APPENDIX V THE WODROW MANUSCRIPTS THE Wodrow MSS. form a large and valuable collection of papers recording facts in the history of Scotland, more especially in the period between 1560 and 1690, and embrace original documents, extracts from written and printed books and from minutebooks of various Courts, copies of deeds, declarations, papers, covenants, original letters and copies of letters from leading politicians and pastors, biographies of leading Reformers and Covenanters, and thousands of communications from correspondents. This extraordinary treasury was made by the Rev. Robert Wodrow, parish minister of Eastwood, near Glasgow, who was born in the famous year 1679 and died in 1735. When the mass was complete in 1722 it consisted of 40 folios, 100 quartos, and 30 octavos; other volumes must have been added after that date. Of the volumes preserved there remain in the Advocates' Library, Edinburgh, 22 vols. 8vo; 73 vols. 4to; 50 vols. folio; Letters, 4 vols. 8vo. ; 22 vols. 4to (containing 3880 letters); Analecta, 6 vols. in the Library of Glasgow University 15 vols. 4to; 9 vols. folio: in the Library of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland, 4 vols. folio (numbered 26, 28, 29, 31). With the aid of these documents Wodrow composed his History-Scotia Sub Cruce, begun in 1714 and published in 1721-2. Cf. supra, p. 156. The press marks of this MS., Scotia Sub Cruce, in the Advocates' Library are vol. xli., Rob. iii. 3. 14; xlvii., Rob. iii. 4. 2; xlviii. Rob. iii. 4. 3. The most important of the manuscripts, as far as the Covenanting period is concerned, are those original letters and papers, descriptive of personal sufferings on the part of the writers or of the sufferings of their friends in time of the persecution. These are many in number. APPENDIX VI ACTS OF PARLIAMENT REPEALED IN 1906 By the Statute Law Revision (Scotland) Act, 1906, 6 Edw. vii., ch. 38, the following Acts of Scots Parliament were repealed, but under the qualifications that 'the repeal of any words or expressions of enactment described in the said schedule shall not affect the binding force, operation, or construction of any statute, or of any part of a statute, whether as respects the past or the future. . . nor shall this Act affect any principle or rule of law or equity . . . revive or restore any jurisdiction, office . . . or other matter or thing not now existing or in force.' The effect of the Act is to declare these Acts 'as spent,' and no longer available for practical purposes. 2 Cap. 31 1 2 3 Title of Enactment and Extent of Repeal. Anent the abolitioun of Idolatrie and of all Acts contrair to the confessioun of fayth publyst in this Parliament. Anent the Abolition of the mess. Act concerning the Religioun. Anent the abolissing of the Pope and his usurpit authoritie. Anent the annulling of the actis of Parliament maid agannis Goddis word and mantenance of idolatrie in ony tymes by past. The Confessioun of the faith and doctrine belevit and professit be the Protestantis of the Realme of Scotland exhibitit to the estatis of the same in Parliament and by thair public votis authorisit as a doctrine groundit upon the infallibil word of God. ,, 5 Anent the messe abolischit and punisching of all that heiris or sayis the samin. 33 31 2 23 3 19 17 19 45 46 35 36 Anent the trew and haly kirk and of thame that ar declarit not to be of the samin. Anent the admissioun of thame that sal be presentit to Anent thriddis of benefices grantit in the moneth of In part, namely: From And forther' to the end. Anent priviligeis grantit to kirkmen. Ratificatioun and approbatioun of the actis and statutis maid of befor anent the fredome and libertie of the trew kirk of God. Anent the trew and haly kirk. That the adversareis of Christis evangell sall not injoy the patrimonie of the kirk. 61 The ratificatioun of the libertie of the trew kirk of God 69 71 72 99 20 From And further our Soverane' to the end. Anent the youth and utheris beyond sey suspectit to have declinit frome the trew religioun. That househaldaris have bybillis and psalme buikis. 99 The ratificatioun of the libertie of the trew kirk of god and religioun with confirmatioun of the lawis and actis maid to that effect of before. Cap. 8 Cap. 116 Act for abolisheing of the actis contrair the trew religioun. 27 18 From 'and all and quhatsumever' to 'of the trew kirk,' from 'And becaus thair ar' to 'haldin of pashe and yule,' and from 'Item oure said said soverane' to the end. Againis Jesuites seminary preistis and thair resettaris. Quha hes not gevin confessioun of thair faith sall not enjoy the benefite of pacificatioun. For puneisment of the contempnaris of the decreittis and judicatoriis of the kirk. Aganis the sayaris of messe and ressattaris or interteneyaris of excommunicat papistes. Anent satisfactioun to the kirk be papistes. Ratificatioun of the actis maid of befoir in favouris of the kirk. Act anent non communicantis. Ratificatioun of the act anent Jesuittis preistis excommunicat and traffiquing papistis. Act in favouris of the kirk. Act aganis the sayaris and wilfull heiraris of mess. thame. Act of the apparels of judges magistrattis and kirk men. Anent the restitutioun of chapteris. Ratificatioun of the actes touching religione. Ratificatioun of the act of counsall anent plantatione of Act anent invading of ministers. In part, namely: The words 'Archbischops, bischops, and,' and from 'and becaus the malice' to the end. The Kings generall revocatione. Act and Proclamation against the Remonstrators, and for order in the toun of Edinburgh. 4 Act anent his Majesties prerogative in making of Leagues and the Convention of the subjects. In part, viz.: From 'and declares that' to the end. 6 Act annulling the Convention of Estates 1643 and rescinding any acts ratifieing the same. 8 Act and Proclamation against the meitings of Anabaptists Act concerneing the League and Covenant and dis- Act against saying of Meese seminary and Messe Preists and trafficquing Papists. Title of Enactment and Extent of Repeal. Act approveing the Engadgment of 1648 and annulling the Parliament and Committees 1649. Act rescinding and annulling the pretendit Parliaments Act concerning Religion and Church Government. Act for preservation of his Majesties Person Authoritie The Kings Majesties generall Revocation with a Declaration thereanent. Act for the security of the persons of Ministers. Act against invading of Ministers. Act against such who do not Baptize their Children. Act restraining the exorbitant expence of Marriages, Act for security of the Protestant Religion. Act declaring this to be a free and lawful meeting of the Estates. Proclamation against Papists. Act abolishing Prelacie. In part, namely: From 'And hereby rescinds' to the end. Act restoreing the Presbyterian Ministers who were thrust from their Churches since the 1st of January 1661. Act ratifying the Confession of Faith and settling Presbyterian Church Government. In part, namely: From 'Lykeas, In pursuance' to 'take further Act concerning Patronages. From 'considering that' to 'continued in this Act Rescinding the laws for Conformity. From 'for the more effectuall Settleing' to ' said Act Renewing the Commission for Plantation of Kirks In part, namely: From 'and it being fitt and convenient' to the end. APPENDIX VII ORDINATION IN THE CHURCH OF SCOTLAND THERE are several instances in the Records of the Presbytery of Dumbarton of 'Expectants' or Probationers having been admitted to the ministry of parishes without any Act of Ordination by the laying on of the hands of the Presbytery.' Such admission was said to be 'conform to the Acts and Practise of this Kirk.' The Presbytery seems to have laid stress upon three things necessary to a competent ministry, viz. a proper appointment, examination in the several pieces of 'tryalls,' and a call or 'consent and content' of the elders, heritors, and parishioners; but nothing was said with respect to ordination. The Minutes bear that when the 'Edict' of admission was returned duly served from the pulpit of the vacant church, the Presbytery ‘ordained,' i.e. instructed or appointed, two, three, or four ministers to go to the vacant church on the following Sunday 'to admit' the 'Expectant' to 'the functioun of the Ministrie at the said Kirk, whereof Intimatioun was made to the sayd parochiners.' At the following meeting of the Presbytery it was reported that the 'admissioune' to the 'Ministrie' had been given by the brethren as was appointed, with common consent and content of all the elders and parochioners of the sayd Kirk, present for the tym in great numbers.' This seems to have been sufficient to constitute the new minister as a member of the Presbytery, for his name appears in the sederunt of the meeting. The next step taken is to 'ordain Institutioune to be given him by the moderator and brethren who war befoir appointed for his admissioune,' which was duly reported to the following meeting of the Presbytery. Such was the procedure of the admission of John Stewart to the Ministrie at the Kirk of Bonnull [Bonhill], on Sunday the 29th December 1639,' and his institution at Bonhill on Monday the 3rd February 1640; and of the admission of James Wood to the 'Ministrie' at Kilpatrick, on Sunday the 24th May 1640, which was reported on the 2nd June, when the Presbytery 'ordains Institutioune to be given by Mr. Archibald Cameron and Mr. John Stirling,' two ministers, members of the Presbytery, who reported on the 16th June that they had done so. I am indebted to the Rev. William Simpson, Bonhill, for the above extracts from the Minute Books of the Presbytery of Dumbarton. |