Lives of the Scottish Covenanters Author:John Howie Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: wine were changed, by virtue of words, and, that auricular confession arid praying to departed saints were proper. He was committed to the ecular judge, condemne... more »d to the flames at St. Andrews, and there uffered; being gagged when led to the stake, that lie might not have an opportunity of making his confession. Both the above-mentioned martyrs suffered under Henry Wardlaw, Bishop of St. Andrews, who in J412, founded the University of that place ; an act which might have done him honour, had he not imbrued his hands in innocent Wood. These returnings of Gospel light were not confined to St. Andrews. Kyle, Carrick, Cunningham, and other districts in the west of Scotland, were in like manner highly favoured. During the two succeeding reigns, indeed, there was little or no movement in regard to religion : but in the time of James IV. the spirit of reformation teems to have revived. We find, that in 1494, Robert Blackatter, the first Archbishop of Glasgow, caused to be summoned before the King and hie great Council held there, about thirty individuals in all, and mostly persons of distinction, accused of reformation principles. Among these, were George Campbell of Cessnock, Adam Reid of Barskirnming, John Campbell of New-mills, Andrew Shaw of Pol- kemmet, Lady Pokellie, and Lady Stair. They were opprobriously called the Lollards of Kyle, from Lollard, an eminent preacher among the Waldenses, and were charged under thirty-four articles, with maintaining that images ought not to be worshipped, that the relics of saints should not be adored, and such like obnoxious tenets. But to these accusations, they answered with such boldness, constancy, and effect, that the Archbishop and his associates were at length constrained to drop the proceedings ; and it was judged most prudent to dismiss...« less