WHIG HISTORY DEFINITION ALSO THINK ENLIGHTENMENT AS WHIGGISM TO THEM

'... the so-called Whigs were predominantly Christian, predominantly Anglican, thinkers for whom the Reformation supplied the critical theatre of enquiry when considering the origins of modern England. When they wrote about the history of the English constitution, as so many of them did, they approached their story from the standpoint of having Good News to relate.'

This seems to be one area where Ferguson and I are on more or less the same, critical, page....