Selected quad for the lemma: doctrine_n

Word A Word B Word C Word D Occurrence Frequency Band MI MI Band Prominent
doctrine_n church_n government_n reform_a 2,718 5 10.4681 5 false
View all documents for the selected quad

Text snippets containing the quad

ID Title Author Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication) STC Words Pages
A51203 The declaration of His Excellencie James Marquis of Montrosse, Earle of Kilcairn, Lord Greme, Baron of Mont-Dieu, Lievtenant Governour of Scotland, and Captaine Generall of all His Majesties forces by sea or land, for that kingdome Montrose, James Graham, Marquis of, 1612-1650.; Scotland. Parliament. aut 1650 (1650) Wing M2516A; ESTC R202891 16,807 24

There is 1 snippet containing the selected quad. | View lemmatised text

all such as shall joyne or concurre with him or his adherents in armes to be guilty of High Treason and to be punished and proceeded against as the Parliament or their Committees shall thinke fit And doe further discharge all persons of whatsoever quality or degree to joyne with them in any Oath Band or Association whatsoever or to assist or supply them and their adherents or any of them with Men Money Armes Ammunition Victuall Counsell or Intelligence or to keep any sort of correspondence publick or private with them or any wayes to ayd or countenance them or any of them under the paine of being esteemed as Rebels and proceeded against as the Parliament or their Committees shall thinke fit and this wee declare to be instead of all Letters of intercommoning And Power and Warr and is hereby given to all good Subjects within the Kingdome to rise in Armes for opposing and suppressing all such as shall joyne in Rebellion as they shall be called and required thereunto by the Lord Generall Lievtenant Generall or any others having authoritie for that effect And for the encouragement of al● such as shall suffer in opposing or suppressing them Wee doe further declare that not onely the losses and sufferings of such as shall be active in the cause against them shall be taken in speciall consideration and repaired out of the Estates of such as shall joyne in Rebellion as aforesaid but their service shall be rewarded according as they shall be found to deserve And wee doe ordaine these presents to be printed and published at the Mercat Crosse of Edinburgh and other ordinary places of publication needfull A. JONSTON Clericus Registri EDINBURGH 2. January 165● Antemeridiem The Declaration and Warning of the Commission of the Generall Assembly unto all the Members of this Kirk and Kingdome In answer to a paper intituled and reputed The Declaration of James Grahame ALbeit the carriage of those who are engaged in the worke of Reformation in this Land hath been from the beginning so agreeable to the rule of the Word of God and of sound reason and so eminently owned and blessed by the Lord in all the tenour and proc●dour thereof as may sufficiently refute all the calumnies of enemies and strengthen his people against all their slanders and attempts for undoing of the same Yet least our silence in this day of blasphemy and rebuke should be construed either as a neglect of our dutie or as weaknesse through the sense of the guilt to wipe off the aspersions that are vented to the world in the name of that excommunicate and forfeited Traytor James Grahame wee have resolved till there may be opportunitie for a larger Declaration shortly to touch the revilings contained in that paper and to declare unto men their dutie in reference to such purposes and desires as are holden forth therein In the first place the instruments of the worke of Reformation are charged as an horrid and infamous faction of rebells who did hatch a rebellion against his late Majestie But to say nothing that that wretched man was accessorie unto the laying of the foundation of that blessed worke which now in the blindnesse of his minde and hardnesse of his heart as being given up of God as Pharaoh was he calls rebellion This is no other then the common calumnie that hath been cast upon the servants of God from the beginning of the world in all their endeavours and attempts for Reformation of Religion Was it rebellion to stand to our defence when in stead of an answer to all the earnest and reiterated supplications and desires of this Land against the corruptions of doctrine worship discipline and government wee were invaded with an Army both by Sea and Land that a yoke might be wreathed about our necks by oppression and violence Not onely had wee the Lords Word and the practise of the reformed Churches abroad and of our owne Church at home in the dayes of our Fathers to justifie us in this but also the King himselfe who upon information did retract the Declaration set forth against u● and grant what we had desired N●xt it is charge upon this Nation that they did solicite a partie in the Kingdome of England to beginne where they had left off and that finding their rebell brood there beginning to lessen They did contrary to all Faith Covenants Oathes c. enter with a strong Army the Kingdome of England persecute their Prince in a forreigne Nation and assist a company of strangers rebells against their native King c. What was the grounds and first rise of the warre betwixt the King and the Parliament of England needs not now to be repeated being so well knowne every where But this Nat●on were so farre from fomenting of the same that for a long time they did mediate a peace and so continued untill England by their earnest invitation did for the preservation and Reformation of Religion the honour and happinesse of the King the peace and good of these Kingdome● crave their assistance against the Popish Prelaticall and Malignant partie then in Armes who were like to have destroyed all For which end when they had entred in a solemne League and Covenant with that Nation as they did oblige themselves for the defence and preservation of his Majesties Person and just Greatnesse and Authority in the defence and preservation of Religion so they did never desist to solici● his Majesty for satisfaction to the just desires of both Kingdomes and were alwayes upon his Majesties granting of the same willing to admit him to the exercise of his Royall Power Thirdly It is alleaged that after all manner of assurances given to his Majesty before his comming to the Scottish Armie notwithstanding of assurances he was sold unto the English But wee are confident that albeit all the generation of Malignants of the three Kingdomes have now for three yeares together filled this and the Nations abroad with the noyse of such things that yet to this day never any of them did nor could bring any evidence of such assurance given or such bargaine made by this Kingdome nay such assurances were alwayes refused and when the King did cast himselfe upon the Scottish Army this Kingdome was so farre from making any sale of him that they did not condescend to leave him wit● his Subj●ct in England untill sufficient surety was given by both Houses of Parliament concerning the safety and preservation of his Majesties Person It is ●reat malice to say that because the Scottish Army about the time of al● Majes●ies living at New-Castle did receive some part of those arrears due unto them for their painfull faithfull service in England that therefore this Kingdome did ●ell their King The arrears which were then received were due before the King came unto our Army and in all probability had been more timously and cheerfully payd if he had not come thither at all Fourthly They are slandered as complotters of