Sketches of the Covenanters

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Author

McFeeters, J. C. (James Calvin), 1848-1928

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E-text prepared by Virginia and Jordan Dohms and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team

Language

English

LoC Class

BX: Philosophy, Psychology, Religion: Christianity: Churches, Church movements

Subject

Scotland -- Church history -- 16th century

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Text

eBook-No.

13570

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Release Date

October 1, 2004

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.SKETCHES — THE UNCONQUERABLE COVENANTERS. — PREFACE.
2. 2.Sketches of the Covenanters
3. 3.I. — THE LAND OF THE COVENANTS.
4. 4.II. — THE BATTLEFIELD OF PRESBYTERIANISM.—A.D. 200.
5. 5.III. — SOME EARLY MARTYRS.—A.D. 1200.
6. 6.IV. — KNOX IN THE FIELD OF CONFLICT.—A.D. 1547.
7. 7.V. — FOUNDATION STONES.—A.D. 1550.
8. 8.VI. — SCOTLAND'S NATIONAL COVENANT.—A.D. 1581.
9. 9.VII. — CONTENDING WITH THE KING—A.D. 1582.
10. 10.VIII. — MEN OF MIGHT.—A.D. 1596.
11. 11.IX. — DARKNESS BROODING OVER THE LAND.—A.D. 1600.
12. 12.X. — APPROACHING A CRISIS—A.D. 1622.
13. 13.XI. — THE ADVANCE GUARDS.—A.D. 1630.
14. 14.XII. — GATHERING OF THE HOSTS.—A.D. 1637.
15. 15.XIII. — RENEWING THE COVENANT.—A.D. 1638.
16. 16.XIV. — THE COVENANTERS AT WORK.—A.D. 1638.
17. 17.XV. — THE KING WAGES WAR.—A.D. 1639.
18. 18.XVI. — THE SOLEMN LEAGUE AND COVENANT.—A.D. 1643.
19. 19.XVII. — HIGH IDEALS BY THE COVENANTED FATHERS.—A.D. 1643.
20. 20.XVIII. — THE WESTMINSTER ASSEMBLY.—A.D. 1643.
21. 21.XIX. — DIVISION IN THE COVENANTED RANKS.—A.D. 1648.
22. 22.XX. — CROWNING THE PRINCE.—A.D. 1651.
23. 23.XXI. — A SIFTING TIME—A.D. 1653.
24. 24.XXII. — AN ILLUSTRIOUS MARTYR.—A.D. 1660.
25. 25.XXIII. — RESISTING UNTO BLOOD.—A.D. 1661.
26. 26.XXIV. — SOURCE OF THE COVENANTERS' POWER.—A.D. 1661.
27. 27.XXV. — EXPELLING THE MINISTERS.—A.D. 1662.
28. 28.XXVI. — THE FIELD-MEETINGS.—A.D. 1663.
29. 29.XXVII. — THE COVENANTERS' COMMUNION.—A.D. 1664.
30. 30.XXVIII. — THE HOME INVADED.—A.D. 1665.
31. 31.XXIX. — THE BATTLE OF RULLION GREEN.—A.D. 1666.
32. 32.XXX. — THE OPPRESSOR'S REVENGE.—A.D. 1667.
33. 33.XXXI. — INDULGENCE, THE SIX-FOLD SNARE.—A.D. 1665.
34. 34.XXXII. — THE FIELD MEETINGS UNDER FIRE.—A.D. 1679.
35. 35.XXXIII. — A MASSACRE.—A.D. 1679.
36. 36.XXXIV. — THE COVENANTERS' PRISONS.—A.D. 1680.
37. 37.XXXV. — DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE.—A.D. 1680.
38. 38.XXXVI. — AYRSMOSS.—A.D. 1680.
39. 39.XXXVII. — THE CAMERONIANS.—A.D. 1681.
40. 40.XXXVIII. — THE LONE STAR.—A.D. 1681.
41. 41.XXXIX. — AN EXTRAORDINARY SERVICE.—A.D. 1681.
42. 42.XL. — THE SOCIETIES.—A.D. 1682.
43. 43.XLI. — THE DAUGHTERS OF THE COVENANT.
44. 44.XLII. — YOUNG LIFE UNDER PERSECUTION.
45. 45.XLIII. — THE COVENANTERS' BIBLE.
46. 46.XLIV. — THE SCOTTISH SEER.—A.D. 1685.
47. 47.XLV. — SCOTLAND'S MAIDEN MARTYR.—A.D. 1685.
48. 48.XLVI. — THE ELDERSHIP—A WALL OF DEFENCE.—A.D. 1685.
49. 49.XLVII. — A HOME DESOLATED.
50. 50.XLVIII — LAST, BUT NOT LEAST.—A.D. 1688.
51. 51.XLIX. — THE SHEPHERDLESS FLOCK.
52. 52.L. — THE VOICE OF THE MARTYRS' BLOOD.
53. 53.LI. — THE OLD BLUE BANNER YET.

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