Excerpt from A Vindication of the Discipline and Constitutions of the Church of Scotland, for Preserving Purity of Doctrine: In Reply to a Book Entitled the Religious Establishment in Scotland Examined Upon Protestant Principles Had fuch application been made in' a period of appa'q: rent fobriety, or even decency of manners, when the Chriitian religion was in no danger; had it come from men who received all the molt unportant articles of Chri iiianity, and who only difl'ered, f10m othe1 Chrifiians a: bout ambiguous words or ph1afes 01, even in cafe of real difference, if it was only in points of f1nalle1 confe-i quence, or about the circumfiantials of religion'; had 1t come f1 om men who, upon account (if a difference of o pinion, were deprived of any natural right, or were ex pofed to any degree of pofitive perfecution and had the real tendernefs of their confciences appeared by their ac tual refufing to do any thing in Oppofition to' the di tates thereof; in thefe circumfiances there is no body whole withes for 1elief to them would have been more fincere and fervent than mine. 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.