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INTRODUCTION.
the ffamily of Nisbets who lived in Hardhill in the
parish of Lowden & Shire of Air, &c, &c. Never
hitherto published.’ This is dated 1718. F. 2 v. has
an address to the Christian Reader signed Caleb Carrell,
which states that ‘His son James was bent for keeping
this manuscript dormant for his own and his nephew’s
private excitation to follow the noble cloud of witnesses.
But we have overpersuaded him and won this Jewell
that it may benefite others.’ This was written by the
same Sergeant Nisbet, and was first published in 1718 ;
and it is from this memoir1 that we learn all that
is to be learnt of the family traditions regarding the
origin and history of the manuscript.
The story shall be told, with some abridgment, in the
Sergeant’s own words :—
‘In the reign of King James the IV., some time before
the year 1500, it pleased the eternal Jehovah ... to
cause his marvellous light take influence on Mordoch
Nisbet in Hardhill, in the parish of Loudon and shire
of Ayr. . . . His eyes were opened to see the vanity
and evil of Popery, ... so he deliberately resolved
against it, turned from it, and joined himself with
these called Lollards, the first name given to British
Protestants, whom Papists called Hereticks. But in the
reign of King James the V., the Papists, perceiving the
Lollards began to grow numerous, and they not willing
any should disturb their kingdom of darkness, raised
persecution against them. Then Mordoch fled over seas,
and took a copy of the New Testament in writ. What
else he did we cannot say; but after some stay abroad
1 It was reprinted from the second edition in vol. ii. of Wodrow’s Mis¬
cellany (p. 377).
INTRODUCTION.
the ffamily of Nisbets who lived in Hardhill in the
parish of Lowden & Shire of Air, &c, &c. Never
hitherto published.’ This is dated 1718. F. 2 v. has
an address to the Christian Reader signed Caleb Carrell,
which states that ‘His son James was bent for keeping
this manuscript dormant for his own and his nephew’s
private excitation to follow the noble cloud of witnesses.
But we have overpersuaded him and won this Jewell
that it may benefite others.’ This was written by the
same Sergeant Nisbet, and was first published in 1718 ;
and it is from this memoir1 that we learn all that
is to be learnt of the family traditions regarding the
origin and history of the manuscript.
The story shall be told, with some abridgment, in the
Sergeant’s own words :—
‘In the reign of King James the IV., some time before
the year 1500, it pleased the eternal Jehovah ... to
cause his marvellous light take influence on Mordoch
Nisbet in Hardhill, in the parish of Loudon and shire
of Ayr. . . . His eyes were opened to see the vanity
and evil of Popery, ... so he deliberately resolved
against it, turned from it, and joined himself with
these called Lollards, the first name given to British
Protestants, whom Papists called Hereticks. But in the
reign of King James the V., the Papists, perceiving the
Lollards began to grow numerous, and they not willing
any should disturb their kingdom of darkness, raised
persecution against them. Then Mordoch fled over seas,
and took a copy of the New Testament in writ. What
else he did we cannot say; but after some stay abroad
1 It was reprinted from the second edition in vol. ii. of Wodrow’s Mis¬
cellany (p. 377).
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| Publications by Scottish clubs > Scottish Text Society publications > Old series > New Testament in Scots > Volume 1, 1901 > (19) |
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| Description | Volume 1. Introduction, Prologe, Matthewe-Luke. |
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| Description | Being Purvey's revision of Wycliffe's version turned into Scots by Murdoch Nisbet, c. 1520. Edited from the unique MS. in the possession of Lord Amherst of Hackney by Thomas Graves Law. Edinburgh : Printed for the Society by W. Blackwood, 1901-1905. Contents: Volume 1. Introduction, Prologe, Matthewe-Luke -- Volume 2. John-Hebrues -- Volume 3. Actes-Apocalipsis, Epistles of the Ald Testament. |
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