General biography; or, Lives, critical and historical, of the most eminent persons of all ages, countries, conditions, and professions, arranged according to alphabetical order . —A. BURNET, Gilbert, the celebrated bishop ^of Sarum, was born at Edinburgh in 1643,His father was a respectable lawyer, and amoderate episcopalian : he became a lord ofsession after the restoration. His mother wasexemplary for virtue and piety, and zealouslyattached to the presbyterian discipline. Gilbertwas educated first at home, and afterwards atthe college of Aberdeen, where he made such,early proficiency in
General biography; or, Lives, critical and historical, of the most eminent persons of all ages, countries, conditions, and professions, arranged according to alphabetical order . —A. BURNET, Gilbert, the celebrated bishop ^of Sarum, was born at Edinburgh in 1643,His father was a respectable lawyer, and amoderate episcopalian : he became a lord ofsession after the restoration. His mother wasexemplary for virtue and piety, and zealouslyattached to the presbyterian discipline. Gilbertwas educated first at home, and afterwards atthe college of Aberdeen, where he made such,early proficiency in his studies, that he com-menced at fourteen. He was first a stu-dent of ciyil law, but his inclination soon ledhim to divinity ; and at eighteen he was putupon trial as a probationer preacher. At thatperiod a good living was offered him •, but think-ing himself too young to undertake the cure ofsouls, he completed his education by readingunder the direction of some of the most eminentScotch divines, and he paid a visit to both theEnglish universities. In 1664 he travelled intoHolland, and resided for some time at Amster-dam. Thence he visited the Netherlands and. (;iliji:rt Burnet. Jiijhop (>/,>ff//.i-fit/r\ BUR C 373 BUR France, making some stay at Paris. It seemsto have been a permanent effect of what he ob-ser\ed abroad, particularly in Holland, to inspirehim with true Catholicism respecting religiousdiiFerences ; and to convince him, that as therewere truly good men in all communions, allcompulsory means to produce uniformity weredeserving of detestation. On his return in 1665he was ordained a priest by the bishop of Edin-burgh, and was presented to the living ofSaltoun by sir Robert Fletcher. At this timehe was the only clergyman in Scotland whoread die church of England liturgy j yet soexemplary was he in the discharge of hisparocliial duty, that he gained the esteem evenof the presbyterians. It was, indeed, a radicalpart of his character to spare no pains
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