 
 Judges, Officers of Eftate, Officers "of the Ariny, Magiftrates, 
 Counfcilors in Burghs, Clerks, Deacons of Crafts, or employed 
 in any Place of Power and Truft in this Kingdom, fhall not 
 only be able Men, bqt Men of known AfFeelions unto, and 
 of approved Fidelity and Integrity in the Caufe of God, and 
 of a blamelefs and Chriftian Converfation : And. it is ftatute 
 Brtd ordained, That if any malignant or fcandalous Per- 
 fpq (hall be chofen to be Judges, Officers, or employed in any 
 of the Places aforefiid, or other Places of Power and Truft ; 
 6f if, after they being called to be Judges, Officers, and em- 
 ployed in Places of Power and Truft, they fhall make De- 
 ' or, to the Malignancy, as is aforefiid, or give themfelves 
 
 IS 
 
Agahift Bhfphemy. Anent the Tocr. 149 
 
 Jo fcandalous Offences, one or more, that this their Malig- 
 nancy and Proianity conjunctly, or either of them fcverall t f 
 being proved againft them, ihall be a flifficicnt Caufe to the 
 Parliament of this Kingdom, or any having Power from 
 them for that ErFecl, to keep back, remove or fufpend thefe 
 Perlbns from the Places of Pov/er and Trdl to which they 
 are called, or in which they are employee, as their Faults 
 and Crimes ihall be found to defcrve ; but Prejudice always 
 to all other Judicatories and Perfons having Right, by the 
 Laws of this Kingdom, thereto to purge and fill all Offices 
 and Places of Power and Truft, within their refpeclive 
 Powers, according to the Tenor of this Aft, who are here- 
 by required and ordained to do the fame, as they will an- 
 fwer thereupon to the Parliament, or any having Power from 
 them in that Behalf. 
 
 XXVfll. Agahift the horrible Crime of Blafpkemy. \-]th 
 February i 649. 
 
 THE Fftatcs of Parliament, conveened in the fecond Sef- 
 fion of this fecond triennial Parliament, confidering 
 that hitherto there hath been no Law in this King- 
 dom againft the horrible Crime of Blafphemy, therefore 
 do ftature and ordain, That whofoever hereafter, not being 
 diftracled in his Witts, (hall rail! upon or curfe God, or a- 
 pf the Perfons of the bleffcd Trimtj % mail be proceffed 
 before the Chief Juftice, and being found guilty (hall be 
 puniihed with Death. Likeas it is found, ftatute and ordained, 
 That whofoever hereafter (hall deny God, or any of the 
 Perfons of the bleiled Trinity, and obftinately continue 
 therein, (hall, after the declaring of the (aid Obftinacy by 
 the Kirk, be procefled before the Chief Juftice, and, being 
 found guilty, that they be puniihed with Death. 
 
 £XX. Anent the P March 1^40. 
 
 dates of Parliament, now conveened, taking to 
 n the great Number of indigent and 
 
 dillreifed Perfons in the fcvcral Places of the Kingdom, 
 v are expofed to great Mtfery, th- 
 
 .:al and orderly Way of Lr.rcrtainmcnt, 
 
 T 
 
1 50 Jlnetit the Toor. 
 
 *o the Shame and .Reproach of our ChrifHan Profeffion, 
 » hich obliges us to the Relief of poor Brethren, as being 
 Members of , the fame Body, therefore, for Remedy hereof, 
 the Eitates hath thought meet to ordain, that every Parifli 
 and Presbytery fliall be bound to entertain their own native 
 Poor, in Manner following. That there ilia 11 be twice in 
 the Year, at the flrft of December and the firfl: of June, taken 
 up in every Parifh, in Burgh or Land, and Presbytery, a Lift 
 of the Poor within the feveral Bounds refpeelhe ; at which 
 Time there lliali bealfo a folemn Intimation to the Parifli, and 
 ci De/ignation and Expreffion by the Coritri 'outers, what 
 they will give every Month in Money or Victual, for a vo- 
 luntary and charitable Contribution in every Parifli for the 
 Entertainment of thefe poor People, into the Number where- 
 of there fliall be no Perfons received who are flothful, and able 
 by the Labour of their Hands to win their own Livings ; at 
 svhich Time die ftjinifter arid Elders of the Pariflb, orfuch as 
 they fliall depute, and to whom they will give Power for that 
 Effect, fliall meet with the Presbytery, to the EiTecl they may- 
 compare the Burden of the Poor of every Parifli ; and if the 
 common Good and weekly Contribution, and that yearlyBene- 
 volence, will not be Efficient to entertain thefe poor People, 
 given up and lifted as faid is, then, in that Cafe, theEftatesof 
 Parliament hereby give Power to the Lords of Secret Council, 
 or Committee of Eftatcs, to grant Commiflion to fuch Perfons 
 as fliall be recommended to them by each Presbytery, full 
 Power, upon Oath, to impvfe a Stent on the feveral Pariflies, 
 according to their Ability and Wealth, for making up a com- 
 petent Entertainment to the poor Perfons afor.efaid, with a 
 tenth Part more for the Officers and Serjeants ; which Stent, 
 after it is divided upon the Pariflies or Presbytery by the Com- 
 niifiioners having Power from the Council or Committee of 
 .jEftates, as faid is, the fame (ball be fubdivided and dented, on 
 the Heritors and oihers, bv the Eiders and Deacons of every 
 Parifli rejfe&ivft with as much Equality as poflible, wherein 
 £hey are to have fpeciai Regard to lay the greater Proportion. 
 pn thefe Mailers that deal rigoroufly with Tenants, and 
 : cby impoverifli and put them to Beggary, and to deal the 
 e favourably with thefe Mafters who endeavour to main- 
 rj their Tenants, and deals charitably with them *, and, in 
 
 difiributing 
 
Ar.ent the Toor. 15 1 
 
 ribut'mg of the Alms, fpecial Regard is to be hr.d to the 
 Pious, and Diftinclion to be made betwixt fuch and the 
 profane, deboiil: or drunken Sort ; and it is declared, that 
 Magiftrates and Counfel of Burghs have hereby Power to itent 
 within themfelves : And the Lftates oi Parliament ordains 
 general Letters of* Horning and Poinding to be direct grctis, 
 at the Inflance of* the Collectors appointed by the Presbytery 
 for that Effect againft the DilooeJient, and them that rcfufes 
 to make Payment of their Proportion, who are hereby or- 
 dained, in cafe of the Refufal, to make Payment of the 
 Double within fix Days after they be required, and difcharges 
 any Sufpcnfion to be granted thereupon : And fiklike or- 
 dains every inferior Judge to give Precept of Poinding upon 
 the laid Stent-Roll, fubferibed as faid is, and to go them- 
 felves, or fend their Deputes or Officers to poind thereupon, 
 fo foon as they be required thereunto, with Certification, if the 
 faid Judges fail, they ihall be liable to pay the Double of the 
 faid Stent, and ordains the Council or Committee olEilacs 
 to give out Letters thereupon. The Ellates of Parliament 
 farther ordains the Elders oi every Pariih to take Notic 
 thefe, who, being able to work or win their Livings, give 
 themfelves to a Trade of begging, whrch Peribns the EL 
 are hereby warranted to apprehend, and to put them upon 
 Employments whereby the Country may be eafed of an un- 
 profitable Burden, and lawful Indirlby maintained through 
 the Land ; hereby ordaining that none be hi fie red to 
 from Houfe to Houfe under Pain of Imprifonmer.r, and o: 
 Pimiihments contained m the former Acts of Parliament. And 
 becaufe the Forerunning oi Beggars and ilurdy Vagabonds 
 doth hinder the Expreflions of Chaiitv toward thofe tha; 
 truly mdigent, therefore it Is ordained, That none fuppl) 
 relet the fturdy Be .Men 
 
 cr the Pain of five 
 to be paid by ti.e I towards Maintcn I 
 
 hbonr is hereby comma 
 ed to hi ther in ca!e lijcri 
 
 iinif the 
 and • 
 
 other,, L 
 fcori . 
 
152 Anent theToor* 
 
 next adjacent Judge or his Deputes, they being found 
 Landward, by the Sheriff to be convoyed to the next Sheriff, 
 and, being found in the Town, to be convoyed from Burgh( 
 to Burgh, who are hereby ordained to receive them, and 
 convey them from one Burgh or Shyre to another, un- 
 til! they be brought to the Place where they were born; 
 which Parifh (hall be obliged to receive and entertain them, 
 as one of their own, with the reft of the Poor of the Pariih ; 
 and in cafe they be found able to work, the faid Parifh (hall 
 furniih them Employment, and keep them on Work, fo as 
 thev may be anfwerable for them, to the Effett they may 
 not be permitted to wander over the Kingdom, as before ; 
 and if any Sheriff or Magiftrate of Burgh refufe to receive 
 them, and take them off their Hands who prefents them, the 
 faid Sheriff or Magiftrate fhall be fufpended from his Office 
 by the Council of Committee of Eftates, and pay the Sum 
 of 40 L. and for the third Fault fhall lofe their Offices and 
 Priviledges during their Lifetime ; and when they come to 
 the Place of their alledged Nativity, if they cannot clear 
 their Birth there, that they be reckoned amongft the Super- 
 numeraries following. Likeas the Eftates gives hereby Power 
 to any of his Majcfty's Subjefts to take and apprehend fuch 
 idle and fturdy Beggars, and to employ them, or difpofe of 
 them to others, to be employed in "Work for their Meat 
 and Cloath allenarly : And, for the better executing of this 
 forcfaid Aft at one Time throughout all the Kingdom, they 
 ordain the fame to begin, in all Parts of the Kingdom, upon 
 the firft of Attgufl next to come, and from thence foreward to 
 be duly profecuted until the fame take due Eifcft, with 
 Power to the Council or Committee of Eftates, in cafe any 
 Impediment intcrveen, to appoint a new Day to thu c Pur- 
 pofe, as they fhall think expedient ; and if any that are 
 a.^cd, lame, blind, and weak, cannot condefcend upon the 
 Parifti where they were born, (as being the Offspring of fuch 
 Beggars as never had a conftant Refidence) thefe are to be 
 t jpt amongft the Poor of that Presbytery where they are 
 apprehended, until a Lift of their Names be fent unto the 
 Council or the Committee of Eftates, who are to have 
 jhower to divide and proportion thefe Supernumeraries a- 
 fttuhgft fuch Presbyteries and Shires in the Kingdom a: 
 
j4ga\nft Idolatry and Beaters of Barents. 153 
 
 have leaft Burden, and arc moft able to bear them. Likeas 
 the Parliament recommends to the General Affembly, or 
 their Com mi (lion ers, to propone fuch Overtures as may re* 
 prefs thefcandalous and godlefs Behaviour of thefe lewd Va- 
 gabonds, who hitherto hath been liable to no good Order of 
 Difcipline ; and to the Effect this Act may be put in Execu- 
 tion, it is ordained and required, thai every Presbytery make 
 Account of their Diligence herein to the fubfequent Synods, 
 and the Provincial Synods to the General Affembly : And 
 in cafe it fhall happen, through the Providence of God, that 
 any, through Burning, Shipwreck, Devaluation, or any fuch 
 like Accident, fall into Diftrefs or Poverty, it is ordained that 
 thefe having a fufficient Teftimonial and Recommendation 
 from the Presbytery to which they belong, they fhall have 
 the Supply of a voluntary Charity of thefe Places next adja- 
 cent to them, or fuch other Places as the Council or Commit- 
 tee of Eflates (hall think fit. 
 
 Att XXXII. Againfl the Worfoippersoffalfe Cods, ^d March 
 1649. 
 
 THE Eftates of Parliament, confidering that divcrfe of 
 the Subjects of this Realm trades in their civil Af- 
 fairs with Heathens, whole Abominations they may pof- 
 fibly learn, and thereby be defiled and defile others, and not wil- 
 ling to leave Sins of fo high a Nature to an arbitrary Punilh- 
 mem, do ftatute and ordain, that whofoever lhall worfliip a 
 falfe God, fhall be put to Death without Pardon. 
 
 Aft XXXIII. Againfl Beaters or Curftrs of their Parents. $J 
 March 1649. 
 
 THE Eftates of Parliament, conflicting how great and 
 atrocious a Crime it is for Children to bear or curie 
 their Parents, and how the Law of God hath pronoun- 
 ced juft Sentence of Death againit fuch as fhall cither of thefe 
 "Ways injure cither of their Parents, do therefore (tatutc and 
 ordain, That whofoever, Son or Daughter, above the Age oi 
 fixteen Years, not being diftrarted, (hall either I :rfe 
 
 their Father or Mother, fha!l be put to Death without Mer- 
 cy • and fuch as are within the A^c qf fixteen 
 
 U 
 
154 ^ vbolifhing Tatmwges. 
 
 punifhed nt the Arbitriment of the Judge, according to theif 
 Defervings, that others may hear and fear, and not do the 
 like. 
 
 A£t XXXIX. AbohjlAng the Patronages of Kirks f. $th March 
 1649. 
 
 7 HE Eftates of Parliament, being fenfible of the great O- 
 bltgation that lies upon them by the National Cove- 
 nant, and by the Solemne League and Covenant, and 
 by many Deliverances and Mercies from God, and by the 
 late Solemn Engagement unto Duties, to preferve the Doc- 
 trine, and maintain and vindicate the Liberties of the Kirk 
 of Scotland, and to advance the Work of Reformation there- 
 in to the utmoft of their Power ; and confidering that Patro- 
 nages and Prefentations of Kirks is an Evil and Bondage 
 under which the Lord's People and Minifters of this Land 
 have long groaned, and that it hath no Warrant in God's 
 "Word, but is founded only on the common Law, and is a 
 Cuftom Popifli, and brought into the Kirk in Time of Igno- 
 rance and Superftition, and that the fame is contrary to the 
 Second Book of Difcipline, in which, upon folid and good 
 Ground, it is leckoned among Abufes that are defired to be 
 reformed, and unto feveral A els of General Ajfembl'ies, and 
 lhat it is prejudicial to the Liberty of the People, and Plant- 
 ing of Kirks, and unto the free Calling and Entry of Mini- 
 Iters unto their Charge : And the faid Eftates, being willing 
 and defirous to promove and advance the Reformation fore- 
 said, that every Thing in the Houfe of God may be ordered 
 
 accord- 
 
 * By Aft 7. "Pari. 1640. intitled, Aft for planting of Kirks unprovided ivith 
 ^linifiers through the Patron's Default, the Parliament do require the Presbyteries, 
 with Content of the Parifh, with all Diligence, toplant-the Kirks, which, by the 
 Patron's Overfight, had lien fix Months unprovided. By Aft 9. Pari 164I. 
 intitled, Aft anent non-covenanting Patrons, is ratified Aft 9. Pari 1 . Ja. VI. 
 N recorded, />. 12. and Aft 3. Pad. 20. Ja. VI. and the fame extended to. all 
 who refufe to fubferibe the National Covenant- ; and it is ordained, that, Until 
 Patrons fubferibe the Covenant, they have no Right of Prefentation to Kirks 
 vacant, but the fame (hall pertain plcuo jm to the Presbytery : And by Aft \6. 
 Pari. 1646. intitled, Anent non-covenanting Patrons, the Act. latl mentioned is 
 extended to fuch Perfons as fubferibe not the Solemn League, or that are or 
 ihall be excommunicate, ' Providing that theie Kirks be planted according to 
 ( the Propofitions of Ordination of Minifters agreed opon by the Aflcmblies of 
 < both Churches, and ratified by the Parliament of this Kingdom.' But what 
 theie A&s do in Part, is mere eifutually provided for in the Act here mlert. 
 
Acl aholijhing Patronages. 155 
 
 according to his Word and Commmdment, do therefore, 
 from the Senfe of the former Obligations, and upon rru for- 
 mer Grounds and Reafons, difcharge for ever hereaircr, all Pa- 
 tronages and Presentations of Kirki, whether belonging to the 
 King or to any laick Patron, Presbyteries, or other*, within 
 this Kingdom, as being unlawful and unwarrantable by God's 
 'Word, and contrary to the Doctrine and Liberties of this 
 Kirk; and do repeal, refcind, make void and annull all Gifts 
 and Rights granted thereanent, and all former Acts made in 
 Parliament, or in any inferior Judicatory, in favours ot any 
 Patron or Patrons whatfoever, Co far as the fame doth or may- 
 relate unto the Prefentation of Kirks. And doth ftatute and 
 ordain, That no Perfon nor Perfons whatfomever fhall, at 
 any Time hereafter, take upon them, under Pretext of any 
 Title, Infeftment, Acl of Parliament, Poifeffion or Warrant 
 whatfoever, which are hereby repealled, to i*ive, fubferibe, 
 or feal any Prefentation to any Kirk within this Kingdom ; 
 and difcharges the pairing of any Infeftments hereafter, bear- 
 ing a Right to Patronages, to be granted in favours of thefe 
 for whom the Infeftments are presented ; and that no Per- 
 fon or Perfons mall, either in the Behalf of themfelves or 
 others, procure, receive, or make UCe of any Prefentation to 
 any Kirk within this Kingdom. And it is further declared 
 and ordained, That, if any Prefentation fhall hereafter be 
 given, procured or received, that the fame is null and of 
 none Effect, and that it is lawful for Presbyteries to reject the 
 fame, and to refufe to admit any to Trials thereupon •, and, 
 notwithstanding thereof, to proceed to the Planting of the 
 Kirk, upon the Suit and Calling, or with the Con fen t of the 
 Congregation, on whom none is to be obtruded againft their* 
 Will : And it is decerned, ftatute and ordained. That who- 
 foever hereafter (hall, upon the Suit and Calling of the Con- 
 gregation, after due Examination of their Literature and 
 Convcrfation, be admitted by the Presbytery unto the Exer- 
 cife and Function of the Miniftry, in any Pariih within this 
 K'ngdom, that the (aid Perfon or Pcifons, without a Prefcn- 
 tation, by Vertue of their Admiihon, hath (uficienl Right 
 and Title to poftefs and enjov the Manic and Glebe, and the 
 whole Rents, Profits and Stipe: Mioifters of 
 
 that Pariih had formcrl cJ, or that hcreaf- 
 
1$6 Aft abolijlwig 'Patronages. 
 
 ter fhall be modified by the CommifTion for Plantation of 
 Kirks : And decerns all Titulars and Tackfmen of Tithes, 
 Heritors, Lifercnters, or others, fubjeft and liable in Pay* 
 ment of Minifters Stipends, to make Payment of the fame, 
 notwithstanding the Minifter his Want of a Prefentation ; 
 and ordains the Lords of Seffion, and other Judges competent, 
 to give out Decreets and Sentences, Letters conform, Horn- 
 ing, Inhibition, and all others Executorials, upon the faid 
 Ad million of Minifters by Presbyteries, as they were former- 
 ly in Ufe to do, upon Collation and Inftitution following up- 
 on Prefen tat ions from Patrons: Declaring always,That where 
 Minifters are already admitted upon Prefentation, and have 
 obtained Decreets conform thereupon, that the faids Decreets, 
 and Executorials following thereupon, Ilia 11 be good and valid 
 Rights to the Minifters for fuiting and obtaining Payment of 
 their Stipend, and the Prefentation and Decreet conform, 
 obtained before the Date hereof, fhall be a valid Ground and 
 Right for that Efteft, notwithftanding the annulling of Pre- 
 formations by Vertue of this prefent Aft. And becaufe it is 
 needful that the juft and proper Intereft of Congregations and 
 Presbyteries, in providing of Kirks with Minifters, be clear- 
 ly determined by the General AiTembly, and what is to be 
 accounted the Congregation having that Intereft, therefore 
 it is hereby ferioufly recommended unto the next General Af- 
 iembiy clearly to determine the fame, and to condefcend up- 
 on a certain ftanding Way for being a fettled Rule therein 
 ibr all Time coming. And it is hereby provided, declared 
 and ordained. That the taking away of Patronages and Pre- 
 sentations of Kirks fhall import nor enforce no Hurt nor Pre- 
 judice unto the Title and Right that any Patron hath un- 
 to the Tythes of the Pariiji, nor weaken his Infeftment where- 
 in the fame is contained, but that the faid Title, Right and 
 Infeftment iliall, in every Refpeft, (fo far as doth concern the 
 Tythes) be a Is valid and ftrong as when Prefen tations were 
 in Ufe. It is further ftatute and ordained, that the Tythes of 
 Kbcft Kirks, whereof the Prefentations are hereby abolifhed, 
 iliall belong heritably unto the faids Patrons, and be fecured 
 unto them, and inieited in their Rights and Infeftments in 
 :<? of the Patronage. Likeas tbe Eftates of Parliament 
 
 declare 
 
y#? abolifhing 'Patronages. 1 57 
 
 declare faid Patrons their Right thereunto to be good and 
 valid, hereby granting full Pov/er to them to poffefs, fell annal- 
 zie and difpone the fame in Manner after fpecified, as fully 
 and freely as the Miniiter and Patron might have done before 
 the making of thefe Prefents, excepting always therefrom 
 thefe Tythes which the Heritors have had and poifeil, by 
 Virtue of Tacks fet to them by the Minivers, without any 
 Deed or Confent of the Patrons, concerning which it is pro- 
 vided, That the faid Tythes, at the hfue and Outrunning of 
 the prefent Tacks, mall belong unto the Heritors refpetlivt, 
 the faid Heritors, and the Patrons above mentioned, each of 
 them for their Intcreft, being always liable to the Payment 
 of the prefent Stipends to theMinifters, and to fuch Augmen- 
 tation and Provifion of new Stipends to one or moe Minivers, 
 fuch as the Parliament or Commiflion for Plantation "1 Kuks 
 fhall think fit and appoint, excepting alfo fuch T\ theb a: arc 
 and have been poffcit and uplifted by the Minifters as their 
 proper Stipends ; concerning which it is hereby declared, 
 that the Miniiler fhall enjoy the fame, without any Impedi- 
 ment, as formerly • it being hereby provided alio, that this Aft 
 fhall prejudge no Perfon of the Right, Title and PofTeflTion 
 of their Tythes by Infeftments, Tacks, and other lawful 
 Rights acquired by them, and their PredeeefTors and Authors, 
 as accords of the Law. Likeas the Eltates of Parliament 
 renew the former Afts granted in favours of Heritors, for 
 ling, leading and buying of their Tythes, hereby ordain- 
 ing any Patron having Right to thefe Tythes, made to them 
 by this Aft, and having no Right thereunto of before, to ac- 
 cept the Value of fix Years Rents, according to the Prices 
 of valued Bowls rcfpeclive, injoyned and fit down in the for- 
 mer Aft thereanent, and that for the heritable Right of the 
 Tythes, and for all Title, Intereft or Claim that the faids 
 Patrons can have or pretend thereunto by virtue of this Aft. 
 
 ACTS 
 
158 jiB for purging the Army. 
 
 ACTS done and pad in the third Seflion of the fecond 
 triennial Parliament, beginning 23d May 1649. 
 
 Aft XL For purging the Army. 2 \fl June 1649. 
 
 THE Eftates of Parliament, confidering the manifold 
 Evils both of Sin and Punifhment wherewith this 
 Land has been afflicted, by Reafon of the malignant Info- 
 lences and Profanity of many in our Armies ; and calling to 
 Mind that they have lately made a folemn Gonfeffion and 
 Acknowledgment unto God thereof, as one of the publick 
 Sins of the Land, and that they have engaged themfelves for 
 purging of Judicatories and Armies, and intruding and 
 employing none but fuch as are of known good Affection ; 
 and to the Effect that none be fuffered to bide in the Army 
 who are of a profane, malignant and fcandalous Carriage,- 
 having therefore, according to their Vows, and for removing 
 and preventing all Dangers or Inconveniences that may fall 
 out thereby, and for remeding and relieving the exorbitant 
 Burdens and Oppreffions of the Country becaufe of fuch 
 IVIens Infulences, thought neceffary to grant Power and 
 Commiffion to fome well affected Perfons, in feveral Shires, 
 for vifiting the Troops and Companies quartered therein, 
 and for ordering and directing the cafhiering or otherwayes 
 punilhing of them, as they, after Trial, (hall find their Mif- 
 carriage to deferve : And for that Effect the Eftates of Par- 
 liament grants Commiffion, Warrand and Power to 
 
 to vifit 
 the Troops and Companies lying within the Shire of 
 
 and receive all Complaints againft them, 
 ro take all Manner of Trial of their Carriage by Information 
 or Examination of the Country People with whom they 
 have been quartered,- or other honeft Perfons of the Shire, 
 or Officers or Soldiers in thefe Troops, either upon their 
 Oaths or otherways, as they fnall think fit ; and to give up 
 to the chief Officer upon the Place the Lift of fuch Officers 
 jind Soldiers as they {hall find guilty of any of the Faults 
 
 contained 
 
Ar 'ticks for purging the Army. I S9 
 
 contained in the Inftrudlions given to them by this prefent 
 Parliament, that the faid Officer forthwith fecure their 
 Hories and Armes, and remove them out of the Army, or 
 punifti them otherways as they ihall deferve : And in cafe 
 the (aids Commiflioners (hall, upon pregnant Preemption, 
 think fit, before Trial, that any Officer or Soldier be fecured 
 until they be tried, that the chief Officer upon the Place, 
 upon the Defire of the faids Commiflioners, Ihall according- 
 ly fecure the faids Perfons with their Horfes and Armes. 
 
 Articles for purging the Army. 
 Fir ft t Concerning Officers. 
 
 I. That if there be any Officers in the Army that ferved 
 under James Graham, the late Marquette of Hunt/y. or their Ad- 
 herents, againft this Kingdom and Caufe, that thefe be ca- 
 fliiered and put out of the Army. 
 
 II. That no Officer that ferved in the late Engagement 
 againft England mall be employed as Officer in the Army, 
 or be permitted as a common Soldier, or ride with a Troop 
 or Company in the Army, but ihall be calhiered and put 
 out of the Army, unleffe he have been admitted by Confent 
 of the Parliament or Committee of Eftates, and General Af* 
 fembly or their CommifTion. 
 
 III. That any Officer, who afrer Tryall mall be found 
 guilty of malignant and dilafiecled Speeches, as railing and 
 enveying againft the Caufe and Covenant, or againft the 
 Miniftrv, or againft the prefent civil Government, and fuch 
 as arc ol a profane Carriage, or are guilty of Oppreffion, be 
 calhiered and put out of the Army. 
 
 I\\ Thar any Officer, who after Tryall fhall be found to 
 have refufcd fufficicnt Soldiers rightly qualified, and hath 
 taken Mony for them, and intcrvcrtcd the fame, either in 
 ►lc or Par; -,vn private Ufc, and levied malignant, 
 
 • profane and fcan [en in :hev I 
 
 lo coropl* lumber, thai the Officer thar (hall be found 
 
 rhu e caihierc 
 
 : the 
 
 V. 
 
1 60 Articles for purging ihe Army. 
 
 V. That all Officers that levied Money for Soldiers, and 
 did not compleat their Number, fhall reftore the Double to 
 the Commillioners for the Ufc of the Publick, and be further 
 punilhed as the general Perfons fhall think fit. 
 
 Secondly^ Concerning Soldiers. 
 
 I. That all Soldiers that ferved under James Graham % the 
 late Marques oi Huntly, or their Adherents againft this King- 
 dom and Caufe, be cafhiered and put out of the Army. 
 
 II. That all Soldiers that want fufficient Teftimonials, 
 or are found to be guilty of railing, unlefs they be of known 
 and approven Integrity within a convenient Time to be al- 
 lowed by the Commiflioners for that Purpofe, be cafhiered 
 and put out of the Army, and their Horfes and Armes taken 
 from them. 
 
 III. That all Soldiers, albeit fuch as have Teftimonials, 
 as are found to be guilty of railing or reviling againft the 
 Caufe and Covenant, or againft the Miniftry, or againft the 
 prefent civil Government, and all fuch as are Blafphemers 
 and Mockers of Piety, or Defpifers of the Worfhip of God, 
 or Profhners of the Lord's Day, or OpprdTors of the People, 
 or Drunkards, or Plunderers, or unclean Perfons, be cafhier- 
 ed and put out of the Army, and their Horfe and Armes 
 taken from them. 
 
 IV. That no Perfon that, fhall maintain any Error or 
 Practice, contrary to the Doctrine, "W or (hip and Difciplinc 
 of this Kirk, or againft the civil Government by King and 
 Parliament, according to the Covenant and Declarations of 
 this Kingdom, fhall be permitted in the Army to ferve as 
 Officer or Soldier, but fhall be removed and cafhiered. 
 
 V. That the Places of fuch Officers as fhall be calhiered 
 and removed out of the Army, being under the Degree of an 
 Captain, be filled for this Time by the Colonel of that 
 Regiment, with the Advice and Confent of the CommifTio- 
 ncrs of the refpective Shires where the famen are for the 
 Time appointed for purging the Army •, and that the Su- 
 pernumeraries, Women and Pedees be purged out of the 
 Army. 
 
 VI. That 
 
j4gahifl hcejl, \6\ 
 
 VI. That no Officer receive into a Troop or Regiment 
 any of thefe that are purged cut of the Army, under the 
 Pain of cafhiering : And recommends to the faids Commif- 
 fioners for purging the Army, and the Officers of the Army, 
 to fill up the Places of fuch as fnall be purged out, with filch 
 of the well-affefted Officers and Soldiers as have fled out 
 of Ireland, 
 
 And the faids Eftates gives Warrand to the Perfons be- 
 fore named to convcen in fuch Places and at fuch Times as 
 they mail think fit, with Power to them to choofe Clerks 
 and other Members of Meetting ; and ordaines them at the 
 firft Meeting to give their Oaths of fairhfull difcharging the 
 faid Gommillion in all the Heads and Articles thereof, and 
 to report their Diligence in the faid Matter, on this Side of 
 Tcy betwixt and the firft of dugufl, and on the other Side of 
 Tay betwixt and the 15-th Day of the faid Moneth, under 
 the Paine of Ane thoufind Merles to be payed by the fore- 
 saids Perfons failing to do their Diligence, and to report a- 
 gainft the faid Day. 
 
 j4tl XVI. For ptinijhing the horrible Crime cf Incefl with 
 Death. $th July 1 649. 
 
 THE Eftates of Parliament confidering, That it is al- 
 ready ordained by the 14th Aft of the firft Parliament 
 of King James VI. That whatfoever Perfon or Perfons, 
 who are guilty of the abominable and vile Crime of Inceft, 
 in anv of thefe Degrees which God's Word hath exprefsly 
 forbidden in the 1 8th Chapter oi ' Lcvit-cu:. (ball be punifh- 
 eJ to the Death : And confidering alii), that there be many 
 other Degrees of Inceft, both in Affinity ftiul < ini- 
 
 ty, no lels hainous and punifhable then thefe expreiled in the 
 Letter of that Text, becaufc they be cither net ..\\y 
 
 as neer : Therefore the Eftates of Parliament, being defir 
 to provide a fufiicient Remedy againft all thefe Evils, and 
 that the Wrath of God (which could not but lie heavy up- 
 on the Land, by Impunity of fuch abominable Crimes) may 
 be averted, do ratn: prove the faid Aft : And fi 
 
 ther declare and ordain, That not only thole Pcrf 
 arc guilty of any Degree oi x^rcft hi 
 
 X T< 
 
1 62 appendix to ^Part feconJ. 
 
 Text, but alfo, that whatfoever Pcrfon or Perfons fhall 
 hereafter be found guilty of any other Degree of Inccft, ei- 
 ther neercr or fully as neer, in Affinity or Confanguinity, as 
 thefe that are expreffed in the Letter of the foreiaid Text, 
 fball be puniihed to the Death 
 
 The End of the Second Part. 
 
 APPENDIX 
 
 T O 
 
 Part II. 
 
 Containing Three A<£ls of the Firft Parlia- 
 ment of King Charles II. begun at Edinburgh^ 
 January 1. 1661. annulling the foregoing 
 Parliaments, and refunding their Laws. 
 
 Ji& III. Averting kit Majeft/s Royal Prerogative in the calling 
 and dijfohing of Parliaments, and making of Laws. 
 
 THE Eftates of Parliament, now conveened by his Ma- 
 jelly's fpecial Authority, confidering. That the Quiet- 
 nefs, Stability and Happinefs of the People do depend upon 
 the Safety of the King's Majefty's facred Perfon, and the 
 Maintenance of his Soveraign Authority, Princely Power, 
 and Prerogative Royal ; and conceiving themfelves obliged 
 
 in 
 
yippendlx to Tartfecond. 163 
 
 in Conference, and in Difcharge of their Duties to Al- 
 mighty God, to the King's Majefty, and to their native 
 Country, to make a due Acknowledgment thereof at this 
 Time, do therefore unanimously declare, That the) will, 
 with their Lives and Fortunes, maintain and defend the 
 fame. And they do hereby acknowledge that the Power of 
 calling, holding, proroguing and diifolving of Parliaments, 
 and all Conventions and Meetings of the Eftates, doth fole- 
 ly refide in the King's Majefty, hi- Heirs and Succelfors ; 
 and that as no Parliament can be lawfully keeped without 
 the fpecial Warrant and Prcfence of the King's Majefty, or 
 his Commiffioner, fo no Acts, Sentences or Statutes, to be 
 paft in any Parliament, can be binding upon the People or 
 have the Authority and Force of Laws, without the fpecial 
 Authority and Approbation of the King's IMajefty, or his 
 Commiffioner, interponed thereto, at the making thereof: 
 And therefore the King's Majefty, with Advice and Confent 
 of his Eftates of Parliament, doih hereby relcind and annul 
 all Laws, Acts, Statutes or Practices that have been, or 
 upon any Pretext whatfoever may be. or fecm contrair to, 
 or inconfiftent with his Majefty 'sjuft Power and Prerogative 
 above mentioned, and declare* the fame to have been unlaw- 
 Fill, and to be void and null in all Time coming. And to 
 the End that this Act and Acknowledgment, which the E- 
 ftates of Parliament, from the Senfe of their humble Duty 
 and certain Knowledge have hereby made, may recti c 
 more exact Obedience in Tune coming, it is by his 
 with Advice (ore fa id, ftatute and ordained That the punctual 
 Obfervance thereof be fpeciallv regarded by all his Maje- 
 ftv's Subjects, and that none of them, upon any Pre 
 whatfoever, offer to call in queftion, impugne, or do any 
 Deed to the contrair hereof, under the Pain of Tic-: 
 
 A% IX. dpp'-oving the Engagement 1648. an ' 
 pretended Parliaments a 'res kept the>eajter. 
 
 Flfmuchas, in the 1 ufand fi\ hui 
 
 ty and eight, the E Parliament of this K 
 
 dom, and his Majefty's good Subject* therein from 
 Scnfe of their Duty to Almighty Go J and the King's Maj< 
 
164 j4ppendix to Tart fecond. 
 
 did chearfully undertake and concur in an Engagament, fbr 
 Relief of his late Majefty of glorious Memory from hislm- 
 prifonment, and for his Reftitution to the Royal Govern- 
 ment of his Kingdoms. And the Eftates of Parliament, now 
 conveened by his Majefty 's fpecial Authority, taking that 
 Engagement to their Consideration, do find it to have been 
 an honourable, juft, neceflary and fcafonable Difcharge of 
 that indifpenfible Duty whereunto this Kingdom, and the 
 Subjects thereof, are by the Law of God, by the Law of 
 Nature and Nations, by the municipal Laws of the Land, 
 by their Allegiance, and by all the ftrieleft Bonds of Confid- 
 ence and Honour, obliged to the mod facred Perfon and 
 Royal Authority of their King's Majefty. And therefore 
 our Sovereign Lord, with Advice and Confent of his Eftates 
 of Parliament, doth ratify and approve that Engagement for 
 his Majefty's Relief and Reftitution to his Royal Government: 
 And doth declare, that, as it was a mod noble and pious Te- 
 flimony of the Loyalty of his Majefty's good Subjects of his 
 ancient Kingdom, and of their Affection and Zeal to his Ma- 
 jefty's Perfon and Government ; Co his Majefty, for himfelf 
 and his Succeffors, doth affure, that they will always retain 
 a grateful Relentment thereof, and have appointed thefe 
 Prefents to remain upon Record, for the due Honour of thefe 
 Pcrfons who did engage therein, and of their Pofterity for 
 ever. 
 
 And whereas the Neccffity and Juftice of this Undertak- 
 ing, with the Inteteft this Kingdom had in his Majefty *fc 
 Perfon, by the Honour of his Royal Birth, and by thefe ma- 
 ny and lingular Acte of Grace he had lately conferred upon 
 it, might juftly have claimed a ready Concurrence of all the 
 Subjects, yet there wanted not fome, and even fuch whom 
 not long before his Majefty had obliged by Marks of his 
 Royal Favour both of Honour and Profit, who made it their 
 Work todifappoint and oppofe the fame; and for that End, 
 having gathered fome mutinous Commons, and others, who, 
 Uy a few fedirious Minifters, had been preached to an open 
 Rebellion, they, in the Month of September One than fund 
 fix huii died forty and eight Years, without any lawful Au- 
 thority (and not giving the Oath mentioned hi the Com mi Hi- 
 bg of Parliament, without v/hjeh, it was exprefly provided, 
 
 they 
 
yjppendtx to Tart fecond. 165 
 
 they were not to have Accefs to, nor Place in the Committee) 
 did ufurp to themfelves the Name and Power of a Commit- 
 tee of Eitates ; and having, by their own Edicts, declared all 
 fuch Perfons as had given Teftimony of their Duty and Loy- 
 alty to the King, to be uncapable of bcii g Members of Par- 
 liament, or of having Voice in the Elections to the Parlia- 
 ments, they then, without any lawful Authority, called a 
 packt Meeting of Parliament, to confift only of Perfons of 
 their own Stamp and Faction j who accordingly met in Ja- 
 nuary One thoufand fix hundred forty and nine Years, and, 
 afruming to themfelves the fovereign Authority and Govern- 
 ment of the Kingdom, intended to eftablilh and Hx the Potter 
 in their own Perfons for ever. For which Purpofe, having 
 publickly declared againft that neceffary and jiift Engagement 
 Ibfhis Majefty's Relief and Reftitutior, to his Royal Govern- 
 ment -, having approven all the Oppofitions and Riimg* in 
 Arms againit the fame, and by Oath folemnly engaged 
 themfelves to a conftant Adherence thereunto ; having tor 
 their Afliftance called in the Ufurper Cromitff and a Pa a of 
 his Army ; having by publick Engagement given up the Ho- 
 nour and Safety of this ancient Kingdom to the English, and 
 declared that his Majefty lhould be obliged to ratify that un- 
 worthy Acl before any Treaty were with him Kir his Relief; 
 having given Order to their CommilTioncrs to protclt againfl: 
 any Agreement betwixt his Majefty and his Subjects in En- 
 t in the Treaty at the Ille of Wi°ht\ having fo far as 
 in them lay, weakned and diffolved the common Allegiance 
 of the Subjects to the King's Majefty, by proclaiming his 
 Right to the Crown with bafc ReftricYions and Lin 
 and prclhng the Subjects againft their Conferences to fubfertbe 
 the fame \ having dilowned his Majefty's Intereft in the 
 Quarrel betwixt them and the En^Ii/v, who had invaded 
 Kingdom, mccrlv to deftroy his Majefty's Intereft in i: \ hav- 
 ing taken the I ►me, and forced others of hw P ' 
 
 Quality to flee to fotretgn Parrs for 
 their Safety j havi , confined, imprisoned and u 
 
 Upon the Livi -1 many ; having put difgracefid ( 
 
 ratti • itiea upon all who hid witnefled any Af- 
 
 imenl ; having onjuftly pro* 
 
 iclty executed Sentence* ol Forfeiture 
 
ioo appendix to Tart Jecond. 
 
 againft the Lives and Fortunes of fuch as from Confidence of 
 their Duries did oppofe them; having in their publick 
 Meetings appointed, that the innocent Wives and Children 
 of thele who offered to vindicate his Majefty's Authority, 
 fhould be feized on, and tranfported to forreign Countrys ; 
 having once and again follicite their Brethren in England, 
 that (uch of this Kingdom, as (for venturing their Lives for 
 the King) were then Prifonersin England, ihould be ftill kept 
 Prifoners as Pledges of the Peace; having thruft out of the 
 Offices of State, Places of Judicatory and publick Truft. all 
 fuch as were willing to engage for his Majefty's Relief and 
 Reftitution to his Government, and put fuch in their Places as 
 did oppofe the fame ; having laid on and raifed great Exac- 
 tions and Sums of Money from :he People, and employed 
 them for their own Ufes ; having feized on his Majefty's Re- 
 venues, and beftowed them upon themfelves, and fuch others 
 as were in open Oppofition and Arms againft him ; having 
 alfo feized upon the Properties and due Rights of the Subjecls, 
 and the Patronages by Law lecured unto them ; and having, 
 by thefe and many fuch like Acts, endeavoured to perpetuate 
 themfelves in their ufurped Power, they prorogated the 
 Meetings of their pretended Parliaments from Time to Time, 
 fubftituting fome of their Truftees for carrying on of their 
 Defigns in the While. And the Eftates of Parliament, having 
 taken thefe Proceedings unto their ferious Consideration, do 
 find that there was no Law nor lawful Authority for the 
 Meetings of thefe pretended Parliaments and Committees of 
 Eftates, but that the Perfons meeting therein did, without 
 any lawful Warrand, and in Contempt of his Majefty's Au- 
 thority, ufurp the Power to themteives. 
 
 And therefore the King's Majefty, with Advice and Con- 
 fent of his Eftates of Parliament, doth refcind and annull 
 thefe pretended Meetings of Parliament, and Committees a- 
 bove mentioned, and ail other Meetings of any pretended 
 Parliaments o: Committees flowing from the fame, and all 
 Acts, Deeds or Treaties done by them or their Warrand ; 
 excepting a! waves all fuch Afts as were paft in any Meet- 
 ing of Parliament, or Committee of Eftates authorized by 
 \ Pretence, and are not inconfiftent with this 
 prefent A£t ; And alfo declares any Ratification, which 
 
 thereafter 
 
appendix to Tart fecond. 1 6j 
 
 thereafter was paft ofthofe Meetings and Acts, to have been 
 void from the Beginning ; except in fo far as is expreft in the 
 Indemnity, Declarations and Provifions after mentioned : 
 Yet, notwithftanding of all thefe Provocations, the King's 
 Majefty, from his innate Goodneffe, being more defirous to 
 reclaim his Subjects to their Duty by Acts of Mercy, then 
 to reduce them by their too much deferved Cenfure, doth of 
 his meer Favour and Grace, with Advice and Confent fore- 
 faid, indemnify all fuch Perfons who fat and acted in thefe 
 pretended Parliaments and Committees, or who acted in or- 
 der thereunto, or by virtue of, and in obedience to the fame, 
 to be in all Time coming unqueftioned in their Lives and 
 Fortunes for thefe their Actings, excepting fuch as mail 
 be excepted in a general Act cA Indemnity to be part by 
 his Majefty in this Parliament. 
 
 And forafmuchas the ordinar Courts of Juftice did fit and 
 act by Warrand of thefe Meetings, the King's Majefty, for 
 the Good and Eafe of the People, doth, with Advice of 
 forefaid, declare that none of the Acts, Decreets or Senten- 
 ces, given by thefe who fat as Lords of Seflion, or as infe- 
 riour Judges within this Kingdom thefe Years, nor no Exe- 
 cution following thereupon, are for Want of lawful Autho- 
 rity to be queftioned -, wherearcnt his Majefty, with Advice 
 forefaid, by thefe Prefents difpenfes : And alfo his Ma [el 
 confidcring that, by a pretended Act and Commiffion from 
 the faid pretended Meetings or Parliaments, Augmentations 
 were granted to Minifters, Kirks were divided, new Kirks 
 were erefted, and Lands from one Paroch to another dif- 
 Aed and annexed, and divers other Particulars decerned 
 in relation to the Plantation of Kirks; which Commiffion?, 
 one or more, though thev had no lawful Authority, bur in 
 themfclves were anJ arc null, yet his M eing dc- 
 
 firnus to give all due F ment to th< rrt of the 
 
 doth, with Advice and Confent declare, 
 
 Thar all Acts, Decreets and Sentences pronounced 
 given forth by the fai 
 thereupon, arc and irni! i 
 
 I loch as, upon I | be 
 
 crncd. The D referred 
 
1 68 appendix to Tartfecond. 
 
 by his Majefty, with Advice and Confent forefaid, to the 
 Commiflion for Plantation of Kirks, to be eftabliihed by his 
 Jvlijeltv in this prefent Parliament, that they, after hearing 
 of Parties, and Confideration of Particulars, may take fuch 
 Courfe fur altering, annulling or allowing of what was dons 
 by Vertue of the faids Commiflions in the Yeares One thou- 
 sand fix hundred and forty nine, and One thoufand fix hun- 
 dred and fifty, as they iliall think juft, conform to the (land- 
 ing Laws and Acts of Parliament preceeding the Year One 
 thoufand fix hundred and forty nine j and ordains Procefs, 
 upon Supplication, to be fummarly granted, Parties alwayes 
 being cited, and that without any Reduction : As alfo with 
 Power to the faids Commiflioners to be appointed, upon the 
 Dependence of the faids Complaints and Procefs, to dif- 
 charge Execution upon the foresaids Decreets, in Whole or 
 in Part, as they mall find jufr, ay and while the Matter may 
 be determined by them. And forafmuchas, by a pretended 
 Commiffion for the Exchequer, divers Infeftments, Gifts, 
 and others, were pa ft in the forefaids Years One thoufand fix 
 hundred and forty nine, and One thoufand fix hundred and 
 fifty, his Majefty, with Advice forefaid, declares, That all 
 fuch Gifts, Infeftments, and others, are and mall be valid, 
 excepting alwayes new Gifts, and Difpofitions of Lands and 
 others, granted and pad to his Highnefs's Prejudice, and fuch 
 other Gifts, as, upon the Complaints of Parties, mail, by his 
 jMajefty's Treafurer and Commiflioners of Exchequer, be 
 found to have been unjuftly granted or pad:, in Prejudice of 
 prior Gifts under his Majefty's Hand, though not paft in 
 Exchequer. And whereas, by a pretended Act of the fore* 
 faid pretended Parliament, intitled, Aft abollflnng the Patro- 
 nage* of Kirks, all Patronages and Prefentations of Kirks, 
 whether belonging to the King or any laick Patron, Presby- 
 teries, or others, were difcharged, and all Acts, Gifts and 
 Rights granted thereanent refcinded -, and yet neverthelefs it 
 was thereby declared, That the taking away of the Patrona- 
 ges mould not prejudge the Patron's Rights to the Teinds, nor 
 weaken his Infeftment wherein the fame is contained, and 
 that- the Tithes of the Kirks, whereof the Prefentations were 
 ah >lilhed, fhould belong he r etably to the Patrons, and be 
 infened in their Rights and Infeftments in place of their Pa- 
 tronage. 
 
'Appendix to Tart pcoHith \(y 
 
 Nonage, with Power to the Patron to difpone upon the f 
 Tiends in Manner and with fi contained in 
 
 faid Aft ; and, notwirhftanding that the forefaid Aft nd 
 whole Parliament be declared null, yet neverthelefs hie Mi- 
 jefly, with Advice forefaid, doth by thefe Presents declare, 
 That it (hall be lawful to laick Patrons, or Heritor:, to a- 
 gree with the beneficed Perfons for Tacks or Rights 
 Tiends belonging to the faid beneficed Perfons, according to 
 the Laws of the Kingdom ; with this Provifiol), That the 
 faids Tacks {hail be noways prejudicial to the Stipend and 
 Maintenance of the Miniflers and Perfons to be prefented, 
 according as the fame hath been already modified, or (hall 
 be modified in Time coming, and that notwithstanding of 
 any Afts or Scarutcs made in the contrair. All which Afts 
 his Majcftjr, with Confent forefaid, by thefe Prcfcnt: dif- 
 charges : And in like Manner, his Majeity with A J 
 forefaid, declares, That, as to fuch Perfons who are pre- 
 {ently in PofTelTion of Kirks pertaining to the fai Pa- 
 
 iges, the faids Perfons and Miniifr their 
 
 Service, claim no Right nor Poffeflion to the Tiends of their 
 Kirks and Pa roc bins, other then they had formerly be- 
 fore the making of this Aft, they having always a fufneient 
 tenance allowed and granted to tl jrding to the 
 
 Laws of the Kingdom. 
 
 Aft XV. Refc'irJ'ihg an \ 
 the Tears \ 640, 1 6ai , 
 
 THE Eftatcs of Parliament, confidcring that the P< 
 and Happinefs of this Kingdom, an 
 
 therein, doth depend upon the 5 I Mi 
 
 fty's Pcrfbn, and tl nance o( '.ori- 
 
 ty, P 1 Greatnels, and that all I 
 
 and Diio adorn hath groanc I 
 
 twenty three Years, have iflued from, and been the ne tcflary and 
 natural Produfts pj 
 
 which, in and from the Beginning of tin 
 on the fpeciotis (but fa If 
 non Cloak of all R 
 and Roy . . 
 
iyo jfppendix to Tart Jecond. 
 
 father of blcfled Memory : And notwithstanding that, by 
 the facred Right inherent to the Imperial Crown, (which 
 his Majefly holds immediately from God Almighty alone) 
 and by the ancient Conftitution and fundamental Laws of 
 the Kingdom, the Power of convocating and keeping AiTem- 
 blies of the Subjects ; the Power of calling, holding, prorogu- 
 ing and duTolving of Parliaments, and making of Laws ; the 
 Power of entering into Bonds, Covenants, Leagues and Trea- 
 ties ; the Power of raifing Amies, keeping of Strengths and 
 Forts, are effential Parts and infeparable Privileges of the 
 Royal Authority and Prerogative of the Kings of this King- 
 dom; yet, fuch hath been the Madnefs and Delufion of thefe 
 Times, that even Religion itfelf, which holds the Right of 
 Kings to be facred and inviolable, hath been pretended unto 
 for Warrand of all thefe injurious Violations and Encroach- 
 ments, fo publickly done and owned upon and againft his 
 IVlajefty's juft Power, Authority and Government, by making 
 and keeping of unlawful Meetings and Convocations of the 
 People •, by entering into Covenants, Treaties and Leagues ; 
 by feizing upon and pofTefling themfelves of his Majefty's 
 Caftles, Forts and Strengths of the Kingdom, and by holding 
 of pretended Parliaments, making of Laws, and raifing of 
 Armes for the maintaining of the fame ; and that not only 
 \vithoiit Warrant, but contrary to his Majefty's exprefs Com- 
 mands : And although the late King's Majefty, out of his 
 xneer Grace and Refpecls to this his native Kingdom, and the 
 Peace and Quiet of his People, and for preventing the Confe- 
 quenccs which fuch a bad Example and Practice might occa- 
 fion, to the Difturbance of the Peace of his other Kingdoms, 
 was pleafed, in the Year One thonfand fix hundred and forty 
 one, to come into this Country, and, by his own Prefence, 
 st their pretended Parliaments, and otherways, to comply 
 with and give Way to many Things nearly concerning the 
 undoubted Intercft and Prerogative of the Crown, expecting 
 that fuch unparallelled Gondefcenfions mould have made his 
 Subjects aihamed of their former Mifcarriages, and the very 
 Thoughts thereof to be hateful to them and their Pofterity 
 for ever ; yet fuch was the Prevalency of the Spirit of Rebel- 
 lion that raged in many for the Time, that, not content of 
 that Peace and Happincfs, which, even above their Dfcfire?, 
 
 \Y3; 
 
Appendix to Tart fecond. 171 
 
 fyas fecured to them; nor of thofc many Grants of Honour 
 and Profit, by v/hich his Majcfty endeayoured to endear the 
 mull defperate of them to their Duty and Obedience, they 
 then, when his Majefty had not left unto them any Pretence 
 or Shadow of any new Defire to be propofed, either concer- 
 ning themfelves or the Kingdom, did moft unworthily engage 
 to fubvert his Majefty's Government, and the publick Peace 
 of the Kingdom of England ; for which Purpofe, having join- 
 ed in a League with fome there, they, for the better Profecu- 
 tion of the fame, did aifumc unto themfelves the Royal 
 Power, kept and held Parliaments at their Pleafure, by the 
 pretended Authority of which they laid newExacYions upon 
 the People (which in one Month did far exceed whatever by 
 the King's Authority had been raifed in a whole Year) levi- 
 ed Amies, fent cut Edicts requiring Obedience unto their 
 unlawful Demands, and with all Manner of Violence purfued 
 fuch as out of Duty to his Majefty's Authority oppofed them, 
 by Fines, Confinements, Imprifonment, Baniihment, Death, 
 and Forfeiture of their Pofterity ; and, with their Army thus 
 raifed, invaded his Majefty's Kingdom of England, and joined 
 with fuch as were in Anns againft his Majefty there : And 
 thus maintaining their ufurped Power, and violently execut- 
 ing the fame, againlt all Law, Confcience, Honour and Hu- 
 manity, have made themfelves Inftruments of much Lofs, 
 Shame and Dilhonour to their native Country, and have 
 juftly forfeited any Favour they might have pretended to 
 from his Majefty's former Conceffions. And iorafmuchas 
 now it hath pleafcd Almighty God, by the Power of his own 
 right Hand, fo miraculoully to reftore the King's Majefty to 
 the Government of his Kingdoms, and to the Exercife oi 
 his Royal Pov/er and Sovereignty over the fame, the Eitates 
 of Parliament do conceive themfelves obliged, in Difcharge 
 qf their Duty and Confcience to God and the King's Maje- 
 fty, to employ all their Power and Intereft for vindieati: g 
 his Majefty's Authority [nv.w all theft* violent Invafions that 
 have been made upon it, and, fo far as is poflible. I e out 
 
 of the Way every Thing that may retain any Remembrance 
 of thefc Things which have been fa injur;' Majefty 
 
 and his Authority, fo prejudicial lira bit to the 
 
 I kingdom, o,nd dcftrr t cYivc to ft|l juft and true Ii.tercfts with- 
 1 in the (amp. Ami rtinfu!*" inJ T ^ the L T nla\vfulneis 
 
j 72 Appendix to Tart fecond. 
 
 of the publick Agings during thefe Troubles, mod of the 
 A&s, in all and every of the Meetings of thefe pretended Par* 
 liame'nts. do highly encroach upon, and are deitrucYive of 
 that fovereign Power, Authority, Prerogative and Right of 
 Government; which, by the Law of God and the ancient 
 Laws and Conftitutions of this Kingdom, doth refide in, anc} 
 belong unto the King's Majefly, and do reflect much upon the 
 Honour, Loyalty and Reputation of tins Kingdom, or are 
 expired, and ferve only as X eft i monies of Difloyalty and 
 Reproach upon the Kingdom, and are unfit to be any longer 
 iipon Record, therefore the King's Majeity and Eitates 
 of Parliament do hereby reicind and annul] the pretended 
 Parliaments kept in the Year's One thoufand fix hundred and 
 forty, One thoufand 'fix hundred and forty one, One thou- 
 sand fix hundred and forty four, One thoufand fix hundred 
 and forty five, One thoufand fix hundred and forty fix, One 
 fix hundred and forty feven, and One thoufand fix hundred 
 and forty eight! and all Acls and Deeds pair, and done in 
 them, anc] declares the fame to he henceforth void and nulK 
 And his Majeily,' being unwilling to take any Advantage of 
 the Failings 'of his Subjects during thofe unhappy Times, is 
 refolved not to retain any Remembrance 'thereof; but that the 
 fame mail be held in everiafting Oblivion. And, that all Diffe- 
 rence and AnVniofitics being forgotten, his good Subjects may, 
 in a nappy Union under his Royal Government^ enjoy that 
 Happinefs and Peace which his Majefty intends, and really 
 Wifhetti unto 'them as unto himfelf, doth therefore, by Ad- 
 vice and Content of his Eiiates of Parliament, grant his full 
 AfTu ranee and Indemnity to all Perions, that acled in or by 
 Vertue of the laid pretended Parliaments, and other Meetings 
 flowing from the fame, to be unquefiioned in their Lives or 
 Fortunes, for any Deed or Deeds done by them in their faid 
 Ufurpation, or by Virtue of any pretended Authority deriv- 
 ed there,. rpting always fucn as fhall be excepted in 
 a general AC: of Indemnity to be part by his Majeity in this 
 Parliament : And it is hereby declared, That ail A els', 
 Rights and Securities pbft in any of the pretended Meetings 
 above written, or by Virtue thereof, in favours of any parti- 
 cular Perfons, for their civil and private Ir.terefts, &2II Hand 
 good and vali umil the fame be taken into far- 
 ther Con/ideratioh, and be determined in this or the n 
 ^eilion oftjusParliajueiu, 
 
A 
 
 COLLECTION 
 
 Of the principal 
 
 ACTS and S TATUTES 
 
 Hade by the 
 
 PARLIAMENTS 
 
 O F 
 
 SCOTLAND 
 
 In favours of the 
 
 True Troteftant Religion and 
 Trcsbytenal Church-Governmcnc, 
 
 F % o M 
 
 The Revolution (1688.) to the Incorporating 
 Union with England (1707.) 
 
 WITH 
 
 An Abridgment of the other Laws refpefling 
 Religion, from the Rejloration (1660.) to 
 the prefeut Tin 
 
 EDINBURGH, 
 ncc of his 
 
 . South-Side of 
 q and Count! 
 
TO THE 
 
 READER. 
 
 THis third Part doth natively divide itfelf into four Pe- 
 riods, viz. The Firft, during Cromwel's ten Years LF- 
 furpation ; the Second, from the Reparation of King 
 Charles II. (i<56o.) to the Revolution (1688.) containing the 
 Reigns of the two Royal Brothers Charles II. and James VII.' 
 the Third, from the Revolution to the incorporating Union be- 
 jtwixt Scotland and England (1707.) containing the Reigns 
 •f K. W-itliam and Q. Mary, and a Part of Qj Anne's \ and 
 the Fourth, from the incorporating Union to. the prefent 
 Year 1749. containing the reft of Q. Anne's Reign, the whole 
 Reign of K. George I. and what is paft of the Reign of his 
 prefent Majefty. But, 
 
 The Firft of thefe Periods haying been an Interregnum, 
 the Second having been famous only for unparallelled Ty- 
 ranny and Perfection, and the Fourth affording little to the 
 prefent Purpofe, what A&s are here v given at Length fall 
 "within the Third only : Meantime, that the Hiftory of the 
 legal Eftablifhment of Religion in this v Nation may be com- 
 pleat, you are alfo here furnifhed with genuine Abridgments, 
 of the Laws made in the fecpnd and fourth Periods. 
 
 No doubt many Readers would be fatisfied with Obfer- 
 vations upon the foregoing and fubfequent Acls ; but, though 
 I incline this, I am aware that the different Sentiments of 
 fome others do forbid it ; and therefore I leave them as they 
 are to your impartial Consideration, and refer thofe who 
 fland in need of fuch Helps to the Perufal of the Criterion, 
 a fecond Edition whereof will be fpeedily publifbed ; and 
 which, in the Opinion of fome, far more judicious than its 
 Author, is reckoned a fit Supplement to thefe Collections. 
 
[ *75 ] 
 A 
 
 COLLECTION 
 
 Of the principal 
 
 ACTS and STATUTES 
 
 Made by the 
 
 PARLIAMENTS of SCOTLJNH 
 
 In favours of the 
 
 True Trot eft ant Religion and Tresbyterial 
 Church -Government, from the Revolution 
 ( 1 688.) to the incorporating Union with Eng- 
 land (1707.) 
 
 jtft XIII. The Declaration of the EJlates of the Kingdom of 
 Scotland, containing the Claim of Right, and the Offer of 
 the Crown to their Majejlies King William and Queen 
 Mary. April i 1. 1689. * 
 
 WHereas King James VII. being a profefled Papift, 
 did aflame the Regal Power, and acted as King, 
 without ever taking the Oath required by 1 
 whereby the King, at his Accefs to the Government, is o- 
 bligcd to fwcar to maintain the Proteftant Religion, and 
 
 rule 
 
 * Tliis Aft i; iftei owlcdged in lcvercl A£ts of Parltiment, rr\i 
 
 1 hereof, dc(.lir:i High 
 
Ij6 The Declaration of the E/idtes 1 6S8 a 
 
 rule the People according to the laudable Laws ; and did, 
 by the Advice of wicked and evil Counfellers, invade the 
 fundamental Conftitution of this Kingdom, and altered it 
 from a legal limited Monarchy to an arbitrary defpotkk 
 Power-, and, in a publick Proclamation, afTerted anabfolute 
 Power to cafs, annul and difable all the Laws, particularly 
 arraigning the Laws eftablifhing the Proteftant Religion, and 
 did exerce that Power, to the Subversion of the Proteftant 
 Religion, and to the Violation of the Laws and Liberties of 
 the Kingdom; 
 
 By erecting publick Schools and Societies of the Jefuits ; 
 and not only allowing Mafs to be publickly faid, but alfo 
 inverting Proteftant Chapels and Churches to publick Mafs- 
 Houfes, contrary to the exprefs Laws againft Saying and 
 Hearing of Mafs ; 
 
 By allowing Popiili Books to be printed and difperfed by 
 a Gift to a Popiib Printer, defigning him Printer to his 
 Majefty's Houfhold, College and Chapel, contrary ro the 
 Laws ; 
 
 By taking the Children of Proteftant Noblemen and Gen- 
 tlemen, fending and keeping them abroad to be bred Papifts^ 
 making great Funds and Donations to Popifh Schools and 
 Colleges abroad, beftowing Pennons upon Priefts, and per- 
 verting Proteftants from their Religion, by Offers of Places, 
 Preferments and Penfions ; 
 
 By difarming Proteftants, while at the fame Time he em- 
 ployed Papifts in the Places of greateft Truft, Civil and Mi- 
 litary, fuch as Chancellor, Secretaries, Privy Counfellors, 
 and Lords of Seffion, thrufting out Proteftants to make Room 
 ibr Papifts, and entrufting the Forts and Magazines of the 
 Kingdom in their Hands ; 
 
 By impofing Oaths contrary to Law ; 
 By giving Gifts and Grants for exacting Money, without 
 Confent of Parliament or Convention of filiates,* 
 
 By levying or keeping on Foot a (landing Army in Time 
 of Peace, without Confent of Parliament, which Army dii 
 exact Locality, free and dry Quarters ; 
 
 By employing the Officers of the Army as Judges through 
 ♦he Kingdom, and impofing them where there were heritable 
 
 Offices 
 
The Declaration of the Ejtates I6SS, if? 
 
 Offices and JurifJ ■friar n many of the Lieges v 
 
 put to Death fummarily, without legal Trial, Jury or Re- 
 cord ; 
 
 By impoftng exorbitant Fines to the Value of tlie Pa 
 Ellates, exacting extravagant Bail, and difpofing Fines and 
 Forfeitures before anv Pr >cefs or Convi<fti m ; 
 
 By imprifoning Perfons without expreffmg the Re&fbft, ^ni 
 delaying to put them to Trial ; 
 
 By caufmg puriue and forfeit feveral Perfons upon C 
 ches of old and obfelete Law?, upon frivolous, and weak: 
 Pretences, upon lame and defective Probations, as particu- 
 larly the late Earl of drgyle, to the Scandal and Repro 
 of the Juftice of the Nation ; 
 
 By fubverting the Right of the Roya! Burghs, the third 
 Eftatc or^Parliamenr, impofing upon them not only Magi- 
 ftratcs, but alio the whole Town Council and Clerks, con- 
 trair to their Liberties and exprefs Charters, without the 
 Pretence either of Sentence, Surrender, or Confent; fo thai 
 the Commiffioners to Parliaments bein^ chofen by the Ma- 
 giltrates and Council, the King might in Effecl: a!s well no- 
 minate that entire Eilate of Parliament ; and many of the 
 faids Magiltrates put in by him were avowed Papifrs, and thd 
 Burghs were forced to pay Money for the Letters impofing 
 the'e illegal Magillrates and Councils upon the 
 
 By fending Letters to the chief Court of Juilicc, hot on- 
 ly ordaining the Judges to (lop and defift fine dig \ 
 mine Caufcs but alio ordering and commanding them !. 
 >ceed in Cafes depend'; them, co. 
 
 Laws; and, by changing the Nature i 
 Gift > n Comm. 
 
 bene; them to Compliance with arbitrary 
 
 irfes, and turning them out of their O 
 diJ not comply ; 
 
 ranting pcrfor.nl Protections fur fci s contrarv 
 
 iW. 
 
 AH which arc utterly a: contrary to : 
 
 La»>, Statures and Freedo: 
 
 Therefore the I 
 declare* Thai 
 aifume the R 
 
 I 
 
jyS I he Llatm of Right '\ 
 
 taking the Oath required by Law, and hath, by the Advice 
 of evil and wicked Gounfellors, invaded the fundamental 
 Conftitution of the Kingdom, and altered it, from a legal 
 limited Monarchy, ro an arbitrary defpotick Power, and hath 
 exercifed the fame to the Subverfion of the Proteftant Re- 
 ligion, and the Violation of the Laws and Liberties of the 
 Kingdom, inverting all the Ends of Government, whereby 
 he hath forfeited the Right to the Grown, and the Throne is 
 become vacant. 
 
 And whereas his Royal Highnefs William then Prince of 
 Orange, now King of England, whom it hath pleafed the Al- 
 mighty God to make the glorious Inftrument of delivering 
 thels Kingdoms from Popery and arbitrary Power, did, by 
 the Advice of feveral Lords afid Gentlemen of this Nation, 
 at London for the Time, call the Eftates of this Kingdom to 
 meet the Fourteenth of March laft, in order to fuch an Efta- 
 blifliment, as that their Religion, Laws and Liberties might 
 fcot be again in Danger of being fubverted : And the faids 
 Eftates, being now affembled in a full and free Reprefenta- 
 tive of this Nation, taking to their moft ferious Confidera- 
 tion the beft Means for attaining the Ends aforefaid, do, iri 
 the firft Place, as their Anceftors in the like Cafes have u- 
 fually done, for the vindicating and afferting their ancient 
 Rights and Liberties, declare, 
 
 That, by the Law of this Kingdom, no Papift can be 
 King or Queen of this Realm, nor bear any Office whatfo- 
 ever therein •, nor can any Proteftant Succeffor exercile the 
 Regal Power, until he or fhe fwear the Coronation Oath : 
 
 r ha£ all Proclamations afferting an abfolute Power to 
 cafs, annul I and difable Laws, the erecting Schools and 
 Colleges for Jefuits, the inverting Proteftant Chapels and 
 Churches to publick Mafs-Houfes, and the allowing Mafs to 
 be faid, are contrary to Law : 
 
 That the allowing Poptiri Books to be printed and difper* 
 fed, is contrary to Law : 
 
 That the taking the Children of Noblemen, Gentlemen, 
 fcnd others, fending and keeping them abroad to be breoVPa* 
 pifts, the making Funds and Dotations to Popiih Schools 
 and Colleges, the beftowbg Penfions on Priefts, and the 
 
 perverting 
 
The Claim of Right. 1 79 
 
 psrverting Protectants from their Religion, by Offers of 
 Places, Preferments and Penfions, are contrary to Law ■ 
 
 That the difarming of Proteftants, and employing Papilts 
 in the Places of greateft Truft, both Civil and Military, the 
 thruiring out Proteftants to make Room for Papifts, and I 
 intruding Papiits with the Forts and Magazines of the Ki 
 dom, are contrary to Law : 
 
 That the impofing Oaths, without Authority of Parlia- 
 ment, is contrary to Law : 
 
 That the giving Gifts or Grants for rai/ing of Money, 
 without the Confent of Parliament or Convention of Eftates, 
 is contrary to Law : 
 
 That the employing the Officers of the Army as Judges 
 through the Kingdom, or impofing them where there were 
 heritable Officers and Jurifdiclions, and the puttir.g the 
 Lieges to Death fummarily, without legal Trial, Jury, or 
 Record, are contrary to Law : 
 
 That the impofing of extraordinary Fines, the exacting 
 of exorbitant Bail, and the difpofing of Fines and Foriei- 
 tures before Sentence, are contrary to Lav 
 
 That the imprifoning Perfons, without exprcffing the 
 Reafon thereof, and delaying to put them to Trial, is con- 
 trary to Law : 
 
 That the canfing purfue and forfeit Perfons upon Stret- 
 ches of old and oblblcto Laws, upon frivolous and v. 
 Pretences, upon lame and defective Probation, as partjcul 
 \y the late Earl of Argylc, are contrary to L 
 
 That the nominating and impofing the Magifti 
 Councils and Clerks upon Burghs, contrary to th . 
 -.nd exprcfs Charters, is contrary to L I 
 
 That the fending Letters to the Coun 
 the Judges to ilop or defift from determining Caulc 
 ordaining them how to proceed in Caulcs depending before 
 them, and the changing the Nature of the Ju 
 v'ttam nut cuh Com m ill i 
 
 contrary to Law : 
 
 That the granting per fun a 1 Proieifti(;; 
 contrary to Law : 
 
 t the forcing the Lieges to depone ag 
 
I So "The Claim of Right. 
 
 \\) capital Crimes, however the Punh]iment be reftrifted, is 
 pqntrary to Law : 
 
 That the ufing Torture without Evidence, or in ordinary 
 Crimes, is contrary to Law : 
 
 That, the fending of an Army in an hoftile Manner, upon 
 any Part of the Kingdom, in a peaceable Time, and exact- 
 ing of Locality, and any Manner of irte Quarters, is con- 
 trary to Law : 
 
 That the charging of the Lieges with Lawborrows at the 
 Thing's Influnce, and the impofiog of Bonds without the Au- 
 thority of Parliament, and the fufpending Advocates from 
 their Implo)ment, for not compearing when fuch Bonds 
 V^ere offered, were contrary to Law : 
 
 That the putting of Garriions in private Mens. Houfes in. 
 Time of Peace, without their Gonfent, or the Authority of 
 Parliament, is contrary to Law : 
 
 That the Opinions of the Lords of Seffion, in the two 
 Cafes following, were contrary to Law, viz. i. That the 
 concealing the Demand of a Supply for a forfeited Perfon, 
 although not given, is Treafon ; 2. That Perfons refuflng 
 to difcover what are their private Thoughts and Judgments, 
 in relation to Points of Treafon, or other Men's Actions, 
 are guilty of Treaf >n : 
 
 That the fining Husbands for their Wives withdrawing 
 from the Church, was contrary, to Law : 
 
 That Prelacy, and the Superiority of any Office in the 
 Church above Presbyters, is and hath been a great and in- 
 jfypportabie Grievance and Trouble to this Nation, and 
 ^onfrary to the Inclinations of the Generality of the People 
 ever mice the Reformation, ( rhey having reformed from 
 Popery by Presb\ tcrs) -and therefore ought to be aboliihed : 
 That : -r is the Right and Privilege of the Subjects, to pro- 
 reft: for Jlemeed of l>aw to the King and Parhament, againft 
 Sentences pronounced by the Lords of Seffion, providing 
 the fame cjo not ftop ExecuUon r { clufe Sentences : 
 
 That it is the Right of the Snbjefts to petition the King, 
 and ti)^t aj) Imprisonments and Pro.ecutions for fuch Peti- 
 tioning are contrary to Law : 
 
 t for Redrcjs of all Grievances, and for the amend- 
 ifjM, {Lengthening end prefervihg of the Lays, Parliaments 
 
Claim of Right, and Offer of the Crown. 181 
 
 ought to be frequently called and allowed to fit, and the 
 Freedom of Speech and Debate fecured to the Members. 
 
 And they do claim, demand and infill upon all and fun- 
 drv the Premilfes as their undoubted Right and Liberties ; 
 and that no Declarations, Doings, or Proceedings to the 
 Prejudice of the People, in any of the laid PremifTcs, 
 ought in anyways to be drawn hereafter in Conlequcnce 
 or Example, but That all Forfeitures, Fines, Lofs of OrEces, 
 Jmprifonments, Banilhments, Puriuits, Prrfecutions, Tor- 
 tures, and rigorous Executions, be confidered, and the Par- 
 ties lefed be red relied. 
 
 To which Demand of their Rights, and redrelllng of their 
 Grievances, they are particularly encouraged by his Majefty 
 the King of England his Declaration lor the Kingdom of 
 
 Day of Gttobcr la ft, as 
 being the only Means for obtaining a full Redrefs and Re- 
 nin . 
 
 "re an entire Confidence, that his faid Ma- 
 jefty the K':: g oj England will perfect the Deliverance Co far 
 meed by him, and will Hill prcferve them from the Vio- 
 r Rights which they have here aiTerted, and 
 from ts upon their Religion, Laws and Li- 
 
 berties, 
 
 Eftates of the Kingdom of S 3 ) refolve, 
 
 Thai ' ;- King and Queen i | .', France 
 
 •■/, be, and be declared King and Queen of St 
 to hold the Crovn and Ro\ al Dignity of the laid 
 lorn of S r «> them the (aid King and Queen, 
 
 icir Lives, and the longcfr Liver of them, and that 
 the (ole Kxercife of the Regal Power be only in 
 
 and e\erciled by him the ! . j of the 
 
 faid King and Queen, during their joint Lives j and, 
 c the (aid Crown and Royal D . 
 kiiii to be to the Heirs i I 
 Queen ; • to rhp Prince fl nd 
 
 ||lC Heirs of hi 
 the i 
 
 And pray the I 
 
1 82 Trekcy abolifhed. 
 
 And that the Oath hereafter mentioned be taken by all 
 Prorellants, of whom the Oath of Allegiance, and any 
 other Oaths and Peclarations might be required by Law, in- 
 stead of them, and that the faid Oath of Allegiance, and o- 
 ther Oaths and Declarations may be abrogated. 
 
 T A. B. do fincerely promife ani fivear, That I will be faith- 
 «* /«/, and bear true Allegiance to their l\lajejlies King Wil- 
 liam and Queen Mary. So help me God. 
 
 An A G T made in the firft Parliament of K. William and Q. 
 ' Mary. 
 
 Art III. Abolijbing Prelacy, iid July id8p. 
 
 Wriereas the Eftates of this Kingdom, in their Claim of 
 Right of the eleventh of April laft, declared that 
 Prelacy, and the Superiority of any Office in the Church above 
 Presbyters, is and hath been a great and infupportable Griev- 
 ance to this Nation, and contrary to the Inclinations of the 
 Generality of the People ever fince the Reformation, they 
 having reformed from Popery by Presbyters, and therefore 
 ought to be aboliilied, our Sovereign Lord and Lady, the 
 King and Queen's Majefties, with Advice and Confent of the 
 Eftates of Parliament^ do hereby abolifii Prelacy, and all Su- 
 periority of any Office in the Church in this Kingdom above 
 Presbyters, and hereby refunds, cafles and annul Is the firft 
 Jfi of the fecond Sejl™ of the firft Pari, of K. Charles IL 
 and the fecond Ac? of the third Scf. of the firft Pari, of K. 
 Charles II. and the fourth A3 of the third Pari, of K. Charles 
 II. and ail other Ac"h, Statutes and Conftitutions, in fo far 
 a.llanerly as they are inconfiftent with this Act, and do efta- 
 blifli Prelacy, or the Superiority of Church-Officers above 
 Presbyters : And the King and Queen's Majefties do declare, 
 that they, with Advice and Confent of the Eftates of this 
 Parliament, will fettle by Law that Church -Government in 
 this Kingdom, which is moft agreeable to the Inclinations of 
 the People. 
 
 ACTS 
 
Supremacy refthtded. OutedmifiiJtersrejlGred. 183 
 
 ACTS made Sef. 2. Perl. 1. K. William and Q. Mary. 
 
 Atl I. Re/binding the f.rfl A Si of the fecond Parliament 1669. 
 i$ih April 1 690. 
 
 OUR Sovereign Lord and Lady, the Kirr* and Queen's 
 Majsfties, taking into their Consideration, that, by the 
 fecond Article of the Grievances prefentej to their Majefties 
 by the Eftates of this Kingdom, ir is declared. That the firft 
 Aft of the fecond Parliament of K. Charles II. intitled, A3 
 offer ting his M$jeftft Supremacy over all Pcrjhns, and in all 
 Caufes ecdejiafliccly is inconfillent with the Eftabliihment of 
 the Church-Government now defired, and ought to be abro- 
 gat, therefore their Majefties, with Advice and Confent of 
 the Eftates of Parliament, do hereby abrogat, refcind and 
 annul the forefaid Aft, and declares the fame, in the whole 
 Heads, Articles and Claufes thereof, to be of no Force or 
 Effecl in all Time coming. 
 
 A3\\. Rtflari&g the Presbyterian Miviflers. who mere thru ft 
 from their Churches fince th$ fir ft Day of January 166 1. 
 25 tb April 1690. 
 
 FOrafmuchas, by an Aft of this prefent Pari p men*, 
 relative to and in Profecution of the Claim of K 
 Prelacy, and the Superiority of Church-Officers above Pref- 
 bytcrs, is aboliihed j and that many Miniflcrs of the Pn 
 terian Perfuafion, fince the Firft of January One thcufanJ. 
 hundred fixty one, have been deprived of their Churches, or 
 baniilied for not conforming to Prelacy, and not complying 
 with the Courles of the Time, therefore their Majefties, with 
 Advice and Confent of the Ettatcs of Parliament, ordain and 
 appoint, that all thefe Presbyterian Minifters yet alive, who 
 were thruh 1 from their Charges fince the firft Day of Jm 
 I fix hundred fixty one, or banilhc 
 ■ling tu Pt 
 the Time, h Churches, that 
 
 . may pr< iilry in I Q rs, 
 
 hout any new Gail ; and 
 
1 84 The outed Mhijiers rejlored. 
 
 that for the whole Crop One rhoufand fix hundred eighty 
 riine, and immediately to enter to the Churches and ManTes 
 where the Churches are vacant, and where they are not va- 
 cant, then their Entry thereto is declared to be the Half of 
 the Benefice and Stipend, due and payable at Mkhaelmafs 
 laft, for the Half Year immediately preceeding betwixt Whtt* 
 funday and Mkhaelmafs ; declaring that the prefent Incumbent 
 fliall have Right to the other Half of the Stipend and Benefice 
 payable for the Whit funday laft bypaft ; and to the Effecl that 
 thefe Miniftcrs may meet with no Stop or Hinderance in en- 
 tering immediately to their Charges, the prefent Incumbents 
 in fuch Churches are hereby appointed, upon Intimation 
 hereof, to deilft from their Miniftry in thefe Parirhes, and to 
 remove themfelves from the Manfes and Glebes thereunto be- 
 longing, betwixt and Whit funday next to come, that the Pref- 
 byrerian Minifters, formerly put out, may enter peaceably 
 thereto, and appoints the Privy Council to fee this Acl put to 
 Execution. 
 
 Aft V. Ratifying the Confefion of Faiths and fettling Presbyteri- 
 an Church-Government. 7th June 1690. 
 
 OUR Sovereign Lord and Lady, the King and Queen's 
 Majefties, and three Eftates of Parliament, conceiving 
 it to be their bound Duty, after the great Deliverance that 
 God hath lately wrought for this Church and Kingdom, in 
 the firft Place to fettle and fecure therein the true Proteftant 
 Religion according to the Truth of God's Word, as it hath 
 of a long Time been profefTed within this Land ; as alfo 
 the Government of ChrifVs Church within this Nation, a- 
 greeable to the Word of God, and moft conducive to the * 
 Advancement of true Piety and Godlinefs, and the efta- 
 blifhing of Peace and Tranquillity within this Realm ; and 
 that' by an Article of the Claim of Right it is declared, 
 That Prelacy, and the Superiority of any Office in the 
 Church above Presbyters, is and hath been a great and unfup- 
 ' portable Grievance and Trouble to this Nation, and contrary 
 to the Inclinations oi' the Generality of the People ever fince 
 the Reformation', they having reformed from Popery by 
 Presbyters, and therefore ought to he nboliihed. Likeas, by 
 
 an 
 
The Confeffion and YrPsfyftrj? ratified, i 85 
 
 pi) A& of the laft Scflicn of this Parliament, Prelacy rs aboliili- 
 ed, therefore their Majefties, with Advice and Content of the 
 faid three Eftates, do hereby revive, ratify rind perpetually con : 
 firm all Lav/s, Statures and.Acls ot Parliament made ag^ 
 Popery and Papifts, and for the Maintenance andj^eiervati 
 of the true reformed Proteftant Religion, and tor the true 
 [ phurch of Chrift within this Kingdom, in (o far as they c 
 ffirm the fame, or are made in favours thereof : Likeas nicy, 
 by thefe Prefents, ratify and eftabliih the Confeffion of Faith 
 read in their Prefence, and voted and approven by them as 
 the publick and avowed Confedion c>f thjs Church, contain- 
 ing the Sum and Subftance of\ the. Doctrine of the relbrmea 
 Churches, (which Confeflion of Faith is fubjoined to this prc- 
 fent Act*) as alfo they do eftabliih, ratify apd confirm the 
 Presbyterian Church Government and Difcipline ; that is to 
 fay, the Government of the Church by Kirk-Seulons, Pref- 
 byteries. Provincial Synods and General Aflemblies, ratified 
 and eftabliihed by the 114 Act, Ja. VI. Pari. 12. anno 1592; 
 entitled, Ratification of the Liberty of the true Kirk, if. 
 and thereafter received, by the general Confent of this Nati- 
 on, to be the only Government of Chrift 'a Church within 
 this Kingdom ; reviving, renewing and confirming the iuie- 
 faid Aft of Parliament in the whole Heads. thereof, except 
 that Part of" it relating to Patronages, which is hereafter to 
 A a be 
 
 • To dul K& \vas fubjoincd the Confeflion of Faith, u-fid 
 tre the Heads or Titles of theChapt, tvre. 
 
 d and the Holy Trinity. Gh p. Ill 
 crecs. Chap. IV. Of Creation. <■ 
 the Fall of Mnn, and of the I'unifh'mcnt thereof 
 jiant wttilM MI. OfChfift the 
 
 Chap. 
 cloptio location. ( 
 
 Of Rcpcntai 
 Of Pcrfevtrancc of the I 
 • 
 
 I 
 finite. Chap. :.' 
 Church. Chap. :• 
 
i2 6 Laws for Trelacy refunded* 
 
 be taken into ConfiJcration ; and refcinding, annulling, andl 
 making void the Afts ci Parliament following, viz. Aft anent 1 
 Reftitution of Biihops, Ja. VI. Pari. iS. t7tf/>. 2. Aft rati- 
 fying the A£h of the AffetoMy 1 6 1 o .y<7. VI. Pari. 1 1 . Cap. 1 . 
 Aft anent the Election of Archbifnops and Bifhops, Ja. VI. 
 Ptf/7. 22. £#/>. 1. Aft intitled, Ratification of the five Ar- 
 ticles of the General AiTembly at Perth, Ja. VI. Pari 23. 
 Cap. i. Aft intitled, For the Reftitution and Re-cfiabliih- , 
 nnient of the antient Government of the Church by Arch- ■ 
 bilbops and Bifliops, Char. II. Pari. 1. Seff. 2. Aft 1. Anent 
 the Conftitution of a National Synod, Char. 11. Pari. 1. Setf; 
 3. A& j. Aft againft fuch as refufe to depone againft De- 
 linquents, Char. II. Pari. 2. Sefl. 2. Act 2. Aft intitled, Aft 
 acknowledging and afterting the Right of Succeffion to the 
 Imperial Crown of Scotland, Chart. II. Pari. 3. ^cJ 2. Aft: 
 intitled, Aft anent Religion and the Teft, Char. II. Part. "jf.I 
 Aft 6. with all other Afts, Laws, Statutes, Ordinances and 
 proclamations, and that in fo far allenarly as the faids Aft?, 
 and others generally and particularly above mentioned, are 
 contrary or prejudicial to, inconfiftent with or derogatory 
 from the Proteftant Religion, and Presbyterian Govern- 
 ment how eftablifhed ; and allowing and declaring, that 
 the Church-Government be eftablimed in the Hands of, and 
 exercifed by thefe Presbyterian Tvlinifters who were outed 
 fim.e the fir ft of January 1661. for Non-Conformity to'j 
 Prelacy, or not complying with the Courfes of the Times, 
 and are now reftored by the late Aft of Parliament, and fuch 
 ■ Minifters and Elders only as they have admitted or reeeived, 
 or (hall hereafter admit or receive ; and alfo, that all the (aid 
 Pre^ovterian Minifters have, and fhall have Right to the 
 Maintenance, Rights, and other Privileges by Law provided 
 to the Mirriftfcfs of ChrihVs Church within this Kingdom, 
 are or mat! be legally admitted to particular Chur- 
 ches : Li&eas, in Purfuance of the PremifTes, their Majcfties 
 do hereby appoint the firfl: Meeting of the General Aftembly 
 of this Church? as above eftablifhed, to be at Edinburgh the 
 third Thurf/jv of Otloben next to come, in this inftant Vear 
 1690. And becanfe many conform Minifiers either have 
 deferred, or were removed from Preaching in their Churches, 
 preceding the 13th Day of April 168?. and others were de- 
 prived! 
 
'Allowance given for a General AJJembly. 187 
 
 prived for not giving Obedience to the Aft oftheEltates 
 tithe faid 13th of April 1689. intitled, Proclamation again]} 
 the owning the late King James, and appointing public': . 
 King William and Qjeen Mary, therefore their Majefties, with 
 Advice and Confcnt forefaid, do hereby declare all the 
 |Churches, either deferted, or from which the conform Mini- 
 ers were removed or deprived, as faid is, to be vacant, and 
 hat the Presbyterian Miniiters exerciflng their Miniftry with- 
 n any ofthefe Parifhes, (or where the lait Incumbent is dead) 
 3y the Dcfire or Confent of the Parlili, (hall continue their 
 Poifetfion, and have Right to the Benefices and Stipends ac- 
 ording to their Entry in the Year i63q. and in Time coni- 
 ng, ay and while the Church, as now elrablilhcd, take far- 
 hcr Courfe therewith : And to the Effecl the Diforders 
 hat have happened in this Church may be redreffed, their 
 slajefties, with Advice and Confcnt forefaid, do hereby al- 
 ow the general Meeting, and Rcprcfcntativcs of the forefaid 
 ^esbyterian Miniiters and Elders, in whofe Hands the Exer- 
 ife of the Church Government is cftabliihed, either by them- 
 slves, or by fuch Minifters and Elders as mall be appointed 
 ihorized Vifitors by them, according to the Cultom 
 ud Practice of Presbyterian Government throughout the 
 [ingdom, and fevcral Parts thereof; to try and purge 
 ut all infufftcient, negligent, fcandalous and erroneous Mini- 
 ers. by due Courfe of ccclefmftical Procefs and Cenfures, 
 nd like ways for redrefling all other Church Diforders: And 
 irther, it is here |ed, that whatfoever Minifter, be- 
 
 »g conveened before the (aid General Meeting, and Jlepre- 
 rntatives of the Presbyterian Minifters and Elders, or the 
 to be appointed by them, (hall either prove contuma- 
 ous in ry>t appearing, or be found guilty, and lhall be there- 
 ire cenfure,' r by Sufpenfion or Depofitton, they 
 
 3 faflo be fufpended from, or del i their Sti- 
 
 sndsand Be 
 
 19M July 1690. 
 
 rieen Majefties the 
 
 keeping of the 1 ulc-Vj 
 
1 88 Agamji Chriftvwfs and ^Patronages, 
 
 tuption to the Courfe of Juftice in this Kingdom, to the Hin-j 
 elcrance and heavy Prejudice of the Lieges thereof" therefore 
 they, with and by the Advice of the Eftates of Parliament, 
 have difcharged, and "fimply difcharges the forefaid Yule Va* 
 cance, and all Obfervation' thereof, in Time coming ; and re- 
 fcinds and annulls ail Arts, Statutes Warrands and Ordinann 
 pes whatfqrne'ver, granted any Time heretofore for keeping 
 pftfrp faid Yule-Vacance, with all Cuftom or Obfervation 
 thereof; and finds and declares the fame to be extincl, voidj 
 nri of no Force nor Effect in Time coming ; and ordains 
 the Court and Seffion of the College of Juftice, and Senators' 
 and Members thereof, to conveen 'and fit for the Administra- 
 tion of Juftice, without any Interruption by the forefaid Yule 
 Vacance, from the firft Day of November to the laft of Fi 
 hrna-y tncinjive yearly : And ordains the faid Senators, an 
 remanent Members of the' College of Juftice, to rife the fai 
 lail Day of February, and to conveen and fit down again, foi 
 Adrninittrarion of Juftice to the Lieges, the flrft Day of Jun k 
 yearly, and to rife'the laft Day of July next thereafter inch 
 jHv .* And alio ordains the whole remanent Judges of inferior 
 Courts within the Kingdom, to proceed in the x^dminiftration 
 of Juftice within their leveral JurifdicYions, Without any Re 
 fpccTrofhe faid Yuie Vacance, and without any Interrupti- 
 on or Vacation by the laid Yule-Vacance, notwithstanding oi 
 znv bygone Cuftom of Obfervation of the laid Yule-Vacance 
 Jteing the fame is now difcharged in Manner forefaid. 1 I 
 
 AS) XXIII. Concerning Patronages ■'-{•. 19th July 1690 
 
 OUR Sovereign Lord and Lady, the King and Queen 
 Maiefties, ' considering that the Power of prefentin 
 Minifters to vacant Churches, of late exercifed by' Patron 
 harh been greqtlv abufed, and is inconvenient to be continue 
 >n this Realm, do therefore, with the Advice and Confent < 
 the Eftates of Parliament, hereby difcharge, cafs, annular 
 iV.ake void thp forefaid Power heretofore exercifed by any P 
 tron, of prcfenting Minifters to any Kjrk now vacant, 1 
 that in 1 1 i hereafter happen to vakk within this Kingdoi 
 v/ith all E^crciie of the faid Power j and alio all Righ 
 
 Gi. 
 •J- This Aft is refunded by ail A£\ ?£ the£nt';fi Parliament, anno 17; 4, 
 
jigainjl Patronages. 185* 
 
 Gifts and Infeftments, Acts, Statutes and Cuftoms, in fo far as 
 they may be extended or underltood to eltabliih the faid Right 
 of Prefentation, but Prejudice always of fuch Minifters as 
 lire duly entered by the forefaid Prelentations (while in Ufe) 
 their Right to the Manfe, Glebe, Benefice, Stipend, and o- 
 ther Proiits of their rclpecYive Churches, as accords ; and but 
 Prejudice to the Patrons, of their Right to employ the vacant 
 Stipends on pious Ufes within the refpeclive Paroches, ex- 
 cept where the Patron is Popilh, in which Cafe he is to em- 
 ploy the lame on pious Dies oy the Advice and Appointment 
 of the Presbytery , and, in cale the Patron lhali iaill in ap- 
 plying the vacant Stipend for the Ufes forefaid, that he 
 jhall lofc his Right of Adminittration of the vacant Stipend 
 for that and the nest Vacancy, and the lame (hall be difpof- 
 cd on by the Presbytery to the Ufes forefaid, excepting al- 
 ways the vacant Stipends within the Bounds of the Synod 
 Of Argylc ; and to the Effect the calling and entering Mini* 
 jlers in all Time coming may be orderly and regularly per- 
 formed, their Majeltics, with Gonfent of the Eftates of Par- 
 liament, do itatute and declare, That, in cafe of the Vacan- 
 cy of any particular Church, and for fupplying the fame with 
 a Minifter, the Heritors of the faid Parifh, (being Proteftants) 
 and the Elders, are to name and propofe the Pcrfon to the 
 whole Congregation, to be either approven or difapproven 
 by them ; and \t they difipprovc, that the Difapprovers give 
 in their Reaions, to the EfteJl the Affair may be cognofced 
 n by the Presbytery of the Bounds, at whofc Judgment, 
 and by whole Determination the Calling and Entry of a par- 
 ticular Minifter i-; to be ordered and concluded ; and it is 
 hereby enacted, that if" Application be not made by the El- 
 ocrihip and Heritors of the Pariih to the Presbytery, for the 
 Gill and Choice ol a Minifter within the Space of fix Months 
 
 ancy, that then the Presbytery may procct 
 provide the (aid Pariih, and plant a Minifter in the Church 
 uto : It is alwayes hereby declared, 
 , (hall be bui Prejudice' of the calling of Mmiftei 
 
 Council and K 
 i, where there is ho Landward Pariih, as 
 r I 66 d. and where there 
 U a able fan of the Par,:;; in Landwaid, 
 
1 90 Who pall call Mhiifters, 
 
 Call Hull be by Magiftrates, Town-Council, Kirk-Seffion, ani 
 the Heritors of the landward Pariih : And, in Lieu and Recom- 
 pence of the faid Right of Prefentation hereby taken away, 
 their Majefties, with Advice and Conient foreiaid, ilatute and 
 ordain the Heritors and Liferenters of each Pariih, and the 
 Town-Council for the Burgh,, to pay to the faid Patrons, be- 
 twixt and Martuimcfs next, the Sum of fix hundred Merks, 
 proportionally efieiring to their valued Rents in the fafd Pa- 
 rid), viz. two Parts by the Heritors : and a third Part by the 
 Liferenters, deducing always the Patron's own Part cfieiring 
 to his Proportion as an Heritor, and that upon the faid Patron 
 his granting a iufficient and formal Renunciation of the faid 
 Right of Prefentation, in favours of the faids Heritors, Town- 
 Council for the Burgh, and Kirk-Seftion : And it is hereby 
 declared, that as to the Farifhes to which their Majcfties 
 have Right to prefcnt, upon Payment of the faid iix hundred 
 Merks to the Clerk of the Treafury, their Majefties lhall be 
 fully denuded of their Right of Preientation as to that Pariih ; 
 and as to other Patrons, if they refill e to accept the faid fix 
 hundred Merks, the fame is to be configned in the Hands of a 
 refponfal Perfon in the Pariih, upon the Hazard of the Con- 
 signers, not to be given up to the Patron until he grant the 
 faid Renunciation, allowing in the mean Time the Heritors 
 and Kirk-Seftton to call the Minifter conform to this Act ; 
 and ordains Letters of Horning to be direct at the Inftance 
 of the Patron againft the Heritors and others, who (hall 
 not make Payment of the uid Six hundred Merks after the 
 faid Term of B(l<ytfinmafi next, and likeways at the Inftance 
 pf the Heritors, and others willing to pay, againft thefe 
 who are unwilling; and, in cafe the Patron be unwill- 
 ing to accept the laid Sum, or the Heritors and others afore- 
 said unwilling to pay, ordains Letters of Horning to be di- 
 rect at the Inftance of their Majcfties Solicitor, againft ci- 
 ther of them : And further, their Majcfties, with Advice and 
 Confent forefaid, ilatute, enact and declare, that the Right 
 of the Tiends of the (aids Parifhes, which arc not heritably 
 difponed, lhall, by Virtue of this prefent Act, belong to the 
 faid Patrons, with the Bin den always of the Minifters Sti- 
 pends, Tacks and Prorogations already granted of the faid 
 Tiends, and of fuch Augmentation* of Stipends, future Pro- 
 rogations, 
 
Lift of refunded Laws. 1 9 1 
 
 legations, and Erections of new Kirks, as fhall be found juft 
 and expedient, providing the laids Patrons, getting Right to 
 the Tiends by Virtue of this prefent AH, and who had no 
 Right thereto ai before, lhall be, likeas hereby 
 
 obliged to fell to each Heritor the Tiends of his own Lands, 
 at the Rate of fix Years Purchafe. as the fame fhall be valued 
 by a Commiflion for*Valuation of Tiends ; and whereas there 
 are certain Lands and Annualrents holdtn of the faid Benefi- 
 ces, and beneficed Perfons, firm which the Patrons might 
 have fome Benefit arifing to them, it is hereby ordained, 
 that the Right of Superiority of the faids Lands and Annual- 
 rents fhall belong to their Majefties in all Time coming, with 
 all the whole Cafualities and Emoluments thereof, notwith- 
 ftanding of any former -Aft of Parliament in the contrair ; 
 referving notwithftanding, to the Patrons, the Feu Farms and 
 
 Mails of the faid Superiorities, ay and while they receive 
 Payment and Satisfaction from iheir Majefties of the Price 
 thereof, at the Rate of ico Merks for each Chalder of Vic- 
 tual overhead ; and for each hundred Mcrks of Feu-Mail, 
 except where the faid Feu-Farms are a Part of the Minifters 
 dified Stipend, or where the Minrftcr is, and has been in 
 
 effion thereof by the Space of ten Years, or where he has 
 the full Benefice, in which Cafes rhcy are to be irredeemable. 
 Excepting Hkeways from this Acl the Superiorities belong. 
 
 to the Dcanry of" Hamilton, and the Provoftry of / 
 
 , whercunto the Duke of Hamilton has Right, which are 
 noways hereby prejudocd. 
 
 AA XXVII. Re t for Cotformtf. 19th July- 
 
 OUR Sovereign Lord and Lady, the King and Queens 
 ies, and three E I tment, coi 
 
 v it is for the V 
 an.! 
 
 flablilhcd, that the A ring be re 'ere- 
 
 . ann-ill and m I the AR % Cbarl. 2. 
 
 era irtf XJi iverfixies, 
 
 to be 
 
 Pari 
 
 I. 
 
1 9 % Lift of refunded LaiVs. 
 
 I, Setf. 3- ^ a P- 2 - againft Separation and Difobedicnce tb 
 eccleilaftick Authority, sift, Cup. 3. ibidem, additional Act 
 concerning the Declaration. Aft, ChaiL 2. Pari. 2. Setf. 2, 
 Cap. 5. againft Conventicles. «^<f7, Cap 6. ibidem, againft 
 disorderly Baptifms. Aft, Cap. 7. ibidem, againft Separa- 
 tion and withdrawing from the pviblick Meetings of divine 
 "VVorfhip. Aft, Chart. 2. Pari. 2. Setf. 3. Cap. o. againft 
 unlawful Ordinations. Aft, Char I. 2. Pari. 2. S^ 3. £*/>.• 
 17. againft Keepers of Conventicles, and "Withdrawers from 
 pubiick Worfhip. Aft, Char I. 2. Pari. 3. £#/>. 4, for fe- 
 curing of the Peace of the Country. Aft, James 7. Pari. 1. 
 fit^ 1. £tf/>. 6. obliging Husbands to be liable for their 
 "Wives Fines. Aft, Cap. 8. ibidem, againft Preachers at Con- 
 venticles, and Hearers at Field Conventicles. Aft, Cap. 24. 
 ibidem, ordaining that Tenants be obliged, by their Tacks 
 to live regularly. And generally all other Acls, Clanfes an& 
 Provifions in Acls whatsoever, made fince the Year \66\. 
 inch five, againft Non-conformity, or for Conformity to the 
 Church and Government thereof, as then cftablii&ed under 
 Archbiihops and Biihops. 
 
 Aft XXVIII. Refunding Jevercl Afts of Parliament. 19th 
 July idpo. 
 
 OUR Sovereign Lord and Lady, the King and Queens 
 Majefties, and three Eftates of Parliament, confidering 
 that, during thefe late Years bypaft, feveral Acls of Parlia- 
 ment have been made, which are now either ufelefs, or foun-3 
 to be hurtful, do therefore refcind, cafs, annul) and make 
 Void, in all Time coming, the Acls of Parliament following, 
 t-iz. Aft, Charl. 2. Pari. 1. Setf. 1. Cap. 17. anent a folemtl 
 Anniverfary Thankfgiving, with the Aft, Charl 2. Pari. 2. 
 Setf 3. Chap. 12. to the fame Purpofe. Aft, Charl. 2. Pari. 
 1. Setf. 2. Cap. 25. for denouncing excommunicate Perfons. 
 And, Pari 1. Setf. 3. Cap. 23. anent Sentences of Excommu- 
 nication, with all other Acls of the fame Import; and. but 
 Prejudice of this Generality, all Acls enjoining Civil Pains 
 upon Sentences of Excommunication. Aft, Charl. 2. Par/. 
 3. Cap 6. anent Religion and the Teft. Aft, Cap. 18. ibidem t 
 averting his Majefty's Prerogative in Point of Juiildiclio.n, 
 
 wi& 
 
JrV the Oath of Allegiance and Jljfurance. 193 
 
 with the Afts following, made during the Reign of the late 
 King James, viz. In the firft Seflion of his firft Parliament, 
 Att 2. except in fo far as concerns the Annexation of the 
 Excife to the Crown. Atts 5-, 6, 7, 8, 1 1, 1 3, 1 6, 1 7, 23, 25% 
 26, 27, 30, 36, 37, 40 and 42. all paft in that Seflion of Par- 
 liament : As likeways in the fecond Seffion of that Parlia* 
 ment, Atts 1, 6, 7, 9, 13, 26, 27, 28. all pail in that Parlia* 
 ment, with an imprinted Aft alfo part therein, refcindir.g a 
 former Aft annexing the Lands and Barony oSTarbet to the 
 Shire of Cromarty ; declaring, likeas their Majeftie3, with 
 Confent forefaid, hereby declares the whole forefaid Aft* 
 hereby above refcinded, to be of no Avail, Force, Strength 
 nor Effect, in Time coming. 
 
 A GTS made Sef. 4. Pari. 1. K. William and Q. JM 
 
 A& VI. For the taking the Oath of Allegiance and Ajp:razee* 
 23*/ May 1693. 
 
 FOrafmuchas the impofing and taking the Oath of Allcgi* 
 ance, and the Affurance, enafted in this current Parlia- 
 ment, as hereto fubjoined, will be a farther Security to the 
 Proteftant Religion and their Majeftics Government in this 
 prcfent Exigence, therefore the King and the Queen's Ma- 
 jellies, with Advice and Confent of the Eftates of Parliament, 
 ftatute and ordain. That the faid Oath of Allegiance be 
 fworn, and the fame, with the forefaid Aifurance, be fubferib- 
 ed by all Noblemen and their eldeft Sons, being pall Twenty 
 one Years of Age, and by all Perfons in Offices and Places ( f 
 publick Truft, civil, ccclcfhftical and military, to ?t«/7, by 
 all Members of Parliament, and Electors of Members of 
 Parliament, all Privy-Counfellors, all Officers of Stare anj 
 of the Grown, all the Lords of* Sel locate*, 111 
 
 others Members of the College of Jiftite, the Lr»ri? a of 
 Trcafury and Exchequer, Lords of Judiciary, and al] Mem 
 
 r thefe Courts, and all Officers and Members 
 Admirality, and all Officers and Member 1 
 Writers and Under-Keepcrs of the] ir.l. Puft^W 
 
 and their C tie Coi.'- 
 
 Vj Bill 
 

 5 
 
 1 94 Who mitft take tfje Oaths. 
 
 ; Burrows, and their Clerk, and the Servants who officiate im* I 
 der him, and the Agf nt For the Royal Burrows, the Confer- 
 •vator of the Scots Privileges in Holland, and the Factors at 
 the Staple Ports, all Collonels and other commiiTionat Offi- 
 cers of the Trainbands, all Perfons who are or (hall be Com- 
 miifioners for Valuation, Re-valuation, or rectifying Valua- 
 tion of Lands, and all Perfons having heritable Offices from 
 the King, not already mentioned in this Act, all Preachers 
 and Miniiters of the Gofpel whatfoever, and all Clerks \n 
 Church -Judicatories and Prefenters, and all Heritors voting 
 in the Calling of Miniiters, and all others whatfoever giving 
 Voice in the laid calling of Minifters at their Meeting for that 
 Effect:, all Perfons in this Kingdom named or to be nsmed 
 Judges in Commiffions of Judiciary, all Members of the Com- 
 mifTion for Valuation of Tiends and Plantation of Kirks or 
 other. Commiffions of Parliament,. all Sheriffs, Stewarts, Ba4Hes 
 of Royalties and Regallities, CommifTars and their Deputes, 
 Clerks and Fifcals, Jultices of Peace, Commiffioners for the 
 Supply and Excife, Officers of the Mint, with their Clerics and 
 Eifcals, all Procurators before any of the Courts above menti- 
 oned, all Writers to the Signet, all publick Nottars r and other 
 Perfons employed in Writing or Agenting, the Lyon King'at 
 Arms, the Lyon Depute, Hera ill ds, Macers, Purfevants and 
 JVIeflcngers at Arms, and their Clerk, all Chamberlains, Col- 
 lector s v Farmorers. Tackfmen, Siib Collectors of their Maje- 
 flies Crown Rents, Cuftoms, AiTeiTment, Excife, Bjfhop- 
 Renfrs, vacant Stipends, or any other Moneys belonging or 
 that fhall happen to belong to their Majefties ; all Surveyers 
 and Waiters for the Cuftoms and Excife, and Clerks in iny 
 of thefe Offices or Employments," and Clerks of Cocquets, all 
 Magtftrates, Deans of Guild with their Council, Treafurers, 
 Councilors, and Clerks of Burghs Royal, and ofRegallity, 
 or fuch as officiate for them, all Deacons of Trades, and 
 Deaon-Convecners in the faid Burghs, and fuch as have any 
 Voice in electing of Deacons of Trades, with all Clerks of 
 Trades, all Javlors and Keepers of Prifons, and Ur.^ 
 Keepers and their Clerks, and all Mailers and Doctors in 
 Univerfines, Col ledges or Schools, and Keepers of pubiick 
 jLiberaries, all Chaplajris in Families, and Pedagogues and 
 Governors id Children and Youth, all Officers in the Army, 
 
 Forts 
 
'Before ivhom the Oaths tnuft be taker*. 195- 
 
 Forts and Garrifons, and all Matters of Snips and their. 
 Mates : All which Perfons, and s every one 
 low, and in all Time coming, publ'._ 
 
 md fublcrbe the fame, with tne AiUiraiu. ,1 .sv- 
 
 z. The Oincers ofSrateand of the Crown, in J G ^unfel- 
 lors before the Secret Council; all Noolenacn, and their cidcH 
 Sons paft Twenty one Years of Age, and the chief Comman- 
 lers of the Forces, before the Secret Council, or fuch as they 
 [hall appoint ; all the Lords of Seifion, and all Members of 
 the College of Jultice, and others depending upon them, be- 
 fore the Setfion, or before the Privy-Council, or fuch a* the 
 Lords (hall appoint ; the Lords of j , and thofe de- 
 
 pending upon that Court, in the juitice' Court j the Lords, 
 xnd others Members of the Exchequer, befoie the Exchequer ; 
 the Lord High Admiral and the Judge, and other Officers and 
 Members of the Almirality, beiore theC mrt of Admirality ; 
 all Judges having Conimilfion oi Juki , te :i: :i Meeting, 
 
 before they exerce by Virtue of thele Commiiiions ; the 
 
 9 and Members of the Cian.cLarv. tt nrers to and 
 Under-Keepers of the Privy Seal, before the Sellion, or fuch 
 as the S urac il iiuil appoint ; Com mi timers to the 
 
 Convention of Burrows, the Clerk and the Servants who of- 
 
 jnder him, and the r the Burr<.v/<, before the 
 
 Convention of Burrows ; the Conlervator before the Com en - 
 tion of Burrows, or fuch as the Privy GpuriCfl Ihall appoint ; 
 and the Factors at Staple Pari feryatpr in 
 
 his Court; Members in the C >mmiilion f »r the \ aluati >n of 
 ': . PUntaiioQ oi 
 
 fore thofe refpecTive Commiiiions ; Shcri iillics 
 
 and their Dq 
 Q Courts Juftices of* 
 Peace, Conimillior.ers tor tin 
 their Conveencr. he firfl qu difsing htmli 
 the General of the Mint before th Council, a 
 
 the other OiHcers of the M'.nt. General there 
 
 rues and Procurator 5, 
 Twhich rhcy belong j all N 
 
 in Writing \r fuch 
 
 as the Council ihail 2] 
 •the Secret Council ; the Lyon Depute, Hcrauid:, i 
 
t$6 Before whom the Oaths nm ft be taken. 
 
 and Meffengers at Arms, with the Clerk, before the Lyon in 
 his Court ; the Macers before the refpecYive Courts wherein 
 they ferve, or before thefe whom the Council ihall appoint ; 
 ocrlains, Collectors, Farmorers, Tackfmen and Subcol- 
 leclorsof the Crown-Rents, Cuftoms,Excife, and Bifhop-Rents, 
 Survey crs, Waiters and their Clerks, before the Lords of Trea- 
 fury and Exchequer, or before whom they fhall appoint ; Col- 
 leftors of the Supply and Excifc, before the Commiilioners of 
 Supply and Excife; Magistrates, Deans of Gild, with theirCoun- 
 cil, Treafurers, Councilors, and Clerks of Burghs- Royal and 
 Regality, Deacons of Trades, and Dcacon-Conveeners, and 
 thefe who have a Voice in Electing of Deacons of Trades, and 
 Clerks of Trades, before the Council of the Burgh ; Officers 
 of the Anny before the Commander in Chief, or whom he mail 
 appoint; and Officers of Forts before the Secret Council, or 
 futh as they fhall appoint ; Matters of Ships and their Mates, 
 before the Gourt of Admirality, or fuch as they mail appoint , 
 and all the other Perfons above ranked, without any fpecial 
 Appointment, before fuch as the Privy-Council mail ap- 
 point : And their Majefties, with Confent aforefaid, ftatute 
 m\d ordain, that the whole Perfons above mentioned, fhall 
 iwear the faid Oath, and fubferibe the fame, and the Affur- 
 ance, in Manner aforefaid, betwixt and the twentieth Day 
 of Jane next ; for which End all the inferior Courts arc here-? 
 bydifpenfed with, to fit to the Effect aforefaid, excepting 
 Electors o.f" Members of Parliament, and Members of the 
 Com millions above mentioned, and thefe giving Voice in Cal- 
 ling of Minifters, and fuch as have a Voice in Electing of 
 Deacons of Trades, who are hereby appointed to take the 
 faid Oath, and fubferibe the fame, with the Affurance, as 
 follows, viz. The Electors of Members of Parliament, before 
 they elc<ft, Members of Conimiffions, before they exerce the 
 Commilllons ; and fuch as have a Voice in Calling of Mini- 
 fters, or Electing of Deacons of Trades, before they give 
 Voice in Galling of Minifters, or ElecTmg of Deacons of 
 Trades ; and alfo excepting the Confcrvator and the Fac- 
 tors qf the Staple-Ports, who are to fwear the faid Oath, and 
 fubferibe the fame, and the AiTurance, betwixt and the fif- 
 teenth Day of JnquJ} next. And the faid Oath and AlHx- 
 icc, fworn and (bbferibed as above, are to be recorded in 
 
"the Tains of not qualifying. 1 97 
 
 the Regifters of the refpe&ive Courts and Meetings, and the 
 Extracts thereof, under the Clerks Hands, to be reported to 
 their Majeities Privy Council, under the Pain of Deprivation 
 of the Clerk, lor fuch as are appointed to fwear and lubferibe, 
 betwixt and the twentieth of Juue, to be reported betwixt and 
 the firft of Auguft next ; and for the reft within twenty Days 
 after their faid fwearing and lubfcribing. And it is further 
 ftatute and ordained, That all Pcrfons who thai i hereafter be 
 advanced to, or employed in any of the fo.eiaid Offices, 
 Trufts or Stations, ihall, at their Entry unto, and before their 
 exercing thereof, fwear the faid Oath, and lubferibe the lame, 
 and the Affurance, in Manner aforefaid, to be recorded in the 
 Regifters of the rcfpecYive Courts, and reported to their Ala- 
 jeftics Privy Council, within the fpace at forty Days after 
 taking of the fame, and exercing the forelaid Offices, Trulls, 
 Priv Hedges and Employments ; which Reports are to be re- 
 ceived and taken in by the Clerks of Privy Council gratis. 
 And it is hereby ftatute and ordained, that all Pcrfons who 
 ihall obtain any free Gift or Donations Irom the Lords of 
 their Majeftics Privy-Council, Trcafury or Exchequer or 
 ihall prelent any Signature of Penfion, Remiifion or contain- 
 ing a Dd ., or of "anyother Cafualit\ , except Gifts of 
 
 Elcheats, are to take the faid Oath and Aifu. ance, before ob- 
 taining rhc faid Gift, or palling the faid Signature ; certifying 
 fuch of the forefaid Per fons as are, or ihall be in any publick 
 Office, Truil or Employment, or who (hill own and exercc the 
 fame, without taking the (aid Oath and Affurance, in Manner 
 
 . efaid, they Ihall be deprived iff faclo of their faid Offices, 
 Trulls and Employments, and Minifters provided to Kirks 
 Hull be deprived of their Benefices or Stipends, and Preach* 
 ers not provided to Kirks (ball be puniflied by Banilhment. or 
 otherways as the Council Ihali think fit ; and all the forefaid 
 Tackfmcu (hall be puniflied as the Privy Council mail think 
 I further, that they and ill other Perfons, whether 
 above ranked or not, who Ihall not fwear the faid Oath, and 
 funiculi/ the lame, and the Afliira 111 not he alio", 
 
 to keep any Horfcs above an hundred Mcrks Price, nor any 
 Sort of Arms moie than a walking Sword , certifying fuch 
 
 hall be found to hue Horlcs and Aims contrair to this 
 JVoviCun, cither in their 01 I the keeping of ot! 
 
 that 
 
I $>8 The Tains of not qualifying. 
 
 that bath the Owner and the'Keeper fhali incur the Penalty 
 of one thousand Merks, the one Half to the Informer, and 
 tbe other to their Majefties : And their Majefties, v/ith Con- 
 lent aforefaid, authorrfes and imp owers the Lords of Privy 
 Council to take fuch further, effectual Methods for difarming 
 thefe PerfonSr. and feafing of their Hurfes above the forefaid 
 Value, as they thall judge neteffary ; as like ways they im- 
 power the Council to call before them, all or any Heritors, 
 or other Perfons, whom they fhall think fit, whether above 
 ranked or not, and to put the (aid Oath and Aflurance to 
 them, and, in cafe of their Refufal, to proceed againft them 
 hy Fining, Confining, Imprifomnent and Baniibment, as they 
 ifeall fee Caufe ; the line, if they be Heritors, to be the Double 
 a£ their Cefs or Supply, and further, (if the Council mall 
 think fit) not exceeding a Years valued Kent •, and for others 
 not Heritors, the third Part of their efcheatable Goods, by 
 and attour the other Penalties contained in the 38th A (51 of 
 t&e fecond Seffion of this current Parliament. It is alfo here- 
 by enacled, that the faid Oaths of Allegiance and Affuranc.e 
 are in no Cafe to be impofed or taken fevcrally, but jointly ; 
 declaring hereby, that tkefe who refufe the one, (hall be hol- 
 den as refuting b:>th. And their Majefties, with Advice lore- 
 laid, recommends to their Privy Council, to fee this Act put 
 to a due and vigorous Execution with all Diligence; and it is 
 hereby declared, that the forefaid general Power, granted to 
 the Council, is to endure until the next SeiTion of Parliament 
 allcnarly* And iailly, it is hereby provided, that fuch as 
 have alreadv taken and fabferibed the faid Oath, and fub- 
 fcribed the Aflurance, mall not be obliged, by Virtue hereof, 
 to take and fubicribe the fame again in the fame Capacity. 
 
 Tke Oath of Allegiance, 
 
 /A. B. do Jincerefy promi/e and fd-ear, That 1 'will be faithful \ 
 and bear true Allegiance to their Mojefties King William 
 ■y. Sz hc'fKc G%J< 
 
 The AJurav.ce. 
 
 /A- B. : v- :.v the Sirxerity of my Heart, afert y edkmfoMij* and 
 tbtir Ithjefiies, L ..lam, andQaem 
 
 Mary, 
 
Conditions of Adtniffion to theMiniflry. 199 
 
 Mary, are the only lawful nmhsitei Sama*mm of tin Realm, as 
 wet/ de jure, that is, of Right, King and Qnaen. as de fcclo, thai 
 is, in the Pojfefion and E . he Cover nment; ani therefore 
 
 I do fincerely and faithfully pr we end engaga % tkit I will whi 
 Heart and Hand, Life and Goods \ mjint aim and defend their Ma- 
 je'lies Title and Government, againff the lute King James, and 
 bit Adherents, and ell other E msme% % who* artier fy C fen ar fecrai 
 Attempts, jhali difturb or dtfpizH their Abjefiiex in tie P 
 fion and Exercifc thei fl 
 
 4B XXIII. fir fettling the Qj:et and Peace of the Charch. 
 I ith June 1693. 
 
 OUR Sovereign Lord and Lady* the King and Queens 
 (tie?, with Advice and Confent of the Eftatcs of 
 Parliament, ratify, approve, and perpetually confirm the 5th 
 A 51 of the 2d Seflion of this current Parliament, intituled, A3 
 rfying the C rrc4- 
 
 m the whole H : Jes and Claufes there- 
 
 of; and do further ftatnte and ordain, that no Perfon be admit* 
 tel or continued, for here:/ . a M»nifter or Preacher 
 
 within this Church, unto c, having firft taken and fub- 
 
 be Oath ibed the AfTr.rance 
 
 lt appoint* Aft of this prefcnt Seflion 
 
 ,of Parliament, made there: 
 
 ' , ratified in the forefaid 5-th A«5t of the (econd 
 
 Hon of this parliament, declaring the fame to be the Con- 
 
 »n of his paith, and that he owns the Du&rine therein 
 
 lined, to be the true Dt.clrine vhich he will conftontly 
 
 adhere to ; a . that he ovois nrJ acknowledges Pref- 
 
 j fettled by the forefaid eth 
 Aft of the 2d Seflion of this Parliament, to be the only Go- 
 mem of this Church, and that he w-11 fubmit therein, and 
 
 . dire<n!y or indird 
 (■rejjLidicc I : And their Majef 
 
 A A 
 
 of all pul 
 i > 
 
 I 
 
200 Conditions of Admtjjion to the Church. 
 
 Authority of the fame; and that no Minifter or Preacher bg 
 admitted or continued for hereafter, unlefs that he fubferibe 
 to obferve, and do actually obferve the forefaid Uniformity. 
 And for the more effectual fettling the- Quiet and Peace of 
 this Church, the Eflates of Parliament do hereby make an 
 humble Addrcfs to their Majefries, That they would be plea- 
 fed to call a General Affembly for the ordering the Affairs 
 of the Church ; and to the End that all the prefent Mini- 
 fters poffeffing Churches, not yet admitted to theExercife of 
 the forefaid Church-Government, conform to the fa id Aft, 
 and who (hall qualify themfelves in Manner forefaid, and 
 rhall apply to the faid Affembly, or the other Church-Judi- 
 catures competent, in an- orderly Way, each Man for him- 
 felf, be received to partake with them in the Government 
 thereof; certifying fnch as ihall not qualify themfelves, and 
 apply to the (aid Affembly, or other Judicatures, within the 
 Space of thirty Days after meeting of the faid firft Affem- 
 bly, in Manner forefaid, that they may be depofed by the 
 Sentence of the (aid Affembly, and other Judicatures, tarn ab 
 c$zc:o qtt&m a benefice ; and withal declaring, That if any of 
 the faids Minifters, who hath not been hitherto received into 
 the Government of the Church, fhall offer to qualify them- 
 felves, and to apply in Manner forefaid, they fhall have their 
 Majefties full Protection ay and while they ihall be admitted 
 and received in Manner forefaid : Providing always, That 
 this Aft, and the Benefit thereof, fhall noways be extended 
 to fuch of the (aids Minifters as are fcandalous, erroneous, 
 negligent or inefficient, and againft whom the fame fhall 
 be verified within the Space of thirty Days after the fai4 
 Application ; but thefe, and all others in like Manner guil- 
 ty, arc hereby declared to be liable and fubjecl to the Power 
 and Cenfure of the Church as accords : And to the EffecT: 
 that the Reprefentation of this Church, in its General AC* 
 femblies, may be the more equal in all Time coming, re- 
 commends it to the firft Affembly that ihall be called, to ap- 
 point Minifters to be fent as Commiffioners from every Pref- 
 bvtcry. not in equal Numbers, which is manifeftly unequal 
 whe^e Presbyteries ar^ fo, but in a due Proportion to the 
 Churches and Parochins within every Presbytery, as they 
 Cull judge convenient: And it is hereby declared, That all 
 
 School- 
 
jfgainft Blajpbemji Sot 
 
 School-Matters^ and Teachers of Youth in Schools, are and 
 (hall be liable to the Trial, Judgment and Genfure of the 
 Presbyteries of the Bounds, for their Sufficiency, Qualifica- 
 tions and Deportment in the faid Office. And laftly, their 
 Majefties, with Advice and Confent forefaid, do hereby (U- 
 tute and ordain, That the Lords of their Majefties Pr 
 Council, and all other Magiftrates, Judges, and Officers of 
 Juftice, give alt due Afliftance for making the Sentences and 
 Cenfures of the Church, and Judicatures thereof, to be obey* 
 ed, or otherways effectual, as accords, 
 
 ACTS made Sef. j. Pari. I. KJVil/iam and Q. Mary, 
 
 Aft XI. Again/} Ma/hhemy* 48//; June fipf* 
 
 OUR Soveraign Lord, with Advice and Confent of th-e 
 Eftates of Parliament, does hereby ratify, approve and 
 confirm the Twenty fir ft Aft of the firft SefTion of the firft 
 Parliament of King Charles II. intitled, Ail cgainji the Crime 
 •fBlafphemy, in the haill Heads, Claufes, and Articles there- 
 of, and ordains the fame to be put to due and punftual Exe- 
 cution : And farther, his Majefty, with Advice and Confent 
 forefaid, ftatutes and ordains, That whoever hereafter iliall, 
 in their Writing or Difcourfe, deny, impugn, or quarrel, 
 argue, or reafon againft the Being of God, or anv of ths 
 Perfons of the bleifed Trinity, or the Authority of the holy 
 Scriptures of the Old and New Teftaments, or the Pr 
 dence of God in the Government of the World, ihall, 
 the firft Fault, be punifhed with tmprifonment, ay and white 
 they give publick Satisfaction in Sackcloth to the Congre- 
 gation within which the Scandal was committed ; and, ior 
 the fecond Fault, the Delinquent (hall be fined m an Year's 
 valued Rent of his real Eftatc, and the twentieth Pu 
 free perfonal Eftate* (the equal Half of which Fines are to 
 be applied to the Ufe of the Poor of that Paroch within 
 which the Crime (hall happen to be committed, and llM 
 ther Half to the Party Informer) betides his being i&lprii 
 cd ay and while he make again Satisfaction ki -nd, 
 
202 The Time for qualifying prorogate. 
 
 for the third Fault, he (hill be punifhed by Death, as an ob- 
 ftinate Blafphemer v Likeas his Majefty, with Advice and 
 Content fore faid, hereby auihorifes and ftriclly requires and 
 enjoyns all Magiftrates, and Minifters of the Law, and 
 Judges within this Kingdom, to put this prefent Act in Exe- 
 cution as to the firft Fault •, and does hereby impower and 
 require all Sheriffs, Stewarts, Bailies of Bailiaries and Re* 
 galities, and their Deputes, and Magiflrates of Burghs, to 
 put this prefent Act in Execution as to the fecond Fault ; 
 and as to the third Fault, his Majefty, with Advice and Con- 
 tent forefaid, remits the Execution of this prefent Aft to the 
 Lords of his Majefty 's Judiciary. 
 
 Afi XXVIL Concerning the Church. ltff/;July 169J. 
 
 OUR Soveraign Lord, being fenfible of the Hurt and 
 Mifchief that may enfue upon the expofing of the Peo- 
 ples Minds to the Influence of fuch Minifters who refufe to 
 give the Proofs required by Law of their good AffecYion to 
 the Government, and withal defirons, that, in the firft Place, 
 all gentle and eafy Methods fhauld be ufed to reclaim Men 
 to their Duty, whereby the prefent Eftablifhment of this 
 Church may be more happily preferved, the Knowledge of 
 the Truth, with the Practice of true Piety, more fuccefsful- 
 ly advanced, and the Peace and Quiet of the Kingdom more 
 effectually fettled, hath thnuqht good to allow, and, with 
 Advice and Confent of the Eftates of Parliament, hereby 
 all owes to all Minifters that were at the Time of his Ma- 
 jefty's happy Acceffion to the Crown, and have fince contU 
 nued actual Minifters in particular Paroches, and no Sentence 
 either of Depofition or Deprivation paft againft them, and have 
 not yet qualified themfelves conform to the Act of Parliament 
 I 693. intitled, AEi for taking the Oath of Allegiance, end the Af- 
 furance y a new and farther Day, viz. the firft of September in 
 this prefent Year 1 695- . to come in and take the faid Oath of 
 Allegiance, and to fubferibethe fame, with the Affurancc, be- 
 twixt and the faid Day, and that either before the Sheriff of 
 Sheriff-Depute of the Shires, or the Provoft or Bailies of the 
 refpeclive Burghs, or any other inferior Magiftrate of the 
 Bounds where they live, or before any Privy Counfellor, 
 
 with 
 
Indulgence of Ep'Jcopal Clergy. 203 
 
 with a Certificate under the Hand of the faid inferior Judges, 
 or Privy Gounfellor, to be reported to the Lords of his Ma- 
 jefty's Privy Council, or their Clerk, within the Space of 
 Twenty one Days after the Date ot the faid Certificate-, de- 
 claring, That all fuch as ill all duly come in and qualify 
 themfelves, as laid is, and fliall behave themfelves worthily 
 in Doclrine, Life and Converfation, as becomes Minifters of 
 the Gofpel, fliall have and enjoy his Majefty'b Protection, as 
 to their refpeclive Kirks and Benefices, or Stipends, they al- 
 ways containing themfelves within the Limits of their pa- 
 ftoral Charge within their laid Paroches, without offering to 
 exerce any Power either oi licenfing or ordaining Minifters, 
 or any Part of Government in General Aflemblies, Synods, 
 or Presbyteries, unlefs they be firft duly aifumed by a com- 
 petent Church-Judicatory ; in which Cafe it is hereby far- 
 ther declared, That the forefaid Minifters, firft qualifying 
 themfelves as above, may be aifumed by the refpecYive 
 Church- Judicatories to which they belong, and fliall apply 
 to partake with them in the prelent eftabliihed Government 
 thereof: Providing nevertheless, that as the faid Minifters, 
 who fliall qualify themfelves as faid is, are left free to ap- 
 ply or not to the forefaid Church-Judicatories, fo the faid 
 Church-Judicatories are hereby alfo declared free to aifumc 
 or not aifumc the forefaids Minifters, though qualified, as 
 they mall fee Caufe : WITH GERTIE [CATION, That 
 fuch of the faid Minifters, as fliall not come in betwixt and 
 the faid Day, are hereby, and bv the Force of thi \St t 
 
 ipp) fafh deprived of their refpecYive Kirks and Stipends, and 
 the fame declared vacant without an\ further Sentence. And 
 his Majefty, being purpofed that his Grace ftu!l be ilill pa- 
 tent to all, doetli further deJarc and ftatute, with Confent 
 forefaid, That at what Time focver any Miniflcr, either 
 fettled in a Church or not, fhall, upon Application, te judged 
 fit to be aifumed by an\ competent Church Judicatory, as 
 faid is, the forefaid Miniilcr, upon a Certificate thereof from 
 the faid Judicatory, fliall be admitted and allowed to qualify 
 hlmfell, by taking the Oath ol C, and fubferibinflj 
 
 the fame, with the Aflfurance, In Manner forefaid albeit the 
 laid firft of Septwmbir be pafl and tlapfed. And his Majefty, 
 villi Confent forc&id, allOPtf declarer and ilatutes as a- 
 
 bo\c, 
 
204 For Security of the Troteflant Religion. 
 
 bove, any Thing in the fore fa id 'Aft 1693. or in the other 
 A<5t of the fame Seffion of Parliament, intitled, Aft far fci» 
 %i'mg the Quiet and Peace of the Church, notwithstanding — -^ 
 
 An ACT made Seff. 8. Pari. 1. King William. 
 
 jfft II. For ft curing of the P rot eft ant Religion and Preshytenan 
 
 Government *. 
 
 OUR Sovereign Lord, with Advice and Confent of the 
 Eftates of Parliament, ratifies, approves and perpe- 
 tually confirms all Laws, Statutes and Acls oi Parliament 
 made for the eftablilhing, maintaining and preferving of the 
 true P rot eft ant Religion, and for the true Church of Chrift, 
 as at prefent owned and fettled within this Kingdom : As 
 likewife, for efiablifhing, ratifying and confirming the PreA 
 byterian Church-Government and Difcipline, that is to fay, 
 the Government of the Church by Kirk-Seflions, Presbyte- 
 ries, Provincial Synods, and General Affemblies, to be agree- 
 able to the Word of God, and the only Government of 
 Ch rift's Church within this Kingdom ; and particularly, with- 
 l out Prejudice of the Generality aforefaid, his Majefty, with 
 Advice and Confent forefaid, ratifies, approves and confirms 
 the fifth Acl: of the fecond Seffion of this current Parliament, 
 intitled, A CI ratifying the Coufejfiav of Faith, and fettling Pre f* 
 byterian Church- Government, in the haill Heads, Articles and 
 Claufcs thereof, as if at Length herein fet down : But Preju- 
 dice neverthelefs to the Twenty feventh Act of the filth Sef- 
 fion of the prefent Parliament, intitled, A Si concerning the 
 Church, as to the Allowance therein given to certain Mini- 
 fiers not a&t&tty aiTumed by the ordinary Church- Judicatures, 
 vnder this Condition and frovifion always exprefled in the 
 ierefaid Aft. 
 
 ACT 
 
 * Wifh cbis Act ggf£#S m Form, as well as Matter, A3 III. Vr.r). i, 
 '%)• Ap • fft4 Aft 1 1. P--ri 3, Q. A:u:e } begun tfth Miff 
 
Act of Security. 205 
 
 An ACT made Sef. 4. Pari. 1. Q^Anne, begun 3d Otto* 
 
 ' ber 1706. 
 
 jfft VI. /V fecuring the Proteflant Religion and Presbyterian 
 Church -Government. 
 
 OUR Sovereign Lady and the Eftates of Parliament, con- 
 sidering that, by the late Aft of Parliament for a Trea- 
 ty with England for an Union of both Kingdoms, it is provid- 
 ed, That the Commiflioners for the Treaty ihouki not treat 
 of or concerning any Alteration of the Worfhip, Diicipline and 
 Government of the Church of that Kingdom, as now by Law e- 
 ftabliihed ; which Treaty, being now reported to the Parliament, 
 and being reafonable and neceffary that the true Proteftant 
 Religion, as prefently profeffed within this Kingdom, wnh the 
 Worihip, Difciplineand Government of this Church, mould 
 be effectually and unalterably iecured, therefore her MajcT 
 fty, with Advice and Conlent of the laid Eftates of Parlia- 
 ment, doth hereby eftablifli and confirm the laid true Pr 
 ftant Religion, and the Worfhip, Difcipline and Govern- 
 ment of this Church, to continue without any Alteration to 
 the People of this Land in all fucceeding Generations -, and 
 more especially, her Majefty, with Advice and Conlent 
 aforefaid, ratifies, approves, and for ever confirms the tiiih 
 Aft of the firft Parliament of K. William and Q. A?*Qi 
 titled, A:l ratifying the Confetfun of Faith, and fgtiting Pi . 
 terian Church-Government, with the hull other Afts of Parlia* 
 rnent relating thereto, in Prolecution of the Declaration 
 of the Eftates of ihis Kingdom, containing the Claim cf 
 Right, bearing Date the eleventh of Y/r// 1089. And her 
 Majefty, with Advice and Conlent forefaid, expreily pro- 
 vides and declares, that the forefaid true Protcftant Religion, 
 contained in the above mentioned Conicflion of Faith, \ 
 the Form and Purity of Worlhip prefently in Vic uithin 
 Church, and its Presbyterian Cliuieh Gov 
 
 .-, that is to fay, the Government of the Church 
 Presbyteries, Pro .ods and 
 
 ferublies, all elhbliihcd by the : !"Par!ia.:i.- 
 
 purfuant to the Claim c M remain anc uru 
 
 , and tiuc the (ai | 
 
 br 
 
20 6 j4tl of Security. 
 
 be the only Government of the Church within the Kingdom 
 of Scotland : And farther, for the greater Security vt the 
 forcfaid Proteitant Religion, and oi the Worihip, Diici- 
 pline and Government of this Church, as above eitabliihed, 
 her Majcfty, with Advice and Content lorefaid, ftatutes and 
 ordains, that the Univeriities and Colleges of" St. Andrews, 
 Glajg<iiv t Aberdeen and Edinburgh, as now eltablifted by Law, 
 fhall continue within this Kingdom for ever; and that, in all 
 Time coming, no Profeflbrs, Principals, Regents, Matters, 
 and others bearing Office in any Untverlity, College or 
 School within this Kingdom, be capable, or be admitted or 
 allowed to continue in the Exerciie of their laid functions, 
 but fuch as fhall own and acknowledge the civil Govern- 
 ment, in Manner prefcribed, or to be preicribed by the Acts 
 of Parliament ; as alfo that, before or at their AdmilJions, 
 they do and ilia' 1 acknowledge and proleis, and iliall fub- 
 fcribe to the forcfaid Confeflion of Faith, as the Confellion 
 of their Faith, and that they will praclife and conform them» 
 felves to the WbHMp prefently in Vie in this Church, and 
 fiibmit them felves to the Government and Diicipline thereof) 
 and never endeavour, directly nor indirectly, the Prejudice 
 or Subversion of the fame, and that before the refpective 
 Presbyteries of their Bounds, by whatfoever Gilt, Prefen- 
 tation or Provifion they may be thereto provided. And 
 farther, her Majeity, with Advice forefaid, exprefly declares 
 and ftatutes, that none of the Subjects of this Kingdom 
 iliall be liable to, bur, all and every one of them, for ever 
 free of any Oath, Tell or Subfcription within this Kingdom, 
 contrary to or inconfiftent with the forelaid true Proteitant 
 Religion, and Presbyterian Church-Government, Worihip 
 and Discipline, as above eitabliihed, and that the fame, with- 
 in the Bounds of this Church and Kingdom, fhall never be 
 impoled upon or required of them in any Sort; and, lufily, 
 that, after t lie Deccafe of her prefent Majefty (whom God 
 long preferve) the Sovereign Succeeding to her in the Royal 
 Government of the Kingdom of Great- Britain, fhall, in all 
 Time coming, at his or her Acceflion to the Crown, fwear 
 and fubferibe, that they (hall inviolably maintain and preferve 
 the forelaid Settlement- of the true Proteitant Religion, with 
 the Government, BifcipHnei Worihip, Rights and Privileges of 
 
 thit 
 
'j48 of Security. 207 
 
 ihis Church, as above eftabliilied by the Laws of this King*, 
 dom, in Profecution of the Claim of Right. And it is hereby 
 ftatute and ordained,. that this Acl of Parliament, with the 
 Eftablifhment therein contained, (hall be held and obferved, in 
 all Time coming, as a fundamental and eiTential Condition 
 of any Treaty or Union to be concluded betwixt the two 
 Kingdoms, without any Alteration thereof, or Derogation 
 thereto in any Sort for ever j as alfo that this Aft of Parlia- 
 ment, and Settlement therein contained, (hall be infert and 
 repeated in any Aft of Parliament that fhail pafs for agreeing 
 and concluding the forefaid Treaty or Union betwixt the two 
 Kingdoms, and that the fame lhall be therein exprefly declar- 
 ed to be a fundamental and eiTential Condition of the faid 
 Treaty or Union in all Time coming. 
 
 A N 
 
 ABRIDGMENT 
 
 OF THE 
 
 LAWS refpefting RELIGION, 
 
 From the Re flora lion (1660.) to the Revolu- 
 tion ( 1 688.) not contained in the foregoing 
 Collc&ion. 
 
 CHARLES II. Pari. I. begun January I. \66\. 
 All I. Concerning : Oath of P. 
 
 BY this Act the Lord Chir.ci.!lor, ^>r who lhall be no. 
 ruinate by the i prcfide in Parliaments, or other 
 
 itoxics, lhall, at their Downiiuinrj, adniixiillratc I 
 
 its 
 
H 
 
 its Members the Oath of Allegiance and Oath of ^arllamenf, 
 acknowledging the King's Supremacy over all Pcrfons, and 
 in all Caufes , and all A'fts contrary hereunto are refcinded. 
 
 k Ali IV. Jferting his Majefi/s Royal Prerogative in making of 
 
 Leagues, and the Conventions of the 'Subjects. 
 . 
 
 THIS Aft ratifies Aft 131. p. 2,8. and Aft 12. p. 29* 
 and declares, That the explaining this Aft fo as not 
 to extend to Leagues and Bands made for preferving the 
 King, Religion and, Laws, for the Good of Kirk and King- 
 dom,- is falfe and difloyal. 
 
 Aci VI. Annulling the pretended Convention of EJlates kept in 
 the Year 1643. 
 
 Ereby the Convention of Eftates 1643. with all the 
 Afts thereof, are refcinded, as held and made without 
 Warrant from his Maiefty. 
 
 A& VII. Concerning the League and Covenant, and difcharging 
 the renewing thereof without his Majetys Warrant and Ap- 
 probation. 
 
 THIS Aft ordains, That the League called The Solemn 
 League and Covenant, and all that followed thereon, 
 are not obligatory on this Kingdom to meddle or intcrpofe, 
 by Arms or any feditious Way, in any Thing concerning 
 the Religion and Government of the Churches of Engla?id 
 and Ireland, or his Majefty's Government there; and that 
 none require the renewing or fw earing, or renew and fwcar 
 the faid League and Covenant, or any other Covenant, or 
 Oath, concerning the Government of the Church or King- 
 dom, without his Majcfty's fpeciaL Warrant and Approba* 
 tion, under all higheft Peril. 
 
 A3 VIII. Againft. Papifls, Priefts and Jefuits. 
 
 BY this it is appointed, That Papifts be prefented that 
 they may be profecute according to Law ; and that 
 Children, under Poplfh Parents, Tutors or Curators,* be 
 taken from them, and committed to the Education of fome 
 
 well- 
 
Abridgments* 2 £ 
 
 vell-affe<5Ved and religious Friend, at the Sight and by the 
 Order of the Privy Council • and that all Jefuits, Priefts, 
 and traffiquing Papifts, betwixt and the laft of March i66u 
 remove furth of the Kingdom under this Pain of Death. 
 
 u4cl XL For taking the Oath cf Allegiance, and averting th 
 Royal Prerogative* 
 
 BY this Act all Officers of State, Members of Privy 
 Council, Scffion or Exchequer^ Julticc-General, Ad* 
 miral, Sheriffs, Commiifaries, and their Deputes and ClerkSi 
 and all Magiftrates and Councils of Burghs, mud, at their 
 Admiflion to their Offices, take and fwear the Oath of Alio 
 giance, owning the King Supreme over all Perfons and in all 
 Caufcs;— and, at their utrnoft Power, defend and maintain 
 his Majcfty's Jurifdiclion aforefaid, and (hall never decline the 
 fame; — and alfo affcrr, under their Hand, his Ma jelly's 
 Prerogative in Manner fet down in the Aft, (partly evident 
 from the foregoing Abridgments :) As alfo, that aii Perfons 
 required by the Privy Council, or any having Power from 
 them, (hall be obliged to fwear the faid Oath, certifying, 
 that Refufers fhail not only be incapable of publick Trull, 
 but alfo looked upon as difanected to his Majefty's Govern- 
 ment j and fuch as mall refufe to afTert the Prerogative, (hall. 
 from thenceforth be incapable of publick Truft. But this 
 A<51 is in general Terms difcharged and innovate by the 
 Claim of Right, p. 182. 
 
 Aft XVI. Concerning Religion and Church-Government. 
 
 HErein the King, with Advice of Parliament, declares 
 his full and firm Rcfoiution to maintain the tru* 
 teflant Religion, in its Purity of Doclrine and Worlhip. as 
 cftabliflied in his Father and Grandfather's Times, and to pro- 
 move the Power of Godlincfs, and encourage the Ew 
 of Religion, and fupprefs all Profahefiefs 
 tcnancc and Protection to the Minillcrs behlving as b 
 
 Jfo to fettle the Government of the Church a; fliall 
 fiffi Word, Monarchy, and the Kingdom' 
 
 j .1 in the mean Time continues Jv-k-Scffiuns, Prcrbvteiies 
 
 D d an J 
 
2 1 o Abridgments. 
 
 and Synods behaving peaceably, notwithstanding the AftRe« 
 fciifory, />. 169. 
 
 Ad XVII. For a fokmn annivcrfary Thank/giving for his Ma* 
 jefly's Reftorathii to the Royal Government of his Kingdoms. 
 
 HEreby the Twenty ninth of May yearly is appointed 
 for the folemn Commemoration of the King's Refto- 
 ration ; and, for that End, that it be fct apart as an huly 
 Day unto the Lord, and be employed in Prayer, Preaching 
 and Praiflng, and lawful and fuitable Divertifements, with 
 Abftinence from all Handy -Labour and other ordinary Em- 
 ployments. And this Aft, as to the Narrative, is altered, 
 Aft t2. Self. 3. Pari. 2. Charles II. 1679. and the Words 
 of the Appointment renewed in other Terms, and the Not- 
 Obfervers ordained to be fined and otherways punifhed by 
 the Council, and other Judges ordinary, according to their 
 Condition. But, as to the religious Obfervance of that Day, 
 thefe Afts were both refcinded at the Revolution, as in/>. 192. 
 
 Act XVIII. For the due Observation of the Sabbath-Day. 
 
 BY this Aft is ratified all Afts made for the Obfervation 
 of the Sabbath, and difcharging all Salmon-Fifhing, 
 going of Salt-Pans, Mills or Kilns, hiring of Shearers, carry- 
 ing of Loads, keeping of Markets, and ufing of Merchan- 
 dize on that Day, and all other Profanations thereof, under 
 the Pain of 20 L. for each $&lt-Pan, Mill or Kiln, and 1x5 L. 
 for each other Profanation, to be applied as in the Aft arjent 
 Juftices of Peace, and that the Infolvent be punilhed in 
 their Perfons. And this Aft is ratified by Aft 22. SefT. 5, 
 Pari. 2. Charles II. 
 
 AB XIX. Agahfl Swearing and excejjlvs Drinking, 
 
 THis Aft ratifies former Laws againft Drunkennefs, 
 Curfmg and Swearing : And further, who blafpheme, 
 iwear, curie or drink to Excefs, fliall pay, the Nobleman 
 20 L. the Baron 20 Merks, the Gentleman, Heritor or Bur- 
 gefs 10 Merks, the Yeoman 40 Shillings, the' Servant 20 
 Shillings, totles quoties\ and the Minifter the fifth Part of his 
 
 Stipend, 
 
Abridgments. 21 1 
 
 Stipend, to be applied as in the Aft anent Juftices of Peace, 
 and the Infolvent to be puniihed in their Perfons. And this. 
 Aft is ratified, Aft 22. Seff. 3. Pari. 2. Cha.les II. 
 
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 Aft XX. Againjl Curfing and Beating of Parents. 
 
 His Aft, except the Preamble, is precifely in the Stile 
 of Aft 133. p. 153. 
 
 AS XXL Againjl the Crime of Blafphemy. 
 
 His Aft, except the Preamble, is precifely in the Stile 
 of Aft 28. p. 1-49. with the Addition, That it ihall not 
 be drawn farther back than the 17th February 1649. 
 
 Act XXV. For denouncing of Excommunicate Perfns. 
 
 THis Aft ratifies all the Afts of Parliament or Council, 
 preceeding the Year 1640. againft excommunicate Per* 
 fons i and that, Forty pays afrer Sentetice, Letters be di- 
 rect by the Lords of Privy Council or Seffion, at the In- 
 fiance of the King's Advocate, for denouncing them Rebels; 
 and that the fame, being done at the Crofs of Edinburgh and 
 Pier and Shore of Leith % mall be fufficient for Caption and 
 EPcheat, providing that the Proccii of Excommunication be 
 firft exhibite to the Lords of SelTion, in Seffion Time, to con- 
 fider the fame : But this Provifo is refcinded, Aft 23. Self 3. 
 Pari. 1. Charles II. And both thefe Afts, with all other 
 Afts of the fame Import, and all Afts enjoining civil Pains 
 upon Sentences of Excommunication, are refcinded, />. 192. 
 
 Aft X X K I V. Agaittf ges. 
 
 THis Aft ordain*, That whoever marries in a tlande- 
 (Vine unorder ly Way, or by Perfbm not A by 
 
 the Kirk, (hall be imprifoned for t! (w, and bcfidc 
 
 fhnll piy, the Nobleman 1000 L. the Mn ami Bur- 
 
 ; 1 L ill i I that they 
 
 .in in Priion while they lied 
 
 in the Pariih where rhej dwell; thai * 
 •or be bammed, not to 1 • 
 
 I none of the Parties, v. 
 
* 1 2 Abridgments. 
 
 themfelves married in England or Ireland, without Procla* 
 rnntion of Banns in Scotland, and againft the Order of this 
 Kirk, under the Pains, a Nobleman 1000 L. a landed Gen- 
 tleman iooo Merks, a Burgefs 500 L. each other fubftantial 
 Perfon 5-00 Merks, a Yeoman 100 L. and each inferior Pcr- 
 fon 100 Mevks, Half to the King, Half to the Pari A, and 
 that the King or Kirk's Advocate purfue the Contraveeners 
 of this Aft, and that fuch as are unable to pay be punifhed, 
 frith Stocks and Irons, and all without Prejudice of the 
 KirH-Cenfurcs. But thefe Pains are varied, as after noticed. 
 
 £ H ARIES II. Pari. i. SeiT. 2. begun 8th May 1662. 
 
 Aft U Far the Refihuthn and Re- eft alii foment of the ancient 
 ' Government of the Church by Archb'tfkops and Bijbops. 
 
 His Majefty and the Eftates of Parliament, finding Epi- 
 fcopal Government to be moft agreeable to the Word 
 of God, effectual for preferving of Truth arid Unity, and fuit- 
 able to Monarchy and the publick Peace, redintegrate the 
 State of Biihops to their ancient Rights and Places, and re- 
 flore them to the Exercife of their Funftion in the Church, 
 Power of Ordination, Cenfures and Difcipline, to be per- 
 formed by them, with Advice of fuch of the Clergy as they 
 §ialj think fit, ratifying all Afts formerly made in their Fa- 
 vours, and all Afts in the contrary and for Presbyterian Go- 
 vernment, efpecially the Aft Ja. VI. Pa-1. \z. Cap. 1 15. are 
 rcfcinded. Item, They are reftored to their Commiifariots 
 and Quotes, according to the Aft Ja. VI. Pari. 20. Cap. 6. 
 but Prejudice to the prefent Commiifaries their Clerks and 
 Fifcals of their Places. Item, All Gifts and Deeds, psft by 
 whatfbever Authority, to their Prejudice fince the Year 1 637. 
 are mad£ void, and they are repc)iie0ed for the Year 1 661 . a$ 
 ihty po$efted in the Year 1637. And this Aft is ratified, . 
 .Aft %. Self. 3. Pari. t. Charles II. But the v a:? both re- 
 jyinded, as in p. 186. 
 
yfbridgments. 2 1 3 
 
 Ait II. For Preservation of his Majzftfs Verfon, Authority c J 
 Government. 
 
 THis Act declares that thefe Pofitions, ■ That it is lawful 
 to Subj:?::> upon Pretence of Reformation, or other FH 
 tence v>botfievcr % t: enter into Leagues and Covenants, or to take 
 Arms againjl the Ki:.g 3 or that it is lawful to Sub] efts, pretending 
 his M to take up Arms agamfl his Perfm, or 
 
 conmiffnn cited by him, or to fufpend him from the Exerci/e of 
 imenty or to put Limitations upon their due Ohc 
 p, are rebellious and treafonable, and 
 all theft Caterings, Convocations, Petitions, Prote- 
 ctions, and erecting and keeping of Council-Tables that 
 e ufed in the Beginning, and for carrying on of the lat9 
 Xroubles, -wfuland feditious ; and particularly that 
 
 thefe Oaths, v. hereof the one was commonly called The Nati- 
 .as fv/orn and explained in the Year 16^8. 
 and thereafter) and the o:her, intitled v The So'ewn League and 
 ihemfelves unlawful Oa'hs,' and were 
 ed upon the. Subjects againft Law, and that 
 there -Herb no C npon any of them from the faid Oaths. 
 
 oSi them, to endeavour any Change of Government 
 in Church or State, and therefore annuls all Acls and 
 eccleficftical or civil, approving the faid Ca- 
 or making any Interpretations thereof; as alfo that 
 General A: ?pt ttGiaJgow 1638. was in itfelfan 
 
 Lwful and feditious Meeting, and that all A<fts and Deeds 
 ;ae thereof, were, and in all Time 
 coming are, null und void. And it is enacled, That whoever 
 
 j, preaching, or otherways, e>: - 
 
 prcf . any Wordsor Sentences to ltir up the 
 
 !l to the i I Prerogative, or Supremacy 
 
 ufes ecclefiaftkk. or of the Government of the Church by 
 
 Arc:- iftjfy any of ihe Deeds, Ac- 
 
 ned and declared, being legally con- 
 
 ll] Truft, and ; 
 
 dircvfls. 
 
214 Abridgments. 
 
 A3 ILL Concerning fuch Benches and Stipends as have ieen-pofi 
 feffed without Prefentaiionsfrvm the lawful Patrons. 
 
 ALL Minifters entering in or fincc the Year 1649. at 
 which Time Patronages were unjqftly abolilhed, are 
 declared to have no Right to Benefice, Stipend, Manfe 
 or Glebe for this Year 166?. or hereafter, but their Kirks to 
 be vacant, unlefs they receive Prdentation from the Patron, 
 and Collation from the Biihop, betwixt and the 24th of Sep- 
 tember nexr; but Patronages were aboHflied, as in />. 188. 
 
 AcJLV. Concerning Mefters c/Univerfities, Miniflers, &c. 
 
 HEreby it is provided, That no Matters, Principals, Re- 
 gents or ProfeiTors, be admitted or continued in any 
 University or College, unlefs they own Epifcopal Govern- 
 ment as now eftabliihed, and that they fwear the Oath of 
 Allegiance, and that Minifters keep and obferve the Bifhop's 
 Vifitation and Diocefan Aifembiy, and concur with the Bi- 
 fhop (as required) for the Exercife of Difcipline, under the 
 Pain of Sufpenfion for the firft. and Deprivation for the fecond 
 Fault, from both Office and Benefice. But this Aft is re- 
 funded at the Revolution, as in/>. ipi. 
 
 A3 V. Concerning the Declaration to be figned by all Per fins in 
 publickTrufl, 
 
 BY this Ael it is ordained, That all in publick Truft, do, 
 before their Admiffion thereto, and under Pain of being 
 punilhed as Ufiirpers of his Majefty 's Authority, fign the De- 
 claration therein fet down, judging it unlawful to Subjects, 
 upon Pretence of Reformation, or otherways, to enter into 
 Leagues and Covenants again ft the King ; that the Gather- 
 ing, &c. anno 163$. were unlawful and feditious ; that the 
 National Covenanr, as fworn and explained anno 1638*. and 
 
 there- 
 
 * The National Covenant, as (worn mmo 1580. is not erorcfly condemned 
 here, and the Rcaion is, becante, according to K. Charles** large Deciaratiorj 
 and Proc lam ation? againft the Covenanters, amta 163 S. it did not abjure Epi- 
 (capacy; but as the Covenant, as jv.orn mom 1 6? 8 was in nothing different 
 froin tb*i in the 15-80. j: is evident, that the Parliament, by condemning the 
 ens in Qaam\ do alio comKroH the o^hcr virtuallj and in general. 
 
Abridgments. 1 1 5 
 
 thereafter, and the Solemn League, were and are in them* 
 reives unlawful Oaths, and were taken and impofed contrary 
 to fundamental Laws, and that there lieth no Obligation 
 from the faid Oaths, or either of them, to endeavour any 
 Change of the Government in Church or State, as now c- 
 ftabliihed. But this Acl is tefcinded, p. 191. 
 
 CHARLES 11. Pari. 1. Self. 3. begun June 18. 1663. 
 
 Act II. Againfl Scpar&tkn and Di/obedieuce to ecc/efiajlicsl 
 Authority. 
 
 HEreby it is ordained, That fuch as Ordinarily abfent 
 themfelves from their Parilh Kirks on the Lord's Day, 
 incur the Pains following : Each Nobleman, Gentle- 
 man and Heritor, the Lois of a Fourth of each Year's Rent, 
 and each Yeoman or Tenant, the Lofs of fuch x Part of their 
 Moveables as the Lords of Council (hall modify, not exceed- 
 ing a Fourth, and every Burgcfs his Liberty, and the 
 Fourth of his Moveables ; and the Council is to execute this 
 Acl: againfl all, who, after Admonition of the Minifter before 
 two fufficient WitncfTes, and by him fo attefted, fliali be 
 given up to them, with Power to them to inflict farther cor- 
 poral Pains as they iball judge neceffary, and to do every 
 other Thing for procuring Obedience to this Acl, and for the 
 the executing thereof. This Acl contains alfo a Ratification of 
 the firft, third and fourth A els of the fecond Stflion of this 
 Pailiamcnt, but is refcinded, as in p. 192. 
 
 yf.7 III. jftttfitrontil A. x -tie Declaration to be fa 
 
 by all Per 
 
 BY this the Declaration ( abridged in the preceeding 
 Page ") enjoined, with the Method how and 
 
 when the fame is i in prcfent Truft, and 
 
 furh as refufc, when cleclcd ro be Magiftratcs, Clerks, or of 
 tli- ( Declaration, do alio far- 
 
 ther amit their Libert) as Burgcflcs. But Ibis re- 
 
 minded, as in p. 192. 
 
3.1 6 Abridgments. 
 
 Act V. For the Eftablijbment and Conflituthn of a Nat lend 
 Synod. 
 
 His Majefty, by Virtue of his Prerogative Royal and 
 fupreme Authority in Matters Ecclcfiaftical, ap- 
 points that there be a National Synod, whereby he hath 
 the Power of propofing, by the Archbiihop of St. Andrews 
 Prefident, and is always to be prefent by himfelf or his 
 Gommiflioners, and no Act to be valid unlefs agreed to by 
 the Prefident and major Part, and unlefs it be confident with 
 his Majefty's Prerogative and the Laws, and be confirmed 
 by his Majefty or his Coramiffioner. But this Act is refcind- 
 ,ed, as in p. i%6. 
 
 A'3 XIX. Difcharging Monday and Saturday Mercats in 
 Royal Burghs. 
 
 r TH*His is obvious from the Title, with which it agrees. 
 
 CHARLES II. Pari. i. begun October ip. 1669. 
 
 Aft I. A (far ting his Majefty 's Supremacy over all Per fins •, and tn\\ 
 all Caufes Ecclefiaflical^ November 16. 1 669. 
 
 THis Act aflerts his Majefty's Supremacy over all Per- I .-J 
 fons, and in all Caufes Ecclefiaftick, and that, by Vir-jL\ 
 tue thereof, the Ordering and Difpofal of the external Go- L. 
 vcrnment and Policy of the Church doth belong to him andh 
 his Succeflbrs, as an inherent Right to the Crown, and that " 
 he may enact and emit fuch Gonftitutions, A<5rs and Orders 
 concerning the Adminiftration of the faid Government andj 
 Perfons employed in the fame, and concerning all Church- t 
 Meetings, and Matters to be propofed and determined there- J 
 in, as he mail think fit, and all Laws and Cufcoms in the* 
 contrary are refcinded. But this Act is refcinded at the 
 Revolution, as in p. 182, 183. 
 
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 A$ XI. C:ncerning the Forfeiture ifPirfint in the late Rebel- 
 Ifon. December 15-. 1 66p. 
 
 THis Act ratifies the Proccfs and Doom of F< rfeituri 
 IcJ and pronounced againft Twenty one Peribns 
 iiamed in the Act, (Seven of which were Minifies or 
 Preachers) for the Rebellion \666- (viz. Brnl/anJ Fight) 
 before and by the Juftices, albeit the Parties were abfent, 
 and this made a Rule in Time coming. But ihi Forfei- 
 ture is taken olF, Act 18. Seff. 2. Par!. 1. K. Wiiliuh anj 
 
 CHARLES II. Pari. 2. Seff. 2. begun jJy 28. 1670, 
 
 A3 It. Again ft fuch who (ball refufe tc depone ctgairM De/iri- 
 t ;ts. Auguft 3.. 1670. 
 
 HErcby it is declared to be the Duty of every 
 without Exception, to declare and depone upon Oath, 
 when called by the Privy Council, or any other having ." 
 thority from his Majefty, their K . of any Crime a- 
 
 gainft the publick Laws and Peace of . efpeci- 
 
 ally of Conventicles and other unlawful Meetings, and of 
 the Perfons prefenf, and Things done therein, or of the 
 fettingor intercommuning with Fugitives and Re! lh%t 
 
 thofe who refufe or delay be punifhed by Fi^'n-g Impri. 
 ment, or Banifhment to the Plantations in the lndlis\ or .. 
 where, as the Council ihail think fit. But this /L& is ic- 
 fcinded, />. i8tf. 
 
 jffl V. /fa . \ticjei, Atigufl 13. 1570. 
 
 HErebv it is ordained. That no onted M milter, or n 
 not licenfed by t! , h f 
 
 fcxponc Scripture, or prat in an-} 
 own floufcs, and to thofe of their ou n Fa mi] 
 be prefent at iny fuch a 
 ol ben 
 Pre.. 
 
 Caution, under tin I „o the lik 
 
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2f£> .Abridgments. 
 
 enact hlmfclf to remove out of the Kingdom, and not to' re- 
 turn without his Majefty's Licence ; and the Pcrfons prefent 
 to be fined, each Heritor, Lifercnter, or Wadfetter, in a 
 Fourth of* his valued Rent; each Tenant and Merchant, or 
 chief Tradefman outwith Burghs- Royal, in 25 L. and each 
 Cottar and inferior Tradefman in 12 L. and each Serving- 
 Man in the Fourth Part of his Year's Fee ; and that, for 
 "Wives and Children in Family tranfgrefling, the Half of 
 the faid refpective Fines be paid ; and, if the Matter or Mi- 
 ftrefs of the Houfe be prefent, that they fined in the Double ; 
 and that all be imprifoned until they make Payment, and 
 further at the Council's Pleafure •, and Magiftrates of Burghs- 
 Royal are declared to be liable for every Conventicle with- 
 in Burgh* as the Council mall determine; for which they 
 ffiall have their Relief oft the Mailer of the Houfe, and o- 
 thers prefent, at the Sight of the Lords of Council,- referving 
 lieverthelefs to the Privy Council to fine the faid Inhabi- 
 tants, if they pleafe, for Conventicles either within or with- 
 out Burgh. Item, That who, unlicenfed as faid is, ihall 
 preach, expone Scripture, or pray at a Field -Meeting, or in 
 any Houfe where there be more nor the Houfe contains, fa 
 as fome be without Doors, (which is declared to be a Fiekf- 
 Conventicle) or who fhall convocate any Number to thefe 
 Ivlcetings, that they be puniihed with Death and Efcheat of 
 Goods, and the Apprehenders of ftich Perfons to have joo 
 Merks Reward, and Heritors, &c\ and all others prefent, ta 
 be' fined in the Double of the Fines above fet down, but 
 Prejudice of any other Pnnifhment due by Law; and the 
 Execution of the Act is committed to Sheriffs, Stewards, 
 and Lords of Regality, giving to them the Fines of ail, 
 except Heritors, for whofe Fines they are to be countable ; 
 and they and Magi Urates of Burghs are declared" punifh- 
 gbic for Negligence : And this Act to endure for three 
 Years, unlcfs his Majefty continue it longer. And by Ac*r f 7. 
 Seit 3-. Pari. 11. Charles II. (1672.) intitled, Aft again fc 
 Keepers of Conventicles and IVithJvaivers from fublick lVorfl?ip % 
 the above Act is controlled for other three Years, and long- 
 er as his MajcRy lbalj appoint : And it is ordained, That 
 Mag-il rates of Burghs be careful to execute the fame upon 
 thsii own Bttrgefles ; and that they, and the other Judges a-] 
 
 bovt; 
 
Abridgment's. m 219 
 
 bpvc named, be diligent, and give account of their Diligence 
 yearly, t ihurfdqy of Ju/y, to his Ma jelly's Council, 
 
 under the Pain of 500 Merks. And by Aft 4. Pari. 3. 
 Charles II. intitled, jtSforficurrng the P the Court- 
 
 try (168 1.) the forefaid Pains of Field-Conventicles ere 
 doubled, except as to BurgeiTcs of Burghs-Royal, and of 
 Regality and Barony, and they, belide the former Fine, are 
 ordained to lole their Btirgefships, and be banifhed the 
 Town , and that Landlords *nJ Mailers be liable lor their 
 Tenants, Cottars and Servants fentenced for Fie] j-Conven* 
 tides, or Refct of Preachers intercommuned or declared fj- 
 gitive, either to pay their Fines, or to put them out of their 
 Lands or Service, or prefent them to Juftice, as in the Aft; 
 and that whoever relets any Servant, Tenant or Cottar, thus 
 put away, lhall be liable to the Mailer in three Years Fee of 
 the Servant ; and any other Heritor, reletting fnch Tenant 
 or Cottar, fliall be liable in three Years Duty to the Heritor 
 who put them away, and in 100 L. to the King. But that 
 thefc Afts were refcinded at the Revolution, fee />. i8r, 
 
 I 02. 
 
 A r i VI. Againfl di/lrJerly Boftifms. Auguft 17. 1670, 
 
 HEreby it is ordained, That none haptize their Children 
 but by the Miniiter of their own Pariib, or by a H- 
 :enlcd Miniiter, upon a Certificate from him, or, in his A 
 fence, from a neighbouring Mini ft er, under the Pains, every 
 heritor, Liferenter, or v r, of a fourth Part of his 
 
 valued Rent ; every Pcrfon above the Degree of a Tenant, 
 md every confiderable Merchant, 100 L. every inferior Mer- 
 chant, or conflderabl nan, and every Tenant, 50 L. 
 :vcry meaner Burgefs or Cottar 20 L. and every Servant a 
 Flail-Year's Fee ; and the Execution is committed to the 
 Sitae Judges, as in the laft Afi. And this Aft, and the Pains 
 there Aft 11. :. 
 extended I | for the 
 }pac< Vfl- 
 irilh his Hand, or, if the Kirk be vacant, under a 
 neighbouring Miniver's Hand, thai 1 
 
220 ^Abridgments. 
 
 within the faid Space. But ihe firft of thefe Acts was re- 
 fcinded at the Revolution, .as in p. 192. 
 
 Afl VII. /l:ainf} Separation and withdrawing from the publick 
 Meetings of divine IVorjhipf Auguft 20. 1670. 
 
 HP* His Aft ordains, That all his Majefty's Subjeels of the 
 X reformed Religion attend the Worfhip in their own 
 Churches, and that who mall withdraw for three Lord's 
 Pays together, without juft Excufe, be fined as in the A£t % 
 jiyhich Aft is to be execute as the two laft : And if an Heri- 
 tor, Life renter, or Wadsetter, fined thereafter, withdraw for 
 n Year, the Council, upon the inferior Judge his Dilation, 
 may oblige them to ugn a pond not to rife in Arms : and, 
 if they refufc, they are to be fecured by Banilhment, or other- 
 ways they amit to ihe King their fimple and liferent Efeheai*. 
 And this A6t is appointed to continue for three Years, unlefs 
 his Majefty continue it longer ; and that it be without Pre- 
 judice of the Church's Cenfures. But the fame is refcinded, 
 
 p. lj?2. 
 
 CHARLES II. Pari. 2. SelT. g; begun June 12. 1672. 
 Jtft IX. Againfl unlawful Ordinations. July 24. 1672. 
 iflfS AS: prohibits any to ordain Minifters but fuch a$ 
 
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 are aurhorifed thereto by Law ; and that none take 
 Ordination "from any other, declaring all Ordinations fmee 
 the Year 1661. or hereafter otherways made, to be nulf, 
 znd the Perfons ordained to be no Minifters ; and that both 
 .ctendedOrdainers and Ordained be feized by the or- 
 dinary Magiitrates, and prefemed to the Council, who are 
 Empowered" to punifh them by Confifcation, Banilhrricnt, or 
 perpetual Imprifonrncnt, unlefs releafed by Warrant under 
 ly's Hand. But this Act is refcinded, p. v$z. 
 
 CHARLES 
 
^Abridgments* ~2 1 
 
 CHARLES II. Pari. 3. begun July 28. x 68 1 . 
 
 A3 I. Ratifying all former Laws for the Security of the Pr9* 
 tejlant Religion. Auguft 13. i63i. 
 
 HEreby is generally ratified all Laws made by JgmesW. 
 Charles I. and Charles II. for fettling and lecuring the 
 Liberty and Freedom of the true Kirk of God, and the 
 Proteftant Religion prefently profelfcd within this Realm, 
 arid all A.els againft Popery. ♦ 
 
 A3 VI. jfnent Religion and the TEST. Auguft 31. i<58i. 
 
 THis Act commands the Laws made againft Papifts and fa- 
 natick Scparatifts, Conventicles, diiorderly Baptifms and 
 Marriages, and irregular Ordinations, to be put to full and 
 
 )io Execution ; Ministers are to give up, in OQ 
 yearly to their Ordinaries, exacl Lifts of" all fucb in their 
 Parilhcs ; the Biihops to give in a Double to the Judge ordi- 
 nary, and he to account to the Privy Council in December 
 yearly; and that all Perfons in publick Truft or Employ- 
 ment, .Ecclefnftical, Civil or Military, (the Aft contains a 
 long and particular Enumeration) fign the Teft fubjoined to 
 the Ac! in Manner therein let down *, (the King's lawful 
 Brothers and Sons only excepted) under the Pain of being 
 declared uncapable of publick Trull, and amittirg their 
 
 moveable 
 
 J Avcar, That they pr fcfled the true Proteftant Rdi- 
 conlameJ in the olJ CbnfeiGon, ratified p. 7. that they ftiould u] 
 to, and educate their Children therein, and nvver coufent to 1 
 
 thereto, an d \ tafy to the 
 
 That the king is the only fuprcme Governor 
 jf t; over all Yn 
 
 idfig Ai fcrci-n JurifJiOions : That it is unlawful for Sub- 
 ' 1 enter into Covenants or to 
 
 r en 
 
%22 j4bridgments. 
 
 moveable and liferent Efchcats ; one Half to the Informer, the 
 other to the King.; and that the Privy- Council fee this Aft put 
 to Execution. And, by the 25 th Aft of the fame Setfion of 
 Parliament, the Enumeration of publick Trufts, fet down in 
 the former *4ft, is extended. Bit this Aft is refcinded, /. 186, 
 15)2. 
 
 Jcl XVIII. Aferting his Majefty's Prerogative in Point of 
 JurifdiSlion. September 16. 1681. 
 
 THis Aft decalres, That, in refpeft his Majefly is the 
 Fountain of all Jurifdiftion within this Kingdom, 
 therefore, notwithstanding of the Offices conferred upon any, 
 yet he may by himfelf, or any commiffionate by him, take Cog-, 
 nizance and Decifion of any Gales orCaufes he pleafes. But 
 this Aft is refcinded, />. 192. 
 
 J AM E SVIL Pari. 1. Self. 1. begun April 29. 1686. 
 
 A& I. For Security cf the P rot eft ant Religion. 
 
 THis Aft contains a general Ratification of all Afts 
 and Statutes ibr the Security and Liberty of the true 
 Church of God, and the Proteitant Religion prefently pro- 
 fcfTed. 
 
 Afl II. A Declaration end Offer of Duty by the Kingdom of 
 Scotland. 
 
 THis contains a Declaration of the King's fovereign and 
 abfolute Power and Authority, with an Offer of Lives 
 and Fortunes to his then Majcfty, and Refolve to give him 
 t-n tire Obedience without Reiervc ; but is refunded, as in 
 p. 193. 
 
 A% IV. Concerning IVitnefes in Procejfes.for Treajln. 
 
 BY this Aft, Witpefles cited in the Cafes of Trcafon, 
 Field or Houfe-Convcnticles, or Church Irregularities, 
 refilling to depone, are declared liable as themfelves guilty of 
 
 theft 
 
j4br\dgmer. 11 > 
 
 thefe Crimes, but provided that thefe Depofiilons donotmrii* 
 tate againft the Deponent *. 
 
 Afl V. Declaring it Treafin to take %r cvw the Covenants. 
 
 T His Act declares the giving or taking of the National 
 Covenant, as explained 1638. or of the League and Co- 
 venant, or writing in Delence. thereof, or owning of : 
 as obligatory, declared to be the Crime of Treafon. But 
 this Aft, as to the Crime of Trcalbn, k refcinded, as in /». 
 193: 
 
 At IV. Obliging Husbands to he liable for their Wives Fines. 
 
 HEreby the Procedure of the Privy Council, 6c in fil- 
 ing Husbands for their Wives withdrawing from the 
 Ordinances, are approven and declared legal, and ordained to 
 be obferved in Time coming. But this Aft is refcinded, as in 
 p. 192, 193. 
 
 VII. A ient Porterfield c/Duchal, cy..l concealing of S^ 
 given to Rebels. 
 
 HEreby DucM 9 * Forfeiture is approved, and it is declar- 
 , That the concealing and not revealing of Supplies 
 given to or demanded for Traitors, forfeited for Tretlo .» - 
 gainft the King's Perfon or Government, is Trealon, and to 
 'be judged accordingly j but this Aft is refcinded, as in p. 
 
 Al VIII. Agar ft/I Preachers at Conventicles, ... t at 
 
 Fie. 
 
 T>rdains, That Preaching in fanatical Houfe, or 
 Fid licles, and Prefcnce for hearing at Field- 
 
 Conventicles, to be pnnjfhed by Death and Conization. 
 I3ut this Aft is refcinded, as in p. 192, 193. 
 
 All '/ . ( 
 
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 cd as pr, A 
 
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224 Jlbridgments* 
 
 to Affizes, as if emitted in their Pretence, notwithftandmg cf 
 the poth Aft of the i ith Pari, of K. Ja. VI. and Aflizers, 
 afloilying in Cafes of fuch ConfefTion, arc to be liable to 
 Procefles of Error. 
 
 Att XI. Obliging Perfons to accept Offices. 
 
 THis Aft ordains, That fuch as refufe to accept of Offices 
 or Employments laid on them by the King or Council, be 
 fineable by the Council. But this Act: is refunded, as in p. 
 
 'Ja XIII. For taking the Tefi* 
 
 TjEreby the AcT: for taking the Ted is extended to all Pro- 
 JLi teftant Heritors, Liferenters, Tackfmeh, Shipmafters, 
 Bufgefles, &c. and the Refufers are to be fined at the Difcre- 
 tion of the Council, with an Exception as to Women. But* 
 this Aft is refcinded, p. ipj. 
 
 A3 XVI. Anent Jufiices of Peace. 
 
 BY this Ac"! the Juftices Powers are, inter alia, extended id 
 Church-Irregularities and Non-Conformity ; but the 
 fame is refcinded, as in p. 193. 
 
 Ad XVII. For taking the Oath bf Allegiance. 
 
 HEreby it is ordained, That all take and fwear the Oath of 
 Allegiance, and aiTert the Prerogative whenever requir- 
 ed by the Privy-Council, Juftice-Court, or any commiffionate 
 by them, under fuch Pains as they fhall determine, Life and 
 Limb excepted. But this Act is refcinded,/?. 193. 
 
 Afl XXIII. Ratifying the Opinion of the Lords of Seffion anent 
 thofe who refufe to depone anent the late treaf noble Proclama- 
 tion. 
 
 THis Aft ratifies the Opinion of the Lords of Seffion, 
 That, if any questioned by Judges or Commiflioners, 
 whether they own a Proclamation declaring War ngainft the 
 King, and afteningit lawful to kill all that ftrvc him, fhall 
 
 fcot 
 
jdbridgmenfs* 22$ 
 
 riot difown the fame, they are guilty of High-Treafon, and 
 Art and Part of the laid Proclamation. But this Act is re- 
 funded, as in />. 193* 
 
 AS XXIV. Ordaining that Tenants be obliged by their Tads t* 
 live regularly. 
 
 HEreby it is ordained, That Tacks, as well in Burgh as 
 Landward, contain a Claufe whereby the Tenant fhall 
 oblige himfelf. that he, his Family, Cottars and Servants, 
 fhall live peaceably and regularly, free of all fanatical Dilbr- 
 ders, under the Pain of the Tenant, Cottar or Servant, lofing 
 the Half of their Moveables refpeClrSe, and Tacks unrun arc 
 ordained to be renewed in this Form. But this Act is refcind* 
 ed, as in/>. 193. 
 
 Aft XXV. Ratifying two Atls of Parliament, and a Procter. 2- 
 tion of Council anent apprehending Rebels. 
 
 THis Act contains a Ratification of the Acts Ja. VI. Part. 
 12. Cap. 124. for apprehending, and againft the Rcfet 
 of Rebels, with a mod ftrict Proclamation of Council thereon 
 founded for that Effect, dated 8th July 1682. But this Act 
 is refcinded, as in p. 193. 
 
 ACl XXVI. Concerning Adjudications for Fines. 
 
 n . Y this Act, Adjudications for Fines for the Crimes of 
 Jj Refet, Intercommuning, Concealing of Treafon, Conven- 
 ticles, irregular Baptifms, Marriages, or other Church-Difor- 
 ders or Irregularities, are ordained to expire within Year and 
 Day, and preferred to all the pari pcfu. But this Act is re- 
 fcinded, as in />. 193. 
 
 A3 XXVII. F;r fecuring Sea -Pa fingers. 
 
 BY this Act, all Matters of Ships are prohibite from either 
 receiving or exporting, or fuffering to depart, any Paf- 
 fengcrs, until he bring them before the next Magiltratc, there 
 to account for thcmiclves ; but is refcinded/. 1^3. 
 
 Ft Ai 
 
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226 Abridgments* 
 
 Att XXX. Approving the Narrative of the Plot. 
 
 HEreby the Difcovcry and Narrative of the Plot 1685. is 
 approven ; but the fame is refcinded, as in p. 193. 
 
 jiH XXXVI. Anent the Addrefs of the Eflates againfl the 
 Arch-Traitor ^ehibald Campbell, fometime Earl of 
 Argyle. 
 
 IN confequcnce of an Addrefs from the Eftates, Argyle v/zs 
 fecluded from hisMajefty's Favour, and he, his Family, and 
 the Heritors, Ringleaders and Preachers, who joined him, de- 
 clared ever incapable of Mercy ; but the Claufes thereof againfl: 
 Mercy and Intercetfions annulled, Cap. 25. Sejf. 2. ibid, and 
 both thefe refcinded, as in p. 193. 
 
 AH XXXVII. For the Clergy. 
 
 THis Aft ratifies the Acls, Char. II. Pari. 2. Setf. 1. Cap. 
 $1 and Sejf. 2. Cap. 4. and Pari. 3. Cap. 15. and the 
 aflaulting of the Lives ofBifliops, or other Minifters, or the 
 invading or robbing their Houfes, or the actual attempting 
 thereof, to be punifhed with Death and Confifcation ; and that 
 the Parifhioners, where a Minifter comes to be aifaffinated 
 or murdered, be fineable as the Council fliali fee Caufe, and 
 the Fine to be given to the Wife and Bairns, and, fail- 
 ' ing of them, to his neareft of Kin, and the conforming Pari- 
 fhioners to be reimburfed by the non-conforming, or others 
 found acceflory, all at the Sight of the Privy Council, and 
 that the Difcoverers of fuch Violences be rewarded : Item, 
 The Church-Government, as then conflitute, is fully ratified. 
 But this Acl: is refcinded, as in p. 1 93. 
 
 Aft XL. Of Annexation of the Offices belonging to the late Earl 
 */ Argyle. 
 
 THis Aft annexes the heritable Offices and Superiorities 
 belonging to the Earl of Argyle to the Crown ; but re- 
 fcinded p. 103. 
 
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Abridgments. . 227 
 
 A3 XLI1. Of Annexation of fever al Lands to the Crown* 
 
 THis Aft contains an Annexation of feveral forfeited E- 
 ftates to the Grown : But all thefe Forfeitures are re- 
 duced, Aft 18. Sell 2. Pari. i. Will.. and Mary, and the 
 Aft here abridged refcinded, as in />. 193. 
 
 i r 1 - - - - 1 
 
 J AMES VII. Pari. 1. SeJJ\ 2. begun April 2?. 16S6. 
 
 Chap. I. A3 ofDifolution oflhe Lands 0/Ceflnock and Duchal. 
 
 THis Aft diflolves the Lands of Cefnock and Duchal from 
 the Crown, in favours of the Earl of Melfri ; but 
 is refcinded />. 193. 
 
 Chap. VI. A3 for the Chriflmafs-Vacance* 
 
 BY this Aft the Chriftmafs-Vacance of the Seffion 1$ ap- 
 pointed from the 20th of December to the 10th of J- 
 try yearly ; but is refcinded p. 193. 
 
 Chap. VII. A3 of Dijpjlution of the Lands and Barony of 
 Torwoodlie, in favours of Lieutenant -General Drummond. 
 
 THis Aft is obvious from the Title ; but is refcinded p. 
 193. 
 
 Chap. IX. A3 if Annexation of the Baronies c/Muirhall and 
 Melfort to the Crown. 
 
 THis Aft is obvious from the Title ; but is refcinded p. 
 193. 
 
 Chap. XIII. A3 ofDiffolntion in favours of the Duke ^Gordon. 
 
 THis Aft diflolvcs the Land? of Mellarflanes, and the 
 other Eftate ©I Jervi/lry /, from the Crown, in fav. 
 of the Duke ol ' Gordyi •, but is refcinded, as in p. 1 
 
 ( 
 
22o jivnagmews. 
 
 Chap. XXVI. Atl difolving the lands end Efl-aUs afZvfttt* 
 toun, Craichlaw and Gaitloch from the Crown } in favours of 
 Thcophilus Okelthrop. 
 
 THis Aft is obvioui from the Title, and is refcinded p. 
 
 Chap. XXVII. J3 of D'tfoliition of the Lands of Grange, in 
 favours of Sir Thomas Kennedy Lord Provofl o/Edinburgh. 
 
 THis Aft is obvious from the Title ; but is refcinded, as 
 inf. 193. 
 
 Chap. XXVIII. jadijjohhg the Lands o/Cultnefs, North- 
 berwick tfw/Goodtrees, in favburs of t he Earl Arran. 
 
 THis Aft is obvious from the Title •, but is refcinded f>* 
 
 A>I 
 
C 229 ] 
 
 A N 
 
 ABRIDGMENT 
 
 OF THE 
 
 LAWS rcfpeding RE LIGIONy 
 
 From the Revolution (1688.) to the incorpo* 
 rating Union (1707.*) 
 
 K. William and Q: Mary, Pari. I. begun June 5-. 1 689. 
 
 «/#? I. Declaring the Meeting of the Eftates to be a Parliament* 
 
 THis Act declares the Convention of Eftates, confiding 
 of Noblemen, Barons, and Burrows, to be a lawful 
 and free Parliament ; and that none difown or impugn the 
 iame under Pain of Treafon. No Eftate of Bifhops here. 
 
 Aft II. Recognizing their Majeflies Royal Authority. 
 
 THis Act acknowledges the Authority at William and Ma* 
 ry as King and Queen of Scotland, and declares it High- 
 Treafon to difown and impugn the fame : And ordains, 
 That the Allegiance, infert />. 198. be fworn and fubferibed 
 
 by 
 
 * Although the Ac"h of the Convention of Rftates had not all the Autho- 
 rity of La ne of them were Yatified particularly, others of them 
 MUCfltty, and none of them were rescinded, the Titles of fueh of them as re- 
 :i are, I V rp\n+ 
 :m (igainft Pf: )t. VII 
 XI. ' if Hamilto- 'ifpeH Perfcns. XU. T 
 
 appoint:^ publitk Pmyen for William and Mary as King and g 
 
 XVI! £ 1 • 
 
 fired to :h; I nee of the'Crc^rn. ThL atrccs 
 
 ilic AO, />• u . XXX. Proclamation for a (ubliik Tbank^ j | 
 
230 Abridgments. 
 
 by all in public!* Truft ; and refcinds all proceeding Laws 
 and Afts of Parliament, in fo far as they impofe any other 
 Oaths of Allegiance, Supremacy, Declarations and Tcfts, 
 except the Oath de fideli. 
 
 Aft IV. Refunding the Forfeiture of the late Earl of Ar gyle. 
 
 THis Aft refcinds the Forfeiture of the late Earl, and re- 
 (lores the prefent Earl, and Pofterity of the late Earl, 
 by Way of Jufticc. 
 
 K. William and Q. Mary } Pari. 1. Self. 2. begun April 25.' 
 1690. 
 
 AH IV. Anent Electors of Commijfwners to Parliament their tak- 
 ing the Oath of Allegiance. 
 
 THis Aft is the fame upon the Matter with the Title, with 
 the Addition, That Electors not qualifying are to be 
 excluded, or their Vote not to be reckoned. 
 
 Aii VII. Ordaining the Commifioners of Supply, and their Col" 
 leftors and Clerks , to take the Oath of Allegiance. 
 
 *-pHis Aft agrees with, and is obvious from the Title, 
 
 Art VIII. Anent the Commifioners. of Supply who do not take 
 the Oath of Allegiance, 
 
 BY this Aft the Oath muft be taken betwixt and the firft 
 of Auguft % or otherways they muft be confidered as de- 
 barred from the Commiflion , and the Privy Council may ap- 
 point others, excepting fuch as have otherways qualified, or 
 Are clfewhere employed in their Majefties Service. 
 
 Art XIV. Imprwering the Privy Council to put the Oath of 'Al- 
 legiance to- fufpert Perfons, or to fc cure then;. 
 
 nrHis Aft agrees with, and is obvious from the Title. 
 
Abridgments. 231 
 
 AH XVI. Refunding the Forfeiture of Andrew Fletcher of 
 Salton. 
 
 'npHis Aft agrees with, and is obvious from the Title. 
 
 Act XVII. ForVifitationofUniverfities, Colleges and S chiefs. 
 
 HEreby it is ordained, That all Profeffors, Principals, 
 Regents, Matters, or others bearing Olfice in arvy U- 
 niverfity, College, or School, fubferibe the Conkflion of 
 Faith, fwear and fubferibe the Oath of Allegiance, and fub- 
 mit to the prefent Government of the Church : As alfo be 
 of fufficient Abilities, and of a pious, loyal and peaceable 
 Converfation, or otherways be removed, and a Com million 
 of Vifitation granted for this, with Power to appoint Com- 
 mittees, and this to endure until recalled. 
 
 Afl XVIII. Refunding the Forfeitures and Fines fajl ftnee the 
 Tear 1665. 
 
 THls Aft refunds the Forfeitures paft againft 393 Perfons, 
 or thereby, named in the Aft, amongft which were 23 
 Minifters or Preachers, fome Nobility, and a great Number 
 of Knights and Gentlemen. And this Aft excepted from 
 the Aft Salvo. And by Aft 38. ibid, the Lords arc ordain- 
 ed to give them fummary Juftice. 
 
 A Si XIX. Of Difclution of Lands annexed to the Crown in tie 
 Reign of King James VII. 
 
 THis Aft is obvious from the Title, being no more than 
 a general Diilolution. 
 
 J.I XXI. Anent murdering cf Child; .--. 
 
 H'V it h ordained, That if any Woman conceal her 
 v.- 1 r : 1 Child during the whole Sp-.uc, ft) | 
 not for and make ttfa of Help in ihe Birth, the Child b 
 (bill iliring. the Mother Hull be repute 
 
 fed, and condemned as the Murdi 
 
2 3 2 stvriagments. 
 
 Aft XXIV. Concerning vacant Stipends in the Synod of Argyll 
 > Y this Aft the vacant Stipends and Benefices within the 
 
 B 
 
 Svnod of Argyle is to be applied to the training up of 
 Youths at Schools and Colleges, and other pious Ufes with- 
 in the Bounds. 
 
 ASi XXV. Again/1 Profanenefs. 
 
 THis ratifies all Afts againft Profanenefs, and parti- 
 cularly the Aft abridged, p. 210 and ordains all Magi- 
 ftrates, and other Officers of the Law, to put them toexaft 
 and punctual Execution as they will be anfwerable. 
 
 Aft XXXI. Refunding Forfeitures in Abfence before the Tear 
 1669. an d reftoring Caldwell and Kerfland, and Mr. Wil- 
 liam Veitch. 
 
 | T % His Aft is obvious from the Title. 
 
 AS XXXV. Anent Minijlers that have not prayed for -the 
 King and Queen. 
 
 THE Proclamation, or 1 6th Aft of the Convention 1 689. or- 
 daimng that all Minifters pray publickly for K. William 
 and Q. Mary, as King and Qiieen of Scot/and, under Pain of 
 Deprivation, is hereby ratified; and Minifters deprived for 
 not praying, as above, are prohibite to exerce any Part of 
 their Miniftry any where, until, in Prefence of the Council, 
 they take and fubferibe the Oath of Allegiance, and engage 
 to pray as above, and not to own King James ; and that the 
 faid Aft of the Convention be put to farther Execution at the 
 Council's Sight. 
 
 Acl XXXVIII. For Security of their Majefties Government. 
 
 r Y this Aft it is ordained, That all obliged to fwear the 
 Allegiance, or to whom the fame fliall be put by the 
 Council, as they are impowered, do alfo fubferibe the AfTu- 
 rance, p. i$>8. 
 
 K. Wil. 
 
Abridgments *\% 
 
 k. Wnffim and C^Mary, Pari, i: Self 4. begun . 
 1693. 
 
 Acl I. F:r r. rr.zr.tkly Fuji. 
 
 THis Aft, after a Recital that Application wns made 
 to them by the Ministers of the Presb)te: 
 hurgh % and other Minifters, appoints a ninthly Fad, 
 account of the War, and other Considerations therein n 
 tioned, to begin the third Tuefday of May 1653. arj d f () U) 
 continue monthly till discharged by the Privy-CounciL The 
 Difobeyers to be fined in a Sum riot exceeding 100 L. andj 
 if Minifters, they are to be procefled before the Privy-Coun- 
 cil, and the Judge ordinary to report to the Council the 
 Failure of Miniilers. 
 
 jfg.XXXVTL Prorogating the Diet of the Miniflers tdi 
 the Oaths of Allegiance an.! Affiirance. 
 
 THE Time for Minifters taking the above Oatl 
 hereby prorogate to the icth of July next, with Cer- 
 tification as in the Act infert />. 193. 6c. 
 
 AX XL. Againfi Prof attends. 
 
 His ratifies all former Aas againft Profanenefs, anj 
 impowers Presbyteries to appoint Informers and Prole- 
 outers in their rcfpeclivc Bounds, 
 
 T 
 
 K. William and Q, Mary, Pari. 1 . ScfT. 5-. WgUfl May 1 . 
 
 An I. For af/cr.nFajL 
 
 THF, Synod of Lothian and Twetddafe \\iv\bg petitioned 
 hib Majefty's Commiflioner for this End, a rali 
 £' ointeu t 
 I inori 01 the W i 
 
 fame a^ in the ACt fur a monthly Fall 
 
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234 Abridgments. 
 
 AS XII. Againft irregular Baptifms and Marriages. 
 
 BY this Aft all outcd Miniftcrs are prohibited to baptize 
 or mirry under Pain of Imprifonment, till they find Cau- 
 tion to go out of the Kingdom never to return ; but is re- 
 minded in the Toleration -Aft. 
 
 AS XIII. Againfl Profanenefs. 
 
 HEreby all Judges, Magistrates, and Juftices of Peace, 
 are enjoined to put the Laws againft Profanenefs to 
 Execution at all Times, without the Neceffity of a Difpen- 
 fation, and that againft Officers, Soldiers, and all Per ion s,- 
 under the Pain, in cafe of Failzie upon Requifition, of roo £. 
 tot its quoties, to the Poor of the Parifh, for which they arc 
 to be purfued before the Lords of Seffion by fummary Procefs. 
 
 A^ XIV. For re (training the Profanation of the Lord's Day; 
 
 by keeping weekly Mere at s on Monday and Saturday. 
 
 BY this former Afts of the Kind are ratified ; and it is or- 
 dained, That no Markets be kept on thefe Days, either 
 in Royal Burghs, or any where elfe. 
 
 A St XV. For Encouragement of Preachers at vacant Churches 
 he-north Forth. 
 
 THis Aft allows ftich as are employed to preach at fuch 
 Kirks, 20 Merks for their preaching each Lord's Day, 
 out of the vacant Stipends of the faid Kirks, upon a 
 Certificate from the Presbytery j but is afterwards refcinded. - 
 
 Act XXII. Againft intruding into Churches without a legal Call 
 and Admijjion thereto. 
 
 HEreby it is ordained, That who intrudes into any 
 Church, Ktenfe or Benefice, or exerces any Part of 
 the minifterial Function, in any Parifh, without a Call and 
 Admiffion, as in p. i8>. be removed, and .declared incapa- 
 ble of enjoying any Church or Stipend for feven Years, by 
 any ordinary judge or Magiftrate, upon Complaint of the 
 fmbytery, upon whofe Sentence, proceeding on a Citation 
 
 M 
 
Abridgments. 235 
 
 cf Ten Days, Letters are to be direft; and it contain 
 Recommendation to the Council to remove all Intruder?, and 
 to flop and hinder all Min tilers depofed, c ill be Je- 
 
 pofed, to exerce any Fart of their miniiterial Funftion. 
 
 jtaXUll. Anent the Poor. 
 
 THis Aft ratifies and revives all Acts and Proclamations 
 for maintaining the Poor and repreffing Bcggirs, recom- 
 mending their Proiecution to the Council. 
 
 B 
 
 K. William, Pari. i. SefT. 6. begun September 3. 1696. 
 
 ASl XXVI. For fettling of Schools. 
 Y this Aft it is appointed, That there be a School and 
 
 Schoolmafter in every Parifh, his Fee not under 100 
 Merks, nor above 200 Merks, to be paid by the Heritors and 
 Liferentcrs in the Pariih, to have Relief for the Half off" their 
 Tenants, and that Letters be therefore directed, wirh the 
 fame Privileges as to Sufpenfjons for Minifters Stipends. 
 Item, Schools and Schoqlmaflers declared to be a pious LTe, 
 to which Patrons may employ vacant Stipends, excepting 
 from this Act the Synod ut A>'g?le, becaufe of the Aft in 
 their Favours, (before abridged) and thele to be applied at 
 the Sight of the Sheriff. 
 
 AS! XXVIII. Ansnt Priteflant Serves in r-pijh Families. 
 
 HErcby it is ordaiiicJ, That who pervert^ any Subjeft to 
 Popery, be punched as a trafficking Papift : 1 i 
 Proreftaflt Servants turning P.ipiils are to be punilhed 1 
 poftates from the true Religion, and the Malter be ob! 
 to put them, l Ut of his Service : And 
 
 Popilh Matters ha [betn 
 
 freely ta attend W >n the Lord's Da} 
 
 tfl of \\\. 
 
 L. Si 
 
f 3 6 ^IbriJgments* 
 
 Act XXIII. For ihe heller fecuring the Poor and repr effing of 
 Beggars. 
 
 THis Aft ratifies, as in the Aft before abridged, and im- 
 powers the Council to grant Commiflions for infpefting 
 jhe Poor ; as alfo to make Afts, for the End forefaid, to en- 
 dure till the next'Scffibn of Parliament. 
 
 ACl XXXI. ggainjl Profanwfs. 
 
 Hereby are ratified all former Afts againft Profaneneft, 
 and all Judges required to pur them to full Execution 
 at the Inftance of any Purfucf whatever; and Bailies are to 
 be -^pointed for every Panih, with Power to fine inftanrly, 
 for pious Ufcs, and imprifon, and Advocations are difchar- 
 ged ; as alio Qufpeniions, except on Confignation or Dif- 
 phatges : and, in cafe of calumnious Sufpenfion, a Third 
 more to be decerned for-, and who cannot pay to be puni- 
 (l»cd iri his Perfon. 
 
 M XXXV. Agahfl Duels, 
 
 HEreby it is ordained, That no Principal, or Second, or 
 other perfon, give a Challenge to right and combat, 
 or accept the fame, or any other engage therein, albeit no 
 fight enfue, under the Pain of Baniibment and Efcheat. 
 
 K. William, Pari. i. Sell 7. begun July 19. 165)8. 
 
 y/t II. For preventing of Difordsrs in the fv.pplyhg and planting 
 of vacant Churches. 
 
 HEreby it is ordained. That none oppofe, by Rabbling, 
 Tumult, or any Violence, any Minifler duly fent tq 
 fupply the Vacancy of, or exerce the Minjftry in any Parifb, 
 under the Pain of 100 L. each Heritor or Liferenter, and of 
 50 Merks every unlandcd Perfon, tot'ies quot'tes, or to be punifli- 
 pd corporal!-) bv the Coqncil ; and to this Cafe is extended 
 Aft, CharL I. Par). 1. Cap. 7. And the Heritor or Lift* 
 •jr. in whofe pounds any of the Rabblers refides, is bound, 
 
 ppon 
 
Alridgnients. 732V 
 
 upon Intimation by the Minifter injured, .or of the Pres L 
 tcry, to produce them, wherein if they failzie, cr furter 
 thereafter the faiJ Rabbler to haunt openly in their Bounds 
 by the Space of 20 Days, they ihall be held to be Art and 
 Part, arwd fo puniihed by the Council. Item, When the 
 Ke)S of Kirks are refufed to be given up to Presbyteries, the 
 next Magiflrate or Juilice of Pea.ce, if required, is bound to 
 make the Doors patent, and put new Locks thereon, and 
 give the Kcvs to the Presbytery, under the Pain of 100 L. 
 ittour the Presbytery's Expences, to be inflicted by ths 
 Council, for the Uie of the Poor. 
 
 A3 VI. A ent clandcftine and irregular Marriages. 
 
 BY this Aft the Parties married declare the Celebrator 
 and WirncjTes, and, if they refufe, mud pay, the 
 Nobleman 2000 L. the Baron and landed Gentleman 2c 
 Merks, each other Gentleman and Burgefs 1000 L. and 
 each other Pcrfon iooMerks, to be applied to pious Ufe$ 
 within the Pariili, and be imprifoned till they pay, and 
 clare, as goovje Item, The Celebrator may be fummarily 
 icized and imprifoned, and baniihed, or otherways punifh- 
 ed, either pccunially or corporally, as the Privy Council fhall 
 think fit, and the Wanefles fined in 100 L. t$ti( , or 
 
 fubjefted to corporal Puniihment. 
 
 Jet XXII. A ;ent the Poor. 
 
 THis Aft ratifies and revives, fully nnd particularly, for- 
 mer Aftsanent the Poor, and likeways impowers the 
 Council, as ftbo 
 
 am, Pari. I. ScfT 9. be tt 29. 17 
 
 [II* i tie Grc% \ 
 
 Hare ratific ! 
 
 Par. 1. Stlf ;■ C r 26. with all other J.. 
 
23$ Abridgments. 
 
 againft Popery and Papifts ; efpecially thefe agalnft Jefuits, 
 Prkfts and trafficking Papifts, and all Sayers and Hearers of 
 Mais, and Concealers of the fame. Item, Whoever feizes 
 any Prieft, Jefujt, or trafficking Papift, or their Refetters, 
 upon Certificate of the Conviction of the Perfon feized, by 
 the Judge, fhall have 500 Merks for his Reward from the 
 Treafury, for which the Receiver-General may be purfued 
 before the Lords of Seffion. Item, If it be proven, that 
 the faid Prieft, Jefuit, or trafficking Papift, was held and 
 repute fuch, or that he changed his Name, or goes under 
 another Name, and l"ball refufe the Formula of Purgation fub? 
 joined to the Aft, it (ball be fufficient Ground for the Coun- 
 cil to baniih him, never to return a Papift, under Pain of 
 Death, to be inflifted by the Lords of Jufticiary, as in thp 
 Aft. Item, If any Perfon be found in any Meeting, where 
 there is either Altar, Mafs-Book, or other Inftruments of Po- 
 pifti Superftition, and (hall refufe to purge as above, it fhall 
 be fufficient Ground to the Council to banifh, under any 
 (Certification they mail think fit, even to that of Death incluji- 
 pi; and whofoever discovers and feizes the faid banifhed 
 Prieft, &c. after his Return, fhall have the forefaid Reward 
 of yoo Merks, as above j and this without Prejudice of for- 
 mer Laws. Item > The Aft, Charles II. Par. 1. Cap. 1. anna 
 1 66 1. ratified : And any Proieftant Relation, or his Maje-. 
 Ity's Advocate or Solicitor, may purfne for the Exhibition 
 and Education of Children in the Keeping of Papifts : And 
 the Lords of Council, or Lords of Seffion, are impowered 
 to modify an Aliment out of the Children* or their Parents 
 Means : /\nd it is recommended to Presbyteries to inform in 
 this Matter. Item, No Papift profeft, or not purging, can receive 
 any voluntary Deed or Difpofirion made to them of any Lands, 
 or real Rights, or Tacks of Lands, or Tiends, but the fame 
 are declared null, and to remain with the Granter, and no. 
 Aftion for Warrandice or Repetition of the Price. Item % 
 No Papift, paft the Age of fifteen Years, can fucceed either 
 as Heir, or by other Conveyance from the Perfon to whom 
 he may be Heir, until he purge himfelf of Popery, as above o 
 and if, being educate in the Po.pifh Religion, he fucceed, as 
 above, before the faid Age, then he thai! be obliged to purge 
 before he attain the fame : And the Perfon to fuccc'cding 
 
 failing 
 
Abridgments . 239 
 
 failing in cither of thefe Cafes, the Succeflion devolves to 
 the next Proteftant Heir, who is to be ferved as iuch to the 
 Defunft, and to have Right to the Eftate and Rents from 
 the faid Irritancy, ay and while the Pcrfon excluded, or hi* 
 Heir, purge himfelf as above ; in which Cafe he is to be re- 
 potted as before the Exclufion, the interveening Rents, with 
 the Burden of the current Annualrents of Debts, remaining 
 with the Proteftant Succeffor ; but this Exclufion to be with- 
 out Prejudice of Creditors before the Exclufion. I:rn, No 
 Papift may grant any gratuitous Deed in Prejudice of his 
 Heir, but the fame is declared ngll, favc as to the afTecTing 
 the Granter's Perfon or Moveables. Item, The Proteftant, 
 on whom the Succeflion devolves by the faid Exclufion, 
 muft profecute his Right within two Years, elie it falls to 
 the next, and fo furth. Item, The Papift and his Heir muft 
 renounce Popery within Ten Years after the faid Irritancy, 
 (Minority not reckoned) or is to be excluded for ever; 
 and the Eftate, thus devolving, devolves with all its law- 
 ful Conditions and Burdens. Item, No voluntary Right 
 by a Papift, in favours of his apparent Heir, alfo a Papift, 
 fhall be of Force, though prior to this Act 23d A 
 1700. unlefs clad with Infeftment or Pofllilion, or produced 
 in Judgment of before. Item, All Difpofitions or Deeds in 
 favours of Cloyfters, or other Popifh Societies, are dechv 
 void> and to accrefce to the next Proteftant Relation to the 
 Granter. Item, No Adjudication is to expire in the Perfon 
 of a Papift ; but coming in the Perfon of a Proteftant, 
 Legal being run, it empires within Year and Day t! 
 and no Adjudication or real Diligence is competent to a 
 Papift upon any gi T or Deed. //**, That the 
 
 Formula of Purgation be taken before the Comu'il, 1 
 the Presbytery, and reported within Forty Days to 
 Council. Item, A Pro* (latizing to Popery, b\ IVj- 
 
 fetfion or Practice, forfeits ! 1 his ncx: 
 
 Heir being Proteftant, as if he were dca.' 
 Heir, if in Popularity, is 1 
 
 Education be fuel; 5 or, if h be Popift, he H excluded un- 
 til lie purge, as above. /. . r, '1 htft I 
 capable of auy Truft of t ; 
 mad that none eftrpl ch Truft: until they po 
 
2.^6 sfbridgments. 
 
 as above, under the Pain of a Year's valued Rent, or a iooc* 
 Merks, if the valued Rent be lefs, or the Employer no He- 
 ritor, toties auoties ; and fuch CommiiTions, Tutories or Cu- 
 ratories, are declared void. Item, No fufpect Papift may- 
 teach any Science, Art or Exercife. in Families, or outwith, 
 nor may a Proteftant have a Popith domeftick Servant; un- 
 der the Pain of 5-00 Merks : And thefe Pains may be pur- 
 fued by any Proteftant •, and, upon Conviction, he is to havs 
 the fame for Reward. 
 
 AS XI. Againfl Frofanenefs. 
 
 THis ratifies all former Acts againft Profanenefs, and, in 
 cafe any Perfon be excommunicate, or declared con- 
 tumacious, on account of Immorality, the Council, on Ap- 
 plication by the Presbytery, Synod or AiTcmbly, are to re- 
 prefenet him as unfit for publick Truft. 
 
 Queen Anne, Pari. 1. begun June 9. 1702c 
 
 Aft V. Fef a National Faff. 
 
 THis Act appoints a National Faft, oh account of rh€ 
 War, fcc. upon the fecond Thurfday of July 1702. 
 tinder the fame Pains as the former Fafts. 
 
 Queen Anne, Pari. ?. begun May 6. 1703. 
 
 A SI III. Ratifying the Turning of the Meeting of the Eflates in 
 the Tear \ 68 9. into a Parliament. 
 
 HErein, after ratifying the firft Act, Pari 1. of K. William 
 and Q. Mary, the Parliament declares, ' That it fhaH 
 be High-Treafon in any of the Subjects of this Kingdom, to 
 quarrel or impugn, or endeavour by writing, malicious and 
 aivifed Speaking, or by any other open Act or Deed, to al- 
 £et or innovate the Claim of Right, or any Article thereof.'. 
 
 Qucenf 
 
Abridgments,- 24 f 
 
 Queen Anne, Pari. 1. Seff. 4. begun Oclober 3. 1706. 
 
 jfcl YII. Ratifying and approving the Treaty of Union of 
 tivo Kingdoms of Scotland and England. 
 
 THis AcT: contains, approves and ratifies all the Aft 
 of Union, whereof this is the fecond, namely, That thd 
 Sncceffion to the Monarchy of the united Kingdom of Great* 
 Britain, and of the Dominions thereunto belonging, after her 
 mod Sacred Majeftv, and in Default of Iriue of her Ma; 
 be, remain and continue to the molt excellent Prince*" 
 Elcctorefs and Dutchefs Dowager of Hamvtr, and the Heirs of 
 her Body being Proteflants, upon whom the Crown of 
 land is fettled by an A<5t of Parliament, made in England 
 in the twelfth Year of the Reign of his late Majefty King 
 William the Third, intitled, An Aft for the further L 
 of the Cr9zvn, and better fee tiring the Right's an °f 
 
 the Subject ; and that all Papifts, and Perfons marrving Pa- 
 pills, fliall'be excluded from, and for ever incapable to inhe- 
 rit, poifefs or enjoy the imperial Crown of Great-Britain, and 
 the Dominions thereunto belonging, or any Part thereof: 
 And, in every fuch Cafe, the Crown and Government fhill, 
 from Time to Time, defcend to and be enjoyed by fuch Per- 
 foo, bei«g a Profeftant, as lhoul J have inherited and fefij 
 cd the fame in cafe fuch Papiih, or Perfon marrying a Pa- 
 pift, "were naturally dead, according to the Provifion for the 
 Defcent of the Crown of England, made by another AG 
 Parliament in Saghrwttm the firft Year of the Reign of I 
 late Majcftie, K.' William and Q. Mary, intitled, An A • 
 clan ■ tht 
 
 'his Ac! co 
 Security before, inn Inch IS liibjpif) 
 
 the Manner of electing the \6 Peers a: iram ncrs, 
 
 ipTidcntion ( /. e. what we call an Extrafl ) u^dcr 
 the Great Seal ,mcnt of that 
 
 . intitled, A i Act for 
 .ngland ^/./Scotland, as the r tranfmitt: 
 
 Thii 
 contains only a Re, th the Acl fet- 
 
 tling Epi bfl to Sir 
 
 II h 7 
 
242 Abridgments. 
 
 Jamer Stewart (whom, fince Glendook ended, I have copied after 
 in the Abridgments) are engrofled as Points and Conditions 
 of the Union. 
 
 A N 
 
 ABRIDGMENT 
 
 OF THE 
 
 LAWS refpeding RELIGION, 
 
 From the incorporating Union (1707.) to the 
 prefent Time, not contained in the forego- 
 ing Collection. 
 
 An ACT made annofexto Ann* Re gin* (1707.) 
 
 An Aft for the better Security of her Majejlfs Perfon and* Go- 
 vernment. 
 
 BY trm the Oath of Abjuration * is appointed to be taken 
 by all fuch Perfons in Scotland, as, by former Scott i/h A els 
 of Parliament f, were obliged to take the Oath of Al- 
 legiance and fign the AfTurance, and this on Pain of Depri- 
 vation i And if, without taking the faid Oath, they fhall con- 
 tinue to officiate, they are to incur the Penalties of an Eng- 
 lljh Ac!, 14th Gullelmi III. intitled, An Acl for further Secu- 
 rity 
 
 * See it fubjoined to the Abridgment of this A&* 
 f Set p. 19?* 
 
^Abridgments. 243 
 
 rity of his Majefly's Perfon awl Government, S:c. Moreover 
 all Jultices of Peace, and other Judge*, are impowered to 
 conveen before them any Perfon they fuppoie to be difafiect- 
 cd, and tender to them the fnid Oath, and certify the Names 
 of the Refufers to the Court of Seifion the e to be ree\>rded : 
 And if fuch Perfon mall not, within the next Term after 
 the Refufal, appear and take the Oath, he is to be adjudged 
 a Popifh Rccufant convict. 
 
 The prefent Form of the Oath of /fbjurati 
 
 I A. B. do truly and fincerely acknowledge, profefs, tc- 
 (tify and declare in my Conscience, before God and the 
 World, That our Sovereign Lord King George II. h law- 
 ful and rightful King of this Realm, and all other hn> Ma- 
 jefty's Dominions and Countries thereunto belonging : And 
 I do folemnly and fincerely declare, That I do believe 
 in my Conference, that the Perfon pretended to be Prince 
 of Wales during the Life of the late King James* and, 
 fince his Deceafe, pretending to be, and taking on himfcll I 
 Stile and Title of King ol England, by the Name of Janes ill. 
 and of Scotland, by the Name of James \ III. hath not any 
 Right or Title whatfoever to the Crown of this Realm, or any 
 other the Dominions thereto belonging : And I do renounce, 
 refufe and abjure any Allegiance or Obedience to him ; and 
 I do fwear, That I will bear Faith and true Allegiance to 
 his Majefty King George II. and him will I defend; to the 
 utmoft of my Power, againft all traiterous Coiffpirac 
 Attempts whatfoever, which fhall be made againlt his Per- 
 fon, Crown or Dignity-, and I will do mj ;rs 
 to difclofe and make known to his Majefty an 
 all Trcafons and traiterous Confpiraciei which I lhall ki 
 to be againlt him, or any oi thena : And I do faithfully pro- 
 roUe, to the utmod of my Power, to (lii port mail I 
 defend the Limitation and S \t\it 
 him the ! xn^\ alio Ions whatd 
 is and (lands limited 
 
 - , 
 : Crown to bis . 
 
344 Abridgments. 
 
 dy, being Proteflants ; and as the fame, by another Aft, in- 
 titled. An ASl for the further Limitation of the Crown, and bet- 
 ter fecurlng the Rights and Liberties of the Suhjefl, is and 
 ftands limited to the late Princefs Sophia, Eleclorefs and 
 Putchefs Dowager of Hanover, and the Heirs of her Body, be- 
 ing Proteftants: And all thefe Things I do plainly and fin- 
 merely acknowledge and fwear, according to thefe exprefs 
 "Words by me fpoken, and according to the plain and com- 
 mon Scnfe and Underftanding of the fame Words, without 
 any Equivocation, mental Evafion, or fecret Refervation 
 whatfoever : And I do make this Recognition, Acknowledg- 
 ment, Abjuration* Renunciation, and Promife, heartily, wil- 
 lingly and truly, upon the true Faith of a Chriftian. So 
 help me Cod. 
 
 Anno feptimo Anns Reginae (1708.) 
 
 An Acl to prevent laying of Wagers relating to the Publick. ■ 
 
 THis Aft prohibits the laying of Wagers relating to the 
 Publick, otherways the Parties to be fined in the Dou- 
 ble of the Wager. 
 
 An Act for improving the Union of the two Kingdoms. 
 
 BY this Act, whatfoever is High-Treafon, or Mifprifioa 
 of Treafon in England, is to be (^from July 1. 17C9.) 
 conftrued Treafon or Mifprifion of Treafon in Scotland. — 
 No Perfon indifkd of any capital Crime is to be fubje&ed 
 to Treafon. 
 
 Anno decimo Annse Reginae (17 11.) 
 
 Jt% A'1 for pre/ervtng the Pro tenant Religion, by better fecuring 
 the Church of England es by Law eftablifJ;»d y and for con- 
 £rming the Toleration granted to Proteflant Diffenters by aw 
 J:J, igtitlf&i An Act ibr exempting their Majefties Pra- 
 te ftan'i 
 
Abridgments. 245 
 
 ftant Subjects, diffentir.g from the Church of England, from 
 the Penalties of .certain Laws, ani for Jupplying the De- 
 ls theretf and for the further fecuring cf the Proi{ :„ it 
 Succejfion, by requiring the PraBifirs of the L Jith- 
 
 Britain tg take the Oaths, and fubfenbe the D:. 
 therein mentioned. 
 
 IN this Aft there is, among other Things, a Claufe infer- 
 ted, appointing all Advocates, Writers to t 
 Kotaries-Publick, and other Members of the College of Ju- 
 ftice, to take the publick Oaths before the Lord:*, exc< 
 ing fuch as have already taken the lame, on Pain oi being 
 difabled to prajlife ; and no Perfon for hereafter to be ad- 
 mitted to fuch OiHce till he firfl take the faid Oaths. 
 
 A"t A'l to prevent the diflurbing thofe of the Epifcopal Communi- 
 on in that Part ^Great- Britain effleft Scotland; in the Exer- 
 cife of their religious Worfhip, and in the Ufe of th$ Lit: 
 Church ^.England, Ifoc. 
 
 BY this A ft fuch as are of the Epifcopal Communion, in 
 tland, are allowed to alterable for divine Worihip, 
 to be performed after their own Manner, by Pallors ordained 
 by a Proteftint Bilhop, and who are not Minilters oi any 
 Church, and to ufe the Liturgy ; and all Magi A rates are re- 
 quired to protect and alhft them, and thofe ot their Comrnu- 
 
 n, in their Meetings for Worihip, except within Pariih, 
 Churches ; but they aie firfl: ordained to prefent their Li 
 of Ordination to the Ju ft ices of Peace, who are to cauf< 
 tcr the fame upon Record. Farther, both Pres; Oini- 
 
 flcrs, and fuch of the ' Communion as ihall k: 
 
 public!; Worlhip, arc ordained to take the Oaths of Al 
 ance, Affuran under the fame penal 
 
 ■.rs Civil or Military, as is enjoined 6f) A '.v.r. by thl 
 rntitlcd, f better Security of i 
 
 it, provided that the Mcetii; : the 
 
 Epi . be held with ( 
 
 the Acl oft! Parliament 169$-. intitled, An A 
 
 gain ( l in all nutcd 
 
 Jain or perDctual Immilcmtnent 01 
 
I 
 246 Abridgments. 
 
 ment, is repealed, and no Perfon to incur any Penalty fbr 
 refort'ing to Epifcopal Meetings for Worfliip, not being in 
 Churches ; and Epifcopal Minifters are allowed to pray, 
 preach, adminifter Sacraments, marry, <bc. there ; only the 
 Parents of Children fo baptized are -to enter the Birth and 
 Chriftening in the Pariili-Regifter, and Perfons fo married 
 are to have their Banns publilhed three Lord's Days in the 
 Epifcopal Congregation which both Parties frequent, and in 
 the Churches to which they belong as Parifhioners, and that 
 upon the Penalties of the Scotiijh Laws againft clandeftine 
 Marriages : And the Minifters of the Parifli Churches are by 
 the Aft obliged to publiih the Banns, and, in cafe of Negleft 
 or Refufal, it is declared fufficicnt to publiili them in the E- 
 pifcopal Congregation alone : But all the Laws againft Pro- 
 fanenefs and Immorality are ftill declared to be in Force, nor 
 is there any Indulgence hereby meant to Popifli Recufants or 
 Deifts. The Difturbers of fuch Meetings are to be bound in 
 Recognizance in 5-0 L. to appear before any Judge compe- 
 tent, and, being convict, to forfeit 100 L. The like as to 
 Magistrates who fhall padlock fuch Meeting Houfe Doors, 
 &e. Laftly* The civil Pain of Excommunication is alfo taken 
 away, and none are to be compelledto appear before Church- 
 Judicatories ; but all are to pray in exprefs Words for Queen 
 Anns. Princefs Sophia, &c. upon Pain of 20 L. for the firft Fault, 
 and filencing. three Years for the fecond ; but thele Delin- 
 quences are to be profecuted within two Months after the 
 Fault committed. 
 
 . An A$ to reflore the Patrons to their ancient Rights of prefent* 
 ing Mini ft en to the Churches vacant in that Part of Great - 
 Britain called Scotland. 
 
 > Y this Aft the Right of Patrons in Scotland is reftored as 
 to prefenting Minifters, fcc. and the Scottijh Aft 1690. 
 concerning Patronages, with the 15- Aft, Pari. 1. Self. 5*. K. 
 Will, and Q; Mary, and the 13 Aft, SciT. 6. of the faid Parlia- 
 ment in Scotland, for encouraging Preachers in vacant Churches 
 be-north Forth, are repealed, and the Presbytery is now o- 
 bliged to admit fuch Perfons prefented as formerly ; and this 
 ift cafe the Patron has not actually renounced. The Patron 
 
 negleft- 
 
Abridgments. 247 
 
 neglecting to prefent within fix Months, the Presbytery, />r* 
 ea vice, is to prefent jure devoluto\ but the Patron is firft to 
 take the publick Oaths, otherways the Right devolves upon 
 the Crown pro ea -dice. The like where the Patron is Popilh, 
 or fufpefted to be fo, and refutes to fign the Form 
 tained in the third Aft of the Scottijh Parliament 1700. 
 
 An A3 for repealing Part cf an A3 paft in the Par.. 
 
 Scotland, intitled, An Aft for discharging the Yule- Ya- 
 cance. 
 
 THe Sects Aft 1690. difcharging the Yule- Vacance, is 
 by this Aft repealed, and the Chrifrmafs- Vacation of 
 the Seflion, and all inferior Courts in Scotland, is appoint- 
 ed to be from the 20th of December to the 10th Janutrj 
 both inclufve, whereby the Aft of the Scotijb Parliament 
 1 636. is revived. 
 
 Anno primo Georgii Regis (1714.) 
 
 An A3 fcr making perpetual an A3 of the /event b c^ 
 Tears of the Reign of his late Majefly King William 
 Third, intitled, An Aft that the folemn Affirmation of the 
 People called Quakers fhall be accepted inilcad of an 
 Oath in the ulual Form, &c. 
 
 *His Aft is obvious from the Title, with which it a- 
 grees. 
 
 Anno primo Georgii Regis (1714.) 
 
 An A3 for the farther Security of his . • Gi- 
 
 Vtrnmtuty and the Succeffion of the Crown in lie Hi 
 Lie Prince fs Sophia, being ProteflaBt. an i fur extingi 
 the H e pretended Prince of Wales, and his if 
 
 fecret Abettors* 
 
 BY this Aft the publick Oarhi err cS new enj in< 1 opp 
 on all in publick Trull Civil of Military, 
 
 Heads, 
 
248 jrlbridgmcnts. 
 
 Heads, Matters and Members of Colleges, Halls or Gaffe* 
 in the Univerfities of £7. Andrews, Gla/gow, Aberdeen and £- 
 dinburgh : and alfo all Probationers of Divinity before they 
 enter upon Trials, and all Schoolmaiters, &c. and Juftices of 
 Peace. &c. aTe impowered to put thefe Oaths to all they 
 fufpeft, and the Refulers to be deprived ipfofaclo. 
 
 AYmo quinto Georgii Regis (1718.) 
 
 jfn Aft for making more effectual the Laws appointing the air: 
 for Security of the Government, to be taken by Mini flers and 
 Preachers in Churches and Meeting- Hcufes in Scotland. 
 
 THis Aft enjoins a Fr>rm of Abjuration, differing from the 
 former In little elfe than that it leaves out the Redu- 
 plication upon the Acts mentioned in the other. Miniflcrs or 
 Preachers in Meeting Houfes are required to pray in exprefs 
 "Words for his Majefry and the Royal Family •, and Proba- 
 tioners, infilling for Licence or Ordination, without fo quali- 
 fying, fhall be liable to fix Months Imprifonment, and de- 
 clared incapable to enjoy any Benefice, <bc. by Virtue of a- 
 ny Prefentation, Call, or other Settlement, for a Year after 
 they (hall take the Oaths. Hereby it is alfo enafted, that 
 fcvery Perfon who now is, or ihall be ordained or admitted a 
 Minifter of the Church of Scotland, except fuch as had taken 
 the former Abjuration Oath, Ihall, on or before June \* 
 1719. take and fubfcribe the Oath of Allegiance and AjfTiN 
 ranee, with the Oath of Abjuration hereby prefcribed, under 
 fuch Penalties and Difabilities as by the .Aft made in the 
 fir ft Year of the Reign of his prefent Majefty is directed, and 
 fhall caufc enter a Certificate thereof in the Books x>i the 
 Judge ordinary. 
 
 Anno 
 
Abridgments. 249 
 
 Anno oftavo Georgii Regis (1721.) 
 
 An Aft for granting the People called Quakers fuch Form 
 Affirmation or Declaration as may remove the Difficulties which 
 many of them ly under. 
 
 HEr^by a new Form of Declaration of Fidelity, and of 
 another Declaration, importing the Effect of the Oath 
 of Abjuration, is prefcribed for Quakers, much the fame with 
 the Form of Abjuration prefcribed to Presbyterian Miniiters 
 in Scotland, only this of the Quakers makes Mention of the 
 Acts of Parliament recited in the Abjuration Oath, which 
 the other omits. There is alfo a Formula prefcribed for the 
 folemn Affirmation of Quakers, in cafe they be called tci 
 make Oath, which is to run thus : (I A. B. do iblemnly, fin* 
 cerely and truly declare and affirm, csc.) 
 
 Anno nono Georgii Regis (1722.) 
 
 An Aft to ollige all Perfons, being Papifls, in that Part of 
 Great-Britain called Scotland, and all Pcrfini in Great-Bri- 
 tain refufing or neqlefting to take the Oat ' 
 the Security of his Majeflfs Per/on and Gtvernm 
 ral Afts herein mentioned^ to regijler their Names and real 
 Eflates. 
 
 THis Aft agrees materially with the Title, with th* 
 Addition, That, in Default of fuch Swearing or Re- 
 giftring, the Party is to forfeit the Fie Simple oi all fuch 
 Eftatc : And Miniiters, taking the above new Oath CIIJO 
 to them, are excemed from ail further Swearing; and Pa- 
 pifts are, over and above the Oaths, to take the 
 But, by an aft the Year following, Women arc excemed 
 from Swearing, &c. 
 
 1 \ Anne 
 
£56 .Abridgments. 
 
 Anno nono Georgii II. Regis (1735.) 
 
 An Aft to repeal the Statute made in the firfl Tegr of the Reign 
 of King James I. intitled, An Aft againft Conjuration, 
 "Witchcraft, and dealing with evil and wicked Spirits, ex- 
 ieft fo much thereof as repeals an Aft of the fifth Year of the 
 Rtign of Queen Elifabeth, againft Conju rations, Inchant- 
 inents and Witchcrafts, and to repeal an Aft paffed in the 
 Parliament of Scotland, in the ninth Parliament of Queen 
 Mary, intitled, Anentis Witchcrafts, and for punijhing fucb 
 Perfons as pretend to exfrcife or ufe any Kind of Witchcraft, 
 Sorcery, Inchahtment or Conjuration. 
 
 "jf) Y this the A61 1. James I. againft Conjuration, &c. ii 
 X3 repealed,- except a Claufe repealing the Statute in the 
 5th of E/ifabeth. The Acl in Scotland, pno Marix, is alio' 
 repealed : And, after June 24. 1736- no Perfon is to be pro- 
 fecuted for Witchcrafts, Sorcery, Inchantment or Conjura- 
 tion, or for charging others with any filch Offence. Perfons 
 pretending to exercife Witchcraft, tell Fortunes, or, by 
 crafty Science, to difcover ftolen Goods, are, for every fucfr 
 Offence, to be impr foned for a Year, be pilloried once e- 
 very Quarter of it, and bound for good Behaviour. 
 
 Anno decimo Georgii II. Regis (1737.) 
 
 An Aft for the more effeftual bringing to Juflice any Perfon: 
 concerned in the barbarous Murder of Capt. John Porteous, 
 • and pun'ifomg fuch as /hall knowingly conceal any of the faid 
 Offenders. 
 
 BY (his Acl, Fugitives hot furrendering themfelves were 
 to fuffer Death when apprehended ; and Perfons con- 
 cealing them, being thereof con viet, to fuffer Death. This 
 Ad to be read every Sunday, immediately before Sermon, in 
 all the Churches of Scotland for a Year, from the firfl: of Au- 
 gufl 1737. other ways fuch Minifter to be, for the fir ft Of- 
 fence, declared incapable of fitting or voting in any Ghurch- 
 Jixcfica-turc ; and, for the fecond Offence, be declared inca- 
 pable 
 
^abridgments. 151 
 
 pabie of taking, holding or enjoying any Benefice in Si 
 land. Item, Offenders turning Impcachers to be pardoned ; 
 and Informers to be allowed 200 I. and admitted Wit- 
 neffes. 
 
 Three ACTS made anno decimo nono Ce$rgii II. Regis 
 (i 74 j.) viz. 
 
 An Aft more effe fiually to prevent profane Curfing and Swearing. 
 
 THis A& ordains, That every profane Curfer or Swearer 
 pay as follows, viz. Every common Man One Shil- 
 ling •, every other Perfon under the Degree of a Gentleman 
 Two Shillings i and every Perfon of or above the Degree 
 of a Gentleman Five Shillings ; and fo much more for eve- 
 ry Time the Offence is committed. Conftables are im- 
 powered to feize fuch, if unknown, and bring them before 
 the next Juftice of Peace, or Magiftrate. who is to convict 
 them on the Officer's Oath ; and, if they are known, he is 
 to make Information againft them, and the Juftice of Peace 
 or Magiftrate is, upon Information, to order the Part\ 
 appear, and to fine him as above, which muft be immediate- 
 ly paid down, or Security given ; or, if 'he Offender be in- 
 folvent, he muft be committed for ten Days to the Correc- 
 tion Houfe, except common Soldiers or Sailors, who, not 
 paying, are to be put in Stocks — Jufticcs and Magi ft rates, 
 not doing their Duty, arc to forfeit 5 L. and Conftables f 
 not doing theirs, are to forfeit 2 L. Ail which Penalties 
 are to be given to the 1 lie Parilh within which the 
 
 Offender lives. Offenders muft alio pay the Expencc of Suit, 
 or be committed to the Correction Hoife for Six Dayi ex- 
 traordinary : But this Offence muft be profecutcd within eight 
 Days after committing thereof. 
 
25 2 Abridgments. 
 
 £n A£l more effectually to prohibite and prevent Paflors or Mi* 
 niflers from officiating in Epifcopal Meeting- Houfes without 
 duly qualifying them/elves according to Law, and to punijh Per* 
 fons for refer ting to any Meeting- Houfes where fuch unquali- 
 fied Paflors or Miniflers Jhall officiate. 
 
 HEreby it is ordained, That Sheriffs do inquire into 
 the Number of Epifcopal Meeting-Houfes in their 
 Bounds : Of thefe Lifts are to be made and entered, and 
 Copies thereof to be tranfmitted to Parliament. Paftors in 
 fuch Houfes mull produce Certificates of their being quali- 
 fied according to Law. The Clerk of the Court where 
 they qualify mud enter the fame, tranfmit Copies of it to 
 the Parliament, and an attefted Copy muft be affixed on the 
 Meeting- Houfe. Minifters in thefe Houfes muft pray for his 
 Majefty and the Royal Family by Name, as directed in the 
 Liturgy. Paftors not producing Certificates' of their qua- 
 lifying, their Meeting-Houfes arc to be fliut up, and the 
 Proprietor bound to give Security that it fhall not be fo ti- 
 led and employed before he have Accefs thereto — Paftors 
 unqualified, officiating in Epifcopal Meeting-Houfes, fhall, for 
 the firir. Fault, fuffer Imprifonment for fix Months, and for 
 cny fubfequent Offence fhall be tranfported ; and, in cafit 
 they return, fhall be imprifoned for Life. — Peifons reforting 
 to Epifcopal Meeting-Houfes unregiftred, and not inform- 
 ing, forfeit 5 L. Such Minifters muft have Letters of Or- 
 ders from a Bifhop of the Church of England, or of Ireland. 
 Profecutions on this Acl muft be commenced within twelve 
 Months after the Offence. Peers, or others, prefent at fuch 
 unqualified Meetings, are thereby difqualifieu from chufing 
 or being chofen Members of Parliament.— Officers, Civil or 
 Military, reforting to them, are to be difabled for a Year : 
 And Ma gift raves, not doing their Duty in the PremiiTes, are 
 to forfeit 50L toties qutfiffs ) one Half to the Infonner, and 
 (he other to the Poor. 
 
Abridgments. 253 
 
 An A3 for the mre effectual dl farming the Highlands in Scot- 
 land, Ct\ — and for obliging ihe l\laflers and Teachers of pri- 
 vate Schools in Scotland, arid Chaplains, Tutors and C 
 nors of Children or Youth, to take the Oaths to his Majejly, 
 his Heirs or Succejfors, and to regijlcr the fame. 
 
 BY this it is, inter alia, enacted, Thar, after the firft of 
 November i 746 the Situation and Description oi fuch 
 Schools muft be regiftred in a Book kept for tiiat Purp >fe by 
 the Clerks of the Shires, 6c. and the Mailer- ur 1 cichers 
 muft qualify, by taking the Oaths appointed by Law, and 
 take out Certificates thereof. As often as Prayers are laid in 
 thefe Schools, his Majefty, <sc. to be pra) ed for by Name; 
 and thefe Matters mult not refort to Lpiicopal Meeting- 
 Houfes unlicenfed, otherways mult, forth ful- 
 
 ler Imprifonnicnt for fix Months j and, for the iecond or af- 
 ter Offences, be adjudged to be tranlported, and according- 
 ly mail be transported to America; and, in cate ol 
 be imprifbned for Life. And Parents, &rc. lending Children to 
 un regiftred Schools, (hall, for the firft Offence, be liable to 
 prilonmettt for three Months ; and for the iecond, or any 
 after Offence, Imprifonment for two Years : And by this 
 Act alio it is enacted, That, after the fi:ft of I 
 1746. Chaplains, Cr. in Families, muft take the Oaths, and 
 caufe a Certificate of his having fp done to be regiflred : i 
 cry Chaplain, Schoolmafler, ic. of the C 
 mutiion of the Church oiScotU the Oath 
 
 to be taken by Preachers, by an Act a> 
 And Pcrfons iot quali- 
 
 iM, for the firfl Offence, fuffer fix M 
 , and, for any (iibfc 
 icnt. 
 
 N. D. The Jufticcs, or any other Judge competent. 
 inflict l| . ; but the 
 
 nrghs, arc to 
 
 nee againlt ihil Act, - 
 
 aiici I 
 
254 Abridgments. 
 
 Anno vicefimo Georgii II. Regis (174$.} 
 
 An Afl for taking away and aboli firing the heritable JurifdicTtaiS 
 in Scotland, &c. — and for obliging all Perfons acling as 
 Procurators, Writers, or Agents in the Ldw 7 in Scotland, to 
 take the Oaths, and for rendering the Union of the two King- 
 doms more compleat. 
 
 HEreby it is, inter alia, ordained. That Agents, &c. in 
 the Courts of Seflion and Judiciary, SherifFor Stewart- 
 Courts, take and fubferibe the Oaths, and regifter a Certifi- 
 cate thereof in the Court to which they belong, betwixt and 
 the 29th September 1747- or forfeit 20 L. one Half to the 
 King, and the other to the Informer j and that none be al- 
 lowed to enter upon, or praelife as fuch, till they have fp 
 qualified, $re* 
 
 Coronation-Oath for Scotland, as appointed by the A^ of Secu- 
 rity, before infert. 
 
 King of Great Britain, France and Ireland, De- 
 
 1 
 
 fender of the Faith, do faithfully prpmife and fwear, 
 That I mall inviolably maintain and defend the true Prote- 
 ftant Religion, with the Government, Worfhip, Difcipline, 
 Rights and Privileges of the Church of Scotland, as eftablifhed 
 by the Laws made there, in Profecution of the Claim of Right. 
 
 Coronation-Oath for England, as appointed by an Afl of their 
 Parliament in the 12th of King William III. and by their 
 Act ratifying the Laws for Religion, higroffed in their Rati- 
 fication of the Union. 
 
 — King of Great Britain, France and Ireland, De? 
 
 fender of the Faith, do faithfully promife and fwear, 
 That I ihall maintain and defend inviolably the Settlement 
 of the Church of England, and the Doctrine, Worihip, Dif- 
 cipline and Government thereof, as by Law eftablifhed, with- 
 in the Kingdoms of England and Ireland, the Dominion of 
 Wales, and Town of Berwick upon Tweed, and the Terri- 
 toxics thereto belonging. 
 
 F I N I S. 
 
An alphabetical INDEX referring to the 
 principal Contents of the foregoing Collection. 
 
 ^ Bjuration-Oath 242, 245, 247, 
 
 "7 Acts refcinded ;i,7°,7i> 77, 
 114, 182, 183, 186, 191, 192, 212. 
 of AfTembly 19, 50, ci, 57, 
 
 6*9, 94, 99, '", 126, 143. 
 AdmifTion of Mimlters 21, 22, 36, 
 
 70, 71, 72, 73, 212. 
 Adultery 27. 
 
 Adverferies to Religion 25", 29. 
 Allegiance- Oath 182, 193, 198, 202, 
 
 209, 224, 230, 232, &c. 
 Apoltates 13, 27. 
 Argyle 226, 230. 
 Army 15-8. 
 
 A flu ranee -Oath 193, 198, 2 
 AiTcmbly General 18, 19, 23, ff, 
 
 54, S5, 57, 69, 94, 95, 99» ioi> 
 
 i2y, 186, 200, 21 3. 
 B 
 Baptilms diforderfy 2 1 9, 
 
 3 4, 36, 3 7, 69, 70, 71,77, 
 
 212, 226. 
 Blalphcmy 26, 149, 201, 211. 
 Book of Policy or Difciplinc^, 154. 
 ——Canons fl 
 
 Common-Prayer ibid. 
 
 Ordinati' 
 
 C 
 Callers of Minifter$72, 73, 1;;, 180. 
 
 nd Dice 39. 
 Catechiims 142. 
 
 «;f Revolution 176, &c. 
 Chaptci fo f 71. 
 
 CI. uk k Power 50, ei, 
 
 52, rji r h *9t 70, 71, ^, 
 
 I.jl. 
 
 Claim 
 
 TO. 
 
 ■ 
 
 Covena Hy 70, 80, 82> 
 
 113, 14^, *#> 148, 213* 
 
 D 
 Declarations 10 1, 2 1 4, 2i>. 
 Delij^ucnts 217. 
 Directory for Worfhip 1 
 Difcip.Hne 16, 19, 1 
 Difordcrs 236. 
 Drunkards, Drunkennel> 
 
 * n g2>, 38, 100, 133, 144, 
 Doctrine 12, 1 ;, j 
 Donations (pious) 40. 
 Duels 236. 
 
 E 
 Engagement (Duke HemUty*i\) 114, 
 
 133, 163. 
 Epifcopacy y 
 
 180. 
 
 -:iifm 19, 182, 18/, 199. 
 
 Excommunication and excommuni- 
 cated 
 77, 34, 109, 1 
 
 Fanatical Dil 
 
 Fafts 98, 113, 233, 
 
 Fines . 
 
 Forfiitu; 
 
 Fornication 23, 13 c, 139, 148. 
 
 H 
 IlanovcrLn Succeffi >r, 
 
 I 
 
 1 
 rry 8, 83, 1 
 
 .61. 
 
 -^, 31, 3Pr 
 
I N 
 
 fclrk-Seflions 20, $4> 6 9, B >> 26 > 
 
 18;. 
 Kirkmen 16, 32, 39; *°> Sh *9, 
 
 7 , 73. L 
 
 Leagues 29, 79, 2oS - 
 League (folemn) 87, 88, 89, 90, 
 98,113, 140, M 1 , 148,208,213. 
 M 
 MaHgnants 92, IS*. ] 33> 134, ^8. 
 Marriages ( clandefune ) i 4 5, 211, 
 
 234, 237* 
 Members of Court 12. 
 Meeting- Houfes 246. 
 Mafs 10, 29-32, 34, 35", 7$- 
 Miniuers 11, 13— 16 > 2 4, 26 > 28 > 
 30,183,203,226,232,233,248. 
 Monuments of Idolatry 83. 
 Murdering of Children 231. 
 
 N 
 Kon-Communicants If, 24, 33> 
 
 75", 84. . 
 ^on-Conformity 224. 
 Novations 66, 6j. 
 O 
 Oaths 80, 82, 134, 193, 198, 202, 
 
 207, 109, 221, 224, 230, 232, 
 
 233, 242, 245, 247, 2 48, Co- 
 ordinations 220. 
 
 P 
 Parents 1*3, 211. 
 Parliaments 49, 8l > I0 7> l2S > 
 
 162, &c 
 Paflengers 225'. 
 Patrons and Patronage 22, 26, 70, 
 
 73, 154* l8S > 2 M, 2a6 ' 
 Perth Articles 38, ;2, 71. 
 Pevibns (fcandalous) 146. 
 pilgrimage 26. 
 
 Places of Power 128, 140, H 1 , x 4^- 
 Pope 7, 8, 21. 
 
 Popery and Papifts 24, 27, 29, 30, 
 • 34, 35", >9, <5o, 75, 92, 208, 
 237, 2 49- 
 Poor 149- 
 Pcrteous Act 2co. 
 Priefrs (Seminary ) 29, 30, 3 5", 7 J, 
 
 ,-tery, Presbyteries and Presby- 
 ters i3, 19, SAy 69, 75, 8 3, 84, 
 91, 140, 141, iSj, 199, 204,205, 
 
 Q 
 Preachers 2 1 8, 234, 24S, 
 
 Printing 102. 
 
 D E x. 
 
 Profeflion 12, 13- 
 
 Profane Perfbns and Profanity 92., 
 
 100, 107, 144, I4 6 , 2 32, 23?| 
 
 234, 240. 
 Proclamations 78, 224, 22J. 
 Protection 72. 
 
 a 
 
 .Quakers 247, 249- 
 Jv 
 Reformation 6 1, 68, 78,79,94,13** 
 Religion 11-14, ! 7, l8 , 2 3, 2 >, 2 7i 
 31,39, 6 6, 6 7, 8o > x 4°; Mi> 2 °4> 
 
 20f, 209, 22 1. 
 
 Remiflions 143. 
 
 RefchTory Adls 162 — 172. 
 
 Rovointion- Principles 17S— -1 So. 
 
 S 
 Sabbath 2j, 32, 74, 77, 9 8 , 99i M7> 
 
 210, 216, 234- 
 Sacraments 10, 11, I J, 16. 
 Schifm 92. 
 
 Schools 40, 103, 231, 23c. 
 Scriptures 8, 9, 1J , 2 *- 
 Separation If, 25, 29, 215", 220. 
 Servants 2 3>. 
 Subjetfs 13. 
 Superintendent 22, 23. 
 Superftition 26, 76, 92, 104, 112. 
 Supremacy 21, 27, 183, 209, 213* 
 
 216, 222. 
 Swearers and Swearing 26, 100, 13 J 
 
 144, 148, 2jo. 
 Synods 19, 54, 69, i 8 5, 210. 
 
 T 
 Taverns 2j, 99- 
 Teft 221, 224. 
 
 Thankfgiving-Days 33, 98, 210 
 Toleration 12J, 203, 245, 246. 
 
 U 
 Uniformity 80, 82, 93, 127. 
 Union 93, i° 8 > 12 7, *4*l 2 44> 
 Univerfities 214, *3*- 
 
 V 
 Vice ico, no, 133, *44, M 6 *- 
 Vifitors 22. 
 Vote in Parliament 32, jo, 53, 09 r 
 
 Wagers 244. 
 Warnings 99, 12*. 
 Witches 13^250. 
 
 Y 
 Youth 23,25, 3* it 2, 201. 
 Yule 21, 7^7 187, -7,247. 
 
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