CHAPTER XIX.

James Sharp is sent to London, 78. The Restoration, 79. The King's

Letter to the Presbytery of Edinburgh, 80. The Earl of Middleton and

the Rescissory Act, 81. Execution of the Marquis of Argyll, 83. Execution

of James Guthrie, 84. The King resolves to set up Episcopacy, 86.

Sharp, Fairfowl, Hamilton, and Leighton get English Consecration, 88.

The Parliament restores Episcopacy, and invites the Bishops to take their
seats, 91. Acts anent Benefices held without Presentations, 92. Nearly
three hundred Ministers leave their Parishes, 94. Conventicles, and Act
against them, 95. Execution of Johnston of Warriston, 96. Sir James
Turner sent to the West with Military to coerce the People, 97. Court
of High Commission set up and shortly put down, 98. Insurrection of the
Peasantry in Galloway, 99. Their Defeat by Dalziel at Rullion Green,
ΙΟΙ. Torture and Death of Neilson, M'Kail, and others, 102. Attempt

to Assassinate Archbishop Sharp, 103. An Indulgence extended to some

Presbyterian Ministers, 104. The Assertory Act, 105. Leighton at-

tempts a Union of the Episcopalians and Presbyterians, but fails, 106.

Conventicle at Beith Hill, 107. Death to preach in the fields, 109.

Second Indulgence, 110. Character of Lauderdale, III. Letters of In-

tercommuning, 112. Mitchell tried for the attempted Assassination of

Sharp, 113. The Highland Host, 115. Murder of Sharp, 116.

CHAPTER XX.

A

The Rutherglen Declaration, 117. The Battle of Drumclog, 118. The
Battle of Bothwell Bridge, 120. The Society People, 122. The Queens-
ferry and Sanquhar Declarations, 122. Skirmish at Airsmoss, and Death
of Cameron, 123. Donald Cargill excommunicates the King, 124. The
Duke of York in Scotland, 125. The Test Act, 125.
Trial and Flight
of Argyll, 127. Claverhouse and Sir George M'Kenzie, 128-9. The
Rye-House Plot, 130. Torture of Spence and Carstares, 131. Execu-
tion of Jerviswood, 132. The Apologetic Declaration, 133. Mili-
tary Executions, 134. Death of Lauderdale, Leighton, and Charles
II., 134-5. Accession of James VII., 135. Brown of Priesthill and
Wigton Martyrs, 136. Acts against Conventicles, 137. The Earl of
Argyll's Expedition, 137. Dunnottar Castle, 138. James VII. abro-
gates the Penal Laws, 140. State of the Church between 1660 and 1688,
141-50.

CHAPTER XXI.

William of Orange lands at Torbay, 151. Riots in Edinburgh, 151.

Rabbling of the Curates, 152. Bishop Rose despatched to London, 154.

Service rendered by Carstares to Presbytery, 156. Ecclesiastical Opinions

of the Prince, 157. Meeting of the Scottish Convention, 159. Causes of

Alarm, 160. The Throne is declared vacant, 161. The Claim of Right,

161. Disputes as to the Comparative Numbers of Presbyterians and

Episcopalians, 162. The King takes the Coronation Oath with an Ex-

planation, 163. The Cameronians renew the Covenant, 164. The Came-

ronian Regiment is raised, 165. Prayers for the New Sovereigns, 167.

The Parliament meets, 168. Contentions of Parties, 169. Delays and

Difficulties in regard to the Settlement of Ecclesiastical Affairs, 170.

Episcopacy declared to be a Grievance, 171. Battle of Killiecrankie, 172.

The Parliament is adjourned, 172. The Parliament again meets, and the

Church is Established by Law, 175. Patronage is Abolished, 175. The

General Assembly meets, 177. The Cameronian Ministers are received

into the Church, 177. Dissatisfaction of the Cameronian People, 178.

The Assembly appoints two Commissions to purge out Insufficient Minis-

ters, 181. Severity of the Commissions, 182. The Universities are

purged, 183. The Episcopalians lay their Complaints before the King,

184. The King scolds the Assembly, 185. It shows a reluctance to

comply with the King's wishes, and receive the Episcopal Curates, 185.

The Royal Commissioner dissolves the Assembly without naming a day

for another, 187. The Assembly asserts its Right to Meet, 187. The

Massacre of Glencoe, 187. Disputes about the Oath of Assurance, 189.

Act for Settling the Peace and Quiet of the Church, 190. Complaints of

the Episcopalians, 191. The King resolves to press the Oath of Assur-

ance, 192. It is dispensed with through the Intercession of Carstares, 193.

The Assembly, in gratitude, received Episcopal Ministers, 193.

CHAPTER XXII.

No Chronicler of the Ecclesiastical Revolution, 194. Divided State of

the Church, 195. Number of Episcopalian Ministers retained, 196.

Efforts of the Assembly to supply Vacancies, 197. Execution of Thomas

Aikenhead, 198. The Parochial-School System established, 198. The

Barrier Act, 199. Proposal to remove the University of St Andrews to

Perth, 199. The Rabbling Act, 200. Presbyterian Vexations, 201. The

Darien Expedition, 203. Bourignianism, 205. Death and Character of

William III., 207. The Episcopalians petition Queen Anne, 208. The

General Assembly's Alarm, 209.
Unreformed Districts, 209. Commis:

sioners appointed to treat of a Union with England, 213. Unpopularity

of the measure, 214. Union of the Kingdoms, 215.

CHAPTER XXIII.

Form of Process, 217. An Invasion threatened, 217. Act of Assembly

concerning People's Behaviour in time of Divine Worship, 218. Act of

Assembly concerning Schoolmasters who could sing the Psalms, 219. Act of

Assembly anent Penny Weddings, 219. Act of Assembly concerning the

Better Attendance of Members on the General Assembly, 220. Case of

Greenshields and the English Liturgy, 222. Act against Innovations in

Worship, 224. Polemical Literature, 226. The Northern Episcopalians

resist the Intrusion of Presbyterian Ministers, 227. Violence of M'Millan

and the M'Millanites, 228. The Toleration Act, 229. History of Patron-

age, 232. Act restoring Patronage, 236. Alarm of the Church, 237.

Restoration of the Christmas Recess, 238. Proposal to Endow the Epis-

copalians, 238. Troubles created by the Abjuration Oath, 239. A Schism

threatened, 241. Death of Queen Anne, and Accession of George I., 242.

Death and Character of Principal Carstares, 243. The Rebellion of 1715,

244. Latitudinarianism, 245. Case of Professor Simson-Arminianism,

246. The Auchterarder Creed, 248. The Marrow of Modern Divinity,

249.
The Marrow Controversy, 250.

CHAPTER XXIV.

Boston and the Marrow, 256. Disputes about the Commission, 256.

Agrarian Outrage, 259. The Episcopal Usages, 260. Project of a Union

with the Eastern Church, 261. Schism between the College Bishops and

the Usagers, 263. Writings of Dr Samuel Clarke, 265. Professor

Simson infected with Arianism, 265. His Trial, 266. His Sentence, 273.

Lord Grange, 275. The Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, 276. Life and

Works of Robert Wodrow, 276. Operation of Patronage, 278. Licen-

tiates degraded for accepting a Presentation, 279. The Call, 280. Rid-

ing Committees, 283. Act anent Calls, 284. Ebenezer Erskine, 285. His

Synodical Sermon, 287. His Sentence and Appeal to the Assembly, 288.

Case of Kinross, 289. Ebenezer Erskine is rebuked by the Assembly, and

Protests, 291. The four Seceders are brought before the Commission, and

declared no longer Ministers of the Church, 293. The Secession, 293.

The Church repents of its severity, 295. Erskine refuses to return, 297.

The Seceders publish their Judicial Testimony, 299. Causes of the

Secession, 300. Cant, 301. Case of Professor Campbell, 302. The

Porteous Mob, 303. The Members of the Associate Presbytery_are

summoned before the Assembly, and decline its authority, 307. The

Glassites, 309. The Seceders are deposed, 311.

CHAPTER XXV.

George Whitefield, 311. Ralph Erskine, 312. Whitefield's Rupture

with the Seceders, 313. The Cambuslang Revival, 315. Origin of the

Ministers' Widows' Fund, 319. Dr Alexander Webster, 319. Dr Robert

Wallace, 320. Smuggled Tea and Brandy, 321. Case of Dr Leechman,

322. The Rebellion of 1745, 325. Severe Laws against the Episcopa-

lians, 328. The Burghers and Antiburghers, 329. The Augmentation

Scheme, 331. Patronage still a bone of Contention, 334. Case of Lan-

ark, 337. The Moderate and Popular Parties, 338. Refusal of Presby.

teries to induct obnoxious Presentees, 339. First Appearance of William

Robertson in the Assembly, 341. Case of Inverkeithing, 342. Deposi

tion of Thomas Gillespie, 344. The Scepticism of David Hume, 348.

The Speculations of Henry Home, Lord Kames, 349. Hume is threatened

with Excommunication,_351. John Home, and the Tragedy of

"Douglas," 352. The Patrons of the Play are censured, 355. The

Moderate Party gains ground, 357. Cases of Nigg, Jedburgh, and Kil-

conquhar, 357-8. Formation of the Presbytery of Relief, 359.

CHAPTER XXVI.

Hume's "Essay on Miracles," 359. Dr Campbell's Answer to it, 360.

Dr Reid's "Inquiry into the Human Mind," 364. Dr Beattie's "Essay

on Truth," 365. The Leaders of the Popular and Moderate Parties, 367.

Change in Church Politics, 368. Increase of Dissent, 369. Overture on

the Schism, 370. The Judicial Procedure of the Church, 373. Senti-

ments of the Presbytery of Relief-Cases of Simson and Bain, 375.

Violent Settlements at Eaglesham, Shotts, and St Ninian's, 377. Patron-

age fully established, 380. Controversy about Creeds, 381. Penal Laws,

385. Popish Panic, 387. Pluralities, 389. Retirement of Principal

Robertson, 390. His Death and Character, 391. Patronage Struggles

renewed, 392. Debate upon the Call, 392. Dr Hill and Dr Macknight,

393. Pamphlet by Dr Hardy, 394. Debate upon Patronage, 395. The

Buchanites, 396. Trial of Dr M'Gill for Heresy, 399. Chapels of Ease,

401. Foreign Missions, 404. Robert and James Haldane, 406. Row-

land Hill comes to Scotland, 407. Act respecting unqualified Ministers

and Preachers, 408. Lay Preaching and Ministerial Communion, 409.

Rowland Hill's Second Tour in Scotland, 410.

CHAPTER XXVII.

Phases of Presbytery, 411. The Moderate and Popular Ministers, 413.

Increase of Dissent, 414. Position of the Seceders, Cameronians, and

Episcopalians, 415. The Last of the Stewarts, 417. Ancient Haunts of

Roman Catholicism, 417. Beginning of Assessments for the Poor, 418.

State of the Parish Churches, 419. Estimate of Scottish Piety, 420.

Sacramental Gatherings, 422. Decrease of Superstition, 423. Social

Manners, 424. Discipline of the Church, 424. Form of Worship, 425.

The Paraphrases, 427. The Metrical Psalms, 429. Thomas Chalmers,

429. The Leslie Controversy, 430. Division in the Moderate Camp,

435. Hill's Lectures, 435. Andrew Thomson and Christian Instructor,

436. Act for Augmenting Small Stipends, 437. Controversy about

Pluralities, 438. Case of Principal Macfarlane, 441. Foreign Missions,

443. The Apocrypha Controversy, 444. Edward Irving, 445. The

Row Heresy, 446. Death of Dr Andrew Thomson, 447. The Voluntary

Controversy, 448. Arguments pro and con, 450. Development of idea

of Spiritual Independence, 452. What should be done? 453. Dr Chal-

mers moves for a Veto, 455. His Motion Defeated, 456. Relative

Places of the Presentation and the Call, 457.

CHAPTER XXVIII.

Assembly of 1834, 458. Debate on Veto-Lord Moncreiff and Dr

Mearns, 459. The Veto carried, 460. The Chapel Act, 462. Church

Extension Scheme, 464. The Dissenters oppose it, 465. Deputation

wait on Lord Melbourne, 466. The Auchterarder Case, 466. Robert

Young-the Presentee, 467. Action of Declarator in Court of Session, 467.

Lethendy, Clark, and Kessen, 468. Decision in Auchterarder Case, 471.

History of the Idea of Spiritual Independence, 473. Declaration regard-

ing Spiritual Independence in Assembly 1838, 475. Mr Young summoned

before the Assembly, 476. The Commission orders the Presbytery of

Dunkeld to induct Mr Kessen, and they do so, 477. Bicentenary of 1638,

478. House of Lords give Judgment in Auchterarder Case, 479. Assem-

bly of 1839, 479. Speeches and Motions of Dr Cook, Dr Chalmers, and

Dr Muir, 480. Chalmers's Motion carried, 481. Lord Dalhousie leaves

the Assembly, 482. Sir James Graham's opinion of Dr Chalmers, 483.

The Veto though Illegal had worked well, 485. The Rebellious Attitude

of the Church prevented Legislation, 485.

CHAPTER XXIX.

The Presbytery of Dunkeld Censured and Warned by Court of Session,

486. Disputed Settlement of Marnoch, 486. Interdict and Judgment of

Court of Session, and Resolution of Presbytery of Strathbogie, 487. The

Commission Suspends the Majority of the Presbytery, 489. The Com-

mission's Riding Committee in Strathbogie, and Interdict, 489. Deputa-

tion has interview with Lord Melbourne, 490. Sir James Graham's

alarm, 491. Another Deputation goes to London, 491. Interview with

Lord Melbourne, 492. With Lord John Russel, 492. Perthshire Election

and Mr Dunlop, 493. Dr Chalmers's Indignation, 493. Lord Aberdeen's

Bill, 494. Repudiated by the Assembly of 1840, 495. The Assembly

continues the Suspension of the Strathbogie ministers, 496. Obedience a

duty, 497. Ordination at Marnoch, 498. Duke of Argyll's Bill, 501.

Strathbogie Ministers Tried and Deposed, 503. Wright of Borthwick

Deposed, 506. Reel of Bogie, 508. Culsalmond Case, 509. Sir George

Sinclair's Clause, 509. The Forty Thieves, 513. Campbell of Monzie's

Bill, 513. The Claim of Rights, 515. Depositions, 518. Second

Auchterarder Case, 520. The Convocation, 521. The Stewarton Case,

523. Fox Maule's Motion, 525. Debate in House of Lords, 527. Assem

bly of 1843, 529. Hopes and Fears, 529. Dr Welsh, the Moderator's

Statement, 530. The Secession, 531.

CHAPTER XXX.

The Queen's Letter, 532. The Assembly undoes the Legislation of the

Last Nine Years, 533. Free Church Assembly, 533. Deed of Demission,

533. Strength of the Secession, 534. Hamilton's "Be not Martyrs by

Mistake," 536. Lord Aberdeen's Bill passed, 537. Bill for Erecting

quoad sacra parishes passed, 538. The Site Question, 538. The Poor

Law Act, 539. Dr James Robertson and Endowment, 539. United

Presbyterian Church formed, 540. Dr Robert Lee and his Liturgy, 540.

Dr Lee's Death, 543. The MacMillan Case, 544. Dr Norman M'Leod,

545. The proposed Union of the Free and United Presbyterian Churches,

546.
The Education Act, 546. Patronage Abolished, 547.

Question of Creed Subscription, 548. The Conclusion, 548, 549.

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