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The Life of Mr. Robert Blair, Minister of St. Andrews, Containing His Autobiography, From 1593 to 1636
The Life of Mr Robert Blair Minister of St Andrews Containing His Autobiography From 1593 to 1636 Author:Robert Blair Subtitle: With Supplement to His Life, and Continuation of the History of the Times to 1680 / by ... Mr. William Row ... Edited for the Wodrow Sciety From the Original Manuscript by Thomas M'crie General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1848 Original Publisher: Printed for the Society by James Walker Subjects: Scotland... more » History / Europe / Great Britain Travel / Europe / Great Britain Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: SUPPLEMENT, Added To That Part Of The History Of Mr Blair's Life Which Was Written By Himself, Compiled By Mr William Row, His Son-in-laav, Anno 1676, Ten Years After His Death, Containing The History Of His Life, (which May Be Called The History Of The Times, Especially From The Year 1643), Unto The Day Of His Death, Anno 1666, August 27th, With Continuation Of The History Of The Tfmes After Mr Blair's Death. PAET I. This length the Author proceeded writing these brief notes, recording the most remarkable passages of divine providence, and thankfully acknowledging God's fatherly leading him in all the most difficult paths of his life and pilgrimage. But he being prevented, first by sickness, and shortly thereafter by death, in the year 1666, the only wise God thought it not meet that he should write the History of the rest of his life, but that it should be done by some of his near relations, though do it who will, it will be very unlike, yea, and evil suited to that which is written by himself, even as the writer of the Supplement, either his head or heart, is as different from the author's, as his Supplement, from that which was done by himself. Yet though the reader should cry out, this evil suited Supplement is like that of the Poet's " Humano capiti cervicem...« less