Report of the Auchterarder Case: The Earl of Kinnoull, and the Rev. R. Young, Against the Presbytery of AuchterarderAdam and Charles Black, 1838 |
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... Kirk of Jesus Christ within this realme , and decernis and de- " claris , that all and sindrie , quha outher gainsayis the word of " the evangel , received and appreved as the heads of the con- " fession of the faith professed in ...
... Kirk of Jesus Christ within this realme , and decernis and de- " claris , that all and sindrie , quha outher gainsayis the word of " the evangel , received and appreved as the heads of the con- " fession of the faith professed in ...
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... kirk , consist in soundness " of religion and godliness of life , according as they are set forth " in the word . " And ( sect . 6 , ) " In the order of election it is " eschued , that nae person be intruded in any offices of the " kirk ...
... kirk , consist in soundness " of religion and godliness of life , according as they are set forth " in the word . " And ( sect . 6 , ) " In the order of election it is " eschued , that nae person be intruded in any offices of the " kirk ...
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... kirk and brethren . " Sect . 19. Their assemblies are institute for weighty matters , " to be intreatit be mutuall consent and assistance of the brethren " within that province , as neid requyres . " Sect . 20. This assemblie has power ...
... kirk and brethren . " Sect . 19. Their assemblies are institute for weighty matters , " to be intreatit be mutuall consent and assistance of the brethren " within that province , as neid requyres . " Sect . 20. This assemblie has power ...
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... kirk and ministers every " zier at the least , and oftner pro re nata as occasion and ne- " cessity sall require ... Kirk shall be " keiped and halden , as they have been in use to do thir times " bye past , and also ratifies and ...
... kirk and ministers every " zier at the least , and oftner pro re nata as occasion and ne- " cessity sall require ... Kirk shall be " keiped and halden , as they have been in use to do thir times " bye past , and also ratifies and ...
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... kirk , for decent ordour , in the particular " kirk quhair they governe , providing that they alter no rules " maid be the provincial , or General Assemblies ; and that they " make the provincial Assemblies , foresaids , privy of the ...
... kirk , for decent ordour , in the particular " kirk quhair they governe , providing that they alter no rules " maid be the provincial , or General Assemblies ; and that they " make the provincial Assemblies , foresaids , privy of the ...
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Page 25 - ... as well to keep the scale of justice even and steady, and not liable to waver with every new judge's opinion ; as also because the law in that case being solemnly declared and determined, what before was uncertain, and perhaps indifferent, is now become a permanent rule, which it is not in the breast of any subsequent judge to alter or vary from, according to his private sentiments...
Page 350 - Church; to receive complaints in cases of mal-administration, and authoritatively to determine the same: which decrees and determinations, if consonant to the Word of God, are to be received with reverence and submission, not only for their agreement with the Word, but also for the power whereby they are made, as being an ordinance of God, appointed thereunto in his Word.
Page 306 - Right, it is declared, that Prelacy, and the superiority of any office in the church above presbyters, is and hath been a great and insupportable grievance and trouble to this nation, and contrary to the inclinations of the generality of the people ever since the Reformation, they having reformed from Popery by presbyters, and therefore ought to be abolished...
Page 106 - It belongeth to synods and councils, ministerially, to determine controversies of faith, and cases of conscience; to set down rules and directions for the better ordering of the public worship of God, and government of his Church; to receive complaints in cases of maladministration, and authoritatively to determine the same...
Page 25 - And therefore, even, so early as the conquest, we find the " praeteritorum memoria eventorum" reckoned up as one of the chief qualifications of those who were held to be "legibus patriae optime instituti." (o) For it is an established rule to abide by former precedents, where the same points come again in litigation : as well to keep the scale of justice even and steady, and not liable to waver with every new judge's opinion...
Page 33 - And I consent to the registration hereof in the books of council and session, or any other judges books competent; therein to remain for preservation; and thereto I constitute my procurators, &c.
Page 407 - ... 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 and due notice thereof forthwith given to all concerned...
Page 407 - And farther declare, that no person shall be held to be entitled to disapprove as aforesaid, who shall refuse, if required, solemnly to declare in presence of the Presbytery, that he is actuated by no factious or malicious motive, but solely by a conscientious regard to the spiritual interests of himself or the congregation.
Page 338 - ... 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...
Page 8 - Therefore it ought and should be found and declared by decree of the lords of our council and session, that in consequence of the death of C.