Selected quad for the lemma: act_n

Word A Word B Word C Word D Occurrence Frequency Band MI MI Band Prominent
act_n lord_n parliament_n sovereign_a 3,779 5 9.1772 5 false
View all documents for the selected quad

Text snippets containing the quad

ID Title Author Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication) STC Words Pages
A11764 The declinator and protestation of the archbishops and bishops, of the Church of Scotland, and others their adherents within that kingdome against the pretended generall Assembly holden at Glasgow Novemb. 21. 1638. Episcopal Church in Scotland.; Spottiswood, John, 1565-1639. 1639 (1639) STC 22058; ESTC S116980 15,559 36

There is 1 snippet containing the selected quad. | View lemmatised text

THE DECLINATOR AND PROTESTATION OF THE Archbishops and Bishops of the Church of SCOTLAND and others their adherents within that Kingdome Against the pretended generall Assembly bolden at Glasgow Novemb. 21. 1638. LONDON Printed by JOHN RAVVORTH for GEORGE THOMASON and OCTAVIAN PULLEN and are to be sold ar their shop at the Rose in S. Pauls Churchyard 1639. It is his Majesties pleasure that this be printed for the which this shall be your warrant Hamilton WEE Archbishops Bishops and other Under-subscribers for our selves and in name and behalfe of the Church of Scotland whereas it hath pleased the Kings Majesty to indict a Generall Assembly of the Church to be kept at Glasgow Novemb. 21. 1638. for composing and setling of the distractions of the same First doe acknowledge and professe that a Generall Assembly lawfully called and orderly conveened is a most necessary and effectuall meane for removing those evills wherewith the said Church is infested and for setling that order which becometh the house of God and that we wish nothing more then a meeting of a peaceable and orderly Assembly to that effect Secondly we acknowledge and professe as becometh good Christians and faithfull subjects that his Majesty hath authority by his prerogative Royall to call Assemblies as is acknowledged by the Assembly at Glasgow 1610. and Parliament 1612. and that it is not lawfull to conveene without his Royall consent and approbation except we will put our selves in danger to be called in question for sedition Yet neverthelesse in sundry respects we cannot but esteeme this meeting at Glasgow most unlawfull and disorderly and their proceedings voyd and null in law for the causes and reasons following First before his Majesties Royall warrant to my Lord Cōmissioner his Grace to indict a lawfull free Generall Assembly the usurped authority of the Table as they call it by their missives and instructions did give order and direction for all Presbyteries to elect and chuse their Commissioners for the Assembly and for seeking of Gods blessing to it to keepe a solemne fast Sept. 16. whereas his Majesties warrant for indicting of that Assembly was not published till the 22. of that moneth so that they preventing and not proceeding by warrant of Royall authority the pretended Cōmissioners being chosen before the Presbyteries were authorized to make election cannot be reputed members of a lawfull Assembly A lawfull Assembly must not only be indicted by lawfull authority as we acknowledge this to be but also constituted of such members as are requisite to make up such a body For if according to the indiction none at all doe conveene or where the Clergie is called there meet none but Laicks or moe Laicks then of the Clergie with equall power to judge and determine or such of the Laicks and Clergie as are not lawfully authorized or are not capable of that employment by their places or such as are legally disabled to sit and decide in an Assembly of the Church a meeting consisting of such members cannot be thought a free and lawfull Assembly by that Act of Parl. Ja. 6. par 3. cap. 46. 1572. Every Minister who shall pretend to be a Minister of Gods Word and Sacraments is bound to give his assent and subscription to the Articles of Religion contained in the Acts of our Soveraign Lords Parliament and in presence of the Arch-bishop Superintendent or Commissioner of the Province give his oath for acknowledging and recognoscing of our Soveraigne Lord and his authority and bring ae testimoniall in writing therupon and openly upon some Sunday in time of Sermon or publick prayers in the Kirk where he ought to attend reade both the testimoniall and Confession and of new make the said oath within a moneth after his admission under the paine that every person that shall not do as is above-appointed shall ipso facto be deprived and all his Ecclesiasticall promotions and living shall be then vacant as if he were then naturally dead and that all inferiour persons under Prelates be called before the Archbishops Bishops Superintendents and Commissioners of the dioeeses or province within which they dwell as the Act beares All of the Clergie conveened to this Assembly pretend themselves to be Ministers of Gods word and Sacraments and have benefices or other Ecclesiasticall livings yet neverthelesse the most part of them have never in presence of the Archbishop Bishop Superintendent or Cōmissioner of the Diocese or Province subscribed the Articles of Religion contained in the Acts of Parliament and given their oath for acknowledging and recognoscing our Soveraigne Lord and his authority and brought a testimoniall thereof and therefore they are ipso facto deprived and their places voyd as if they were naturally dead and consequently having no place nor function in the Church cannot be Comissioners to this Assembly hoc maximè attento that the said persons not only have never given their oath for acknowledging his Majesties authority nor can show no testimoniall thereupon as they are bound by the said Act but also having as subjects comprehended in the representative body of this Kingdome Promised to acknowledge obey maintaine defend and advance the life honour safety dignity soveraigne authority and prerogative Royall of his soveraigne Majesty his heires and Successors and priviledges of his Highnesse Crown with their lives lands and goods to the uttermost of their power constantly and faithfully to withstand all and whatsoever persons powers and estates who shall presume prease or intend any wise to impugne prejudge hurt or impaire the same and never to come in the contrary thereof directly or indirectly in any time coming As the Acts of Parliament Jac. 6. Parl. 18. Cap. 1. Car. Parl. Cap. 1. doth proport And moreover being obliged at their admission to give their oath for performance of this duty of their alledgeance And to testify and declare on their conscience that the King is the Lawfull Supreame Governor as well in matters spirituall and Ecclesiasticall as temporall and to assist and defond all Jurisdiction and authority belonging to his Majesty by the act of Parl. 1612. yet notwithstanding of the said bands acts and promises whereby the said persons are so strictly bound to the performance of the premisses his Majesty having ordained by act of Councell at Haly-rude-house Sept. 24. 1638. and proclamations following thereupon that all his Majesties Liedges of whatsoever estate degree or quality Ecclesiasticall or Temporall should sweare and subscribe the said confession together with a generall band for defending his Majesties person and authority against all enemies within this Realme or without have not onely refused to subscribe the said band and Confession but have in their Sermons and other speeches disswaded deterred impeded and hindered others of the liedges to subscribe the same and publikly protested against the subscription thereof and thereupon cannot conveene nor concurre Lawfully to the making up of the body of an assemby of the Kirk as being deprived and denuded of