Background
He was the son of Thomas Hog, minister of Larbert, Stirlingshire (d 1680?).
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Education
At Edinburgh University in 1677 he studied theology in Holland, was licensed to preach by the presbytery of Edinburgh, and ordained minister of Dalserf parish, in the presbytery of Hamilton, 20 January 1691.
Career
After graduating Master of Arts Hog declined on principle to take the oath of allegiance in 1693. The Lord High Commissioner then objected to his taking his seat, and Hog under pressure retired from the Assembly. In bad health Hog resigned his charge on 12 November 1696, but in August 1699 he was installed in the parish of Carnock, Fife, and held the post till his death, on 14 May 1734.
He originated the "Marrow" controversy by the republication in 1718, with a preface, of the Marrow of Modern Divinity.
The book was denounced by an act of the assembly in 1720, whereupon Hog and eleven other ministers, who became known as the "Marrow Men", presented a protest. The bitter controversy which followed was an indirect cause of the First Secession of 1733.
He was eulogised by Ralph Erskine.
