Alexander Shields
Alexander Shields or Sheilds or Sheills (January 1661 – 1700) was a Scottish, Presbyterian, nonconformist minister, activist, and author. He was imprisoned in London, in Edinburgh and on the Bass Rock for holding private worship services. After his escape from prison he wrote ''A Hind Let Loose'' which amongst other things argues for the rights of people to resist tyrants including the bearing of arms and the resistance of taxes. It even argues that assassination, in extreme cases, is sometimes justified. Shields was one of the ministers who supported the Cameronians who disowned the king. They were brutally put down. All three of the Cameronian field-preachers, of which Shields was one, rejoined the church after the Revolution. Shields served as a chaplain to King William's armies in the Low Countries. Shields was later called to be a minister at St Andrews but did not stay there long as he joined the second Darien Expedition. After its failure he died on Jamaica under 40 years of age. Provided by Wikipedia
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by Shields, Alexander
Published 1724
Published 1724
printed for John Mcmain, M. A. Schoolmaster as Liberton's Wynd-Foot there
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by Shields, Alexander
Published 1744
Published 1744
reprinted by R. Drummond and Company, and sold by William Gray, Bookbinder in the Grassmarket, and several others, &c
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by Shields, Alexander
Published 1770
Published 1770
Printed by Robert and Thomas Duncan, and sold at their Shop Pope's Head, Salt-Market
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by Renwick, James
Published 1744
Other Authors:
“...Shields, Alexander...”Published 1744
reprinted by R. Drummond and Company, for William Gray, and sold by him at his House beyond Heriot's Work Bridge in the Grass-Market