OF

THE CHURCH OF SCOTLAND.

FROM THE INTRODUCTION OF CHRISTIANITY

TO THE

PERIOD OF THE DISRUPTION IN 1843.

BY THE

REV W. M. HETHERINGTON, A.M.,

TORPHICHEN.

AUTHOR OF THE "MINISTER'S FAMILY;" "HISTORY OF THE WESTMINSTER ASSEMBLY
OF DIVINES," ETC., ETC., ETC.

NEC TAMEN CONSUMEBATUR.

7819

NEW YORK:

ROBERT CARTER & BROTHERS,

No. 530 BROADWAY.

1860.

CONTENTS.

CHAPTER I. From the Introduction of Christianity into Scotland to the

Commencement of the Reformation, .

CHAPTER II. From the Beginning of the Reformation to the Meeting of the

first General Assembly,

CHAPTER

III.-From the first General Assembly, in 1560, to the year 1592,

and the Great Charter of the Church,

CHAPTER IV. From the Great Charter of the Church, in 1592, to the Rati-

fication of the Five Articles of Perth, in the year 1621,

CHAPTER V. From the Ratification of the Five Articles of Perth, in the year
1621, to the National Covenant, in 1638,

CHAPTER VI. From the Subscribing of the Covenant, in 1638, to the Resto-

ration of Charles II., in 1660,

CHAPTER VII.-From the Restoration of Charles II. to the Revolution of 1688,

CHAPTER VIII.-From the Revolution, in 1688, to the Treaty of Union, in 1707,

CHAPTER IX. From the Union to the Rise of the Second Secession, in 1752,

CHAPTER X. From the Period of the Second Secession till the Assembly

of 1841,

CHAPTER XI. From the Assembly of 1841 to the Disruption in 1843,

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