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Biographical Sketch
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scientious Presbyterian divine of the sixteenth century was likely to be a strenuous one, and the first John Dury did not escape the rigours of the law. A man of singular strength of character and devoutness, he was a sturdy fighting Scotchman withal, conspicuous in the conflicts between the Church and the king. Becoming a minister in Edinburgh in 1573, he was twice banished from the city, and once imprisoned in Edinburgh castle. Returning from one of his banishments he was met at Leith by the people of Edinburgh, who marched him up to the city, and along the High Street, singing the 124th Psalm ("If it had not
