. The blue flag; or, The Covenanters who contended for "Christ's crown and covenant" . as out of the way, determined to go onwith his work in Scotland. Having gotten a Parha-ment of renegades and ultra-royaHsts together in Edin-burgh, the King wrote a letter,- in September, 1661,to the Privy Council there, ordaining that Episcopacybe made the established religionin Scotland, and three monthsafterwards another letter, pro-hibiting any meeting of Synods,Presbyteries or church sessionstill they might be ordered bythe archbishops and bishopswho had been appointed forScotland. The principal arch-bi
. The blue flag; or, The Covenanters who contended for "Christ's crown and covenant" . as out of the way, determined to go onwith his work in Scotland. Having gotten a Parha-ment of renegades and ultra-royaHsts together in Edin-burgh, the King wrote a letter,- in September, 1661,to the Privy Council there, ordaining that Episcopacybe made the established religionin Scotland, and three monthsafterwards another letter, pro-hibiting any meeting of Synods,Presbyteries or church sessionstill they might be ordered bythe archbishops and bishopswho had been appointed forScotland. The principal arch-bishop in Scotland was JamesSharp, Archbishop of St. Andrews. This Sharp wasa deserter from the Covenanters, and a traitor to hisoath and to those who trusted him. He liad beenchosen by the Covenanters, when Charles II. ascendedthe throne, to represent them in London and to pleadtheir cause with the King. Before leaving Scotlandoh this mission, he secretly joined himself to the ene-mies of the Covenanters, and went to London for the. purpose of betr-aying them and securing wealth and. Archbishop Sharp 44 THE BLUE FLAG. honor for himself. He was rewarded for his perfidyby being made Archbishop of St. Andrews and Pri-mate of all Scotland. When the renegade Parliament met in Edinburgh,the bishops and archbishops were admitted with pompand show, and the business they had in hand was begunMay 8, 1662. The first thing they did was, in obedi-ence to the King, to declare that Charles H. hadall authority over the Church of Scotland, and thenordained that Episcopacy should l3e the established re-ligion of the land. It also gave the sole right of ap-pointing pastors to the government, for while the Cove-nanters had control they had abolished all such pro-cedure, holding that the people ought to elect their ownpastors. When tlie Parliament adjourned, the Kings repre-sentative, the Earl of Middleton, and the Privy Coun-cil, published an edict requiring all the Presbyterianministers ordained s
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