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A NATIONAL FAST DAY
401
April ISth.—Lect. on 2 pet. 2; preacht on Coll. 3, 11.
\5th.—I went to yester where I was assisting att the ordina¬
tion of Mr. James Craig1 to that paroch. Mr. Matthew Reid
minr at north Berwicke preacht on Jer. 23, 22.
Wedensday, \Qth.—I had the pbiteriall exercise on 1 pet.
5, 2; having had the addition the former pbitry day on
v. 1.
This weeke was very cold, the nights frosty, and a bitter
easterly wind.
9.0th.—Lectured on ditto, preacht on Tit. 2, 11.
About this time the certain news of the late King James his
death came to Edenr. he dyed 2
Thursday, 9Ath.—Being a nationall fast day by appointment
of the last assembly for the sins of the land, and the dangers
threatning the reformed churches,3 I lectured on Isay. 58 ; and
preacht on Ezek. 21, 13.
Aprile 27.—Lect. on 2 pet. 3; and preacht on tit. 2, 11, 12.
Atherston in church. The season was still cold, yet the com
cheap.
May 4>th.—Lectured and preacht on ditto.
This weeke our synod of Lothian mett, I went from home
to it moonday 5th. Mr. will. Burnett att Falkirke4 was
chosen modr.
Thursday, 8th.—I preached befor the synod on philip. 2,16;
and returned home on Fryday 9th att night.
Dalrymple of Hailes—who was also an elder in the parish (Prestonkirk). The con¬
clusion of the matter is thus recorded :—‘Dunbar, 5 October 1675. The Laird
of Smeaton, from the reference that the general voice that his lady had kicked
an English boy three times, to the danger of his life, the boy is now found to be
alive, and for verification theirof was publicklie shown to the whole people
convened in the kirk, and presented to the sheriff-depute sitting in judgment at
Haddington ; therefore he desired this to be registrat in their book, and wished
an extract from the clerk. ’
1 James Craig, M.A., born 5th September 1669; graduated at Edinburgh 9th
July 1694; translated to Dunbar in 1718, and thence to the Old Church parish,
Edinburgh, in 1721. Died 31st January 1731.—Scott’s Fasti.
2 Blank in the MS.
3 In France, Piedmont, and the Palatinate.
4 William Burnett, admitted minister of Mid-Calder, November 1687 ; trans¬
lated to Falkirk in 1696, and died 18th December 1714. His wife was a daughter
of the celebrated James Fraser of Brae, minister of Culross.—Scott’s Fasti.
2 c
1701
401
April ISth.—Lect. on 2 pet. 2; preacht on Coll. 3, 11.
\5th.—I went to yester where I was assisting att the ordina¬
tion of Mr. James Craig1 to that paroch. Mr. Matthew Reid
minr at north Berwicke preacht on Jer. 23, 22.
Wedensday, \Qth.—I had the pbiteriall exercise on 1 pet.
5, 2; having had the addition the former pbitry day on
v. 1.
This weeke was very cold, the nights frosty, and a bitter
easterly wind.
9.0th.—Lectured on ditto, preacht on Tit. 2, 11.
About this time the certain news of the late King James his
death came to Edenr. he dyed 2
Thursday, 9Ath.—Being a nationall fast day by appointment
of the last assembly for the sins of the land, and the dangers
threatning the reformed churches,3 I lectured on Isay. 58 ; and
preacht on Ezek. 21, 13.
Aprile 27.—Lect. on 2 pet. 3; and preacht on tit. 2, 11, 12.
Atherston in church. The season was still cold, yet the com
cheap.
May 4>th.—Lectured and preacht on ditto.
This weeke our synod of Lothian mett, I went from home
to it moonday 5th. Mr. will. Burnett att Falkirke4 was
chosen modr.
Thursday, 8th.—I preached befor the synod on philip. 2,16;
and returned home on Fryday 9th att night.
Dalrymple of Hailes—who was also an elder in the parish (Prestonkirk). The con¬
clusion of the matter is thus recorded :—‘Dunbar, 5 October 1675. The Laird
of Smeaton, from the reference that the general voice that his lady had kicked
an English boy three times, to the danger of his life, the boy is now found to be
alive, and for verification theirof was publicklie shown to the whole people
convened in the kirk, and presented to the sheriff-depute sitting in judgment at
Haddington ; therefore he desired this to be registrat in their book, and wished
an extract from the clerk. ’
1 James Craig, M.A., born 5th September 1669; graduated at Edinburgh 9th
July 1694; translated to Dunbar in 1718, and thence to the Old Church parish,
Edinburgh, in 1721. Died 31st January 1731.—Scott’s Fasti.
2 Blank in the MS.
3 In France, Piedmont, and the Palatinate.
4 William Burnett, admitted minister of Mid-Calder, November 1687 ; trans¬
lated to Falkirk in 1696, and died 18th December 1714. His wife was a daughter
of the celebrated James Fraser of Brae, minister of Culross.—Scott’s Fasti.
2 c
1701
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