III. English Presbyterian Exiles, and the British Synod in Hol-

land, 1637

IV. The Presbyterian Pamphlet War, and Early Church Debates

in the Long Parliament, 1640–1641

V. Ejection of Bishops from the House of Peers, 1642 .

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PERIOD OF THE PRESBYTERIAN ASCENDENCY, 1643-1649.

I. Parliament Calls the Westminster Assembly, and with it

Swears to the Covenant, 1642-1643

Constitution of the Westminster Assembly

The Solemn League and Covenant Sworn to by Parliament

and Assembly

Outside the Assembly and Parliament

II. Transactions of the Westminster Assembly, 1643-1649

III. Presbyterian London, 1643–1649

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288

289

290

292

295

IV. The Presbyterian Church Establishment in Lancashire, 1646–

V. Presbyterianism in other Counties

Presbyterianism in Essex, Suffolk, and the Eastern Counties 326

In Cheshire, and the Welsh Border

VI. English Presbyterians and the Origin of Presbyterianism in

I. How the Presbyterians Failed to Establish Themselves.

II. An English Presbyterian Covenanter and Martyr (Trial and

Execution of Christopher Love).

345

356

III. The Presbyterians under the Later Commonwealth and Pro-

tectorate

362

The Associations

365

IV. The Presbyterians in the Balance again

370

THE HEROIC PERIOD.

I. The Act of Uniformity, and the Ejectment of 1662

II. Sufferings and Struggles

III. The Lowest Depth, 1684-1685

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400

IV. Philip Henry: An Ejected Presbyterian Minister of the Period 408

At Westminster School and Christ Church, Oxford

Philip Henry's Ordination and Ministry

The Suffering Nonconformist Minister and His Principles

409

413

TOLERATION AND MEETING-HOUSE BUILDING PERIOD.

I. Toleration or Comprehension ?

II. The Celebrated "Enquiry," 1691

III. Early Presbyterian Meeting-Houses and their Trusts

IV. Post-Revolution Presbyterian Churches: their Constitution

and Peculiarities.

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433

441

448

V. The Presbyterians and Independents in their "Happy Union "

of 1690-1694

The Provincial Associations and Unions

VI. First, or Neo-nomian, Controversy: Dr. Daniel Williams and

the Rupture of the London Union

VII. Matthew Henry, and his Presbyterial Position.

TRANSITIONAL AND SPASMODIC PERIOD, 1710-1740.

I. Trying and Changing Influences at Work from 1710

II. The Subscription Controversy.-Exeter Assembly and Salters'

Hall Synod, 1719 .

III. Insidious Tendency to Arianism, and its Causes, 1720-1740

PERIOD OF FURTHER DEFECTION AND DECAY, 1740-1812.

I. Character and Relations of the Heterodox Presbyterian Con-

gregations, 1740-1788.

II. Decay and Lapsing of Presbyterian and other Dissenting

Charges

Presbyterian Congregations becoming Independent

Presbyterian Congregations becoming Extinct

III. Arianism Driven to Unitarianism, 1782-1812 .

PART III.

The Revival of the Presbyterians in England.

PRIMARY PERIOD.

Introduction and Review. Chief Elements in the Revival

I. Early Scottish Churches, and their Influence

The Earliest Scotch Presbyterian Church in London, 1672

Other Early Scottish Churches in London, and their Con-

nections

The Early Scottish Secession Churches in London

II. A Faithful Remnant of Orthodox English Presbyterian

Churches

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555

557

561

561

Illustration of an Old English Presbyterian Church Grow-

ing into the Modern Organization

III. Survival of Presbyterians in Newcastle and Northumberland. 567

COLLATERAL DEVELOPMENTS.

I. How Methodism, under Wesley, became Presbyterian in Polity 583

II. Rise of the Presbyterians and their Church in Wales

The Spiritual Awakening

In Connection with the United Secession (latterly, since

1847, the United Presbyterian) Church

607

In Connection with the Presbyterian Church in England,

formed 1836-1842

The Orthodox Presbyterians in the General Body of the

Three Dissenting Denominations

The Decision in the Lady Hewley Chancery Suits, 1830-1842 617

The Fluctuations of Modern Unitarianism

620

III. The Re-constituted Presbyterian Church of England, and the

Union of 1876

625

CONCLUSION

629

INTRODUCTION.

1. THE PRESBYTERIAN POSITION AND PRINCIPLES.

2. TRACES OF THEIR MAIN PRINCIPLE

A. IN THE ANCIENT BRITISH AND WELSH CHURCH.

B. IN THE EARLY NORTHUMBRIAN CHURCH.

C. IN THE ANGLO-SAXON CHURCH.

D. IN MEDIEVALISM.

E. IN WYCKLIFFITE AND PRE-REFORMATION TIMES.

F. IN THE ECCLESIASTICAL REVOLUTION UNDER HENRY VIII.

B