Protestantism in Scotland - James Aitken Wylie

exchanged for a new Psalm book, executed by Mr.
Francis Rous, an Independent of the Long
Parliament. The discarded documents had been in
use for nearly a century, Scotland had received
them from the most venerated Fathers of her
Church, but she would suffer no national
predilection to stand in the way of her honorable
fulfillment of her great engagement with England.
She wished to be thoroughly united in heart with
the sister kingdom, that the two might stand up
together, at this great crisis, for the cause of civil
and religious liberty. England on her part made
greater concessions than Scotland had dared to
hope. Though the English Parliament does not
appear ever to have ratified the scheme of doctrine
and government drawn up, at its own request, by
the Westminster Assembly, the Church and nation
nevertheless adopted it, and for some time acted
upon it. Episcopacy was abandoned, the Liturgy
was laid aside, and worship conducted according to
the "Directory for the Public Worship of God." The
country was divided into Provinces; each Province
was subdivided into Presbyteries; and so many
delegates from each Presbytery were to form a
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