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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A11730	Ane shorte and generall confession of the trewe Christiane fayth and religion, according to Godis Word and actis of our Parliamentis subscriued be the Kingis Maiestie and his housholde, with sindrie vtheries, to the glorye of God and good exemple of all men, at Edinburgh the twentie eyght day of Januarie, the yere of God, ane thousand, fyue hundreth, fourescore yeirs, and the fourtene yeir of His Maiesteis regne.; Scottish Confession of Faith (1581)		1581 (1581)	STC 22019.5; ESTC S2870	2,554	1

ANE SHORTE AND GENERALL CONfession of the trewe Christiane Fayth and Religion according to Godis word and actis of our Parliamentis Subscriued be the Kingis Maiestie and his housholde with sindrie vtheries To the glorye of God and good exemple of all men At Edinburgh the Twentie eyght day of Ianuarie The yere of God Ane Thousand Fyue Hundreth Fourescore yeirs And the fourtene yeir of his Maiesteis Regne WE all and euerie one of vs vnderwritten protest that after long and dewe examination of our owne Consciencis in maters of trewe and fals Religion are now throughly resolued in the trueth by the worde and spirit of God And therefore we beleue with our heartis confesse with our mouthes Subscryue with our hands and constantly affirme before God and the whole worlde That this onely is the true Christian Faith and Religion pleasing God and bringing Saluation to man quhilk is now by the mercy of God reueled to the world by the preaching of the blessed Euangell And is receaued beleued and defended by many and sindrie notable Kirkis and Realmes but chiefly by the Kirk of Scotland The Kings Maiestie thre Estates of this Realme As Gods eternall trueth and onely grounde of our Saluation as more particularly is expressed in the confession of our Faith stablished and publicely confirmed by sindrie actis of Parliamentis and now of a long time hath bene opinly professed by the Kings Maiestie and whole body of this Realme both in burgh and land To the quhilk confession and forme of Religion we willingly agree in our consciencis in al poynts as vnto Gods vndoubted trueth and veritie grounded onely vpon his written worde And therefore we abhorre and detest all contrarie religion and doctrine but chiefly all kinde of Papistrie in generall and particuler headis euen as they are nowe damned and confuted by the worde of God and kirk of Scotlande but inspeciall we detest and refuse the vsurped authoritie of that Romane Antichrist vpon the Scriptures of God vpon the Kirk the ciuile magistrate and conscience of men All his tyrannous Lawes made vpon indifferent thinges agaynst our Christiane libertie His erroneous doctrine agaynst the sufficiencie of the written worde the perfection of the lawe the office of Christ and his blessed Euangell His corrupted doctrine concerning originall sinne our naturall inabilitie and rebellion to Gods lawe Our iustification by Fayth onely Our imperfect sanctification and obedience to the lawe the nature number and vse of the holie Sacraments His fyue bastard Sacraments with all his rytis ceremoneis and fals doctrine added to the ministration of the trew Sacraments without the word of God His cruel Iudgement against Infants departing without the Sacrament his absolute necessitie of Baptisme his blasphemous opinion of transsubstantiation or reall presence of Christis body in the elements and receauing of the same by the wicked or bodeis of mē His dispensations with solemnet othes Periureis and degrees of mariage forbidden in the worde his crueltie against the Innocent deuorced His diuilishe Messe his blasphemous Priestheid his prophane sacrifice for the sinnes of the dead and the quick His Canonization of men calling vpon Angels or Sainctis departed worshipping of Imagrie relicks and croces dedicating of Kirks Altars Dayis Vowes to creatures His Purgatorie prayers for the deid praying or speaking in a strange language with his processiones and blasphemous letanie and multitude of Aduocats or Mediatouris His manifold ordouris Auriculare confession his despered and vncertaine repentance his generall and doutsome faith his satisfactiones of men for their synnes his Iustification by workes Opus Operatum workes of supererogation meritis pardones peregrinationis and stationis his holy watter Baptissing of Bellis Coniuring of spiritis Crossing Sauing Anointing Coniuring Hallowing of godis good Creatures with the superstitious opinion ioyned therewith his warldly Monarchie and wicked hierarchie his thre solemned vowes with all his shawellingis of sindrie sorts His erroneous and bloodie decreis maid at Trent with al the subscryuers and approuers of that cruell and bloody band coniured against the Kirk of God And finally we detest all his vaine allegoreis Ritis signes and traditiones broght in the kirk without or against the word of God and doctrine of this trewe reformed Kirk To the quhilk we ioyne our selues willingly in doctrine Faith Religion Discipline and vse of the holie Sacraments as lyuelie members of the same in Christ our head promising and swearing by the great Name of the Lord our God that we shall continue in the dbedience of the doctrine and discipline of this Kirk and shall defend the same according to our vocation and power all the dayes of our lyues vnder the panes contened in the law and danger both of body and soule in the day of Gods fearefull Iudgement And seeing that many are styrred vp by Satan and that Romane Antichrist to promes sweare subscryue and for a time vse the holie Sacraments in the Kirk deceatfully against their owne conscience minding hereby First vnder the externall Cloke of Religion to corrupt and subuert secretely Gods trew Religion within the Kirk and afterward when tyme may serue to become open enemyes and persecuters of the same vnder vaine hope of the Popes dispensation deuised against the worde of God to his greater confusion and their dowble condemnation in the day of the Lord Iesus We therefore willing to take away all suspition of hypocrisie and of sic dowble dealing with God and his Kirk protest and call the searcher of all hearts for witnes that our minds and heartis doe fully agree with this our confession promise othe and Subscription So that we are not moued for any worldlye respect but are perswaded onely in our conscience through the knowledge and loue of Gods trew Religion prented in our hearts by the holie Spirite as we shall answer to him in the day when the secretes of all heartis shalbe disclosed And because we perceaue that the quietnes and stabilitie of our Religion and Kirk doeth depend vpon the sauetie and good behauiour of the Kings Maiestie as vpon ane comfortable Instrument of Godis mercy graunted to this Countrey for the maintening of his kirk ministration of Iustice amongs vs. We protest promes with our heartis vnder the same othe hand writ and panes that we sal defend his persone and authoritie with our geir bodeis and lyues in the defence of Christis Euangel Libertie of our Countrey ministration of Iustice and punishment of Iniquitie against al enemies within this Realme or without as we desyre our God to be a strong and mercifull defender to vs in the day of our death and cumming of our Lord Iesus Christ To whome with the Father and the holie Spirite be all honour and glorie eternally Amen The Kinges Maiesties charge to all Commissioners and Ministers within this Realme SEing that we and our Houshold haue subscriued and geuen this publict confession of our Faith to the good exemple of our Subiectis We command and charge all Commissioners and Ministers to craue the same confession of their parochinars and procead against the refusers according to our Lawes and order of the Kirk delyuering theire names and lawful processe to the Ministers of our house with all haste and diligence vnder the payne of xl pound to be taken from theire stipend that we with the adwise of our Counsel may take ordour with sic proud contemners of God and our lawes Subscryued with our hand At Holyrudhons 1580 the 2 day of March the 14 yeir of our regne ¶ Imprented at Edinburgh be Robert Lekprewike