not deficient in loyality. The General Assembly of Scotland had so much confidence in his attachment to the House of Stuart, that, after the execution of King Charles I. in 1649, they appointed him one of the embassy from their body to Charles II. at the Hague, after he was pro claimed in Scotland. Upon that occasion Mr Baillie addressed the King in a loyal speech, expressing in the strongest terms his joy and that of his brethren in his succession to the throne, and their great abhorrence of the murder of his royal father. In his sentiments on this event, it appears, that the Presbyterian Divines of that period, both at home and abroad, very generally agreed.Under Cromwell's usurpation, he joined with the party called Resolutioners, and wrote several of the papers on that side. He had a strong aversion to toleration, and availed himself of every opportunity in testifying against it. He seldom omits any oportunity of shewing his disapprobation of the doctrine of toleration, either in his Letters, or in his other writings.-After the Restoration of King Charles II. Mr Baillie, on the 23d of Jan. 1661, by the interest of the Earl of Lauderdale, with whom he was a great favourite, was made Principal of the Univer sity of Glasgow, upon the removal of Mr Patrick Gillespie, who had been patronised by Cromwell. It is said, by several writers, that Mr Baillie had the offer of a Bishopric, which he absolutely refused. This is highly probable. He was very highly esteemed by some of the most eminent Biblical and classical scholars on the Continent in his time; as Spanheim, Salmasius, Rivet, Leusden, and Constantine L. Empereur. In his Letters, he writes as a man of great piety and intellect, and is found inquiring at his correspondent in Holland for the best and most recent publications on Hebrew, Syriac, and Arabic, literature, and even on mathematical science; all which shews at once the great variety and extent of his own attainments, and also his earnest desire to promote the interests of that academical institution with which he was intimately connected. He was an excellent linguist. By his indefatigable industry, he acquired the knowledge of twelve June tha 22 or thirteen languages; and he could write a Latin style, which, in the opinion of learned men, might well become the Augustan age, and of which his Opus Chronolo icum is a decisive proof.-Mr Baillie was averse to funeral sermons, when he was in London. Speaking of Mr Pym's funeral, he says; "Marshall bad a most eloquent and pertinent funeral sermon; which we would not hear; for funeral sermons we must have away.' 912 He was twice married. By his first wife, Lilias Fleming, he had seve ral children; and by his second wife, Principal Strang's daughter, he had one daughter, Margaret, who was married to Mr Walkingshaw of Barrowfield. Principal Baillie continued most firmly attached to the Presbyterian government, and in opposition to Prelacy, to the end of his life. As a proof of this, an eminent historian says; "I have it from an unquestionable hand, one of his scholars, who afterward was his successor, and waited on him a few weeks before his death, that he died a firm Presbyterian, and under a rooted aversion to Prelacy in this church. My author desired Mr Baillie's judgment of the courses which this church was so fast running into. His words to him were; Prelacy is now coming in like a land-flood; for my share, I have considered that controversy as far as I was able, and after all my inquiry I find it, (Prelacy) and am persuaded that it is inconsistent with Scripture, contrary to pure and primitive antiquity, and diametrically opposite to the true interest of those lands."" And during his last illness, when he was visited by the newly made Archbishop of Glasgow, he is said to have addressed himself to him in the following words: "Mr Andrew, I will not call you my Lord. King Charles would have made me one of these Lords: but I do not find in the New Testament, that Christ has any Lords in his house." However, he treated the Archbishop very courteously. The coming in of Prelacy, like a land-flood, brake his heart, and had a strong tendency to hasten his dissolution. This is evident from two original letters un. der his own hand, to the Earl of Lauderale, the one dat a Letters, vol. i. p. 409. b Wodrow's Hist. vol. i. p. 128. ed, June 16th, 1660, and the other April 18th, 1661, which are still preserved in Wodrow's History. His health failed him in the Spring of the year in 1662, and he died in the month of July that same year, aged 63 years. The Author of the Appendix to Archbishop Spottis woode's History, speaking of Principal Baillie, says respecting him; Robert Baillie, Professor of Divinity, and afterward Principal, a learned and modest man; though he published some very violent writings, yet these flowed rather from the instigation of other persons than his own inclinations. He has left a great evidence of his diligence and learning in his Opus Chronologi cum." And the celebrated Mr Wodrow, in his History of the Sufferings of the Church of Scotland, has given the following character of Principal Baillie. "Mr Robert Baillie may most justly be reckoned among the great men of this time, and was an honour to his country, for his profound and universal learning, his exact and solid judgement, that vast variety of languages which he understood, to the number of twelve or thirteen, and his writing a Latin style which might become the Augustan age. But I need not enlarge on his character; his works do praise him in the gates." Mr Baillie's Writings are: A Defence of the Reforma tion of the Church of Scotland, against Mr Maxwell, Bishop of Ross-A Parallel between the Scottish Service-Book, and the Romish Missal, Breviary, &c.-Queries anent the Service-Book.-The Canterburian Self-Conviction.-Antidote to Arminianism.-A Treatise on Scottish Episcopa cy.-Laudensisim.-Satan the Leader in chief to all who resist the Reparation of Zion. A sermon preached from Zech. iii. 12. to the House of Commons, at their solemn Fast, Feb. 28th, 1644. 4to. London.-A sermon from Isa. Ixiii, 17. before the Lords, July 30th, 1645. Fast, 4to. ppr a Wodrow's Hist. vol. i. p. 128. Baillie's Life prefixed to his Letters, and Stevenson's Hist. Preface. 44. London, 1645.-A Dissuasive from the Errors of the time, especially of the Independents, 4to. pp. 252. Lon don, 1645. A second part of the Dissuasive, 4to. pp. 179, and a long Preface, London, 1647.-A Reply to the Modest Inquirer.-Opus Historicum and Chronologicum; folio, B. 1. pp. 307. B. 2. pp. 151. with a frontispiece, printed at Amsterdam, 1668. It is written in classical and elegant Latin, and clearly proves that the author was a man of deep research and of very extensive knowledge. Letters, and Journals, in 2 vols. 8vo. vol. i. pp. 456. vol. ii. pp. 462. Edinburgh, 1775. The Journals contain a History of the General Assembly at Glasgow in 1638; an Account of the Earl of Strafford's Trial; of the General Assemblies, in 1641, and in 1643. GEORGE GILLESPIE, MINISTER OF EDINBURGH, AND ONE OF THE COMMISSIONERS FROM THE CHURCH OF SCOTLAND TO THE ASSEMBLY OF DIVINES AT WESTMINSTER. GEORGE EORGE GILLESPIE was the son of Mr John Gillespie, who some time was minister of the Gospel at Kirkaldy, a royal burgh and market town of Fifeshire, in Scotland. Wood says, that George Gillespie, the subject of this Memoir, was educated in the University of St Andrew's. He received a good classical education, and made very great proficiency in his studies. He was some time chaplain, in the Family of the Earl of Cassils, and waited on Lord Kennedy. He was also some time chaplain to the Viscount of Kenmure. He was ordained minister of Wemyss, with the imposition of hands, by the Presbytery of Kirkcaldy, without the acknowledgement of the bishop. He was one of those illustrious reformers, who subscribed, as minister at Wemyss, the National Covenant which was agreed upon and sworn, in the year 1698. Baillie, speaking of Mr George Gillespie, calls him 66 a youth who waited on Lord Kennedy," and says that he was admitted to the Kirk of Weems, maugre St Andrew's beard, by the Presbytery." Our author adds, "this same youth is now given out also, by those who should know, for the author of the English Popish Ceremonies, whereof we all do marvel; for though he had gotten the papers, and help of the chief of that side; yet the composition would seem to be far above such an age: but if that book be truly of his making, I admire the man, though I mislike much of his matter; yea, I think, he may prove among the best wits of this isle. Mr Baillie was a witness of the display of Mr Gillespie's abilities and learning, in the famous Assembly at Westminster. Stevenson says, that Mr Gillespie was the author of the anonymous piece above-mentioned; and that it was discharged by a proclamation, in the year 1637, as being of too corrosive a quality for the weak stomachs of the bishops. In it the will-worship of Episcopacy is exposed. Mr Gillespie eminently appeared, at a very seasonable time, as one of the most able and zealous advocates for the Presbyterian cause. His literature and talents were highly respectable; and diligently employed in promoting the interests of the Redeemer's kingdom. He was a real friend to the work of Reformation; and strongly averse to Prelacy, to Erastianism, and to all corruption. At the venerable Assembly which convened at Glasgow, in 1638, he preached a very learned and judicious sermon, explaining these words, The king's heart is in the hand of the Lord, &c. This discourse did not altogether escape censure; for the Earl of Argyle thought that Mr Gillespie touched the royal prerogative too nearly, and very gravely admonished the Assembly to let authority alone, which all took in good part; and the moderator very prudently supported what Argyle had said, in a most judicious and beautiful speech." At the General Assembly which met at Edinburgh, a Stevenson, vol. ii. pp. 292, & 326. b Baillie, vol. i. pp. 67, 68. VOL. II. 2 Q |