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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A11746	A short relation of the state of the Kirk of Scotland since the reformation of religion, to the present time for information, and advertisement to our brethren in the Kirk of England, by an hearty well-wisher to both kingdomes.	Warriston, Archibald Johnston, Lord, 1611-1663.	1638 (1638)	STC 22039; ESTC S116925	12,349	22

underly what they would impose and of the secret Counsells assistance they obtained his Majesties letters patents for an high Commission consisting of above an hundreth persons civill and ecclesiasticall promiscuously whereof the Bishop of any Diocie might assume any six to himself and there judge any person of whatso-ever qualitie within or without his diocie whereas only before Arch-bishops might held Courtes of high Commission Some of the Bishops began to put this new Commission in practise and and give it life and execution In the yeare 1636 the Bishops framed a booke of Canons and constitutions for governing the kirke of Scotland Which did quite subvert the order and forme of discipline established contained many errours and opened a doore for many moe both in doctrinall and disciplinarie points of Religion whensoever the Kings Majestie upon the Bishops recommendation would ordaine the same In this booke it was ordained that there should bee no obloquie against these Canons or booke of Common prayer which was to bee set foorth notwithstanding such proceedings were illegall In the next yeare in Iunij 1637 the said Bishops caused print the booke of Common prayer compiled by them for the use of this Kirk which was appointed by his Majesties letter to bee received as the onlie forme of Gods publick worship where-unto all Subjects either civill or ecclesiasticall behoved to conforme themselves and the contraveeners to be condignly punished By proclamation each Minister was enjoyned and some charged with letters of horning to buy two of them for the use of the Parish Approbation from the Lords of Counsell was given to it when few but Bishops were present at Counsell The Bishop of Edinburgh accompanied with two Arch bishops and sundrie other Bishops notwithstanding the mislik Ministers and Professours had for the manner of introduction corruptions of the same began the use of it in the cheife Kirk of Edinburgh upon the 23 Iulij 1637. The people much discontented with the former novations could not endure so great and sudden alteration as imported a change both of the externall forme and nature of the former publick worship did the most part of them all at one instant rise hinder the new service calling it superstitious or idolatrous The same was also stopped in another Kirk of Edinburgh where it was to bee read by the Bishop of Argyle Notwithstanding heereof they procured by act of Counsell the paine of death without all favour and mercie to bee denounced against all those who should any wayes raile or speake against the Bishops or any of the inferiour cleargie or against the Service booke They discharged the Ministers and Readers in Edinburgh who refused the Booke there wonted service and interdited the publicke Evening and Morning prayer reding of Scriptures singing of Psalmes for a long time and still pressing the buying and practising of the said Booke by all Ministers Which moved the Ministers first to petition and next manie of the Nobilitie Gentrie Burgesses and Ministers to meete and to supplicate the Lordes of privie Counsell against the saids books of Canons and Common prayers against the illegall and unorderlie waye of introducing the same The generall Supplication sent to His Majestie by the Duke of Lennox who was then returning to England from the buriall of his Mother in September 1937. was answered in October only by a Proclamation discharging the Counsell to meddle in Kirk matters and charging all the Supplicants to depart out of the Town within twentie foure houres under the paine of rebellion as also the Iudicatories of Counsell and Session to remove but no wayes answering the petitions which the Supplicants did patiently expect notwithstanding the matter concerned the service of God The Supplicants gave in then a Complaint against the Bishops offering to prove these bookes contained the seedes of Superstition and Idolatrie c. and craved justice upon the Bishops as authors thereof and guiltie of lies betwixt the King and his Subjects and many other crimes censurable by Law The affection of people drawing so many together to waite for the answere to their Supplications gave offence to the Lords of Counsell whereupon the Supplicants for giving them satisfaction did with their consent choose but a few of their number to attend the same who after long expectation were answered only by a Proclamation upon the seventh of December declaring his Majestie not to be inclined to Popery which the Supplicants did not alledge They beeing then earnestly required by such as had power from his Majestie to divide the supplications severally by shires to restraine them only to the bookes of Canons and Common prayer and to passe from the high Commission and the pursuite of the Bishops the supplicants gave sundrie reasons why they could not doe so shewing also that if the Bishops keeped their boundlesse usurped power they could soone frame and bring in the like bookes within a short space and offered to prove they had all deserved exemplare punishment by their usurpation against Law and by their heavie tyranny unlawfully exerced on the Subjects for many yeares All this time the Supplicants could obtaine no answere to the supplications sent to His Majestie nor move the Counsell to receive them and recommend them to His Majestie not for the space of a whole Moneth although they continually attended till they were ready to make protestation against the Counsell for not hearing them in so important a businesse Vpon the twentie one daye of December 1637. the Counsell ' received the generall Supplication and sent it to his Majestie at which time the Supplicants declined the Bishops from being their Iudges as beeing now their parties The answere to the particulare and generall Supplications was returned by a Proclamation made in Februarie 1638. Whereby his Majestie had declared hee had ordained the booke of Common prayer to bee compyled that hee had approved the same as a ready meane to maintaine the true Religion and beate out all Superstition and Idolatrie and doubted not to satisfie the minds of all the Subjects Heere-with charged them all to depart from these Townes where the Counsell or Session should sit and to abstaine from all meetings any where under the paine of Treason A verie great number of the Nobilitie and Gentrie made a proestation on the mercat Crosse of Edinburgh immediatly after the Proclamation was red against the bookes of Canons and Common prayer high Commission and all other Novations introduced in the Kirke against or without the Word of GOD and lawes of the Countrey and against the Bishops as their parties that in no judicatorie they should sit as their Iudges till they were tryed by Law That their whole meetings were lawfull necessare that they might have their recourse to his Majestie The Supplicants were then forced to forbeare any futher dealing with the Counsell because against the Law of Nature and Nations they would not admit their declinatour against the Bishops their parties from sitting as