The Regent possesses Edinburgh: Arran is proclaimed traitor, [185]. French reinforcements meet with disaster, [185]. News from England: a waiting game is played, [186]. The French invade Fife, [186]. An affair at Pettycur, [186]. The French occupy Kinghorn, [187]. John Knox preaches at Cupar, [187]. The campaign in Fife, [188]. An English fleet arrives in the Forth, [190]. The French retire on Edinburgh, [190]. A greedy Frenchman dies in a beef-tub, [191]. The negotiations between the Congregation and the English Court, [191]. Cecil's letter to Knox, [193]. Reply of Knox to Secretary Cecil, [194]. A practical response, [195]. Knox reproaches the Lords for slackness and thoughtlessness, [196]. After the French retreat from Fife, [199]. At Berwick the Lords made a contract with England, [200]. Principal clauses of the treaty of Berwick, [200]. The Regent lays waste the country, [202]. Second siege of Leith: April 1560, [204]. The assault upon Leith is unsuccessful, [206]. Sir James Crofts is blamed, [207]. The siege is continued: illness of the Queen Regent, [208]. The Regent expresses repentance, and receives godly instruction, [208]. Death of the Queen Regent, [209]. Peace with France is concluded, [209]. The English army is withdrawn, with honours, [210]. Public thanksgiving in St. Giles's Kirk, [210]. Preachers and Superintendents are appointed, [212]. The first Protestant Parliament, [212]. John Knox preaches, and reformation is agreed upon, [213]. The Protestants petition Parliament, [213]. Parliament calls for The Confession of Faith, [214]. The Confession of Faith is considered by Parliament, and solemnly ratified, [214]. The Mass is prohibited, [216]. Queen Mary and the King of France do not ratify the Acts of Parliament, [216]. The Book of Discipline, [217]. The House of Guise and the Papists design further trouble, [217]. Death of the King of France: 5th December 1560, [218]. Queen Elizabeth declines the hand of the Earl of Arran, [218]. A public debate concerning the Mass, [219]. Lord James Stewart is sent to Queen Mary, [221]. An embassy from France, [221]. Lord James has a narrow escape from the Papists, [222]. Messages from the Queen, [223]. Queen Mary's relations with Queen Elizabeth, [223].
No dregs of Papistry left in the Reformed Church of Scotland, [225]. This Book tells of declension, [226]. The arrival of Mary, Queen of Scots: a distressing omen, [226]. The Mass is restored at Holyrood, [227]. The Council tolerates the Mass at Court, [228]. The Earl of Arran protests, [229]. The Protestants are beguiled, [229]. John Knox preaches against the Queen's Mass, [230]. He reasons with the Queen, [230]. No results follow the Queen's conference with Knox, [237]. The prodigality of Edinburgh, [238]. The Magistrates of Edinburgh are imprisoned and deposed, [238]. The Mass is restored, [239]. Lord James Stewart is sent to the Borders, [240]. The behaviour of the Queen, [240]. The influence of the Court is felt in the Kirk, [241]. The ministers reproach the defaulting lords, [242]. Discussion concerning The Book of Discipline, [243]. The barons sue for public order in regard to ecclesiastical benefices, [244]. The Council agrees to divide the patrimony of the Kirk, [244]. The modification of stipends, [245]. Secretary Lethington gets his answer, [246]. Lord James Stewart created Earl of Mar: his marriage, [247]. Disorderly conduct of Earl Bothwell and others, [248]. Plots against the Earl of Moray, [250]. Earl Bothwell speaks with John Knox, [250]. The reconciliation of the Earl of Arran and the Earl Bothwell, [251]. The Earl of Arran suspects treachery, [252]. The frenzy of the Earl of Arran, [254]. John Knox reproves the Queen, [255]. He is summoned before the Queen, [255]. He states his views concerning the behaviour of Princes, [255]. Of dancing, [257]. The Queen negotiates with England, [258]. The King of Sweden proposes marriage to Queen Mary, [259]. The Queen and the Earl of Moray, [259]. The General Assembly: June 1562, [259]. The supplication to the Queen, [259]. Secretary Lethington objects to the terms of the supplication, [264]. The Queen visits the North: Papist intrigues, [265]. John Knox warns the Protestants, [266]. A bond is again subscribed, [267]. The result of John Knox's labours in the South, [267]. The Abbot of Crossraguel and Knox, [268]. The revolt of the Earl of Huntly, [268]. Of the Earl of Huntly, [269]. The Queen's relations with the Earl of Moray, [269]. Rumours concerning the Queen's marriage, [270]. The Queen and Earl Bothwell, [270]. The preachers admonish the courtiers, [270]. The General Assembly: 25th December 1562, [271]. The Protestants deal with idolaters and the Mass, [272]. Queen Mary and John Knox at Lochleven, [273]. John Knox writes to the Earl of Argyll, [276]. The Massmongers are tried: 19th May 1563, [276]. Parliament of May 1563, [277]. Queen Mary's influence: "Vox Dianae," [277]. Reformation is hindered by personal interests, [278]. John Knox breaks with the Earl of Moray, [278]. Inept legislation, [279]. John Knox preaches a faithful sermon to the Lords, [279]. Papists and Protestants take offence: Knox is summoned by the Queen, [281]. Lethington's return: his worldly wisdom displayed, [284]. The Queen retains observance of the Mass, [285]. The death of Lord John of Coldingham, [285]. Massmongers at Holyrood take fright, [286]. The Papists devise mischief, [287]. John Knox's letter to the brethren: 8th October 1563, [287]. He is betrayed, [289]. He is accused of high treason, [290]. The Lord Advocate gives his opinion, [291]. The Earl of Moray and Secretary Lethington reason with John Knox, [292]. Knox is brought before the Queen and Privy Council, [293]. He is tried for high treason, [293]. The verdict of the Privy Council, [299]. The displeasure of the Queen, [300]. The General Assembly: December 1563, [301]. John Knox demands the judgment of his brethren, [301]. His acquittal by the General Assembly, [302]. Signs of God's displeasure, [302]. Lavish entertainments at Court, [303]. The Queen's broken promises, [303]. Secretary Lethington defies the servants of God, [304]. The courtiers and the Kirk, [304]. The courtiers rouse John Knox: he preaches concerning idolatry, [305]. The General Assembly: June 1564, [306]. The Protestant courtiers maintain an independent position, [307]. Secretary Lethington defines the attitude of the lords of the Court, [308]. The disputation between John Knox and the Secretary, [309].
APPENDIX.
KNOX'S CONFESSION.
| CAP. | PAGE | |
| The Preface | [341] | |
| I. | Of God | [342] |
| II. | Of the Creation of Man | [343] |
| III. | Of Original Sin | [343] |
| IV. | Of the Revelation of the Promise | [343] |
| V. | The Continuance, Increase, and Preservation of the Kirk | [344] |
| VI. | Of the Incarnation of Christ Jesus | [345] |
| VII. | Why it behoved the Mediator to be very God and very Man | [345] |
| VIII. | Election | [345] |
| IX. | Christ's Death, Passion, Burial, etc. | [346] |
| X. | Resurrection | [347] |
| XI. | Ascension | [347] |
| XII. | Faith in the Holy Ghost | [348] |
| XIII. | The cause of Good Works | [349] |
| XIV. | What Works are reputed good before God | [350] |
| XV. | The Perfection of the Law and Imperfection of Man | [351] |
| XVI. | Of the Kirk | [352] |
| XVII. | The Immortality of the Souls | [353] |
| XVIII. | Of the notes by which the True Kirk is discerned from the false, and who shall be judge of the doctrine | [353] |
| XIX. | The Authority of the Scriptures | [355] |
| XX. | Of General Councils, of their Power, Authority, and Causes of their Convention | [355] |
| XXI. | Of the Sacraments | [356] |
| XXII. | Of the right Administration of the Sacraments | [358] |
| XXIII. | To whom Sacraments Appertain | [360] |
| XXIV. | Of the Civil Magistrate | [360] |
| XXV. | The Gifts freely given to the Kirk | [361] |
THE BOOK OF DISCIPLINE.