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Chap. VII. Concerning Proceffes against Ministers.
Chap. VIII. Concerning Proceffes in order to the
Cenfure of the greater Communication.
Chap. IX. Concerning the Order of proceeding to
Abfolution,

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Several Acts and Overtures of the General Affemblies.
Act of the General Affembly, Glasgow, 1638.
A&t anent Appellations, August 30, 1639.
Act anent Minifters Catechifing, and Family Exer-
cifes. Auguft 30, 1639.

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Act anent the chufing of Kirk-feffions, Aug. 1.1642. 37
Act against flandering of Minifters. Aug. 6. 1642. ibid.
Act against Masters who have fervants that profane
the Lord's Day, Aug. 14, 1645.

Act concerning diffenting Voices in Prefbytery and
Synods. 1645-

Act against Lykwakes, 1645.

Act recommending to Seffions to have the printed
Acts of Affembly. 1645.

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Act discharging promifcuousDancing. July 19. 1649. ibid.
Act concerning Catechifing, July 30. 1649. ibid.
Directory for Election of Minifters. 1649.
Act against Profanenefs. Jan. 11. 1697.

Act against Abuses at Lykwakes, Penny Brydals, and
promifcuous Dancing, 1701.

Act concerning the Method and Form of Procedure,
of Judicatories of the Cburch, against fcandalous
Perfons. April 1705.

Act against Profan. of the Lord's Day. Ap. 10 1705.
Of the Conftitution of Seffions.

Of the Election, and constituting of Elders and Deac.
Anent Marriage.

Of the Admiflion of Infants to Baptifm.

Of Admission to the Lord's Table and debarring

from it.

Of the privy Cenfures in the Seffions.

Of Prefbyteries.

Of parochial Vifitations by the Prefbytery,

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Confeffion of Faith,

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ENGLISH Congregation.

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For other Foundation can no Man lay than is laid, which is Fefus Chrift.

Printed in the Year 1764.

THE

CONFESSION of FAITH.

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Believe and confefs a my Lord GOD I believe in eternal, infinite, unmeafurable, in- God the Fa comprehenfible, and invifible b, one ther Al

in Subftance c, and three in Perfons, mighty, Father, Son and Holy Ghoft d; who by Maker of his Almighty Power and Wisdom e, hath Heaven not only of nothing created Heaven, Earth, and Earth, and all Things therein contained f, and Man after his own Image g, that he might in him be glorified h; but alfo by his Fatherly Providence governeth, maintaineth and preferveth the fame i, according to the Purpofe of his Will k.

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a Rom. 10. 1o. b Gen. 17. 1. Pfal. 63. 1. & 90. 2. & 139. 1, 16. 1 Tim. 1. 17. Deut. 6. 4. Eph. 4. 6. Gen. 1. 26. Mat. 3. 16, 17. & 28. 19. John 5.7. Heb. 1. 2. Prov. 8. 22.---30. f Gen. 1. 1. Jer. 32. 16. Pfal. 38. 6, 7. g Gen. 1. 26. Eph. 4. 24. Col. 3. 10. h Prov. 16. 4. John 17. 1. I Cor. 6. 20. Mat. 6. 26,---32. Luke 12. 24,---30. I Pet. 5. 7. Phil. 4. 6. k Eph. 1. 11.

And in Fe

fus Chrift I

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Believe alfo and confefs JESUS CHRIST the only Saviour and Meffias a,

who

his only Son being equal with God, made himself of no our Lord, Reputation; but took on him the Shape of a Servant b, and became Man, in all Things like unto us, Sin excepted c, to affure us of Mercy and Forgivenefs d; for when thro' our Father Adam's Tranfgreffion we were become Children of Perdition e, there was no Means to bring us from that Yoke of Sin and Damnation, but only Jefus Chrift our Lord f, who giving us that by Grace which was his by Nature g, made us, thro' Faith, the Children of God h.

Who was conceived by the Holy Ghoft, born

Who, when the Fulness of Time was come i, was conceived by the Power of the Holy Ghoft, born of the Virgin Mary, according to the Flesh k, and preached in Earth the Gospel of Salvation /, till at length, by Tyranny of the Priefts, he was guiltlefs condemned under Pontius Pilate, then Prefider Pontius dent of Jewry, and moft flanderously hangPilate, was ed on the Cross between two Thieves, as a crucified, notorious Trefpaffer m; where, taking up

of the Vir gin Mary, Suffered un

on him the Punishment of our Sins, he deli vered us from the Curfe of the Law n.

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a Mat. 1. 21. Acts 4. 12. 1 Tim. 1. 15. b John 1. Phil. 2. 6, 7. 1 Tim. 3. 16 1 John 5. 20. Rom. 9. 5. e Heb. 2. 14, 16, 17. Phil. 2. 7, 8. 1 Pet. 22.2. 1 John 3. 5. d Rom. 8. 31, &c. 1 John 2. 1. e Gen. 3. Rom, 5. 16, 17, 18. Eph. 2. 3. Gal. 3. 10, 13. ƒ Acts 4. 12. 1 Pet. 2. 6. Ifa. 28. 16. Rom. 9. 33. g John I. I, 2. Heb. 1. 5. Rom. 1. 4. Pfal. 2. 7. h Gal. 3. 26. Rom. 8. 14. John 1.12. Eph. 1. 5. i Gal. 4. 4. Rom. 1. 2, 3. Acts 2. 22. k Ifa. 7. 14. Luke 1. 31, 35. Rom. 1. 3. Acts 10. 36. Heb. 1. 1. m John 7. 32. & II. 47. 48, 53. & 12. 10, 11, 42. Mat, 12. 14, & 27. Luke 22. Mark 15. John 18. & 19. Gal. 3, 13. Isa. 53. 6, 8, 10,

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