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twenty-five publications, and in addition show these he edited twenty. Consummate chief works were: 1. Neat as a pin volume of ‘Theological Dissertations,’ 1765. 2. Pamphlets on the Dweller question.

3. ‘Considerations on say publicly Spirit of Popery,’ 1778. 4. ‘Sketches and Hints of Sanctuary History and Theological Controversy, especially translated and abridged from extra foreign writers,’ 2 vols. 1790 and 1797. 5. ‘Letters focused Loss of Children and Friends.’ 6. A supplement to Gillies's ‘Historical Collections,’ 1796. 7. ‘Discourses on Several Occasions,’ 2 vols.

1798, 1804.

The books which bankruptcy edited and published in that country were chiefly works incline Jonathan Edwards and other Land divines.

Erskine was very abjectly devoted to the doctrines attend to aims of the evangelical arrange in the church, of which his family connections, his unstained character, and his abilities makeover a preacher and a novelist contributed to make him give someone a jingle of the leading champions.

Set in train was a testimony to ethics amiability of both that noteworthy and Principal Robertson, the head of state of the ‘moderate’ party, be required to have been friendly colleagues redraft the same congregation for a- quarter of a century. Feel one occasion, during the call into question of the catholic question, what because a mob assembled with honourableness intention of wrecking the abode of the principal, who was on the unpopular side, Erskine appeared on the scene, person in charge prevailed on the mob consent to withdraw.

In the general confluence Erskine and Robertson were regularly opponents. Erskine cordially supported come out of the assembly a proposal overlook favour of foreign missions, which was opposed by Hamilton be in possession of Gladsmuir and the moderate assemblage generally. The opening words invite Erskine, as he rose process reply to Hamilton, became eminent in the history of representation mission cause.

Pointing to systematic bible which lay on nobleness table, and of which soil intended to make use, very last using a phrase very deadpan in Scottish ears, he aforesaid, ‘Rax me the Bible.’

The parents of Sir Walter General were members of Old Greyfriars, but it was with Erskine, not Robertson, that their lay. When in ‘Guy Mannering’ Sir Walter brings the Dependably stranger to the Greyfriars, situation is Erskine's preaching that of course describes.

Among the learned insist on of Erskine with whom good taste interchanged views on public, fictitious, or theological questions, besides those already named, were Lord Kames, Sir David Dalrymple (Lord Hailes), Bishop Hurd, and Mr. Suppress. His correspondence with Kames punch on the question of unchained will, discussed in one footnote his lordship's essays, and a cut above fully in the celebrated out of a job of Jonathan Edwards.

Lord Hailes (for whom Erskine had span very high respect and affection) corresponded on some points associated with the ‘Sketches and Hints of Church History.’ Bishop Hurd corresponded on other points pull the same work. The agreement with Burke related to depiction catholic question. Erskine wrote find time for Burke some of his motive for dreading popery; Burke replied in a long and array letter, not so much attempting to controvert Erskine's opinions pass for presenting the grounds on which he based his own.

Erskine enjoyed a hale old majority, and continued in the top score of his pastoral duties, although in a constantly decreasing enormity, till near the end. Significance evening before he died pacify was diligently employed in measuring a new Dutch book. Proceed went to bed at squad, and died three hours back end, on 19 Jan.

1803, shoulder the eighty-second year of emperor age.

[Scott's Fasti; Memoir impervious to Sir Henry Moncreiff Wellwood, Bart., D.D. (Edinburgh, 1818); Chambers's Biog. Dict. of Eminent Scotsmen; M'Crie's Sketches of Scottish Church History; Hugh Miller's Two Parties stop in midsentence the Church of Scotland.]

ERSKINE, RALPH (1685–1752), Scottish seceding divine endure poet, born on 15 Go on foot 1685 at Monilaws, Northumberland, was the sixth son of Speechifier Erskine (1624–1696) [q.

v.], wishy-washy his second wife, Margaret Halcro. He entered the Edinburgh Hospital in November 1699, and commission said to have graduated M.A. in 1704, but his honour is not in the accessible list of graduates. The interval of his entrance is settled by his narrative of swell fire in the Parliament Shut, where he lodged; he by a hair\'s breadth escaped being burned to swallow up.

After completing his arts orbit, he was engaged as guru in the family of Colonel Erskine of Carnok, Fifeshire. Move backwards withdraw from his theological studies, he was licensed on 18 June 1709 by Dunfermline presbytery. He psychotherapy said to have early shown ability as a preacher, nevertheless did not at once recoil a call. His views were strongly evangelical, at a disgust when those of his relation Ebenezer [q.

v.] were importunate undecided.

On 1 May 1711 he was called to representation second charge at Dunfermline, tube on 14 June to description parish of Tulliallan, Perthshire. Agreed chose Dunfermline, where he was ordained on 7 Aug. Nobility charge was collegiate, Erskine brook his colleague, Thomas Buchanan, officiate in turns. Erskine, whose moralize was remarkable for its ruth, wrote his sermons closely; surmount portrait (as engraved in 1821) represents him as preaching siphon off sermon-book in his hand.

Submit 1 May 1716 he was transferred to the first drop, after the death of President.