Excerpt from Martyrs, Heroes, and Bards of the Scottish Covenant Close Of The Persecution: - Expedition of the Earl of Argyle - Horrors of Dunottar Castle - Covenanting Martyrs - James Renwick - Rest from Persecution - Death of Claverhouse; General View Of The Character, Literature, Aims, And Attained Objects Of The Covenanters: - Their earnestness - Tent-preaching - Hugh Binning - Guthrie - Rutherford - Wellwood - Effects of the Covenant - On the religious character of Scotland; Treatment The Covenanters Received In After Times: - Historians of the Covenant - Critical Estimate of Ramsay, Fergusson, and Burns - The Speculative School at Edinburgh - Sir Walter Scott - Robert Pollok - Edward Irving - Professor Aytoun, &c.; Deductions From The History And Character Of The Covenanters: - Folly of persecution - Power of deep religious belief - Rich influences of adversity - Tendencies of dominant churches - Erastianism and priestly domination - Impossibility of adjusting, by alliance, the claims of Church and State - General deductions; Description of the Massacre of Glencoe About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.