The Poetical Works of the Reverend and Learned Ralph Erskine, A. M., Minister of the Gospel in Dunfermline

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Excerpt from The Poetical Works of the Reverend and Learned Ralph Erskine, A. M., Minister of the Gospel in Dunfermline: Consisting of I. The Gospel Sonnets, or Spiritual Songs, II. A Paraphrase, or Explicatory Poem, Upon the Song of Solomon, III. Scripture Songs, Upon Some Select Passages of the Old and New Testaments, IV. Miscellaneous Poems, on Different SubjectsMr. Erskine, along with his colleague Mr. Wardlaw, joined those worthy ministers who gave in a representation in favour of some truths condemned in Act 5, General Assembly, 1720. As' appears by his writings, he was a strenuous and zealous advocate for these gospel truths. He suffered the same obloquy and severe usuage from the church-courts, as his other brethern embarked in the same cause did. Under this he says Let us not be deterred from gospel principles by the invidious name of a sect, it is better to be under the reproach of men for following Christ, than to be under the curse of God for forsak ing him.2 0 who would be ashamed of the reproach of Christ? If ye be reproached for the name of Christ, happy, happy are ye, for the Spirit of God and of glory resteth on you. Who would be ashamed of his truth, though called to bear witness thereunto over the belly of cruel calumny, and bitter opposition from earth or hell. N ow-a days (17263) the gospel is brought under much disparagement, under much suspicion, and if it were some new dangerous scheme of doctrine.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.