ND NEED OF THE REFORMATION 1

CHAPTER II.
PATRICK HAMILTON 19

CHAPTER III.
THE OPPRESSED AND THE OPPRESSORS 34

CHAPTER IV.
GEORGE WISHART 56

CHAPTER V.
KNOX AS LEADER OF OUR REFORMATION 79

CHAPTER VI.
THE OLD SCOTTISH CONFESSION OF 1560 99

CHAPTER VII.
THE BOOK OF COMMON ORDER 123

CHAPTER VIII.
THE FIRST BOOK OF DISCIPLINE 144
SECT. I. THE GOVERNMENT OF THE CHURCH 145
II. THE DISCIPLINE OF THE CHURCH 162
III. THE PREROGATIVES AND DUTIES OF CHURCH MEMBERS 169
IV. EDUCATION OF THE YOUNG AND UNIVERSITY REFORM 174
V. CARE OF THE POOR 179

CHAPTER IX.
THE LAST DAYS OF JOHN KNOX 184

CHAPTER X.
THE SECOND BOOK OF DISCIPLINE 214

CHAPTER XI.
ALESIUS 239

APPENDICES.

A. THE PAEDAGOGIUM, OR ST MARY'S COLLEGE, ST ANDREWS 285

B. CITATIO PATRICII HAMILTON 289

C. CARDINAL BETOUN'S INCONTINENCE 292

D. CONDITIONS ON WHICH THE USE OF THE CHURCH OF THE WHITE LADIES
AT FRANKFORT WAS GRANTED TO THE ENGLISH EXILES 294

E. THE THEOLOGICAL AND ECCLESIASTICAL OPINIONS OF ALESIUS 295

F. THE DREAM OR VISION OF ALESIUS CONCERNING THE DECAPITATION OF
ANNE BOLEYN 297

G. THE DEPARTURE OF ALESIUS FROM ENGLAND 298

H. ALESIUS' INVITATION OF MELANCHTHON TO HIS DAUGHTER'S WEDDING 300

I. THE WORKS OF ALESIUS 301

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ADDENDA 307

INDEX 311

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH

OF

THE VERY REV. ALEXANDER FERRIER MITCHELL, D.D., LL.D., PROFESSOR OF
ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY IN ST MARY'S COLLEG