Your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, your young men shall see visions.—Joel 2.28

Select Writings

of

JAMES RENWICK,

Minister of the Gospel

And Martyr for King Jesus.

His Life:

The Life of JAMES RENWICK as related in John Howie's Biographia Scoticana.

Traditions of the Covenanters: Chapter 20 by Robert Simpson of Sanquhar.

Sermons:

Preface, Lecture 1, Sermon 1, & Sermon 2 - his first public day work, 1683.11.23.

Preface, Lecture 2, Sermon 3, & Sermon 4.

Sermon 37 - Head 3 - Warning against Hearing Christ’s Competitors. On Canticles 1.7: For why should I be as one that turneth aside by the flocks of thy companions?

Sermon 42 - preached in the shire of Fife, 1688.01.24. On Psalm 45.10: Hearken, O daughter, &c.

Sermon 43 - preached in the shire of Fife, 1688.01.27. On Luke 12.32: Fear not little flock, &c.

Sermon 44 - his last sermon, preached at Borrowstonness, 1688.01.29. On Isaiah 53.1.

His Works:

The Informatory Vindication.

The Form and Order of the Admission of Elders.

A Testimony to the Truths of God and to His Cause.

A Testimony Against the Antichristian Toleration, 1688.01.17.

His Letters:

Mr. Renwick's Predictions, in a Letter to Mrs. Jean Hamilton, dated Nov. 18th, 1685.

A Reply to Mr. Robert Langlan's Letter to Gavin Witherspoon, dated Dec. 13th, 1685.

His Testimony & Martyrdom:

The Last Speech & Testimony of Mr. James Renwick as related in the "Cloud of Witnesses," with a Letter to his Christian Friends and Short Account of his Last Words.