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Christianity planted early in Scotland, and promoted by king Donald and king Donald and king Crathilinth. 25
Opposed by Druides, but advanced by the Culdees, who were Presbyterian 26
Presbytery continued until Paladius came from Rome, and set tip Prelacy 28
The LoIlards of Kyle, and Mr. Patrick Hamilton persecuted for the truth ibid.
The Reformation, and Presbytery established in Scotland 29
The national covenant entered into, with remarkable signs of God’s presence 30
Prelacy again set up, and attended with long defection and persecution 32
Persecuted ministers blessed with great success in preaching the word ibid.
God’s appearing for this oppressed church, and the national covenant renewed 33
The Ass. at Glasgow, and Presb. re-established in 1638 34
Reformation carried on, and the Solemn League entered into with England 36
Good things done by the English parliament and Westminster Assembly ibid.
A noble act of the Scots parliament against patronages 37
The woful breach betwixt the public resolutioners and protestors 39
Cromwell’s toleration, and K Charles II his restoration 40
Presbytery and the covenants demolished, and Prelacy re-established 42
Mr. Guthrie, Argyll and Waristoun executed 43
Many Presbyterian ministers ejected, and the covenants burnt 44
The cruel laws against Presbyterian meetings for worship 45
The indulgence granted to some with limitations considered 46
The Test and wicked oaths imposed, plunder and murder authorised 47
The dreadful bloodshed of that reign; king James a Papist his dispensing power 49
King James his toleration, and its limitations, considered 50
The deliverance of this church by king William 51
Presbytery restored, and persecuted acts anti laws repealed. 53
The general ass. 1690, their answer to the king’s letter 55
Masters Linning, Shields and Boyd received by the assembly, and other good things done 57
232A national fast appointed by the assembly, with an enumeration of sins 58
Things wished for, which they did not: Their difficulties noticed 59
The faithfulness and zeal of assembly 1692, when dissolved 60
Many good things done by general assemblies after the Revolution 61
The zeal of our assemblies for propagating Christian knowledge at home and abroad 62
The success of charity-schools in the Highlands and Islands 63
Complaints against the assembly for not passing assertory acts 65
The principles of this church as to Presbytery, Christ’s headship, the covenants, g&c.g 66
The conduct of this church with respect to the union 1706 69
The bad effects of the Union in Scotland with respect to religion 71
The assembly’s zeal against the English service, Sabbath-breaking, g&c.g 73
The church’s zeal against the toleration act 75
The church’s address against restoring patronages 77
Memorial of Assembly 1715 against toleration, patronage, Sacramental Test, g&c.g 78
The trial of this church with respect to the oath of abjuration 80
The Commission’s seasonable warning against the artifices of Jacobites 1713 83
Our deliverance from the rebellion in 1715, and unthankfulness for it 85
Mr. Webster’s process against Professor Simpson, and the Assembly’s lenity to him 86
The assembly’s hasty condemnation of the Marrow, g&c.g 88
The favourable law 1719 about patronage, accepting presentations, how brought in 90
Patronage proven to be a sinful usurpation over the church of God 93
Accepting of presentations proven to be sinful 96
The Assembly’s sad neglect to discourage these acceptances at the first 100
When and how intrusions began to be common in the church 101
Arguments for the rights of congregations, and against intrusiens 103
233Independency, and new doctrines, propagated by Mr. Glas and Mr. Archbald 111
Professor Simson processed for Avian doctrine, and suspended 113
Representation and petition of 42 ministers concerning church grievances 117
Act of assembly 1732 concerning the planting of churches, worse than the act or parliament 1690 122
Act of assembly 1649 not favourable to intrusions, and the meaning of causeless Prejudices 129
The church not obliged by the laws to make intrusions 130
Mr. Ebenezer Erskine censured for his synodical sermon 132
Four protesting ministers suspended and ejected 133
The brethren’s stiffness and contempt of the authority of the church 134
Their precipitant secession, and constituting a new presbytery 136
The faithful endeavours of assembly 1734 to redress grievances 138
Several good things done by Assembly 1735 and Assembly 1736 141
An excellent act in favor of true gospel preaching 142
Of legal preaching, and how morality should be preached by gospel-ministers 143
The excellency of preaching Christ crucified 146
The danger of neglecting to preach Christ, and of right dividing the word 151
Professor Campbell processed for error 152
An attempt to alter our Shorter Catechism condemned 154
Reading the act about Captain Porteous a great trial to this church 155
Principal Wishart processed for error 158
Superficial processes, and easy absolutions, testified against ibid.
The Seceding Brethren libelled and cited to the General Assembly 160
Remarks upon the Assembly’s sentence deposing them 161
The wrong steps of the Seceding Brethren witnessed against 163
The mistakes and slanders of their testimony, g&c.g 169
The defections of the Episcopal Clergy to Popish errors 171
Remarkable instances of the effusions of God’s Spirit abroad and at home 173
The Oxford Methodists their labours and success 174
234 The extraordinary work at Cambuslang, Kilsyth, and other parishes in Scotland. 178
The evidences of its being a glorious work of the Spirit of God 179
The opposition of the Seceders to this blessed work considered 181
Scripture instances of bodily distresses of persons convinced, g&c.g 182
A sum of the errors, Corruptions and defections here witnessed against 187
Many of the God dishonouring sins and evils of the land enumerate 191
The heinous aggravations of these sins 195
How desperate like our case appears; and, when it is so, what must be done 199
Humble pleadings with our Mother to testify against the errors which abound 200
To testify against encroachments upon Christ’s Headship over his church 202
To do something more for relieving congregations from patronage and intrusions 203
To appoint national fasts, and particularize the grounds and causes thereof 206
To deliberate upon methods and means for reviving practical godliness 208
Reasons why some things are omitted in this Testimony and so few sign it 210
The adherence and subscriptions 211
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