James, EPISTLE

OF. Twentieth N. T. book, ab. 65. It has a peculiar tone of authority, and is practical rather than doctrinal. James I., OF SCOTLAND, 1394-1437. Son of Robert III.; crowned 1424. While a prisoner in England, 1405-24, he wrote The King's Quhair and other poems.-His succe ors, JAMES II., 1430-1460, III., 1452-1488, IV., 1472-1513, and V., 1512-1542, were involved in wars with England and with their own nobles; all but the last met violent deaths. James I., OF ENGLAND, 1566-1625. Son of Mary Stuart and Darnley; King of Scotland 1567, and of Great Britain; a petty author and a despicable character. In his reign, politically feeble and disastrous, the English Bible was completed 1611, Virginia and New England were colonized, and the struggle between King and Commons began. Dæmono logie , 1597; Coun terblast to Tobacco , 1616. James II., 1633–1701. King of England 1685-88; son of Charles I. He exasperated the people by his arbitrary attempts against constitutional governnient and the reformed religion, IMG:content-0845.png:[graphic][merged small][merged small][merged small]