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BURNET-LEIGHTON PAPERS
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some kind of answer as when I doe not, for both are alike
nothing and as I account them so I desire yow may doe so too,
and then yow will ye more easily pardon mee when I fayle or
delay to answer. I confes my retreat hath some advantage in
it towards ye best ends of our life, but will not trouble yow
with ye iust regrett I have of my litle or no improvement of it
to those ends for wch as it hath some fitnes, I cannot deny I
did desire and design it but through his help who hath so
favourably granted it to mee, I will not give over y® poor
indeavours I can [word deleted] of better proficiency, nor y® hopes
I have in his vnweari’d goodnes who does nothing in vain, and
never fayles them y1 waite for him. And I am releev’d by the
confidence I have that yow and many others, doe him so much
better service in a more active state of life, and yet withall doe
make greater advances in y® contemplative and it reioyces mee
to vnderstand that yow meet with some such among yor
acquaintance and I doe most affectionately wish the increase of
their number and their graces. I must again trouble yow to
present my humble service to those worthy persons yow
mention in yor letter of whose vndeserved kindnes to mee all
along I am very sensible and shall bee while I live, though
now totally incapable of ever doing them any service that
might give some reall testimony of it. Though I am crazy
and stirr very litle abroad yet the desire I have to see yow
and those noble freinds of ours, wold tempt mee to a iourney
to London, were it not one thing that frights mee, that it
would vnavoydably engage mee to some other visits to wch I
have no great mind, and yet if it please God to continue mee
in any tolerable condition of health, I may possibly break
through that too. However whither together or apart wee
have one great comfort towards wch wee may still turn or
thoughts from all y® evils without vs and within vs, that these
days of sin and misery are passing away, and that blest
eternity is hastning forward, that will perfectly deliver vs
from all our greifs and all our fears, and will over-accomplish
all our hopes, farewell and remember, etc.
For Doctor Gilbert Burnett at London.
[Sealed in black wax.]
363
some kind of answer as when I doe not, for both are alike
nothing and as I account them so I desire yow may doe so too,
and then yow will ye more easily pardon mee when I fayle or
delay to answer. I confes my retreat hath some advantage in
it towards ye best ends of our life, but will not trouble yow
with ye iust regrett I have of my litle or no improvement of it
to those ends for wch as it hath some fitnes, I cannot deny I
did desire and design it but through his help who hath so
favourably granted it to mee, I will not give over y® poor
indeavours I can [word deleted] of better proficiency, nor y® hopes
I have in his vnweari’d goodnes who does nothing in vain, and
never fayles them y1 waite for him. And I am releev’d by the
confidence I have that yow and many others, doe him so much
better service in a more active state of life, and yet withall doe
make greater advances in y® contemplative and it reioyces mee
to vnderstand that yow meet with some such among yor
acquaintance and I doe most affectionately wish the increase of
their number and their graces. I must again trouble yow to
present my humble service to those worthy persons yow
mention in yor letter of whose vndeserved kindnes to mee all
along I am very sensible and shall bee while I live, though
now totally incapable of ever doing them any service that
might give some reall testimony of it. Though I am crazy
and stirr very litle abroad yet the desire I have to see yow
and those noble freinds of ours, wold tempt mee to a iourney
to London, were it not one thing that frights mee, that it
would vnavoydably engage mee to some other visits to wch I
have no great mind, and yet if it please God to continue mee
in any tolerable condition of health, I may possibly break
through that too. However whither together or apart wee
have one great comfort towards wch wee may still turn or
thoughts from all y® evils without vs and within vs, that these
days of sin and misery are passing away, and that blest
eternity is hastning forward, that will perfectly deliver vs
from all our greifs and all our fears, and will over-accomplish
all our hopes, farewell and remember, etc.
For Doctor Gilbert Burnett at London.
[Sealed in black wax.]
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| Description | Contents: The Scottish king's household and other fragments from a 14th century manuscript / Mary Bateson -- The Scottish nation in the University of Orleans, 1336-1538 / John Kirkpatrick -- Muster-roll of the French garrison at Dunbar, 1553 / Robert S. Rait -- The antiquity of the Christian religion among the Scots, 1594 / Henry D.G. Law -- The apology for William Maitland of Lethington, 1610 / Andrew Lang -- Some letters and correspondence of George Graeme / L.G. Graeme -- A Scottish journie, being an account in verse of a tour from Edinburgh to Glasgow in 1641, by P.J. / C.H. Firth -- Narratives illustrating the Duke of Hamilton's expedition to England in 1648 / C.H. Firth -- Certain papers of Robert Burnet ... Gilbert Burnet ... and Robert Leighton / H.C. Foxcroft -- Letters and documents relating to Robert Erskine, physician to Peter the Great, 1677-1720 / Robert Paul -- The will of Charlotte Stuart, Duchess of Albany, 1789 / Francis Steuart -- Index. |
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| Description | Over 180 volumes, published by the Scottish History Society, containing original sources on Scotland's history and people. With a wide range of subjects, the books collectively cover all periods from the 12th to 20th centuries, and reflect changing trends in Scottish history. Sources are accompanied by scholarly interpretation, references and bibliographies. Volumes are usually published annually, and more digitised volumes will be added as they become available. |
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