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        Confession of Faith Ratification Act 1560 (c.1)
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        {Mathej 24.-And this glaid tydingis of the kingdome salbe preichit throwch the haill warld for a...}
        Of God {WE confess and acknawlege ane onlie god to quham onlie we man cleve quham onlie we man serue qu...}
        Off the creatioun of man {WE confess and acknawlege this our god to haue creatit man (to wit our first father adam) of qu...}
        Of originall Syn {BE quhilk transgressioun commounlie callit originall sin was the Image of God vtterly defacit i...}
        Of the revelatioun of the promeis {FOR this we constantlie beleif that God efter the feirfull and horribill defectioun of man fra ...}
        The continwance increas and preservatioun of the Kirk {WE maist constantlie beleif that God preseruit instructit multipleit honorit decorit and fra de...}
        Off the incarnatioun of Chryst Jesus {QUIHAN the fulness of tyme came God send his Sone his eternall wisdome the substance of his awi...}
        Quhy it behovit the mediator to be verray God and verray man {WE acknawlege and confess that this maist wonderous coniunctioun betuix the Godheid and the man...}
        Electioun {FOR that samyn eternall God and father quha of meir mercy electit ws in Christ Jesus his sone b...}
        Chrystis deith passioun buriall &c {THAT our Lord Jesus chryst offerit him self ane voluntarie sacrifice vnto his Father for ws tha...}
        Resurrectioun {WE vndoutitlie beleif that in sa mekill as it was impossibill that the dolouris of deith sould ...}
        Ascensioun {WE nathing dowt bot that the selff samyn body quhilk was borne of the virgine was crucifeit dei...}
        Faith in the haly Gaist {THIS our faith and the assurance of the same procedis not fra flesche and blude that is to say ...}
        The cause of gude warkis {SA that the cause of gude warkis we confess to be not our fre will bot the spreit of the lord J...}
        Quhat warkis ar reputit gude befoir God {WE confess and acknawlege that god hes geuin to man his haly law in quhilk not onlie ar forbidd...}
        The perfectioun of the Law and imperfectioun of man {THE Law of God we confess and acknawlege maist Just maist equall maist haly and maist perfyte c...}
        Of the Kirk {AS we beleif in ane god father sone and haly gaist sa do we maist constantly beleif that fra th...}
        The immortalitie of the saulis {THE elect departit ar in peice and rest fra thair laubouris not that thay sleip and cum to a ce...}
        Of the notis by the quhilk the trew Kirk is decernit fra the fals and quha salbe iuge of the doctrine {BECAUSE that Sathan fra the beginning hes laubourit to deck his pestilent synagog with the tytl...}
        The authoritie of the Scripturis {AS we beleue and confess the scripturis of god sufficient to instruct and mak the man of god pe...}
        Of Generall counsellis of thair power authoritie and cause of thair conuentioun {AS we do not raschely dampne that quhilk godlie men assemblit togidder in generall counsell lau...}
        Of the sacramentis {AS the fatheris vnder the law besydis the veritie of the sacrificis had twa chief sacramentis t...}
        Of the rycht administratioun of the Sarcamentis {THAT Sacramentis be rychtlie ministrat we Juge twa thingis requysite The ane that thay be minis...}
        To quhome Sacramentis apperteine {WE confess and acknawlege that Baptisme appertenis asweill to the infantis of the faithfull as ...}
        Of the ciuile Magistrat {WE confess and acknawlege Empyris Kingdomis dominiounis and citeis to be distinctit and ordenit...}
        The giftis frelie geuin to the Kirk {ALBEIT that the worde of god trewlie preicheit and the sacramentis rychtlie ministerit and disc...}

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