A Biographical Dictionary of Eminent Scotsmen, Volume 1Robert Chambers Blackie, 1853 - Scotland |
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... church of Scotland , in 1560 , as one of those persons belonging to St Andrews who were fit for ministering and teaching ; while , only two years after , we find him minister of Ceres , in Fifeshire , with a commission to plant churches ...
... church of Scotland , in 1560 , as one of those persons belonging to St Andrews who were fit for ministering and teaching ; while , only two years after , we find him minister of Ceres , in Fifeshire , with a commission to plant churches ...
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... church at home ; and that , in the year previous to the massacre , the General Assembly had once and again desired him to return , and resume his ministry . But to this earnest request he , in the first instance , craved leisure for ...
... church at home ; and that , in the year previous to the massacre , the General Assembly had once and again desired him to return , and resume his ministry . But to this earnest request he , in the first instance , craved leisure for ...
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... church . And there , indeed , whatever could satisfy the wishes of a simple presbyter was within his reach ; for he was not only in general esteem among his brethren , but highly and justly valued for his scholarship , in conse- quence ...
... church . And there , indeed , whatever could satisfy the wishes of a simple presbyter was within his reach ; for he was not only in general esteem among his brethren , but highly and justly valued for his scholarship , in conse- quence ...
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... church , by refusing to submit to the usual trial and examination of the Assembly . In this he persisted , and entered office against the acts and ordinances of the Assembly provided for such occasions . While chaplain to the regent ...
... church , by refusing to submit to the usual trial and examination of the Assembly . In this he persisted , and entered office against the acts and ordinances of the Assembly provided for such occasions . While chaplain to the regent ...
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... church's behalf - and that henceforth he would show further and further fruits of his conversion and good meaning . This self - abasing comparison of himself to Balaam must have staggered the unfavourable suspicions of the most ...
... church's behalf - and that henceforth he would show further and further fruits of his conversion and good meaning . This self - abasing comparison of himself to Balaam must have staggered the unfavourable suspicions of the most ...
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