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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A87463	A declaration made by King James, in Scotland; concerning, church-government, and presbyters.; Declaratioun of the Kings Majesties intentioun and meaning toward the lait actis of Parliament. English and Scots.	Adamson, Patrick, 1537-1592.; James I, King of England, 1566-1625.	1646 (1646)	Wing J132; Thomason E506_27; ESTC R202599	10,166	12

A DECLARATION MADE BY King James IN SCOTLAND CONCERNING Church-Government and PRESBYTERS C R HONI SOIT QVI MAL Y PENSE DIEV ET MON DROIT Now Printed in English and Scotch for Matthew Walbancke at Grays-Inne Gate 1646. A Declaration of King James made in Scotland Anno Dom. 1585. Concerning Church-Government FOr so much as here are some evill affected men that go about so farre as lyeth in them to invent lyes and calumnies to stain and impair the Kings Majesties fame and honour and raise brutes as if his Majestie had declined to Papistry and had made many Acts to derogate the free passage of the Gospell good order and discipline in the Church which brutes are nourisht and entertained by rebellious subjects who would gladly cover their seditious enterprises under pretext of religion albeit there can be no religion in such as raise armour and disquiet the estate of their native Soveraign and perjuriously have contraried the Oath bond and obligation of their faith whereunto they have sworn and subscribed Therefore that His Majesties faithfull Subjects be not abused with such slanderous reports and His highnesse good and affectionate friends in other Countries may understand the verity of his upright intentions His Majesty hath commanded this brief declaration of certain of His Majesties Acts of Parliament held in May 1584. to be publisht and imprinted to the effect that the indirect practices of such as slander His Majesty and his lawes may be detected and discovered IN the first Act His Majestie ratifieth and approveth the true profession of the Gospell sincere preaching of the word and administration of the Sacraments presently by the goodnesse of God established in this Realm and alloweth of the confession of the faith set down by Act of Parliament the first year of His Majesties reign Like as His Highnesse not onely professeth the same in all sincerity but praised be God is come to that maturity of judgement by reading and hearing the Word of God that His highnesse is able to convince and overthrow by the doctrine of the Prophets and Apostles the most learned of the contrary sect of the Adversaries So as Plato affirms that Commonwealth to be most happy wherein a Philosopher reigneth or he that reigneth is a Philosopher we may much more esteem this Country of Scotland to be fortunate wherein our King is a Theologue and his heart replenisht with the knowledge of the heavenly philosophy for the comfort not only of his good subjects and friends in other countries but of them that professe the Gospell every where he being a King of great expectation to whom his birth-right hath not only destinate and provided great Kingdomes but much more His Majesties vertue godlinesse and learning and daily encrease of all heavenly sciences do promise and assure him of the mighty protection of God and favour of all them that fear his holy name IN the second Act his Maj. royall authority over all estates both spirituall and temporall is confirmed which act some of malice and others of ignorance do traduce as if his Maj. pretended to be head of the Church a name which His Maj. acknowledgeth to be proper and peculiar to the Son of God the Saviour of the world who is the head and bestoweth life spirituall upon the members of his mysticall body and he having received the holy spirit in all abundance maketh every one of the faithfull partakers according to the measure of faith bestowed upon them of the which number of the head Christ His Maj. acknowledgeth himself to be a member baptized in his name partaker of the mystery of the crosse and holy communion and attending with the faithfull for the comming of the Lord and the finall restitution of Gods elect And notwithstanding his Maj. surely understands by the scriptures that he is the principall member appointed by the law of God to see God glorified vice punisht and vertue maintain'd within his realm and the soveraign judgment for a godly quietnesse and order in the common-wealth to appertain to His highnesse care and solicitude which power of his highnesse certain ministers being called before His Maj. for seditious and factious sermons and stirring up the people to rebell against their native King would in no wise acknowledg but disclaimed His authority as an incompetent Judge and especially one Mr. Andrew Melvile an ambitious person of a salt and fiery humour usurping the Pulpit of Sandrois with out any lawfull calling and privy at that time to certain conspiracies against His Maj. went about in his sermon upon a Sunday to inflame the hearts of the people by odious comparisons of His Maj. progenitors and councell Albeit the duty of a faithfull preacher of the Gospel be rather to exhort the people to the obedience of their native King nor by popular sermons which hath been the decay of great commonwealths and hath greatly in times past disquieted this Estate The said Mr. Andrew called before His highnesse answered he would not be judg'd by the King and his Councell because he spake the same in a Pulpit which Pulpit in effect he alledged to be exempt from the judgment and correction of Princes as if that holy place sanctified to the word of God might be a colour to any sedition against lawfull authority without punishment His Maj. being a most gracious Prince was unwilling to use rigour against the said Mr. Andrew if he had humbly submitted himself acknowledg'd his offence and craved pardon but he afraid of his own guiltinesse being private to divers conspiracies before fled into England whose naughty and presumptuous refusing of his Highnesse judgment was the occasion of the making of the 2d Act That none should decline his Highnesse Authority in respect that the common proverb is that Ex malis moribus bonae leges natae sunt that is Of evill manners good Laws proceed And indeed intollerable arrogancy in any Subject called before his Prince professing and authorizing the same truth to disclaim his authority neither do the Prophets Apostles or others conducted by the Spirit of God minister the like example For it is a great errour to affirme as many do that Princes and Magistrates have only power to take order in civill affaires and that Ecclesiasticall matters do onely belong to the Ministry by which means the Pope of Rome hath exempt Himself and His Clergie from all judgment of Princes and hath made himself to be Judge of Judges and to be judged of no man whereas by the contrary not onely by the examples of the Godly Governours Judges and Kings of the antient Testament but also by the new Testament and the who●e History of the Primitive Church in the which the Emperours judged over the Bishops of Rome deposed them from their Seates appointed Judges to acknowledg and decide in Causes Ecclesiasticall vindicate innocent men as Athanasius from the determination of the Councell holden at Tyrus and by infinite good reasons which shall be set down