National Covenant (Confession of Faith of the Kirk of Scotland)
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The written confession of faith dictated by Basil, based on the Nicene creed, to which Eustathius subscribed.
I, Eustathius the bishop, having read it to you, Basil, have understood it, and have assented to what is written above.
A Copy of the Confession of Faith dictated by the most holy Basil, to which Eustathius, Bishop of Sebasteia, subscribed.
"We believe in one God the Father almighty, maker of all things visible and invisible. And in one Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of God, begotten of the Father, only-begotten, that is, of the substance of the Father; God from God, light from light, true God from true God; begotten, not made; of one substance with the Father, through whom all things came to be, both the things in heaven and the things …
The Constitutional Documents of the Puritan Revolution, 1625–1660
The Scottish National Covenant of 1638, comprising the confession of faith first subscribed in 1580 and re-subscribed in later years, together with the accompanying oath detesting popery and pledging defence of true religion and the King.
The confession of faith of the Kirk of Scotland, subscribed at first by the King’s Majesty and his household in the year of God 1580;
We therefore, willing to take away all suspicion of hypocrisy, and of such double dealing with God and His Kirk, protest and call the Searcher of all hearts for witness, that our minds and hearts do fully agree with this our confession, promise, oath, and subscription:
and therefore we believe with our hearts, confess with our mouths, subscribe with our hands, and constantly affirm before God and the whole world, that this only is the true Christian faith and religion, pleasing God, and bringing salvation to man, which now is by the mercy of God revealed to the world by the preaching of the blessed evangel, and received, believed, and defended by many and sundry …