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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A70609	Presbyterian inquisition as it was lately practised against the professors of the Colledge of Edinburgh, August and September, 1690 in which the spirit of Presbytery and their present method of procedure is plainly discovered, matter of fact by undeniable instances cleared, and libels against particular persons discussed.	Monro, Alexander, d. 1715?	1691 (1691)	Wing M2443; ESTC R5724	77,713	110

three several times in the Book viz. at two Publick Laureations and a private one and the Doctor having laid the blame on the Bibliothecarius his negligence and craving the Bibliothecarius might be Examined thereupon He being accordingly Sworn and Examined Depones that what he wrote in the Magistrand Books was either by direction of the Primar or of one of the Regents and in Presence of a Faculty or of a Quorum of them and that what he did write was alwaies Read over in the Presence of the Masters and the Scholars and particularly the alteration of the Promise made at the Graduation in the year 1687 as also the Committee considering that at the two last Laureations in the year 1689 and 1690 neither Oath nor Promise was required at the Graduation It is therefore the Opinion of the Committee That Doctor Alexander MONRO Principal of the Colledge of Edinburgh be Deprived of his Office as Primar there and that the said Office be Declared vacant There is a Letter Written by the said Doctor and Directed to the late Arch-Bishop of St. Andrews Dated Jan. 5. 1689. owned and acknowledged by the Doctor to be his hand write the Consideration whereof is Remitted to the Commission The Sentence of Deprivation against Dr. Monro At Edinburgh September 25 1690. THE Lords and others of the Commission appointed by Act of Parliament for Visitation of Universities Colledges and Schools having this day heard and considered the above written Report of the Committee of the Colledge of Edinburgh anent Doctor Monro Primar of the Colledge of Edinburgh Deposition and other Instructions produced and also Doctor Monro being ask'd if he was presently willing to Swear the Oath of Allegiance to Their Majesties King William and Queen Mary and to Sign the same with the Assurance and the Confession of Faith which formerly he had offered to Sign before the said Committee and if he would Declare his willingness to submit himself to the present Church Government as now Establish'd The said Doctor Monro did Judicially in Presence of the said Commission refuse to Sign the said Confession of Faith and to take the said other Engagements required to be done by the said Act of Parliament And also did Judicially acknowledge his written Answers produced before the Committee and did Confess he caused remove the Pictures of the Reformers out of the Library Therefore the said Commission approves of the foresaid Committees Report and finds the same sufficiently Verified and Proven And hereby Deprives the said Doctor Alexander Monro of his Place as Primar of the said Colledge of Edinburgh and Declares the said place Vacant Sic Subscribitur Crafurd P. A Review of the above-mentioned Report of the Committee appointed to Visit the Colledge of Edinburgh concerning Doctor Monro The Report THE Committee Considering that Doctor Monro Principal of the Colledge of Edinburgh did Judicially Refuse to comply with the Qualifications Required by the Act appointing the Visitation of Colledges except as to the Subscribing the Confession of Faith Review First It cannot be denied but that the Doctor did once and again deliberately plainly and openly refuse to comply with the New Test appointed by the late Act of Parliament for Masters of Universities but then it is necessary for Strangers to know what this Test is and then they will see upon what Design it was invented and why it was Imposed upon Masters of Universities and not upon the whole Clergy of the Nation First All Masters of Universities were required to Sign the Westminster Confession of Faith in every Article and to hold every Article de fide without any Limitation Explication Restriction or Latitude When the Doctor gave in his Answers to the Committee he was that Afternoon asked if he would comply with the Act of Parliament he told them he had considered the Act of Parliament and he could not comply with it For said he it is needless to insist on particulars though I should agree to it in some Instances I cannot comply with it in its full Extent and in our Language this is molum ex quolibet defectu bonum ex integra causa thus he answered once so he had Reason to expect they would never give him any trouble about this Question But the Committee upon the 〈…〉 day of August would needs ask him again whether he would Sign the Westminister Confession of Faith The Doctor thought this question was asked to satisfie their private Curiosity not at all with regard to the Report they were to make to the General Commission since he positively told them before that he would not comply with the New Test therefore he yielded so far to their importunity as to tell them he had no great scruples against the Confession of Faith and that if the Westminster Confession of Faith was imposed as Vinculum Unitatis Ecclesiasticae and nothing else required he might be induced to comply with it very chearfully he was then removed and in the Interval of his absence before he was called again one of the Ministers desired that no more Questions should be asked for in Case said he He should comply with the other particulars of the Test where are we then I had this from a Person of Honour who was present a Member of the Visitation But as long as the Test stood as now it stands Mr. Kennedy if he be the Man needed not be so much afraid of the Doctor 's Compliance This Confession as to the Confession of Faith is by their Sentence made to contradict his publick refusal to Sign it before the Commission as if every Article of that Book should be received as Infallible Truth was it not enough that he was content to Sign the Confession of Faith with that Freedome and latitude the Protestant Churches used to impose Confessions upon their Members But the Earl of Crawford Praeses of the General Commission asked the Doctor when he was sisted before them whether he would Sign the Westminister Confession of Faith without Restriction Limitation Explication or any Reserve whatsoever To this the Doctor Answered plainly and resolutely he would not nor are Confessions thus imposed in any Protestant Church upon Earth they look upon them as Secondary Rules and consequently to be Examined by the Word of God And the most Accurate Humane Composures may afterwards be found in some one Instance or other to have swerved from the Infallible and Original Rule of Faith but the Presbyterian Severity may appear in this that they Read the Scriptures with design to defend their own Dictates whereas others Read all Dictates with an Eye to the Holy Scriptures The Doctor was content to Defend and Assert upon all occasions all these Articles in that Book that were Uniformly Received in all Protestant Churches Nay more he was content never openly and contentiously to Dispute against any of the Doctrines contained in that Book so as to advance Faction or Parties But to Sign the Confession of Faith in all