The Hierarchical Bishops Claim to a Divine Right, Tried at the Scripture-Bar... Exposing The Bold Perverting Of The Scriptures Pleaded By Them (The Prelates); Vindicating The Sound Sense Of The Scriptures... And The Judgment Of Protestant Writers. The Whole Issuing In A Clear Discovery Of The Solid Grounds Of Presbyterian Government, In Opposition To Prelacy (1699)

"Ordained at Alva in 1664 he initially conformed to episcopacy, but on reading John Brown of Wamphray's Apologetical Relation he became a convinced Presbyterian and joined the ranks of the conventicle preachers... Forrester's experience in both camps well equipped him for the ecclesiastical controversies of the day. A prolific if painstaking writer, he became one of the ablest advocates of Presbyterianism," writes Grant (Cameron, ed., Dictionary of Scottish Church History and Theology, p. 331).

This book exposes the "bold perverting of the Scriptures pleaded by them (the Prelates--RB); vindicating the sound sense of the Scriptures... and the judgment of Protestant writers.The whole issuing in a clear discovery of the solid grounds of Presbyterian government, in opposition to Prelacy," as the subtitle states.