A collection of the laws in favours of the Reformation in Scotland : in three parts. Part I. Containing the principal acts and statutes made by the Parliaments of Scotland, in favours of the true religion, betwixt our Reformation from Popery (1560.) and the year 1640. With an abridgment of the other laws respecting religion, made during that period. Part II. Containing an exact collection of the laws made in favours of the Church and religion in Scotland, betwixt the years 1640 and 1650. to which are subjoined three Acts of the Parliament 1661. rescinding the same. Part III. Containing the principal acts and statutes made by the Parliaments of Scotland, in favours of the true protestant religion and presbyterial Church-government, from the Revolution (1690.) to the incorporating union with England (1707.) With an abridgment of the other laws respecting religion, from the Restoration (1660.) to the present time. To all which is subjoined an index of the principal contents of these collections. The whole making up a genuine history of the legal establishment of religion in Scotland, from the Reformation (1560.) to the present year 1749. and wherein care is taken to distinguish the laws which were rescinded, from the laws that were never declared to be so.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Scotland.

Series:

Eighteenth century collections online. Part 1.

Standardized Title:

Acts. Selections : Reformation

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Church of Scotland--Government.

Church of Scotland.

Ecclesiastical law--Scotland.

Ecclesiastical law.

Political science.

Scotland.

Physical Description:

254 pages, 2 unnumbered pages ; 8⁰

Place of Publication:

Edinburgh : printed by W. Cheyne, (by allowance of his Majesty's Printer) for A. Stevenson, and sold by him, at his house, south-side of the Tolbooth, and by the booksellers in town and country, MDCCXLIX. [1749]

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Mode of access: World Wide Web.

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The three parts each have a separate titlepage, but pagination and register is continuous.

Includes index.

Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements. s2009 miunns

Reproduction of original from British Library.

Cited in:

English Short Title Catalog, T78133.

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