affection_n of_o the_o english_a to_o enslave_v and_o ruin_v the_o scotish_n nation_n it_o be_v not_o improper_a here_o to_o observe_v 1._o that_o the_o scotish_n covenant_n be_v not_o a_o new_a invention_n or_o innovation_n but_o establish_v by_o the_o law_n of_o scotland_n and_o take_v by_o king_n james_n the_o first_o seventy_o year_n before_o king_n charles_n the_o second_o take_v it_o 2._o that_o bishop_n and_o clergyman_n in_o conjunction_n with_o papist_n abet_v and_o assist_v this_o t_n in_o the_o violation_n of_o the_o law_n when_o the_o bulk_n of_o the_o nobility_n gentry_n and_o people_n of_o england_n appear_v undaunted_o in_o defence_n of_o the_o law_n and_o liberty_n of_o the_o kingdom_n 3._o that_o popery_n have_v great_o spread_v in_o scotland_n ever_o since_o laud'_v superstition_n be_v introduce_v here_o the_o number_n of_o papist_n not_o exceed_v 600._o and_o therefore_o presbetery_n be_v now_o restore_v by_o a_o law_n it_o may_v be_v reasonable_o hope_v that_o it_o 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