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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

repugnant to any of the said Articles Act. 4. and 9. Parl. 1. Act. 45.46.47 Parl. 3. Act. 71. Parl. 6. Act. 106. Parl. 7 Act. 24. Parl. 11. Act. 123. Parl. 12. Act. 194. 197. Parl. 14. of K. Iames 6. And all Magistrats Shirefs c. on the one parte are ordained to search apprehend and punish all contraviners For instance Act. 5. Parl. 1. Act. 104. Parl. 7. Act. 25. Parl. 11. K. Iames 6. And that notwithstanding of the Kings Majesties licences on the contrarie which are discharged and declared to bee of no force in so farre as they tend in any wayes to the prejudice and hinder of the execution of the Acts of Parlament against Papists and adversaries of true Religion Act. 106. Parl. 7. K. James 6. On the other part in the 47. Act. P. ● K. James 6. It is declared and ordained seeing the cause of Gods true Religion and his highnes Authority are so joyned as the hurt of the one is common to both that none shall be reputed as loyall faithfull subjects to our Soveraigne Lord or his Authority but be punishable as rebellers gainstanders of the same who shall not give their Confession and make their profession of the said true Religion that they who after defection shall give the Confession of their Faith of new they shall promise to continue therein in time comming to maintaine our Souveraigne Lords Authority and at the uttermost of their power to fortifie assist and maintaine the true Preachers and Professors of Christs Evangell against whatsoever enemies and gainestanders of the same and namelie against all such of whatsoever nation estate or degree they bee of that have joyned and bound themselves or have assisted or assists to set forward and execute the cruell decrees of Trent contrary to the Preachers and true Professors of the Word of God which is repeated word by word in the Articles of Pacification at Perth the 23 of Februar 1572. approved by Parlament the last of Aprile 1573. Ratified in Parlament 1587. and related Act. 123. Parl. 12. of K. Iames. 6. with this addition that they are bound to resist all treasonable uproares and hostilities raised against the true Religion the Kings Majestie and the true Professors Like as all liedges are bound to maintaine the K. Majesties Royall Person and Authority the Authoritie of Parlaments without the which neither any lawes or lawfull judicatories can be established Act. 130. Act. 131. Parl. 8. K. James 6. the subjects liberties who ought onely to liue be governed by the Kings lawes the common lawes of this Realme allanerlie Act. 48. Parl. 3. K. Iames the first Act. 79. Parl. 6. K. Iames the 4. repeated in the Act. 131. Parl. 8. K. Iames 6. Which if they bee innovated or prejudged the cōmission anent the union of the two Kingdoms of Scotland England which is the sole Act. of the 17. Parl. of K. Iames 6. declares such confusion would ensue as this Realme could bee no more a free Monarchie because by the fundamentall lawes ancient priviledges offices and liberties of this Kingdome not onely the Princelie Authority of his Majesties Royall discent hath been these many ages maintained but also the peoples securitie of their Lands livings rights offices liberties and dignities preserved and therefore for the preservation of the said true Religion Lawes and Liberties of this Kingdome it is statute by the 8. Act Parl. 1. repeated in the 99. Act. Parl. 7. Ratified in the 23 Act Parl. 11. and 114. Act. Parl. 12. of K. Iames 6. and 4. Act. of K. Charles That all Kings and Princes at their Coronation reception of their Princely Authoritie shall make their faithfull promise by their solemne oath in the presence of the Eternall God that enduring the whole time of their liues they shall serve the same Eternall God to the uttermost of their power according as he hath required in his most holy Word contained in the old and new Testament And according to the same Word shall maintaine the true Religion of Christ Iesus the preaching of his holy Word the due right ministration of the Sacramēts now receaved and preached within this Realme according to the Confession of Faith immediatelie preceeding and shall abolish and gainstand all false Religion contrarie to the same shall rule the people committed to their charge according to the will and command of God revealed in his Foresaid Word and according to the laudable Lawes and Constitutions received in this Realme no wayes repugnant to the said will of the Eternall God and shall procure to the uttermost of their power to the Kirk of God and whole Christian people true and perfite peace in all time coming and that they shall bee carefull to roote out of their Empire all Hereticks and enemies to the true worship of God who shall bee convicted by the true Kirk of God of the foresaid crimes which was also observed by his Majestie at his Coronation in Edenburgh 1633. as may be seene in the order of the Coronation In obedience to the Commandement of GOD conforme to the practise 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 Counsell commanding a generall band to bee made and subscribed by his Majesties 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 abovewritten and a former large Confession established by sundrie acts of lawfull generall assemblies and of Parlament unto which it hath relation sett downe in publicke Catechismes and which had beene for many yeares with a blessing from Heaven preached and professed in this Kirk and Kingdome as Gods undoubted trueth grounded only upon his written Word The other cause was for maintaining the Kings Majestie His Person and Estate the true worship of GOD and the Kings authoritie beeing so straitly joined as that they had the same Friends and common enemies 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 foresaid nationall Oath and Subscription inviolable Wee Noblemen Barrons 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 generallie conteined and particularlie mentioned in our late supplications complaints and protestations Doe heereby professe and before God his Angels and the World solemnelie declare That with our whole hearts wee agree and resolve all the dayes of our life constantlie to adhere unto and to defend the foresaid true Religion and forbearing the practise of all novations alreadie introduced in the matters of the worship of GOD or