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== Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_49241" /> == | == Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_49241" /> == | ||
<p> an eminent Scotch lawyer and politician, was born at [[Dundee]] in 1636, and was educated at St. Leonard's College. He deserves our notice, first, for his Religio Stoici, or a short [[Discourse]] upon several [[Divine]] and [[Moral]] Subjects (1663); his Moral [[Essay]] upon [[Solitude]] (1665); and his Moral Gallantry (1667); and also on account of his unhappy connection with the government of [[Charles]] II as criminal prosecutor in the memorable days of the Covenant. By his severity in this position he earned for himself the ugly name of the "bluidy Mackenzie;" nor, we fear, can it be disproved — in spite of his liberal antecedents — that he became a willing instrument of despotism. He has, however, written a defense of himself, entitled A Vindication of the [[Government]] of Charles II. After the [[Revolution]] Sir [[George]] retired to Oxford. He died in London May 2, 1691. See Allibone, Dict. of Brit. and Am. Aluth. 2:1175, where many references are to be found. </p> | <p> an eminent Scotch lawyer and politician, was born at [[Dundee]] in 1636, and was educated at St. Leonard's College. He deserves our notice, first, for his Religio Stoici, or a short [[Discourse]] upon several [[Divine]] and [[Moral]] Subjects (1663); his Moral [[Essay]] upon [[Solitude]] (1665); and his Moral Gallantry (1667); and also on account of his unhappy connection with the government of [[Charles]] II as criminal prosecutor in the memorable days of the Covenant. By his severity in this position he earned for himself the ugly name of the "bluidy Mackenzie;" nor, we fear, can it be disproved '''''—''''' in spite of his liberal antecedents '''''—''''' that he became a willing instrument of despotism. He has, however, written a defense of himself, entitled A Vindication of the [[Government]] of Charles II. After the [[Revolution]] Sir [[George]] retired to Oxford. He died in London May 2, 1691. See Allibone, Dict. of Brit. and Am. Aluth. 2:1175, where many references are to be found. </p> | ||
== The Nuttall Encyclopedia <ref name="term_76494" /> == | == The Nuttall Encyclopedia <ref name="term_76494" /> == | ||
