The revenues of his charge not having been paid to him, he went to London to petition the king; but after a delay he was told that unless he would conform he should have nothing.

Being asked by Sir George Mackenzie, Lord Advocate, whether he would engage to preach no more in conventicles, he refused.

Apprehended again, Erskine was imprisoned at Newcastle, but after his release in 1685 the king's indulgence (1687) enabled him to continue his ministry without molestation.

He preached at Whitsome, near Berwick, and after the revolution was admitted minister of Chirnside, where he died in 1696, at the age of 72.

Thomas Boston of Ettrick testified to the profound impression made on him in his boyhood by hearing Erskine preach at Whitsome.