isappointed nor long
deferred. The great body of the nation, with unexampled rapidity and
unanimity, embraced the truth, and submitted to the discipline of their
teacher, and under its salutary influence, as Staehelin in his 'Johannes
Calvin' affirms, from being one of the rudest, most ignorant, indigent,
and turbulent peoples, grew to be one of the most civilised, educated,
prosperous, and upright which our family of nations can show.

Believing that we have no cause to be ashamed of the great revolution
which was thus effected, or of aught which has legitimately followed
from it, but that we need to have our pure minds stirred up by way of
remembrance of the great things the Lord has done for us, I proceed to
direct attention to the distinctive characteristics of the Scottish
Reformation in respect of doctrine, worship, government, discipline, and
church life, and the lessons which such a review should tend to rivet on
the hearts of those who still hold fast its principles and long to see
them more fully carried out.

FOOTNOTES:

[82] D'Aubigne's Reformation in the Time of Calvin, vi. 17.

[83] Calderwood's History, i. 155, 156, 160; Laing's Knox, i. 95, 96,
105. [Calderwood says that Williams was born "beside Elstonefurde, in
East Lothiane."]

[84] Lorimer's Scottish Reformation, pp. 155, 156.

[85] [Though these lines are continually attributed to Lindsay, I do not
remember to have ever seen them in any edition of his works, or quoted
as his by any earlier writer than Wodrow.]

[86] [According to Knox, though "called bastard brother to the
governour," many deemed him to be a son of "the old Bischope of
Dunkelden, called Crychtoun" (Laing's Knox, i. 105). Buchanan says he
was "first callid _Cuningham_, estemit _Cowane_, and at last Abbot
_Hamiltoun_" (Admonition to the trew Lordis). In a transcript used by
Ruddiman, _Givane_ occurs instead of _Cowane_.]

[87] [Laing's Knox, i. 186. Though the Lyon King was then in St Andrews,
he was not one of those who were sheltering in the castle (Laing's
Lindsay's Poetical Works, 1879, vol. i. pp. xxxix, xli).]

[88] [Knox says that the castle was rendered "upone Setterday, the last
of Julij" (Laing's Knox, i. 205); Bishop Lesley says "the xxix of Julij"
(Lesley's History, 1830, p. 195). In 1547, the last of July fell not on
Saturday but on Sabbath.]

[89] Laing's Knox, vi. 104.

[90] [The negotiations for the release of the captives seem to have
dragged their weary