654. The HISTORY of the Pvts<rr AN S, Chap. VII. K. Chants t. cafioned great difturbances in the kingdom of Scotland) ranged under 1640, three heads, of all which they challenged the archbifhop to be the chief author upon earth. The firft branch of the chargeconfifted of divers alterations in religion, impofed upon themwithout order and againfi law, contrary to the form ef.. tablifhed in their kirk ; as his enjoining the bithops to appear in their cha- pel in their whites, contrary to the cuftom of their kirk, and the arch- bifhop's own promife; his direEting the englifh firvice to be read in the chapel twice a. day ; his ordering a lift of thole counfellors and fenators of the college ofjuftice, who did not communicate in the chapel accord- ing to a form: not received in their kirk, to be fent up to him in order to their being punithed ; his prefumptuous cenfuring the praétice of the kirk, infallingfometimes on the Lord's day, as oppofite to chriftianity it- fell; his obtaining warrants for the fittingof an high commiJion court once a week at Edinburgh ; and his directing the taking down of galleries and stone walls in the kirks of Edinburgh and St. Andrews, to make way for altars and adoration towards the east. Thefecond branch of their charge was, his obtruding upon them a book of ,canons and couflitutions ecclfaflical, deviled for the efablThing a tyrannical power in the perfins of theprelates, over the confciences liberties and goods f the people; and for abolishing that discipline and government of their kirk, which wasfettled by law, and had obtained amongfi them everfence the reformation. For proof of this they alleged that the book of canons was corref`ted, altered, and enlarged by him at his pleafure, as appears by the interlineations and marginal notes in the book, written with the archbithops own hand : that he had added fume entire new canons, and altered others, in favour of fuperf ition and popery; and in several inftan- ces relating to the cenfures of the church, had lodged anunbounded pow- er in the prelates over the confciences of men. The third and great innovation with which they charged the archbi- fhop was, the book of common prayer, adminifiration of the facraneents, and other parts of divine worship, brought in without warrant from their kirk, to be universally received as the only firm ofdivinefervice, under the highefl pains both civil and eccleejaflical; which book contained many popi/b errors and ceremonies, repugnant to their conffon offaith, conftitutions of their general a/emblies, and to ails ofparliament. Several of thefe errors are mentioned in the article, and they declare themfelves ready when deft- red, to point out a great many more of the fame kind ; all which were imposed upon the kingdom contrary to their earneft fupplications ; and upon their refufal to receive the fervice book, they were by his grace's inftigation, declared rebels and traitors; an army was railed to fubdue ',them, and a prayer compofed and printed by his direction, to be read in alb The fcots charge._
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