The Presbyterian's Armoury.

AN

APOLOGETICAL RELATION

OF THE

PARTICULAR SUFFERINGS

OF THE

THE FAITHFUL MINISTERS AND PROFESSORS

OF

THE CHURCH OF SCOTLAND,

SINCE AUGUST 1660.

BY THE REV. JOHN BROWN,

MINISTER AT WAMPHRAY,

1660.

PUBLIC
LIBRARY

Vain Religion and Edolatry, E call whatsoever is done in God's Service
or Honour, without the expresse Commandment of his own
Word."-John Knox.

EDINBURGH:

ROBERT OGLE AND OLIVER AND BOYD.

M. OGLE & SON AND WILLIAM COLLINS, GLASGOW. J. DEWAR, PERTH. W. MIDDLETON, DUNDEE.

G. & R. KING, ABERDEEN. W. M'COMB, BELFAST.

HAMILTON, ADAMS, & CO., AND JAMES NISBET & CO., LONDON.

ANDREW MURRAY,]

1844.

Price Five Shillings.

[PRINTER, EDINBURGH,

I

AN

APOLOGETICAL RELATION

OF THE

PARTICULAR SUFFERINGS

OF

THE FAITHFUL MINISTERS AND PROFESSORS

OF

THE CHURCH OF SCOTLAND,

SINCE AUGUST 1660:

WHEREIN

SEVERAL QUESTIONS, USEFUL FOR THE TIME, ARE DISCUSSED;

THE KING'S PREROGATIVE OVER PARLIAMENTS AND PEOPLE SOBERLY INQUIRED INTO ;

THE LAWFULNESS OF DEFENSIVE WAR CLEARED;

THE SUPREME MAGISTRATE'S POWER IN CHURCH MATTERS EXAMINED; MR. STILLINGFLEET'S NOTION
CONCERNING THE DIVINE RIGHT OR FORMS OF CHURCH GOVERNMENT CONSIDERED;
THE AUTHOR OF "THE SEASONABLE CASE ANSWERED;

OTHER PARTICULARS, SUCH AS THE HEARING OF THE CURATES,
APPEARING BEFORE THE HIGH COMMISSION COURY, ETCH

CANVASSED.

TOGETHER WITH

THE RISE, REIGN AND RUIN OF THE FORMER PRELATES IN SCOTLAND:

BEING

A BRIEF ACCOUNT, FROM HISTORY, OF THE

GOVERNMENT OF THE CHURCH OF SCOTLAND FROM THE BEGINNING, AND OF THE
MANY TROUBLES WHICH PRELATES HAVE CREATED TO HER,

FIRST AND LAST.

FOR SATISFACTION OF STRANGERS, AND ENCOURAGEMENT OF PRESENT SUFFERERS.

BY THE REV. JOHN BROWN,

MINISTER AT WAMPHRAY,
1660.

"Their Redeemer is strong; The Lord of hosts is his name: he shall throughly plead their cause, that he may give rest to the land, and
disquiet the inhabitants of Babylon." JER. 1. 34.

"I will bear the indignation of the Lord, because I have sinned against him, until he plead my cause, and execute judgment for me:
he will bring me forth to the light, and I shall behold his righteousness. Then she that is mine enemy shall see it, and shame shall
cover her which said unto me, Where is the Lord thy God? mine eyes shall behold her: now shall she be trodden down as the
mire of the streets." Mic. vii. 9, 10.

"Thus saith thy Lord the Lord, and thy God that pleadeth the cause of his people, Behold, I have taken out of thine hand the cup of
trembling, even the dregs of the cup of my fury; thou shalt no more drink it again: but I will put it into the hand of them that
afflict thee; which have said to thy soul, Bow down, that we may go over: and thou hast laid thy body as the ground, and as the
street, to them that went over." Isa. li. 22, 23.

EDINBURGH:

ROBERT OGLE AND OLIVER AND BOYD.

M. OGLE & SON AND WILLIAM COLLINS, GLASGOW. J. DEWAR, PERTH. W. MIDDLETON, DUNDEE.
G. & R. KING, ABERDEEN. W. M'COMB, BELFAST.

HAMILTON, ADAMS & CO., AND JAMES NISBET & CO., LONDON.

1845.