History of Scots Affairs, from MDCXXXVII to MDCXLI
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HISTORY OF SCOTS AFFAIRS. THE SECOND VOLUME. ABERDEEN: PRINTED AT THE CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICE, BT WILLIAM BENNETT. THE SPALDING CLUB. At a Meeting of the Committee of the Council of THE SPALDING CLUB, held at Aberdeen, on Saturday the twelfth of June, M.DCCC.XLL, Mr. THOMSON of Banchory hi the Chair, The following Report w as read and approved of, and ordered to be printed and circulated among the Members : " The Committee of the Council of THE SPALDING CLUB have great pleasure in being able to report that its affairs continue in a highly prosperous condition. Within a few weeks after the issue of its first publication, the number of Five Hundred Members, to which the Club is limited, was completed ; and many applications for admission into it have siq,oe been received. " The Committee are informed by the Editors that the second volume of Gordon's History of Scots Affairs has now been completed at press, and is in the hands of the binder, so that in a few days it will be ready for delivery to the Members. The printing of the third volume of the work ; 2 THE SPALDING CLl'B. has been commenced, and will be proceeded with as speedily as the avoca- tions of the Editors will permit. While the second volume was passing through the press, the Editors were informed by the Reverend Mr. James Robertson, at Cairness, that the copy of the work to which they had re- ferred in their Preface under the name of " Ruddiman's MS." was in the library of General Gordon of Cairness ; and it was soon after placed in their hands, by the kindness of that lamented gentleman, in whose death the Club has lost a valuable Member. It appears to be autograph of the Par- son of Rothiemay ; and the Editors have used it in collating the sheets of the second volume from the sixty-fifth page downwards. They will prefix to the third volume some account of it, together with a facsimile of one of its pages, and such various readings as may be observed in collating it with that portion of the work which was printed before this more authentic manuscript was recovered. " The Secretary, by whom the editing of the first volume of The Club's Miscellany has been undertaken, stated to the Committee that a considerable portion of that work is printed, that all the materials for it have been collected and arranged, and that he expects it will be completed in three or four months. " The Committee are gratified to learn from the Secretary that Mr. Cosmo Innes has, agreeably to their desire, undertaken the editing of Gordon's Description of bothe Touns of Aberdeene, written about the year M.DC.LXI. The engraving of the interesting Map of Aber- deen, which this description was designed to illustrate, is nearly completed and the work will, it is hoped, be ready for issue in two or three months. THE SPALDING CLUB. C " Mh. Joseph Robertson, who had agreed to superintend the tran- scription of the volumes of tlie Chartulary of Aberdeen preserved hi the library of The King's College, stated that this task was now all but accomplished ; and that as soon as a transcript was obtained of the volumes in the library of the Faculty of Advocates at Edinburgh, the printing of the work might be commenced. " The Secretary reported that the transcript of the View of the Diocese of Aberdeen, written in the beginning of the last century, and preserved in the Advocates' Library, is now completed ; and that a tran- script of Sir Samuel Forbes' History of Aberdeenshire, from the manuscript in the British Museum, is in progress, under the superintend- dence of Sir Henry Ellis. " Mr. Joseph Robertson, to whom the editing of Patrick Gordon's Abridgement of Britanes Distemper from M. DC. XXXIX. to M.DC.XL., was assigned, stated that a transcript of that work is now prepared for the press, and that the printing of it may be commenced whenever the Committee desire. " The Committee are informed that considerable progress has been made in collecting materials for a volume of Orationes Panegyrics Ha- bits IN AcADEMiis Abredonensibus, the editing of which has been under- taken by 'Dr. Melvin. "The Secretary reported that a transcript has been made of the His- tory OF THE Family of Rose of Kilravock, and that Mr. Cosmo Innes has undertaken to prepare this interesting and valuable work for the press. : 4 THE SPALDING CLUB. " There was laid before the Committee a Manuscript which had been ob- tained from the late General Gordon of Cairness, bearing the follow- ing title ' The Book or List off Poleable persons within the Shire off Aberdein & Burghs within the same ' Containing the names off the haill persones poleable and Polemoney payable be them conforme to their respective capacities According to the Act off Parliament anent Polemoney daited the [ ] day of [ ] ' Faithfullie extracted ffurth of the Principall Lists of poleable persons off each paroch within tlie Shyre, as they were reported by the Commis- sioners and Clerks for the severall paroches appointed ffor that effect ' By William Hay Collector appointed off the polemoney peyable ffurth of the said shire ' And revised and examined by ane Quorum of the Commissioners of Supplie off the samen shyie and attested by them the (first day of Aprile 1696.' " The Committee appointed a Sub-Committee to examine this volume, and to report on it to the Committee, at their next meeting." ALEX. THOMSON, Chairman. PRINTED AT THE ABERDEEN CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICE, BY WILLIAM BENNETT. : HISTORY OF SCOTS AFFAIRS, From M DC XXXVII to M DC XLI. JAMES GORDON, PARSON OF ROTHIEMAY. IN THREE VOLUMES. VOL. II. ABERDEEN PRINTED FOR THE SPALDING CLUB. M DCCC XLI. M/£R.iA&J TABLE OF CONTENTS. PAGE History of Scots Affairs : The Argument, vii The Third Booke [continued], 1 The Fourth Booke, 189 HISTORY SCOTS AFFAIRS. THE ARGUMENT. „ THE ARGUMENT. THE THIRD BOOKE. OHAPTER PAGE XXX. Moderator's speech 3 XXXI. Lord Erskine joins the Covenanters ; and others ;) is XXXII. The Assembly continued ; they vote themselves competent judges of the bishops, and that they were to proceed in their trial. .5 Commissioners from Strathbogy advise with the Commissioner about staymg « XXXIV. Answer to the Bishops' Declinator. XXXV. Council meet, and write the King. „ 26 sit. XXXVI. Assembly continue to Argyle joins them ; and several other lords. XXXVII. Ministers who had been objected to in the Declinator are cleared and received. Committees. Bishop of Galloway's process begun. Proclamation for dissolving the Assembly. Sum of the King's reasons XXXIX. Assembly's protestation against the proclamation ; and the sum of the reasons , . King's exceptions to XL. The the above protestation , XLI. Unanimity of the Assembly. Mr. Alexander Carse XLII. Trial of six Assemblies referred to a Committee. XLIII. Account of six Assemblies, and the High Commission., XLIV. Processes against Mr. David Mitchel, Dr. Patrick Panter, and Mi-. Alexander Gladstanes XLV. Argyle's speech. Speeches concerning Arminianism „, XLVI. Bishop of Orknay submitts to the Assembly ; also Sir Archibald Stuart of Blackhall ; also Mr. John Forbes, an Anti-Covenanter, and on his way to Ireland. Mr. Mitchel deposed, and ordered to be excommuni- cated. Committee to examine into exceptionable things against the Ministers of Edinburgh. Witnesses against the Bishop of Galloway. — THE ARGUMENT. CHAPTER XLVII. Arrainianism condemned. Mr. Robert Bailey's speech against it. Com- mittee to censure the Ministers of Edinburgh. Mr. Alexander XLVIII. Committee's exceptions to the six Assemblies. They are declared un- lawful. ,~~„^ — '. XLIX. Intrant oath nullified. Exceptions. Dr. Robert Hamilton deposed. Mr. James Forsyth ; Mr. John Crighton deposed. L. Animadversions on the Service Book LI. The Assembly condemn and prohibit the Service Book.. LII. The Author's opinion on this subject, and of impartial people at that time. —-' ~ — ....- Summary of Bishop Lesly's defence of the Service Book in his Lysi- machus Nicanor. ..^.^....^.w^^..^^ - LIV. Animadversions on the Book of Canons LV. Book of Canons rejected and condemned LVI. Opinion of sober men upon this. , LVII. Animadversions on the Book of Ordination : said book rejected. LVIII. High Commission Court condemned. LIX. Opinion of sober people about the Book of Ordination and the High Commission. Commission to visit the shire of Angus, to sit at Dundee 94 Mr. Alexander Lindsay, bishop of Dunkeld, submitts. Mr. George Haliburton's process referred to the Angus Committee. Mr. James Auchnleche referred to a Committee. Sydserfe, bishop of Gallo- way, deposed and excommunicated. 95 LXI. Archbishop of St. Andrews trial ; [he is] deposed and excommunicated. 99 LXII. Whyteford, bishop of Brichen, deposed and excommunicated. 100 LXIII. The Author's reflection on this. 100 LXIV. More of Bishop Whitefoord. Negotiation with Lindsay, archbishop Interpretation of the Confession of Faith. Diocesan Episcopacy ab- jured and removed by said Confession. 102 LXVI. Reasonings and observations on this conclusion. _„™ 105 LXVII. Mr. Robert Bailey's behaviour concerning this question. He furnished Mr. Spang with the materials of his Historia Motuum lOS Mr. Robert Bailey's opinion ; also Rutherford's and Knox's 107 , THE ARGUMENT. CHAPTER LXIX. Witnesses sworn against Bishopps. Assembly's Act concerning Episco- pacy, from the printed Acts. 109 Vote about Episcopacy put a second time. Mr. Robert Bailey. Mar- quess of Hamilton publishes a declaration concerning Episcopacy, contrary to the Act of Assembly. Substance thereof 113 LXXI. Assembly's answer to Hamilton's Declaration. 118 LXXII. Mr. Row subscribes the Covenant : he is son of Mr. John Row, Minis- ter of Carnock. Committee for constitutions and laws to prevent corruptions in future. .,.„ 127 LXXIII. Five Articles of Perth condemned.