Editing Hugh Binning (section)

==Politics==
[[File:EDI CITY CAC 1978 113.jpg|thumb|The Signing of the [[National Covenant]]. The Victorian painter [[William Hole (artist)|William Hole]] places [[Alexander Henderson (theologian)|Alexander Henderson]] at the centre of events in 1638]]
Hugh Binning's political views were based on his theology. Binning was a [[Covenanter]], a movement that began in Scotland at [[Greyfriars Kirkyard]] in 1638 with the National Covenant and continued with the 1643 [[Solemn League and Covenant]]—in effect a treaty between the English [[Long Parliament]] and Scotland for the preservation of the reformed religion in exchange for troops to confront the threat of Irish Catholic troops joining the [[Royalist]] army. Binning could also be described as a Protestor; both political positions were taken because of their religious implications. However, he saw the evils of the politics of his day was not a "fomenter of factions" writing "A Treatise of Christian Love" as a response.<ref name="worthies">{{cite book
|title=Lives of the Scottish Covenanters; a Brief Historical Account of the most Eminent Noblemen, Gentlemen, Ministers, and Others... from the beginning of the 16th Century to the year 1688.|orig-year=1775|year=1863|editor1=A Clergyman of the Church of Scotland|publisher=W. R. M’Phun|others=Preface and Notes by [[William M’Gavin]], Esq|first=John|last=Howie|author-link=John Howie (biographer)|page=205}}</ref>