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(illegible text)minſter Confession of Faith and Catechiſm, which ought to be read by every Christian in Scotland.
Of the Reformed Presbytery.
Some miniſters and people, conceiving that particular grievances were not redreſſed, with other miſunderstandings attending the settlement in 1608, and wiſhing Church and State to be put on the the very ſame footing as in 1638", did ſeparate themselves into a diſtinct, body under the denomination of the Reformed Presbytery. They are vulgarly called Cameronians, or McMillans, from two of their miniſters of that name.
Of Seceders in general
Between the years 1732 and 1740, Mr Ebenezer Erskine, and his brother Ralp, Mr Fiſher and ſome others came out from the eſtabliſhed Church of Scotland—They ſtated many errors (in their view) that had crept into the Church, such as Arminian and Socinian doctrine, laxneſs in diſcipline and patronage, that is, the chief laird in the pariſh to have power to put in any miniſter he pleaſeth; this power in ſome pariſhes (illegible text) lodged in the crown, as Falkirk, Alloa, &c
Of the Burghers and Antiburghers.
Soon after the Seceſſion took place, they differed among themſelves. The ground of this dispute was as follows;
The Burghers maintained that it was lawful to
- See Confession of Faith and Covenants, National and Solemn League, page 67.
