Brief Notes on the Church of Scotland from 1555 to 1842P.A. Hannaford, 1843 - 117 pages |
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Page 115 - ... thou shalt not consent unto him nor hearken unto him, neither shall thine eye pity him, neither shalt thou spare, neither shalt thou conceal him. But thou shalt surely kill him : thine hand shall be first upon him, to put him to death, and afterwards the hand of all the people.
Page 71 - ... according to the rites and ceremonies of the united church of England and Ireland...
Page 51 - And this Covenant we make in the presence of ALMIGHTY GOD, the searcher of all hearts, with a true intention to perform the same, as we shall answer at that great day, when the secrets of all hearts shall be disclosed...
Page 51 - Ireland, in doctrine, worship, discipline and government, according to the Word of God. and the example of the best reformed Churches ; and we shall endeavour to bring the Churches of God in the three kingdoms to the nearest conjunction and uniformity in religion, confession of faith, form of Church government, directory for worship and catechising, that we, and our posterity after us, may, as brethren, live in faith and love, and the Lord may delight to dwell in the midst of us.
Page 102 - Church, do declare, enact, and ordain, that it shall be an instruction to presbyteries, that if, at the moderating in a call to a vacant pastoral charge, the major part of the male heads of families, members of the vacant congregation, and in full communion with the Church, shall disapprove of the person in whose favour the call is proposed to be moderated in, such disapproval shall be deemed sufficient ground for the presbytery rejecting such person, and that he shall be rejected accordingly...
Page 115 - If thy brother, the son of thy mother, or thy son, or thy daughter, or the wife of thy bosom, or thy friend, which is as thine own soul, entice thee secretly, saying, Let us go and serve other gods...
Page 48 - Formerly the oath of allegiance ran thus : ' I do promise to be true and faithful to the King and his heirs, and truth and faith to bear, of life, and limb, and terrene honour ; and not to know or hear of any ill or damage intended him, without defending him therefrom:' and was altered at the Revolution to the present form.
Page 116 - TOLERATION is the grand design of the Devil, his masterpiece and chief engine he works by at this time to uphold his tottering kingdom ; it is the most compendious, ready, sure way to destroy all religion, lay all waste, and bring in all evil : it is a most transcendent, catholic and fundamental evil for this kingdom of any that can be imagined.
Page 30 - As they ministered to the Lord, and fasted, the Holy Ghost said, Separate me Barnabas and Saul for the work whereunto I have called them. And when they had fasted and prayed, and laid their hands on them, they sent them away.
Page 97 - Majesty or any other patron do present any person to a benefice, that the person presented should be tried and examined by the judgment of learned men of the church, such as are the present superintendents...