Strictures on the Rev. James Robertson's Observation Upon the Veto ActJ. Johnstone, 1840 - 40 pages |
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... BOUND BY DUTY TO THE STATE TO DISREGARD DECISIONS OF CIVIL COURTS ON THESE POINTS - CO - ORDINATE JURIS- DICTIONS CIVIL COURTS HAVE INVADED THE PROVINCE OF CHURCH COURTS - ERASTIANISM INVOLVED IN MR . ROBERTSON'S ARGUMENT— ABERDEEN ...
... BOUND BY DUTY TO THE STATE TO DISREGARD DECISIONS OF CIVIL COURTS ON THESE POINTS - CO - ORDINATE JURIS- DICTIONS CIVIL COURTS HAVE INVADED THE PROVINCE OF CHURCH COURTS - ERASTIANISM INVOLVED IN MR . ROBERTSON'S ARGUMENT— ABERDEEN ...
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... bound to regard this decision as establishing , that the Veto Act was illegal and ultra vires , so far as con- cerned those bearings and consequences of the act , which came law- fully and constitutionally under the cognizance of the ...
... bound to regard this decision as establishing , that the Veto Act was illegal and ultra vires , so far as con- cerned those bearings and consequences of the act , which came law- fully and constitutionally under the cognizance of the ...
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... bound , has submitted to that decision , in so far as the case involved any thing comprehended in the legitimate province of the court that pronounced it , that is , in so far as it involved any question of pro- perty , the only subject ...
... bound , has submitted to that decision , in so far as the case involved any thing comprehended in the legitimate province of the court that pronounced it , that is , in so far as it involved any question of pro- perty , the only subject ...
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... bound to obey civil courts , and beyond which they admit that they are not bound to obey them ; and they must defend their views upon this point against the position which we have taken and maintained , viz . that the courts of Christ's ...
... bound to obey civil courts , and beyond which they admit that they are not bound to obey them ; and they must defend their views upon this point against the position which we have taken and maintained , viz . that the courts of Christ's ...
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... bound to do certain things which she has refused to do ; and that , by the same acts of Parliament , the civil courts were entitled to order her to do them . The proof of this position may do very well for certain purposes , per- haps ...
... bound to do certain things which she has refused to do ; and that , by the same acts of Parliament , the civil courts were entitled to order her to do them . The proof of this position may do very well for certain purposes , per- haps ...
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Page 33 - The visible church which is also catholic or universal under the gospel, (not confined to one nation as before under the law,) consists of all those throughout the world, that profess the true religion, together with their children...
Page 35 - For altogether this is to be avoided, that any man be violently intruded or thrust in upon any congregation ; but this liberty, with all care, must be reserved to every several church, to have their votes and suffrages in election of their ministers.
Page 134 - For a long series of years annual instructions had been given to the Commission, " to make due " application to the King and Parliament, for " redress of the grievance of patronage, in case " a favourable opportunity for doing so should
Page 25 - Nulla ratio sinit ut inter episcopos habeantur qui nee a clericis sunt electi, nee a plebibus expetiti, nee a provincialibus episcopis cum metropolitan! judicio consecrati.
Page 13 - The Lord Jesus, as King and Head of his Church, hath therein appointed a government, in the hand of Church officers, distinct from the civil magistrate.
Page 7 - Assembly declare, that it is a fundamental Law of this Church, that no Pastor shall be intruded on any Congregation contrary to the will of the people...
Page 88 - ... ministers be clearly determined by the General Assembly, and what is to be accounted the congregation having that interest; therefore, it is hereby seriously recommended unto the next General Assembly, clearly to determine the same, and to condescend upon a certain standing way for being a settled rule therein for all times coming.
Page 50 - One thousand six hundred and ninety-three, in so far as the same stand unrepealed ; the transporting of Kirks, disjoining of too large Paroches, or erecting and building of new Kirks, being always with the Consent of the Heritors of Three Parts of Four at least of the Valuation of the Paroch whereof the Kirk is craved...
Page 88 - Word, hut is founded only on the canon law, and is a custom popish, and brought into the Kirk in time of ignorance and superstition ; and that the same is contrary to the Second Book of Discipline, in which, upon solid and good ground, it is reckoned...