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THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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the canongate,1 was chosen modr. contrary to the fears of
freinds this assembly mett and parted in great harmony; the
chief worke of this assembly was the qdemna°n of the apology
for m. antonia bourignon.2 it was the design of many to have
the churches intrinsicke right asserted, and a good step to¬
wards it was made, viz., the king acquainted with the churches
inclina°n, and endeavours used to ppare him to comply with it
agst the next assembly; the assembly rose on moonday, march
10th, 1701, and the next indicted to meet march 6, 1702.
Sunday 23.—I preacht in the aftarnoon in the new church
befor the comissionar on psa. 68, 28, by order of the assembly.
March 11.—I returned home to Tiningham, where, praise to
god, I found my family well.
March 16.—Lectured on 2 pet. 2; preacht on mat. 11, 29 ;
this day montross,3 his mother,4 mr. Bruce, etc., were in
church.
This march was very backward weather for the seed, a cold
easterly wind with some snow.
23.—Lectured and preacht on ditto. Hopton,5 his lady,
and mother in the church.
1 Thomas Wilkie, M.A., born 9th April 1645 ; graduated at Edinburgh 31st
July 1662; ordained minister of the Canongate Parish in 1689. Died 19th
March 1711.—Scott’s Fasti.
2 Dr. George Garden of Aberdeen, a minister of the Church, had published an
Apology for Antonia Bourignon, a French visionary, born at Lille in 1616, who
claimed divine inspiration, and taught that religion consisted solely in internal
emotion, and not in either knowledge or practice. Refusing to retract his
opinions, the Assembly first condemned these as heretical, and then deposed
Dr. Garden from the ministry. A solemn renunciation of ‘ Bourignonism ’ was,
at this time, prescribed for every entrant on the ministry, an article which still
remains in the formula of the Established Church of Scotland, signed by all its
ministers at their ordination.
3 James, fourth marquis, born in 1665, created Duke of Montrose in 1707.
Previous to the Union he was Lord President of the Council, and on the acces¬
sion of King George 1. became one of the principal secretaries of State. Died
7th January 1742. He was cousin-german to the Earl of Haddington.
4 Lady Christian Leslie, second daughter of John, Duke of Rothes, married
first, to James, third Marquis of Montrose ; and, secondly, in 1687, to Sir John
Bruce of Kinross.
5 Charles Hope, son of John Hope of Hopetoun, born in 1681, created Earl of
Hopetoun in 1703, married, in 1699, Henrietta, only daughter of William, first
Marquis of Annandale. Died 26th February 1742. He was brother of the
Countess of Haddington.
1701
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the canongate,1 was chosen modr. contrary to the fears of
freinds this assembly mett and parted in great harmony; the
chief worke of this assembly was the qdemna°n of the apology
for m. antonia bourignon.2 it was the design of many to have
the churches intrinsicke right asserted, and a good step to¬
wards it was made, viz., the king acquainted with the churches
inclina°n, and endeavours used to ppare him to comply with it
agst the next assembly; the assembly rose on moonday, march
10th, 1701, and the next indicted to meet march 6, 1702.
Sunday 23.—I preacht in the aftarnoon in the new church
befor the comissionar on psa. 68, 28, by order of the assembly.
March 11.—I returned home to Tiningham, where, praise to
god, I found my family well.
March 16.—Lectured on 2 pet. 2; preacht on mat. 11, 29 ;
this day montross,3 his mother,4 mr. Bruce, etc., were in
church.
This march was very backward weather for the seed, a cold
easterly wind with some snow.
23.—Lectured and preacht on ditto. Hopton,5 his lady,
and mother in the church.
1 Thomas Wilkie, M.A., born 9th April 1645 ; graduated at Edinburgh 31st
July 1662; ordained minister of the Canongate Parish in 1689. Died 19th
March 1711.—Scott’s Fasti.
2 Dr. George Garden of Aberdeen, a minister of the Church, had published an
Apology for Antonia Bourignon, a French visionary, born at Lille in 1616, who
claimed divine inspiration, and taught that religion consisted solely in internal
emotion, and not in either knowledge or practice. Refusing to retract his
opinions, the Assembly first condemned these as heretical, and then deposed
Dr. Garden from the ministry. A solemn renunciation of ‘ Bourignonism ’ was,
at this time, prescribed for every entrant on the ministry, an article which still
remains in the formula of the Established Church of Scotland, signed by all its
ministers at their ordination.
3 James, fourth marquis, born in 1665, created Duke of Montrose in 1707.
Previous to the Union he was Lord President of the Council, and on the acces¬
sion of King George 1. became one of the principal secretaries of State. Died
7th January 1742. He was cousin-german to the Earl of Haddington.
4 Lady Christian Leslie, second daughter of John, Duke of Rothes, married
first, to James, third Marquis of Montrose ; and, secondly, in 1687, to Sir John
Bruce of Kinross.
5 Charles Hope, son of John Hope of Hopetoun, born in 1681, created Earl of
Hopetoun in 1703, married, in 1699, Henrietta, only daughter of William, first
Marquis of Annandale. Died 26th February 1742. He was brother of the
Countess of Haddington.
1701
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