The History of Scotland, from the Union to the Abolition of the Heritable Jurisdictions in 1748, Vol. 2 Of 2

Download or read book The History of Scotland, from the Union to the Abolition of the Heritable Jurisdictions in 1748, Vol. 2 Of 2 written by John Struthers and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-10-20 with total page 656 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The History of Scotland, From the Union to the Abolition of the Heritable Jurisdictions in 1748, Vol. 2 of 2: To Which Is Subjoined, a Review of Ecclesiastical Affairs, the Progress of Society, the State of the Arts, Etc., To the Year 1827 Such is a specimen of the absurdity, which, under the pretence of con science, and in the face of an express stipulation, a wicked faction found means to establish, which a British legislature has continued to guarantee, and to which the Scotish church and nation has, with' the most abject bueneu, submitted for one hundred and seventeen years. After considering such a clause, no one will wonder that prosecutions before ecclesiastical courts are always undertaken with great reluctance, and that when undertaken, their issue is' so often utterly unsatisfactory. Instances have indeed occurred, of persons, even before the General Assembly, being declared free of all moral mlpability, who, before the court of session, have been in a few days after found guilty to the full extent charged against them. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.