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John Welsh of Ayr - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (146 words) |
 | John Welsh of Ayr (1568-1622) was a Scottish Presbyterian leader. |
| Welsh later ministered in Kirkcudbright and in Ayr, where he spent five years and with which he was ever afterward associated. |
| His grandson was the Covenanters' leader, John Welsh of Irongray. |
| John Welsh of Ayr (5194 words) |
| John Welsh [or Welch], minister of the gospel at Ayr, and grandfather of John Welsh of Irongray, the Covenanter, was born of an ancient and well-to-do family in Dumfriesshire about the year 1568. |
| Welsh abounded in industry and ability, and was not slow to gain a mastery of Latin [the language of theology in that age] and a competent knowledge of Greek. |
| Welsh's indignation was white hot, but his confidence in the sovereignty of God enabled him to predict future good for the Scots Church: 'Yet that stock and trunk of Jesse shall flourish, and the Lord shall reign in the midst of his enemies'. |
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