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14 in Parliament; & gave it as their opinion that it would be much for the interest of the Church if 51. Ministers were chosen from among the Clergy to attend Parliament, this is nearly the Number of Ecclesiasticks that us'd to attend in antient times.

James VI. in 1587. obtain'd a Statute by which the lesser Barons, or Freeholders were oblig'd to send Representatives for every County to Parliament; His reason for wishing this to pass was that He look'd upon it as the most effectual method of diminishing the Authority of the Nobility.

James's mounting the English Throne greatly alter'd the System of Government in Scotland, his having more Wealth, & opporunitys of assisting those attach'd to him, made the Nobles more obsequious to his commands, for they living much after the fashion of the English & having a less income, found it