John Nevay
John Nevay (died 1672) was a Scottish
Personal life
He was a man of great zeal though somewhat violent and did not object to the execution of the Macdonald prisoners taken at
Life
A nephew of
Nevay was opposed to all forms of set prayer in public worship, objecting to the use of the Lord's Prayer, the Gloria Patri, and the repeating of the creed at baptism. In the assembly of 1647 he was appointed to revise Francis Rous's version of the last thirty psalms, with a view to the adoption of the collection by the assembly.[2]
Nevay joined the
After the
Nevay died in Holland about January 1672.[2]
Works
- The Nature, Properties, Blessings, and Saving Graces of the Covenant of Grace (Glasgow, 1748)
- Latin Stanzas on Isaiah ii. 1-5 (Vuftien Predicatien, door Jac. Borstius (Utrecht, 1696)[1]
Nevay was the author of:[2]
- The Nature, Properties, Blessings, and Saving Graces of the Covenant of Grace, published at Glasgow in 1748, and of
- two copies of Latin stanzas—one on Isaiah ii. 1–8—prefixed to the sermons of Jacobus Borstius (Veertien Predicatien door Jac. Borstius, Utrecht, 1696).
He is also said to have written a Latin version of the Song of Solomon and Christ's Temptation (Robert Wodrow, Analecta, i. 170).[2]
Bibliography
- Letters of Samuel Rutherford
- Robert Baillie's Letters and Journal
- Nicolls's Diary, both in the Bannatyne Club
- Diary of the Lairds of Brodie
- Fasti Aberd., both in the Spalding Club
- Wodrow's Analecta
- Wodrow's Sufferings of the Kirk of Scotland
- Stevens's Hist. of the Scottish Church in Rotterdam
- Burton's Scot Abroad
- Hew Scott's Fasti Eccles. Scot. ii. 184.[2]
- Rutherfurd's and Baillie's Letts.
- Wodrow's Hist., 317, 318
- Acts of Ass.
- Acts of Pari., vi., vii.
- Nicoll's and Brodie's Diaries
- Steven's Scott. Church, Rotterdam, 36, 51, 54, 75
- Reg. of Deeds, Mack., viii., 345
- Dict. Nat. Biog.
- Highland Papers, ii. (Scott. Hist. Socy.)
- Lang's Hist, of Scotland, iii., 181, 247
- Mathieson's Politics and Religion, ii., 71.[1]
References
- Citations
- ^ a b c Scott 1920.
- ^ a b c d e f g h Henderson 1894.
- ^ Steven 1832, p. 54fn.
- Sources
- Aikman, James (1850). Annals of the persecution in Scotland, from the restoration to the revolution. Vol. 1 (2nd American ed.). Philadelphia: Presbyterian Board of Publications. p. 72. Retrieved 19 July 2019.
- Baillie, Robert; Laing, David (1841–1842a). The letters and journals of Robert Baillie ... M.DC.XXXVII.-M.DC.LXII. Vol. 1. Edinburgh: R. Ogle. Retrieved 19 July 2019.
- Baillie, Robert; Laing, David (1841–1842b). The letters and journals of Robert Baillie ... M.DC.XXXVII.-M.DC.LXII. Vol. 2. Edinburgh: R. Ogle. Retrieved 19 July 2019.
- Baillie, Robert; Laing, David (1841–1842c). The letters and journals of Robert Baillie ... M.DC.XXXVII.-M.DC.LXII. Vol. 3. Edinburgh: R. Ogle. Retrieved 19 July 2019.
- Blair, Robert; M'Crie, Thomas (1848). The life of Mr. Robert Blair, minister of St. Andrews, containing his autobiography, from 1593-1636 : with supplement of his life and continuation of the history of the times, to 1680. Edinburgh: Wodrow Society. p. 388. Retrieved 19 July 2019.
- Henderson, Thomas Finlayson (1894). "Nevay, John (d.1672)". In Lee, Sidney (ed.). Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 40. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- Howie, John (1870). "John Nevay". In Carslaw, W. H. (ed.). The Scots worthies. Edinburgh: Oliphant, Anderson, & Ferrier. pp. 365-367.
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- Hewison, James King (1913). The Covenanters. Vol. 2. Glasgow: John Smith and son. p. 96. Retrieved 22 July 2019.
- Johnston, Archibald, Lord Warriston; Fleming, David Hay (1919). Diary of Sir Archibald Johnston of Wariston (Volume 2: 1650-1654). 2. Vol. 18. Edinburgh: Printed at the University Press by T. and A. Constable for the Scottish History Society. Retrieved 17 July 2019.
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- Scott, Hew (1920). "Loudoun (site at Newmilns) John Neave or Nevay". Fasti ecclesiæ scoticanæ; the succession of ministers in the Church of Scotland from the reformation. Vol. 3. Edinburgh : Oliver and Boyd. pp. 119-120. Retrieved 26 February 2019.
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- Smellie, Alexander (1903). "The Lion of the Covenant". Men of the Covenant : the story of the Scottish church in the years of the Persecution (2 ed.). New York: Fleming H. Revell Co. pp. 268. Retrieved 11 July 2019.
- Steven, William (1832). The history of the Scottish church, Rotterdam. Edinburgh: Waugh & Innes, etc. p. 24-82. Retrieved 2 March 2019.
- Veitch, William; Brysson, George; M'Crie, Thomas (1825). Memoirs of Mr. William Veitch, and George Brysson. Edinburgh; London: W. Blackwood; T. Cadell. Retrieved 7 July 2020.
- Wells, Vaughan T. "Nevay, John". doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/19914. (Subscription or UK public library membershiprequired.)
- Walker, James (1888). The theology and theologians of Scotland : chiefly of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. Edinburgh: T. & T. Clark. p. 106. Retrieved 23 February 2019.
- Wodrow, Robert (1835). Burns, Robert (ed.). The history of the sufferings of the church of Scotland from the restoration to the revolution, with an original memoir of the author, extracts from his correspondence, and preliminary dissertation. Vol. 1. Glasgow: Blackie, Fullarton & co., and Edinburgh: A. Fullarton & co. pp. 207-214. Retrieved 7 April 2019.
- Wodrow, Robert (1829). Burns, Robert (ed.). The history of the sufferings of the church of Scotland from the restoration to the revolution, with an original memoir of the author, extracts from his correspondence, and preliminary dissertation and notes, in four volumes. Vol. 3. Glasgow: Blackie Fullerton & Co. pp. 204.
- Wodrow, Robert (1835). Burns, Robert (ed.). The history of the sufferings of the church of Scotland from the restoration to the revolution, with an original memoir of the author, extracts from his correspondence, and preliminary dissertation and notes, in four volumes. Vol. 4. Glasgow: Blackie Fullerton & Co. pp. 498-501.
- Wodrow, Robert; Leishman, Matthew (1842). Analecta: or, Materials for a history of remarkable providences; mostly relating to Scotch ministers and Christians. Vol. 1. Glasgow: Maitland Club. pp. 170. Retrieved 8 July 2019.
- Wodrow, Robert; Leishman, Matthew (1842). Analecta: or, Materials for a history of remarkable providences; mostly relating to Scotch ministers and Christians. Vol. 3. Glasgow: Maitland Club. pp. 55-56. Retrieved 8 July 2019.
- Attribution
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Lee, Sidney, ed. (1894). "Nevay, John (d.1672)". Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 40. London: Smith, Elder & Co.