Not as though I had already attained, either were already perfect: but I follow after, if that I may
apprehend that for which also I am apprehended of Christ Jesus.—Phil 3.12
OFFICIAL
ACTS & DECLARATIONS
OF
AUTHORITY,
CIVIL & ECCLESIASTICAL.
Scotland
Parliament
The First Parliament of King James VI., 1567. — National Establishment of the Reformed Religion.
Act anent securing of the Covenant, Religion, and peace of the Kingdom, 7th of February, 1649.
General Assembly of the Church
An Act of General Assembly for censuring observers of Yule-day or Christmas, 1645.
Act for Censuring Ministers for their Silence and not speaking to the Corruptions of the Time, 1648.
A Seasonable and Necessary Warning and Declaration, etc. 1649.
Directory for Election of Ministers, 1649.
Commission of the General Assembly & Committee of Estates
Acts, Ecclesiastical & Civil, respecting the Authorized Version of the Metrical Psalter.
Declaration at West-Kirk, 1650, concerning the Stating of the Quarrel, etc.
England
Parliament
The Second Parliament of King Edward VI., 1548. — Chapter 29: An Act against Sodomy.
An Ordinance of Parliament for the Ordination of Ministers pro Tempore, 1644.
Acts of Parliament in Second-Reformation England Against Blasphemy & Heresy, 1646 & 1648.
The Netherlands
National Synod
The Sentence of the National Synod of Dort concerning the Doctrine of Conradus Vorstius, 1619.
The Estates General
The Decree Banishing Conrad Vorstius, 1619.
The Declaration of the Decree against certain Arminians, for their Perpetual Banishment, 1619.