Excerpt from The Church History of Scotland, Vol. 2 of 2: From the Commencement of the Christian Era, to the Present Century He dissolves the Assembly indicted to meet at Aberdeen in July 1605; but some of the Ministers constitute the Meeting, fix upon a day for a future As sembly, and then adjourn, 5. They are called before the Council, and having declined its jurisdiction, are tried for treason, and found guilty, 7. The Par liament meets and restores the Episcopal Estate, 9. The King invites some of the Scotch Bishops and Presbyterian Ministers to Court, 10. He puts them through a course of Episcopal Divinity, 11. Andrew Melville writes an Epi gram on the Anglican Worship, 13. He is tried by the English Council, found guilty, and sent to the Tower, 14. Future Career and Character of the two Melvilles, 15. Assembly held at Linlithgow, 16. Popular Dissatisfaction with its Measures, 17. Assembly of 1608, 18. Two Courts of High Commis sion erected, 20. Act of Parliament authorizing the King to prescribe Church men's Apparel, 21. Assembly of 1610, and its Acts setting up Episcopacy, 22. Scotch Bishops proceed to London to receive Consecration, 25. The Parlia ment ratifies the Acts of the Assembly of 1610, 26. Vestiges of Popery, 27. Martyrdom of Ogilvy, a Jesuit, 28. Assembly of 1616, 29. James revisits Scotland, 30. The Parliament meets, 31. The Protest of the Presbyterian Ministers, 32. The Publication of the Book of Sports, 33. Assembly of 1617, 35. Assembly at Perth in August 1618, 35. The Five Articles of Perth, 38. Nonconformists, 40. The Synod of Dort, 42. Mrs Welsh and the King, 43. Death and Character of James VI., 44. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.