Murray, James (2)

an English divine, who flourished near the middle of the last century at Newcastle, where he died in 1782, devoted himself largely to the study of secular and ecclesiastical history, and published Hist. of the Churches of England and Scotland (Newcastle, 1771, 3 volumes, 8vo): — Impartial Hist. of the present War in America (1778-80, 3 volumes, 8vo). He also collected some of his sermons, and they were published in 1819 under the title of Sermons to Asses, to Doctors in Divinity, to Lords Spiritual, and to Ministers of State (Lond. 8vo). A copy of this curious collection, which is very rare, is in the Drew Theological Seminary library (Madison, N.J.). It betrays much disaffection with the National Church establishment.