The national convenant, or The confession of faith, of the Kirk of Scotland : subscribed at first by the King's Majesty and his household, is in the year 1580. Thereafter by persons of all ranks, in the year 1581, by ordinance of the Lords of the Secret Council, and Acts of the General Assembly. Subscribed again by all sorts of persons in the year 1590, by a new Ordinance of Council, at the desire of the General Assembly; with a general bond for maintainance of the time religion, and the Kings person. And now subscribed in the year 1638, by us, noblemen, barons, gentlemen, burgesses, ministers and commons, then under-subscribing: together, with our resolution and promises for the causes after specified, to maintain the said true religion, and the King's Majesty, according to the Confession foresaid, and Acts at Parliament. And now upon the supplication of the General Assembly, to His Majesty's High Commissioner, and the Lords of His Majesty's Honourable Privy Council. Subscribed again in the year 1639, by Ordinance of Council, and Act of General Assembly The tenor whereof here followeth.

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Corporate author / creator:	Church of Scotland.
Uniform title:	Confession of faith. 1638
Imprint:	[Edinburgh?] : Re-printed, in the year [1712?]
Description:	40 p. ; 8⁰.
Language:	English
Subject:	Church of Scotland -- Catechisms -- Early works to 1800. Church of Scotland. Creeds -- Protestants -- Early works to 1800. Presbyterianism -- Early works to 1800. Church of Scotland -- Creeds -- Early works to 1800. Catechisms. Presbyterianism. Catechisms. Creeds. Early works.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/10257208

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Varying Form of Title:	Confession of faith, of the Kirk of Scotland
Other authors / contributors:	Church of Scotland. General Assembly. Westminster Assembly (1643-1652)
Notes:	Date conjectured from date the national covenant was renewed (in Douglas in 1712). Height: 15 cm. Pagination continuous despite signatures. Signatures: A-C⁴ A-B⁴. Identified as Wing C4231EA and dated in Wing as [1700?]. Not in Aldis. Reproduction of original from British Library. Wing (CD-ROM, 1996), C4231EA English Short Title Catalog, T173452. Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.

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