A86000:7
A form for Church government and ordination of ministers, contained in CXI propositions, propounded…
A form for Church government and ordination of ministers, contained in CXI propositions, propounded to the late General Assembly at Edinburgh, 1647. Together with an Act concerning Erastianism, independency, and liberty of conscience. Published by authority.A form for Church government and ordination of ministers, contained in CXI propositions, propounded to the late Generall Assembly at Edinburgh, 1647. Together with an Act concerning Erastianisme, independencie, and liberty of conscience. Published by authority.
London: printed for Robert Bostock, 1647
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Act approving VIII general Heads of Doctrine against the Tenets of Erastianism, Independency, and Liberty of Conscience, asserted in the CXI Propositions, which are to be examined against the next ASSEMBLY.
Act approving VIII generall Heads of Doctrine against the Tenents of Erastianisme, Independencie, and Liberty of Conscience, asserted in the CXI Propositions, which are to be examined against the next ASSEMBLY.
Being tender of so great an engagement by solemn Covenant, sincerely, really, & constantly to endeavour in our Places & Callings, the preservation of the Reformed Religion in this Kirk of Scotland, in Doctrine, Worship, Discipline, and Government, the Reformation of Religion in the Kingdoms of England and Ireland, in Doctrine Worship, Discipline and Government, according to the Word of God, and the example of the best Reformed Kirks, and to endeavour the nearest Conjunction and Uniformity in all these, together with the extirpation of Heresy, Schism, and whatsoever shall be found contrary to sound Doctrine: And considering withal that one of the special means which it becometh us in our Places and Callings to use in pursuance of these ⟨image 3⟩ends, is in zeal for the true Reformed Religion, to give our public testimony against the dangerous tenets of Erastianism, Independency, and which is falsely called Liberty of Conscience, which are not only contrary to sound Doctrine, but more special lets and hinderances as well to the preservation of our own received Doctrine, Worship, Discipline and Government, as to the Work of Reformation and Uniformity in England and Ireland. The General Assembly upon these considerations, having heard publicly read the CXI following Propositions exhibited and tendered by some Brethren who were appointed to prepare Articles or Propositions for the vindication of the Truth in these particulars, Doth unanimously approve and agree unto these eight general Heads of Doctrine therein contained and asserted. viz. 1. That the Ministry of the Word, and the Administration of the Sacraments of the New Testament, Baptism and the Lords Supper, are standing Ordinances instituted by God himself, to continue in the Church to the end of the world. 2. That such as administer the Word and Sacraments ought to be duly called and ordained thereunto. 3. That some Ecclesiastical censures are proper and peculiar to be inflicted only upon such as bear Office in the Kirk; Other censures are common, and may be inflicted both on Ministers, and other Members of the Kirk. 4. That the censure of Suspension from the Sacrament of the Lords Supper, inflicted because of gross ignorance, or because of a scandalous life and conversation;