The Covenanters: A History of the Church in Scotland from 1540-1690, 2 Volumes Charles Hodge 9781848711280

9781848711280

A Sad Departure tells a dark story

Boston provides the biblical answer

Born in Scotland

and knew the text of the Bible intimately

The Covenanters: A History of the Church in Scotland from 1540-1690, 2 Volumes Charles Hodge 9781848711280The progress and persecution of evangelical Christianity in Scotland from 1560 to 1689 is the subject of these rare volumes. In that history, covenants were oaths of allegiance which bound Christians, their bodies and possessions, to the furtherance of all things required of God in his Scripture, that may be to his glory. Handwritten and circulated from 1557, when martyrdom was still a prospect for the few who pledged themselves, the covenants became