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Excerpt from The History of Scotland, Vol. 1: From the Earliest Period to the Present Time
With the triumph of the parliament in its struggle against King Charles, the supreme power in Scotland fell into the hands of the chin'ch, which became so powerful that it was able almost to impose the presbyterian form of church government on England. Divisions, however, soon rose within itself, which show us how unfitted any ecclesiastical establishment is to carry on with advantage the civil government of a country. The misgovernment which followed was put an end to by Cromwell, under whom the presbyterian church was held within very strict limits. The restoration of royalty raised the hopes of the presbyterians only to disappoint them cruelly, and the reigns of the two last of the Stuarts form one of the darkest periods in the whole range of Scottish history. It is full of the deepest interest, and is sprinkled with events of the most romantic character. The church is again the great actor in it, and its more striking events have been recorded in the autobiographical writings of many of the ministers and others who outlived the sufferings of it persecutions, as well as in several valuable contemporary histories, such as the voluminous work of Woodrow, as well as in the exculpatory memoirs of many of those who had either been direct persecutors, or had at least supported and been employed under the government. 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.