A Compendium of the Laws of the Church of Scotland, Volume 1

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Robert Buchanan, 1831
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Contents

Ratification of Acts of Assembly 1640
14
Mortifications under the Presbyteries inspection 329
17
Act abolishing Prelacy 1689
22
Declaration of the Estates of the Kingdom of Scotland containing Claim of Right
23
Act ratifying Confession of Faith and settling Presbyterian Church Government 7th June 1690
24
Acts of ratificationan Union with England 16th Jan 1707
26
Ministerial benedictions
29
Books OF DISCIPLINE First Book of Discipline
30
Ch Of Doctrine
32
Of the Sacraments
33
Touching the abolishing of idolatry
35
Concerning the provision for the Ministers and for the distribution of the rents and possessions justly appertaining to the Church
42
Of the Superintendents
46
Of Schools and Universities
52
Of the Rents and Patrimony of the Church
63
Conceming Church Government Discipline Scandals
141
Concerning Processes which natively begin at the Kirk
155
and how far extended 317
159
Matters treated by them i
216
Visitations occasional or ordinary
222
Synod opened Rolls made up Moderator chosen
229
Commissioners to and from Assemblies to their exsi
235
The form now is more solemn
237
Presbytery of Darien represented 315
238
DIN 111 3
239
Committee of overtures and others their power how restricted
240
Commissions of General Assemblies their power 1241
242
Absents from the Commission how censured 10472
243
Members of Assembly should have tickets for access
244
the pain of disobeying and declining the same y
245
Advocate or Procurator Solicitor or Agent for the Kirk
246
Committee for revising the minutes and printing aets
247
How two Assemblies were dissolved in an extraordi nary manner and their behaviour in these cases the Churchs intrinsic power asserted
248
The Churchs judgment about their right to meet sy nodically
250
How Ministers take place of one another
251
Rolls of General Assemblies
252
Rolls of Synods how ordered no act to hinder El ders to vote when they may be supernumerary te Ministers 2 51
255
Matters of faith almost agreed to already
258
Preaching its excellency and subjectmatter wu3
261
Singing is not to be interrupted by reading of
271
No Marriage without Proclamation of Banns unless the Presbytery dispense there with
300
Objectors against the Marriage on that day ought to find caution
301
Register of Marriage and Baptisms how to bear faith
302
The matter of his conference when sent for to the sick
303
The Minister is to pray if desired and for what
304
Of Burial of the Dead Lykewakes and Dirgies 1 The manner of burial
305
General questions and exhortations
308
Thanksgiving days how observed
314
Personal immunity how far allowed to ministers
317
When churches and stipends are to be united
318
When Presbyteries may authorise partial union or transplantation of churches
319
Who are liable to build and repair manses
320
How much expence and grounds for manse yard and glebe
321
Seats common and particular how acquired and how burdened
322
Who are the proprietors of bells books c
323
That stipends are due and how much is competent
324
Tithes the fund for stipends some tithes cannot be sold but only valued
325
Stipends quoad modum probandi prescribe in five years
328
Ecclesiastical pensions what
329
Heritors of hospitals and mortifications to be named
331
Act of Assembly against Popery
337
The licentiousness of the press how restrained
343
What acts of Assembly may be repealed
344
Of Blasphemy Cursing Profane Swearing
354
Of Slandering and Assaulting of Ministers
361
Murder what and of casual homicide
367
Adultery what
373
Of PennyBridals Promiscuous Dancing Stage 2
378
Abstracts of Acts of Parliament and Assembly against
384
Of Art and Part
389
Of the Transaction and Prescription of Scandals
399
How a voluntary and malicious confessor of unclean
405
All defenders must appear personally even though
410
Personal faults of ministers how censured
416
For what probationers are to be censured
424
Of the order of proceeding to Excommunication
430
Conclusion by prayer praise and pronouncing the
434
The Judicial Legislative and Executive Power of
445
Admission of Ministers into the Church of Scotland
469
Voice of the People
476

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Page 22 - Right, it is declared, that Prelacy, and the superiority of any office in the church above presbyters, is and hath been a great and insupportable grievance and trouble to this nation, and contrary to the inclinations of the generality of the people ever since the Reformation, they having reformed from Popery by presbyters, and therefore ought to be abolished...
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Page 254 - Let us therefore, as many as be perfect, be thus minded: and if in any thing ye be otherwise minded, God shall reveal even this unto you. 16 Nevertheless, whereto we have already attained, let us walk by the same rule, let us mind the same thing.
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Page 81 - For ye may all prophesy one by one, that all may learn, and all may be comforted.
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Page 297 - At which day of marriage if any man do allege and declare any impediment why they may not be coupled together in Matrimony by God's law or the laws of this Realm, and will be bound, and sufficient sureties with him, to the parties, or else put in a caution...
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TitleA Compendium of the Laws of the Church of Scotland, Volume 1
A Compendium of the Laws of the Church of Scotland
PublisherRobert Buchanan, 1831
Original fromHarvard University
Digitized7 Mar 2007
  
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