Magistrate
THE BOOK OF DISCIPLINE.
| I. | Of Doctrine | 363 |
| II. | Of Sacraments | 364 |
| III. | Touching the Abolition of Idolatry | 366 |
| IV. | Concerning Ministers and their Lawful Election | 366 |
| V. | Concerning Provision for the Ministers, and for Distribution of the Rents and Possessions justly appertaining to the Kirk | 372 |
| VI. | Of the Superintendents | 376 |
| VII. | Of Schools and Universities | 382 |
| VIII. | Of the Rents and Patrimony of the Kirk | 391 |
| IX. | Of Ecclesiastical Discipline | 395 |
| X. | Touching the Election of Elders and Deacons, etc. | 401 |
| XI. | Concerning the Policy of the Church | 404 |
| XII. | For Preaching and Interpretation of Scriptures, etc. | 408 |
| XIII. | Of Marriage | 411 |
| XIV. | Of Burial | 414 |
| XV. | For Reparation of Churches | 416 |
| XVI. | For Punishment of those that profane the Sacraments and do contemn the Word of God, and dare presume to minister them, not being thereto lawfully called | 416 |
| The Conclusion | 419 | |
| Glossary of Obsolete and Scots Words and Phrases | 423 | |
| Index | 427 | |
THE REFORMATION OF RELIGION IN SCOTLAND
BOOK FIRST.[1]
1422–1558.
Early Persecutions.
In the Records of Glasgow, mention is found of one that, in the year of God 1422, was burnt for heresy. His name is not given, and of his opinions or of the order upon which he was condemned there is no evidence left. But our Chronicles make mention that, in the days of King James the First, about the year of God 1431, there was apprehended in the University of St. Andrews one named Paul Craw, a Bohemian, who was accused of heresy before such as then were called Doctors of Theology. The principal accusation against him was that, in his opinion of the Sacrament, he followed John Huss and Wycliffe, who denied that the substance of bread and wine were changed by virtue of any words, or that confession should be made to priests, or prayers made to saints departed.
Paul Craw: A.D. 1431.
God gave unto the said Paul Craw grace to resist his persecutors, and not to consent to their impiety, and he was committed to the secular judge (for our bishops follow Pilate, who both did condemn, and also washed his hands) who condemned him to the fire. Therein he was consumed at St. Andrews, about the time mentioned. To declare themselves to be of the generation of Satan, who from the beginning hath been enemy to the truth and desireth the same to be hid from the knowledge of men, they put a ball of brass in his mouth, to the end that he should not give confession of his faith to the people, nor yet that they should understand the defence which he had against his unjust accusation and condemnation.
The Lollards of Kyle: 1494.
These practices did not greatly advance the kingdom of darkness, nor were they able utterly to extinguish the truth. In the days of King James the Second and King James the Third we find small question of religion moved within this Realm, but in the time of King James the Fourth, in the year of God 1494, thirty persons were summoned before the King and his Great Council, by Robert Blackader, called Archbishop of Glasgow. Some of these dwelt in Kyle-Stewart, some in King's-Kyle, and some in Cunningham. Amongst them were George Campbell of Cessnock, Adam Reid of Barskymming, John Campbell of New Mills, Andrew Shaw of Polkemmet, Helen Chalmers, Lady Polkellie, and Marion Chalmers, Lady Stair.
Whereof the Lollards of Kyle were accused.
These were called the Lollards of Kyle. In the Register of Glasgow we find the Articles of Belief for which they were accused. These were as follows:—(1) Images are not to be possessed, nor yet to be worshipped. (2) Relics of Saints are not to be worshipped. (3) Laws and Ordinances