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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"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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