Religious Principles of the Scottish Martyrs (Covenanted Reformation, Scottish Presbyterians, Overcomers, Scripture, RPW, etc.)

RELIGIOUS PRINCIPLES OF THE SCOTTISH MARTYRS

1. They (the Martyrs of the seventeenth century) held the grand Protestant doctrine of the perfection and supreme authority of the Holy Scriptures, and claimed a right to read, and think, and believe, for themselves.

2. They claimed a right to worship God in the institutions which he has ordained, without the interference or authority of a man.

3. They held the exclusive supremacy of Jesus Christ in the church, and contended for the blood chartered liberty of the church, and her independence of human authority in the early establishment of the Reformation.

4. The martyrs held the divine institution of magistracy, and of the scripture precepts in the erection of civil government and in the appointment of governors.

5. The martyrs held the great desirableness of union and uniformity in the profession of religion.

6. The martyrs also held covenanting to be a fit and divinely authorized means of consolidating union in a church and a nation, and of giving security to the interests of religion in both.

7. The martyrs also held the duty of resisting authority, when it violated divine and constitutional rights, and set at nought all attempts at reformation.

For more about the Scottish martyrs, please visit SWRB's free books' and MP3s' page on the Covenanted Reformation (Calvinism) at the 'Outside Web Link' below.

http://www.swrb.com/newslett/freebook/covref.htm