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A79710 The confession of faith of the Kirk of Scotland; with the bond or covenant subscribed unto by the whole kingdome.; Scottish Confession of Faith (1580) Church of Scotland. 1641 (1641) Wing C4202C; Thomason 669.f.4[2]; ESTC R205450 4,881 2

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without as we desire our God to be a strong and mercifull defender to us in the day of our death and comming of our Lord Jesus Christ to whom with the Father and the holy Spirit be all honour and glory eternally IN obedience to the Commandement of God conforme to the practice of the godly in former times and according to the laudable example of our worthy and religious Progenitors and of many yet living amongst us which was warranted also by Act of Councell commanding a generall Bond to be made and subscribed by his Majestis Subjects of all ranks for two causes one was for defending the true religion as it was then reformed and is expressed in the confession of faith above written and a former large Confession established by sundry Acts of lawfull generall Assemblies and of Parliaments unto which it hath relation set downe in publick Chatechismes and which had been for many years with a blessing from heaven preached and professed in this Kirk and Kingdome as Gods undoubted truth grounded only upon this written word the other cause was for maintaining the Kings Majesties person and Estate the true worship of God and the Kings authority being so straightly joyned as that they had the same friends and common enimies and did stand and fall together and finally being convinced in our mindes and confessing with our mouthes that the present and succeeding generations in this land are bound to keep the aforesaid nationall Oath and subscription inviolable Wee Noblemen Barons Gentlemen Burgesses Ministers and Commons under subscribing considering divers times before and especially at this time the danger of the true reformed religion of the Kings honour and of the publick peace of the Kingdome by the manifold innovations and evills generally conteined and particularly mentioned in our late supplications complaints and protestations doe hereby professe and before God his Angels and the world solemnly declare that with our whole hearts we agree and resolve all the dayes of our life constantly to adhere unto and to defend the aforesaid true religion and forbearing the practice of all novations already introduced in the matters of the worship of God or approbation of the corruptions of the publick government of the Kirk or civill places and power of Kirk-men till they be tryed and allowed in free Assemblies and in Parliaments to labour by all meanes lawfull to recover the purity and liberty of the Gospel as it was established and professed before the aforesaid novations and because after due examination we plainly perceive and undoubtedly beleive that the innovations and evils conteined in our supplications complaints and protestations have no warrant of the word of God are contrary to the Articles of the aforesaid Confessions to the intention and meaning of the blessed reformers of religion in this land to the above written Acts of Parliament and doe sensibly tend to the re-establishing of the Popish religion and tyranny and to the subversion and ruine of the true reformed religion and of our liberties lawes and estates We also declare that the aforesaid Confessions are to be interpreted and ought to be understood of the aforesaid novations and evils no lesse than if every one of them had beene expressed in the aforesaid Confessions and that we are obliged to detest and abhorre them amongst other particular heads of Papistry abjured therein and therefore from the knowledge and conscience of our duty to God to our King and Countrey without any worldly respect or inducement so farre as humane infirmity will suffer wishing a further measure of the grace of God for this effect We promise sweare by the great name of the Lord our God to continue in the profession and obedience of the aforesaid religion that we shall defend the same resist all these contrary errours and corruptions according to our vocation and to the uttermost of that power that God hath put in our hands all the dayes of our life and in like manner with the same heart we declare before God and men that we have no intention nor desire to attempt any thing that may turne to the dishonour of God or to the diminution of the Kings greatnesse and authority but on the contrary we promise and sweare that we shall to the uttermost of our power with our meanes and lives stand to the defence of our dread Soveraigne the Kings Majesties person and authority in the defence and preservation of the aforesaid true religion liberties and lawes of the kingdome as also to the mutuall defence and assistance every one of us of another in the same cause of maintaining the true religion and his Majesties authority with our best counsell our bodies meanes and whole power against all sorts of persons whatsoever so that whatsoever shall be done to the least of us for that cause shall be taken as done to us all in generall and to every one of us in particular and that wee shall neither directly nor indirectly suffer our selves to be divided or with-drawne by whatsoever suggestion or allurement or terror from this blessed and loyall conjunction nor shall cast in any let or impediment that may stay or hinder any such resolution as by common consent shall be found to conduce for so good ends but on the contrary shall by all lawfull meanes labour to further and promote the same and if any such dangerous and divisive motion bee made to us by word or writ we and every one of us shall either suppresse it or if need be shall incontinent make the same knowne that it may be timously obviated neither doe we feare the foule aspersions of rebellion combination or what else our adversaries from their craft and malice would put upon us seeing what we doe is so well warranted and ariseth from an unfeigned desire to maintaine the true worship of God the Majesty of our King and peace of the Kingdome for the common happinesse of our selves and the posterity And because we cannot look for a blessing from God upon our proceedings except with our profession and subscription we joyne such a life and conversation as beseemeth Christians who have renewed their Covenant with God we therefore faithfully promise for our selves our followers and all others under us both in publick in our particular families and personall carriage to endeavour to keep our selves within the bounds of Christian liberties and to be good examples to others of all godlinesse sobernesse and righteousnesse and of every duty we owe to God and man And that this our union and conjunction may be observed without violation we call the living God the searcher of our hearts to witnesse who knoweth this to be our sincere desire and unfeigned resolution as we shall answer to Jesus Christ in the great day and under the paine of Gods everlasting wrath and of infamy and losse of all honour and respect in this world most humbly beseeching the Lord to strengthen us by his holy Spirit for this end and to blesse our desires and proceedings with a happy successe that religion and righteousnesse may flourish in the land to the glory of God and honour of the King and the peace and comfort of us all in witnesse whereof we have subscribed with our hands all the premises c. LONDON Printed in the yeare 1641.