Robert Traill

Robert TraillRobert Traill (1642-1716) was born in Elie, May, 1642.  After the usual prepatory studies, he was sent to the College of Edinburgh, where he distinguished himself in the several classes.  He devoted his life to the ministry and the cause of the church of his fathers.  This devotion was greatly manifested by his attendance upon Mr. James Guthrie, minister of Stirling, on the scaffold of martyrdom, 1661.  In 1666, in consequence of some copies of the Apologetical Relation, a work (penned by John Brown, of Wamphray) hated by the prelates, and condemned by the Privy Council to the flames, found in his home, he was obliged with his mother and brother to go into hiding.  It is reported that Robert Traill was in arms with the Covenanters when they were routed at Pentland Hills.  Because of this, he found it necessary to flee to Holland, where his father was already, in 1667.  Sometime around 1669, he returned to London and commenced his ministry there.  In 1677, while visiting Scotland, he was apprehended and arraigned before the Privy Council.  He refused to clear himself by their unlawful oath and was, upon little evidence, sentenced to imprisonment on the Bass rock.  He was released after three months and returned to London where he continued to officiate as pastor of a Presbyterian congregation until his death, in May, 1716. [more from Covenanter]

The Works of Robert Traill:

A Letter from Robert Traill to His Wife, and Also One to His Children. (36 pages)
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Written during the time of his banishment. Appended with “Advice About Some Duties”.

Select Practical Writings by Robert Traill. (368 pages)
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Containing:

  1. Six sermons from Galatians 2:21.
  2. A sermon on the following question, “By what means may ministers best win souls?” 1 Timothy 4:16.
  3. A Vindication of the Protestant Doctrine of Justification, and of its Preachers and Professors, from the Unjust Charge of Antinomianism.
  4. A sermon on Hebrews 10:29.
  5. A sermon on Isaiah 63:16.
  6. Three sermons on Matthew 7:13-14.
  7. A sermon on Ephesians 3:8.
  8. A sermon on Philippians 2:12-13.
  9. A sermon on 1 Corinthians 2:10.
  10. Two sermons on Hebrews 6:4-6.

The Works of Robert Traill, Volume 1. (348 pages)
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Containing:

  1. Thirteen sermons on the Throne of Grace. Hebrews 4:16.
  2. A sermon on the following question, “By what means may ministers best win souls?” 1 Timothy 4:16
  3. A Vindication of the Protestant Doctrine of Justification, and of its Preachers and Professors, from the Unjust Charge of Antinomianism.

The Works of Robert Traill, Volume 2. (354 pages)
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Containing 16 sermons on the Lord’s Prayer (John 17:24).

The Works of Robert Traill, Volume 3. (362 pages)
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Containing “The Steadfast Adherence to the Profession of our Faith Recommended in Twenty-one Sermons on Hebrews 10:20-24”.