John Wemyss
Scottish theologian, Minister of the Church of Scotland
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(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, John Wemyss , also spelled Weemes or Weemse, was a Church of Scotland minister, Hebrew scholar and exegete. Life John Wemyss was born at Lathocker in eastern Fife, and educated at the University of St Andrews. In 1608, he was appointed minister of Hutton in Berwickshire, and in 1613 he was translated to Duns. For several years Wemyss acted as a representative of Presbyterian ministers in altercations with champions of episcopacy, for example at the Falkland Conference and the Perth Assembly of 1618 which issued the Five Articles. After appearing before the Court of High Commission in 1620 for disobeying the Articles, he apparently gave up ecclesiastical affairs and devoted himself to study and writing.
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