John Campbell (minister in Ireland)

John Campbell, sometimes spelled Campble[2] was a 17th-century minister of the gospel.

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The Scottish Parliament on 8th May, 1685, have recorded the following : Our sovereign Lord, considering the obstinacy of the fanatical party who, notwithstanding all the laws formerly made against them, still keep their house and field conventicles, which are the nurseries and rendezvouses of rebellion; therefore His Majesty, with consent of Parliament, ordains that all such persons who shall hereafter preach at such house or field conventicles, also those who shall be present as hearers, shall be punished by death and confiscation of their goods.[1]

He was charged in an Edinburgh court for attending a service of worship at the house of James Campbell (vintner) and Thomas Waddell (lorimer) during the hours of Sunday morning worship. He was imprisoned on the Bass Rock on the Firth of Forth in Haddingtonshire on 31st May 1678.[3] This may have been the date of his sentence since one source has his imprisonment starting in June 1678.[4] The duration of his incarceration is uncertain.[5]

References
  1. Hewison, James King (1908). The Covenanters, a history of the church in Scotland from the Reformation to the Revolution. 2. Glasgow: J. Smith. pp. 413-454. Retrieved 16 July 2019.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  2. "Privy Council Minutes". Retrieved 3 March 2019.
  3. M'Crie, Thomas, D.D. the younger (1847). The Bass rock: Its civil and ecclesiastic history. Edinburgh: J. Greig & Son. pp. 271–275. Retrieved 11 February 2019.
  4. Porteous, James Moir (1881). The Scottish Patmos. A standing testimony to patriotic Christian devotion. Paisley: J. and R. Parlane. p. 58. Retrieved 3 March 2019.
  5. Dickson, John (1899). Emeralds chased in Gold; or, the Islands of the Forth: their story, ancient and modern. [With illustrations.]. Edinburgh and London: Oliphant, Anderson & Ferrier. p. 205. Retrieved 3 March 2019. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.


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