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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A51154	An apology for the clergy of Scotland chiefly oppos'd to the censures, calumnies, and accusations of a late Presbyterian vindicator, in a letter to a friend : wherein his vanity, partiality and sophistry are modestly reproved, and the legal establishment of episcopacy in that kingdom, from the beginning of the Reformation, is made evident from history and the records of Parliament : together with a postscript, relating to a scandalous pamphlet intituled, An answer to The Scotch Presbyterian eloquence.	Monro, Alexander, d. 1715?	1693 (1693)	Wing M2437; ESTC R20155	87,009	107

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superintendent_o spotwood_n pag._n 150_o and_o 160_o and_o by_o the_o book_n of_o policy_n pag._n 168._o it_o be_v express_o order_v that_o complaint_n against_o minister_n be_v notify_v to_o the_o superintendent_o and_o the_o petition_v present_v to_o the_o queen_n relate_v by_o knox_n hist_n pag._n 337._o bear_n as_o the_o superscription_n of_o the_o superintendent_o minister_n of_o the_o whole_a church_n of_o scotland_n to_o the_o queen_n majesty_n etc._n etc._n and_o in_o the_o year_n 1563._o john_n knox_n and_o other_o elect_v a_o superintendent_n for_o dumfries_n and_o the_o letter_n write_v from_o the_o assembly_n or_o convention_n of_o the_o scot_n church_n at_o edinburgh_n on_o the_o 27._o of_o december_n 1566._o to_o the_o church_n of_o england_n bear_v this_o superscription_n the_o superintendent_o minister_n and_o commissioner_n of_o the_o church_n within_o the_o realm_n of_o scotland_n to_o their_o brethren_n the_o bishop_n and_o pastor_n of_o england_n and_o at_o queen_n mary_n first_o arrival_n in_o scotland_n from_o france_n the_o superintendent_o and_o minister_n do_v meet_v at_o edinburgh_n in_o a_o assembly_n knox_n bist_fw-ge pag._n 318._o in_o january_n 1572._o the_o commission_n of_o the_o assembly_n do_v meet_v at_o leith_n under_o the_o regent_n government_n and_o do_v agree_v on_o seven_o article_n of_o policy_n 1._o that_o all_o bishopric_n which_o be_v vacant_a and_o those_o be_v only_o four_o for_o where_o popish_a bishop_n be_v alive_a the_o be_fw-mi be_v not_o esteem_v vacant_a but_o supply_v by_o protestant_a superintendent_o shall_v be_v fill_v out_o of_o the_o able_a of_o the_o ministry_n second_o that_o spiritual_a jurisdiction_n shall_v be_v exercise_v by_o bishop_n in_o their_o diocese_n and_o the_o six_o article_n be_v that_o minister_n shall_v receive_v ordination_n from_o the_o bishop_n and_o in_o diocese_n where_o no_o bishop_n be_v they_o shall_v receive_v ordination_n from_o the_o superintendent_o and_o in_o august_n 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