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DISJUNCTION OF PRESBYTERIES
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and was buryed Fryday 11th in s* ninians. this Sabbath
inarch 6th I preached in S4 ninians, aftarnoon on gen. 2, 7.
13tk.—At home lect. on dent. 11; pr. on rom. 5, 1.
Thursday, YUh.—I went to Edenr, and became tutor to my
sister helens children.
Sunday, 20th.—I preacht in the tron-church fornoon on
heb. 11, 10.
Saturnday, 20th.—I returned home.
27th.—Lect. on deut. 12, prea. on heb. 9, 28.
Aprl. 3.—Lect. on deut. 13; preacht on rom. 5, 1.
This weeke I grew very ill of a cold.
Twesday, 5th.—I let a litle blood and aftarwards purged.
\0th.—Lect. on deut. 14; prea. on rom. 5, 2.
My indisposition still continuing, Mr. William muir, proba-
tionar, preached for me two sabbaths, viz. apr. 17 and apr. 24.
This weeke my son tooke the kinkhoast on apr. 24 ; was let
blood of with fowr leaches behind the ears.
May 1.—No sermon here, my sickness qtinuing.
I was absent from this aprile synod (which mett at Sterlin)
through indisposition ; by this synod the pbitrys of dumblan
and sterlin, who had acted jointly since the revolution, were
disjoined, and ordered to meet and act separatly; the pbitry
of sterlin because of yre many vacancys not yet filled up dis¬
sented, and appealled to the assembly. Mr. Dowglass of
dumblan pbitry adhaering.
This was a very severe season,1 a very bitter, cold aprile; on
Twesday, may 3, a great showr of snow and frequent showrs of
haill till satumday, May 7th, when the weather begane to mend.
It pleased god to recover me also, and my son this first weeke
of May.
0th.—Lect. on deut. 15 ; preacht on Jer. 9, 1, 2, 3.
15.—Lect. on deut. 16; preacht on rom. 5, 2.
22.—Lect. on deut. 17 ; preacht on rom. 5, 2, 3.
1632, and was the widow of Alexander Glass of Sauchie, who died in 1683, to
whom she was married in 1655.
1 For a short account of the unpropitious weather, and consequent dearth,
which prevailed in Scotland at this period for several seasons, and to which
several references occur in this part of the Diary, see Chambers’s Domestic
Annals, vol. iii. p. 195 seq.
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and was buryed Fryday 11th in s* ninians. this Sabbath
inarch 6th I preached in S4 ninians, aftarnoon on gen. 2, 7.
13tk.—At home lect. on dent. 11; pr. on rom. 5, 1.
Thursday, YUh.—I went to Edenr, and became tutor to my
sister helens children.
Sunday, 20th.—I preacht in the tron-church fornoon on
heb. 11, 10.
Saturnday, 20th.—I returned home.
27th.—Lect. on deut. 12, prea. on heb. 9, 28.
Aprl. 3.—Lect. on deut. 13; preacht on rom. 5, 1.
This weeke I grew very ill of a cold.
Twesday, 5th.—I let a litle blood and aftarwards purged.
\0th.—Lect. on deut. 14; prea. on rom. 5, 2.
My indisposition still continuing, Mr. William muir, proba-
tionar, preached for me two sabbaths, viz. apr. 17 and apr. 24.
This weeke my son tooke the kinkhoast on apr. 24 ; was let
blood of with fowr leaches behind the ears.
May 1.—No sermon here, my sickness qtinuing.
I was absent from this aprile synod (which mett at Sterlin)
through indisposition ; by this synod the pbitrys of dumblan
and sterlin, who had acted jointly since the revolution, were
disjoined, and ordered to meet and act separatly; the pbitry
of sterlin because of yre many vacancys not yet filled up dis¬
sented, and appealled to the assembly. Mr. Dowglass of
dumblan pbitry adhaering.
This was a very severe season,1 a very bitter, cold aprile; on
Twesday, may 3, a great showr of snow and frequent showrs of
haill till satumday, May 7th, when the weather begane to mend.
It pleased god to recover me also, and my son this first weeke
of May.
0th.—Lect. on deut. 15 ; preacht on Jer. 9, 1, 2, 3.
15.—Lect. on deut. 16; preacht on rom. 5, 2.
22.—Lect. on deut. 17 ; preacht on rom. 5, 2, 3.
1632, and was the widow of Alexander Glass of Sauchie, who died in 1683, to
whom she was married in 1655.
1 For a short account of the unpropitious weather, and consequent dearth,
which prevailed in Scotland at this period for several seasons, and to which
several references occur in this part of the Diary, see Chambers’s Domestic
Annals, vol. iii. p. 195 seq.
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