Biography
Hugh Binning was a Scottish Covenanter minister, born in 1627 near Glasgow. He became regent of philosophy at the University of Glasgow at about 19 years of age. In 1650 AD he became minister of Govan. In 1651 AD he took part in a public disputation with the Independents before Oliver Cromwell. He died of consumption in 1653 AD at the age of 26. His writings were published after his death, among them Christian Love, a treatise in five chapters that follows love from creation and the gospel through its duties to the humility and meekness of Christ. It was printed from his papers in the eighteenth century and included in the collected edition of his works in 1840 AD.