James Renwick
The Nuttall Encyclopedia [1]
Scottish martyr, born at Moniaive, Dumfriesshire; educated at Edinburgh University, but was refused his degree for declining to take the oath of allegiance; completed his studies in Holland, and in 1683 was ordained at Gröningen; came to Scotland; was outlawed in 1684 for his "Apologetic Declaration"; refused to recognise James II. as king; was captured after many escapes, and executed at Edinburgh, the last of the martyrs of the Covenant (1662-1688).
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature [2]
a noted Nonconformist divine, was born at Dumfriesshire, Scotland, Feb. 15, 1662. He was an uncompromising Covenanter, and was executed Feb. 17, 1688, for "denying the king's authority, owning the covenants," etc. He wrote, with Alexander Shields, An Informatory Vindication of the Covenanters (Edinb. 1744, small 8vo): — A Choice Collection of Prefaces, Lectures, and Sermons, etc. (Glasgow, 1777, 8vo).
