CHRIS R. LANGLEY is Reader in Early Modern History at Newman University, Birmingham. CATHERINE E. McMILLAN is a historian of religion and society in early modern Britain. RUSSELL NEWTON is Lecturer in Church History at the Faith Mission Bible College, Edinburgh. CHRIS R. LANGLEY is Reader in Early Modern History at Newman University, Birmingham. CATHERINE E. McMILLAN is a historian of religion and society in early modern Britain. RUSSELL NEWTON is Lecturer in Church History at the Faith Mission Bible College, Edinburgh.

An outstanding and agenda-setting volume that puts the experience of Reformed ministers at the centre of the religious history of early modern Scotland.

• IntroductionChris R. Langley, Catherine E. McMillan and Russell NewtonPart I. Themes1. Exhortations and Expectations: Preaching about the Ideal Minister in Post-Reformation ScotlandMichelle D. Brock2. Ministers and the Bible in Early Modern ScotlandRussell Newton3. The Protestant Clergy and Poor Relief, 1560-1660John McCallum and Helen Gair4. Scotland's 'Holy Households': Wives and Children of Reformed ministersJanay Nugent and L. Rae Stauffer5. Anticlericalism in Early Modern Scotland?Chris R. Langley Part II. Case Studies6. Pastors in Search of a Congregation: Clerical Calls for Reform Before 1546Elizabeth Tapscott7. 'Doctrein' or 'Filthie Speachis'? The St Andrews Ministers and the Politics of the 1590sMichael F. Graham8. Clerical Culture and Island Logic in Early Modern OrkneyPeter Marshall9. 'Gryt Abuse is Found in this Toune': James Sharpe and Moral Reformation in South Leith, 1639-45Claire McNulty10. Pastoral Cares, Covenant, and Courtship in John Dury's Personal Correspondence, 1641-5Felicity Lyn Maxwell11. 'Wings of the Soul': Moderating Emotion in the Preaching of Hugh Binning (1627-53)Nathan C. J. Hood AfterwordJane Dawson BibliographyIndex

CHRIS R. LANGLEY is Reader in Early Modern History at Newman University, Birmingham. CATHERINE E. McMILLAN is a historian of religion and society in early modern Britain. RUSSELL NEWTON is Lecturer in Church History at the Faith Mission Bible College, Edinburgh. CHRIS R. LANGLEY is Reader in Early Modern History at Newman University, Birmingham. CATHERINE E. McMILLAN is a historian of religion and society in early modern Britain. RUSSELL NEWTON is Lecturer in Church History at the Faith Mission Bible College, Edinburgh.

An outstanding and agenda-setting volume that puts the experience of Reformed ministers at the centre of the religious history of early modern Scotland.

• IntroductionChris R. Langley, Catherine E. McMillan and Russell NewtonPart I. Themes1. Exhortations and Expectations: Preaching about the Ideal Minister in Post-Reformation ScotlandMichelle D. Brock2. Ministers and the Bible in Early Modern ScotlandRussell Newton3. The Protestant Clergy and Poor Relief, 1560-1660John McCallum and Helen Gair4. Scotland's 'Holy Households': Wives and Children of Reformed ministersJanay Nugent and L. Rae Stauffer5. Anticlericalism in Early Modern Scotland?Chris R. Langley Part II. Case Studies6. Pastors in Search of a Congregation: Clerical Calls for Reform Before 1546Elizabeth Tapscott7. 'Doctrein' or 'Filthie Speachis'? The St Andrews Ministers and the Politics of the 1590sMichael F. Graham8. Clerical Culture and Island Logic in Early Modern OrkneyPeter Marshall9. 'Gryt Abuse is Found in this Toune': James Sharpe and Moral Reformation in South Leith, 1639-45Claire McNulty10. Pastoral Cares, Covenant, and Courtship in John Dury's Personal Correspondence, 1641-5Felicity Lyn Maxwell11. 'Wings of the Soul': Moderating Emotion in the Preaching of Hugh Binning (1627-53)Nathan C. J. Hood AfterwordJane Dawson BibliographyIndex

CHRIS R. LANGLEY is Reader in Early Modern History at Newman University, Birmingham. CATHERINE E. McMILLAN is a historian of religion and society in early modern Britain. RUSSELL NEWTON is Lecturer in Church History at the Faith Mission Bible College, Edinburgh. CHRIS R. LANGLEY is Reader in Early Modern History at Newman University, Birmingham. CATHERINE E. McMILLAN is a historian of religion and society in early modern Britain. RUSSELL NEWTON is Lecturer in Church History at the Faith Mission Bible College, Edinburgh.

An outstanding and agenda-setting volume that puts the experience of Reformed ministers at the centre of the religious history of early modern Scotland.

• IntroductionChris R. Langley, Catherine E. McMillan and Russell NewtonPart I. Themes1. Exhortations and Expectations: Preaching about the Ideal Minister in Post-Reformation ScotlandMichelle D. Brock2. Ministers and the Bible in Early Modern ScotlandRussell Newton3. The Protestant Clergy and Poor Relief, 1560-1660John McCallum and Helen Gair4. Scotland's 'Holy Households': Wives and Children of Reformed ministersJanay Nugent and L. Rae Stauffer5. Anticlericalism in Early Modern Scotland?Chris R. Langley Part II. Case Studies6. Pastors in Search of a Congregation: Clerical Calls for Reform Before 1546Elizabeth Tapscott7. 'Doctrein' or 'Filthie Speachis'? The St Andrews Ministers and the Politics of the 1590sMichael F. Graham8. Clerical Culture and Island Logic in Early Modern OrkneyPeter Marshall9. 'Gryt Abuse is Found in this Toune': James Sharpe and Moral Reformation in South Leith, 1639-45Claire McNulty10. Pastoral Cares, Covenant, and Courtship in John Dury's Personal Correspondence, 1641-5Felicity Lyn Maxwell11. 'Wings of the Soul': Moderating Emotion in the Preaching of Hugh Binning (1627-53)Nathan C. J. Hood AfterwordJane Dawson BibliographyIndex