 ... to exercise the keys of doctrine, discipline, and government, according to the word of God and confession of faith, and the principles and constitutions of the covenanted church of Scotland, as if no such censure had been passed upon us.  The Correspondence of John Henry Hobart... - Page 305by John Henry Hobart - 1912Full view - About this book
 | Arminianism - 1876 - 1204 pages
...covenanted Church of Scotland, as if no such censure bad been passed upon us. And we hereby appeal unto the first free, faithful, and reforming General Assembly of the Church of Scotland." Three weeks after the decree of the Commission, the four ministers met atOairney Bridge, to deliberate... | |
 | John Struthers - Jacobite Rebellion, 1715 - 1827 - 736 pages
...Scotland, as if no such censure had been passed upon us, upon all which we take instruments. And we hereby appeal to the first free, faithful, and reforming General Assembly of the church of Scotland," &c. &c. A protestation was also taken against the sentence by the venerable Gabriel Wilson,* minister... | |
 | John Struthers - 1828 - 708 pages
...Scotland, as if no such censure had been passed upon us, upon all which we take instruments. And we hereby appeal to the first free, faithful, and reforming General Assembly of the church of Scotland," &c. &c. A protestation was also taken against the sentence by the venerable Gabriel Wilson,* minister... | |
 | John Struthers - Jacobite Rebellion, 1715 - 1828 - 676 pages
...charges, was past, many protested against it, as did the four brethren themselves, who also appealed to the first free, faithful, and reforming General Assembly of the church of Scotland. Had they sisted here they had done well; but they went a great deal further, by making a secession... | |
 | John Struthers - 1828 - 660 pages
...charges, was past, many protested against it, as did the four brethren themselves, who also appealed to the first free, faithful, and reforming General Assembly of the church of Scotland. Had they listed here they had done well ; but they went a great deal further, by making a secession... | |
 | George Buchanan - Scotland - 1829 - 742 pages
...Scotland, as if no such censure had been passed upon us. Upon all which we take instruments, and we hereby appeal to the first free, faithful, and reforming general assembly of the church of Scotland." Another protest was presented by Mr. Gabriel Wilson, minister at Maxton, and adhered to by Messrs.... | |
 | George Buchanan - Scotland - 1829 - 764 pages
...Scotland, as if no such censure had been passed upon us. Upon all which we take instruments, and we hereby appeal to the first free, faithful, and reforming general assembly of the church of Scotland." Another protest was presented by Mr. Gabriel Wilson, minister at Maxton, and adhered to by Messrs.... | |
 | Thomas Stephen - Constitutional history - 1835 - 810 pages
...such censure had been passed upon us : upon all whicli we take instruments.* And we hereby appeal unto the first free, faithful, and reforming General Assembly of the Church of Scotland." Signed by the four brethren. The conduct of the commission of Assembly seems to have been sufficiently... | |
 | John Hope - Church and state - 1839 - 334 pages
...they regarded as the true exemplar of the Presbyterian Church. Their well known words were, — ' We appeal to the first free, faithful, and ' Reforming General Assembly of the Church of Scotland,' ie the Assembly 1638. The Associate Synod then set forth the views with which they would enter an Establishment.... | |
 | James P. Miller - Presbyterian Church - 1839 - 536 pages
...the same Protestation, in which the Associate Brethren declared their secession, they also appealed " to the first free, faithful, and reforming General Assembly of the Church of Scotland," that should ever meet. The importance of that secession was soon acknowledged throughout Scotland,... | |
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