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Acts of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland
… marked your proceedings, and to a steady perseverance in those sentiments of loyalty and affection towards as and … resolution to maintain the Church you represent in the full possession and enjoyment of all its rights and … of the knowledge and uprightness with which he has formerly fulfilled the duties of that high office; and of his …
Acts of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland
… Francis Lord Napier to represent our royal person in your General Assembly. This appointment, we are confident, … that the well-known zeal of this our Commissioner in the cause of revealed religion, as well as his long … Assembly, &c.(The terms of the Commission are the same as formerly, with the omission of these words, which occur about …
Acts of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland
… and authorities. And that we may not be wanting in that encouragement which we have not failed to afford to … To your guidance we still anxiously look to lead them in the paths of righteousness. We have seen, with increasing … and difficulties which have surrounded them; and we remain in the full persuasion, that the wholesome doctrines of the …
Acts of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland
… Assembly, presented to them by his Majesty's Commissioner. In the name, and on the behalf of his Majesty. George, P. R. … remind you, as heretofore, of the interest which we feel in your deliberations, and to express to you our confident … Napier has uniformly discharged the trust we have reposed in him, as our Commissioner to the General Assembly of the …
Acts of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland
… Assembly, presented to them by his Majesty's Commissioner. In the name, and on the behalf of his Majesty. George, P. R., … the ministers and elders of the Church of Scotland, met in General Assembly, gladly embrace this opportunity of … to wait on such ministers of the Presbytery as have not formerly had an opportunity of conversing with him in …
Acts of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland
… Assembly, presented to them by his Majesty's Commissioner. In the name, and on the behalf of his Majesty, George, P. R. … admonished all its disciples, through you, to be steady in its defence. Happily, our admonitions have not been … and in the return of all the friendly relations which formerly cemented the common wealth of Europe, would have …
Acts of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland
… Assembly, presented to them by his Majesty's Commissioner. In the name and on the behalf of his Majesty, George, P. R. … cousin, William Earl of Errol, to be our Commissioner in the present Assembly. The experience we have had of his … to us, and the conviction which we feel that he is in every respect eminently qualified to discharge this great …
Acts of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland
… Assembly, presented to them by his Majesty's Commissioner. In the name, and on the behalf of his Majesty, George, P. R. … regard, and of our disposition to co-operate with you in all such measures as may tend to the moral and religious … from them. Your venerable body will sympathise with us in the severe affliction with which, since we last addressed …
Acts of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland
… adherence to the succession of the crown of this realm in our family, and to the general interests of the Protestant … that we take this first opportunity of renewing to you, in our own person, the assurance which we have heretofore given to you, in our vicarious character, of our fixed purpose and …
Acts of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland
… Commissioner, and the Representative of our Royal Person in the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland, being well … to subvert the religious faith of our people, especially in the humbler and more numerous classes of society, by means … assured that you will spare neither pains nor diligence in the religious instruction of that portion of our subjects, …