Chapter LXXXIX: Appendix (13)

Fast, &c., ordered, 332

Fast, Public, Act ordaining, 452

Fornication committed before Marriage, Act concerning public
satisfaction for, 445

Glasgow, pretended Assembly at, 1610, condemned, 24

Government of the Kirk, Act approving Propositions concerning, 422

Graham, James, (Marquis of Montrose,) Act concerning Proclamation of,
448

Grahame, Mr John, pretended Bishop of Orkney, deposed, p. 27;
renounces Episcopacy, 204

Guthry, Mr John, pretended Bishop of Murray, deposed, 27

Henderson, Mr Alexander, Assembly’s Declaration of the Falsehood and
Forgery of a Pamphlet, put forth under the name of their Reverend
Brother, after his death, 510

Highlands, Recommendation to Train Preachers for, 351

Highlands, Lists for Kirks in, 322

Highland Boys, the Education of, 510, 552

Honours &c., Act against Hanging, in Kirks, 349

Impiety and Schism, Act against, 294

Independency, Assembly’s Testimony against, in Act anent CXI
Propositions, 479

Ireland, Petition of Distressed Professors in, 345

Ireland, Commission for Ministers to go to, 331, 354

Ireland, Letter from Distressed Christians in, 396

Ireland, Commissioners at London recommended to send Directory for
Worship to, 431

Judicatories, Superior, Act anent Reposition of Ministers deposed by,
349

King’s Letters to Assembly, 21, 292, 320, 345, 443

King, Letters from Assembly to, 296, 355, 450, 563

King, Remonstrance of Assembly, 1646, to the, 429

King, Assembly’s Supplication to the, 1648, 515

Kirk, Causes and Remedy of its Bygone Evils, 204

Kirk, Opinion of the Committee for keeping the greater Uniformity in
the, 421

Kirk and Kingdom, Act against Complyers with Public Enemies of, 448

Kirk of England, Letter from some Brethren of the Ministry of the, and
Answer thereto, 348, 358

Kirk of England, Letter from Synod of Divines in, and Answer thereto,
401, 402

Kirk-Government, Act approving Propositions concerning, 422

Kirkmen, against Civil Places, &c., of, 38

Kirk Sessions and Provincial and National Assemblies restored to full
integrity, 34

Kirk Sessions, Act anent, 321

Kirk Sessions, Article (17) anent Voicing in, 37

Kirks, trying quality of &c., Act anent, 321

Kirks, Recommendation to Presbyteries anent planting, 353

Kirks, Act for pressing and furthering the Plantation of, 476

Kirks, Burial in, Acts anent, 37, 349

Kirks, incommodiously United in Corrupt Times, Overture for
Disjunction of, 479

Kirks, Particular, Visitation of, 34

Kirks, Highland, Act anent Lists for, 322

Kirks in Netherlands, Assembly’s Letter to, 404

League and Covenant, Solemn, 362

League and Covenant Solemn, Approbation of, 353

Learning, Overtures for advancement of, 419

Lindsay, Mr Patrick, pretended Archbishop of Glasgow, deposed, 26

Lindsay, Mr David, pretended Bishop of Edinburgh, deposed, 26

Lindsay, Mr Alexander, pretended Bishop of Dunkeld, deposed, 28

Linlithgow, pretended Assemblies of 1606 and 1608 at, condemned, 24

Lists, order for making, to King and Patrons, &c., 321

Lists, for Kirks in Highlands, 322

Lists for Presentations, desires of Assembly anent, 353

Lord’s Day, Act anent keeping, 206

Lord’s Day, Act against masters who have servants that profane the,
349

Lord’s Day, Act against loosing of ships and barks on, 448

Lord’s Day, anent profanation of, by markets on Saturdays and Mondays,
36

Lord’s Supper, anent its more frequent administration, 36

Lykwakes, Act against, 427

Manses and Glebes, Overtures respecting, 479

Markets on Monday and Saturday, anent, 36

Marriage, Promise of, made by Minors, 405

Marriage without proclamation of Banns, 37

Marriages, Border, 206

Married persons, Act concerning the public satisfaction of, for
ante-nuptial Fornication, 445

Masters whose servants profane the Lord’s Day, Act against, 349

Maxwell, Mr John, pretended Bishop of Ross, deposed, 26

Ministers, Trial of, 206, 321

Ministers, Ordination of, Act approving propositions concerning, 422

Ministers, Article anent conversation, admission of by Presbyteries,
&c., 34

Ministers, Directory for Election of, 550

Ministers, Presbyteries recommended to consider the interests of
particular congregations in the calling and election of, 452

Ministers, Transplantation of, &c., 326

Ministers, bruiking benefices, Act anent, 293

Ministers haunting with Excommunicate Persons, Act against, 355

Ministers, slandering of, Act anent, 332

Ministers, Act censuring, for silence, &c., 509

Ministers in Burghs, Recommendation for securing Provision to, 515

Ministers, deposed, Censures ordered against, 38

Ministers, deposed, Acts anent receiving, 205, 293

Ministers, deposed, Act anent reposition of, 349

Ministers, deposed, Act discharging them to be reponed, 427

Ministers, deposed, Act against sudden admitting of, to particular
Congregations, 496

Ministers, deposed or suspended, discharged from any Exercise of the
Ministry or meddling with the Stipend, 510

Ministers, deposed, Act concerning, 517

Ministers, to go to Ireland, Commission for, 354

Ministers, Act for sending, to the Army, 398

Ministers of England, Letter from and Answer to, 329

Ministers in Church of England, their Letter to Assembly and Answer,
348, 358

Ministers, Petition for, from Ireland, 345

Ministry, Defections in, 34

Ministry, Corruptions in Office of, &c., 34, 35

Ministry, Enormities and Corruptions observed in, with the Remedies
thereof, 446

Ministry, deposed and suspended Ministers dischargedfrom any Exercise
of the, 510

Ministry, Anent the entering of Ministers to the, 36

Ministry, Renovation of former Acts for Trial and Admission of
Expectants to the, 476

Minors, Overture concerning Promise of Marriage made by, 405

Moderator, Act anent Election of, in Synods, 406

Moderators, Article anent choice of, 34

Montrose, Marquis of, Act concerning James Graham’s Proclamation, 448

Monuments, Idolatrous, anent demolishing, 279

Netherlands, Assembly’s Letter to Kirks in, 404

Non-Communicants, &c., 322

Non-Residents, Article anent, 34

Novations, anent, 208, 294

Oaths, unlawful, of Entrants, 26

Oaths, Act anent contrary, 327

Ordinance concerning Bursars, 405

Ordinance for uplifting Penalties, 405

Ordination of Ministers, Act approving propositions concerning, 422

Overtures remitted to Presbyteries on Proceedure in Appeals,
prescription of Scandals, and keeping General Assemblies when
Presbyteries do not send the full numbers, or Members go away, 333

Overtures anent Bills, References and Appeals approved, 345

Overtures anent Witchcraft, &c., approved, 354

Overtures concerning Promise of Marriage, made by Minors, to those
with whom they have committed Fornication, 5

Overtures for correspondence by Letter among Presbyteries;
for Presbyteries appointing some to direct the Studies of Young Men
not able to furnish themselves in charges to attend the
Universities; for Universities condescending on the best Overtures
for Grammar and Philosophy; for promoting the spread of the
knowledge of God in Christ, through the Highlands and Islands;
for ordering Professors to produce Copies of their Dictates to be
revised by the Assembly;
for making Ministers’ Manses and Stipends free to the Entrants,
approved, 449

Oxford, Act concerning Declaration signed by Scottish Lords at, 398

Papists, &c., anent, 206, 322, 513

Paraphrase of Psalms, 475, 513, 553

Parliament of England, Declaration of, and Answer thereto, 323, 324

Parliament of England, Declaration of the, to the Assembly, 347

Parliament of England, Propositions of Commissioners of the, 347

Parliament of England, Result of Debates of Committees of Convention
of Estates and Assembly, appointed to meet with Commissioners of,
353

Parliament of England, Answer of Assembly to Declaration of the
Honourable House of, 355

Parliament of England, Assembly’s Letter to, 450

Parliament, Petition to, from the Assembly, 420

Parliament, Act and Declaration against Act of, June 10, 1648, 497

Parliament, Petition to, anent tithes, &c., 544

Pastors, Article anent presenting, 37

Patrons, Order for making Lists to, 321

Perth, pretended Assembly at, condemned, 25

Perth, Five Articles of, declared abjured, 32

Petitions, &c., Act anent, 327

Petition from Assembly to Parliament, concerning the duty of the
latter in the exigency of the times, (1645), 420

Piety, Directions of Assembly for cherishing, 472

Pious uses, Acts for employing penalties on, 405, 476

Plantation of Kirks, Act for furthering, 476, 478

Poor, Act concerning collections for, 515

Popery and Superstition, anent repressing, 36

Prayers, public, &c., ordered, 332

Preaching in public, Act anent Expectants, 448

Precentors, Maintenance of, 553

Presbyterial Meetings, 34

Presbyteries, Admission of Ministers by, 34

Presbyteries and parochines, Competency of, 34

Presbyteries, Recommendation to, anent Students that have the Irish
language, 351

Presbyteries, Recommendation to, anent planting Kirks, 353

Presbyteries, Act anent Dissenting Voices in, 406

Presbyteries in Orkney and Zetland joined to Provincial Synod of
Caithness, 447

Presbyteries recommended to consider the interests of Particular
Congregations in the Calling and Admission of Ministers, 452

Presbyteries, Act concerning their Maintaining of Bursars, 511

Presbyteries recommended to send opinions on matters referred to them,
431, 517

Presbytery of Skye joined to Synod of Argyle, 323

Presbytery with the Army, Letter of, to Assembly, with the Answer
thereto, 396, 399

Presbytery of Biggar, Act for entry of, 397

Presbytery of Zetland allowed to send only half of its Ministers with
their Elders to the Provincial Assembly of Caithness, 468

Presenting Pastors, Readers, &c., Act anent, 37

Presentations, Order for making Lists to Patrons for, 321

Presentations, Desires of Assembly anent Lists for, 353

Press, Act controlling the, 39

Proclamation of James Graham, Act anent, 448

Profaneness, Ecclesiastic Remedies against, 512

Professors, Act for Electing, as Commissioners, 345

Propositions from Commissioners of English Parliament, 347, 349

Propositions, Act concerning CXI, 479

Psalms brought from England, Act for revising Paraphrase of the, 475

Psalms, Paraphrase of, Act for examining, 513

Readers, Act anent presenting, 37

Rebels in North and South, Act against, 398

Recommendation to Presbyteries anent planting of Kirks, 353

Reference from Presbytery of Kirkaldy, 333

Reference from Synod of Fife, 333

Reference to Commission anent the Persons designed to repair to
England, 359

References, Overtures anent, 345

Register, Act approving an old, 205

Registers, Testimony of Com. for Trial of, (1638), 22

Registers, Act approving, (1638), 22

Registers and Acts of Provincial Assemblies, Act concerning, 445

Religion, Declaration of Assembly, 1648, anent present dangers of, 498

Religion, Act for prosecuting Treaty for Uniformity of, in England,
514

Remedies for Grevious and Common Sins of the Land in this present
time, 1648, Overtures on, approved, 511

Remonstrance of Assembly to the King, (1645), 420

Reposition of deposed Ministers, Act anent, 349

Sabbath Day, Profanation of, in Landward, for want of afternoon
service, 37

Sabbath Day, Assembly recommends to Presbyteries the Execution of old
Acts of Assembly against breach of the, 38

Sabbath Day, Profanation of the, 322

Scandals, Prescription of, overture on, 333

Schism, Act against, 294

Schism and Division, Directions of Assembly for avoiding, 472

Scholars, Act for Encouragement of, to Professions in Schools, 427

Schools, Article anent the planting of, 34

Schools, Provision of, &c., 326, 427

Schools, Overtures approved, for advancing of Learning and good Order
in, 419

Schools of Divinity, Overtures approved for ordering of the Bursars of
Theology, and maintaining them at, 421

Schools, Act for Collection for entertaining Highland Boys at, 552

Schoolmasters, Act anent presenting, 37

Schoolmasters and Precentors, recommendation for maintenance of, 553

Scriptural Songs, recommendation for translation of, into metre, 475

Scriptural Songs, Act for examining the Paraphrase of the Psalms and
other, 513

Seafort, Earl of, Excommunication of the, 445

Separation, Act for searching Books tending to, 346

Servants that profane the Lord’s Day, Act against Masters of, 349

Service Book, &c., condemned, (1638), 26

Sideserf, Mr Thomas, pretended Bishop of Galloway, deposed, 26

Sins of the Land, Overtures for Remedies of, (1648), 511

Slandering of Ministers, 332

Spottiswood, John, pretended Archbishop of St Andrew’s deposed, 26

St Andrews, Pretended Assembly at, (1617), condemned, 25

Stipend, Suspended and Deposed Ministers discharged from meddling
with, 510

Students who have the Irish language, anent, 351

Students of Philosophy, Overture anent their Signature of League and
Covenant, 479

Students at their first entry to Colleges required to take the
Covenant, 511

Superstition and Popery, anent repressing, 36

Supplications to the King, 40, 41, 209, 323

Supplications to Commissioners anent Large Declaration, 206

Supplication relative to Confession and Covenant, and Answer thereto,
207

Suspended and Deposed Ministers discharged from any Exercise of the
Ministry, &c., 510

Synod Books, Act anent, 320

Synod of Divines in England, their Letters to the Assembly, 351, 401,
417, 495

Synod of Divines in England, Answers to, 357, 402

Synod, of Orkney and Caithness, Act disjoining Presbytery of Zetland
from, 511

Synods and Presbyteries, anent advising with, 208

Synods and Presbyteries, anent keeping, &c., 327

Synods, Act anent dissenting voices in, 406

Testimonials, Overture anent, 333

Tithes &c., Assembly’s Petition to Parliament, anent, 544

Titles savouring of Popery, Art. (19) against, 37

Transplantation of Ministers, &c., 326

Trial of Expectants, Article anent, 37

Trial of Ministers, Declaratory Act anent, 321

Trial and Admission of Expectants to the University, Renovation of
former Acts for, 476

Trial of Expectants, &c., 521

Uniformity in the Kirk, Opinion of Committee on, approved, 421

Uniformity in Religion, Commission of Persons sent to England for
prosecuting Treaty of, renewed, 428, 450, 477

Uniformity in Religion in England, Act for prosecuting Treaty for, 514

Unity, Directions of Assembly for maintaining, 472

Universities, Overtures anent, approved, 293

Universities, Recommendation to, anent Students that know Irish, 351

Universities, Desires and Overtures from the Commissioners of, and the
Assemblies Answer thereto, 478

Visitation of Kirks, Schools, and Colleges, 34

Voices, Dissenting, in Synods and Presbyteries, 406

War, Declaration of Assembly, 1648, concerning the present dangers of
Religion, especially the unlawful Engagement in, 498

War against England, Act concerning the receiving of Engagers in the
late unlawful, with Declaration or Acknowledgment to be
subscribed, 543

Warning, A Solemn and Seasonable, to the Noblemen, Barons, Gentlemen,
Burghs, Ministers, and Commons, and Armies of Scotland, 423

Warning and Declaration by Assembly concerning present and imminent
dangers, &c., 544

Wedderburn, Mr James, pretended Bishop of Dumblane, deposed, 27

Whytefoord, Mr Walter, pretended Bishop of Brechin, deposed, 26

Witchcraft, Overtures anent, 354

Witchcraft, Commission for a Conference of Ministers, Lawyers, and
Physicians, concerning the Trial and Punishment of, 553

Witches, Act against, 279

Worship of God, Act for preparing the Directory for the, 349

Worship of God, Act for Establishing and putting in Execution
Directory for the, 418

Worship, Private and Family, 472

Worship, Public, Act against such as withdraw themselves from, in
their own congregation, 474

Yule Day, Act censuring Observance of, 427

Zetland, Presbyteries of, 447, 468, 511

INDEX

TO

MISCELLANEOUS DOCUMENTS.

1638-1654.
Page
Aberdeen, Explanation of the Bishop and Doctors of, on signing the
King’s Covenant, 92

Allegiance, Oath of, 223

Army, Scotch, declaration concerning the acceptation of the King’s
Answers, p. 229;
letter announcing approach of, (1640), p. 297;
six considerations of the lawfulness of their Expedition into
England, p. 297;
articles for Maintenance of, p. 301;
causes of humiliation for Defeat of, 1650, 600

Army, English, Remonstrance of, 568

Articles for present peace of the Kirk and Kingdom, 63

Articles of information to the Archbishop of St Andrew’s, or of
Canterbury, respecting the proceedings of Covenanters, 64

Articles of Advice, by Hamilton and others, to the King, 79

Articles for Cessation of Arms between English and Scotch
Commissioners, 302

Assembly, General, 1638, summoned to meet at Glasgow, p. 14;
Baillie’s account of its meeting, p. 14;
proclamation indicting, p. 83;
Rolln of the Members, p. 109;
_note_ on celebration of Second Centenary at Glasgow, p. 111;
letter to Hamilton, and _note_ containing Baillie’s account of its
reception, p. 127;
Report of Proceedings of Assembly at Glasgow, 1638, p. 128;
result of its proceedings, 193

Assembly, General, at Edinburgh, 1639, p. 193, 203;
summoned, p. 230;
Roll of Members, p. 237;
Report of Proceedings, 238

Assembly, General, at Aberdeen, 1640, p. 272;
Baillie’s account of, 284

Assembly, General, at St Andrew’s and Edinburgh, 1641, p. 288;
Baillie’s Journal of, 303

Assembly, General, at St Andrew’s, 1642, p. 309;
Baillie’s Journal of, 335

Assembly, General, at Edinburgh, 1643, p. 341;
Baillie’s Journal of, 364

Assembly, General, at Edinburgh, 1644, 395

Assembly, General, at Edinburgh, 1645, 415

Assembly, General, at Edinburgh, 1646, 440

Assembly, General, at Edinburgh, 1647, p. 461;
Warning to all Estates throughout the Land, 489

Assembly, General, at Edinburgh, 1648, p. 491;
Baillie’s account of, 526

Assembly, General, at Edinburgh, 1649, 530

Assembly, General, at Edinburgh, 1650, Account of, p. 618;
Commission of Assembly, 1650, adopts Resolutions, p. 618;
Proceedings approved, p. 635;
Declaration and Warning from Commissioners of, 1650, 599

Assembly, General, at St Andrew’s and Dundee,
1651, Account of, p. 626;
Acts, &c., extracted from Pamphlets, p. 631;
Protestation against its lawfulness, p. 631;
Negotiations with Committee of Estates, p. 634;
Acts for Censuring those who do not acknowledge the Assembly, and
against Expectants who oppose the Public Resolutions, p. 638;
Exhortation and Warning, by Commission of this Assembly, 639

Assembly, General, 1652, Acts of, p. 646;
Propositions offered to meeting of Ministers at Edinburgh, 1652,
p. 646;
Reasons why Protesters cannot agree to Propositions, p. 647;
Instructions to Committee, appointed by Protesters for Conference
with Assembly, p. 648;
Act of Assembly for Peace and Union of the Kirk, p. 649;
Acts concerning admitting Expectants to trials, and Ruling Elders to
Church Courts, and for putting in execution former Acts and
Constitutions of Assemblies, anent trying, &c., of Church officers
censuring of scandalous persons, receiving of Penitents, and
debarring of persons from the Lord’s Table, p. 650;
Declaration of Assembly, Declaration of Protesters, p. 651;
Proceedings of Assembly’s Commission appointing a committee of
Conference with Protesters, p. 652, 653;
Conference declined, Observations on Answer of Assembly’s
Commission, 653

Assembly, General, 1653, Accounts of its dispersion by Lambert,
p. 656;
by Nicol, p. 658;
and by Baillie, 666

Assembly, Westminster, Extracts from Baillie’s account of, 372, 407,
432, 454, 483

Balcanquel compiles Large Declaration, 47, 198

Balfour, Sir James, reference to his historical works, 48;
Excerpts from, 45, 313, 586, 595, 638

Balmerino tried for leasing-making, p. 4;
pardoned, 5

Baillie’s, Principal, account of encampment at Dunse Law, p. 200;
Account of General Assemblies and Westminster Assembly, in letters
to Mr Spang, &c., (_see Assembly_;) account of affairs in
Scotland, 1648, 520, 559, 658

Band and Oath of Engagement, Northern, 603

Bishops and Archbishops, Bill or Complaint of Noblemen and Covenanters
against the pretended, p. 94;
and act of Presbytery of Edinburgh in answer thereto, 98

Bishops, Tulchan, 248

Book of Common Order superseded by a new Liturgy, 5

Brechin and Ross, Bishops of, Letter to Commissioner from, 106

Burnet, Bishop, his Memoirs of Dukes of Hamilton referred to, 48

Canterbury, Archbishop of, (Laud,) Letters to Hamilton from, 122, 123

Charles I. ascends the throne, p. 3;
is crowned in Scotland, and obtains an act asserting his unlimited
prerogative in prescribing Apparel to Ecclesiastics, &c., p. 4;
his arbitrary principles, p. 5;
orders observance of new ritual, p. 7;
indicts a General Assembly at Glasgow, 1638, discharges the use of
the Service Book, &c., p. 14;
indications of his intentions to introduce Episcopacy,
_note_, p. 50;
letter to Spottiswood, requiring observance of the Service Book,
p. 50;
letter to Privy Council, desiring them to leave a committee in
Edinburgh till the Service Book be settled, p. 55;
letter directing meeting of Council to be dissolved &c., p. 55;
proclamation against Covenant, and Declaration in favour of true
established religion, p. 65;
letters to Hamilton anent troubles &c., p. 68, 69, 70, 74, 83, 90,
93, 106, 107, 123, 213, 214, 215, 216, 219, 221, 223, 225, 386;
his Majesty’s ten demands, p. 76;
answers to those articles, p. 77;
and Commissioner’s reply, p. 78;
letter to the Privy Council, declaring for Reformed and against
Roman Religion, p. 78;
his declaration that he had signed the Confession of Faith, 79;
letter to the Privy Council, ordering Confession of Faith and Band
1580 to be renewed, p. 83;
letter desiring the Privy Council to support the King’s
Commissioner, p. 90;
Offers to Assembly, p. 108;
hostilities commence between the King and Covenanters, p. 197;
publishes Large Declaration, p. 198;
pacification, p. 202;
missive anent the King’s coming to York, p. 209;
answer thereto, and another missive, p. 211;
letter to the English nobility, p. 210;
proclamation, p. 210;
proclamation at Newcastle, and answer to Hamilton’s proposals,
p. 220;
declaration and terms of treaty, p. 228;
letter to Archbishop of St Andrews, 234;
letters to Traquair, 235, 236;
letter anent Uniformity of Church Government, p. 384;
letter to Conservators of the Peace, p. 385;
answer to Scotch commissioners at Oxford, 387;
last answer to Scotch commissioners, 388;
Instructions to Hamilton and others, p. 389;
Declaration to subjects in Scotland, p. 390;
letter to Council anent Convention, letters to Lanerick, message
from friends in Scotland, p. 393;
letter to Convention, p. 394;
answer to Propositions of English and Scotch Commissioners, p. 487;
answers to Scotch Commissioners at Newcastle, p. 488;
his Trial and Execution, p. 540, 576

Charles II., Account of Negociations with, p. 559;
Declaration of the Commission of the Kirk and Committee of Estates
when the King delayed signing previous Declaration, 599

Chronicle of Fife, 588, 617, 656

Church of Scotland, Overtures and Acts of Estates respecting, p. 339;
List of Documents respecting, p. 394;
Proceedings in Convention of Estates respecting, p. 414, 439, 460,
490, 569, 593;
State of, from 1649 to 1654, 591

Clergy of Scotland petition the King, 26th May, 1633, 48
Commission, High, Act of Council anent, 75

Commission Courts granted to Prelates, 6

Conference, Heads of, betwixt Hamilton and some Covenanters, 224

Convocation of Clergy and Landed Proprietors support project for
resumption of Tithes, 4

Convention of Estates refuse project for resumption of Grants of
Tithes, p. 3;
reported as approving of Act relative to Royal Prerogative, &c., 4

Court of Session remonstrates with the King, 197, 211

Covenant, National, framed, p. 8;
circumstances which justify it, p. 9;
copy thereof, p. 9;
promulgated, p. 13;
draft of Explanations of Covenant by Spottiswood, 69

Covenanters, character of their Proceedings, p. 20;
their Demands, p. 62;
their letter to the Privy Council, p. 63;
letter from Lords Covenanters to Hamilton, with answer and
correspondence, p. 91, 92;
Covenanters prepare for War, p. 197;
encamp at Dunse Law, p. 200;
letter to Hamilton and answer, p. 217;
letter to the King of France, p. 282;
letter to Lanerick, 300

Cromwell, Oliver, Letters to Committee of Estates from, p. 567, 608;
Proclamation of, 616

Cross Petition, 386

Declaration, Large, referred to, p. 47;
condemned by General Assembly, p. 368;
discussion in Parliament respecting, 279

Declaration, approved by Charles I., in favour of true established
religion, 65

Declaration of Charles I., that he had signed the Confession of
Faith, 79

Declaration of Hamilton to Privy Council respecting the indicting of
a Parliament and Assembly, 79

Declaration at Dunfermline, (1650), 599

Declaration and Warning from Commission of Assembly, 1650, 599

Declinator and Protestation of Archbishops and Bishops, against the
pretended General Assembly 1638, p. 99;
His Majesty’s observations on Draft thereof, 106

Declinator by Scotch Prelates, 1639, 234

Dickson, Mr David, discusses Arminianism, p. 156;
chosen Moderator of Assembly 1639, 242

Dispute against the English Popish Ceremonies, book so called
prohibited, 55

Dunse Law, Covenanters encamp at, 200

Dysart, Earl of, letter to Lanerick from, 385

Estates of Scotland, list of their Overtures and Acts anent the
Church, p. 339;
Instructions by their Committee sent by the Commissioners to English
Parliament, p. 566;
Negotiations with Assembly’s Commission, 1650, p. 610;
and with Assembly, 1651, 634

Fairfax, General, Letter to Speaker of House of Commons from, 568

Fife, Chronicle of, 588, 617, 656

Grants of Tithes &c., projects of James VI., and Charles I., for
resumption of, considered and rejected in Convention of Estates, 3

Guthrie’s Waters of Sihor, Extracts from, 618, 636

Hamilton, Marquis of, his reception in Edinburgh on a mission from
Charles I., p. 14;
his queries to the King with the answers, p. 66;
his instructions from the King, p. 67, 76,
80, 81;
his Commission as Commissioner to Scotland, p. 68;
speech to Court of Session, p. 75;
reply to answers to the King’s ten demands, p. 78;
Declaration relative to calling of a Parliament and Assembly, p. 79;
answer to Lords Covenanters, p. 91, 92;
speech to Assembly, p. 107;
letters to the King, p. 113;
speech on dissolving Assembly 1638, and reply to Moderator, p. 116;
letter to Lord Provost, &c., of Edinburgh, p. 215, and reply, 216;
answers to Rothes, p. 221;
letter to Rothes, p. 222;
advice to the King, p. 232;
private warrant from the King to converse with Covenanters, p. 232;
letter to Lord Lindsay, p. 280;
Report of State of Scotland, p. 384;
letter to the Queen, 389

Hamilton, Duke of, Account of his Expedition into England, 569

Henderson, Alexander, and others, present Bills of Suspension against
the innovations of Charles I., p. 7;
obtain great support, p. 7;
Extract of bill of suspension and deliverance, p. 53;
Sermon on deposing Bishops, p. 174;
Sermon before Assembly 1639, 239

Hume, Lord, protests against Traquair’s Proclamation, 59

Introduction, 3

Ireland, Rebellion in, 313

Kirk—see Church.

Kirkton, James, Excerpts from his History of the Church of Scotland,
624

Lamont, John, Excerpts from his Chronicle of Fife, 588, 617, 655

Lanerick, Earl of, his letter appointing a treaty, p. 301;
account of affairs to the King, 392

League and Covenant, 1643, 362

Leslie, Alexander, (Earl of Leven,) takes the command of the
Covenanters, 196

Lindsay, Lord, protests against Traquair’s proclamation, 59

Linlithgow, Proclamation at, denouncing tumults in Edinburgh, and
expressing abhorrence of Popery, 57

Liturgy, New, framed, p. 5;
its nature, p. 6;
its introduction causes general discontent, p. 6;
clergy ordered to buy and provide copies, p. 6;
order intimated in Edinburgh, from the pulpit, as to its
introduction, p. 6;
service interrupted by Janet Geddes, p. 6;
the King’s missive anent the uproar, p. 52;
bills of suspension presented, p. 7;
Privy Council find the _purchase_ only of new Liturgy required,
p. 7;
immediate observance of it ordered, p. 7;
noblemen, gentlemen, and clergy, concur in a protestation against
new Liturgy, &c., p. 7;
Traquair issues a proclamation approving the new Liturgy, &c.,
p.8, 59;
protestation against it, p. 81, 59;
letter from Traquair and Roxburghe representing popular excitement,
61

Loudoun, Lord, speech to Privy Council, p. 57;
terms of his liberation, 283

Middleton’s Letter to General David Leslie, 603

Ministers of the Church of Scotland, their Supplication and
Remonstrance to the Lord High Commissioner and General Assembly,
1638, 115

Ministers, Act anent Presentation of, 414

Montrose, Earl of, p. 197; his execution, 595

Nicoll, John, Extracts from his Diary, 612, 626

Nithsdale, Earl of, King’s Commissioner to the Convention, instructed
to exact an unconditional surrender of grants of tithes &c., p. 3;
returns to London, 4

Nobility, Letters from King to, p. 210;
letter from Nobility of Scotland to Earl of Essex, p. 214;
their supplication to the King, p. 216;
letter to Earl of Holland, p. 218;
and reply, p. 221;
supplication to Commissioner, p. 220;
letter from Scotch nobles to Noblemen in England, p. 222;
letter to Scotch Nobility from Sir J. Carmichael and Lord Southeske,
p. 222;
their letter to Earl of Holland, 222

Non-Covenanters’ Estates, Act anent, 414

Oath urged on Scotsmen at London, 212

Pacification, (1639,) 202, 228, Act of, (1642), 335

Parliament, Scottish, letter to Earl of Lanerick, from Committee of,
p. 282;
answer and reply, p. 284;
letter to Earl of Lanerick from Commissioners of, p. 299;
Petition from the same to the King, p. 300;
Ratification of Calling of Convention, League and Covenant, &c.,
(1644), 363

Patronages, 263, 586, 589

People of Scotland, their supplication to the King, p. 225;
and the King’s answer, p. 226;
Desires of his Majesty’s Subjects, 227

Presbyteries, a Direction by Covenanters for, 82

Primrose, Clerk Register, makes a False Report of the Majority of
Estates on Act asserting the King’s Prerogative, 4

Privy Council declare the _purchase_ only of New Liturgy required,
p. 7;
panic-struck at popular commotion, p. 7;
letter to the King, p. 53;
his answer, p. 54;
Acts anent Service Book, p. 50;
anent new Psalms, p. 51;
anent Service Book, p. 51;
appoint Lennox to represent matters to the King, p. 55;
Act of Privy Council anent Psalms, p. 51;
Act dissolving meeting of Council, as concerns Affairs of the Kirk,
p. 55;
Act anent removal of Council to Linlithgow, p. 55;
Act prohibiting Tumultuous Assemblages, p. 55;
Act anent Petitions from Noblemen &c., p. 58;
Instructions to Lord Justice Clerk, p. 60;
letter to Hamilton respecting disturbances, p. 61;
letter to the King respecting return of the Judicatories to
Edinburgh, p. 75;
Act anent the King’s Letters anent annulling the Service Book,
renewing Confession, &c., p. 84;
Proclamation declaring that the Council had signed the Confession,
p. 90;
resolution to go to Court, p. 214;
missive to Commissioner, and his answer, p. 218;
letter to the King, 392

Proclamations;—at Linlithgow, p. 57;
at Stirling, p. 59;
against Covenant, p. 65;
discharging Acts of Council anent the Service Book, &c., p. 70;
discharging Service Book, ordering Confession, 1580, to be renewed,
&c., p. 81;
indicting Assembly and Parliament, 1638, p. 83;
declaring that the Privy Council had signed the Confession, p. 90;
dissolving Assembly, 1638, p. 118;
against Recognition of Assembly at Glasgow, 124

Propositions and Articles of Scottish Commissioners, 1642, p. 333;
and Answer of English Commissioners, 334

Protestation of Noblemen, &c., against innovations, declaring
adherence to the Covenant, &c., 71

Protestation of Noblemen &c., relative to a free General Assembly and
Parliament, &c., 84

Protestation of General Assembly, 1638, against King’s Proclamation
for dissolving thereof, 119

Protestation at the Market Cross of Edinburgh, July 1st, 1639, 231

Protestation against Lawfulness of Assembly, 1651, 631

Protestation of Guthrie and Bennet, ministers at Stirling, to
Committee of Estates at Perth, 1651, p. 639;
and Answer of Assembly’s Commission to King and Parliament,
respecting the said Protestation, 642

Queries by Hamilton, and Answers by the King, 66

Ramsay, Mr Andrew, discusses Arminianism, 159

Remonstrance to Committee of Estates from gentlemen, &c., with army in
the West, p. 604;
Declaration of the King and Committee of Estates respecting, p. 609;
Communications between Convention of Estates and Commission of
Estates respecting, p. 610;
Their resolutions at Perth anent, and protest against the same,
p. 618;
Representation to Assembly, 1651, against Commission’s Letters and
Act citing protesters against resolutions, p. 631;
instances of the influence of letter and act, p. 632;
animadversion of Robert Blair on Remonstrance of Western Forces, 644

Report of Proceedings of Assembly at Glasgow, 1638, p. 128.
Session 1, the King’s Commissioner requires Commissions to be
examined before Election of a Moderator, Reasons against this
Course, Commissioner yields with respect to the Commissions, but
requires his Assessors to be admitted to vote, Assembly refuses,
Commissioner protests against the Bishops being called _pretended_,
Protestation against Prelates, p. 129;
concerning the Voting of the Assessors, p. 130;
Mr Alexander Henderson chosen Moderator, p. 130.
Session 2, Discussion on Election of Clerk, p. 130.
Mr Archibald Johnston chosen, p. 131;
Discussion respecting Registers of Church, p. 132;
Committee appointed to examine them, Book of Kirk Policy,
Moderator desires Commissioner to proceed to try Members and
Commissions, Commissioner desires a written paper from the
Lords of the Clergy to be read, p. 133;
the Assembly refuses, and the Commissioner protests, p. 134.
Sessions 4 and 5, Discussion on Commissions, p. 135 to 138.
Session 6, Discussion on Registers, p. 138;
Assessors to Moderator appointed for ordering Matters to be
proponed in Assembly, p. 139;
Committee of Bills appointed, Discussion on Commissions resumed,
p. 140.
Session 7, Discussion on Registers resumed, p. 140;
Registers approved, Discussion on Declinature by pretended
Archbishops and Bishops, with reference to Lay Elders,
p. 141;
Commissioner produces Declaration of the King discharging the
Service Book, &c., Speeches of Commissioner and Moderator,
p. 142;
Discussion relative to Prelates resumed, in connection with the
question as to the right of Ruling Elders to Voice in the
Assembly, p. 143;
Lord Rothes defends “the Tables,” p. 145;
Assembly declines to Register the Bishops’ Declinature,
Commissioner discharges, in the King’s name, the Court to sit
any longer, and leaves the Assembly, p. 146;
Protestation taken against his departure, Mr David Dick[son]
encourages the Assembly, which continues to sit, Lord Erskine
declares his regret at refusing so long to subscribe the
Covenant, Assembly declare themselves Lawful and Competent
Judges to the pretended Bishops and Archbishops, p. 147.
Session 8, Discussion on Commissions resumed, with reference to the
Prelates’ objections to some Ministers from Ireland, others under
censure of the High Commission, &c., p. 148;
Argyle declares the sense in which he had signed the Confession,
states his view in attending, and is invited to remain, p. 150;
Committee appointed to view the Books respecting the Confession,
Summons and Claim against the pretended Bishop of Galloway read,
and a Committee appointed to view those against the rest,
p. 151;
Committee appointed to Sight the Book of Canons, &c., p. 152.
Session 9, Papers produced, and Statements made, shewing the meaning
of the Earl of Kinghorn, Lord Galloway, the Earl of Mar, and
Lord Napier, in subscribing the Confession, Reports of
Committees made on disputed Commissions, Report made by Loudoun
from Committee for considering the Confession of Faith, p. 152;
Reports from Committee on complaints against Bishops and other
Committees, Remarks relative to the Caveats, p. 153;
Committee appointed to Report on the authority or nullity of
certain Assemblies, p. 154.
Session 10, Case of Mr David Mitchell, p. 154;
Brethren appointed to speak of Arminian errors which were imputed
to him, Report on disputed Commission, p. 155.
Session 11, Argyle desires the Assembly to be sparing to meddle with
the King’s authority, Moderator’s reply, p. 155;
Arminianism discussed by Mr David Dick, Mr Andrew Ramsay, and the
Moderator, p. 156-7;
Bishop of Orkney’s Submission, p. 159;
Mr David Mitchell’s Deprivation, p. 160.
Session 12, Commissioners appointed to hear Complaints of Citizens,
&c., against Ministers of Edinburgh who declined the Assembly,
Sentence of Deprivation pronounced against Gladstanes, Archdean
of St Andrews, Committee on nullity of certain Assemblies give
in their Reasons, p. 160;
Row relates Anecdotes illustrative of the Corruption in the
Glasgow Assembly 1610, five pretended Assemblies declared null,
p. 162.
Session 13, Moderator recommends a return to the Practice
warrantable by lawful Assemblies and Customs of the Church,
Complaint against the Prelates, p. 162;
Process against John Chrichton, p. 163.
Session 14, Report of Committee on Service Book, &c., Assembly
condemns the Service Book and High Commission, p. 163.
Session 15, Bishop of Dunkeld submits himself to the Assembly,
p. 164;
Sydserf, Bishop of Galloway, deposed and excommunicated, p. 165;
also Spottiswood, Archbishop of St Andrews, Whytefoord, Bishop of
Brechin, p. 166.
Session 16, Proceedings against Lindsay, Bishop of Glasgow, delayed
at the request of Lord Wemyss, p. 166;
the Report of the Committee on the Confession having been called
for, Argyle, Rothes, and Loudoun address the House on the
subject with reference to Episcopacy, p. 166;
Episcopacy abjured, p. 168.
Session 17, Committee appointed for viewing overture relative
to good Order of the Church, Discussion on the Five Articles of
Perth, which are condemned, p. 168;
Lord Wemyss reports the result of his Conference with the Bishop
of Glasgow, Bishops of Edinburgh and Aberdeen deposed and
excommunicated, p. 170;
also the Bishop of Ross and the Bishop of Dumblane deposed,
p. 171.
Session 18, Bishops of Orkney and Murray deposed, p. 171;
Bishop of Glasgow declared worthy of Deposition and
Excommunication, but the latter delayed, Bishops of Argyle and
of the Isles deposed, Mr John M‘Naught, Minister at Chirnside,
deposed for deserting his Parish, &c., p. 172;
Mr Thomas Fosters deposed, p. 173.
Session 19, Bishop of Dunkeld gives in his Submission, but is
deposed, Bishop of Caithness deposed, p. 173.
Session 20, Deposition of the Prelates, “the Bishops Doom,” the
Moderator’s Sermon on the Deposition of the Bishops, p. 174;
Processes against ministers, p. 180.
Session 21, Substitute Commissioner from Caithness admitted on the
Roll, Commissions appointed through the Kingdom for discussing
complaints and libels against Ministers, Lord Wigtoun declares
that he had signed the Confession, Moderator suggests some
arrangement with regard to Expenses of Ministers from Orkney and
other remote places, p. 181;
Process against Mr George Wishart, Minister of St Andrews,
Proceedings relative to Mr Alexander Henderson’s Transportation
from Leuchars to Edinburgh, p. 182.
Session 22, Processes against Ministers, Supplication of Town of
Edinburgh relative to Transportation of Mr Alexander Henderson
to that City, p. 183.
Session 23, Commissions appointed, p. 183;
Committee appointed for Church Extension in Corspairne, p. 184.
Session 24, Kirk of Corspairne, Supplication relative to Mr David
Dick’s Transportation to Glasgow, p. 184;
referred to a Committee, p. 185;
Market Days on Mondays and Saturdays, p. 185;
Moderator’s Remarks relative to form of Repentance of pretended
Prelates, Transportation, Book containing Acts of Assembly, Case
of Incest, Supplication from Parish of Cardonald for an
additional Kirk, p. 185;
Supplications from St Andrews and Edinburgh, relative to
Transportation of Mr Alexander Henderson considered, the
Assembly ordains him to be Minister at Edinburgh, Salmon-fishing
on Sabbath, proposed change of Monday’s Market Days to
Wednesdays, Committee appointed on Overtures to Parliament,
p. 186.
Session 26, Moderator proposes Supplication to his Majesty craving
Approbation of the Assembly’s proceedings, additional Clause to
the Covenant, Privy Council’s Act declaring the sense in which
they had subscribed the Confession, Supplication relative to
Transportation of Mr Andrew Cant referred to a Committee,
Process relative to Mr Robert Hamilton, discussion on Civil
Powers and Places of Kirkmen, p. 187;
Discussion relative to Ruling Elders, p. 189;
Assembly approves of that Order, p. 189.
Session ult., an old Act renewed against Sabbath Fishing, the
Moderator suggests that Presbyteries should have extracts of
the Acts passed, Acts anent subscribing the Covenant approved,
a Day of Thanksgiving ordered, Presbyteries ordained to proceed
against Subscribers of the Declinator, next Assembly fixed
conditionally, Mr Robert Blair ordained to be Transported to
St Andrews, Supplication for Mr Samuel Rutherfurd’s
Transportation to be Professor of Divinity in the new College
of Aberdeen referred to the Commission, the Moderator’s Speech
before the Dissolution of the Assembly, p. 189;
Exhortation by Mr David Dick, p. 191;
by Mr Andrew Ramsay, p. 192;
Lord Argyle, being called on by the Moderator, then addresses the
Assembly, p. 192;
the Moderator replies, and the Assembly is dissolved,
_note_ on Stevenson’s Account of Henderson’s concluding words,
p. 193.

Report of Proceedings of Assembly at Edinburgh, 1639, p. 238;
Mr Alexander Henderson’s Sermon, p. 238.
Session 1, Speech at the commencement of Proceedings, p. 241.
Session 2, King’s Commission read, p. 241;
Moderator chosen, Mr David Dickson’s Speech, p. 243;
Trial of Commissions, p. 243.
Session 3, Commissioner craves delay, p. 244.
Session 4, Commissioner’s Speech, p. 244;
Grievances of Church stated by Moderator, p. 246.
Session 5, Episcopacy proved unlawful with the Service Book, &c.,
p. 249.
Session 6, Commissioner’s Remarks, p. 250.
Session 7, Committee appointed to frame an Act, declaring the
nullity of pretended Assemblies, &c., p. 250.
Session 8, Bishop of Orkney’s Submission, Act against pretended
Assemblies, &c., passed, p. 251.
Session 9, Bishop of Dunkeld’s Submission, p. 253.
Session 10, Transportation of Mr David Dickson to Glasgow,
p. 253;
Commissioner desires a private Conference, p. 254.
Session 11, Transportation of Mr J. Rutherfurd, p. 254.
Session 12, Cases of deposed Ministers, p. 254.
Session 13, Committees appointed, &c., p. 256.
Session 14, Reports of Commissions with reference to deposed
Ministers, p. 257.
Session 15, Reports of Committees, p. 257.
Session 16, Discussion on large Declaration by the King, p. 257;
Committee appointed to view the Book, p. 258.
Session 17, Reports of Committees on Processes against Ministers,
p. 258.
Sessions 18 and 19, Reports of Committees continued, p. 260, 261.
Session 20, Motion to authorise the Covenant, p. 262;
King’s Patronage, p. 263.
Session 21, Discussion respecting the Covenant, p. 264.
Session 22, Commissioner accounts for the long continuance of the
Assembly, p. 264.
Session 23, Routine business, Assembly’s Supplication for
subscribing the Covenant, p. 265;
Report of Committee on Large Declaration, p. 265;
Assembly’s Judgment concerning the Manifesto, p. 268;
Order anent Innovation, Commissioner’s Declaration on subscribing
the Covenant, p. 268;
Moderator exhorts Assembly to call to mind old Acts anent
Conversation of Ministers, Commissioner states that the Covenant
with the Assembly’s Explanation had been approved by Act of
Council, and subscribes Assembly’s Declaration, p. 269, 270.
Session ult., Large Declaration, Assembly’s Overtures to Parliament,
the Moderator’s Speech on closing Assembly, p. 270.

Representation of Ministers to Assembly 1651, 631

Ross, Bishop of, Letters to Hamilton, 73, 111

Ross and Brechin, Letter of Bishops of, to Hamilton, 106

Rothes, Lord, reference to his MS. Relation, p. 7;
Letter to P. Leslie, Aberdeen, p. 76;
Letter to Hamilton, p. 219;
speeches in Assembly (_see Report of
Proceedings_;) Letter to Earl of Pembroke, p. 280;
and reply, 281

Roxburghe, Earl of, Charles I. recommends him to confidence of
Council, 57

Safe-conduct, Scotts desire and draught of, 227

Service Book, (see _Liturgy,)_ act of Privy Council anent, p. 50;
his Majesty’s missive warranting the act, p. 50;
Acts of Privy Council anent, p. 51, 52;
Clergy’s report anent, p. 52;
Petitions against, from men, women, children, and servants of
Edinburgh, and from noblemen, gentry, ministers, burgesses, and
commons, 56

Stirling, proclamation at, 59

Strafford, Lord, Letter to Hamilton from, 302

Supplication of Noblemen, &c., to the King’s Commissioner, vindicating
the Covenant, 70

Tables constituted by Nobles, Clergy, Gentry, and Burghs, p. 8;
frame the National Covenant, 8

Tables, Notice from, to Members of Assembly, 99

Traquair, Lord, intercedes for Lord Balmerino, p. 4;
letters to Hamilton, p. 54, 122;
appointed Commissioner, p. 203;
his instructions as Commissioner, p. 232;
declarations as Commissioner, 235

Treaty, Heads of, suggested by Hamilton, 220

Treaty of King with subjects in Scotland, some heads of, 230

Tulchan Bishops, 248

Turner, Sir James, Extract from his Memoirs, 569

Vane, Sir Harry, letter to Hamilton from, 225

Verney, Sir E., his Memento of Answer from Scotch Noblemen, and the
King’s Answer, 226

Walker, Sir Edward, Excerpts from his Historical Discourses, 622

Warning of Assembly, 1647, 489

Wodrow, Extracts from, 626

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