. The Scottish nation; or, The surnames, families, literature, honours, and biographical history of the people of Scotland. his second wife by the smallpox, in that yearlie married Elizabeth, the widow of Robert Berke-ley, Esq. This lady died in 1709, leaving a piousbook, entitled Method of Devotion. In 1699he published his Exposition of the Thirty-nineArticles. The scheme for the augmentation ofpoor livings, out of the first fruits and tenths dueto the Crown, originated with Bishop died 17th JNIarch, 1715, and was buried at , Clerkenwell, wliere a monument is erect-ed to his
. The Scottish nation; or, The surnames, families, literature, honours, and biographical history of the people of Scotland. his second wife by the smallpox, in that yearlie married Elizabeth, the widow of Robert Berke-ley, Esq. This lady died in 1709, leaving a piousbook, entitled Method of Devotion. In 1699he published his Exposition of the Thirty-nineArticles. The scheme for the augmentation ofpoor livings, out of the first fruits and tenths dueto the Crown, originated with Bishop died 17th JNIarch, 1715, and was buried at , Clerkenwell, wliere a monument is erect-ed to his memory. His History of liis OwnTimes was published after his death by his son,Mr., afterwards Sir Thomas, Burnet. BishopIlurnet possessed a considerable share of vanity:ind bustling ofliciousness, and seems not to havehad the most capacious judgment, but these weak-nesses in his character were amply compensatedfor, by the excellence of his heart, by his disinter-estedness, his courage and his public spirit, andby the remarkable ability which he displayed bothas a divine and a historian. The following is hisportrait:. Bishop Burnets works are Discourse on the Memorv of Sir Robert Fletcher of Sa-toun. Edjn. 1665, 8vo. .Sermon preached before the Prhice of Orange, on Dan xjuS. 1668. 4to Observations on the First and Second of the Canons, com-monly ascribed to the Holy Apostles. GUisg. 1673, 8vo. Vindication of the Authority, Constitution, and Laws otthe Church and State of Scotland, in four Conferences; where-in the Answer to the Dialogues betwixt the Conformist andthe Nonconformist is examined. Glasg. 1673, 8vo. The Mystery of Iniquity unveiled. Lend. 1672, 8vo. A Rational Method of proving the Truth of the ChristianReligion as it is professed in the Church of England. ,5, 12mo. The Dutiful Subject; a Sermon on Rom. xiii. 5. 1675, 4to The Royal Blartyr lamented ; a Sermon on 2 Sam. ii. 121675, 4to. Relation of a Conference held about Religion, at London,-April 3, 1676, b
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