. The baronial and ecclesiastical antiquities of Scotland. sought by hisfriends to desist from his intention ; but hesitation and timidity were notamong the defects of his character, and he accordingly preached, and, as heinforms us, did entreat of the ejectioun of the byaris and the sellaris furthof the tempill of Jerusalem, as it is writtin in the evangelistis Mathow andJohne ; and so applyed the corruptioun that was thair to the corruptiounthat is in the papistrie, and Christes fact to the dewetie of those to whomeGod geveth power and zeall thairto, that alsweill the magistratis, the proves
. The baronial and ecclesiastical antiquities of Scotland. sought by hisfriends to desist from his intention ; but hesitation and timidity were notamong the defects of his character, and he accordingly preached, and, as heinforms us, did entreat of the ejectioun of the byaris and the sellaris furthof the tempill of Jerusalem, as it is writtin in the evangelistis Mathow andJohne ; and so applyed the corruptioun that was thair to the corruptiounthat is in the papistrie, and Christes fact to the dewetie of those to whomeGod geveth power and zeall thairto, that alsweill the magistratis, the provestand bailies, as the communaltie for the most parte, within the toun, didagree to remove all monumentis of idolatrie, which also thay did with ANTIQUITIES OF SCOTLAND 35 cxpeditioun.* Whether this expeditioun applied to the destruction ofthe cathedral building, as well as to the images and desecrations, is uncertain,and we have no distinct account of the manner, or even the precise time, inwhich it was destroyed. * Works of John Knox, Wodrow Ed., i. 36 THE BARONIAL AND ECCLESIASTICAL 5t. Regulus Church and Tower, 5t. 3ndrews
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