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A61705 Some remarks upon a late pamphlet, entituled, An answer to the Scots Presbyterian eloquence wherein the innocency of the Episcopal clergy is vindicated, and the constitution and government of our Church of Scotland defended, against the lies and calumnies of the Presbyterian pamphleters. Strachan, William.; Ridpath, George, d. 1726. Answer to the Scots Presbyterian eloquence. 1694 (1694) Wing S5776; ESTC R1954 92,648 108

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justify_v page_n 39_o the_o make_v the_o inclination_n of_o the_o people_n the_o standard_n of_o church_n governm●…nt_n be_v of_o very_o fatal_a consquence_n to_o the_o 〈◊〉_d of_o relig●…on_n the_o ●…presbyterians_n have_v make_v more_o insurrection_n in_o the_o kingdom_n in_o behalf_n of_o their_o church_n government_n than_o the_o episcopal_a church_n have_v think_v fit_a to_o do_v be_v no_o argum●…t_n t●…at_a 〈◊〉_d be_v more_o 〈◊〉_d in_o scotland_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d this_o l●…st_a conu●…ntion_n have_v abolis●…_n d_o episcopacy_n and_o establish●…d_a presbyt●…ry_n be_v no_o good_a argum●…nt_n that_o the_o presbyterian_o have_v the_o majority_n of_o the_o nation_n on_o their_o side_n pag._n 42._o the_o method_n 〈◊〉_d by_o the_o ep●…scopal_a 〈◊〉_d for_o 〈◊〉_d ●…he_fw-mi 〈◊〉_d s●…ewn_v to_o be_v u●…ry_a 〈◊〉_d sin●…●…t_v the_o 〈◊〉_d of_o k._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d w●…re_v ●…w_o or_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d b●…t_n what_o ●…yned_v in_o communion_n with_o the_o 〈◊〉_d c●…urch_n t●…_n 〈◊〉_d practice_n in_o ●…wird●…_n o●…r_n 〈◊〉_d p●…yer_n alto●…ther_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o malicious_a charactersthis_n author_n give_v of_o the_o english_a and_o scots_a gentry_n as_o well_o as_o cler●…y_v page_n 23._o page_n 38._o page_n 13._o the_o settle_v or_o 〈◊〉_d matter_n of_o religion_n in_o com●…liance_n with_o th●…_n hum●…urs_v of_o th●…_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d in_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d to_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d ●…he_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o disingenuity_n of_o this_o author_n and_o his_o party_n in_o call_v the_o english_a common-pray●…r_a book_n popery_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d of_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d day_n of_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d godwyn_n '_o s_z moses_n and_o aaron_n pag._n 138._o esther_n ●…_n 9_o seru._n in_o virg._n p._n 86._o macrob._n saturn_n l._n 1._o c._n 16._o the_o murder_n of_o k._n ch._n i._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d upon_o the_o 〈◊〉_d in_o both_o kingdom_n and_o not_o upon_o th●…_n nation_n in_o 〈◊〉_d ●…r_n burnet_n m●…moirs_n of_o the_o d●…kes_v of_o ham●…lton_n pag._n 284._o bishop_n g●…thries_n history_n of_o the_o civil_a war_n i●…_n scotland_n ms._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d dr._n burne●…●…bid_v ●…bid_z p._n 353._o 〈◊〉_d guthries_n hist._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o 〈◊〉_d ●…f_a 〈◊〉_d scot●…_n 〈◊〉_d tow●…rd_n k._n charles_n ii_o ●…pen_a hi●…_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o the_o english_a c●…vocation_n ac●…ed_v upon_o f●…r_n b●…tter_a ground_n in_o r●…susing_v a_o union_n with_o the_o 〈◊〉_d than_o 〈◊〉_d scot_n ass●…mbly_n in_o reject_v 〈◊〉_d address_n of_o those_o fe●…_n episcop_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d they_o prove●…_n by_o 〈◊〉_d r●…sons_n a_o acco●…_n of_o the_o king'●…_n 〈◊〉_d in_o scotland_n as_o it_o be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d b●…_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d t●…e_a church_n 〈◊〉_d th●…_n sole_a pow●…r_n in_o 〈◊〉_d pure_o spiritual_a but_o the_o clergy_n ar●…●…qually_o subj●…ct_a t●…_n the_o civil_a au_o 〈◊〉_d an●…_n liable_a to_o the_o same_o 〈◊〉_d w●…th_v the_o 〈◊〉_d spotsw_n ref._n lib._n p._n 65._o bishop_n ●…uthries_v h●…st_o the_o church_n of_o england_n the_o guilty_a of_o no_o breach_n of_o promis●…_n in_o r●…susing_v a_o union_n with_o th●…_n 〈◊〉_d up●…n_n 〈◊〉_d ●…rms_n propo●…i_fw-la t●…e_a 〈◊〉_d min●…sters_n have_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d to_o 〈◊〉_d a_o pow●…r_n of_o make_v 〈◊〉_d ●…nd_n war._n burnet_n m●…moirs_n of_o the_o duke_n of_o hamilt_n p._n 337_o 339_o the_o p●…esbyteria_n be_v not_o with_o you_o s●…me_v ground_n stigmatise_v wi●…h_v the_o r●…p_n oachful_a term_n of_o new_a gosp●…llers_n 〈◊〉_d be_v not_o strange_a to_o see_v person_n after_o they_o have_v murder_v rob_v or_o any_o way_n injur●…d_v ●…heir_a 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d endeavo●…r_a 〈◊〉_d to_o black●…n_v th●…m_n in_o th●…ir_a 〈◊〉_d and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d b●…tter_n to_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d own_o wick●…d_a action_n 〈◊〉_d th●…m_n the_o 〈◊〉_d of_o o●…r_a clergy_n sufficien●…ly_o vindic●…ed_v srom_o this_o libll●…r's_n aspersion_n since_o in_o th●…_n present_a 〈◊〉_d aga●…nst_v th●…m_v by_o the_o 〈◊〉_d t●…y_n can_v instance_n in_o 〈◊〉_d of_o their_o number_n against_o who_o they_o can_v find_v the_o 〈◊〉_d pret●…nce_n to_o deprive_v th●…m_n for_o immorality_n many_o of_o our_o clergy_n suf●…iciently_o vindicate_v from_o this_o libeller_n accusation_n by_o the_o author_n of_o a_o appendix_n to_o a_o late_a treatise_n entitle_v a_o apology_n for_o the_o clergy_n of_o sco●…laud_n dr._n canary_n full_o vindicate_v from_o the_o calumny_n bring_v ag●…inst_a h●…m_n by_o this_o accuser_n and_o the_o accuser_n malice_n and_o 〈◊〉_d full_o 〈◊〉_d a_o ●…ccount_n of_o d●…an_n hamilton_n process_n and_o his_o be_v absolve_v therefrom_o by_o the_o privy-council_n an●…_n 〈◊〉_d criminal_a ●…ourt_n ●…ourt_n page_z 6●…_n our_o author_n be_v great_a mistake_n concern_v mr._n boyd_n a_o full_a rel●…tion_n of_o the_o proc●…ss_a conc●…rning_n mr._n hugh_n blair_n and_o of_o th●…_n indirect_a way_n and_o mean_v use_v by_o the_o prosbyterian_a party_n to_o stain_v his_o reputation_n the_o ●…tory_n of_o mr._n chis●…olm_n true_o relate_v and_o ●…e_v clear_v from_o this_o calum●…y_n this_o affair_n of_o mr._n chisholm_n a_o singula●…_n instance_n of_o the_o villainous_a art_n and_o practice_n of_o the_o presbyterian_o to_o bring_v cont●…mpt_n on_o the_o episcopal_a clergy_n mr._n waugh_n a_o 〈◊〉_d minist●…r_n vindicated_n from_o the_o aspersion_n of_o this_o li●…ller_n another_o mistake_n of_o our_o author_n conc●…rning_n mr._n gregory_n b●…ing_a 〈◊〉_d at_o torbolton_n the_o notorious_a 〈◊〉_d of_o the_o r●…lation_n a●…out_fw-fr mr._n pearson_n a_o ●…indication_n of_o mr._n lawson_n mi●…ster_n of_o yrongray_n vindication_n of_o archbishop_n cairncross_n the_o conclusion_n