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The Scots Worthies (embracing [part Of] Naphtali [by Sir J. Stewart and J. Stirling] and the Cloud of Witnesses) Revised and Enlarged by a
The Scots Worthies Naphtali and the Cloud of Witnesses Revised and Enlarged by a - embracing part Of - by Sir J. Stewart and J. Stirling Author:John Howie Title: The Scots Worthies (embracing [part Of] Naphtali [by Sir J. Stewart and J. Stirling] and the Cloud of Witnesses) Revised and Enlarged by a Clergyman of the Church of Scotland, With Notes by W. M'gavin General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1846 Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It ha... more »s no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: PREFACE. The Reformation in Scotland was effected by much humbler means than that of England. In the latter country thc- king had a principal hand in the work ; in the former it was commenced and carried on by the people, against the inclination, and in spite of the powerful opposition made by the sovereign in the persons of James V., his widow, and his daughter Mary. From these circumstances, the churches in the two kingdoms received impressions of a very different character. That of England, while greatly reformed in point of doctrine, and delivered from the bondage of Rome, retained many of the ceremonies, the habits, and almost all the frame-work, of the previous establishment. In Scotland, these were generally swept away ; and an order was established, simple and unostentatious, having more of a spiritual kingdom, and much less of the splendour of this world, than our neighbour in the south. The first of the Worthies whose lives are given in the following work, such as Hamilton, Mill, and Wishart, had to encounter the Man of Sin in the height of his power ; and for the sake of the truth, they yielded their bodies to the flames. The consequence, was the opposite of what the ruling party expected. They thought to extirpate heresy, by burning to death all who were infected with it. But by the private circulation of Wickliff's translation of the Scriptures, which the lowland Scotch could read, an...« less