A true narration of all the passages of the proceedings in the generall Assembly of the Church of Scotland, holden at Perth the 25. of August, anno Dom. 1618 VVherein is set downe the copy of his Maiesties letters to the said Assembly: together with a iust defence of the Articles therein concluded, against a seditious pamphlet. By Dr. Lyndesay, Bishop of Brechen.

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A true narration of all the passages of the proceedings in the generall Assembly of the Church of Scotland, holden at Perth the 25. of August, anno Dom. 1618 VVherein is set downe the copy of his Maiesties letters to the said Assembly: together with a iust defence of the Articles therein concluded, against a seditious pamphlet. By Dr. Lyndesay, Bishop of Brechen.
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Lindsay, David, d. 1641?
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London :: Printed by William Stansby for Ralph Rounthwait, dwelling at the signe of the golden Lyon in Pauls Church-yard,
1621.
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Calderwood, David, 1575-1650. -- Perth assembly -- Controversial literature -- Early works to 1800.
Church of Scotland -- Controversial literature.
Church of Scotland. -- Articles of Perth -- Controversial literature.
Perth Assembly, Perth, Scotland, 1618 -- Early works to 1800.
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"A true narration of all the passages of the proceedings in the generall Assembly of the Church of Scotland, holden at Perth the 25. of August, anno Dom. 1618 VVherein is set downe the copy of his Maiesties letters to the said Assembly: together with a iust defence of the Articles therein concluded, against a seditious pamphlet. By Dr. Lyndesay, Bishop of Brechen." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A05535.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 23, 2025.

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It is grosse ignorance to say, that Holy-dayes were so ma∣ny hundreth yeares before Papistrie: for Papistrie hath been in the Church euer since the daies of the Apostles: yea the

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mysterie of iniquitie was working in their times. The errours of the Orthodoxe Church were the beginnings of the Papistrie, at length they grew to a great masse. So howbeit, the whole lumpe was not formed, till the Antichrist came to his full strength, yet many particulars were entered before, and like brookes came into the great riuer. As the Antichrist was borne, and did grow in yeares, so did Papistrie.

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