Selected quad for the lemma: kingdom_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
kingdom_n	majesty_n	parliament_n	proposition_n	4,137	5	9.2823	5	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A58682	Act of Council, explanatory of the test with His Majesties letter containing his royal approbation thereof.	Scotland. Privy Council.; Charles II, King of England, 1630-1685.	1681 (1681)	Wing S1448; ESTC R183016	1,710	4

ACT of COUNCIL Explanatory of the TEST WITH His Majesties LETTER Containing His Royal Approbation thereof C R 〈◊〉 SOIT QUI MAL Y PENSE EDINBVRGH Printed by the Heir of Andrew Anderson Printer to His most Sacred Majesty Anno DOM. 1681. Act of Council Explanatory of the TEST Edinburgh the third day of November 1681. FORASMUCH as some have entertained Jealousies and Prejudices against the Oath and Test appointed to be taken by all Persons in publick Trust Civil Ecclesiastick or Military in this Kingdom by the sixth Act of His Majesties third Parliament as if thereby they were to Swear to every Proposition or Clause in the Confession of Faith therein-mentioned or that Invasion were made thereby upon the Intrinsick Spiritual Power of the Church or Power of the Keys or as if the present Episcopal Government of this National Church by Law Established were thereby exposed to the hazard of Alteration or Subversion all which are far from the Intention and Design of the Parliaments Imposing this Oath and from the Genuine Sense and Meaning thereof Therefore His Royal Highness His Majesties High Commissioner and Lords of Privy Council Do Allow Authorize and Empower the Arch-Bishops and Bishops to Administer this Oath and Test to the Ministers and Clergy in their respective Diocesses in this Express Sense that though the Confession of Faith Ratified in Parliament one thousand five hundred sixty and seven was framed in the Infancy of Our Reformation and deserves its due Praises yet by the Test We do not Swear to every Proposition or Clause therein-contained but only to the true Protestant Religion Founded on the Word of GOD contained in that Confession as it is opposed to Popery and Phanaticisme Secondly That by the Test or any Clause therein-contained no Invasion or Encroachment is made or intended upon the Intrinsick Spiritual Power of the Church or Power of the Keys as it was Exerced by the Apostles and the most pure and Primitive Church in the first three Centuries after Christ and which is still reserved intirely to the Church Thirdly That the Oath and Test is without any prejudice to the Episcopal Government of this National Church which is declared by the first Act of the second Session of His Majesties first Parliament to be most agreeable to the Word of God and most suitable to Monarchy and which upon all occasions His Majesty hath Declared He will inviolably and unalterably Preserve And appoints the Arch-Bishops and Bishops to require the Ministers in their respective Diocesses with the first conveniency to obey the Law in Swearing and Subscribing the foresaid Oath and Test with certification that the refusers shall be esteemed persons disaffected to the Protestant Religion and to His Majesties Government and that the punishment appointed by the foresaid sixth Act of His Majesties third Parliament shall be impartially and without delay inflicted upon them Extracted forth of the Records of Privy Council by WIL. PATERSON Cl. Sti. Concilij His Majesties Letter of Approbation CHARLES R. MOST Dear and most intirely beloved Brother Right Trusty and well beloved Cousins and Councellers Right Trusty and well beloved Councellors and Trusty and well beloved Councellors We Greet You well Whereas by one of your Letters Directed unto Vs bearing Date the eight Instant We do find that some having entertained Scruples and Prejudices against the Test by mistaking the true Sense and Meaning thereof And others having put false and unjust Glosses and Senses upon it tending to defeat its excellent Design for the Security of Our Government and that upon this account you found it necessary by an Act of that Our Council which We have seen to Declare its True and Genuine Sense and to allow and Impower the Bishops to Administer the same in this Sense to the Clergie in their respective Diocesses We are so well pleased with that Explanatory Act that We will not delay to send you Our Chearful Approbation thereof with Our hearty Thanks for your Zeal in Our Service upon all occasions especially in what relates to the Security of the Persons Rights Interests and Priviledges of Our Orthodox Clergie which We do now as We have often done before in a particular manner Recommend to your Care as a matter wherein you may render unto Vs the most acceptable Services And therefore We do expect that you will upon all fit Occasions give them all possible Encouragement as these whom We have received and will constantly Shelter under Our Royal Protection against all their Enemies So We bid you heartily Farewell Given at Our Court at Whitehall the fifteenth day of November One thousand six hundred eighty and one And of Our Reign the thretty three year By His Majesties Command MORRAY Directed Thus To Our most dear and most entirely beloved Brother Our right Trusty and well beloved Cousins and Councellors Our right Trusty and well beloved Councellors and Our Trusty and well beloved Councellors James Duke of Albany and York Our High Commissioner and the Lords of Our Pilvy Council of Our Ancient Kingdom of SCOTLAND FINIS