1903 ROBERT LEIGHTON [1611-1684]. Fine Biography of Important Scottish Divine. Irvingite

1903 ROBERT LEIGHTON [1611-1684]. Fine Biography of Important Scottish Divine. IrvingiteVery nice copy of a Butler's classic biography of Robert Leighton [1611 1684], prominent Scottish divine and author of many influential theological and devotional works. His exposition of Peter was highly recommended by Spurgeon, who called it a truly heavenly work. Butler, D. Minister of the Tron Kirk, Edinburgh. The Life and Letters of Robert Leighton. Restoration Bishop of Dunblane and Archbishop of Glasgow. London. Hodder and Stoughton. 1903.

though he was a Covenanter and still earnestly rebukes magistrates for their unwillingness to prosecute crimes of ungodliness and their complicity in de-Christianizing England

especially as articulated by Charles Grandison Finney

barely made it out of the city before dying on the banks of the Mississippi River

Vindiciae Vindiciarum

on the Navy Appropriation Bill

and His Writings

apparently making sure to see each other any time Washington was near Gloninger's Lebanon

Pearce’s cabin it was not more than two yards from us – while the sailors were raising it however

edited by John Gambold [1711-1771]

and on one occasion at least Whitefield is known to have preached in his parish to an immense congregation

The Panoplist and Missionary Magazine United

and the present is one of the very earliest works on the subject