Excerpt from The History of the Sufferings of the Church of Scotland, Vol. 2 of 4: From the Restoration to the Revolution Now, the system which the archbishop embraced was precisely what he found embodied in the articles of the church of Scotland; and generally, may we not say universally, embraced throughout the kingdom? In proof of this we have only to look into the writings of presbyterians during the covenanting period - of Binning - of Dickson - of Brown - of Wedderburn - of Hutcheson - of Durham - of Gray - and others likeminded with them and we find that amid a vast variety of talent, and of style, the same scheme of doctrine predominates in them all. Indeed it is a well established fact, although strangely overlooked by too many modern readers of church history, that in the period of the Stewart persecutions, there was no controversy in Scotland about theological opinions. Amid the contest for modes of government, there was a harmony on all matters of doctrine. In proof of this, we find that so early as 1616 the bishops and a certain number of the clergy were specially empowered to revise the Confession of Faith presented to the assembly, and after mature deliberation to take order that the same may be published. They forthwith proceed to their work, and the result was, a revised edition of the Confession of Faith and that of the most rigidly Calvim'stic complexion. 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.