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Excerpt from A Cloud of Witnesses, for the Royal Prerogatives of Jesus Christ, or the Last Speeches and Testimonies of Those Who Have Suffered for the Truth in Scotland, Since the Year 1680: Together With an Appendix, Containing the Queensferry Paper; Torwood Excommunication; A Relation Concerning Mr. Richard Cameron, Mr. Donald Cargil, and Henry Hall
Jefus Chrifi, the only degottefl of Me Fatber, havin received the church Of Scotland, as one of the utmoii ifles of the earth for his poll'efiion, by folemn grant from Jehovah, was pleafed, as to call her from the deplorable fiate of Pagan-3 and reform her from the ruinous conditi on of Antichriitian darknefs; fo to dignify her m a peen liar manner, to contend and fuffer for that truth, 'teat be if iii/7g and laugieer in bi; cbureb, having power to inititute her form of government, to give her laws, of ficers and cenfures, whereby {he fhould be governed, and hath not left it ambulatory and uncertain, what govern ment he will have m force for the ordering of his houfe, but hath exprefly determined 1n his word every neceffary part thereof, and hath not put any1 power into the hands of any mortal, whether Pope, Prelate, Prince or Poten tate, as a vicarious head 1n his perfonal abfence, whereby they may alter the form of government at their fpleafure, and make what kind of officers, canons and cenu res they pleafe; but all the power that this king hath left 1n his church, concerning her government, is purely and pro perly minilferial, under the direeiion and regulation of his fovereign pleafure, revealed 1n his written word. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
