The History of the Sufferings of the Church of Scotland, Vol. 3 of 4
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Excerpt from The History of the Sufferings of the Church of Scotland, Vol. 3 of 4: From the Restoration to the Revolution The large accounts given in the former books, may let the reader into somewhat of the state of things and persons in Scotland, under the black period I now enter upon: the former scene was dark enough, and the rigours and severities of natively paved the way for more horrid things in the years before me. Since Pentland engagement till this period, it was comparatively but a few who were banished, and suffered unto blood; and there was some kind of shadow from the present iniquitous laws, to countenance what was done this way: but in the period we are now entering upon, besides the new barbarous laws made, the execution of them was bloody and very extensive; and the blood-thirsty executioners, in many cases, gave not themselves the trouble to keep by their own laws, but harassed and murdered in the public roads, open ¿elds, and almost everywhere upon the south side of Tay. A very small part of this inhumanity can now be represented, in comparison of what might have been, had this history been writ thirty years ago; yet, as much is come to my hand, as may astonish the reader, and make him value our present and happy settlement: and from the papers I have had access to, I shall essay some account of it. Indeed the difficulties in giving a distinct and methodical history of the nine years before me, are far greater than I met with in the preceding books: the multitude of instances, with the want of dates in some, otherwise very distinct, accounts before me, increase these; and the nature and circumstances of not a few of the acts of cruelty, were such, as public documents cannot be expected to vouch; therefore, I promise myself, the reader will take in good part the accounts I am able at this distance to give, after all the pains I have been at to have them well vouched, though they are not, in some cases, what I wish I were able to give. The field before me is so vast, and the incidents so various, that. I shall not offer any general scheme. of them. As much as may be, this book shall be divided by the years it contains the history of; but this remarkable year I begin with, affords so much matter, hath been so much misrepresented by the advocates for the severities of this time, and, if I mistake not, is so very little known to many presbyterians themselves, that it will take some time to go through it. From this melancholy year 1679, a new and horrid scene of cruel, and, in this nation, unparalleled severity, hath its date. Matters in this church and kingdom take a new turn. 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.
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