The  fecood  Btftorlan,  whom  I  ihall  quote  upon  this  head  is  a  Re«
v^rend  Father  in  the  Church  of  EngUndy  wbofe  Teftimoay  as  being
confirmed  by  his  Particolar  knowledge  of  the  Scots  aflfairs,  and  his
Veneration  for  the  Epifcopal  order^  a$  well  as  his  great  CharaAer  as
an  Hiftorian  in  General)  can!t  with  anfi  good  Grace  berefbs^d  by  our
Author  and  thereof  his  party;  'Tis  the  Atvcretd  Dodor  JBama
Lord  Bifliop  of  Sarum^who  in  his  Memoirs  of  the  Houfe  of  Hamilton
0\  gives  the  foliowihg  :ChavaAer.  and  Hifl^ry  of  the  Scots  Bi-
ftops.
^  £piicoi>|cy  tiemg  fiDttlod^KtftgSCm^i  aUb  tttStoA  aHigh-CoB»ni(^
^  (ion  Court)  forpunUbmgfadia^D&ndedagaiiHItharGon&iiiitioa
^  of  the  Cbvrch*  Thlt *Qomt  w^ai  nad&oip  at  fit&opa  nodmther  Mo-
^  blemen  and  QBoalomeQ  ^  But  the  Bifbops  being  thofe  who  kept  the
*'  Diets  of  K  beft,'n|ioftofahereeulaf  pcrfbnk  abieming  themftlfasi
^  often  9n  ddfgn  ;  a^d  the  fiUhq)&  leading  aU  Maftett  iiik»  il
^   was  counted  their  Court,  and  the  Odiam  ofaU  tba0fafid4bi»ftM$e

*  their  parh,  ^  <    '    .        .^     •;  -/        \  '  r  .  .  •    .  -      -    ,  ;:.
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