Selected quad for the lemma: religion_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
religion_n	church_n	england_n	reform_a	4,212	5	9.5265	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A79124	Charles by the grace of God King of great Brittain, France and Ireland, defender of the faith. To our lovits [blank] messengers, our sheriffes in that part conjunctly and severally specially constitute, greeting.	England and Wales. Sovereign (1625-1649 : Charles I); Charles I, King of England, 1600-1649.	1643 (1643)	Wing C2826; Thomason 669.f.7[31]; ESTC R211963	1,475	1

C R HONI SOIT QVI MAL Y PENSE CHARLES by the grace of God King of great Brittain France and Ireland defender of the Faith To Our Lovits Messengers our Sheriffes in that part conjunctly and severally specially constitute greeting Forsameikle as the Estates of Our Kingdome of Scotland presently conveened taking into their most serious consideration the great and imminent danger of the true Protestant reformed Religion and of the peace of thir Our Kingdomes from the treacherous and bloudy plots conspiracies attempts and practices of Papists Prelats Malignants and their adherents Have after mature deliberation thought expedient to enter into a solemne and mutuall Covenant with Our Kingdome of England for the defence of the true Protestant reformed Religion in the Kirk of Scotland and the reformation of Religion in the Kirk of England according to the Word of God the example of the best reformed Kirks and as may bring the Kirk of God in both Kingdomes to the nearest Conjunction and Uniformity in Religion and Church government And siclike to preserve and defend the Rights and Priviledges of Our Parliaments and Liberties of Our Kingdomes respectivè And to preserve and defend Our Person and Authoritie in the preservation of the said true Religion and Liberties of Our saids Kingdomes And to observe the Articles of the late Treaty and Peace betwixt the two Nations And to assist and defend all that shall enter into this Covenant in the maintaining and pursuing thereof as the same more fully proports Which as it wil be a comfort and incouragement to all Christians who fear God and love Religion to all good and loyall Subjects who truly honour Us and to all true Patriots who tender the liberty of their Countrie So doubtlesse it wil exasperate and inrage the said Papists Prelats Malignants and their adherents to practise and execute all the mischief cruelty they can against this Kirk and Kingdome as they have done in Our Kingdoms of England and Ireland For preventing therof the Estates of this Our said Kingdome according to the practise of Our Councel Convention of Our Estates of Our Parliaments in former times of the like exigence have resolved to put this Our said Kingdom with all possible speed in a present posture of defence And for the better safety and securitie thereof have statute and ordained and hereby statues and ordaines that immediately after the publication hereof all the sensible persons within this Our Kingdome of Scotland betwixt sixtie and sixteene yeares of age of whatsoever qualitie rank or degree shall provide themselves with fourtie dayes provision and with Ammunition Armes and other warlike provision of all forts in the most substantious manner for Horse and Foot with Tents and all other furnishing requisite And that the Horsemen be armed with Pistols broad Swords and Steel caps And where these Armes cannot be had that they provide Jacks or Secrets Lances and Steel-bonnets And that the Footmen be armed with Musket and Sword or Pike and Sword And where these cannot be had that they be furnished with Halberts Loquhaber axes or Jeddart staves and Swords OUR WILL IS HEREFORE and We charge you straitly and commands that incontinent thir Our Letters seene you passe to the Market Crosse of Edinburgh and severall Burrowes of this Our Kingdome and Parish Kirks thereof and there by open Proclamation make publication hereof wherethrough none pretend ignorance of the same And that you command and charge all and sundry Our subjects foresaids being sensible persons betwixt sixtie and sixteene yeares to provide themselves in manner foresaid and to be in readinesse to make their Randevous thus armed at the places to be appointed by Our saids Estates or Committees having power from them within eight and fourty hours after they shall be lawfully warned by order from them to that effect as they will testifie their affections to the true Protestant Religion the Liberties of Our Kingdomes Our owne honour and the peace and safety of that their native Countrey and under the paine to be esteemed and punish as enemies to Religion Us and Our Kingdomes and their whole goods to be confiscate to the use of the publick Given under Our Signet at Edinburgh the eighteenth of August and of Our Reigne the nineteenth yeare 1643. Per Actum Dominorum Conventionis Arch. Primerose Cler. Conven. Printed at Edinburgh 15 August 1648