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He Covenanters of the Merse Their History and Sufferings As Found In HE COV ENANTERS OF THE MERSE THEIR HISTO RY AND SU FFERING S AS FOU ND IN TH E RECORDS OF V OD TIM} BY THE RE . J O R M A RD N B . G O OWN, . , O PUBL ISHED BY OL IPHANT ANDERSON 8: FERRIER ST MARY STREET mxunvac AND 30 , u, 2 BAI EY 4 L , L ONDON 1 8 9 3 UNIFO RM WITH THIS VOL UME. ’ DR W HYTE S B U NYAN L ECTU RES . Post 800, Antiq ue Laid Papar, Price 23 . 6d. m m u n h ters. B A m D D. of B unya C arac y W , . , ’ hu rch din ur h St George s Free C , E b g . The British Weekly says : We cann ot too warmly welcome this very ' if an d amazin chee re rin t of Dr Wh te s ectures on Bun beaut ul gly p p y l yan . k should t n ce se b thousan ds an d it wi take a The boo a o ll y , ll permanen t B un a t place in y n litera ure. The S ea ker sa s : There is both vi our an d vivacit about th book p y g y e , an d f e in et the ten dern ess is as con s icuou s as the coura e fan cy e l g, y p g ” m f e o x ri c as we an In d d t th t it Is the outco e o m ll w e pe en e ll epen en o ugh . The Christia n L eader sa s Nothin so sa el con scien tious so f y g g y , ear ess searchin n man va ue so eni l ' tted has been s oken or l ly g. i y g g ab, m p ' ” written amon glt nal or yeah. f R i Q Jtun es enw ck, B the H . Ey Rev. W . “ ! Omsmw. With acsimilebf 056 of L F his latest etters . OLIPHANT ANDERSON 8: FERRIER n o n mun e n AND L ONDON m AND SP EARS PRINTERS EDINBURGQ m u , , , , 3 0 the M emo ry OF HIB FA ER TH , wn o sn ADVICE SUGG TED ES , WH SE E! AMPL E ENC URAGED rr O O , THIS ‘ WORK té, adia tiqnujeln e tcefey b 0 Q P R E F AC E. N beginning his task the Author soon be came aware that it had been undertaken The at least half a century too late . gen eration which has passed away still retain ed man y traditional ta les of Co venanting times a r w is s r. T s which e n o , it to be feared, lo t foreve hi Th is a wan t which n o cars o r industry can supply . e s n s o f it r as c as u c e e , howeve , h a ted a powerf l in entive n n r s di to him, not o ly in seeki g and reco ding uch tra n r in ex lo r tio s as still lin ger in the count y, but also p in g the origin al sources as these are to be found in i s r has the publ c records of the time . In thi sea ch he been amply rewarded by the discovery of much n ew matter that has sign ifican ce for the history o f ou r r r v n an s a n n Bo de Co e ter , d possibly of the ki gdom at Th r s large. e i e of field meetings in the East o f n r l r Scotla d, the b il iant though b ief campaign which gave the forces of the Coven an t as decided an ad van tage o n the Tweed as Drumclog had don e in the s r ss r We t, the opp e ive p oceedin gs o f the local Circuit w Cou rts after Both ell, and the last conven ticle at the r n l u h G ee c e c , all these and man y other matters are n o w s the first me told, if not ab olutely for ti , yet with a fuln ess of detail which has n o t hitherto been at tempted ; an d the Author would fain hope that these parts of his work may prove a real con tribution to his of m the tory the ti e. 8 PREFACE. In ff in his o m es h s o er g v lu e to the public, he tak t i opportu nity of thanking the curators o f the Historica l a r r fo r Dep rtment in the Registe House, Edinbu gh, the great kindness with which they have placed the re r s s n his co d there at his disposal, and of expres i g r to m g atitude those man y others who, by co muni cating with the greatest courtesy their stores o f notes a n r di m h s d t a tions, have don e so uch to make t i publi n ss h if has a catio po ible. T e Author feels that he f iled to rise to the height of his subject the fault must — be entirely his own so full and interesting has been the material at his disposal . He cannot close this brief Preface without saying tha t his hope has been to write so methin g which might be read and remembered as a loca l supplemen t to n s f w n Ma r f the collectio o Wo dro , a d the rty ologies o H T f to r owie. o be understo od o the peo ple g ow old and smoke-dried in the cotta ge rafters beside the great r s r classics o f Co venanting histo y ; above all, to e ve however humbly the Kingdom of Christ in the foster — in g o f a Coven an ting spirit the Author can wish his He book no better fate, n o higher success. will be amply satisfied if even in a minor measure this success be attained . or N Em Mu s: GORDO , Jum 190C», 1893 . REF ERENC E S. IN gen eral an y referen ce to prin ted books that are widely The followin ta le o f a reviations kn own has been avoided. g b bb may serve to ex plain the footn otes P A Priv Coun cil Acts . y , Decre a en eral e ister House. P . D. t , G R g Warran ts P W . u sticiar cords J R. J y Re . MS he Wodrow Man uscri llec ion s in the Ady o W . S . T pt Co t ’ ' ’ Wodrow s Histo r o f he u flerin s Burn s y t S g , Edition . ‘ ’ M rie s Memo f William i C irs o Ve tch. The New Statistical Accoun t. CHAPTER I II E events we are about to stu dy lie mostly s suc eeain 1 in the year c g 660, when the Kin g w as resto red but as it is necessary fo r the right understandin g of these timcs that we should know somethin g of the stru ggles that r s a s first p eceded them, we h ll in the e pages consider briefl r r s r n n y the ea lie hi to y of the Cove a ts, and trace the rise of that party and cause which w as afte rwards c to n r so w alled e du e much, and as crowned at last with so glorious a victo ry. In s r of s r the di t ict Berwick hire called Lamme moo r, r s o r a r li whe e it look t wa d L u de dale, e the estate and n s s Th ma ion of Spotti woode. e house here is in the r s an d has s r fille mode n tyle, a mall pa k d with Highlan d t The a r to s r i cat le . pp oach thi place f om the so uth s lon g an i ff r n s s on f d w ld, o e i g at every point ugge ti s o the time n s r w as r s n whe thi count y little bette than wa te la d, the common resort of gen tlemen from Lothian who r n n a used to hunt an d hawk the e, abou di g, s it then - - id roe r an d in o of k n s. d , in dee mo r fowl all i d f an in At the west lodge o this hou se, d built over o n e r n s is s o f the do mer wi dow , a carved to n e with the Spottiswoode arms and the legend 15 96 : gem ” s z x i 1m m r a titers c x i tn ti ma . This is a memo i l of s f n — n the great Archbi hop o that ame, havi g been r n r brought from Glasgow, whe e it o ce ado ned the improvements executed by him upon the Episcopal 1 NANT RS OF THE M 4 THE COVE E ERS E .
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