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B05226 Act repealing all acts of Parliament or Committee made for the late unlawfull engagement, and ratifying the protestation and opposition against the same. Scotland. Convention of Estates. 1649 (1649) Wing S1157A; ESTC R183954 8,826 22

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special interest of an antecedent judgement as who are enemies to Religion and who not and what are the most fit and necessary remedies for preserving of the same Sixthly their depriving of the Generall Assembly and their Commissioners of the liberty of Printing by putting an inhibition to the contrary upon Printers under the pain of death against severall Acts of Parliament Declaring and confirming the Kirks Libertie and Priviledge of Printing And siclike disclaims and condemns their impious usurpation in calling in the printed Copies of the Causes of a solemn universal Fast and Humiliation indicted by the Commissioners of the Assembly and inhibiting of the Printer to give any out of his hands thereby intending to interrupt the observing of the Fast by the want of information of the Reasons and Causes thereof And also annuls and repeals disclaims and condemns all and sundry other Acts made and deeds done by the said Parliament or Committee of Estates or by their Authority that may infer any prejudice to Religion or the power priviledges and Liberties of the Kirk which we are bound by so many strong Bands and Solemn obligations to maintain And siclike annuls and rescinds all Acts of Committees of Shires or Burghs Royall or of Regality Barony Courts or other Judicatories whatsoever made in pursuance of that Engagement And Ordains all the subscribed Copies of the Band condemned by the Generall Assembly to be brought in to the parliament or Committee of Estates to be disposed of as they shall think fittest And all other Acts grounds and pretences thereof in so far as they import the furtherance or pursuance of the said late unlawful Engagement Likeas the Estates of Parliament upon the manifold abovementioned grounds more fully related in the Declaration of the Committee of Estates and Information of the Kirk being perswaded that the Protestations of the Members made in Parliament and their Opposition since by defensive Armes for the safety of the Covenant Cause and themselves from ruine against so great a defection carried on with so great oppression and their proceedings in the Treaty at Stirling divesting the ingagers with their own consent of power and force which they had in their hands and their assurance given by the Act of the sixt of October to the Kingdom of England for debarring of the Authors and Abettors of that Engagement from places of publick Trust or Power without their consent which was demanded by their forces as the least satisfaction and security before their removal and their proceedings by publick Acts in the pursuance of these two Treaties to seclude those who had concurred in the Engagement from power in Judicatories Armies or places of Trust untill the determination of a Parliament were lawful in themselves and necessary for them according to the condition of affairs Therefore the Estates of Parliament did allow approve of and confirm the Dissent and Protestation made in Parliament by many Faithfull Members of each Estate whereof the tenour follows Whereas the draught of a Declaration hath been read concerning the breaches of the Covenant in matters of Religion and the Demands to be made for remedy and reparation thereof the dangers to Religion and the duties whereunto we are obliged by Covenant for Reformation and Uniformity in Religion and the security to be had for the establishing the same upon which grounds also a War is principally founded And whereas we have earnestly desired and insisted that there may be no proceeding to any determination concerning the said Declaration before the Commission of the General Assembly be first consulted therein We do hereby enter our Dissent from proceeding to the determination of matters so highly concerning Religion without the advise and concurrence of the Kirk as a preparative of most dangerous consequence to Religion and destructive to the Liberties of the Church as contrary to the Nationall and Solemn League and Covenant and to the known Laws and constant practise of this Kingdom And we do Protest that we may not be included in any such Vote or Resolution but may be free of all the guiltiness confusions distractions and evils whatsoever that may follow thereupon to Religion the King this Kirk and Kingdom and the union betwixt the Kingdoms And siclike allowes the rising of such Shires and others who joyned in Armes for opposing of the said engagement and rescuing the Kingdome from the oppression of the forces under the command of the Earle of Crawford Earle of Lanerk and George Monro and their proceedings in pursuance thereof and also ratifies the late Treaty at Stirling and Edinburgh upon the twenty sixt and twenty seventh of September last and siclike allowes the Treaty and Engagement to the Kingdome of England by their answers of the sixt of October last for debarring of the ingagers from publick trust in this Kingdome without their consent Siclike the two Acts of Committee of the twenty second of September and fourth of October and the Act of the ninth of November all made for debarring of these who concurred in the late Engagement from the exercise of publike places or trust untill the determination of this Parliament Likewise the Declaration of the Committee of Estates concerning their proceedings in opposition to the late unlawfull Engagement against England of the date the seventh of October last published to the world and the Act of the said Committee for making of the publike acknowledgement and renewing of the Covenant and the Act of the Committee of the fourteen of October last All which the Estates of Parliment as is aforesaid doe allow confirm and ratifie in all the Heads Clauses and Articles thereof And this generall clause is declared to be al 's sufficient for ratifiing and confirming the saids Acts and Clauses thereof as if the Tenors of the same were here particularly insert Wherewith the Estates foresaids doe hereby dispense Followes the list of the Acts of the Committee of Estates for advancing the Ingagement Act for displacing of such of the Committee of Warre as would not take the Oath Act for sending the forty thousand pounds to Ireland Warrand to quarter upon the deficients in the unlawfull Ingagement Letters to severall Shires for advancing the Levie Letters Commissions Desires and Answers for bringing the forces out of Ireland Warand for imprisoning the Magistrates and Counsell of Glasgow for their deficiencie in the Levie The Oath to be taken by the Committee for maintaining the proceedings of Parliament Approbation of the Earle of Callendar and Generall Major Middleton for their base cruell and unnaturall proceedings against the honest and conscientious people that met at Machline Moore for their own defence whilk was not done without the basenesse and treachery of some Protection to the Captain of Clanrainold and Maclene excommunicate bloody Rebels Act for stopping of printing notwithstanding the Kirks liberty Letter to the army in Ireland to proceed against these that refused to obey their Orders for the Ingagement as enemies to Religion King and