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Excerpt from Act, Declaration, and Testimony: For the Whole of Our Covenanted Reformation, as Attained to and Established in Britain and Ireland; Particularly Betwixt the Years 1638 and 1649, Inclusive Introduction; The Culdees, (cultores dei); National Covenant ratified by civil authority; Prelacy introduced by James VI; National Govenaut renewed 1688: Alexander Henderson; Westminster Assembly - Solemn League of the three kingdoms, 1643; Cromwell, Duke, Hamilton - Charles I. beheaded, his son crowned; Second Reformation overthrown - Covenants, Lex Rex, &c., burned; Marquis of Argyle and James Guthrie beheaded, 1661; Archbishop Sharp's cruelty to his covenanted brethren; Apologetical Relation, by John Brown, of Wamphrey, burned, 1661; Cruelties of Dalziel of Binns, Col. Wallace, &c., Highland Host; Rutherglen Declation, battle of Bothwell bridge; Richard Cameron, Donald Cargill, Sanquar Declaration, 1680; Lanerk Declation and others burned by order of council; James Renwick ordained in Holland - Apologetic Declaration; Death of Charles II., James VII. succeeds - his Indulgences; Informatory Vindication - Hind let loose: Indulged ministers; Renwick executed, Jan. 17th, 1688 - Shields, Linning and Boyd's defection; Mr. John McMallan's accession to the "Society People," 1706; Reformed Presbytery's review of Part I; Prince of Orange - Erastian settlement - testimony against; Act recissory left in full force against the Covenants; Instances of Erastianism - the king calling assemblies, &c., oaths, tolerations, &c.; Intolerance by the church - Hepburn, McMillan, Eiskines, &c; Partiality in discipline, countenancing error - Professor Simpson, &c.; Association with malignants by church and state - Irish Presbyterians; Reluctant testimony against Seceders on magistracy; Reception and providential will of God must be distinguished; This distinction proved and largely illustrated, our Covenants, &c.; Perversion of Scripture, as Rev. xxvi, 21; Eccl. x, 4; Luke xx, 25; Rom. xiii, 1-8, &c.; Corruption in worship, prayer, causes of fasting; Treachery in covenant, leaving out material parts; Unfaithfulness in testimony-bearing; Sinful terms of communion; Prostitution of discipline, Leslie, Nairn, Marshall, &c.; Historical sketch from 1761 till 1876; "Secession Controversy" with the Reformed Presbytery; Union of A. R. Presbyterian and Secession ministers - U. P. C.; Reformed Dissenting Presbytery - McCoy and Warwick; Disruption of General Synod in 1833, East Synod of Ireland; Defections of Old Lights, Pittsburgh Bond; Misrepresentations corrected, "schisms," &c.; Historical testimony at a condition of ecclesiastical fellowship; Suppplement to Part IV; Formula of Forms of Communion; Queries put to candidates for office About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.