ies of the second Table, as well as of the first,
as namely, The Duties between King and Subject, Parents and Children,
Husbands and Wives, Masters and Servants, and the like being contained in,
and to be taught and cleared from the Word of God, are in that respect,
and so far as concerneth the point of Conscience, a subject of
Ministeriall Doctrine, and in difficult cases a subject of cognizance and
Judgement, to the Assemblies of the Kirk.

_Eodem die Postmeridiem,_ Sess. 23.

_A Declaration and Exhortation of the Generall Assembly of the Church of_
Scotland, _to their Brethren of_ England.

As the necessity of preserving a right understanding and mutuall
confidence betwixt the Churches of Christ in both Kingdoms constrain us,
so the good acceptance and the suitable affections that the Declaration of
the last Generall Assembly met with in _England_ from the Lovers of the
Covenant and present Reformation, together with the many Testimonies that
have of late been given unto the Truth in that Land, invites and
incourages us to make known unto our Brethren there, our sense of the
present condition of publick affairs, so far as concerns _Religion_ and
the point of Conscience.

The dispensation of God in ruling of the Nations, and in the revolutions
of his Providence towards them, is full of wonder in all the earth; And
we, who live in this Island, have cause to look upon it with speciall
observation, in regard of that which concerns our selves. For many
generations these two Kingdoms stood at odds and were the instruments of
many sufferings and calamities one to another, untill at last the Lord
having compassion upon both, did unite them under one King; which great
and long desired Blessing hath received such increase from our being
united together in one League and Covenant as doth adde much to the good
and happinesse of both Nations: Therefore is it to be looked upon by all
the Lovers of Truth and Peace in these Lands as a just ground of much
thanksgiving & many praises unto GOD, even in the day of our greatest
calamity and affliction what ever befall, as we know no cause why we
should forget so a great a mercy or repent of so good a work.

But as the common Enemies of these Kingdoms studied by all means to keep
them from entring into that Covenant, so hath all their power and Policy,
now, for five years past, been imployed to bring it to nought. As soon as
it had being the Popish, Prelaticall and Maligna