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Memoirs of the Church of Scotland, in Four Periods (v. 1)
Memoirs of the Church of Scotland in Four Periods - v. 1 Author:Daniel Defoe Volume: v. 1 General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1717 Original Publisher: E. Matthews Subjects: Church of Scotland Fiction / Classics Fiction / Literary History / Europe / Great Britain Religion / Christianity / Denominations Religion / Christianity / Presbyterian Religion / Christian Church / Hi... more »story Travel / Europe / Great Britain Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has 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: [p] with England, rather than confent to match their Queen, then an Infant, to Prince Edward, afterwards Edward. VI, King of England. The true Reafon of which appeared to be, leaft the Englijh Reformation fhould be impofed upon them." This Obftinacy was fo great, as that had the Englijh purfued their Defign with Force, after the Battle at Pty, they might have ruined Scotland very much, their Queen being a Child, and the Nobility much divided among themfelves -- And yet the Scots, tho' their Army was overthrown, and their Country over-run by the Englijh, rejected the Match, and privily conveyed their young Queen into France. And all this for fear of a Reformation. This was all from the Subtilty of thePopifh Clergy, as is evident through the whole Courfe of the Hiftories of thofe Times. -- ThePrieftshadin vain oppofed the growing Reformation with the nnprevailing Remedies of Fire and Faggot: The burning of Patrick Hamilton, at St. Andrews ; a Gentleman of noble Extraft, was rather a Help than a Hindrance to the Reformation, of whom George Buchanan fays, he dy'd by the (e) Conffira- cy of the Priefts. And the Story of the Domini' can Friar, whom he having convinc'd of the Truth of his Doctrine, afterwards betrayed him, and witneffed againft him, is very remarkable : For when Patrick Hamilton, at his Death, a...« less