The national convenant, or The confession of faith, of the Kirk of Scotland : subscribed at first by the King's Majesty and his household, is in the year 1580. Thereafter by persons of all ranks, in the year 1581, by ordinance of the Lords of the Secret Council, and Acts of the General Assembly. Subscribed again by all sorts of persons in the year 1590, by a new Ordinance of Council, at the desire of the General Assembly; with a general bond for maintainance of the time religion, and the Kings person. And now subscribed in the year 1638, by us, noblemen, barons, gentlemen, burgesses, ministers and commons, then under-subscribing: together, with our resolution and promises for the causes after specified, to maintain the said true religion, and the King's Majesty, according to the Confession foresaid, and Acts at Parliament. And now upon the supplication of the General Assembly, to His Majesty's High Commissioner, and the Lords of His Majesty's Honourable Privy Council. Subscribed again in the year 1639, by Ordinance of Council, and Act of General Assembly The tenor whereof here followeth

The national convenant, or The confession of faith, of the Kirk of Scotland : subscribed at first by the King's Majesty and his household, is in the year 1580. Thereafter by persons of all ranks, in the year 1581, by ordinance of the Lords of the Secret Council, and Acts of the General Assembly. Subscribed again by all sorts of persons in the year 1590, by a new Ordinance of Council, at the desire of the General Assembly; with a general bond for maintainance of the time religion, and the Kings person. And now subscribed in the year 1638, by us, noblemen, barons, gentlemen, burgesses, ministers and commons, then under-subscribing: together, with our resolution and promises for the causes after specified, to maintain the said true religion, and the King's Majesty, according to the Confession foresaid, and Acts at Parliament. And now upon the supplication of the General Assembly, to His Majesty's High Commissioner, and the Lords of His Majesty's Honourable Privy Council. Subscribed again in the year 1639, by Ordinance of Council, and Act of General Assembly The tenor whereof here followeth.

Author/creator	Church of Scotland
Other author/creator	Church of Scotland. General Assembly.
Other author/creator	Westminster Assembly (1643-1652)
Format	Electronic and Book
Publication Info	[Edinburgh?] : Re-printed, In the year [1712?]
Description	40 pages ; 8⁰.
Supplemental Content	Full text online
Subject(s)	Church of Scotland--Catechisms --Early works to 1800. Creeds--Protestants --Early works to 1800. Presbyterianism--Early works to 1800. Church of Scotland--Creeds --Early works to 1800.

Uniform title	Confession of faith. 1638
Variant title	Confession of faith, of the Kirk of Scotland
General note	Date conjectured from date the national covenant was renewed (in Douglas in 1712).
General note	Height: 15 cm.
General note	Pagination continuous despite signatures.
General note	Signatures: A-C⁴ A-B⁴.
General note	Identified as Wing C4231EA and dated in Wing as [1700?].
General note	Not in Aldis.
General note	Reproduction of original from British Library.
References	Wing (CD-ROM, 1996), C4231EA
References	English Short Title Catalog, T173452.
Reproduction note	Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.
Genre/form	Catechisms.

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