Excerpt from Sermons, Vol. 1
His sermons were habitually written, and with great care. Their length makes them a curiosity, when viewed by the standard Of modern preaching; and their voluminous divisions and sub divisions give an exhibition of the intelligence and Scriptural instruction of his days exceedingly honorable to the people of his nation and time. Any one of these discourses would be ample for three or four that would be esteemed adequate and enough for a modern assembly.
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Ralph Erskine was the brother of another prominent churchman, Ebenezer Erskine. After studying at the University of Edinburgh, Ralph was ordained assistant minister at Dunfermline in 1711. He ratified the protests which his brother laid on the table of the assembly after being rebuked for his synod sermon, but he did not formally withdraw from the establishment till 1737.
He was also present at, though not a member of, the first meeting of the "associate presbytery". When the severance took place over the oath administered to burgesses, he adhered, along with his brother, to the burgher section.
His works consist of sermons, poetical paraphrases and gospel sonnets. The Gospel Sonnets have frequently appeared separately. His Life and Diary, edited by the Rev. D Fraser, was published in 1842.
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