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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

the Parliament of Scotland had gone near to have branded some of those who are Tools to the said Englishmen with perpetual Infamy had it not been out of respect to his Majesty who hath honoured them with an eminent Character and might have proceeded further to have declared such Proceedings as they advis'd to in relation to the General Assembly Arbitrary and Illegal and a demand of Justice against such as advised to those Measures would have thereupon followed of Course But notwithstanding of all this favourable Procedure towards our Scots Prelatists yet their Clamour does not cease and particularly against those Ministers of State to whom his Majesty intrusted the Management of Affairs though it be Evident that if any Party be abridged by the Act it is the Presbyterians who are now obliged by Law to receive the Prelatical Clergy on such and such Terms with certification if they refuse that the Episcopal Clergy shall have their Majesties Protection So that if our murmuring Gentlemen will but evidence so much Loyalty to his Majesty as to abjure all those who pretend a right to his Crown and promise neither to molest the Government Civil nor Ecclesiastical they have it in their own Power to be secured in the execution of their Office and enjoyment of their Benefices whether the Presbyterians will or not if they cannot in thirty Days time prove them either Heterodox or Scandalous And seeing as I said before the Test to prove their Soundness in the Faith is no other for the Matter than what the Church of England imposes upon her Clergy we hope that that Venerable Society will find no cause to complain that the Terms of our Communion are too Narrow if they do but consider what our Episcopal Party have conceded whereby indeed they have abandon'd the Church-of England-Government and Discipline which I suppose will gall their Patrons more than if they had disown'd her Doctrine which it's plain they must also do if they refuse to subscribe the Confession of Faith as injoin'd by the Act. This brings me naturally to observe the Unstedfastness and hateful Prevarication of that Party both with God and Man which will appear uncontrovertably true if we consider their subscribing the Solemn League and Covenant when that was uppermost and their abjuring it again after Charles the 2 d's Restoration their swearing of the Self-contradictory Test in his Reign as also to Passive Obedience and yet their offer to swear Allegiance to their present Majesties which now again they retract Nor is their Shuffling less notorious with their own Church They were sworn to maintain Episcopacy in the late Reigns and by their pretended Zeal for it make their Interest with the Church of England in this and yet offer'd to submit to and concur with Presbytery in their Petition which now again they retract So that the Church of England have no more reason then we to put Confidence in these Men seeing as has been said its plain that they have offered to relinquish her Government and Discipline and by their refusal to sign the Confession of Faith It 's evident that they have also relinquish'd her Doctrine and whether King William have any reason to trust to their Loyalty who contrary to their Oaths and pretended Principles have offered to swear Allegiance to him when they have without any Recantation of their former Doctrine offer'd to abandon King Iames let the World Judg. But that they are not to be trusted in relation to King William appears yet more fully by their Shuffling and refusing to comply with the present Act. And I must ingenuously confess that of the two I think the bare-fac'd and stedfast Iacobite the honester Man though I am apt to be of Mr. B y the blind Parson's Mind when one told him that Mr. S the Iacobite Parson would bring an Odium upon their Party by his avowed Dissatisfaction to this Government He answered that Mr. S was a Fool and did act too much above-board but that Dr. C es would notwithstanding his Compliance with the Government be much a greater Man with King Iames than S or such as he Which was a plain Declaration that let them pretend what they will as the Motive of their Compliance with the present Government it 's by virtue of a Dispensation from the late King that they may undermine it The Scots Episcopal Innocence c. PART II. TO let the World see how little Reason our Scots Prelatical Clergy who are outed of their Benefices have to complain of the Administration of their Majesties Government in Scotland in relation to themselves I have been at the Pains and Expence to procure this following Abstract from the Records of the Committee of States and Council which doth exhibit a List of all those turn'd out during the E. of Crawford's being President And not only vindicates that noble Lord from the malicious Aspersions wherewith his Enemies traduc'd him and which they continually buzz'd in his Majesty's Ears till he was pleased to give the said Earl his desired Quietus but justifies the Moderation of the Presbyterians in general towards their most implacable Enemies For here the Reader will clearly see that their Principles as Episcopalians was never made the Test and that not one was turn'd out but such as were proven guilty of refusing to comply with the Order of the State to pray for King William and Queen Mary And herein also the Council c. proceeded with so strict a regard to Justice that they acquitted or to use their own Term assoilzed such as could not be proven guilty of Disloyalty by sufficient Evidence Although at the same time it was proven against them that they had been Persecutors of the Presbyterians as ........... number .... ... And to evince this further we find divers acquitted though accused of very heinous Crimes as at N o. 8 58 59 84 93 94 102 103 124 125 126 133 138 164 165 170 177 because the Proof was not clear But so great a Number being turn'd out as appears by the following Catalogue upon the Account of their Disloyalty it was no wonder that the Scots Episcopal Party should be concerned to find not only the Head but also the Hands and Fingers of their Prelalatical Dagon cut off for their espousing the Interest of a Popish Prince whom the Convention of States had laid aside for his Male-administration according to former Precedents And therefore for the Credit of their Cause and to wipe off that horrible Scandal they open their Throats and raise the Cry that they were turn'd out because of their adherence to the Church-of England-Discipline by which means they procured abundance of Friends in this Nation and so great Interest at Court that they though disowning their Majesties Authority are given out to be the best of the Subjects and his Majesty's real Friends brought under Obloquy and Reproach whence came those Changes amongst Counsellors and Ministers of State and those Proceedings against the General

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