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Gillespie George

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

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minister at Edinburgh, was born January 21, 1613. He was one of the four sent as commissioners from the Church of Scotland to the Westminster Assembly in 1643. He died December 17,1648. He wrote

(1) Aaron's Rod blossoming, or the divine Ordinance of Church Government vindicated (Lond. 1646, 4to):

(2) The Ark of the Testament opened; a Treatise of the Covenant of Grace (Lond. 1661-77, 2 volumes, 4to); besides other smaller treatises.

A new edition of his entire works, edited by Hetherington, was published at Edinburgh in 1846 (2 volumes, 8vo), with a memoir of his life. Darling, Cyclop. Bibliog. 1:1258; Allibone, Dict. of Authors, 1:671.

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McClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Gillespie George'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​tce/​g/gillespie-george.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.
 
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