Canons and constitutions ecclesiasticall gathered and put in forme, for the governament of the Church of Scotland. Ratified and approved by his Majesties royall warrand, and ordained to be observed by the clergie, and all others whom they concerne. Published by authoritie.
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Canons and constitutions ecclesiasticall gathered and put in forme, for the governament of the Church of Scotland. Ratified and approved by his Majesties royall warrand, and ordained to be observed by the clergie, and all others whom they concerne. Published by authoritie.
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Episcopal Church in Scotland.
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Aberdene :: Imprinted by Edward Raban, dwelling vpon the Market-place, at the Armes of the Citie,
1636.
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Episcopal Church in Scotland -- Government -- Early works to 1800.
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"Canons and constitutions ecclesiasticall gathered and put in forme, for the governament of the Church of Scotland. Ratified and approved by his Majesties royall warrand, and ordained to be observed by the clergie, and all others whom they concerne. Published by authoritie." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A11762.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 23, 2024.
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The just Copie of His Maje∣sties
Letters Patents, for authorising
the CANONS after following.
CHARLES R.
WEE, out of Our Royall
Care, for the Mayntenance
of the present Estate and Govern∣ment
of the CHURCH of SCOT∣LAND,
having diligentlie, and with
great content, considered all the Canons and Consti∣tutions
after-following; and finding the same such,
as Wee are perswaded, will bee profitable not onlie to
Our Clergie, but to the whole Church of that Our
Kingdome, if so they bee well observed; Haue for
Us, Our Heyres, and lawfull Successours, of Our
especiall Grace, certayne Knowledge, and meere
Motion, given, and by these presents doe giue Our
Royall Assent, vnto all the sayds Canons, Orders,
and Constitutions, and to all and everie thing in
them contayned, as they are afterwards set downe.
And further: Wee doe not onlie by Our
Prerogatiue Royall, and Supreme Authoritie, in
Causes Ecclesiasticall, ratifie, and confirme, by these
Our Letters Patents, the saydes Canons, Orders,
and Constitutions, and all and everie thing in them
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contayned; But lyke-wyse, Wee command, by Our
Authoritie Royall, and by these Our Letters Pa∣tents,
the same to bee diligentlie observed, and execu∣ted,
by all Our loving Subjectes of that Our King∣dome,
both within the Provinces of Saint-Andrews
and Glasgow, in all poynts where-in they doe or may
concerne everie, or anie, of them, according to this
Our Will and Pleasure, heere-by expressed, and de∣clared.
And for the better observation of them,
Wee straytlie charge, and cōmand, all Arch-bishops,
Bishops, and all others that exercyse anie Ecclesiasti∣call
Iurisdiction, within that our Realme, to see and
procure, (so much as in them lyeth) all and everie of
the same Canons, Orders, and Constitutions, to be
in all poynts duelie observed; not sparing to execute the
Penalties in them severallie mentioned, vpon anie
that shall willinglie and wilfullie breake, or neglect to
obserue the same, as they tender the Honour of GOD,
the Peace of the Church, the Tranquillitie of the
Kingdome, and their Service and Duetie to Us their
King and Soveraygne.
Given at Our Manor of Greenwich, the 23 of May, 1635.
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