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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	king_n	lord_n	parliament_n	7,771	5	7.1941	4	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A91059	The profession of the true Protestant religion: or, The protestation of the Kirk of Scotland, with a confession of faith, and solemne covenant, or oath, of that kingdome; as it hath been divers times protested and enacted by King Iames, and confirmed by an act in the second Parliament of our dread soveraign King Charles, the 11. of Iune, 1640. Wherein is specified the particular heads of popish doctrine, and superstition, of the church of Rome, contrary to the sacred scriptures, and discipline of the reformed churches: with an act of confirmation of the said covenant. Also an act against liesing makers, (or evill counsellors) of whatsoever quality, office, place or dignity. Printed at Edingborough by E. T. 1641.	Church of Scotland.	1643 (1643)	Wing P3645; Thomason E73_7; ESTC R8688	6,189	8

The Profession OF THE TRUE PROTESTANT RELIGION OR The Protestation of the Kirk of Scotland with a Confession of the Faith and solemne Covenant or Oath of that Kingdome as it hath been divers times Protested and Enacted by King Iames and confirmed by an Act in the second PARLIAMENT of our Dread Soveraign King CHARLES the 11. of Iune 1640. WHEREIN Is specified the particular Heads of Popish Doctrine and Superstition of the CHURCH of Rome contrary to the sacred Scriptures and Discipline of the Reformed CHURCHES with an Act of Confirmation of the said COVENANT Also an Act against Liesing m●kers or evill Counsellors of whatsoever Quality Office Place or Dignity Printed at Edingborough by E. T. 1641. And now reprinted at London by THO FAWCET for Lawrence Chapman 1643. An Act of the Generall Assembly in Scotland the second Parliament of King CHARLES Ordaining by Ecclesiasticall authority the subscription of the Confession of Faith and Covenant THe Generall Assembly considering the great happinesse which may flow from a full and perfect Union of this Kirk and Kingdome by joyning of all in one and the same Covenant with GOD with the Kings Majesty and amongst our selves having by our great Oath declared the uprightnesse and loyaltie of our intentions in all our proceedings and having withall supplicated his Majesties high Commissioner and the Lords of his Majesties honourable Privie Councell to injoyne by Act of Councell all the Lieges in time comming to subscribe the Confession of faith and Covenant which as a testimony of our fidelity to God and loyalty to our King we have subscribed And seeing his Majestie high Commissioner and the Lords of his Majesties honourable Privie Councell have granted the desire of our Supplication ordaining by Civill authority all his Majesties Lieges in time comming to subscribe the foresaid Covenant that our Union may be the more full and perfect We by our act and constitution Ecclesiasticall doe approve the foresaid Covenant in all the Heads and Clauses thereof and ordaines of new under all Ecclesiasticall censure that all the Masters of Universities Colledges and Schooles all Schollers at the passing of their degr●es all persons suspect of Papistry or any other errour and finally all the members of this Kirk and Kingdome subscribe the same with these words prefixed to their subscription The Article of this Covenant which was at the first subscription referred to the determination of the generall Assembly being determined And thereby the five Articles of Perth the Government of the Kirk by Bishops the civill places and power of Kirk-men upon the reasons and grounds contained in the Acts of the Generall Assembly declared to be unlawfull within this Kirk wee subscribe according to the determination aforesaid And ordaines the Covenant with this Declaration to be insert in the Registers of the Assemblies of this Kirk Generall Provinciall and Presbyteriall ad perpetuam rei memoriam and in all humility supplicates his Majesties high Commissioner and the honorable Estates of Parliament by their Authority to ratifie and injoyne the same under all Civill paines which will tend to the glory of God preservation of Religion the Kings Majesties honour and perfect Peace of this Kirk and Kingdome The Confession of Faith subscribed at first by the Kings Majesty and his Houshold in the yeare of God 1580. Thereafter by persons of all rankes in the yeare 1581 by Ordinance of the Lords of the secret Councell and Acts of the Generall Assembly Subscribed againe by all sorts of Persons in the yeare 1590. By a new Ordinance of Councell at the desire of the Generall Assembly with a generall Band for maintenance of the true Religion and the Kings Person And subscribed in the yeare 1638. By Vs Noblemen Barons Gentlemen Burgesses Ministers and Commons then under subscribing Together with our Resolution and Promises for the causes after specified to maintaine the said true Religion and the Kings Majesty according to the Confession aforesaid and Acts of Parliament And now upon the Supplication of the Generall Assembly to his Majesties high Commissioner and the Lords of his Majesties honourable Privie Councell subscribed againe in the yeare 1639. by Ordinance of Councell and Act of the Generall Assembly WEe all and every one of Us under-written Protest that after long and due Examination of our own Consciences in matters of true and false Religion Wee are now throughly resolved of the truth by the word and Spirit of God And therefore we beleeve with our hearts confesse with our mouths subscribe with our Hands and constantly affirme before God and the whole World that this is the true Christian Faith and Religion pleasing God and bringing Salvation to man which now is by the mercy of God revealed to the world by the preaching of the blessed Evangel and received believed and defended by many and sundry notable Kirks and Realmes but chiefly by the Kirk of Scotland the Kings Majesty and the three Estates of this Realme as Gods Eternall Truth and only ground of our Salvation as more particularly is expressed in the Confession of our Faith stablished and publickly confirmed by sundry Acts of Parliaments and now of a long time hath bin openly professed by the Kings Majesty and whose body of this Realm both in Bu●g● and Land To the which Confession and forme of Religion we willingly agree in our consciences in all points as unto Gods undoubted Truth and Verity grounded onely upon his written Word And therefore we abhorre and detest all contrary Religion and Doctrine But chiefly all kind of Papistrie in generall and particular heads even as they are now damned and confuted by the Word of God and Kirk of Scotland But in speciall we detest and refuse the usurped authority of that Roman Antichrist upon the Scriptures of God upon the Kirk the civill Magistrate and Consciences of men all his tyrannous lawes made upon indifferent things against our Christian liberty His erroneous Doctrine against the sufficiencie of the written Word the perfection of the Law the office of Christ and his blessed Evangelists His corrupted Doctrine concerning originall sinne our naturall inability and rebellion to Gods Law our Justification by faith onely our imperfect Sanctification and obedience to the Law the nature number and use of the Holy Sacraments His five bastard Sacraments with all his Rites Ceremonies and false Doctrine added to the ministration of the true Sacrament without the word of God His cruell Judgement against Infants departing without the Sacrament His absolute necessity of Baptisme His blasphemous opinion of Transubstantiation or reall presence of Christs Body in the Elements and receiving of the same by the wicked or bodies of men His dispensations with solemne Oathes Perjuries and degrees of Marriage forbidden in the Word His cruelty against the innocent divorced His divellish Masse His blasphemous Priesthood His profane sacrifice for the sins of the dead and the quick His Canonization of men calling upon Angels or Saints departed worshipping of Imagerie