Puritanism in England (5)

Restoration of Scotland. In Scotland Episcopacy (the Anglican State Church) was restored. All the acts that had raised Presbyterianism to the state religion of Scotland were annulled. It will be recalled that in 1643 Episcopacy had been abolished by Parliament and a thoroughly Presbyterian system of church government, a directory of worship, and a new Calvinistic confession (known as the Westminster Confession had been prepared by an assembly known as the Westminster Assembly. These...