...Scotland. He proposed to the parliament, which was then assembled, that they should en&ct, that " whatever his majesty should determine in the external government of the church, with the consent of the archbishops, bishops, and a competent number of the ministry, should have the force...

...the middle classes most deeply. An Act was brought forward in Parliament decreeing that ' whatever His Majesty should determine in the external government...competent number of the ministry, should have the force of law,' The more independent of the clergy at once took fright. 1 Acts of the Parl. of Scotland, iv....

...Articles, which was couched in these terms — " That whatever his Majesty should determine concerning the external government of the Church, with the advice...archbishops, bishops, and a competent number of the clergy, should have the force of law ". James's idea was that the bishops should rule the ministers,...

...visit to Scotland were very important. Parliament met in Edinburgh in June, when it was enacted, " that whatsoever his Majesty should determine in the...external government of the Church, with the advice of the a1chbishops, bishops, and a competent number of the ministry, should have the strength of a law." This...

...abolished General Assemblies. The proposition was, " That whatsoever His Majesty should determine touching the external government of the Church, with the advice...archbishops, bishops, and a competent number of the clergy, should have the strength of a law ". A number of ministers met and drew up a strong representation...

...abolished General Assemblies. The proposition was, "That whatsoever His Majesty should determine touching the external government of the Church, with the advice...archbishops, bishops, and a competent number of the clergy, should have the strength of a law ". A number of ministers met and drew up a strong representation...

...and the middle classes most deeply. An Act was brought forward in Parliament decreeing that 'whatever His Majesty should determine in the external government...competent number of the ministry, should have the force of law.' The more independent of the clergy at once took fright. - Acts of the Parl, of Scotland, iv....

...indifferent, and not repugnant to the Word of God." The clause was then adjusted and passed in this form — " That whatsoever his majesty should determine in the...competent number of the ministry, should have the strength of a law." It did not satisfy the Presbyterian ministers, even in this modified shape, and...

...James's] measures was an act introduced into the Scots Parliament in 1617, to provide that "whatever his Majesty should determine in the external government...of the Church, with the advice of the archbishops, i See Mr. Sprott's valuable introduction to his Scottish Liturgies, <tc. (Edinb. 1871), p. Ixvii. H...

...opposition to the crown. An act was brought forward in the Scottish parliament to the effect that ' whatever his majesty should determine in the external government...competent number of the ministry, should have the force of law.' The more independent of the clergy at once took fright, and on 27 June a meeting was hastily...