History of the University of Edinburgh

Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: CHAPTER IV. FROM THE RESTORATION TO THE REVOLUTION IN 1688. i6o. On the 19th of July, the seventy-second class, under The seventy- graduated'i ne tuition of Mr. James Pillans, was, after solemn dis putation in the Lady Tester's Church, advanced to the degree of M.A., in number forty-four. In the following...
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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: CHAPTER IV. FROM THE RESTORATION TO THE REVOLUTION IN 1688. i6o. On the 19th of July, the seventy-second class, under The seventy- graduated'i ne tuition of Mr. James Pillans, was, after solemn dis putation in the Lady Tester's Church, advanced to the degree of M.A., in number forty-four. In the following October, Mr. Pillans entered upon the tuition of a new Bejan class, in number ninety- four. Mr. Tweedie went forward with the Semi, Mr. Thomas Crawford with the Bachelor, and Mr. John Wishart with the Magistrand classes. i66i. The seventy-third class. on the 19th of June, under The mventy- the tuition of Mr. John Wishart, in number fifty, after solemn disputation in Lady Tester's Church, were honoured with the usual degree. On this occasion the printed Theses were dedicated to the Earl of Middleton, the King's Commissioner to the Scottish Parliament. This year his Majesty was advised to establish Episcopacy in Scotland, though evidently contrary to the inclination of the great body of the people; and when persons were sought out to be made Bishops, Dr. Robert Leighton, Principal of the College of Edinburgh, being then in London, on his return from Bath, where ho had been for the recovery of his health, was prevailed 011 to accept of the Sec of Dumblane. He was a man of a singularly pious and respectable character, very learned and eloquent, and extremely modest. His character is described in a most favourable manner by Bishop Burnet (in his History of his Own Time, Book II.), who knew him well He excelled particularly in speaking Latin with great fluency and purity, which fitted him admirably for the public appearances he had to make as the head of a College. Several of his prelections to the students of Divinity, as well as addresses to the candidates ...