1. Kirks and kirkmen unreformed; 2. Antecedents of revolution, 1525-59; 3. An unstable situation, 1560-7; 4. Word and Sacraments: the parish ministry; 5. The 'godly bishop' and the superintendent; 6. The 'godly magistracy' and the general assembly; 7. 'Conformity with England', 1567-73; 8. The rise of the Presbyterian movement; 9. The search for a 'settled polity'.