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A42356
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A humble acknowledgment of the sins of the ministery of Scotland
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Guthrie, James, 1612?-1661.
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1653
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Wing G2262; ESTC R204011
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freedom and love in performing that duty 8. Admitting of men to the Ministry who were not qualified with Grace as wel as Gifts not withstanding the Word of God and Constitutions of this Kirk do require the one as wel as the other which hath been the fountain of many evils 9. Great unfaithfulness in bringing in and holding in unworthy persons in the Ministry and keeping Censures off unfaithful men 10. Unfaithfulness in giving Testimonials and Recommendations and receiving persons upon Testimonials meerly negative especially Expectants and Students of Divinity 11. Constituting Elderships of such men as are known to be ignorant prophane and disaffected to the Work of God and being careless to have them consisting of the most able and godly men within the Congregation a great cause of much ignorance prophane and scandalous carriage among the People 12. Neglecting to remove from the Elderships such as are ignorant and scandalous 13. Neglecting to hold out the necessary qualifications and duties of Ruling Elders and to stir them up to their duty 14. Not carrying our selves in Judicatories and other wayes toward Ruling Elders as towards Brethren and joynt Overseers in the work of the Lord 15. Not making conscience of keeping Kirk Judicatories but wearying of the expences and attendance whereby diverse things hath been hastert and miscaried therein willing deserting of them and shunning to give testimony in them for fear of inconveniences 16. Not stouping to a gaining way in Debates nor making application to God for knowledge of his mind in things debated before they pass in a conclusion 17. Wearying to hear men fully who represent their doubts and to weigh all the Arguments that can be represented for the negative before the affirmative be concluded 18. Too great animosities in Judicatories even about matters of small weight 19. Pride impatience and peremptoriness of spirit not staying on others clearness in our debates and conclusions through which it comes to pass that we judge rashly of precious men and alienation of affections steals in and is entertained 20. Hasty concluding of Acts pressing obedience thereto without convincing grounds holden forth from Scripture for satisfying the consciences of the Lords People 21. Silence in Assemblies when unsatisfied being carried by the authority of men and too much following other mens light and suppressing their own 22. Making Votes subservient to the humors of men and humane interests 23. Some altogether neglecting wholsome Acts and Constitutions of Assemblies and others receiving their Acts too implicity 24. Too bitter expressions against Adversaries in Publick Papers and Sermons for eshewing reproaches whereof there is no fruit but irritation 25. Abusing transportations by making them too frequent and almost the ordinary way of Planting places of any eminency sometimes enacting them when there is no pressing necessity and without tender endeavouring the satisfaction of the People interested and without care of providing them thereafter In relation to the Publick 1. NOt studying the controversies of the time that we might be enable to hold forth light and convince gain sayers of the truth 2. Not fearing to meddle in matters too high for us and desiring to be taken notice of more then to be stedable in the Publick 3. Following of Publick bussiness with too much neglect of our Flocks 4. Following of Publick bussiness with much pride and passion and loftiness of spirit upon carnel principles and desire to be esteemed of rather then true zeal to Jesus Christ and his matters and with little or no prayer 5. Superficial admitting of all to the Covenants and solemn Acknowledgment without taking sufficient pains to instruct and inform them in the knowledge of the things contained therein 6. Being too instrumental for bringing disaffect persons to trust 7. Unequal zeal against enemies cooling in our zeal against one enemy as it is increast against another 8. Much repining at the judgments of God upon the Land from carnal respects and transferring the causes of the wrath off our selves upon others 9. Too easie satisfied in such things as might tend to the prejudice of Christs inteaest weighing the consequences of great Revolutions more by respect to our selves then to his honor 10. Agreeing to receive the King to the Covenant barely upon writing without any apparent evidences of a real change of Principles 11. Not using freedom in shewing what we were convinced was sinful in reference to the late Treaty with the King but going on therein when we were not satisfied in our consciences for fear of reproach and of being mistaken 12. Silence in Publick and not giving Testimony after a discovery of the Kings Commission given to James Graham for invading the Kingdom 13. Pressing the King to make a Declaration to the world whilest we knew by clear evidences that he had no real conviction of the things contained therein 14. Too much desiring to lurk upon by ends when called to give a Testimony 15. Not bearing Testimony against Publick Defections in a right and spiritual way 16. Unfaithfulness in bearing burden with them whom the Lord raised up to be his witnesses against the publick backslidings omitting to bear Testimony our selves upon carnal respects and lukewarmness in adhering to publick Testimonies formerly given A Postscript Which could not be gotten printed THe foregoing causes of Gods wrath being on severall dayes of solemne Humiliation laid out confessed before the Lord we thought fit to subjoine here some other causes of our late Humiliation as 1. The late declining of the Land by consenting engaging unto the publick actings of the present Powers so contrary to the Covenants so much prejudicial to Religion liberties 2. The defection of diverse who are accounted religious from their former principles unto Separation other Errours of the time 3. The Usurpation Carriage of the present pretended Assembly 4. The English their great Encroachments upon the Liberties of this Church 5. That the promised Conversion of His Ancient people of the Jewes may be hastened 6. That the Lord may make our present resolutions for reforming our selves our Elderships people effectual and may bless our Endeavours to this purpose FINIS