Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - Bayan Maido da Sarauta a 1660, Scotland ta sake samun kirk, amma har da bishops. An soke dokar a baya zuwa 1633, ta cire nasarorin Covenanter na Yaƙe-yaƙe na Bishops, amma an sabunta horo na zaman kirk, presbyteries da synods. Maido da episcopacy ya zama tushen matsala ta musamman a kudu maso yammacin ƙasar, wani yanki da ke da goyon bayan Presbyterian sosai. Da suka yi watsi da cocin da aka kafa, mutane da yawa a nan suka soma halartar tarurruka na waje da ba bisa doka ba da masu wa'azi da aka kore suke gudanarwa, da ake kira conventicles. Official yunkurin murkushe wadannan ya haifar da wani tashin hankali a 1679, ya ci nasara da James, Duke na Monmouth, da Sarki ba bisa doka ba dan, a Battle of Bothwell Bridge
Ka yi haƙuri. A farkon 1680s wani lokaci mai tsanani na tsanantawa ya fara, a cikin abin da daga baya ya zama sananne a cikin tarihin Protestant a matsayin "Killing Time", tare da masu ra'ayin ra'ayin da aka kashe ta hanyar James Graham, Laird na Claverhouse ko kuma aka yanke masa hukunci zuwa sufuri ko mutuwa ta Sir George Mackenzie, Mai Shari'a.