FORBES. 
religion “In his vifitations he iatiiies without pomp, at- 
tended by a fingle fervant, that he mig e more readily 
informed of what b teoged to ‘his care. -He wou 
> 
he sees sud e proper. Bio 
Fo i jon pe of the Blog. Br ng, was born at Aber- 
deen aucae the year 1593, where he was ane educated, 
‘but he made choice of Heidelberg as the place to finifh his 
ftudies under the celebrated David Pareus. Before he re- 
turned to his native country, he vifited other German uni- 
verfities, and . e himfelf mafter of the Hebrew language, 
and of all the departments of knowledge ufually cone eéted 
an theological purfuits. His great 1 
attention of Burnet, who fays, that perha 
At Aberd 
CharlesI. Being determi cen not 
- principles, he fo ought refuge in olla ere he wrote hi 
«¢ Hiltorico-Theological Inftitutions,” one h conftituted 
‘a moft learned and. valuable work of the kind. On his re- 
turn to Scotland he retired: to his eftate of Corfe, where 
he {pent his time in making. oh and improvements to 
his ** Inftitutions,’? which, r, he did not live to pub- 
lifh. - He died in his fifty fifth a Befides the work al- 
ni 
a Latin a iy his father’s Commentary upon the 
‘Apocalypfe, ¢ ooks of Moral Theology,”? which 
were all colleGed aad publithed i in two vols. folio at Am- 
oe 1703. 
Forses, Wititam, the Seal bifhop of pra idan was 
born in fe year 1585. was educated at n, 
the place which peo ita birth ; 3 and fo diftinguithed w were 
his abilities, that he was very foon appointed profeffor of 
logic i in the new inftitution ‘of Marifchal college, and a 
reputatic After this be a four years in the ie of 
divinity, scclefiattical hifto d os hes different 
rfities. e he went to Ley 
den 
where he obtained the efteem and friendthip of Seaige, 
ae Baa and the other year men of that uni- 
admitted to the degree of door of divinity. . "The exer- 
tions of public {peaking being more than his ge pee 
eould bear, he refigned the minifterial duties, and wa 
age peer to the ptt o of principal. of Marifchal allege 
moft immediately paride bok he was created dean 
r of the univerfity. 
udtance, of -an 
een and ne to Abe rdeen, cies ‘the fentiments of 
the clergy and people were: more congenial with his own. 
fre." 
as 
‘gu ithed judge, commonly called 
In 1633, when Charles I. was crowned “a Edinburgh, Dr, 
Forbes was appointed to preach before him: the monarch 
was ne highly pleafed with his fervices, that he etd a 
fee, viz. that of Edinburgh, in order to make Forbes 
a [mee This honour, which was ill relifhed by the 
people, he did not long enjoy, eae cut off by a fever in 
1634, in the fiftieth year of age, and within three 
months of his confecration. He pee his life in endeavour- 
ing to effe& peace and union among Chrifti 
bifhop Burnet, he wa 
reached with fo much zeal 
and ardour, that, frequently Gaeue the meafure of time, 
he continued his fermons for two or three hours,?? Biog. 
ri * ae | 
ORBES, “Dunc: AN, a celebrated lewyer, and diftin- 
lord Fo rbes, was the 
younger of a re{pectable — at Culladen, in the fhire 
of mene bora in the year His natural-inclina~ 
tion led him to the army ; , 
prog nartow circumftances.of a 
ee him to confult with himfelf on the aon probable 
means of raifing a a and fupporting the crédit.and 
reputation of his family. Prudence quickly pointed to. the 
profeffion of law ; ed having been admitted to: Bas Scottifh 
bar, he foon obtained great and merited encoura gement 5 
ut where he never proftituted that nervous aid. perfuafive 
elo a Nec ca which he was notable, to fupport an illegal 
r litigio For even in the early part of life, when. 
oh as co pecuniary circumttances, he‘ had laid dowa 
as one rule for the dire@iion of his condudt, a 
tempt of moneys a maxim c n 
formation of what he conftantly afpired to, an unblemithe 
charaéter. By noble meaus like thefe he foon became emi- 
reprefent that country in the Briti 
charged with fo much honour and fidelit Y> as to aad the 
thanks of his conftituents, and the favour of his fovereigns 
we nominated him, in ave year 1725, to the sai nifted 
rd- rae hea e advanced in years, his ufe- 
ee — great enue — unfullied re- 
putation were the fale ree affizne reg teas to 
the rica s chair, which he a a “tach legal dif- 
cernment and unbiaffed judgment as wil add a confiderable 
portion of weight to its future decifions. He not only 
fhone in the chara&cr. of a judge, but patrioti{m and 
oyalty were equally con{picuous. His sol fur the fafety, 
welfare, and i aaa! _ his miele were on all occafions. 
apparent ; inftar e than canes the trying 
periods of a ‘lion in eceTy er the pre Steno er, in the 
Phas 1715 and 1745: and for his reafons, {ee his letter to 
the lord Lovat; who phe for treafonable conduét, 
fuffered decapitation. nin the vacations, he was con- 
of ftantly engaged with wuweate diligence in promotin g the 
interefts of agriculture, tra manufa ures; and with 
unabated affiduity cee ‘acd promulyating the great 
truths of religion After.a figs devoted tothe caufe of ho- 
nour and virtue, and extended fufficiently long for himfelf, 
though not for his country, he died in 1747, lamented by 
thofe who had the pleafure of his ee and Hy alae 
by all. the friénds of liberty and of truth. ordfhip was 
well verfed in. the original languages of the Scripture, par 
ticularly 
