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BROWN, JOHN (1784–1858)

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BROWN, See also:JOHN (1784–1858) , Scottish divine, See also:grandson of the last-named, was See also:born at Whitburn, See also:Linlithgowshire, on the 12th of See also:July 1784. He studied at See also:Glasgow university, and afterwards at the divinity See also:hall of the " Burgher " See also:branch of the " See also:Secession " See also:church at See also:Selkirk, under the celebrated See also:George See also:Lawson. In 18o6 he was ordained See also:minister of the Burgher See also:congregation at See also:Biggar, See also:Lanarkshire, where he laboured for sixteen years. While there he had an interesting controversy with See also:Robert See also:Owen the socialist. Transferred in 1822 to the See also:charge of See also:Rose See also:Street church, See also:Edinburgh, he at once took a high See also:rank as a preacher. In 1829 he succeeded See also:James Hall at See also:Broughton See also:Place church, Edinburgh. In 1835 he was appointed one of the professors in the theological hall of the Secession church, and, See also:great as was his ability as a preacher and pastor, it was probably in this See also:sphere that he rendered his most valuable service. He had been the first in See also:Scotland to use in the See also:pulpit the exegetical method of exposition of Scripture, and as a See also:professor he illustrated the method and extended its use. To him chiefly is due the See also:abandonment of the principle of See also:interpretation according to the " See also:analogy of faith," which practically subordinated the See also:Bible to the creed. Brown's exegesis was marked by rare See also:critical sagacity, exact and extensive scholarship, unswerving honesty, and a clear, logical See also:style; and his expository See also:works have thus a permanent value. He had a considerable See also:share in the Apocrypha controversy, and he was throughout See also:life a vigorous and consistent upholder of See also:anti-See also:state-church or voluntary " views. His two sermons on The See also:Law of See also:Christ respecting See also:civil obedience, especially in the See also:payment of See also:tribute, called forth by a See also:local grievance from which he had personally suffered, were afterwards published with extensive additions and notes, and are still regarded as an admirable statement and See also:defence of the voluntary principle.

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part he took in the discussion on the See also:Atonement, which agitated all the Scottish churches, led to a formal charge of See also:heresy against him by those who held the See also:doctrine of a limited atonement. In 1845, after a protracted trial, he was acquitted by the See also:synod, From that See also:time he enjoyed the thorough confidence of his See also:denomination (after 1847 merged in " the See also:United Presbyterian church "), of which in his later years he was generally regarded as the leading representative. He died on the 13th of See also:October 1858. His See also:chief works were: Expository Discourses on First See also:Peter (1848); Exposition of the Discourses and Sayings of our See also:Lord (185o); Exposition of our Lord's Intercessory See also:Prayer (1850); • The Resurrection of Life (1851); Expository Discourses on See also:Galatians (1853); and See also:Analytical Exposition of the See also:Epistle to the See also:Romans (1857). See Memoir of John Brown, D.D., by John See also:Cairns (186o).

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