page_title: James Guthrie (minister)
section_title: Engagers versus Remonstrants
hierarchical_section_title: James Guthrie (minister) / Political background / Engagers versus Remonstrants
caption_attribution_description: English: Carisbrooke Castle gatehouse, Isle of Wight, looking in from the east. This tower, built in 1464, is a grade I listed building in England. Español: Puerta de entrada oriental del castillo de Carisbrooke en la isla de Wight, Inglaterra. Polski: Brama zamku Carisbrooke na&#160;wyspie Wight, w&#160;Anglii. Čeština: Vstupní brána do hradu Carisbrooke na ostrově Wight, Anglie. Deutsch: Torhaus des Carisbrooke Castle auf der Isle of Wight in England Magyar: A Carisbrooke kastély kapuja (Wight-sziget, Egyesült Királyság) Italiano: L'ingresso del castello di Carisbrooke sull'Isola di Wight, Inghilterra. Македонски: Стражарница на замокот Карисбрук, Остров Вајт, Англија. Nederlands: Het poortgebouw van het Kasteel van Carisbrooke op het eiland Wight Português: Porta da entrada oriental do castelo de mota de Carisbrooke na Ilha de Wight, Inglaterra. This is a photo of listed building number 1034657.
context_page_description: James Guthrie, was a Scottish Presbyterian minister. Cromwell called him "the short man who would not bow." He was theologically and politically aligned with Archibald Johnston, whose illuminating 3 volume diaries were lost until 1896, and not fully published until 1940. He was exempted from the general pardon at the restoration of the monarchy, tried on 6 charges, and hanged in Edinburgh.
  James Guthrie was born about 1612 and said to be son of Guthrie of that ilk. He graduated with an M.A. from St. Andrew's University. He subsequently became a regent in St Leonard's College, St Andrews. He was one of those whom the Assembly, 16 December 1638, found ready to supply vacancies. He was not ordained until a few year later when he was called to Lauder in 1642, where he stayed for 7 years. He was selected with three others to wait upon Charles I. at Newcastle in 1646 with a letter from the Assembly. He preached before Parliament on 10 January 1649, and was thanked by it. He was appointed a commissioner for visiting the Universities of St Andrews and Edinburgh that year. He was translated and admitted to the Church of the Holy Rude in Stirling in November 1650.
context_section_description: The origin of the dispute goes back to the year 1647, when, after difficult and intricate negotiations, Charles was delivered up to the English Parliament, and after an attempt to escape from Hampton Court was taken and committed as a prisoner to Carisbrooke Castle in the Isle of Wight. While there, a secret treaty was framed between him and representatives from Scotland, in which he agreed under certain conditions to accept the Solemn League and Covenant, and to establish Presbyterianism for three years in England. This treaty, known as the "Engagement," though approved by the Scottish Parliament, was rejected and condemned by the Commission of Assembly of the Church of Scotland, which instructed every minister to preach against it, and to use his utmost influence to prevent the Marquis of Hamilton's expedition for the relief of the King from proving successful. The defeat of his army at Preston, while it extinguished the hopes of his party, widened the breach which had now been made in the once united ranks of the Covenanters. Two parties were formed, which regarded one another with unconcealed hostility: the Engagers, so called from the Engagement which Hamilton had made with the King; and the Remonstrants or strict Covenanters who were under the leadership of Warriston and Argyll. James Guthrie wanted the full force of the Covenants in national life in all parts of the kingdoms and opposed the Engagement and supporting the army which backed it; he became a Remonstrator.
caption: Carisbrooke Castle, where a secret agreement, or "Engagement", was signed to back Charles I with an army in return for implementing the Solemn League and Covenant albeit in a weakened, some would say a compromised, form.
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