David
Dickson was a Presbyterian minister who was born in 1585 in
Glasgow,
Scotland. He was
an only child, and one asked of the Lord by religious parents who had
been childless for many years. Mr Dickson was first a pastor at
Irvine
in Ayrshire,
where under his ministry “multitudes were convinced and converted” despite
the fierce persecution under Prelacy. A very close and familiar friend of
James Durham, one result of their friendship was the excellent “Sum of
Saving Knowledge” which is usually bound with the
Westminster Confession and the Catechisms. In the 1640’s he became a minister in Glasgow
and professor of theology; in 1649 he moved to
Edinburgh
to be minister
and professor at the college there until his death in 1662.
Commentary
on Psalm 1
Commentary
on Psalm 45
Commentary
on Psalm 85
The
troubled soul sustained
On
ceremonial use of musical instruments
On
the music in Psalm 150
