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12mo. The Mirror, or a Treatise on the Law and Gospel, Glasg. 1792, 12mo. Letters concerning the Third Indulgence (M'Ward's Contendings). A M8. History of the Church in Latin (is in the Univ. Library, Edin.), and on Indefinite Ordination (in Wodrow MSS., Advocates' Library, Edin.)-[Rutherfurd's Lett., Wodrow, and Kirkton's Hist., Lockerby's Life, Steven's Scott. Ch. Rotterd., Edin. Grad., M`Crie's Hem. of Veitch, Edin. Chr. Inst. xxi., Sinclair's xxi., and New St. Acc. iv.]

166-. WILLIAM CARMICHEL, A.M., attained his degree at the Univ. of Edinburgh 14th July 1659, became schoolmaster of Colinton, licen. by George, Bishop of Edinburgh, 18th Feb. 1663; trans. to Athelstaneford in 1665.-[Reg. Laur. Univ. Edim, and Collat., Colinton Sess. Reg., Tombst.]

1665. JOHN SWINTOUN, A.M., was laureated at the Univ. of Edinburgh 18th July 1664, licen. by George, Bishop of Edinburgh 26th March 1665, and having passed trials before the Presb. of Haddington, was ord. by him 14th Dec. after; trans. to Cranshaws in 1674.-[Reg. Laur. Univ. Edin., and Collat., Haddington, and Dunse Presb. Reg., Wightman's Just Reply.]

167-. ALEXANDER WOOD, A.M., obtained his degree at the Univ. of Edinburgh 21st July 1673; trans. to Wester Leinzae or Kirkintilloch in 1679.-[Reg. Laur. Univ. Edin., Test. Reg. (Dumf.)]

1680. WILLIAM WYSEHEART, A.M., trans .from Newabbey; died in Feb. 1685, aged about 40, leaving three sisters, Jean, Margaret, and Elizabeth. He debursed for the heritors xlviij li, for glazing the windows of the church and manse.-Test. Reg. (Dumf.), Wightman's Just Reply.]

1690. THOMAS DOUGLAS, A.M., had his degree at the Univ. of Edinburgh 23d May 1655, ord. to a charge in London. Decreet of the Privy Council was passed against him and other rein. 16th July 1671 for keeping conventicles. He was denounced as a rebel 16th July 1674, and letters of intercommuning were issued against him 3d Aug. following. He preached against hearing ministers who had accepted the indulgence, and published the declaration and testimony at Rutherglen 29th May 1679, and in the year following adhered to the declaration at Queensferry, thus adopting the violent measures of the extreme Presbyterians, while he evaded all attempts of pursuit and seizure; died in 1695, aged about 60, leaving a widow in poor circumstances, who sold a debt of vii^c merks to the succeeding incumbent for L.5 and a gravestone for her husband; the latter condition he did not fulfil.-[Edin. Grad., Wodrow's Hist., rand MSS., Wrightman's Just Reply, Law's Memorials, MS. Acc. of Min. 1689, Lives of Peden, and Cargill.]

1697. JOHN TAYLOR, ordained 4th March; deposed (by the Synod) 10th April 1715 for altering the marches of his glebe, &c. He declined their authority, however, and joined two other min. in forming a Presbytery, whose chief ground of dissent was adherence to the Covenant, and objection to the oath of. abjuration; but it lasted a very short while, yet not without injury to the interest of religion in that district. A representation was made to the Gen. Assembly 9th May 1716, by the Presb. of the bounds, giving a long narrative of his disorders and irregularities, and craving the Assembly to fall upon proper methods to crush the schism he had occasioned, and in particular that they would adopt some effectual means for removing him from the parish, that it might be got comfortably planted. Being informed that the schism daily increased, the Assembly, 13th May 1717, appointed the Presb. to go on in the process of excom