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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A68713	The confession of faith of the Kirk of Scotland subscribed by the Kings Maiestie and his housholde, in the yeare of God 1580. With a designation of such acts of Parlament, as are expedient, for justefying the vnion, after mentioned. And subscribed by the nobles, barrons, gentlemen, burgesses, ministers and commons, in the yeare of God 1638.; Confession of faith (1581)	Church of Scotland.	1638 (1638)	STC 22026; ESTC S121507	8,771	18

THE Confession of Faith Of the KIRK of SCOTLAND SVBSCRIBED By the Kings Majestie and his Housholde in the yeare of God 1580. With a Designation of such acts of Parlament as are expedient for justefying the Vnion after mentioned And subscribed by the Nobles Barrons Gentlemen Burgesses Ministers and Commons in the yeare of God 1638. IOSHVA Chap. 24. vers 25. So Joshua made a Covenant with the people the same day and gave them an Ordinance and Law in Sichem 2 KINGS 11.17 And Jehojada made a Covenant betweene the Lord and the King and the people that they should bee the Lords people likewise betweene the King and the people ISAIAH 44.5 One shall say I am the Lords another shall be called by the name of Jacob and another shall subscribe with his hand unto the Lord c. The Kings Majesties Charge to all Commissioners and Ministers within this Realme in the yeare of God 1580. SEeing that Wee and our Housholde have Subscribed and given this publick Confession of our Faith to the good example of our Subjects We commaund and charge all Commissioners and Ministers to crave the same Confession of their Parochinars and proceed against the refusers according to our Lawes and order of the Kirk delivering their names and lawfull proces to the Ministers of our House with all haste and diligence under the paine of fourtie pound to be taken from their stipend that Wee with the advice of our Counsell may take order with such proud contemners of GOD and our Lawes Subscribed with our hand at Halyrudhouse 1580. The 2. day of March the 14. yeare of our Reigne The Confession of Faith OF The Kirke of SCOTLAND THe Confession of Faith subscribed at first by the Kings Majestie 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 Counsell and Acts of the generall Assembly Subscribed againe by all sorts of Persons in the yeare 1590 By a new Ordinance of Counsell at the desire of the generall Assembly With a generall Band for maintenance of the true Religion and the Kings Person And now subscribed in the yeare 1638. By Vs Noblemen Barrons Gentlemen Burgesses Ministers and Commons vnder subscribing Together with our resolution and promises for the causes after specified To maintaine the sayd true Religion and the Kings Majestie according to the Confession foresayd and Acts of Parlament The Tenor whereof heere followeth WEE All and every one of Us underwritten Protest that after long and due Examination of our owne Consciences in matters of true false Religion are now throughly resolved of the Trueth by the Word and Spirit of God therefore we believe with our hearts confesse with our mouths subscribe with our hands and constantly affirme before God and the whole Word that this onely is the true Christian Faith and Religion pleasing God and bringing Salvation to man which now is by the mercie of God revealed to the world by the preaching of the blessed Evangell And receaved believed and defended by many and sundry notable Kirkes and Realmes but chieflie by the Kirk of Scotland the Kings Majestie and three estates of this Realme as Gods eternall Trueth and onely ground of our Salvation as more particularlie is expressed in the Confession of our Faith stablished and publicklie confirmed by sundry Acts of Parliaments and now of a long time hath beene openlie professed by the Kings Majestie and whole body of this Realme both in Burgh and Land To the which Confession and forme of Religion wee willinglie agree in our consciences in all points as unto Gods undoubted Trueth and Veritie grounded onely upon his written Word And therefore we abhorre and detest all contrarie Religion and Doctrine But chieflie all kinde 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 wee detest and refuse the usurped authoritie 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 libertie His erroneous Doctrine against the sufficiencie of the written Word the perfection of the Law the office of Christ and his blessed Evangell His corrupted Doctrine concerning originall sinne our naturall inabilitie and rebellion to Gods Law our Iustification by faith only 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 Sacraments without the Word of God His cruell judgement against Infants departing without the Sacrament his absolute necessitie 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 Mariage forbidden in the Word his crueltie against the innocent divorced his divellish Masse his blasphemous Priesthood his profane Sacrifice for the sinnes of the dead and the quicke his Canonization of men calling upon Angels or Saints departed worshipping of Imagerie Relicts and Crosses dedicating of Kirks Altars Dayes Vowes to creatures his Purgatorie Prayers for the dead praying or speaking in a strange language with his Processions and blasphemous Letanie and multitude of Advocates or Mediators his manifold Orders Auricular Confession his desperate and uncertaine Repentance his generall and doubtsome Faith his satisfactions of men for their sinnes his Iustifications by works opus operatum works of Supererogation Merits Pardons Peregrinations and Stations his holy water baptising of Bells conjuring of Spirits crossing saning anointing conjuring hallowing of GODS good creatures with the superstitious opinion joyned therewith his worldlie Monarchie and wicked Hierarchie his three solemne vowes with all his shavelings of sundrie sorts his erroneous and bloudie decrees made at Trent with all the subscribers and approvers of that cruell and bloudie Band conjured against the Kirk of GOD and finallie wee detest all his vaine Allegories Rites Signes and Traditions brought in the Kirk without or against the Word of GOD and Doctrine of this true reformed Kirk to the which wee joyne our selves willinglie in Doctrine Faith Religion Discipline and use of the Holy Sacraments as lively members of the same in Christ our Head promising and swearing by the Great Name of the Lord our GOD that wee shall continue in the obedience of the Doctrine and Discipline of this Kirk and shall defend the same according to our vocation and Power all the dayes of our lives under the paines contained in the Law and danger both of Body and Soule in the day of GODS fearefull Iudgement and seeing that many are stirred up by Sathan and that Roman Antichrist to promise sweare subscribe and for a time use the holy Sacraments in the Kirk deceitfullie against