AN ORIGINAL MEMOIR OF THE AUTHOR, EXTRACTS FROM HIS CORRESPONDENCE. BY THE REV. ROBERT burns, D.D. F.A.S. E. MINISTER OF st george's, PAISLEY; AUTHOR OF HISTORICAL DISSERTATIONS ON THE IN FOUR VOLUMES. VOL. I. GLASGOW: BLACKIE & SON, 8, EAST CLYDE STREET, AND 5, SOUTH COLLEGE STREET, Edinburgh. MDCCCXXXV JNE TO HIS MOST GRACIOUS MAJESTY, KING WILLIAM THE FOURTH, WHO HAS SO NOBLY FORWARDED THE GREAT CAUSE OF HIS PEOPLE, AND WON THEIR AFFECTIONS, BY SYMPATHISING IN THEIR WANTS, AND SUPPORTING THEIR RIGHTS, THIS EDITION OF A WORK, RECORDING THE STRUGGLES AND SUFFERINGS OF THE PEOPLE OF SCOTLAND, UNDER THAT SYSTEM OF ECCLESIASTICAL TYRANNY WHICH PRECEDED AND HASTENED THE REVOLUTION OF 1688, IS, BY SPECIAL PERMISSION, MOST HUMBLY AND RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED. |