Robert Fleming the elder

Robert Fleming
Born	Gifford
Died	25 July 1694 London
Allegiance
Battles/wars	Battle of Dunbar (1650)
minister of Cambuslang
In office 1653 – 1 October 1662[1]
minister of Scots Kirk, Rotterdam
In office 30 December 1677 – 25 July 1694[2]

Robert Fleming the elder (1630 – 25 July 1694) was a Scottish Presbyterian Minister. Following the Restoration of King Charles II, he declined to accept the authority of the newly imposed bishops in the Kirk. He was therefore ejected as minister at Cambuslang. For the next ten years he remained in Scotland, preaching as he had opportunity. In 1669 he published the first part of Fulfilling of the Scripture in Rotterdam; it was later expanded to 3 parts and it is for this work and other treatises that Fleming is chiefly remembered.^[3] On 3 September 1672 he declined indulgence at Kilwinning, disobeyed a citation of the Privy Council, and fled to London, where his Scottish speech somewhat marred his usefulness. On 30 December 1677 he was admitted colleague to John Hog, minister of the Scots Kirk, Rotterdam. After the Revolution he might have been restored to Cambuslang, but preferred to remain in Holland. While on a visit to London, he died of fever, 25 July 1694, after a short illness.^[4] Daniel Burgess preached at his funeral and also recorded some memoirs of Fleming's life.^[5]