the

CONFESSIONS OF FAITH AND THE BOOKS OF DISCIPLINE

OF THE

CHURCH OF SCOTLAND,

of date

ANTERIOR TO THE WESTMINSTER CONFESSION

to which are prefixed,

A

Historical View of the Church of Scotland

FROM THE EARLIEST PERIOD TO THE TIME OF THE REFORMATION,

and a

HISTORICAL PREFACE, WITH REMARKS

by the

REV. EDWARD IRVING, M.A.

minister of the national scotch church, and author of “the orthodox and catholic doctrine of our lord’s human nature.”

london:

FOR BALDWIN AND CRADOCK

paternoster-row

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CONTENTS

Historical View of the Church of Scotland

Preface to the Documents

The Scottish Confession of Faith

A Short Sum of the First Book of Discipline

The Second Book of Discipline

Craig’s Catechism

APPENDIX:—

The Geneva Confession of Faith

The National Covenant

The Directory for Family Worship

Overtures of General Assembly

The Larger Catechism

THE LESSON

2 Chron. 34:14–31.

And when they brought out the money that was brought into the house of the Lord, Hilkiah the priest found a book of the law of the Lord given by Moses. And Hilkiah answered and said to Shaphan the scribe, I have found the book of the law in the house of the Lord. And Hilkiah delivered the book to Shaphan. And Shaphan carried the book to the king, and brought the king word back again, saying, All that was committed to thy servants, they do it. And they have gathered together the money that was found in the house of the Lord, and have delivered it into the hand of the overseers, and to the hand of the workmen. Then Shaphan the scribe told the king, saying, Hilkiah the priest hath given me a book. And Shaphan read it before the king. And it came to pass, when the king had heard the words of the law, that he rent his clothes. And the king commanded Hilkiah, and Ahikam the son of Shaphan, and Abdon the son of Micah, and Shaphan the scribe, and Asaiah a servant of the king’s, saying, Go, inquire of the Lord for me, and for them that are left in Israel and in Judah, concerning the words of the book that is found: for great is the wrath of the Lord that is poured out upon us, because our fathers have not kept the word of the Lord, to do after all that is written in this book. And Hilkiah, and they that the king had appointed, went to Huldah the prophetess, the wife of Shallum the son of Tikvath, the son of Hasrah, keeper of the wardrobe; (now she dwelt in Jerusalem in the college:) and they spake to her to that effect. And she answered them, Thus saith the Lord God of Israel, Tell ye the man that sent you to me, Thus saith the Lord, Behold, I will bring evil upon this place, and upon the inhabitants thereof, even all the curses that are written in the book which they have read before the king of Judah: because they have forsaken me, and have burned incense unto other gods, that they might provoke me to anger with all the works of their hands; therefore my wrath shall be poured out upon this place, and shall not be quenched. And as for the king of Judah, who sent you to inquire of the Lord, so shall ...