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A57288	The Scots episcopal innocence, or, The juggling of that party with the late King, His present Majesty, the Church of England, and the Church of Scotland demonstrated together with a catalogue of the Scots Episcopal clergy turn'd out for their disloyalty ... since the revolution : and a postscript with reflections on a late malicious pamphlet entituled The spirit of malice and slander ... / by Will. Laick.	Ridpath, George, d. 1726.	1694 (1694)	Wing R1465; ESTC R28104	55,845	73

and go on to consider the other Terms required in the Comprehension which are their observing an Uniformity of Worship according to the present Administration and applying to the General Assembly or other Church-Judicatures for admission to a Share of the Government after having qualified themselves according to the Act. Now as to the Uniformity of Worship there is nothing in difference betwixt them but the use of the Doxology or Gloria Patri which the Episcopal Party did declare that they could omit in compliance with a Law though not to satisfy the Humours of the Presbyterians So that according to their Concession and Promise that ought to be no Scruple now seeing there is a Law against it And as for their making Application to the Generall Assembly for Admission after having qualified themselves by Law they cannot decline that from any Scruple of Conscience seeing in their Petition they promise to submit to and concur with the Presbyterian Government It 's true that the Act doth also require that they shall promise neither to endeavour directly nor indirectly the Prejudice or Subversion of that Government which by their Promise just now mentioned it 's evident they can have no well-grounded Objection against for certainly if it be lawful to submit unto and concur with that Government it cannot be unlawful to promise That they will not endeavour its Subversion especially if their above-mentioned Principle of the Indifference of this or that Species of Church-Government and that there is now a Law enjoining the latter be considered Upon the whole it is plain that if the Terms of their own Petition and those of the Act of Parliament be duly weighed their refusal to comply is an unaccountable piece of Obstinacy and Ingratitude especially towards his Majesty Which I think will appear very evident if we consider 1. What a great deal of Clemency beyond any Parallel he has been graciously pleased to exert in favour of a Party who by their Bishops addressed against him and wish'd King Iames might have his Neck to trample upon when he undertook our Glorious Deliverance a Party that have hitherto generally disown'd his Title and continued in Rebellion against him till their Strength fall'd a Party who by their Calumnies in Word and Writing have endeavoured to render the Church of England jealous of him and had actually plotted in conjunction with the Irish and French Papists to overturn his Throne while at the same time they made Application to him for his Favour 2. If we consider how much he disobliged the Presbyterians the only Party on whom he could rely in Scotland to gratify the Prelatists in forbearing to punish those of their Party who had forfeited their Lives by overturning the Constitution of Government in the late Reigns and committed barbarous Murders upon their fellow-Subjects and being actually in Rebellion against himself nay and that which was more advanced some of them to the highest Places of Power and Trust while he turn'd out Presbyterians who had ventured all for him and were stedfast to him 3. If we consider that he disobliged the Presbyterians at a nick of time when he was threatned with a Foreign Invasion and Intestine Rebellion by ordering the General Assembly to admit the Episcopal Clergy on such Terms as the Parliament have thought fit to refuse and then by dissolving them for their declining it And 4. If we consider the Risk which he ran now when engaged Abroad with a formidable Enemy to hazard the Session of a Parliament so much Presbyterian as is that of Scotland chiefly to make way for the admission of the Episcopal Clergy into the Church when he could not be ignorant how tenacious of their Privileges both Civil and Religious the Presbyterians are and what good Reasons they have for an Aversion to any Comprehension of that Party who when their Turn was uppermost would never hear of comprehending them any otherwise than in Prison or a Rope But more especially when this Session might have given an Opportunity to the Parliament of Scotland of demanding Justice against such English Men as contrary to our Constitution meddle in our Affairs and support the Episcopal Clergy in their disturbing of the Church of Scotland as established by Law especially having received such an Affront as a Commission sent down by their Influence to require such Things of the General Assembly as the Parliament in their Wisdom thought fit to provide against I say all these things being considered it cannot but seem very strange that when his Majesty hath obtain'd them a Comprehension whereunto as appears by their own Petition c. as aforesaid they can have no valuable Objection that they should reject it So that to all unprejudic'd Persons this can appear no uncharitable Censure if we think that they have hitherto been bargaining with his Majesty only to gain Time till they see the Success of their late King and the French King's Efforts that they might take their Measures accordingly seeing it must needs be obvious to any who read their Petition and consider it duly together with the whole Tenor of their Practice that the Bond of Assurance to stand by his Majesty against all Pretenders whatsoever is that which choaks them most in the Terms of Comprehension Their Obstinacy will still appear more if it be considered that the Presbyterians whom they treated so cruelly in the late Reigns as to make it Death for any of their Ministers to preach for not Conforming to that which as appears by their Petition they themselves reckon indifferent should have been brought to condescend so far towards an Accommodation with them as to consent to their being admitted without a formal Renunciation of their Doctrine of Passive Obedience and Episcopacy considering that the Abjuration of the Covenant was imposed upon the Presbyterians in the late Reigns and that their Conformity was expresly required as a Testimony of their owning Episcopacy and the King's Supremacy which was diametrically opposite to their Principles whereas there is nothing in this Comprehension but what the Episcopal Party have conceded in their Petition So that there being in effect no more required of the Scots Episcopal Clergy that of Submission to Presbytery excepted which they did voluntarily offer than what is required of all the Clergy of the Church of England We may easily discern whether or not the Countenance given to the Disobedience of te Scots Clergy by some here in England ought not rather to be ascribed to their Enmity to the Repose of the present Government than to their Zeal for the Church of England and I am certain that if the unanimous Sentiments of all true Williamites may have any Weight those of them who are the most Zealous Patrons for our Scots Episcopal Clergy are reckoned Heart-Enemies to King William and Queen Mary And I wish that there had been no late publick Misfortunes which may have confirm'd them in their Jealousy and I am very well assured that

Assembly of the Church which our Prelatical Adversaries endeavoured to destroy in his Majesty's good Opinion But I hope that upon perusal of this following List our Brethren the moderate Church-of England-Men will find how injuriously we have been traduced And this Catalogue may also serve for a Touch-stone to try those Swarms of begging Scots Iacobites who impose upon the Clergy and Country and obtain their Charity as sufferers for the Church-of England-Government and Discipline Whereas there is nothing more false they being truly seditious Iacobites and Sufferers for the late King's Interest which they industriously promote as they have Opportunity and therefore the Charity of those well-disposed Clergy-men and others is actually misplaced and given to a company of Men who are Heart-Enemies to this present Government and wait for its Destruction Whereas it would be more acceptable both to God and Man to give what is lavish'd out upon these idle Bellies to such who are made Widows or Fatherless or reduc'd to other Straits by their own or their Relations Adherence to this present Government which it's impossible during their present Circumstances for their Majesties to provide for Not that I would be understood to disswade from Charity to such who may really be brought to Straits for a Conscientious adhering to King Iames of which the Number will be found very small but from being cheated by the false Pretences of our Scots Prelatical Clergy such as L son F r G y and others who make a Trade of Begging and reviling their Majesties Government in Scotland and spend what they get profusely in Taverns Ale-houses c. in London where it 's known that they associate only with Iacobites though they impose upon well-meaning People in the Country as if they were true Williamites and Confessors for the Church of England A LIST of the Episcopal Ministers deprived by the Committee of Estates in May 1689 as follows May 2. 1689. MR. Iames Wauch Minister of Leith Deprived for not reading the Proclamation enjoined by the States April 11. 1689. and not obeying the same Mr. Iohn Somervail Minister of Cramond the like May 3. 89. Mr. Arthur Miller Minister at Innerask the like May 6. 89. Mr. George Barckly Minister at Mordington the like May 8. 89. Mr. Alex. Irwin Minister at Innerkeithing the like Mr. And. Auchenfleck Minister at Newbottle the like Mr. David Lammie Minister at Carrington the like May 10. 89. Mr. George Hendry Minister at Corstorphin the like Mr. Rob. Ramsey Minister of Prestounpans the like May 11. 89. Dr. Rich. Waddel Arch-dean of S. Andrews the like Mr. Iohn Wood Minister at S. Andrews the like Mr. Robert Wright Minister at Culross the like Mr. Allen Young Minister there the like May 14. 89. Mr. Alexander Hamilton Minister at Stenton deprived for not reading the Proclamation nor praying for the King and Queen and for Expressions reflecting upon the Honour of K. William and the States Mr. Alexander Cumming Minister at Liberton deprived for not reading the Proclamation and not praying for K. William and Q. Mary May 16. 89. Mr. Iohn Malters Minister at Seres the like May 17. 89. Mr. Iames Scrimger Minister at Currio the like Mr. Iohn Tailor Minister at Drone the like Turned out afterwards by the Council c. August 9. 1689. 1. MR. Iohn Lumbsden Minister at Lauder For not reading the Proclamation of the States and not praying for their Majesties and for praying for the late King and that God would give him the Necks of his Enemies and Hearts of his Subjects To prove which Depositions of the Witnesses were aduced and he acknowledged at the Bar that he had not read the Proclamation and had only prayed for King and Queen in general Terms Deprived of his Benefice his Church declared Vacant and he was ordained to remove from his Benefice at Martinmass August 15. 1689. 2. Mr. Patrick Trant Minister at Linlithgow For not reading and not praying and for praying for the late King and that God would restore the Banished being moreover not only scandalous to all well-affected Persons but a very great Encourager to the disaffected Absent and holden as Confest Whereby Certification was granted against him and he deprived in manner aforesaid 3. Mr. Robert Stewart Minister at Balwhither cited to answer several things that may be laid to his Charge conform to the Information given in to the Council-Board Absent Whereupon Certification was granted against him and he was ordained to be denounced and in the mean time deprived of his Benefice and discharged from Preaching or exercising any other Part of the Ministerial Function within that Parish 4. Mr. Iohn Barclay Minister at Faulkland For not reading and for praying for the late King Present and acknowledged that he had not read nor prayed for their Majesties Deprived and discharged from Preaching in that Parish 5. Mr. David Murray Minister at Blackford For not reading and not praying and not obeying the Thanksgiving and for hindering the reading the Proclamation for a Collection for the French and Irish Protestants Present and acknowledged that he did not read nor pray nor keep the Thanksgiving nor read the Proclamation Deprived August 16. 1689. 6. Mr. David Guilo Minister of the West-Kirk As being imposed on the Paroch by the Bishop and for his acting as a Spy and otherwise as an Intelligencer to the Castle of Edinburgh then besieged exposing himself to the most dangerous Places without fear giving Signs and occasioning great Shooting calling Persons well-affected Whores and Rogues wearing Pistols under his Coat And was one of the principal Informers against Sir Patrick Nisbet of Dean who for his frivolous Words against him was fined in 500 l. Sterling in the late Government It was sufficiently proven that he called one of his Parishoners a damned Whore And he acknowledged that he married Persons and baptized Children in the West-Kirk several times since the Order of Council discharging him to preach at that Place Finds that the Marrying and Baptizing of Persons being a part of the Ministerial Function that he has contravened the Order of Council and therefore was deprived ut supra August 22. 1689. 7. Mr. Patrick Midletoun Minister at Leslie For not reading and not praying for their Majesties and praying for the late King Present and acknowledged his not reading and not praying for their Majesties Deprived 8. Mr. Samuel Nimmo Minister at Collingtoun For not reading and not praying and for praying for the late King Witnesses aduced for proving his being constantly hindred by Force and proving accordingly Acquitted August 23. 1689. 9. Mr. Robert Gordoun Minister at Abercorn For not reading and not praying and praying for the late King Present and acknowledged his not reading and not praying Whereupon he was deprived And upon his desiring that the Libel might be proven he was because of his disingenuity committed to Prison during Pleasure 10. Mr. Alexander Burnet Minister of the Cannongate For not reading and not praying and praying for the