Henderson did speak of liberty versus tyranny, but with liturgical and eschatological qualifications. . . . It is important to keep Henderson’s arguments against episcopacy anchored in his struggle against idolatry. If not, his arguments can be easily transformed into some kind of appeal for political ends, or a historian can place them in a context relevant to his or her personal situation.

L. Charles Jackson, Riots, Revolutions, and the Scottish Covenanters: The Work of Alexander Henderson, 169.