...ministers of Scotland, &c. He assures them that he resolves to discountenance profaneness, &c., and to protect and preserve the government of the Church...Scotland, as it is settled by law, without violation, &c. He wills the authority and acts of the General Assembly at St Andrews and Dundee, 1651, to stand...

...in Edinburgh, to be transmitted by them to the other presbyteries, contained the assurance, — "We also resolve to protect and preserve the government...Scotland, as it is settled by law, without violation." There were two men about the court of Charles whom the Church of Scotland regarded as hostages for...

...some of the ministers of Ed inburgh a letter from the king, in which the latter promised to protect the government of the church of Scotland, "as it is settled by law." The clergy, understanding this declaration in its obvious sense, were satisfied; but it subsequently...

...some of the ministers of Ed inburgh a letter from the king, in which the latter promised to protect the government of the church of Scotland, "as it is settled by law." The clergy, understanding this declaration in its obvious sense, were satisfied ; but it subsequently...

...he complimented Sharp and them for their assurances of devotion and loyalty, and then continued : We do also resolve to protect and preserve the government of the Church of Scotland, a* it is settled by lavs, witlioat violation ; and to countenance, ia tlie due exercise of their function,...

...foundation. Mr. Sharp was the bearer of a royal letter to Mr. Douglass, in which the king says, " We do also resolve to protect and preserve the government...Scotland as it is settled by law, without violation." Charles has been very unjustly accused of duplicity in directing this letter to be written to the presbytery...

...3rd of September, 1660, to the Presbytery of Edinburgh, in which, by a pitiful evasion, he engaged " to protect and preserve the government of the Church...as it is settled by law, without violation," and to maintain the Acts of the General Assembly at St. Andrews and Dundee in 1651, was evidently meant to...

...3rd of September, 1660, to the Presbytery of Edinburgh, in which, by a pitiful evasion, he engaged " to protect and preserve the government of the Church of Scotland, as it is settled liy law, without violation," and to maintain the Acts of the General Assembly at St. Andrews and Dundee...

...3rd of September, 1660, to the Presbytery of Edinburgh, in which, by a pitiful evasion, he engaged " to protect and preserve the government of the Church of Scotland, as it is tettled by law, without violation," and to maintain the Acts of the General Assembly at St. Andrews...

...king, to be communicated to the presbytery of Edinburgh, in which his majesty declared his resolution to protect and preserve the government of the Church of Scotland, as "settled by law;" a phrase which completely blinded the clergy to the designs of Charles, and their...