[454] "Life and Diary of Rev. Ralph Erskine," p. 322; and Evangelical Magazine, 1814, p. 508; and Oliphant's Whitefield. Edinburgh, 1826.
[455] Fraser's "Life of Ebenezer Erskine," pp. 424-427.
[456] "Life and Diary of Rev. Ralph Erskine," p. 326.
[457] Whitefield's Works, vol. i., p. 304; and "Life and Diary of Rev. Ralph Erskine," p. 327.
[458] "Life and Diary of Rev. Ralph Erskine," p. 333.
[459] "Life and Diary of Rev. Ralph Erskine," p. 335.
[460] "Life of Rev. John Erskine, D.D.," p. 96.
[461] It is only just to Mr. Gibb to say, that, in after years, he regretted the publication of his pamphlet. "At that time," said he, "my blood was too hot, and I was unable to write with becoming temper." ("Life and Diary of Rev. Ralph Erskine," p. 351.)
[462] Act of the Associate Presbytery for renewing the National Covenant of Scotland. December 23, 1743.
Another pamphlet published against Whitefield was the following: "A Letter, from a Gentleman in the Country to his Friend in Edinburgh, concerning Mr. Wh—f—d: wherein his Mission, Doctrine, and Character are impartially enquired into and examined. Edinburgh, 1741." (31 pp.) The writer wants to know Whitefield's authority for preaching in Scotland, and asks, "Was there really a necessity for sending down a young man, meanly educated, to teach the Scottish clergy their duty, and direct them to more accuracy, life, and zeal in the discharge of the several parts of their function?" He further asks, "Shall I believe, what is told me, that, though Mr. Whitefield has declared himself a member of the Church of England, yet, he has not so much as once, since he came to Scotland, begun or concluded his worship with the Lord's Prayer or the Doxology?" The general conclusion of the writer is, that Whitefield "has more of craziness than grace; and that this son of Levi takes far too much upon him."