of the Revolution: yet because he believed Episcopacy to be of Apostolic institution, he was persecuted by the Presbyterians.
Mr. Grame was summoned to appear before the Provincial Synod of Fyfe, in the year 1701: when it was alleged that he had reflected on the covenant, and that he had asserted that Christ died for all men. For these alleged crimes, he was actually deposed from the ministry by the Presbyterian Church court. This is only one, among many, of the tyrannical acts of the party at the period now under review.[1]
Though the proposed toleration was not carried, and the state of the Episcopal Clergy was not much improved, yet they had the satisfaction of knowing, that the Queen wished to relieve them from the tyranny of the Presbyterians. The Union of England and Scotland took place, according to the Act, on the 1st of May, 1707: but the Episcopal Clergy were not affected by that important measure, which was carried as a matter of policy, though some of the Presbyterians represented it as an apostacy. The
- ↑ The Famous Tryal of the late Reverend and Learned Mr. James Grame, Episcopal Minister of Dumfermline: formerly Professor of Humanity at St. Andrew's, before the several Courts of Church Judicature in Scotland; who was, amongst other things, arraigned by the Commissioners for the Kirk Session at Dumfermline, condemned, and at last deposed by the Provincial Synod of Fyfe, on the 20th of June, 1701, for having advanced and maintained two of the great and capital truths of the Christian religion, viz. 1. That Christ died for all those that profess the Gospel; 2. That he hath purchased pardon and salvation for them, upon condition that they believe in him and repent of their sins. Being a true and impartial narrative of the Presbyterian proceedings against Mr. Grame: together with his Defences at large. The whole writ by the defendant soon after he was deposed, and now first published for the information of such as are strangers to the doctrines and tenets of Presbyterians. London, 8vo. 1719.
