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lvkingcltdnle , and forfetling ofa perfeét peace in the

Church and Commonwealth thereof, we were plea-
fed to cauleinditit afreegenerall alfernbly to bee
holden at Glafgow the one and twentieth of No»
vember laft : And forogugr fubieéls their better content
and allurancel that they lhould be freed of all kfuch

things as by their petitions and-efupplicationsy given
intol the Lords of our prime Conncell, they feemed l
to be grieved at , Worn tfome fort preveenecl the

aflembly ._, by difcharging by our proclamation the
fervice book, book ofcanons, and high commiﬂion,
freed and liberate our fubjeéts from the praétifing

of the ﬁ\'re“articles7,eximedall minifters at their entry ‘

from giving any other ,oath«fthen"thaet which is con»-

tained in the act of parliament ,3 made all perfonsg?
both eccleﬁafticall and Clvlll lyable to the cenfure of

ParliamentggcnerallAffembly, or any other ju-
dicatorie C0mp§t§nWt‘_y,‘ys' 3§F0.TdiDg yto they nature» of
thE'irloﬁ'ehee?'had declared all by- gone cliforders ab-
folutely forgotten and forgiven: anclllaft ,for {ecu-»
ring to all pofteritie the truth and liberty‘ bf s religion,

y digicomqlgtn;!;h€"§Q1'lf¢ﬂiQF1~§0fgill]: and band   for
a maintenance thereof; and bfitautliorltxellxn defence of

the fame, _fubfcribed; by our cleajre Father, and his

hlouﬂ1olt;l,i2¢_a;2naygy 1 5 8 e.tobe renewed and fubfcribed 
again by our fubj-eéts here : And albeit that tlhisgyygour *
gracious and pious command , in i ﬂcadgiofobedieneesl 4

and fubmiiﬁon, ratltiountred opengand publiclc oppo- 

 ﬁtliohle-ll ﬁlildy PfOf€ﬁ3ti;0D hagainft the famre e:t And that

tljgy jcoatigusd t1ieirdai1yaed;t hourelyl g"uart:linglAi‘and
Wéfﬁhing Our Caﬂls Ofﬁclxnburgihsisfnffcrlngi 110ifliiI?g

  t§§tbeifrip_o"rtEHthe1fein, butai;.their_ difcretion , ﬂop-

ping

    (3)

ping and impeding any importation of ammunici.i
on, or other neceffarrea whatfoever to any ofour» r
houfes Within this fkrngdome: Denying to us their.

\‘ foveraigne Lord that Iibertieyand Freedorne , which~i ‘
the meanefi: of them affume tioythemfC1tve5(an act ‘

without precedent or example in the chriftian world)
Like asthey fpared not boldly and openly to contti-at
Anne their conventions and councell tables of Nobi

litie, Gentrie, Miniﬁers and; Burgeffes within the city

of Edinburgh,where not regarding the ilawesi of the i
kingdome , without warrant of authority , they con-
  veened, affembled, and treated upon matters , as well

eccleﬁafticall as Civill , Tent their injunétions and di-

  reétions »throu"ghout the countrey Atop their fubordi-
pt nate tables, and other under minifters appointed by
e them for that effect. ‘And under coloured and pretext

of refligiony ,,yexercing “fan unwarranted libertie , re-
quiredyieyobedience to their unlawfull and illegally
directions , to~the feen prejudice of authority,“

and lawfull monarchicall government. And.‘not-,
rewithﬁaitgdingr ‘fit ywas eizidﬁntiy rnanifeﬁ bythe i1-A

legallartdiunfotmalﬂcoutfe taken in [the electioini ‘of
the comtniﬂioners for the afI'embly,wher_eof fotne of
‘them were‘un_dert_the oenfure of this chutchfome um.

i Vd,€p‘rA_thC‘ cenfnreetofp the ‘church of Ireland ', fome
1 long fince baniﬂued  forty open: and avowemdteaching

againﬁ-monarchy , others i of them fufpended , and
fome adtnitted to the miniﬁcry contrary to the form
prefcribedpby thelawes of this ‘kingdome ,others of

"them re;1>c<1s.and at the horneifotne ofchem conﬁned, t
tt»rapd’a1lof 3 them by oath; and tvfubfceriptioni b0L1[1d=t0

the overthrow ,ofepifcopa1lgoverntnent; And by

a 3   this '

(as? -  
tlhisfand other their underahanfd worlciugg and lpri»
vateirrformations and perfwaﬁonghave given jufl:
ground of fufpicion of their partigxlicie, and fo made
rhemfelves -unﬁt judges of what concerneth epifcg...

l pacie.a And als albeit it was fufﬁcienrly cleared by the

peremptory and illegallproceclures of the preshy-
reries, whoa‘: their own hand by order of law , and

A ~ xvithoutdue forme oEproceﬂ‘e, lerhruflzlour modo- Ur

rarors lawfully eﬂablifhedér and ‘" placed others, whom 

11 they found moa inclinable to theirturbullent humorsg

aflociare to themfelvesl for chooﬁng of thelcommili ll
ﬁoners to the affembly , a laick elder out of each pa-

“rlfh , Iwho being in moft place$‘»equ"alel; if not lmoje ih?‘

nurnblerthenrlaighemihiﬂieriqmardegchoice both of rhea

A miniﬁers, who {hould he commiﬂioners from the

presbyteries , asalfo of a laid: elder,;(which inmtime:
will prove to beofa dangerous confeuence, and1r=ir¢n...~
portl: as "heavie burdemr the lip :  le‘:+‘“oia' lchurchfllplandll
church men) being more direéred therein bythre’war;
rants of the forefaid pretended tables , thenbytheir
own judgements _., as appeared by thefeverall inﬁ:ru-

 

Gcions fear from them» (far contrary to the lawfcs gfl 

thisacormrrey v,  Tldwahle  r 1 ref  church)
fome whereof were procluced and exhibit a by ourir
CommifIioner,and publickly read : One whereof;di- 1
red’: tothe Nohlemen andBarons of each presbytc-
rie, doth. among manyi qthero odde paffagesf, require *

 

A diligenge ,h1e£’Vre(faylthey)¢ by ourown ﬁllineffc and

tlreacherie awerfllofeeeﬁh faire an occaﬁomfofourppliherry?

both chriﬁian flandrcivill aﬁrangeph rafhfo plrroceedoo

fro  ”urifull¢ lord‘; lidyall hearted fubjcéh;  ether

to the moderatorsaoftiaje l?{evera11‘"pryteriése~L, undle; ‘
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rs:      

 llhﬁf,lttl€10f4p~ﬂ.I-V,AT'E..IN s 'I'_1iUtC tr 1 on ts,» Auet1.s fr 2 7;

ﬁrﬁ , contaitzeth ~tliaat‘”tthefeprivate’ll inﬁruétions,tl.,ﬂwatl-I

be difcovered tr) mine, butto brethren ' well affeéteid t
A t6 the caufe gfecondly, order muft be.tal<en,thatnone

behpfhofenr ruling elders but tﬂcotvenanters , and thefe
Weﬂgaffeﬁiged mthe buﬁneﬂé l:t thirdly, that wherethc
mini    well aifeéted ,tthe ruling» elder be choa
fenlbythe commifﬁoners of the fhire, and fpoken
fmparlticularly for that effeét: fourthly, that they bc

§3§lrcftil;1;that no lchap.p¢1m~;etn,, chaptermen , or la mini—- M

{left 3u£tr;;ctt>£ tP¢a;ce ,l helchofeln , althoughcot/enan~

,t$c rfsQr, etxccipt they havlc publjickly renot1nced,"or decla-
red the unllawfulnteﬁe of their places : ﬁfthly, that the t

*rt1Iing ﬁldcrg Cbme 1°tom every phurch , in equal! 

trtjm’ with‘ Zthegminiﬁers 5% andlfltl;1Ct}miniﬂC1‘”Op-=

 £hemr¢1v:esl“in pomeltzon, nocwichaanding r
A Qppoﬁtion : ﬁxthly  that the acommiﬂioner of t

  dfaq
the lhlirefcaufe conveen before him the ruling elder“ %

‘if  ¢%i9f¢!1l?ef0rc thew Whe leltéﬁont
an$1rtrt¢nJ9yn themupon trhcir to-mtthatthey give vote

  tt01i¢!?¢h;hl51ift fethdewhotarertarrzed alrcadhytat   the
e meeting at Edinburgth =fCventhIy ,’that where thercl

ttvetnamm it cf!

is,}';tt.rn0li1cIn:tn llIl:l5l,'1C‘Vl)%l0l3ftrdS of the pregbyte 13; ,..he be
chqfen gm: where therer is notgeli, there bepluofen a
barrt§n,rlor,dne of the heft quality,and he onelya co»

. H 'ghthly ,th:tttheableffmVa;t1inevery pref-
fbéxprévided to dlfpﬂtc dﬁgotgﬂateﬁtpremi 
eﬁgﬂiéisalpmfﬁrtimin caza-vacazrdir Q9}?-'-
¢z'liif:,&‘€l;l VVhereby it his moﬂ: evident what prelimi-
tations, in_dire(Sc and partial! courfes , and dangerous
propoﬁtiotrs have been ufed ittﬂthe preparations and
€1¢°¢3°ﬂ5   '30 :this pretended airﬁmbbh "By ﬂ which
A P     A ~ ” unlawfull

 6 )

A unlawfull doings ,‘although we had fufﬁeient lreafonl if

tolillhaveitlifcharged the meeting of the {aid affemblyg a

yet we wereppleafed patiently to attend thetfame,

ﬂill hoping that when they were met together by the A K

prefence of our Commiﬂioner, and aﬁiflance offome

well affeéted fubjeéts ,,v7ho wereto be there‘ , and by n
their own“ feeing the reall“ petformance‘lof‘whiat was ~ ‘

promifed by*ourproclamation,they fhouldhaye been

induced to return to the due obedience to of fubjeéts. '

But when we perceived that their turbulent difp_0ﬁti-

l ons did incre-al‘e,as was manifeﬁ by theirrepairing to

the ﬁtid pretended aﬂembly with great troups and
bands of 1nen,all bo-lddin in fear of war,with guns,and
p'iftolets, contrary to the lawestof this ykingdo_me,and
inhighv contempt of our proclamationat Edinburgh

the I 6 .day of November laft: And alfo by the perem-

ptoryrefuﬁngy to the ‘ iaﬂeﬂbrs , authorized by us (alg-

ithoughifewer in number then eourdeareft “Father was
  in ufe to ~have_) the power of vottng in thts alfetnblyg

as formerly they had done in all others; openly aver-
ring that we , not our Commrfﬁoner , had no ﬁxrther
ower there then the meanelt commxﬂioner of then:

 number  and by their partialland uniu£trefuﬁdg,and

not fuflering to be read the reafohs and arguments "gi;

t lven in by the bifhops,and their adherents to ourCom—   L

miﬂioner, why they ought not to proceed to the ele;

éizion of a moderatogneither yet to the trying and _y ad.

a mitting dB the Pcomtnifﬁonerse ,3 before ‘ ftheyr were

it heard ,‘thoug‘jh7in our name they were earneftlyreu ‘A

quircd thereto by our C01'nrniﬂioner: and notwith-
ﬂtanding that : our Commifﬁonerby warrantfrom us
gave inunder his t hand a fufﬁcxent declaration of all
it mm : l  t ~ .. l ’ that

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that wash contained tn our late prot:l»arnation; bearing

liltewagzesont pleafureof the regiftration of the am:
in the l

l andypurity of religion to all our ooel fubjecilia, as

tlothclearly appeare by the deelara:tion it‘ felf; where»
F the tenor follows’. The Kings Majeﬁybeinginfor-
met! that many of his goodtfubjeéts have app re=hen_tl-
ed‘ that by the introducing ofthe fetyice book , and
book of canonsg the inbringinglof fupetﬁitlon h:=:tl"3
been intended, hath been graciouflylpleaﬁtl to all-ll
charge, like as by thefe he doth difchargte the fervlce
book, and.byook ofcanons, andthe praetieeofthem,
andeither ofthem , and annulls and refcirzcls all atfts
ofcouncell, proclamations, andotl1era%&s,and deeils

ooksyyof afTem,bly,For all laffuranee ofrhe truth  

whatfoever , thathave lbeenl made orpublillueclbfor‘ y

eftabliﬂaing the-mg or"either offhem, ,an‘ddecl:1i‘es the

t ‘fameto be null, 8: :9 have no force not case: in time

Coming. The kings Majefty, as he conceived, for the
care and beneﬁt of’y~th¢ .fubjre&_, eﬂfablilljedrfhe high

commiﬁion ,that thereby juﬂice  ‘ht bet aamini; » '

  ll%“rat‘er,t}at1*dt1‘i_efa"u1l:s and errours or ouch perfons l as ”

are made lyable thercto,tal<en order withgand l punilh—- A
* ed with themore conveniencie, and leﬂ'e trouble to
V thepeople.‘ Buf:"ﬁnd_mg hisgraclous intention athletes‘-

V in to bathe llmiltalten; hat¢li<»* lbrccnllllplcafed‘totdifeharge ,   b

like ash tliél'elhedbtllrllclil’ébharg‘e‘ltheelfame, ahdall
3&5 an‘ deeds , Whatfolcver made for eﬁablilhing
thereof. Arid the kingstmajefty being informed, . that
the urging ofthe ﬁve articles ofPearth aﬂ'emblylha’th

H diltraétion in the church and eﬂate, hath been

'grlaciouﬂjy'p1eafedrto etc the tame into his royal!

conﬁderationa

um.

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conﬁderation , and For the qtt1§ehteand* peace, of thirst
countrey,hath not only difpenfed with the ptaétifetof
e the faids articles, but alfotdifchatged ah and whatfo»

everpetfons ﬁom txtgittgg the ptaétife theteoﬁupon
eithet laiek or ecdeﬁafheaﬂ. p€l‘fOf] whatfoever, and

  hath fteedall his fuiajee"t:;ﬁ*-0211 ali cenfute and pains,   
whetheteccleﬁaiticall or £ectt1a1*,fot' noturgzng, pra-3
€tiﬁng,or obeying thetn,ot anyoftehem,notw1thﬂ;an—

 ding of any thing contained in theaaéts of apagtliztment,  

or generall affetnbly in the contrary. And his Maje-
ﬁy is further contented , that the aﬁetnbly take the
fame fo farre to their conﬁderation, as to teprefent it
to the next parliament ;, hthereto be ratiﬁed as the e--
fcates {hall ﬁnde ﬁtting. And becaufe it hath been
pretended that oaths have been adminiﬂtatediﬂ-erenet
from that which his fet downain the 36:5 of par14Vian)ent,
his Maicﬁy is pleafcdttot décﬂlilrﬁhbYt‘°’mf¢:*t1?V3h“QeQthfér
oath {hall be required ofany tniniftetyat 
that which isefet down in the 226’: of’par1Ni,arnent. [ Anti
that it may appear how carefullhis Ma is that

  no, corruption not innovation .1 {ha11wc;¢¢__p“ ikmqtethjs

church. neithcr"y”€¢3,I71”ytfceﬁdatllt. ;"V:\i:C.€'3V}*(-,)»r
petfonwhatfoevet, Cenﬁntable Ortehtpuniﬂjableh  the
pa{fembly,go along unpuniﬂied ,his Maj eﬁy isﬁcontent
f0‘deé1eafe by me» andeiﬁlra all hisaeod P60 leathat
‘geneta1I'a1Te‘tnBIies ﬂ1aIIhpbe~kept‘tfo oft,’ algqtftkis

V the aﬂhiteéhoftliis chﬂurthfhalt [ reqt:i.rc4Ahnd t’hatt‘nonhe

togﬁgiaﬁgood fubjeéts may“ havecaufe grievances a}
teetiaﬁthepreeeadingsttof the prelaotcsa his   Maieﬁyis
ocontent that ﬂa1Il“‘j‘\aﬂd every}one ofthc prefehnig ebifhnps;

.. _ q

anti theifxftiﬁgéﬂtjrsg f}13.IIb€§eahnwfW*etahlé,’h
”    :  ingly

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A iiinglyfrom time to time cenfurabie,ae?cordihgrdntheir L 

merits by therirgie;'ge1“ai1i‘affembly. Arzdrto give aillwhisi’ A
eh/Iaiefiieesi good people ‘full ‘afiiarahceﬁ,  that he heifer
intended to admit -anyairermion or change in the true '
‘religion profe-if within this his-gdoirze, hind that they

may bee trueiy rand~ﬁiliy“ farisiieci _oi‘t5he r'e::1iiiry of his

‘imfehtiolas and iihiegrity of tiie féinie, his Majeﬁy hath

i been pleaded to require and ‘command all his good

W L fubjeéics tofubfcribe the eohfeﬂion of fairh,ahd band
for maintenance thereof; and of his Majeﬁ ies perfoni

and authority 5,ifbrrr1eriy ﬁgned by his dear 1C3.ti1(',‘l‘,i.¥¢

may 1ir58io.aﬁdn0wa1i‘o requi"rethha1l thefe of this A
we prefcnt affembly to fubfcribe the fame. And it is‘

his Majeﬂ:ies‘will, that this be infertanci regifirate

in the books of5aHEmb1y,e as am teﬁimonfy to pofteriry, ~
0. not only of theﬁncerity ofhis intentions to the {aid

true religion, but a1fo‘”of' his refolutions to maintain
and<defend the fame, and his fubjeéis in the profefiie
onthereoﬁv  4 *  ”   A   <  A‘

 A ; VVhichh hdeclararion was by our {'pecia1Iicc>mrr:anci

‘and direéiicin given in, and fubfcribed by our Com.-

miﬂione r,upon prote{’c;itio’n made by him ether his af-
fenting to the regiﬂzration hereof, ihouid be no ap-

A probation‘ of the lawfulneffe Of this aﬂembiy , nor 05'

any ofrhefaéts ‘or ideedsidjone, or to be done therein.
And ﬁndingthem in like fort no wayesro befarisﬁed
therewith, 6: that nothing elfe was able to give them.

contentment’, except at their own pieafurc they were i
permitted to overthrow all epxfcopali government A '

_ imhe church , and thereby to abrogate ourgubliice A

laiwes, handing invigour bit; the fpace of many years

2, A byﬂgﬂnﬁy A

‘ i‘(1o)

'  by-gone , and to alter the fundamentall government a

of this kingdome, in taking away one of the three

eﬂategcontrary to expreffe adts of Parliament. And

' left the continuance of their meetings might have

produced other the like dangerous 'a6is for deroga-‘
torie to royall. authority _., We were forced for pre-

veening thereof, and for the reafonstand caufes a- l

bovernentioned, and divers others importing true

monarchicall“government,to difiblve and break up A

the {aid pretendedaﬂembly; and to difcharge them
of all farther meeting, treating and concluding any

thing therein: And yet in that calmer and peaceable

way, as our Cmmifiioner befbfﬁ his removing Ade»
ﬁred theirpretended moderator for that «time to have

 faid prayer, and fo concludedthat daies fefﬁon , that  

_ fo they might have had ‘time to think UPOHAI-hﬁi juft
reafons of his refuﬁnggto aiiifhnor be an . longer pre-_~
 {cut at thefaidlprctcndcd affemblya a  ofthc caufﬁe

W moving us to the diffolving thereof: and notwith-i

ﬂanding his earneft urging the fame, and being ‘wil.

ling to return the next morning to hear their anfwerg,‘

in place of all other fatisfaélion tog his for rcafonable

' and moderate deﬁ-res, it aggwasireﬁifed and met gwithtia
proteﬁation of an high and extraordinary ﬂfalﬂ-C5_
thereby preﬁrming to cite and call our councell in

it queftion, for their dutifull aﬂiftance and obedience
tons and our. Commiﬁiorner. And ﬁnding theirtdifg

  obedience thus to incrcafe, rweehwere conirrained to
«lifcha;rgethetn of new again the nextwday thereaFte~r
by publikeprocilanaation, under the pain of treafom
And’alb€iti fhatgrheir eootumacie A is fuch as hath not

been 5

(I1)i

4 been heard of in former times, A yet they {hall i never

move us to alter the leaft point or article of that wee

' havealready declared. by proclamation ,, or dcc1a1»a...l

tion under eurCommi1lionershand :; All which was
publickly read ,A and by ptn~Commilﬁoner required
to be infert and regiftrateinthehooks of alfembly, it
therein to remain as a tellimony to pofterity, not on-

ly of the ﬁncerity of our intentions tothe true religi-
on, but alfo ofour refolution to maintain and clefendll

the fame , and our fnbjeéts in the ptofefiion tthereof: 

And perceiving likewayes that in contempt of our

proclamation at Glafgow the 29. of November, ii A

they go {till on to conveen , meet , and to make
illegall and unwatrantable aétsy, we have conceived
it ﬁtting to farewiarn all our good fubj«c6’cs of the
d ngeri that they may incurre by being infnaredby
theft their unlawfull procedures. And to this pur-
pofetednnot onely liberate and free tl1em from all 0-

. ~ bedienceto any of the pretendedaéts, made, or to be A

madzeat the faid pretended allembly, or comitteesi "

dircét therefrom, but cliinvfélfo freethem from all pain
and cen-fure which thelaid pretended all}.-mhly ﬂull

 inﬂiét upon them ,1. or any of them. And ttlaerefote

do difehattge and prohihiteiliall t?mrfubje&s, that they

; norintme ofthemt acknowledgelé not give l_0hedie.”nicet

- to any pretendeditacﬁs ‘inotconftitutionsemade 017 I0

bee imad-‘eh at the hid ypretencled meetings, under all

highefl pains. And we commandgcharge, and inhi-.:

hire an presbyteries“, fefﬁonsl of l{l.l‘l{S ., minillcers

A within this rcalrne , that none of them prefurne I101‘ V
 take upon and privately mgr publikely in their fe3f'.Tl"

A 3 L eﬁitbns i

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{ions A and meetings , nor in rheir I conferehcer 3 fer» 
monsg nor r1o.other manrrer,of'way‘.,. to aurhoril‘e,:2r  
prove, juﬁiﬁe, or allow thefaidrunlawfull rneerirrg,
or aﬂemhly at Glafgow {neither yet to make arry

aér thereupon , nor to do any other thing private or
publike, Jwhrcrrr m‘ay.. feemrtbcounrermrree »:the heel

unlawfullailembly, rrhder thepain robe repute, heal-”:“
derrand efteemecl and rpurfued as guilty of rheir eurr.-M

lawfull rr1eeting,a;ndl to» be punifhed therefore with

‘ all rigour: -Andﬁelikeeweecormmnd all and furrdry

Noblrn‘er1,rBarons, Gentlemen‘, Magifrrares, and all
other our lieges who {hall happen to be prefenr * and
hemaarry miniﬁersl either in publike or private con-~
fereheees: and fpeeches , or in ; their fermons, ro ap-

proveand allow the {aid unlawfull affembly, rail and

utter any fpeeches againfr our royall eommendmerxts
orproceedmgs; of us,-or ourCounce1l,l for putlﬂhing

or fuppreiﬁng fuch errormities,  they make relm
rion and report thereof to our Councell, and ﬁlrnirh

probation, to the ef’feé°c the fame may be accordingly

purriihed, as they will anfwer to us thereupon : Certi- A

A fyingthemwho ﬂaall hear and conceal thefaid I ee...   

ches,rhat they {hall be efceemed as alldwers  the

“ fame‘, and {hall accordinglybe taken order With, and
 punilhed therefore without favour. And to this eﬁ"e&

we likewaies ﬁraitly charge and command all Judges

whatfoever within this realme, Clerksand ewrirers,

not to grant or pa£Teanylrbill,r fummons, or letters, or

  any other execurilon whatfoevewpon any aér ordeed

proceeding from the {aid pretended afl'emb1y,and“all
keepers rofrhe ﬁgrretrfrorn ﬁgneftrirxg rhereoﬁand th af
e    .: ll under

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under allyhiigheﬂ pansy. Andl ‘becalzfewe gsivemder

and xwarrant to our Colmm:ikﬁ’1one1'r»o main: operi ale; A
yclzrrznion , not only or‘ou1*fenfe5 bur even of the time
ymenningor»o,irl1é confeﬂion of Faith,iimz;ma or 5 80. by
  ,'Wl"1lChrl‘€:n‘l3iy cle3o1*lyiiiap5pea1‘i,ii thétiagiweii li’.l-€:-T:v’“’».??1‘«.'l{lf."~".‘.*‘~l'?r(.‘}l-

ed thereby to exclude epiliropeieiegfollbyl.rnoi;righi§on~
ﬁriucﬁzion can it be otherwayes interpreted, asiismore

nor CVl._ClCI3{ by tyheyrezafons contained in rheﬂid decla-

ration, and many more, which for brevity“ (fithiiltliinlgl

A initfelf being fo clear) are omitted, Herefore werio

not only prohibit and difchargie all our 1‘ ob jeeflzs fro rn A
fubfciribing anybzmd, or giving any writ, fubf<:rip-

tion, or oathooto, or upon any ar5i:,or deed that pm-- i

cecds from the forefaid pretended aﬂenibly, bur alﬂo
doe require them not to fubfcribc, nor ﬁve.-are the fold
confeﬂion in no otherlfenﬁ "then that which is con-
tained in the faid declaration, and manifefll y emitted

by our Cornrnifﬁonenunder all higheﬂ paines. And
that none of our good fubjeéts ,. who in their duty VA

 yo%bQ,undy:i.yobedience torus,  refufei roe» iaeikinowu
ledge the faid pretended aﬂembly, or any of the pre;
tended 3&5, conﬁitptions , warrants, or dire-élions
proceeding tlierefrom, may have juft ground offear
ofdanger or harm by doing thereof; we do by thcffe
promifmiianiuponrheroword of a King onbligclyour

ifelves by allthe royall authorityand power where--W

with God hath endowed us, to prorerft and defend
them , and every one of them in their perfons, for-

"  runes,and goods,againf’c all and whatfoever perfon or
perfons who {hall dare or prcfume to call in queﬁionm

trouble, or any waycs moleﬂ: them; or any of them
l * "r ‘ K A thereforea

  ‘year, I 63 8.

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iherefarié. And our wililiis,  we ciuargeyotxfiraitm  -    

1 and command, that inccntinent thefe our letters A

  een,you paff'e,and make publication he:-33:05 13% gpm i
urgh

proclamation at the market croﬂé of Edin
andiogher places needfull, where through none pm.
tend ignorance of the fame.     4

Given from our Court at Whitehall the eigizthi ‘

day ofDccembc r, and of our   Reigns‘ the fourteenth

Teriﬂegem.

 

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V % A A W blatelyb commandcdfto be fwqme:
     A   j by his Maje£%y, to. be‘ unbderﬁood"

b W   b ofthe<20nfébI1i<>n“0ffaithaas irbwas"
b        
itwas m:ide,:md that in that Confeﬂ3bn,dcfencc both

 

   “the A’&b‘0Ff”C0Un¢e1b1 piéivhith €35?

of the d06krinbe&: difcipbIi'n‘éWtbctiTeﬁzibliﬂxcédbbis fworn,  

at which viéif¢opa11€79b*rernm¢ntbeingb«(asthey~
‘ﬁviibabolbifhéd »fitf3b*1131f*"U¢5€‘1.§ folldw bthatthebftmw.
governmencis by thijs‘late”o“athabjurcd;     b 

 And bunderﬁrabndbing that evenbamongﬂi ‘thofé whho

Continue tobgctherﬁill at Glafg0v:,{under thjcj”"1)ame of

agent-rall Affemb1y,thdi1gh bu; ap:¢:cndcﬂ*:an¢d 
lawﬁrli ﬁonbébsfhis Obiﬁﬁiﬂh is h€1d‘fG7”5¢b°ﬁf§5lI3€ 
memgand ufed bybthemtothbcbgreatdi"ﬁurb%13é§_4ofthe
peace oftbisbbchurgxh z;j1db"l<ingdobme;"a"nd to 1:hj_e_ gbreat
difqbuictingwof the mindcspf  his  good
fubjeéfs as V have takenbbthe faid bath, , a13d;“yb7et4 nc;f**y*cf:1'

Ab meancd nor do mean tobANabjt1rcep~i£bopalf'1bggvem-; L

Incnt‘; And to perfwad4edtbcrs,that ifthcy ﬂ1al1ftaI{§=5f%
thefame'03-tbthusbicxplaiticd byizthc TaidA*& csfctiun; i A

céellgby fo‘-doingthey  1iik7cw:1biEs“‘abjurebchc “faiél
government!  *  A  A A A '” 

We mm Marq11eﬂbdfHami1toun;hiéMaigﬂiés  

high Comiﬂifﬁonﬁra W0ﬂdTiﬁg,1?h.af bar1§77;~ fuchbfbfcrue

iml<>USbfI1i1'C0nf’tri1<“‘e7:i’0n fhokilﬁibbe 1ﬁ3C?¢¢¢fbbhiS.;bbM:%i¢3

{ties Ag rbawcibus arid pious irifenti'ons5,and béii1g"b’d&:ﬁfobi1s
to rérnove all doubts ﬁ‘OIIlbth€ minds of his bM‘ajc‘ﬁies
good fubje6’cs.‘, and tokcﬁp them from being poyv-;
V‘   W C2. V foned

  fdtteddbyjfuchtastbyforécddanddft>rged_{indter§t11¢e$t 

V would makethtcm beldeevcgthatthey h:td"zt&‘ual1ydb 

takingt that oath fwqtn that which ncithertvirtuallyt
not vctcly thcy;h"avyc: fwqtn  or tvcrtxntcnded to
fweart, orwas reqmrcid by aut-hortty to be fwornby}

them,ei‘thC.fttdirc€t1y<5findifé<9£Iy‘.: Conﬁdetingdthat

‘A all oathtfst muft be dtaken according to the minds , “in-

tcnt_iOn,3nd1,Commaﬁdémctfﬂtlltofttllatauthority,which
exaeccthdthcﬁpathgandWthattygby fpccxall commands.
ment from hts‘ facrcd Mateﬁze ,~. commanded the mid

oathto dbc.admin‘1'ﬁtcd, we do hereby freely and in- I

gtssnuouﬂy dtvliofefﬁanéidéclare Owi mindtandmcane
inghcrmatttast We hﬁY¢“~C°33‘-W1347h"1'€?0f0f€C1013‘?

V ﬁnes:-L’ "ottr ctoniiﬁg into .A hthis‘ Tcingdothe about this im-

.p1oy_mcnt3«vz'7U Thatttbydany fuch wotdsor aft of

counccllwe never meancd ortintendcd that epiféog

pail gI<N¢trnm¢ntt.ﬂ10u1d bigttéibiduredtg no:-gany; ttltitig

elfe  ‘Wa$’ef’é2ib1iﬂ1éd?,'b5i~t”a6ts bf par1.iamcnt,or

aétsofdthé chutch ofthis Idngdomeg whicharetaow A.  

ﬁMommﬁ~t

in forcgand were {oat the time of the»taking' of the

W‘  N;o;:tdtindeecrcouIdd am?othc:rintrention.ort  

meaning;béing’*c1earIydwarrémfedaiid c:;prcﬂy.c’om-
‘mandcd by hts Matcfhes 1n£tru6tions,to cxaétrthe {aid

oath,and take ordcrthat itﬂaould be {worn through- 
A otit the kingdomc inthate {me and vlaWfuI1.f€Uf¢d, and

honédthder. t4Nc°ithet'"in "this point did We dclivcr our»
awn words ,,ot h1s~~Ma1cPc1”cs«mtndc ambiguouﬂy of
doubtﬁglly ‘,   fo as any other fenfc , to our thinking,

” co’u1dtbcpick¢d;O1‘wrung out of¢i~thcrth¢ oitétctthet A

o7thcr* _:, f0r:W‘.e ddatteft the  Lordé »Ofth”cTCéft5unt:c1l,t
whether we did not to many,or allof them upon 12:.
tterall occafions m conference. Withtthem ever ﬁnce.

A A   J  A  ”‘ our

  rs)

gourcmiiing into ihis kingdorn;.tconflatitIyfdeolaife izn;

A to them , that his Maieities refolntion was not to run  

fer epifcopall government to be abolifhed: We atteﬂ:
all the’ Lordsof Seﬂion;__whether beforel o{uri.«tende—.-
ring oftliat oath tofthenti  T’ oritheir Lordﬂaieps taking

tofit, we did-inot‘:“ﬁ1lly‘an.d freely declare tolthenn,that.'

liis Maiefties minded incomrnanding us to fee thisoath l
. taken ,; and our ownrninde in requiring them to take
it, was lonely to fettle and fecure the religion l=aindefaith _ 1 -
profeffed in this kingdotne5but was not to be extend-

ed to the abinringof epifcopaIl'government.,» or any
other tlmingnow in force by the laws of this church
and Rate 3.l';thC§timC ofadminiﬁring this oath, ’which“
their" ~ Lordihips" ,:being it the reverend and ‘learned

judges ofthe.lawes,kInewwc1lcould,not:be abiuredg  

after-which perfpicuous predeclaration ofour tninde,

their Lordfhips undoubtedly in that tfatne. fenf e and

none other took the {aid oath: 1

 Andnowggood Reader,having haia~as Maieﬂics 

minded and intention , andin puirfuancie of;th‘em‘, the

mind of his Maiefties highCommiIiioner"concerning

this oathgthonghnreafons to repell the former oehieéﬂw

" on feetn to be needleﬁe (the known minde ofthe ﬁi-'7

preme Mlagiﬁrate. who urgethan oath,being to he ‘taw-

ken for the iundnonbtedfenfeofioyetforafmueh asttbat‘ M

obietition hath ofolatebin mainly ur;gedforaI_ienating

the mindes of tnanyof his Maief’ci;es goodfubieéts,
and well affeéled to that governmengfrom adhering
unto it, be pleafedto know, thatthe former obieétion l-

hath neithett{how%nor;foirce of reafoniin it ', and that

by the {aid oath and that explanation fet down in the '
aét of councell , epifcopall = government neither was»

norpoiﬁbly Could be abiL_1red,and that fonmany rea-

c‘ 3,,   fons,;. “

(4)

fons,iib‘ﬁf:efpecia1lythcfe ﬁve: , which we having lean

and approved , have caufed to be here inferred, and 

[gave them to thine impartiall confideratinn. M ‘ A
 ,  Fierﬁq, God forbid it 1‘hou_ld  imngined ithiai: his
Majeﬁy fhould eommand hisfubyeéiss to take an oath

A Which in} it {elf is abfolutely unnlaxivfull But for a main

to fwcart aigainﬂ a thing which iseﬁabliﬂaed by the
“laws of the Church andkingdome inwhichihe liveth
(unleffe that thing berepugnant to theiaw, ofGod) is
abfolutelyi unlawfull , untiil fuch time as that king-
domeandthurch do ﬁrft repeal thefe ilaws : And
therefote ( epifcopali government not being: repug-
nant to the inwpf God,nay? being .s; confonant untn it,
as being of apoﬁolicallti inftitutitin ( which fhalli‘ be
demonftrated ifa nyman pleaﬁetoargue it)anid»fi:and-L
ing fully efcablifhed, both by aﬁs of parlizfniént, and
 i*Q‘figCn€rnl11 aﬂiemly; at the time   "enthis oath’
was adminiﬂred 5 to abjuretritéiiiefietree thefebe ire:

pez1led,T is abfolutely unlawfuil, and againfi the word e

of God: and- it is to be hoped no man will conceive

A thathis iMait£1ie.Iniea«neditniito eommand: a thing aibfot.

i:!,:1,§”§3;1Ei:i‘&1I11,ﬂm§it1i;l:nn;A.ﬁdifiI3,_:ﬂ10l1iiibﬁ' End 5  i't‘fi$T féiii
by Ionic,  fwimnnt being able  avoid ihe foréeof
teafnm,  betake themfelves to pitifuil ﬂliftsi and
eya_{ionsn)n,th.;1;tti1efe aétszof parliament and aﬂiembi it
eﬂ‘a~b1i{l1ing 'epifc0pal1,ng”overnxi1ent,"were unlawfully

nnducly nobtained 2”. certainly if they have any

A reafoné for this theiriboldi aﬂertion ,9‘ which isofia

more ’Ci"ang‘er0us cdnfequence.nntheni that it nughtto
en ‘endured ,;it1nny;;we1l tietledinnﬁchutchoriinntnoné
Wf:;aith,;3 ithtfeiteafenis inay be prefetntedtlawfuliy itoi
thefe judicatoriesto=entre2it themto reduce the fai.£4is
aéts , if theret ﬂaaiiibe ftrength and validity found in

them. 

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them.“But.thho1d,rhat untillefuch ”ti”measethefejuiidi_   M
A ::carories {hall repealthec'.faids1aws,theyeitherought e

to be,.orcan poﬂibly be abjurcd}.-is alwickcd poﬁtion,

and deﬁruétive of the very ’foundationi.of juﬂice both %

in church and commongwealth; r it ’ 1 ‘ .
“ Secondly , it cannotiheiii imagmed that tliis: oath

Vfhoulhdoblige thenow takers of it farther then it did

oblige the takers of it at ﬁrﬂ :for doétrine and points
of faith it did. oblige themithen, and fodoth it us

now5perpetually,,becaufe thefe points inthemfelves-l
Tare perpetua1l,immurab;1e andeternallr:eButfor.points
of difcipline and government 3 M and policie of the 

»Church,, that oath could binde the ﬁrfc takers ofit no
longer thenthar diifcipline and - government fhould
f"l%enhdec‘in force by the laws of thisiChurch and King;
dome gwlrichieour Church in her poﬁtive confeﬂion
of faith printed amongﬁ; the 38:5 of Parliamentgartic;
2 o .2 I . declare-th to be alterable at’ the willof the
Churehiit felﬁand fo repealabile hyjgfhcceeding aéis,if

.i:he'%Churchﬂ1a1lfeei caufe. Whena_ king as; his cos it
I‘ roharion iC2l.l{Cl3h an oath t:o*ru1e’accordingl to the laws

of thisfl<ingdorn«e,or a judge at his admiﬁion fweareth
to give judgement according to thefe law s,the mean-

ing of their A oaths cannotr he” that -they {hall rule or "

1-ud ge according to them longer ‘then they continué

robe laws : Butiflahy of them {hall come afterwards * 
to the lawfully. repealed, both king and judge arefree

from ruling and judging ‘according to fuch of them
as are thus lawfully repealed , notwithﬁanding their:

originall oath.Since therforeif the ﬁrft takers ofthat‘

oathlwere now alive , they could not be faid tQ.h%V¢
ahjiared i.epifeopal.l g‘?’ov,ernment,which hath beentﬁncc

efpecial1yi-

V :0

ea ablifhed by the lawes of thisgchurchg and kingd0mC: ~

‘mag

      (6)    
efpecially conﬁderingthat this churchyin her confeﬁé
{ion holdeth-church government to bealterable at the
wi11i*of the church  certainlywe repeatirjgbut their

H oath, cannot be {aid to abiure that government now,

more then they could be Paid to doit if they were

-I

i now aliveand repeatingtthe fame oath. 

I  ThirdIy,"*how canit be thoughtthat the very at‘: of by

hisMaie{iies commanding this oath fhould make epiil
copall governrncntyto be abiured by it,tnore then the
covenanters requiring it of the-iraffociats, in both co;
-venants the words and   fyllables; of the confeﬂion of
faith being the fame=.'Now it is wel known that many
were brought into fubfcribe their covenant ._, by the
foiemnprotefmtions of the contrivers 56 urgers of it,
thatthey might fubfcribe it without abiuring of epif-
copaciegand other fuch things as were effablilhed} by

law,{ince the time that this oathwas ﬁr-It invented and i
made; and thethreeriMinifters;in their ﬁrft anfwersto y
t the Aberdene (Qgerés fhavefully and clearly expreil
fed thernfelves to that fenfe,fho1ding thefe things for 

the -prefent not to be abiured,but only referred to the
triall ofa free general} Affernbly: and likewaies the
aodherersttov the laft tproteﬁation againﬁ; his Majefties
proclamation, bearing datethe 9‘. ofSepternber , in

v v ‘ their ninth reafon againft the fubfcription urged by his

iMaieﬁy,do plainly averre, that this oath urged by his
Maicﬁy dothoblige thetakers of it,Vto maintain Pm/2

  artibles , ‘t 4nd to maintain epzﬁop2zcy.i  ‘therefore
i fome men fwearihg the fame words Bcfyllables fhould

have their words taken to another fenfe,& be thought

toabiure epifcopall government , more then others ;

who have taken the fame oath in  the fame ‘iwordg
  tut’: needs paffe ‘thetapacity of aniordinaryunder.

ﬁanding.   g V g to If

Fourthly, 1t}1s areccwed moxirnc, and it omaotoe 4,.

dz*7¢~ieol,l2uz? tbotéoot/as mizozﬂred mo in‘ zam/2 eitberoe re-

; ofa-f1eol,or olﬁoltokoooooordmg tome kﬂﬂwﬁ mind, proﬁﬂ

jim’ iiotozzoiozgzznd expreﬂlé oommondof’ootéorityl~ orgmgr _’
2‘/Beﬁzmey: ‘A propoﬁtion, not one-ly received in all
fchools, butlpoﬁtivcly let down by the adherers to

V the faid proteﬁation tozidem mo; in theplace above

lcited.But it is notoriouﬂy known even unto thofe who
fubfcribed the conFeﬂion of faith by his Majefiies A

A ~commandment,that his Majeﬁie not only in his king-

domes of England and Ireland , is a maintainer and
uipholder ofepifcopall government according to the
laws of the [aid Churches and Kingdomes; but that
likewaies heis a defender l,l and intends to continue a
l~defende19»of the faxneeegovcmmentein his lcingidonne of
Scotlénd,both before the tinie,and étt the time when
he urged this o:1th,as is evident by that which is in my
Lord Commilﬁoner his preface,both concerning his ‘
Majeﬁies inftruéiions to‘*his*Grace, and hisﬂraces    
expreﬂing his Majeﬁies mind ,_ botheto the Lords “of
Counce-ll,and to the Lords of Seﬂion 5 andthe fame
likewaies is plainly expreffed and acknowledged by
the adherers to the [aid protefiation in the place above
cited :their words being thefegmzd itdizls mo/Z mozoiﬂﬂ

, that 121?: Mojcﬂies mi2zol,z}ztention,and commandment, :3
no other out that we oonféﬁion £»efwom,for the Mme.

mace of religion not it £6 already or _proﬂmzly proﬁﬂod

l (t/aefo two doing co~z'midem altogether one and olaefézmo,
  mt only in our common ﬁlrm ofﬁmzkmg, but no all /72:

l  r4tzj‘ieol,z'n tlooﬁrfz,‘ parliament boldm oy/yo Mojeﬂy.

Mojcjfies roolomotiom) and t/ms ﬂit imlodetk , and
oontinoet with/yin 2%/we comjmffo the;-erg’, tbeﬁroﬂzéd: zoo--"
rwotiomd lzzzodw Ej)z]Z'0PzZ€i€,1i7l‘Ii€[I under that ﬁdém W6’7‘£’”4l-A ‘

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7 From whence it is p1aine5 that epifcopacie not being  
taken away or fnfpended by any of_his~ Majeftiesde- a
clarationgas thefe other thihgsvve1'e which they call
‘\ novations, it mufc needs both in deed", and in the
l judgment of the {aid ptoteﬁers no waies be intended

by his Majeﬂie to be abjnred bythelfaid oath . Now

J J both the maj or and_tl‘1at part ofthetmiiaolr which con‘-
~ lcerneth   epifcopall governmentlin the Church of

Scotland, being cleetly acknowledged by the _prote-
i’ters,and the other part ofthe minor concerning that
government in his other two kingdomes being ‘note-.
tioufly knowri, not only to them , but to all others
who ltnow his Majefty, how it can be imagined that

his Majefty by that oath ihould command epifcopacy l

to be abjured,or how anyone to whom his Majefties

~ mind concerning epifcopall government was known,
i could honeﬁly or fafely abjnre it, let it be left to the
c whole world to Ljudgcgefpécially conﬁdering that the  

proteﬂers lthemfelvesf in thatyiqlacel above cited , if 3

dilemmasgwthich we leave to themlfelvesl to anfwer, i

have averted, that when that aét of councell lhould

Ag come out , yet that it could not be inferred from

thence that any fuch thing was abjured;  > e

if Fifthlyaandlaftly, if the explanation in that.ta<lS°ca lot‘
conncell be taken in that not only rigid but nnreafo-

  nableand fenﬂeﬂe fenfe which they urge,,y'et they can
never make it appear} thatgepifcopall government at «
l r they ﬁrﬁ time of the adtxlitiyifrrienggof that oath Wais ta.-
, bolifhed¥E§Thre verywordsrofthatconfeﬂionoffaith,

immediately after the beginning of it,being thefe,Re—-
c£r'=zge2:l,éel‘ee«veol, defezzdedg by 7772412): zmdﬂmdry zzotaéley
kirk; zmdﬂextlms l,6atlbZ7z'g)fi'y éyytbc kirk  Slcatlmd,
Me It‘ 17223: Majq/fie and t£ree»E_/hires qf  ,7’e4K77}£,ﬂ3'

God: i 7

Gods eternal! thrilt/2 ti“ onlyigryaandfozzrﬁlbeatian,cém ‘

‘By which it is evident , that the fubfcription to this‘;
Vconfeﬂion offarthrs to be urged inno other fenfe then  i

has it was then beieevedand received by theKingsMa—» r
jeﬂie,and thethree Eftates of thié realme at that time
in being 5 audit is well known, that at that time Bi-
fhops, Abbots and Priors made up a third eftate of i
this realm, which gave approbation to this confeﬂion

t of faith : and therefore it is not to be conceived, that

this third jefcate did then abjure epifcopacie it, or
that epifcopacie wasat the ﬁrfifwearing of that con-
Feﬂion abolifhed. But fay that at that time it was abo-
lifhed by aétst ofgenerall Affembly, yet was it not fo

 ibyany ac‘,-‘c of Parliamentmayv by many a[6’ts ofParlia-i

rnent it was in force,becaufe none ofthem was repeal".

i — ed;-,f ome whereof are annexed in the {heet irnmediatly

after thefe reafons ,   which we pray the reader care-
fully to perufe and ponder: and iatthe very time of the

a taking of this oath and after,biﬂ1ops,vv‘hofenames are
well l<nown,vvere inbeing.Now it is to be hopedthat i
J in a Monarchy or any other well conftituted repub-

1ick,that damnable ]efuitica1l poﬁtion {hail never tiake
p1ace,T hat what is once enacted by a Monarch 8.: his‘
three eftates inParliament,fha11 ever beheld repealed

or repealablc by any eccleiiaffiicall national! Synod ; y A.

i i Byall which it istevident, ithat the explanation of

that act of councell fo groundieﬂy urged, can induce  

no man to imagine that by the confeffron of faith late-i-i
ly {worn by his Ma jefties commandment, epifcnpail
overnmentgwhich then did, and yet‘ doth fiand eﬂsa-

a bliihed by aas oEthiscChurch and Kingdomgeithery      

vvas,orpoﬂib1y couid be abjured. V
And having now(good Reader)heard his Majefties
e i d [2   ~ minde

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EXPLANATION

0 F TH E MEANING
- I 0.F%T”HE OATH AND
COVENANT. 
PUBLISHED A ‘L
BY THE L. MARQIES,
» his Ma}c{’cies~ High ¢Cotnmifﬁon'c;_-

il'lSCO'I‘]‘.AND,

%‘ _’By the K 1: N G s ﬂoeciall commmd.  

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> Printed by His Majcﬁies Prints:-f for Scotland,   .

/12maDam.1639.A V

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minde in his iniiruétious to us, out t:n.inde,in,irequiring
in his Majeﬁies namethis oathto be taken‘,, and thefe
few reafons of many which do evidently evince the

A - inconfequence of that fenfe which without any {how
of inference is put upon it by thofe,whowoulci go oh i

in making men ﬁil1beIeeve,that all which they do or
fay is grounded upon authority,th ough they themfelvs
do well know the contrary 3 we {up-pofe thaztali they
who have taken this oath will reit iatisﬁed that they
have not abjured epifcopal govemment,aud thatthey
who {hall take ir,wi11 takeit in no other fenfe.

" Whichtimely warning of ours, we are the more

A Willing to give_,becaufe we i‘are given to underﬁaud;

that even they who were wont to call the takers of

this oath (notwithﬁanding of that explanation by ad’: A

of councell) perjured and damned petfotas, and‘ in
their puipits ealledthe» urging of it the depth of   Sa-

than,do now meantotttakc it themfelves, and urge   

thers to take it in that fenfe which they make men he.
Ieeve (though wrongfi1liy)that aét ofcounceil matkes

4 advantageoustotheirends. A u

  But twedqinhismieﬁiesi   name require mat none

prefumeto take the {aid oath, unleﬂe they be requi- -

red for to do by fuch as {hall have i~EE‘.WfU1i authority
from hisMajeﬁ:ie to adminiiier it unto them: being

confident, that none either tvili or can take the tfaidi
oathv gotﬁany other oa1.7h;1n agny i'enfe,gg whiech mayi not

cohﬁﬁ with epiiizopali goveruimeiuti, having his Ma-

jefcies feufe,;and fo the fenfeiofi all iawfullauth ority
fully explained to them‘.    ' i it A    

   11 A MMIL Touiztg’ i  

A (if A pzirliament affer mentioned;

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V and no wa,y¢s abol:iﬂvcd..nor
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”¢  W at thé time? Of 1 i'¢foe1=ma~
//f  «/2 /4{fW;?;‘?, tion of «relig ion within the
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  Hat epifccpall 1' ux*ifdi€fionbhv*vhas

Firﬂ by the parliament 156474. cap Wherebyat 

the time of reformation the Popesauthority was a1-

e bolifhed, it is enaéhed by the [aid aét, T542 mowég/7.mp,
mr at/zer prelzzte airs 1122': realm ,_ M2 Aggy. jar;Jdi‘*7i9ﬂ“‘_izz

time comiﬁgﬁj. we 51:/720;» qf Ifmfzyyes azméyarity Andyby
the third 36% of the fame par1i:24ment,*whc1feby it is

iieckired , 7”/mt all 4152‘: not agreeing with God: ma2fal,y A
MW] cantraryta the coﬁfcffsion ofﬁzitb £l}71vA7’0‘7,'~€d_:l.lf"y glue

q,/fates in tlmtparlfam mate /Ewe no eyﬁﬂ nor ﬂrezagtb

A in time magma. "whereby it is ‘evident, that it  was
not the reformers mtentxon to. fuppreffq epifcopaygic, "  

but that biﬂzopshﬂlofuldy not ufe any 'juri[dMi.@i<3r1 by
thebiﬂjop, of Rome his authoritysyaz1d’feeing~ they

did allow epifcopaqie to continuey in the church, than 4

they did? not eﬂeeme the fa1ﬂC1C0l'1ﬁfafytQ.yy'G()Ld5

word and cdnfefﬁon forefezidzash appearesmore cleamq   "   4  

1y by’ ‘ihc ﬁxch aélofy they faid pa~xslie;Lment 5 yyyywhich is
~ 4 Ag A ratiﬁed

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—  barliament 1 9 .cap. 68 . whereby it is

"declared,Tl2.zze;teeimin.ﬂler5o oft/2eteZe2ﬂ72e1Ev4nge[ af

l j’e_[% C/mjl, wbemyGoe’ oféis ‘mereie here new rezﬂee!
A zepemezegfz‘ me, or hereafter ﬂmll mzje ,i dgreeiﬁgwitb

them that new live in deéfrine or aelrzeieegﬂretieni of the

. eerements welt/ye peepyle of realme that prefeﬂe
‘/Cl/mfz‘ ea hie; new ofered in his Ewe;ege[,em:l ah com}.

mzmieetewitb the holy ﬂzemmeezis, are ire" t/ale reﬁalrm-ed
teem of i this reelrzeeyy they are pebliekly edmiezi/irate,
eieeerdieeg to the eezefefsitm 0f 1‘/J6 ﬁtité; -i0ii5’¢if5€yi07?j~5}
tree and holy kirk of jcﬂes C/arzﬁ wit/5232 2.‘/92?: ?’8dil7?3é’l;.
without any exception by reafon of policy and di{E:i—

. pline, declaring only fuch as either gain-fay the

word of the Evangel according to the heads of the’

faid confeﬂion, or refufe the participation of the i
holy facraments as they are now 1mn1ftrate,tobe no i l

membetsoof thefaid kirk-fo long asthey “ keep them»

fclves fodivided fromiithe ifociety of  Chri{’cs body. A

-Whercby it is manifelft , that it was not the faid re-
formers minde to exclude any from that fociety by
reafon of’ difcipline, and that they did not at that

time innovate or change any thing in that policy they r
i found» inthieiifaid lzirkbcfoi-e the reformation; ‘ M "

i l T hisis klikewaies evident by the oath to be mini-i
Pcred to the king at his coronation , by the eighth 2.61:
of the faid parliamengwherby he is to fwear to mem-

” teizz e/mm religiae “of i Cbrzﬂ? the preaching” qf

I22’: /rolywerel, and due ezedrig/at mimfiretiezz of tbeﬁz...

emmentmow reeeirveel and preacbedwitéin this realm,

i ‘ i cmal/77411 atéfali/B eiedgein-flew! ellfe/fey relzgiezey ma.

ofrpolicie and difeipline of the kirk. 5 A

entry to t/Jefezéezeégsiwitshout fwearingto anyinnovation

Secondly,

quent ails of parliament, that by thei;m’uniciipall’ilaw

of this'rea1m; aprchbifhops and biﬂ1ops,7'was‘not only »
allowed in the kirk, but alfohad jui‘ifdi<5’cion‘ andau. A A

t11oriit‘y'if0 govern the fame;  :  }

i       Fir. ,byphe 24. opens {aid par1iam¢nc,w“h£i-eby
i all civil! piriw'Zcafgcs~ gr4nzed&y omifarverzzigfz¢e~Liard’s' .
predeceﬂim to tbcfpz7r:itmzlleﬂ'ztte of t/ywirealmﬁare rzm’- '

ﬁedin all points gtftér the ﬁarm and tenor t/apcreoy‘. ~ And

by this 3:5. 36’: $£&‘th€ par1i:iimentiI5;71*.* iiwhcmbyéll A

and whatfoever 3&5 “and ﬁatutcsi m*adi¢id§fi;béf6ifé? ? éy‘

our favcraigne Lara! am! hi: prbdeceffzzrs went:/ae ii
i freedome ;.md~l§5erty tbemze;.kz'rle of God, aremizfzﬁ.

cziapzzpiajzpwved i  l»

    Bythe 4.6. aé’c.ofjthe par1ié.iﬁené~7.i..iiirirhéreby

  it is declared, that’Archbifhopsand bifhbps have the

authority,’ and are ordained‘ to conveeniiand dcfprivc
an infcriour perfons being miiinifizersgbvho {hal,not.fL_1b-
;fc1?ibc *th§.%vii_iIAticlesi ofiirc1igioi1;,and‘giveetheingo fpr
iaqkndwlbdigingiiainid iircicogpofcingriiofour fbvcréigne
Lord andhis authority, & bring atcﬁimonia1linwri-

rting thereupon within :1 moneth aftertheir adrniﬂibn. A

pp By the 484.36%; ofthéf-am c par1iament,whcrcby*iit': is
[d ecla 1-edghatiarchbifhops and ibifhopsihaivc authority
at their viﬁt:1tions»to'dcfignci miniﬁcrs glcibics.*  L     
By the 54. a<‘?c_ ofthiefaid parliamcnti, whereby
a_rchbiﬂ1ops"and A bifhbps i.,;i arei. authorized: ‘"130 ino-

ipminate ~f and appoint at their ‘vi-{i,t.aiftiioI1SiL.IV,Vi“ perfdnsii in -

every parochin for making and fctting of the tax»
anion , M for upholding and repairing of: kirksiand
kirk-yards, and to» conveenic ,; tryand cenfure

iia11.i~per1?pn§ gft;hat* iiiﬂaalplgibep fqund i'to»have'iL§applicd~
~    -   pit-op

 Secondly, itidqfhevidcntlyiappeariiibythief‘: Tubfe-  74

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3.

eecation. h  4~ A , 
“By the 63.*a6teof thepariiamenf I 5'78‘. whereby 

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  to Ttiheir own Ljxfe the Renee, timber, or aziy thing elfe
pertainingto-kirksecIemol1fhed.:% e .  ; " .

By the 55; aa of the parliament I 573.; a $55,653;

A   archbifhops and biﬂzops are authorized to admonifh   *
  perfons married,in cafe ofdefertion, to adheregand in .

cafe 'ofdifobedienece,tadireéicbzzrges t0 the mmgfigy ‘f

I we paraclziaz to proceed to «time feﬁtmce af Vexmzrézzmmiu V

bifhops,& where no bifhops areprovided,the Com-
miﬂioner of dioceﬂ’es,haveauthorityto trythe rams
of hofpitals,and call for the fptxndations thereof‘. V ‘

  By the 69.acft of the parhament I 5 79; whereby

the jurifdixftion of the kirk is %declared' to eﬂmd in

pz*7mckinge..etZ1'e word  jéfw C/axéfz‘,vorre£2‘m2af;m;;_
2zer.r_.,.a;m’ aa1minijZr4tia;2ee"a_fz%ee/aoly ﬂrzcrzzmeent: 3 and
yefno other .authorityenor oﬂice-~ bearer‘ allowed and

  aepiiinfcd by aéieofparliamcnrgnor isalleowedeby the 

forrrger aéjts e5 bu_t7archbiﬂj0pS7and biﬂiopsﬁntetadedg to
contmue 1-An then: authonty, as is clear by the.fe4‘ 3&3
follow1ng. ‘  . V‘ ‘ V A i

. FirPc,by the 71_. a6’: ofthe ‘ﬂame parIiﬁm‘ent,where. '

   

ibylpﬁrmsmtu as  . AA  their travelseareeordained,‘
within theefpaceoftkiventy dayes$eaEere their return, to

- feﬂé to $198 éiﬂzop, ﬁxjferizzteﬁdmt, commiﬁiomr qf tire %
ktrks where fhey arrxve and reﬁde, and there offer to % 4

gmakeandegxve a ‘confeﬂion of their faith, or then
:fv’mhm :fo:urtie;daiese to .remove themfelves forth of

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h Maieﬂie 2203* hy his e/hater, that theﬂzia’ eﬂate efhzjho .r, 
~ heing ea heeefjary eﬂate of the parliament, jhealel £3} a
wayeeaheﬁpprrﬂdgyet hy eixfmemhring am] ahﬂrae’z‘;‘;zg % 

A ﬂap: them cf 1 their living: heireg

areal poverty ,‘ the ﬁzia’ ejﬂate. of hzﬂaoju is reﬂereel , and

reeiintegrate to their ;a:m‘ent -and aeerg/tamed henoar, 
dzgnitie:,prer0gati-uegpri-viledges5land:,tei22de.c,reht:,

as the ﬁzme waa in the refI2rmea’kz’rk,meﬂr amply amlﬁee
at any time hefbre the ac‘? egfahnexation 5 refeihelhzg
and amralling all aﬁ‘: qf parliament made inprciudice

‘ A of the ﬂzide hzjhops in the.premz'j]Z':, or an ofthem, with M

allthatihathh follomm’,er%may fbllew I Kerea}>a;z,te the

A qﬂift’ thjy may peaeeahly eniay the honour: , dzgnities,
3

priwil: egaﬂd prerogative: eompeteﬂtvhta them or their

" g/fate ﬂea.» the reférmation efrehgiozz. A
By the 6. aét of the 2 0. parliament , declari;g that

arehhz'ﬂ:eps and hiﬂzeps are redgntegrate rtohtheir ormer

autherity, el}gnz‘ty ,prere;gative , priviledge: ma z'arzf-  

diﬁions law ullypertainingand ﬂmll he lemma tapern
‘tam to them,é*e.

By the 1. aét of the parliament I 6 I 7. ordaining
archbifhops and bifhops to be eleéled by their Chap-
ters, and no other wayes , and confecrate by the rites
and order accuﬂomcd.   4     

PINI&

hrﬂtlght in contempt A A

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