PAIRED READING B (Covenanter dissent): William Symington, Messiah the Prince, or the Mediatorial Dominion of Jesus Christ, chs. VIII-IX, 'The Mediatorial Dominion over the Nations' (the duties of nations to Christ; the duty of nations to have respect to religion)

William Symington (1795-1862), Reformed Presbyterian Church of Scotland (Covenanter)ch. VIII pp. 150-197; ch. IX pp. 198-235 (printed pages from the contents table)

Doctrinal

Covenanter position (political dissent) is one of the two options the founder allows under the 1647 text (decision 3). Doctrinal as one side of the paired unit; the establishment side (Bannerman, J. Macleod) is doctrinal likewise.