The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament sheweth his handywork.—Psalm 19.1
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LAWS AND ACTS: That is, Excerpts from the Laws, Acts, Constitutions, & Public Declarations of Sundry Nations ONCE FAVOURED WITH THE LIGHT OF THE GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST, King of Kings, and Lord of Lords. Thou camest down also upon mount Sinai, and spakest with them from heaven, and gavest them right judgments, and true laws, good statutes and commandments... But they and our fathers dealt proudly, and hardened their necks, and hearkened not to thy commandments .—Nehemiah 9.13,16. |
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32. Anent the prenting of the Acts, maid in this present Parliament, and of the Act maid in our Soveraines Gudschirs time, anent the raysing of fire & burning. |
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ITEM, The xxix. day of December, the zeir of God, 1567. zeires, quhilk was the last day of this Parliament, the samin being continued, to the xj. day of Julij nixt-to-cum: Our Soveraine Lord, with advise of his Regent, and the three Estaites of Parliament, hes ordained, and ordainis, all and sindrie the foirsaidis Acts of Parliament, to be authenticklie imprented: As alswa, ordainis the Act of Parliament, maid in our Soveraine Lordis umquhile dearest Gudschirs Parliament, halden at Edinburgh, the 22. day of Januar, the zeir of God 1528. zeiris, made anent burning of houses, and utheris specified therein, to be alswa imprented. Swa that nane of our Soveraine Loreis liegis, may pretend ignorance of the samin. |
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