Church of Scotland, Establishment and disestablishment

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Acts of the two Reformed synods, of Lothian and Tweddal and of Glasgow and Aire, both in October of 1702. The hand is unknown.

Scope and Contents Papers of James Nicoll Ogilvie, minister of Greyfriars Kirk 1905-1919 and Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland 1918.MS OGI 1: Indexed scrapbook from year of moderatorship (May 1918 - May 1919). Newspaper clippings and ephemera pasted in. Also bound in: Orders of Service, St Giles' Cathedral [Edinburgh], 21 November 1918; St Andrew's Day (Order of the Thistle) 1918.MS OGI 2.1-2: Albums of postcard pictures and photographs of...

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Manuscript notebook containing two essays, entitled 'An essay upon the connection between true faith in the Gospel and holiness in heart and life' and 'An essay on the nature and necessity of regeneration'.

The essays are written in ink, and annotated in pencil by a later hand. Essays were originally paginated, but some numbers are trimmed off.

Biblical texts: Titus 2, 3 and 5

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Contains: Records, 1643-1724; a catalogue of such as were members at 1 Oct. 1645; a register of matrimonial, 1646-1696; a catalogue of the children's names that have been baptized, 1643-1723.

From the General Assembly Library.

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Transcription of a book dedication, possibly referring to "Scotch Presbyterian eloquence display'd, or, The folly of their teaching discovered from the books, sermons and prayers : and some remarks on Mr. Rule's late Vindication of the Kirk: interspers'd with some genuine adventures in love", which appeared in 1692. It is in Gregory's hand, but signed "J.C."

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A page of what appears to be Gregory's thoughts on the legality of his interrogation pursuant to (possibly) the 1690 Act for the Visitation of Universities. On the reverse is a 1694 jotting on pitches and chords in pipes of particular dimensions.

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A synopsis of the Provincial Synod of Fife.

Scope and Contents The papers of David Gregory consist of: Most of the scientific content of Folio B comes from early in Gregory's career. It includes an index of later letters of John Collins (1625-1683) to James Gregorie (1638-1675), a number of Edinburgh lectures in geometry, mechanics, and optics, and some tables and manuscript pieces of 'Elementa Catoptricae et Dioptricae', the 'Institutes of Astronomy', and the...