Publisher's Synopsis
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1908 edition. Excerpt: ... INDEX Aaron's Rod Blossoming: George Gillespie's vindication, against the Erastians, of the rights of Christ over His Church, i. 26. Aberdeen, the city of: hostile to the Covenant, i. 9, 28; Rutherturd a prisoner in, 80. Aberdeen, the Earl of: receives part of Charles Maitland's fine, ii. 36. Abjuration, the Oath of: disowning The Apologelical Declaration, ii. 182 el seq. Accommodation, the: of Archbishop Leighton, i. 265. Acton, Lord: his essay on The Secret History of Charles II., ii. 145. Acts: The Act of Classes, i. 38; the Act Rescissory, 70; Middleton's Act of Uniformity, 137; the Bishops' Drag Net, 140; the Scots' Mile Act, 140; the Act against Conventicles, 246; the Act of Supremacy, ii. 1; the Act of Succession, 119; the Test, 119; the Act settling the Scottish Church, 293. Advocates' Library, the, in Edinburgh: founded by Sir George Mackenzie, ii. 22. Alrd, James: one of " the Bishop's Evangelists," i. 268; Leighton's friendship with him, 269. Airy, Dr. Osmund: on the character of Charles n., i. 54; on Lauder- dale, 226; on Sir Robert Moray, 244. Alison, Isabel: her examination and death, ii. 211-214. Allegiance, the Oath of: imposed by the Drunken Parliament, i. 68. Ancrum: John Livingston's ministry in, i. 144,148. Annandale: Richard Cameron preaches in, ii. 82. Anwoth: Samuel Rutherfurd's ministry in, i. 77-80. Apologelical Declaration, The: its vehemence, ii. 150; the reprisals it aroused, 151. Argyll, Archibald Campbell, first Marquis of: his rivalry with Montrose, 1.28; places the crown on Charles u.'s head at Scone, 33; marked for death by the Drunken Parliament, 73; portraits of him in fiction, 89; his failure as a soldier, 90; the statesman, 91-94; at the Glasgow Assembly, 95; im- prisoned in the Tower and in...
