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

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Robert Buchanan, 1831

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Contents

Mortifications under the Presbyteries inspection 329
17
Difference between deprivation deposition and
18
Act abolishing Prelacy
22
Style of a summons and of the copy and execution
23
BOOKS OF DISCIPLINE
30
How to admit those who take some different methods
41
Concerning Ministers and their lawful election
42
Of Marriage
83
Function in the Kirk
123
Concerning Church Government Discipline
141
Concerning Processes which natively begin at
155
Concerning the order of Proceeding to Absolution
164
PARDOVANS COLLECTIONS
173
Ordination described no ministerium vagum
178
Ordination sub cruce and quorum for Ordination A
184
How to proceed when two Parishes lie in different
191
Of Expectants as also Students and Bursars
197
None must leap over the Greek Class but finish
203
Of Ruling Elders
208
How far Extracts are probative
214
Matters treated by them
216
Of Parochial Visitations by the Presbytery
222
Synod opened Rolls made up Moderator chosen
229
Commissioners to and from Assemblies their
235
The form now is more solemn
237
Absents from the Commission how censured tia
243
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246
The Churchs judgment about their right to meet
250
Rolls of General Assemblies
252
Their behaviour in the time of Worship
259
Who are to be examined how often and from what
265
Ministerial benediction
267
26 Singing is not to be interrupted by reading of
271
Bowing in the pulpit to be laid aside
272
Secret worship to be performed 1 1273
273
Chaplains their use and abusei 4000 J
274
Materials for family prayer nollstevs +
275
What the Lords Supper is མ
288
Secret preparation
290
Who cannot consent cannot marry
296
Register of Marriage and Baptisms how to bear
302
and how far extended
317
When churches and stipends are to be united
318
When Presbyteries may authorise partial union or transplantation of churches
319
S 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 J
337
The licentiousness of the press how restrained
343
42
349
Of Blasphemy Cursing Profane Swearing
354
Observers of superstitious days censurable
360
Partial Judges who
370
52
373
Of PennyBridals Promiscuous Dancing Stage
378
Of Theft Sacrilege Usury Falsehood Beggars
385
False weights their punishment
387
The order prescribed Matth xviii to be observed and
393
Of the Transaction and Prescription of Scandals
399
How a voluntary and malicious confessor of unclean
405
J TITLE IV Of the Vocational and Personal Faults of
411
Remedies against vocational and personal faults
418
For what probationers are to be censured
424
Of the order of proceeding to Excommunication
430
After three admonitions follow three public prayers
432
Absolution in extremis
438
The Judicial Legislative and Executive Power of
445
Admission of Ministers into the Church of Scotland
469

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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...
Page 431 - And if any man obey not our word by this epistle, note that man, and have no company with him, that he may be ashamed. Yet count him not as an enemy, but admonish him as a brother.
Page 288 - For as often as ye eat this bread, and drink this cup, ye do shew the Lord's death till he come.
Page 172 - Wherefore, brethren, look ye out among you, seven men of honest report, full of the Holy Ghost and wisdom, whom we may appoint over this business ; but we will give ourselves continually to prayer, and to the ministry of the word.
Page 429 - And if he shall neglect to hear them, tell it to the church ; but if he neglect to hear the church, let him be to thee as an heathen man and a publican.
Page 288 - Take ye, eat ye. This is the body of Christ, which is broken for you . Do this in remembrance of him.
Page 431 - Now we command you, brethren, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye withdraw yourselves from every brother that walketh disorderly, and not after the tradition which he received of us.
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.
Page 81 - For ye may all prophesy one by one, that all may learn, and all may be comforted.
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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