ogick
Marshal on sanctification
Erskine's scripture songs
Shield's faithful contendings
Welwood's glimpse of glory
Blackwell's sacred scheme
Ridgley's body of divinity, in Folio
The following ARTICLES to be had Stitched,
Act, Declaration and Testimony
The Doctrine of Grace
The full state of the marrow controversy
The holy life of Mr John Janeway
The life of Mr John Livinston
Borland's history of Darien
Form of process used in kirk courts
Mr Graham's four discourses on covenanting
Where also may be had, Bibles gilt and plain, New Testaments, psalm
books, confessions of faith, Catechisms large and small, Proverbs,
Syllabing Catechisms, Brown's Catechism, Henry's catechism, Muckarsie's
catechism, Oliphant's catechism, Proof catechism, Mother's catechism,
Watt's catechism, Watt's songs for children, Paper and Pens, Letter
cases and Pocket books _&c. &c._
THE
LIVES AND CHARACTERS
OF THE
SCOTS WORTHIES.
_The Life of Mr. PATRICK HAMILTON._
He was born about the year of our Lord 1503, and he was nephew to the
earl of Arran by his father, and to the duke of Albany by his mother; he
was also related to king James. V. of Scotland. He was early educated
with a design for future high preferment, and had the abbey of _Ferm_
given him, for the purpose of prosecuting his studies; which he did with
great assiduity.
In order to complete this laudable design, he resolved to travel into
Germany. The fame of the university of Wittemberg was then very great,
and drew many to it from distant places, among which our Hamilton was
one. He was the first who introduced public disputations upon faith and
works, and such theological questions, into the university of Marpurg,
in which he was assisted by Francis Lambert; by whose conversation he
profited not a little.--Here he became acquainted with these eminent
reformers, Martin Luther and Philip Melancthon, besides other learned
men of their society. By these distinguished masters he was instructed
in the knowledge of the true religion, which he had little opportunity
to become acquainted with in his own country, because the small remains
of it which were in Scotland at this time, were under the yoke of
oppression which we have already shown in the close of the
introduction.--He made an amazing proficiency in this most important
study, and became soon as zealous in the profession of the true faith,
as he had been diligent to attain the knowle
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