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Acts and Ordinances of the Interregnum
… i. 672674 (1645, Apr. 23). Province of, divided into elderships, i. 750753 (1645, Aug. 19), 11931194 (1648, Aug. …
Acts & Proceedings of the General Assemblies of the Kirk of Scotland
… Dean of, v. Maitland. Aberdeen, Diocie of, 481, 1086;Elderships or presbyteries in, 481, 549, 587, 621, 775, 896, … 549, 650;election of, 5, 568, v. Policy;number of, 567. Elderships, 425, 477, 487, 497, 537, 546, 54952, v. …
Acts & Proceedings of the General Assemblies of the Kirk of Scotland
… Presbyteries, 432, 439, 501, 513, 514, 710, 738, 745, v. Elderships;acts of, 641;books of, 814;erection of, 469, …
Acts and Ordinances of the Interregnum
… into distinct Classical Presbyteries and Congregational Elderships. January, 1647/8 [29 January, 1647/8.] Who shall … Classical Presbyteries shall constitute Congregational Elderships. The Lords and Commons in this present Parliament … their several Precincts, to constitute Congregational Elderships, according to the aforesaid Ordinance of the …
Acts and Ordinances of the Interregnum
… Scandalous offences not formerly enumerated, and the Elderships shall proceed in the Examinations of such … proofs and Witnesses on both sides, in case both the Elderships and the party complained of do agree the Proofs … have testified his repentance to the Eldership. Duties of Elderships. And be it further Ordained, That the Eldership …
March 1646: An Ordinance for Keeping of Scandalous persons from the Sacrament of the Lord's Supper, the enabling of Congregations for the choice of Elders and Supplying of Defects in former Ordinances and Directions of Parliament concerning Church Government.
Acts and Ordinances of the Interregnum
… and speedy course may be settled to enable the several Elderships to suspend all such Offenders, from the Lords … That all such Cases coming first from the particular Elderships, may, after they have passed the Judgement of Parliament, return again to all the severall Elderships within the Kingdom, to proceed upon them from time …
Acts and Ordinances of the Interregnum
… 1645.] Injunctions to Ministers and Elders.; Power to Elderships to suspend Ignorant Scandalous, Persons from the … doe Ordaine, and it is hereby Ordained, That the severall Elderships respectively within their respective Bounds and … to be examined on oath. The severall and respective Elderships shall have power to suspend from the Sacrament of …