AN ABRIDGMENT OF THE Acts of the General Assemblies OF THE CHURCH OF SCOTLAND, FROM THE YEAR 1638 TO 1820 INclusive, TO WHICH IS SUBJOINED, AN APPENDIX, CONTAINING AN ABRIDGED VIEW OF THE CIVIL LAW SECOND EDITION, GREATLY ENLARGED AND IMPROVED. BY THE REV. ROBERT GILLAN, author of the view of modern astronomy, GEOGRAPHY, &c. EDINBURGH: PRINTED FOR THE AUTHOR, AND SOLD BY MACREDIE SKELLY & CO. PRNCES STREET; ROBERT KINNEAR, SOUTH BRIDGE STREET. TO THE REV. DR. DAVID LAMONT, MINISTER OF KIRKPATRICK, DURHAM. SIR, WHILE you have, by the aid of an original and ingenious mind, illustrated and supported the Ecclesiastical Constitution of Scotland, I have followed the humbler path of collecting and arranging the Acts of our Venerable Assembly, in which that constitution consists. To you, therefore, I beg leave respectfully to dedicate the following work; and gladly embrace this opportunity of declaring my sentiments respecting you, as an independent politician, a minister, and a man. That you may long continue an ornament to the church, and that your example may have a powerful influence on its various members, is the ardent wish of, |