\ ■ t sc < ^ \t5 i /vr^uef A • /'0V^<-*/ ~\v 3 1 r - \ (ft CLOUD OF W IT N 11 $ ST. S . TO R. TH E ROYAL PREROGATIVES or JESUS CHRIST ' OK TU Lasf SPEEGHES>»« TESTIMONIES of those wfift /lave suffer^ fcr l)ie TR UTH m SCOTLAND, *irtcrftej^aM*ff0. TOfWOOcL /'<•//< Ml I'll t' Wt killed ;>u /Aan /* PROCESS efj*uiu Jm* t» Foreign I, an., & Shaft »/< n* Oppressive itactwis Printed In t/., YCa>. M.PCCX/V The Preface to the Reader. Chriftifi* Reader, \ THE Glorious Frame and Contrivance of Religion, Re?ealed bv the Ever-fefcfled JEHOVAH, in the Face or Perfon of JESVS CHRIST, for the Recovery of loit Manking into a S;ate of Favmr and Reconcilement with Himfelf, is fo excellently ordered in the Counfels of Infinite Wifdom, and exactly adjufted to the Real Delight, Contentment and Happinefs of the Rational World :, that it might juftly be wondered, why fo many Aden in all Ages, otherwife of good Intellectuals, have not only had a fecret Difguft thereat themfeives, but laboured to rob others of the Comfort and Benefit of it, and make the World a Chaos of Confufion by Per(ecutio-§ raifed again ft it •, Had not the Holy Spirit in the Script tures laid open the hidden Springs of this Malice and Enmity, which exerts it's felf in ,fo many of the Children of Men. We are told in thefe Divinely infpired Writings, that the£rft Source of this OppoGtion that the true Religion meets with in the World, flows originally from Satan , that inveterate Enemy of GOD's Glory and Man's Happinefs; Who having himfelf left his Original St ate of Obedience to, and Enjoy- ment of GOD his Creator, hath no other Levamen of his inevitable Miferies, but to draw the Race of Mankind into the like Ruin, wUsfc is the only Satisfaction , that malicious Spirit is capable o£ This reft- lefs Adverfary perceiving v That through the Grace and Love of GOD manifefted in CHRIST, a great Number of thele, whom he* thought he had fecured to his Slavery, are redeemed, and called by the Gofpel out of that intolerable Servitude, into a Glorious Liberty, and fecured by Faith to Salvation*, Labours by two great Engines of Open Force and Secret Fraud , to keep them in> or regain them to his Obedience ^ Hence the facred Scriptures defcribe him, both as a Dragon for Cruelty, and a Serptnt for Subtilty : But becaufe he either cannot, or thinks not fit to do this vifibly in Perfon *7 therefore he does it more invifibly, and fomore fuccesfully by his Agents, in whom he works, who, becaufe of their Unreafonable Unbelief, are called Children of Imperfuafion : Thefe he A&s and Animates, as it were fo many Machins, to endeavour by Crafty Seduction, or Violent Tcrfecution, to draw, or drive the Fo/lcmers «/ the Lamb from their Subjection, Obedience and Lt>yalty to the Cap* tain of their Solvation, that he may drown them in Perdition and De- HruFtior.. This is the latent Origin of all Periccution, the Mint where all the other more vifible Caufes nf the bloody Violence, the People of II The Preface to the Reader. GOD meet withall , are ftruel: and framed. .This is the Grand De» fign to which they'- tend, to root out theOW/w« of Faith .oat of the Worlci, and deprive the Son of GOD of his rightful Dominion over his Subjects , whom he has chofen, redeemed and fan&ified for himfelf. As this holds true of all the Perfecutions, raifed againft the Church and Truths of GOD, whether in the Perfons of Jews or Chriftians, by whatever ^hands, Pagan or AntichriRian, fo 'tis eminently verified of ihe Perfections of the Church ot Scotland* profecated by a prophane wicked Generation of Malignant Prelattjisy during the Reigns of the late King Charles 2, James 7. For as the other Perfections were all levelled againft fome point of Truth or other, wherein the Obedience of Ffiitkviis concerned, Refpetting either the Exiftence and Worfhip of the True GOD, orthePtrfon, Natures or Offices of JE^US CHRIST &c* So this Perfection was directly bended againft that Oifice and Atftfcotity of JESUS CHRIST, whereupon his Formal Claim to the Obe» dienceof HisChurcb k$Q\inded,viz.HJSHEADSHJP overHisChurch. This was the peculiar Depofjum concredited to the Church of CHRIST in Scotland, and her dvftinguifhing Dignity, to have the Royal\Supremacy ef the King of Zion to defend againft the Kings 0/ the Earth, who not content with the Piincely Authority ofRuling the Perfons of their Sub: je£l$\ according* to the Laws of GOD and the Realm, would needs Ur furpa Blafphemous Sacrilegious Prerogative ofRuling the Church and donfciences of Men in Room of the Mediator, by what Laws and Sta- tutes they pleafed andfoundmoft fubfervient to their *Lufls,for Advance- ment-of Popery and Arbitrary Government. . TESUiCURlST the only Begotten of the Father having received the Church of Scotland,^ one of the utmoft Ifles of the Earth for Hii Pojfeffien by Solemn grant from JEHOVAH, was pleafed., as to call her frqp/the Deplorable State of Pagan? and Reform her from the Ruinous Condition of Antrchrijlian darkncfs -rfo to dignifie her in a peculiar manner, to contend and Suffer for that Truth, THAT HE IS A KING AND LAW*: G1VJER TO HIS CHURCH,having power to inftitute her Form of Go- vernment, *to give Jier Laws,Officers, andCenfures whereby (he mould be Governed, and hath not left it Ambulatory and uncertain what Go- vernment he will haye in force for the ordering of HisHoufe, but hath exprefly determined in His Word every neceiTary part thereof, and hath not put any Powerinto the handsof any Mortal, whether Pope, Prelate, , Prince, or Potentate, asa vicarious Head in His Per (bnal abfence, where- by they may alter the. Form of Government bX their. pleafu re and make •what kind of Officers, Canons and Cenfures they pleafe •, but all the* Power that this King hath left in his Church, concerning her Govern- ment, is purely and properly Minifterial under the Direction and Regu- lation ofHis Soveraign Pleafure, Revealed in His written Word. v , This, this is the moft radiant Pearl in the Church of Scotland *s Gar- land * The Preface to the Reader. Ill land ', that (he hath been honoured valiantly to (land up for the Head' flrip and Royal Prerogative of Her King and Husband^ Jefus Chrift, in all the Periods of Her Reformation. For no fooner had She thrown off the Yoke of the Popes pretended Jurifdi&ion and Authority, but prefent- ly, while She was labouring by means of tbefeCenfures, which Chrift hadlnfUtute, to Root out the Damnable Herefies which that Enemy had-fown, all on a fudden King James- VI. naturally Ambitious, and inftigate by InterefTed and Projecting Councilors, attempt a Rape upon Her Chaftity and Loyalty to Her Husband and Lord, and by His Roy- al Order ftops Her freedom of Sitting, Voting and AeYing in her Su- preme Courts, Imprifonsfomeof Her mod jealous and Faithful Mini- fters, calls them before his Council, indicts them of Treafon and Lefe Majefiie for their making ufe of the freedom Chrift had given them,and after their declining, His and his Councils ufurped Authority in Spiri- tual matters, and (oWitndling a good Confcflion for the Royal Dignity of their Matter, Banifh them the^r Native Country. ( See Cal- derwooa?s Hiltory,from Pag. 491 to Pagt 536 and downward.;Upon the fame bottom of a pretended Royal luritd'clion over the Church, He at- tempted, and in a great mcaiure efF-tted, the Eftablifhment of Popijh Hitrarxhy and Remijh Cere movies ,by letting up Prel ites,and bringing in the Perth Articles, fluttering fome, and overawing others of the Miniftry into accmplyance therewith, Perfecuting the Zealous and Faithful Contenders for Chrift's Headfhip, and the Government of His Divine Inftitu'ioa, with Vexatiosu Profecutions before High Commijfim Courts, Sufpenfions from their Office, Warding!, Confinements, &c. And in like manner Charles I. fcUowiug his Father's Example and In- structions, endeavoured upon pretence of the lame Prerogative to im- prove upon what bis Father had begun and compleat the Church's flivery by obtruding upon her a Liturgy and Canons framed a la mode dy Angieterre, collected out of the Romifh Mais Book and Canon Law ^ which put the Faithful Sons of the Church of Scotland to much wre- filing and contending, partly by humbe and fubmiftive, yet zealous and faithful Addrefies, Supplications, Remonftrances and Reprefenta- tions *, partly by more bold and daring Proteftations and Afiotiations foe mutual defence, even till they were forced to take Aims for .defence of Religion and the-Liberties of their Country. Which conttndinf s for ChrifVs Royal Authority, and His Church's Liberties at length, by the Belling of GOD, iflued in a Glorious Work of Reformat ton through Bri- tain and Ireland, wheMin the Church's of Chrift in thefe Lands, not only received their fqmier Beautiful Order, (binning Purity and pre- cious Liberty, but tflftadfeveral degrees of new attainments in Purity and Uniformity of Rfogion added thereto. But the Church's Sun of Profperity is foon at the Tropick: Scarfe was that.Soring Time well begun to blofTom and Bud, when behold.* n 2 World IV The Vrefaeto the Readtr < . World of Malignant Vapours, arifing out of the Earth, Clouded all her Sky again, and turned her Spring to a deplorable Wtnt er. Various Herefies in England, growing Popery in Ireland, Publkk Refolutsotis for advancing Malignants to Places of Power and Truft in Scotland, like fo many Inundations breakmg in upon the Church of Chrlft Lid all her pleafant things wafte. And no foonef was Charles zd advane'd to the Exercke of the Royal Authority, but drowsing the Senfe pi all Sacred Obligations with a Glut of Sen fu a 1 Plea fu res,, he Authorized a Malignant Crew of Statefmen to persecute and deftroy the People of GOD for their Adherence to the Covenants which hjmfelf had enter- ed into as the Fundamental stipulation of Government^ and to that Re- forrnation which he had Sworn to Maintain and Praftife, and for their 'bearing Witness againft the Grand Principle and Foundation upon which he built his Power of overthrowing Religion, asd fetting up a New Frame thereof in Britain, Namely the Blafphemous Headship or Ecchjiaftical Supremacy. Hence it is evident to a Demonftraticn that the Grand State of the Quarrel upon which the Martyrs laid down their Lives during the late Tyrarrhical Reigns, was really one and the fame with that for which the Jealous and Faithful Minifters fu r?e red fuch Hardships in the Time of King James 6^> and afterwards, This being the preeife Foun- dation upon which all the other A&s and Oaths were built, which thQ Enemies made a Handle of to involve Honeft People into the Crime of 'irtaj'tn and Rebellion againtt the State, as it was then Determined by thdir iniquous Laws. For as this was ftiil the Principal Queftion put to them I own ye the Kings Authority I J and the chief Article of their Indictment if they either anfwered in the Negative or kept filence j So 'CiS'evident that by this Queftion they really meant not to his Civil Authority only, but alfo his pretended Claim to Supreme Headftip *ver the Church. For no fooner had rre Authorized a Parliament to Meet at Edinburgh -under thcinfpeftion of that Malignant Wretch, John Earl of /Middle- tvun, anno i66i> but that Generation of Enemies to the Work of GOD, intending the utter Ruinie thereof, kt \*p this Dagon of the Royal Prerogative, not only with refpeft to things Civil, as in the Choice of his Officers of State, Councellors and Judge s^ Aft 2d. in the cal- ling and Dijolving of Parliaments , and making Laws, Act 3d. in the Militia , and making Peace and War, Aft 5. Which were great Inva- sions upon the National Liberties of the Subjefts •, b»t alfo in things Sacred r in the making of Leagues, and the Conventions of the Subjefts, fr& 4, wherein all the former Work sf ^efortoation is condemned^nd the Covenants made for it's Defence are declaretf-Treafonable and Re- bellious Actions againft the Royal Prerogative*, and in Confequence hereof/ 'tis declared Aft 7. that the League, and Qovinant is not oblige - tere The Preface to ths Reader V torie upon this Kingdom, nor doth infer any Obligation on the^ubyefcs thereof, to meddle or interna fe in any thing concerning the Religion And Government of the Churches cf England and Ireland \ a^d ail the Subjetls are dif charged to Renew the fame, as they will answer at their highe& peril. And in tht Oath of Allegiance and Acknowledgement of his Ma- jetties Ro\al Prerogative, Statute by the Eleventh Aft of the faid Parlia- ment, all Perlons of whatfoever Tru ft, Poft, Office or Irnpioyraent are obliged ro to zm, That they acknowledge the King only Supreme Gover nor of this Kindom, over all Pcrjons and in all Caujes. And that tlxy do with all humble Dutie acknowledge his Majeslie's Royal Prerigative, in all the particulars, and in the manner aforementioned. And to nuke (he matter clearer, what they meant by the King's Au- thority, its the Preamble oftbefiift Aft of the 2d. Scfiion of the fame firft Parliament, They wlert, That the ordering and Difpofai of ths External Government, and Polity of this Church, doth properly belong unto his Ma- jtsJy, as an inherent Right of the Crown, by Vertue of Hss Royal Prerogative and Supremacy in Caujes Ecclefiaftial, And upon this bottom, he with Advice and Con fen t of the-Eitates of Parliament, fets up the Epifcopal form of Church Government, thejurfdiftion of Bifhops and Arch-Bifhops over the Infen'ou-r Clergy, with their Concomitant of Patronage?, and Rijcinds, cajfes and annuls, all Alls of Parliament, by which the fole and only power, and JurijdiRion within this Church, doth Jland in tht Churchy and in the General, Provincial and Presbyterial Affemblies, and Kirk' Sefjiws ', And all A£ls of Parliament or Council, which may be interprets to' have given any Church power, Jurijdiciion or Government to theOjfict* bearers of the Church, their Refpetiive Meetings, other than that which acknowledgeth a Dependence upon, and Subordination to, the Soveraign Power cf the King. as Supreme. And in purfuance hereof, in the id Aft of thefortfaid 2d. Seftion, intituled^ Ati for Prefer vat ion of His Afajefii^s Per [on, Authority and Government,Wt doth with the advice of his Eftates o! Parliament declare, That the Affembly, kept at Glafgow in the Tear 1638, was in it I elf ( after the fame was by his Majefly Difcharged, un- der the pain of Tie aj on ) an unlawful and Seditious Meeting \ Andthkt all theje Gatherings, Convocations, Petitions, Proteftations, and crefbing and keeping Council-Tables, that were ufed in the beginning, and for carry* ing on the LattTroubles ( thus they call the Work of Reformation Jwere unlawful and Seditious \ And that theje Oaths, whereof the One was com* monly called the National Covenant, and the other A Solemn Le. Covenant, were and are in themselves unlawful Oaths, and then!') glares their Obligation void and nully and Refcinds all Ails o< .*.*<- cm, Ecclefiajiical or Civil, app.ovingthem. Nor dots it fufticet.'um to Jftefcind thc(e Covenants and otherProceedm&s for carr) ing on the \\ of Reformation^ contrary tothisRoyalPrero^ative oi-£ccUfi*frick Suprs- macyt and to Inhibited perkns to (pcak> Write or Aft any thint Defence >V1 The Preface to the Reader Defence of the fame, and againft the faid Prerogative, but likewife in the 5th Aft of the forefaid Seffion, all Perfonsin any Place, Office or TruJr are obliged to Swear all the particulars contained in the forefaid Aft* in that mcft Impious Oath, commonly called the Declaration. And aeain in the 4th Aft of the 3d. Seffion of the forefaid Parliament. Intituled jitvfor Eftablijhmtnt and Conjlitution of a National Synod It is Declar ' ed, lhat the Ordering and Dtfpofal of the External Government of the Church, and the Nomination of the Pcrfons, by whc\e Advice matters Re .latingto the fame are to be fettled, doth belong to HU Ma] esl y ai an in htrtnt Right oft lie Crown by vertue of hi. Prerogative Royal, and Supreme Authority, in Caujes EcclcfiajiicaL And in the ift. Aft, of the 2d Pari holden b* that Apoihte, John Earl of Laude-dale, Intituled, >*<** affertim His MojiSlies Supremacy over all Per'ons, and in all Caufes EccUfiiHical commonly called the Ail Explanatory. It is espreflv Declares Ihit /■/•' Majeslv hath the Supreme AVTHOR1TT and Supremacy over all Ferfons, and m all Caufes Ecclefiasltcal within this Kingdom \ and that by vertue thereof the ordering and Difpofal of the External Government* and Policy of the Church, doth properly belong to his Mai t si y and hu w" cejjors, m an INHERENT RIG Hi to the CROWN: Ar.d that Hi] Majesly and hi* Succefjors may fettle, En all and Emitt fuchCo.tfituti ens, Alls and Or ders,, concerning the Adminifiration of the Externa* Government of the Church, and the Perfons tmployedin the fame, and con- cerning all Ecclefiastical Meetings and Matters, to be propofed and De- termined therein, at the) in the if Koyal WifdomfJjalLthinkfit From all which Afts, it plainly appears, that the true fenfe of that . Authority, which they would have their Private thoughts about was Really, as the Martyrs underltocdit, His Ecclefiaftick Supremacy and thatnolefs than a Recognition hereof would ferve their Turn, and tho' • Tome of the Martyrs offered a Dittinftion between the two irofeffine to own his Civil Authority abftraa from the £cclefiaftical(as'foi infhnce Mr. 3^w £>*<;£; yet they were not abfolved, becaufe they would not . own his Authority in Grofs. And befides their including the Supremacy over Church matters into the formal Notion of the King's Authority' they could be pleafed with nolefs from any that they called before them* than an owning the whole A&s and Laws, and intire Exercife and Ao^ miniftration of things in Church and State-, which was an Implicit* Condemning of all the Preceeding Reformation, and confenting to the Perlecution and Murther of the Saints who ltood up for it's Defence Tis true indeed, thefe things were fo Impious and Abominable' that had they been propofed without mask, they would prefently have begot an horrourin the Mind of any who was not intierly loft to all Confcience and Goodnefs, and therefore thefe Children of the Old Serpent had ib much of their Father r That they made it their Work to hide thefe horrid Hooks with fome fpecious baits, that they might the more eafily int&s Tne Preface to the Bjd&r VII 'atice firr.ple People into that Snare they hid laid for 'em \ And hence, knowing how much 'tis the Effect of true Religion to make Men Loyal, and that the Presbyterians were of all others the readied to yeild all Lawful Subjection to their .Rrgh:ful Princes, they ftill made ufeofthe Specious Till© of Authority as.a Biifid to hide the Ecclefi-ijlical Supre-. riacyjind Bloody Excrcife of tneirGoven.ment from thefe tfoev laboured to infnare. 1 hey few the Supremacy they intended to fix" in the King, Was fitch 4 Afm£trum4)orrcndu?n, informe, ingens, Heccate at que Breio ortum, that without fume vail of this nature, no Man would be fo m J as to embrace it : But when this would not do, but that (till it's ili-favuur- ed Face appears thrt>' the. Vizir -j and all Good Men fa w, that that Authority which {ought nooiher, way to maintain it fclf, but by-Blood and Rapine , was really degenerated into Tyranny j then they preten* ded to come fome fteps lower, and faid, That they required no more at the^ Hands of People in order todifmifs them, but that they would at their defire Prav for the King, in their prefcribed Form of Words, viz,* GOD Save the Kmg\ or that they would Drink the King's good Health* Thele were by them represented to be (o very minute and ealiething?, and by a great many ProferTors look't upon as io trivial and indifferent, that they were in the fair way- either to enfnare, or with more dpportu; i>ity to expofe fuch as refufed to the contempt of indifferent Spectators, as being fuch fcrapulcus. Fools and Branfick Perfons, as were tranfported with an extravagant wild Zeal without Knowledge , who bad rather have a hand in their own Death, then do fo fmall and indifferent a thing in order to prevent it. And -hence not the Perfecutors only, but even a great many who proftfled Presbyterian Principles , flood not to call them MiHtherers in {lead of Martyrs. But all thisnotwithtranding, 'tis certain they had nothing elfe befof them, but to bring People to a tame Submiiiion- anddavim Complyance with the whole Courfe of their Chti ft- dethroning, and Laod-inihviifg Conftitutions and Adminidrations*, fortbey iwtended the fame thing by urging People to fay, G*d Snve the King, as by the O.nh of Allegiance , Declaration, or Teft , namely an acknowlegmcnt of their Authority, wherewith they fud verted him in the forementioned Articles and others of like Nature. Lefs than this could never ferve their Defign, which was (till the fame, whatever alteration might appear to be in their way of profecaringit : For either thefj things were {o infigniiicant and indif- ferent as they gave them out to be, and as others conceived uf then they were not •, lfwefay the former, then what mon; .v'ankrhd were thefe Ptrfecutor9, who purfued poor Innocent People to Death, and inflicted fuch cruel Tortures upon then?, for triiHes and thing indifferencv :; this is what themfclves( I fuppofe ) would never admit, to be teckoned a degree further loft to Humanity than & Nero or C gula)(ozito Torment and Dcftroy Men for Sport; Nay, they rtiU pre teadctf VIII The Preface to the- Redder, pretended that aU thefe Profecurions were ruade-upon weighty and Juft Caufes j If then we fay the Latter, namely.that they were not fo very inconfiderable things as tome conceived:,Wberein could the m< mtnt.and weight of them confift, but in this, true they were an owning of the Authority as it was contained in the Laws ? And what elfe was the (cope of the moft openly Impious Oaths, Tefts,.and Bonds, but this ? And befides, when any yeilded this much, they were ftill urged further till they had debauched them out of all Gonfcience and Integrity, as much as themfelves. The reft of the Qjteftions put to them, and made Caufes of their In- dictment, were all but fo many Branches from this Root, and Rivulets from this Spring. The chief was that about Definjive Arms^ which their Laws had declared Rebellion*, which all the Martyrs without the leaft jiror diicord did ftedfaftly maintain, as being a thing fo very confonant, not only to the Pofitive Commands of GOD in his Word, but alfo to the very Law of Nature ftamp't on the Heart, and to the Laws and Practices of all Kingdoms *, and undertaken upon to neceffary Grounds as the defence of the Gofpel, and the Lives of the Innocent, in con fequence of their Covenant Engagements, which, however thefe Wicked Perfecu tors had declared Void and Null, and the adhering to them Capital, yet all fuch as had any love for GOD and Zeal for His Caufe, believed to be perpetually Obligatory upon them and the Na- tion, and therefore adhered to them with a ftedfaftnefs, and courage invincible againft the moft Bloody oppofaion. And 'tis obfervable, that whatever any of the Martyrs had not fo much light in,as others,or differ^ ed from others anent, «r was Mien t when Interrogate upon it, yet they all agreed perfectly, and were clear abundantly in owning, and bold, harmonious and couragious in afTerting the Lav^fulnefs, and Avouching the Obligatory force of the Covenants. National Covenants were the means that GOD had conftantly from the beginning of the Reformation, made ufe of and blefled, to cement and ftrengthen Hie People in Scotland. in their Adherence to the Truth *, By means of thefe His Church was as a ftrong City, and Incorporation Profecuting all the fame common caufe of Religion and Liberty, fo that by that common Bond, the injury of- fered to any one of Her Members was taken as done to alJ and befide '9 the exprefs Commands of the Word, this was a BlefTed Tye and En- gagement, to every one in their Place and Station, to ftand up for the Purity of the Doctrine, Simplicity of the Worfoip, Beauty and Order of the Government and Difcipline of Ghrift's Hoofe, and His Royal Su- premacy over the fame. And hence Malignant and Difaffe&ed Perfons perceiving that there was nothing fo conducive to the Advancement and Prefervation of National Reformation, as thefe mutual Bonds and facred Covenants, fet themfelves chiefly to deftroy thefe, and in an Ig- oominiouc manner Burnt them, declared them Treafonable and Sediti- ous ■The.. Frefdce to the Reader. IX^ ous, made the owning of mem Criminal, and Perfecuted (uch ^ls ad" hered to them j And on the other hand, GOD was pleafed mightily ta animate His differing Saiacs, bota with Light and Zeal, in the defence of them, againit ali the efT>r;sof Helliih Violence. Wherefore, when this alone was not like to effectuate their defign^ thefePerfecutors betook themfelves to another Stratagem, and fell upon raore mild, but mure fuccefjful Measures, of givingouc Indemnitiesand Indulgences, (o reltrifted and Limited, as the accepters (houli be gain-; ed to a peaceable c>mplyance with, and Submifliori to their impious Laws,anduken offfrom their Zeal, in maintaining the "Work of Reform mahon, and divided itom their Covenanted Brethren j by tbi^ means they weakened the Remnant that had notfci mplyed with Prelacy, fet them at Variance one again ft another, allured the one to fit quietly ftill,t>H they had made an End of their Brethren \ and in lh?i t, rent and almoit quite ruined the p^or Presbyterian Church of bcotland\ And hence, as the Suffering Remnant, which was by far the fmaUer part, were much oppoied and reproached by thefe Minifters and Profef- fbrs, who accepted or made ufc of thefe pretended Favours, fo it be- came a neceflary Head or.Teltimony to Witncfs againft the Indulgence and Acceptance thereof or Qnful Connivance thereat. The particular Difqaifition of this Affair is not confident with cae narrow Limits of a Preface. Wherefore the Reader may fee for his fatisfiftion therein, the ' Hiftory oj the Indulgence^ Informatory Vindication^ Hind let JLoofey &c# Afterwards, when the Perfecution became fore and Violent againft the Remnant that refufed thefe deceitful Baits, and flood to their Cove- nanted Religion and Liberty, and that both By the open Violence of the Enemies, and falfe Slanders and Calumnies of pretended Friends, they were obliged to Emit feveral Declarations of their Principles, and to defend themielves from thefe unjuft Slanders and Calumnies : Which Declarations fofoon as the Perfecutors got into their Hand's, thinking they had got a good handle therein for taking away the Lives of all (uch as mould adhere to them, in regard, that therein they had more expli- citly and (ally caft off the Authority of the Tyrant Cnarles id. and (pe- Cified the Reafons, why they could not own his Authority, they never failed on all occafions, to make that a part of their Examination*, Own ye the Sanquhair Declaration, the. Papers found at Queensferry, &c. And many were I&dicted, ypon tbeir Adhererce to thefe Declarations and other Papers. 1 conceivt? it is not ncceffary, to fwell this Preface with a particular Defence of thele Declarations, that being (b well done by themfelves in the Informattry Vindication, which the Reader may haveRecourfe to-,and as for thePaper found upon Mv.HaI/ of Haugh- head. when he was Murthered at Queensferry , the Reader flu!l fee it with a fhort Relation,concerning that worthy Gentleman'* Death, in the Ap. pendiz to this Book*. S f Another X; • TkPrefaeto theRtader -, Another Queftion commonly put to Sufferers waf, whether the£ owned the Excommunication itxheTorttoodl Which they dki with much freedom, as a fteafTary Duty and Lawfully performed, fo far as" that broken State of the Church would permit, and upon moft wefghty and fufficient Grounds : The Form and Order of which Excommunica- tion is alio added by way of Appendix to this Book. But their fined Topick wherein they infulred and Gloried moft, was the .Death of James Sharp Arch*Bifhop of St. JGndrews, whteh they reckoned a cruel -Murther, and therefore hoped, that if the Sufferers Ihould approve of the fame, they Would bave a Colour to deftroy 'em as being Men of afficinating and Bloody Principles, deferring to be exterminateout of any Well Governed Common Wealrh : And there- fore it was ftill one of their Queftions, Was the Bijbop's Death Srfur- ther ? To which Question fo me anfwered directly that ft was a Juft and lawful Execution .of GOD's Law upon him, for his Perjurious Treachery, arid bloody Cruelty, others were (Trent Or refuted to anfive-r any thing directly to the Point, as conceiving that it being no Deed ot tkeirs,they were not obliged by any Law,Divine orHureane,to give their judgment thereupon, especially when they could not exactly know the Circumftances'of 'the Matte'r of Fa ft, and (aw that the Queftion was- propofed with, a Defign to infnare them, or take away their .Life. Yet Was their very fil'ence or refu'fa'l to give their Opinion, rnadea Caufe of their Jndmment and Ground of thleir Sentence, and fame were* pu t to the Torture to make them give their Sentiments anent it. If any would be further fatisfied on this Head let him- fee Hwd let Lvol* H?ad VI. Page 633. But however tneieM'urtherers of the Servants and People of GOD, nude yfeof fuch Queftions as thefe to entangle tiiem, y el ft ill the Grand/flat'e of the Quarrel was, Whether Chrift dlone,orKing Charles Should be owned as Head and Lawgiver to the Churchy and whether the DivineForm of Government and Difcipline, which Chriit had Insti- tute, fhould continue in her*, or if an Ufurper mould have leave to Mould it as he pleafed, and conform it to the Pompous Drefs of the XomiJ}) Whore ? And hence its alfo evident that tht Stat^of the fuf- ferings before the Engagement at Bothwel, was really one and the fame with that which was after it, as to the main*, rho' things came xo be clearer after it ^concerning the Civil Authority, when by that and ruany other instances it was madeevident,that the pretendedRuiers were felting t^em it Ives diretliv toruine the whole Interefts of the$ubjecls,as well Civil as Sacred, and that it was in vain to be any longer in Sui- p^.tey waiting for a htisfa&ory Redrefs of&rievances, or Opportuni- ty to represent the fame. So that the Charge of Rebellion, laid 3 gain ft them trot only by our Mpifcapal Ptjfive Obedience Mtny but alio' by the ludulgtd and fuch as tread The Preface to the Reader. . XI tread tkett'Steps, is a muit Gr'ounaleis imputation •, for King Charles had violate aUVtfc Conditions of Government, and manifeftfy Degene- rated into a Tyrant, long before i hty rejected his Authority, and had refuf d all claim to the Subjects Allegjance, upon the Account of the Contract which he entered into at his Coronation, and bad-no other •pretence to Authority but Her -edirary Right, and Bloody force, with the Confent of iuchprcfligate NubJerceri and Gentlemen as fat in rhefe packed and pretended Parliaments, which could never,inLaw or Reafon, oblige the Honeft and faithful Subje&s of the Kingdom to comply with thefc Tyrannical Courfes, and fubmit to him, who had as really Fore- faulted his Right to be King of Britain, as did his Brother afterwards by his Abdication. But it is no new thing, for the Followers of CHRIST, to meet with this Charge of Rebellion, if a Jezebel wants a Naboth's Vine Yard, and he ftands up for his Property, fhe will not want Sons of Belial to bear Witnefs^Tfotf he blafphemedGOD and the King. Do the Adverfaries of Judah and Benjamin intend to (top the building of'Jerufalem, they'l not want a Rehum the Chancellor, and Shimfhii the Scribe to writej That this City is a rebellions City, and hurtful unto Kings and Provinces , and that they have moved Sedition within the fame of old lime. Would Ha- inan have all the Jews deftroyed, becaufe Mordecai wiH not honour him, this is the Charge he lays againft them, as mod likely to effectuate his Purpofe, That their Laws are diverfe from all People, neither keep they the King's Laws. Have the Prefidents a Purpofe to be rid of Da- rnel , this is- the Engine , That Daniel, which is of the Children of the Captivity of Juiih, regardeth not thee, O King! nor the Dtcrre rhap thou haft figned. Is a Tertullns to employ his Eloquence againft Paul, here's the Artifice, We have found this Man a penitent Fellow , And d Movtr of Sedition among the Jews. Were the Romans defirous to have theChriftians exterminate out of the Empire,whatSbift took they? Why, truly this was it, TheChriftians are Rebellious and Seditious ; they won't fwearbythe Life of Cefar , nor adore his Image; and therefore Chriftid* nos ad Leone s. If we look through the whole Ecclefia flick Hiftory, we ftiall Icarce find a Perfecution raifed, but this is an Article of the Charge, But 'tis no Paradox \ The Servant is not greater than his Lord; even* CHRIST Himfclf was accufed and condemned as an Enemy to Cefar and a Mover of Sedition. But I fhall not enter into this Argument -/the Sufferers for CHRIST in Scotland have bien frequently vindicate from, the Charge of Rebellion, by more learned Pens , and yet (til! we have a Generation of abfurd Men, who will not fail to renew it^ nor can the Strength of Argument filcnce 'em, while they have Brow enough torcj turn Railing in the Room of Reafon. The Reader having thus briefly feen the Caufes , upon which they hid down their Lives •, It were neceffary to proceed to a ftort Deiinca* XII The Preface to the Reader; tion , both of the Cruelty of the Perfecutors infMing^ and of the* Cot* *' rage, Patience and Chearfulneis of the Martyrs, fuffering thefe Severi- ties : But as for the former, what Tongue can exprefs, what Pen can defcribe the barbarous Cruelty, and hellifti Rage of thefe Sons of Wic- kednefs I One might write a Volume upon their Cruelties, and after all Sal) far (hort of drawing them to the Life* or giving any* juft Idea of them, they were fo extremely inhumane andbrutifti. At firft, they be- gun with Noblemen, Gentiemen and Minifters, who had been eminent for the Caufe of GOD •, beheading fome, and placing their Heads upon the Ports of Edinburgh, in Token ofthehigheft Contempt , banifhing others, e}e&ing all from their Charges, but fuch as would fubjeft to Prelacy,and the blafphemous Supremacy *, and vitiating all the Springs & Seminaries of Learning : Next,they fell to compel the Common People to hear Curate^ by vaft and exorbitant Fines, extorted by Troops of Sol. diers, plundering, quartering, beating, wounding, binding Men like Beafts, chafing them away from their Houfes, compelling them, tho' fick , to go to Church, coniuming and wafting their Provision with Dogs, and promifcuoufly abufing, as well thofe that conformed, as them thatrefufed *, and if any teftified their Refentment, at thefe Vermine of ignorant and fcandalous Curates , or refufed to give them their Titles, they were imprifoned, fcourged, ftigmatized aid banifhed to Bar' badoes , or other forreign Parts. Any that were hearing their own Mi- nifters in private Houfes, were feized , dragged to Prisons, and clofs kept there in great Hardfhip, and that of every Age and Sex? Thefe were their tender Mercies, and but the Beginnings ofSerroxvs : For after the Defeat at Temlandhiiis^ beficle what were killed upon the Spoc, fuch as furrendered upon Quarter and folemn Parole to> have their Life, were contrary to the Law of Nature and Nations, treacheroufl? and bloo- dily murthered, to the number of 40. One of them, a much reverenced young Minifter, had his Leg fqueezed to pieces in the 2W/,and was after- ward shangea\)tho, he was not in the Fight,but had only a Sword about him. Soldiers were ordered to take free Quarters in the Country, to exa* aiine Men by Tortures, to compel Women and Children tadifcover their Husbands and Fathers, by threatening Death^vounding, dripping, torturing by Fire Matches, Ghr. crowding into Prifons, (o thick, that they could fcarce ftand together , in Cold, Hunger and Nakednefs \ and all this, becaufethey would nor, or could notdifcover who were at that Expedition.- Likewife maRy enfnaring . Bonds, Oaths-and Tefts were framed , and impofed with Rigour and horrid Severity *, People obliged to have Paries declaring they had takeathem, or to (wear before com- mon Soldiers, under Pain of being prefently (hot dead. Severe Laws ■ were made againft Minifters , that came to Edinburgh for Shelter, they and their Wives were fearched for, by publick Search, crouded into Ptifons, fentto forreign Plantations to be fold as SlaveSr Dragoons were The Preface to the Redder. XIIP tferefent topurfae People that atcended Field- preachings, to fearch them out inMoffes, Moors, Mountains and Dens of the Earth. Sa-' vage Hods of Highlander s were fent down to depopulat the Weftern Shires, to the Number of ten or eleven Thoufand, who adled muft outrgious Barbarities, even almoft to the laying fomeCountriesdefoldte. After the Overthrow of the Lord's People at Bothwel, they doubled* thefe Severities, ifTued out moe Soldiers, impofed Cefs, Localities, and' other new Exa&ions, forced People to Swear (uper lnquirendis, and de- late upon Oath all that went to Field Preaching?, fet up extraordinary Circuit Courts, enlarged their Port eous Rolls, pretted Bonds of Compear- ance to keep the Peace, to attend the Church, refrain from Field Meetings &c* EximimngCountryPeople upon feveral Queftions which they had nooccalion to underftand, asconcerning the Death of King Charles fir ft* and the Arch Rifljop of $t\ Andrews. And Condemning them to Death for not anfwering. Quartering fome Alive, cropping the Ears, cutting off the Hands of fome, and then Hanging the nv, cutting their Bodies in pieces after they were dead, and fixing them upon Poles in Chains, and upon Steeples and Ports of Cities^ beating Drums at their Execu- tions, thai they might not be heard fpeak, detaining others long in Prifan , loaden with Chains and Fetters of Iron , and expofed to greaterTortures than Death it felt, and after all fent to be fold as Slaves, to empty the Prifons, Exercifmg all thefe Bloody Deaths and Cruelties upon poor Country People, which had no influence to do hurt to theis Government, tho' theyliad been willing *, Yea upon Women of tender Age, whom they Hanged and Drowned, for refuting their Oaths,and Bonds, and Refettingthe LORD'S Suffering People, It would be endlefs to enumerate all their barbarities, Exercifed upon particular Perlons, only for a (watch, take thefe inflicted on that Excel* lent Gentleman David Hacksloun of Rathtllet. He was taken out from the place of Judgement to his Execution, and his B>Jv, which was already Wounded, was- Tortured, while he was Alive, by the cutting off both his- Hands, whichwas done upon a high Scaffold prepared for the purpofe, thereafter being drawn up by a Pulley to the top of the high Gallows, by the Rope which was about his Neck, and fuffered to fan down a very confiderable way upon the lower Scaffold three times, with his whole weight *, then he was fixed at the top of theGallows* and the Executioner with a big Knife cutting open his Bredt pulled out his Heart, while he was yetalive, asappear'd both by the Body's contract- ing it felf, when it was pulled out, and by the violent motion of the Heart wheu it dropt upon the Scaffold, which the Executioner t.iking up upon the knife fhewed it to thePeople upon the feveral Corners cfth« Stage, crying Hf Suffering than (tain their Confcien- ees with the lead Sin, or lofe the im.uleft filing of this tine Gold of Truth. Many of the things for which they Suffered were reckoned fmall by the indifferent World, hut to them they appeared in their juft magnitude, lertullian in his B^dk-de caronaMdxtis, tells us, that when a certain Chriftian Soldie-,in the Eruperour's Army, refufed to wear a Crown of Bays upon his Head, as all the reft of" the Sokiiers did, upon a Day facred to one of the Heathen Idols, he w*s not only mocked at by the Infidels for his nicety, but even by many of the Chrifrians, concei- ving it a Foliy that this one Man, for fuch a favll and indifferent thin£t (hou Id endanger both himfelf and ochtrChriftians*, ButTcrtulUan defends, .him.Sf hys.Tht* Soldier was moreGod's Sddier,&more conjjkam than the reft erf hi i Brethren, rphoprejumed they might fervetwo Lordsy and for avoiding Perjecutum , comply with the J-Jeathtn in their Superstitious Rites. And when fome Chriftians, who like our Indulged People, would rather comply than endure rhe hazjrd, objrfted. Where is it written in *U the Word of GOD, that wefjouldnot wear Bays upon our Heads f Jertut lian anfwers, Where is it written that we may do it f we mufi look into the Scriptures to jee what we may do, and not think it enough, that the Scripture doth not forbid direlllythis or that very particular. They knew, with the fame Tertulltan'm the forecited Book, That the Sta: Christianity doth not admit the excuse of neceffity : 7 here is no nee $f finning to themy 10 whom it's only ntceffary not to fin. And hence ;\ would not lo much as feem to call in Queition any of the Truths of CHRIST ', when the Enemies would have given them thue to delibe- rate and advile anent them, they were fo confirmed in the prefent Truths that they anfwered their Adversaries, as Cvpr/a«.once did his, In Materia tarn Jvfta non efl Deliberandum, in fo juit a caufe there needs no I liberation. When they were urged with the example of other Presby- terians, Minifters and Profoflbrs, who hadcornplyed and were far wifer and .better than they, this did not lhake them, butrather hig.hten tfaeir Zeal, hs Chryfofttnie tells us, thele two Holy Martyrs Juwcntius and Maximus, when tfaey were urged by their Perfecutors with this Arcju* nient, Do'not you fee others ofyourRankdo thus ? Anfwered, Forthu very Reajonwe will manfully ft and and djfer our felves as a $ac>;;:i? fe> the Breach that they have made : So the (ad defections of their Bret: made- XVI Tl)e Prefae *° the Reader. rriade them the more emulous towitnefs for CHRIST, whenfo mmf Demas-like nac* forfaken Him, having loved this preient World* There Martyrs had fueh large difcoveries of Chrift's Love, erpecially under the Crofs, that their hardeft Tryals were accounted light. As Stephen the Proromartyr got the tulleft View of Chrift, while before fte Council, fothele had ro oft lively fights of Him under their fharpeft Sufferings*, and hence they could not find in their Heart to deny fo kind a Mafter. AsPolycarp that holy Minifter of Chrift at Smyrna an- fwered the proconful bidding him defie Chrift, and he fhould be Dif- charged, Four (core and Six Tears ( faid he ) have 1 been his Servant, yet all this timi He hath not fo much as once hurt me \ How then may I [peak Evil of my King and Soverei^n^ who hath thtu preserved me ? They were under a lively Senle of their Vows and Obligations to Chrift, Perfonat and National, and therefore durft not, could not deny hisNime, nor break His Bonds and caft away His Cords, as the Wicked had done: They were of the Refolute Difpofition of Villorianw, whobeing follici- ted by the Emperour to turn Arian, told him, Tju may try all Extremi* ties, Torture me, Expofeme to Wild Beasts. Burn me to Afnes, I had rather Suffer any things thanfalfefie my Vromife made to Chrift my Saviour in B apt ijm. And as Chrift had been very kind to them, fo they Trufted much to Him, and depended on-Him for Strengthening Influence, be« ing very fenfible of their own Weaknels *, and they durft promife much on Chrift's Head •, they could (ay as Vihcvttim to the Tyrant Dados , Rage, and do the utmoft, that the Spirit of Malignity can let you on Work to do : Tou ft) all fee GO D'j Spirit Strengthen the Tormented more, than the Devil can do the Tormentors. And as Zuinglius to ihe Bifhop of Constance, Truth is a thing invincible and cannot be nfifte-d. As they were well Inftru&ed in the Necejfityjo in the Vfefulnefs and Benefice of the Crofs ^ -they ..knew that a> the Chtftch and Nation hati deferved to be chaftenedand punifhed of GOD, fo it*wis far more eli- gible to be chaftned by fore Aaverfnies, infl'cltd by a loving Father, than by fevere impunities of an incenfed and juft Judge. They knew that the Grief they furred was Medicinal, not Penal, the- Correction of a Father, not the Indignation ofan .Enemy •, and thaf they needed fuch JAerciiul Files and Furances of Adverfity, to fcour off the Ruft they had Contracted in profperity. Nay they were not only content to undergo thefeFatherlyCorre£lions,but accounted it a fmgular kindnefsandconde- Tcenfion, that what they deferved fhould be their Punijbment, wa*made their Glory, Crown and Honour •, That they who had merited to be fcattered into Corners, and have their Remember ance made to cea\efrom among Men, for their Lightly pr;z ng the Precious and Glorious Gofpel, (houid be gathered into fuch a Cloud of Wit nejfes ; and have their Re- rnemberance made Everlafting a« honoured Martyrs for Chrift and the defence of his Gofpel *, That wh-:n they had provoked God, by their fin« ■—/ (pi rj7# Preface to the Header, fu! Lufting afters Malignant to be their fcfog, thev ftiould be dignifyed toconiend for the Kingly Prerogatives of luch a Glorious and good So- vereign, as the King jf Wings. And as they had a £ocd 'undtrftanding in the Doctrine of toe Oafs, folikewife in the jYromife of the CWitw, that is upon the back of the Crofsj They had their Eye at the Ream' pence oj Reward, and therefore endured, btcauieby Faith they fawhim who is invifible. It was rlieir looking unto Jejus, who endured fuck con\ traditltcn of Sinners againil Himfetf, that rrftde them bear ail thefe Re- proaches, Slanders, Scoffs and Jeers from Enemies and Proftficd Friends with fuch invincible patience. Thou haft here, Cb-islian Reader, the dying Speeches of Tome of thefe Noble Heroes, Mid as the Speeches of dying Men are remarkable, the Speeches of dying Chriftians more remarkable^ How rtmarkablc rouft the Speeches of dying Witneffes for Chrift be ? It is reafonably expected, That dying Men, much more dying Chriftians,and mod of a!! dying Martyrs mould fpeak beft at laft. They are immediatly td give in their laft Account, they are difintcrefTed from all the worldly Views, thatufeto darken our Underftandings, and byafs our Affections, while living in Health and Profperity : They are upon the Borders of Eter- nity, and as theMotions of Nature are the ftronger the nearer they are to the Center, foSaints are mod lively and heavenly, when neareft Hea- ven. Martyrs have a fpecial Promife , Ikat it /ball be given them in that Hour, what they fi all fpeak. The laft Speeches of CHRIST'S dying "VVitnefles have extorted even from Heathens Acknowledgments to the Honour of GOD ^ Vere Magnus eft DEVS ChrifHanoru?nyTrui\ Great u theChrislians GOD : They have been made the Means of Con veifion to many Thoufanasof Sinners -, as Juftin Martyr teftifies of himlelf, that the dying Words of the Christians, made him fall in Love with the Life of Cbriftunity. I own, they are not bedecked with the Embellifhments of Oratry and fine Language^ who can expect that from People ofio mean Education? But they are full of the Language of Heaven , which is many Degrees more forcible than all our Artificial Rhetorick. One will find feveral Miftakes in Grammar,no doubt,in 'cm ', but they were never fn tended for the Reflections of Cf kicks*, but for the Inftruction of Chriftians j and thir plain rude Difcourfes may, through GOD's Blefiing, do more good to the Latter, than the hi oft elaborate Compofures can do to the Former. They may ferve,both as a Comfort and Encouragement to Sufferers, and asan Inftruction and Example to Saint*. Herein, as in a Glafs, we "may both fee our Blemifhes, wherein we come fhort of thrm , and learn todrefsour felves with the like Cbriftian Oi naments of Zt*\, Ho- linefs, Sredfj-Ttnels, Meeknefs , Patience, Humility and other Graces. But aid-:! How can the beft of us read thefe Teftimonies, without blulhing , for our low Attainments and imali Proficiency in the School S S \ of XVIir The Preface to the Reader. of CHRIST? How unlike arc we to them ? How zealous were they for the Hono*r of CHRIST ? How luke warm are we, of whatever Profefiion or Denomination/ How burning ws their Love to him, his Truths, Ordinances and People? How cold isours.? How felf-denyed and crucified to the World- were they ? How felfilh and worldly ate we/ How willing were they to parr with all for CHRIST , and what an Honour did they-efteem it to fa far for Him, to be cbain'd, whipt, haltered , flaked, imprisoned ba^imed wounded , killed for him? How unwilling are we to part with a very little for him •, much lefs to endure fuch Hardlhips, and account them •our Glory t Alas! Are we not afhamed ol what they accounted their Ornament, and accounting that our Glory, which they lookt upon as a Difgrace/ Howeafie was ic for them to chufethe greateft SurTeriogs rather than the lead Sin ? How hard is it for us not to chufe the great- eft. Sin, before the leaft Suffering? Oh that their Chrrftian.Vertues could upbraid us oat of ours Lethargy of fupine Security1.' That their Bumility, Meeknefs and Patience could (hame us our of our Pride Haughtineis and Impatience/ They were iympathizfng Christians ' attive for the Glory of GOD and good :of; Souls,- diligent to have thefr Evidences for Heaven clear , and having obtained Aflurance of GOD's Love to their Perfons , and Approbation of their Caufe, they went .chearfully on in their Way, feaxlefs of Men, who vanwly kill t hi Body and ready to die the molt violent Death at GOD's Cair-, but ohl how' little Fellow-feeling is thei e now among Christians ? But 'in (lead there- of Bitternefs, Emulation, Wrath, Envy, Contentions and Divifions. How little Concern for the Work and Caufe of CHRIST / How dark are themoft part, both as to their Spiritual Slate, and their proper and pertinent Duty ? And how much is the Fear of Man prevailing above Zeal for" the Glory of GOD ? I know* 'tis obje&ed by tome, that they much wanted that Verttw which is the greateft Ornament of Chriftians, and trueft Character of Martyrs, namely ^Forgiving Difpofition : becaufe they lay their blood at the door of the Principal Contrivers a ntl Executers of their Death* which the Objectors fuppofe not to have been done by any of the former Sufferers for Chrift. But to this 1 oppone (i); Granting for Argument's fake, that they had exprelt 'era (elves with fome more Fervency on that Head,than others formerly havedone,and that this was a piece of their In- firmity \ It willnot follow that we mould prcfently -admit the invidious Inference, that therefore they were no Martyrs for Chrift : For as neither the many grofsFailings of theOidTeltame«tSaints,northeMi(takes of the Primitive Chriitians,about the Truths for which they fufFered, could de- prive either,of the Honour of Saintmipor Martyrdom, fo neither ought any Infirmity of theirs to be improven againft them for that End. Solomon. Sells us, that oppreilion makes a wife man mad , And they met with it m . .the The Prefaced the. Read*. XIX 'the. highe.ft Degree and that not from the hands of Pagans, Turks or Pa pifts,but of tho(e who had been their CovenantedBrethren by profeffioni and when a holy felf-refigned David bad much ado to bear Reproaches from the Hand of one, that had been his equal, Guide and Acquaintance, with whom he had formerly (weet Fellowffcip*, It was not to be wonde red, if thy were put upon fome Vehemency of expreffion by their fevere. Sufferings from fuch Hands -, and fhould rather be favourably conftru; cledof, «■ Si quid Intumuit Pi etas, ft quid flagrant ius atlum eft. But zly. More cfireftly,! am bold to deny the Charge v for they every where diftinguifh betwixt the Injuries done to them, confidered (imply in themfelves, and the Injuries done to Chrift, and to his Image in them; The former they declare they forgive, as they defire Forgivennefs of GOD themfelves \ the latter they leave to GOD's fovereign Difpofal, with all wiihing, that GOD might give them Repentance, nor is the thing unprecedented : For befide the Example of Jeremiah, who laidhis innocent Blood at the Door of the Princes, if they mould take his Life, there might be feveral more recent Parallels adduc'd. It (hall fufrice toinftance one of our own Nation, imprifoned for bearing Wit- nefstothe fame Truth, namely worthy Mr, John Welflj, who in his Letter to the Lady Flemming, hath thefe expre ft Words, The guilt of our Biood /hall ly upon Bijbops, Councillors and Commiffioners, who have flirred up our Trine e again ft tu ; And fo upon the reft of our Brethren,who either by Silence approve, or by crying Peace , Peace, strengthen the Arm of the wicked, that they cannot return \ and in the mean time make the Heart of the Rtghteotti fad. Next upon all them that fat in Council , and did n*9 bear plain Testimony ofjefm Chrift and his Truth, for which wejuf- fer\ And.next upon thefe that fhould have come, and made open lefiimony of Chrift faithfuRy,altho' it had been to theHaz.ardof their Lives. Finally, aMthoJe that counfel , command , confent and allow, are guilty in the fight ' of GOD. Sure I am , this is as full as any thing they have on this headt and proves, that what ihey did, was jconfiftent with a Chriftian and for- giving Temper of Spirit. And as they wentoffthe Stage, both with Magnanimity and Meek- nefs, fo it has been ooferved concerning many of their Per (ecu t6rs, that thev departed this World with vifible Symptoms of GOD's Wrath and Judgements, efpecially with Hell in their Souls, I mean, the horrour of an awakened Confcience, under the Senfe of God's Indignation j than which there can be no greater Torment in' this Life. 11 Siculi non iuvtnere Tyranni. Tormentum Majm. « Well, Thefe Martyrs are now in Heaven, in Abraham %-warmB of omt enjoying the Crown laid up for them, con firmed in an unchangeable State of Reft and Bleficdnefs ', We are yet in the Stage of Aftionand Place of 111 2 Probation XX The Vreface to the Reader tion , we have our Trials before us, let us imitate the Cloud of Witneffet^ and contend for the Faith once delivered to the Saint /. We know not what Storms are abiding us. The Canaanitt and the Periztiti are yet in the Land. Artdkh Popifb and Jacobite Party, projecting i new Revolution of Affairs *, as fanguinary and cruel yet as ever , and retai- ning as much of the old Malignity , and Enmity againd the Covenanted yfark of Reformation as ever, only waiting an Opportunity to exert it, and many things in the prefentAfpeft -of Affairs portending,that they may be our Scourge in theH^nd of our difpIeafedLord, for our Mifimprovmg Mercies and Deliverances, fatisfying our felves with our own things, not minding the things fChrift •, chit fly for cur undervaluing the Offers of the bleff-d Son of GOD in theGofael, and vifible Breach of National Obligations to be for him and his Caufe. Seing then luch Clouds are gathering , and threatninga difmal Tempeft , let us arm our felves with the fame Mind, to fhnd up for the Truth upon all Hazards , whether we be called of GOD te do, or fuffer, for the joynt Intereft of true Religion and National Liberty, for thefe like Hippocrates Twins weeporUugh, live or die together. Righteoufnefs exalteth a Nation^ Paid the wife Solomon^ and Thecdofm the Emperor owned , That the E- fiablifftment of a Chrislian State depends chiefly upon Piety towards GOD* On the other Hand, Civil Liberty is an excellent Bulwark to Religion, " without which its Purity cannot long be preferved } for as the fame Emperor faid, Multa inter Ecclefiam et Rempublicam cognatio intcrcc* dere folet \ ex feinvicem pendent, et utraque Profpe>is alter ins Cuccejfi- bui lncrementafumit. There is a great Sibnefs betwixt the Church and Common Wealth *, they depend the one upon the. other , and either is advanced'by theProfperityand Succefs of the other. 'Tis to be feared this Time of Eafe and outward peace has fo effemii nate and foftened our Spirits, that we'll find it hard to Face a Storm ^ We may complain with Eufcbias^ Res nottr& nimia libertate in motii- tiem et fegnitiem de^entrarunt, too much Liberty has made us foft and fluggifh : The vigorous Exercife of Chriftian Difcipline has been much intermitted, and therefore we have ground to expect fevere Correction from the Hand of GOD. Cyprian obktves that this was the procuring caufe of GOD's correcting the Church in his Time^ Quiatraditam nobis divinit a* Difciplinam pax. longa corrupcratyJacentem Jidem? et pent dixersm dormientew^ cenfura cceltftis erexit* Becaufe long peace had corrupted the Divinely Inftituted Difcipline, therefore there needed Heavenly Chaftifement to awaken the Faith of the Church which was lying low and almoft faft afleep. Ail thefe Dying Witneffes affure us of Judgments abiding this Church and Nation, and our prefent condi- tion fecrns to fay, that we are the People that are to meet with them j How much need then had we of theChriftian Armour, the Divine Pan- qlii\ which made'thefe Chriftians proof againii all the fiery darts of Satan The Preface to the Reader. XXI Satan and the Wicked* and of tke Holy Submiftion which nude them bear the Indignation of the Lord pttiently becaufe they had finned a- nainft him. Having thus briefly Umered thee in to the following Sheets, Chrifti- an and Caniid Reader, I' (hall detain thee no longer from perufing them, fave only by the way to take notice of thefe few Advertifements. i. It is not pretended, that here are ail the Speeches and Teftimonie* of thole that Suffered in Scotland fince the Year 1680. For* many of them, which no doubt are extant, have not come into the Hand? of the Publishers of thisColieclion, and fome of them that were in their Hands, did fo ur coincide with other, in Matter and Phrafe, that they left , th?m unpublifbed, with fome Remarkaipon them to keep up the Me-' moiyof thefe Honourable Sufferers*, being defirous that the Bock mould not Swel to fuch a bulk, as might make it lefs ufeful to Coun- trey People, who have not much Money to buy, or Leafure to Read bulky Voiums. And if Encouragement be found in this Attempt,therc may more of them come robe Pubh (bed afterwards* Only, this the Collectors of thefe Teftimonies can fay, that they bav^ Utt out none, , which were in theii Hands, that they conceived might be for the Bene- . fite of the Publick, upon any liniftrous \'itw or Account', And if any (hall find any Alteration in any of 'em from their own Manu- fcripts , ( except it be in the Grammar, wherein they took feme little freedom, where necefiity required it ) they are to impute it to variety of Copies, whereof they had feveral, and chofe that which they con- ceived mod genuine. 2. As for the Teftimonies of the Banifhed, they being much the fame, as to all Material Points, with thefe of the Dying Witndks, they are omitted, and a Lift of their Names added in the Appendix. x. The laft Speeches of thofe, who Suffered on account of the Ear! j^rgyles Attempt, in the Yeir 168$, are adviledly pretermitted, I becaufe fome of them are already publifhed in a Book Intituled Wtfttxn Martyr ology^ and likewile bexaufe 'tis the Opinion of the En- couragers of this Work, that their Teftimony was not fo directly con- . fert, according to the true State of the Quarrel, for the CoviiianteJ ■ Intereft of the church ot Chrift in Scotland, as it ought to have beuj •, Tho' they intend not hereby to Rob them of the Glory of Martyidom for the Proteftant Religion. Korean this beany prejudice toothen, who may incline more fully to Puhlifh the Tra.nfec'tions of the'e 1 M*y the GOD and ftlfetccf our Lord Jrlus Chjpir, who enahl People towitnefs fogoud aConftffcon for his Truth andCaufe, imlte 1 Dying Sp-eches ulcful to animate aU the I overs of tbc Reformer . with the like ChriftianMagnanimity fcRefolutiorUoSiand up! fence, againft a Pcptjb, Pnlatick and Ja$M<,Jb >FalH*n, endeavourfii Overthrow. May he unite usin the wijroi rruihtnd Duty to ftfh gether tor the valuable IntereAl of our Religion and Liberty. r«£P*« k I UDE X Of the F 0 L L 0 W I N G SPEECHES, Tdg. THc laft Speech and Teftimony of Mr. Donald Cargil, i A Letter of his to fome Friends before he went Abroad 7 A Letter of his to John Afccolm and Areh: Alifon £ A Letter of his to the Prifoners in the Correction Houfe 1 j The Teftiraony of Mr. Walter Smith X5 His laft Words on the Scaffold I9 The laft Teftimony of Mr. James Boog 22 David Hackfton ofRathillet his Interrogation^ 24 A Letter of his to a Chriflian Friend 26 A Letter to a Gentlewoman of his Acquaintance 33 A third Letter, and a Letter to his Sifter 36 & 37 The Teftimony of Archibald Alifon 38 The Teftimony of John M'colra 43 The Teftimony of Mr. Tames Skeen $2 His Letter Jo the Profeffors in the Shire of Aberdeen ^ - Two Letters to his fellow Priioner N. cl The Teftimony of Archibald Stuart & The Teftimony of John Potter 6p The Interrogations of Ifabel Alifon,md Her Dying Teftimony 771&82 The Teftimony of Marrion Harvie 86 & 88 The Teftimony of Wil. Goguer,Rob. Sangfter and Chri: Miller, 95 The Teftimony of Laurence Hay 104 The Teftimony of Andrew Pittilloch i0p The Teftimony of William Thomfon u^j, The Teftimony of William Cuthil j jg The Teftimony of Robert Garnock 126 The Teftimony of Patrick Forman 131 The Teftimony. of David Farrie 136 ;The Teftfmony of James Stuart ,143 A Relation concerning Alexander Ruflfel 149 The Interrogations of Robert Gray 150 His Letter to John Anderfon Prifoner in Dumfricc ibid His Teftimony, and His laft Words on the Scaffold 15 r & 157 The Interrogations of James Robertfoa 158 His Teftimony 159 The Teftimony of Mungo Cocheran, 173 AiUlatioH concerning John FiftUjr ibid. The XXIII INDEX. The Teftimony of Andrew Guiline. 777 The. Testimony of John Cocheram. 179 A Relation concerning Arthur Bruce and John Whitehtw 180 A Letter from John Wbarry. - ibid. A Letter from James Smith.- jSz Interrogations of John Nisbet Younger." 184 Anfwer* by John Wilfon Writer in Lanerk, before 7618 of the Council,with His Anfwers before the Council. 185*186 Reafonsofhis Anfwers, and Reflections thereupon. 187 His Reafons againftSupJicating.the Council for a Reprive.V 190 His Teftimony. 19a The Teftimony of George Martine. 1.98 The Teftimony of John Main. 203 A ..Relation concerning John Gilry ibid* A Relation concerning. Jo: Richmond, Arch: Stuart, Ja. Ninian, and Ja. Jobnfton. 209 The Teftimony of Cap* John PftOn. 210 The. Teftimony of 'James Ni^ber. 214 The Teftimony of Arthur Taket. 221 $he Teftimony of Thomas Rober;fon.' 225 /irerrogations of James Nicul. 22.7' A Relation concerning Mr. John Dick 234 A* Relation concerning Thomas Harknefs, Andrew Clark, Samuel M'Euen and Thomas Wood. ibid. The Joynt Teftimony of Ja: Lawfon and Alex: Wcoi 236 The Interrogations of George Jackfon: 237 A Relation concerning William Keagow, John Semple & John Wat. 240. The Teftimony of James Grahams* ibid The Teftimony ofRobert Pojlock 243 A Relation concerning Robert Milldr 245 A Relation concerning Margarets Lauchlane and Wilfon, %bi. The Teftimony of Thomas Stodart. 247 J A Relation concerning Matthew Bryce and James Wilkie. 249 Xbe Teftimony of Edward Marfhal. ibid. A Relation concerning John Nisbet of Hardhil. 250 The laft Teftimony and Dying Words of Mr: Ja: Renwick 252 & 257 A Short Relation concerning Mr. Richard Cameron 258 A Relation of fume Remarkable Paflages in the Life of Mr.D.Cargil. 260 Form of the Excommunication at Torwopd 20\ Relation of the Persecutions and Death of Henry Hall 26S An Abftracl of the Queens Ferry Paper 27! A Lift of the Banifhed 273 Account of thofe who were Murthered without Procefs of Law 277 A fhort hint of theOppreflive Fines and Exactions 281 The Epitaphs upon the Tomb Stones of the Martyrs. An A N ENCOMIUM ON THE Following Martyrs. T ».* J^«w»/^>M«/I^'',M^' « cloud, J-* F#r CHRIST tfcfir K wg letting *■»• &ff' Made bloody Violence the Only CLAIM, Wbetbj he xr,rt the Royel D!A-DEM. 'ietngferV'apl,tth Etafls devoid of Humane Unfa Much more of Honour and of Conjcienct i Who ^lewGOD's dcArefl Saints infield & City G.unft Lam and Reafen, without fenft ofptty, Whops {barpefi Sufferings could net afpaage, N#r Death uftlf aB ay their Hellsfb R0^0t %As if their ltdtes ds ad felt fenfe tf P*jw, CutaUtn Yartt.ihej hung themupiu Chun*. He«d$, Ltgt, & Ktmt they plac'd en every pm Of Burghs, tr ether pUces of Refert, *As ft anding Trophici of their VICTORY fPr* Divine TRUTH and Humane LI MCKTr. WeM, have they k}Vi, and ta'ne pepefsten te9? U this the urnitft that tbtir Rj£e coufd do} Only teftnd CHtflST** iovtnX SuV)efls home, To their dear C euntrey, where they lenx te come. What voatter where their Dufty Petti do />? Intend in Earth, *r lifted up on Hy} White at their Souls Eternal sAnrhemt rakfe, In f»iet Accents to their Redeemer's Tr*t/i. xAnd will not Zioa'f KIN0 regain his Crewn f Throwing jucb Vain t afpiringiicrtals down Into that direful Tit, from whence did flew -Theft JUiRseffride, which dtdmehant Urn /*. Come then, behold thofe Slobte WITNESS£S xAdorn'd wtth Holy Zeal and Faith/ulnefs ; Who hi* * CLOUD, do us invrion Round, Vte»ing(as tfworo)wbat way wt: I ftand our Qteuni Let ,j run our Race with Equal ? at i into; Withtlttlntent-uptn em RECOMPtNCf. THE LAST Speeches and Teftimonies OF THE SUFFERERS for the TRUTH, In SCOTLAND, fince the Year 16S0. The laft Speech and Teftimony of the Reverend Mr. Do* naU Cargily fometime Minifter of the Gofpel in the Ba~ rony Parifh ofGlafgow, delivered by him in Writing be* fore his Execution at the Crofs of Edinburgh, July 27, 1681, HIS is the mpft joyful Day that ever I faw In my Pilgrimage on Earth : My Joy is now begun, which I fee (hall wwtv be interrupted. 1 fee both my Intereft, an4 Ws Truth, and the Surertefs of the one, and the Trecioufnefs of the other. 'It is ntar Thirty Years fince he made it fure ; and fince that Timeftho' there has fallen out much Sin, yet) I was never outof an Aflurance of mine Intereft^ nor long out of Sight of His Prefence: He has dand- led me, and kept me lively, and never left me behind-, tho; I was oft- times turning back. O he has fhewed the wonderful Precioufnefc of his Grace, not only in the firft receiving thereof, but in renewed and multiplied Pardons! I have been a Man of great Sivs\ but he has been a GODof great Mercies. And now through his Mercies, I have a Con-; fcience asfouRd and quiet, as if I had never finned. It is long fince I could have adventured on Eternity,throughGOD'sMercy and CHRIST'S Merite -, but Death remained fomewhat terrible , and that now \% taken away •, and now Death is no more to me, but to caft my felf into my Huf- band's Arms, and to ly down with Him. And however it be with me at the laft i tho' 1 fliould be ftraitened by GOD , or interrupted by Men, 4 The lift Speech aad Tefimtrty yet all is fare, and fhall be well. I have followed Holinels; I have taught Truth, and I have been moft in the Main Things*, not that I thought the Things concerning bur Times little •, but that I thought none could do any thing to purpofe in God's great and publick Matters, till they Were right in theirCoflflrtions4And O that all had taken this Method-, for then there had been feWef ApoftaCieVTheReligion of theLan^andZeal for the Land's Engagements, are come to nothing , but a lupine, toath- fome and hateful Formality \ and there cannot be Zeal, Livelinefs and Rightnefs, where People meet with Petfecution, and want Heart Reno- vation. My. Soul trembles, to think , how little ^.Regeneration there is anion gft the MinifUrs and ProfdTors of Scotland. O the Mlrilffcrs of Scotland- how have they betrayed Chrift's.Intereft, and beguiled rSouls ! They kiwetM entered' in Ihemftlves, and them that xdefe-inHrifi^in they hindred. They have fold the Wrings ofChritty and Liberties of His Church, fonr ftrOT-amtf rurfed Qpriet to tfremfetrw, which is now TlSaT SW "Ehd ; And they are more one, and at Peace with .GQD's Enemies, after thxty fcave done all their Mifchiefs , nor they were at firft, When they had but put Hand to them. And I much fear that^ho* there were not rneMini- " fler on ali the Earth, he will make no more TJfe of them i but there will be a dreadful Judgment upon themfelves, and a long Curte upoft their Pofterity. As to our Profeflbrs, my Counfel to them is, That they would fee Well to their own Regeneration, for the moft part of them has that yet to do •, and yet let never one think that he is in the light Exercife of mw fterrgr* on, that has not a zeal to GOD's publick Glory. There is a fmall Rem* riant in Scotland, that my Soul has had its greateft comfort on Earth from. I wim your increafe in Hopoefs, Number, Love, Religion, and Righteoufnefs} and wait you, andceafe to contend with tbefe^Meb that wtgwt from w, for there is nothing that fhall convince them, but Judgement. Satisfie your Con fciences, and go forward} for the nearer you are to GOD, and the further from all others, whether ftatcd Ene* lilies, or lukewarm Mini Aers and Profeflbrs, it fhall be the better. My Preaching has occafioned Persecution, but the want ofit willf I fear ) oc- casion worfe. However I have Preached the Truths of GOD to" others ♦, as it is written I believed and fo I Preached, and 1 have not an MConfci - ence in Preaching Truth, whatever has followed ; and this day I arte to Seal with my Blood all the Truths that ever I Preached \ and wbatis con- troverted of that which I have been profeffing, fhall ( e'relong ) be ma- rifeilcd by GOD's Judgements in the Consciences of Men. I had a fweet calmnefs of Spirit and great Submiftion as to my taking^ the Provi- dence of GOD was fo eminent in it; and 1 could not but think that GOD Judged it necefTary for his Qory to bring me to fuch an Eftdj feing he looftd me fromfuch a work. My Soul would be exceedingly troubled anent the Remn*nt7 were it not that I think the time will be ffcorr. [Wherefore Of Mr. DONALD C A R G I L. 7 Wherefore, hold fatt, f°r tnis is tne Way that, is now perfeeuteC As to the GauTcof my Suffering } the Alain is, ac? acknowledging tkt prejtvt Authority g$\t is Eflrablifhed in theSuprewdey and Explanatory A&, This is the Magiitracy that I have rejected, that was inverted with Cbrift power. And feing that power taken from Chritt, which is nisGlory,m3de the Effential of the Crown, I thought this was, as if I had feen one wear- ing »ny Husband's (garments, after he had killed him. And feingit ismadethe Effential oi the Crown, there U no diftin'ftfon we can make that can free the Confcience of the Acknowledger, from being a partakrr ofthisSacriegious Robing of GOD. And it is bat to cheat our Confci' ences to acknowledge th^ Civil Power,for it is not Civil Power only that is made of the Effence of his Crown •, and feing they aw fo exprefs, we ought to be plain, for otherwife it is to deny our Testimony, and confent to hisRobery, After he was come to the Scaffold, (landing with his Back towards the Ladder, he fixed his Eyes upon the Multitude and defired their At- tention, and after Singing a part of the 118 Pfalm from the 16 v. to tbt clofe, he looked up to the Windows on both fides of the Scaffold with a Smiling Countenance, requeuing the People to compofe there - felvesand hear a few words that he had to fay, which ( faid he ; I fhall tlireft to three Sorts of Folk, and (haH endeavour to be brief. Firft, AH you that are going on in perfecuting the Work and People of GOD, O beware foi the LORD'S fake, and refrain from fuch Csurfes as you would efcap :Wrath eternally, which wili be a Torment far beyond what we are to endure by the Hands of cruel and Bloody Murtherers. Upon this the Drums were beaten, at which he fmilingly faid, Now ye fee we have not liberty to fpeak, or at lead tc fpeak what we would j but GOD knoweth our Hearts. But O ye that are called Minifters, and Profeffors in the Church of Scotland who are wearied in. waiting upon the Lord, and are turned out of his way, and run into a Courfe of grofs Defection and Backfliding truly for my part I tremble to think what will become of you, for either you fhall be punifhed urith fore Afflictions, I mean in your Confciences, bccaule of fin, or eife you fhall be Tormented Eternally without Remedy, which (hall be fhortljr ifMercy prevent it not,which I prayGod may be theMer* cy of all thefe to whom he has Thoughts of Peace. AH ye that are the poor Remnant who fear finning more than Suffering, and are* begging for his returning to Scotland to wear bis own Crown, and Reign a* King in Zion in fpight K)i all that will Oppofe him, whether Devils or Men : I (ay to you that are thus waiting, wait on and ye fhall not be dilappotited •, for either your Eye* frail lee it, or elfe ye fhall Die in the Faith of it, that he fhall return, and if you fuffer with him yon fti II *Uo reign with him, which revn, will be Glorious and tie I coaie now to (ell you for what ught he* to die, and to gin A yom % TheLaJt Speech nniTtfiimonj you an Account of my Faith, which I fhail do as" ia the Sight of {he Living GOD,before whom I am fhortiy to (land. Firft, I declare I am a Chriftian,. aProteftant, a Presbyterian in my Judgement, and whatever hath, been (aid of me I die teftifyiirg againft Popery, Prelacy, Eraftianifm, and. all manner of Defection from the Truth of GOD, and againft all who make not the Scriptures, which.are the Word ofGOD, their Rule lhat fo they may commend Chrift and his way to Strangers by a Holy and Gofpel-Converfation. The Caufe for which I am Sentenced to dre here this Day, is my Di (owning, of Authority in the unlawful Exer- cife thereof, when they inftead of Ruling for GOD, are fighting againft' him, and Encroaching upon his Prerogatives by that woful Supremacy -which my Soul abhors, and which I have teftiffed againfV fince I was Apprehended *, and now again Idifown all Supremacy over the Con* fcieircesofMen, and Liberties of ChrifVs Church. Whereupon the Drums were again beaten, and he kept filence a little, and then faid -t Of this Subject I (hall fay no more, only 1 think the Lords Quarrel againft this Land is, becanfe there has not been fo much Heart Religion andSoul Exercife among either Minifters or ProfefTors as their feemedto bey when the Land owned Chrift and his Truths -, I wifh there were more true Ccnverfion , and then there would not be fo much backflid^ ing, and for fear of Suffering , living at eafe when there are fo few to contend for Chrift and his Caufe. Now2. for my own cafe, I blefs the LORD, that for all that hath been faid of me, my Confcience doth not cendemn me -, I do not fay I am free of Sin, but I am at Peace with GOD through a Slain Mediator .• And I believe, that there is no Salvation, but only in CHRIST : And I abhor that Superftitious way of wor(hiping.of Angels and Saints , contrar unto She Word of GOD: As alfo, I abhor the leaning to Self-righteoufnefs^ and Popifh Pennanccs. I blefs the LORD, that thefe Thirty Years, and more, Lhave been at Peace vith GOD, and was never fhaken loofe of it: And now Lam as- fure of my Intereft in CHRIST, and Peace withGOD*, as all within this Bible, and nie Spirit of GOD can make me * and I am #t more terrified at Death, nor afraid of Hell, becau(e of Sirr, than if T fcad nsver. had Sin \ for all my fins are freely pardoned, and'wafhen thoroughly, away, through the Precious Blood andlnterceffion of JESUS CHRIST: And I am fully perfwaded, that this i\ His Way for which I JfufiVr, and that He will return glbrioufly to Scotland , but- it wiH be terrifying tomany \ therefore I entreat you be not dHcouraged at the way of CHRIST and the Caufe,. for which I am to lay down my Life, and ftep into Eternity, where, my Soul mall be as full of Kim, as it candefaeto be. And now, this is the fweeteft and m oft glorious Day that ever my Eyes did fee. Now, F entreat you* ftudy to- know and believe the Scriptures, whichare tie Troths of GOD, thefe*! have prtachedj ami do firmly believe thcp. O I prepare for Judgments* for Of Mr. D O N A L D C A R G 1 L. 5 they fbal) be fore and fudden. Enemies are now enraged againft the Way and People ©f GOD, but e're long they foall be enraged one a* gainft another, to their own Confufiom At this the Drums were beaten aThird Time. And then being taken to the Northfide of the Scaffold, he flood a little, during the fpace that one of the reft was finging. And then being carried to the Southfide of the Scaffold, he prayed. Thence he was brought to the Eaftfide of the Scaffold, and then he foid, lentreat you prepatcyou presently for aStroak, for GOD will not fit with all the wror>gs done to Him, but will fuddenly come and make Iaquifition for the Blood that has beenfhedin Scotland. Then he was commanded to go up the Ladder, and as he fet his Foot on the Ladder he faid, the Lord knows I go up this Ladder,with lefc fear and perturbation oi mind, then ever I entered the Pulpit to Preach. Aand when he was up,he fat himfelf down,and faid, Now I am near to the getting of myCrown,which fhaU be fure, for I blefs the Lord,and defire all of you to blefs Him,that He hath brought me here,and makes me triumph overDevils,andMen,andSin^ they fhall wound me no more. I forgive allMen the wrongs they have done to me,and pray the Lord may forgive all the wrongs that any of the Eleft hasdone agamfVHim, I pray, that Sufferers may be kept from fin, and helpedtoknow their Duty. Then having prayed a little within himfelf, he lifted up the Napkin, and faid, Farewel all Relations and Friends in CHRIST *, farewel Acquaintances and all Earthly Enjoyments ', farewel Reading and Preaching, Praying and Believing, Wanderings, Reproach- es, and Sufferings. Welcome Joy unfpeakable, and full of Glory; Welcome FATHER, SON, and HOLY GHOST, into Thy Hands I commit my Spirit. Then he prayed a little, and the Executioner turned him over praying, Becaufe this Dying leflimony and lafl Speech art but fhort, which was eccafioned through want of timcy and the Perfecutors Severii ty *, who took his larger lefiimony from him the day before he Died, Pa* per and Ink being convoyed to him fecretly by aCerd tljrough tljt Window the Night before his Death, it is thought proper to fubymn t he fe following Letters of his ( they being all of public k concern ) to give a-more fuH dif* tovery of the Itftimeny which he held. And particularly of his Witnef- fwg against the Errours about that time Broached by the lnfarmus John Gib, at thr Letter written to the Prifontrt in the CcrnUton Houfc mamftjth AV 6 The UJl Sptcb w Jake /ball keep it unto eternal Life. And tho' it will profke a Re« probate nothing to die after this manner ', for nothing can be profitable without Love, which only is or can be in a Believer , yet it fhould be no difadvanrage, but in a manner the bed way of dying, for it would take (ome from his Days that he might have lived, and fo prevent many fins that he would have committed , and fo the Sin is lefTened, that is the caufe of eternal Sufferings. And let not this difcourage you or lay you by, that the. Work is great and the time fhort, tho this indeed fhould mind you of your finful neglect that were not better provided for fuch a fhort and peremptory Summonds, ivhich you fhould always have expected. Italfo fhows the greatnefs of the finofthefe Enemies, that not only take away unjuftly your Bodily Life, but alfo flaorten your time of preparation, and fu do their utmoft to deprive you of Eternal Life. Yet I fay, let not this either difcourage or lay you by, for GOD can perfect great Works in a fhort time, and one of the greateft things that befall Men (hall be effectuate ia the twinkling of *n Eye, which is one of the fhortefl. I aflure you he put the Thief on the Crofs through all his Delires, Conviction, Converfion, iuftificaLion,Sanctification,d^. in fhort time,and left nothing to bemoan, Ut that there did not remain time enough to giorifie Him upon Earth, that had done all thefe things for hira._ Goon then, and let your intent be ferioufnefcj the gfeatne-fsof yourforrow and the height of love in a manner make a Compenfation for tne fhortnefs of time, and go on , tho' yeyour felves have gone fhort way , for where thefe things are, one Hour will perform more than Thoufands where there were not either fuch Of Mr. D 0 N A L D C A R G I L. *i fuch Enforcements or Power, and be perfwaded in this, you ha«f him as much and more haftening than your felves^ for you may knw his mrt ion, by your own, they being both fet forward by bin< : And Friends, be not terrified at the manner of your Death, v* hich to ait-feeim to be ihQ eafieft of all, v:hzrz you come to it without pain and in perfect: JuJgvment, and -go through fo Tpeedily, before the pain be felt the Glory is come *, but pray for a greater Meafure of his prefence, which only cm nuke a pafs through the hardift things chearful and pkafanr. I bid you farewell, expecting tho our parting b# fad our gathering mall be joy- full again. Only your great advantage in the cafe you are in is loci him much, for that is h:s Glory, and engages him to perform whatever ye have credited him with. No more, but avow boldly to give a full Teftimony for his Truths, as you defire to be avowed of him. Grace Mercy and Peace be with you. DON: CARGIL, To the Prifoners in the Correclion-Hou\i of Edinburgh, DEar Friends, I think ye cannot but know that I am both concerned and Afflicted with your Condition, and I would have Written fooner, and more if I had not feared, that you might hive been Jealous ( under your Diftempers ) that I had been feducing vqu to foltaw me and not GOD and Truth. It has been my earned and frequent Pray- er to GOD, ( as he himfelf knows ) to be led in all Truths, a^d 1 judge I have been in this gricioufly anfwered \ but I defir* none, if I themfelves judge it not to be Truth, to adhere to any thing that I have either Preached, Written or done, to any hazard, much more to the lofs of Life : But I have been afflicted with your Condition, and could not but be more if GOD'i great Gracioufnefs in this begun difcovery and your Sincerity and finglenefs gave me not, that GOD's purpole is to turn this to the great Mercy of his poor Church, and yours, ifye marr it nof, and yet the great fin, and Pillar of Satan that is in this Snare makes me tremble. It was GOD's Mercy to you that gave you fuch Convictions, that made you, at ieaft, forne of you, once to part with thefe Men ; And it was undoubtedly your fin that you continu- ed not fo, but after Convictions did caft your felvesin new Tentations, for Convictions ought to be tenderly guided left the Spirit be grieved from whom they came ^ but this (econd difeovery tho' it be with a (harper rebuke, as it makes GOD's Mercy wonderful fo it (halj render your perfeverance in that Courfe finful and utterly inexcttfabU, for GOD has broken the Snare, and it will be your great fin it you i eut with great haftc, Joy, and Yhankfulnefs, when GOD's wonderful difeovery has made fuch a way foi your delivery j For GOD having B z no* 1 2 ♦ The Ufi Speech and Tejlmony fhown you the Ring-leaders and Authors of rhefe Opinions to be Per- ' fons of fuch Abominations, calls you not only to deny Credit to them, but alfo to make a ferious feafch of their Tenets, which will,I know, by his Grace, bring you undoubtedly to fee that thefe things are con- trar both to GOD's Glory and Truth, that they fo much pretend to. And now, Dear Friends, as I cannot be tender enough of you, who in your Zeal and Singlenefs have been milled ', for tho' this did bewray a great Simplicity and Unwatchfulnefs, yet it did alfo betoken fame Zeal and Tendernefs, that being beguiled, it was in things that were Vailed and busked with fome Pretences to GOD's Glory , andPublick Reforma- tion .* And on the other hand, I cannot have great enough Abhorrence of the Perfons, who knowing themfelves to be of fuch Abominations, did give out themfelves to be of fuch Familiarity with GOD, and of fo clear Illumination, to make their Delufions more palling with Devout Souls. Let nothing make you think this is Malignity or Natural Enmity againfl the Power of Godlinefs, or Progrefs in Reformation, that is Venting it felf-in me : For tho' I carinot win forward as I ought, yef I have rejoiced to fee others go forward. And I am fure there lyes in this Bed within you a Viper and a Child, Satan transforming himfelf into an AngeLof Light, has put thefe two together, to make it parting with fome, and to be fpared of others, who are of Tendernefs. But my Soul's Defire is to kill the Serpent , and keep the Child alive: And GOD is calling you loudly, to' fever the Good from the Bad, that the Wit of Satan's -Subtil ty has mixed together, and to deliver your felves fpeediiy,. as a Roe from the hand of the Hunter:, and not only return, , but bitterly mourn far your high provoking of GOD, in offering fuch foul Sacrifices to His Glo- ry, and fowing your' Old Clouts upon that New Garment*, in your making the Enemy more to defpife that Caufe and Company," who are ■enough defpis'd already, and difcouraging thofe who were following, '•and going forward with you in that which- was right, fo that now neither have they Heart nor Hand for the Work, nor can they look out till GOD recover them again. There is much in the whole of thofe that. may and does weigh and overwhelm fome Spirits *, but there is nothing in all their Cogitations about it, that they found comfortable, urTrefs it be, that He is cleared in affiifting us, arid-continuing to afflift, feecaufe there were fuch Perfons among us. I (peak this but of fome of you, and Beloved by us, tho* ignorantly *, and we wifh that this be the Laft and" great Stop that was to be removed,' before His coming to retfenge Himfelf and reign. I -would not fay, but by this alfo He fhe wed His Tendernefs, ofpreferving Integrity of Doftrin-e and Sound Reformation , and His Purpofe net to fu fie r Errors and Herefies to profper. This I told you when I met with you, that there were, fome things ye were owning, which were highly approved of GOD •, fuch as, an Inward Heart Love and Zeal to GOD's Glory, which I perceived to be in fome of you , fb far as it can be per- ceived Of Mr. DONA L D C A R G 1 L. ij reived, and fetting up of that before you, as your End,- in puiiuing'U always as your work, and a forgetting of ali other things in regard oT it, excepting only thefe things, without which we cannot giorifie Him, ( as a Workman that intends his Work, mud mind his Tools ) even our own Salvation, and the Salvation of all others, as if there were not things wherein He is greatly gl®rified, foe His Glory is in Righteoufnefs and Mercy, and in, and by thefe, is the Salvation of Man infakibly advan: ced, and to thefe it is infeparably connected. Next, I would advife you, to fet apart more, yea much more of your Time, for Humiliation, Fading and Prayer, in (uch an Exigence, when the Judgments of GOD appeared to be fo near, and fo great, fo that it be done without fin, for GOD cannot be glorified by Sin ; for if my lye kath more abounded to Hit Glory, why am I judged as a firmer t 1 was againd fuch as deny Nature, and others, their Right Dues, for he that allows Dues toothers, allows them to be paid alio : And we muft be like Prifoners,- who are of great Debt,- and Honed Hearts, who know they cannot pay every one their full Sums, yet are refolved to give every one fome, andtothe greateft mod, and to the red accordingly : And as there cannot be a Total Abdinence from Meat, without Self-murther, io there cannot be a Total denying others their Dues, fuch as the Benevo- lence of Husband to Wife, and a Total abdaining from Work, without a Tranfgr.eiiion of GOD's Commandments and Laws, which can never be a Glorifying of him , which the* more impartially they are keeped, themore he is glorified. Next, Wa>s are allowed of him, thatyemay make your Telves free, fo muci^s-ifljr'ou lyes of all the publick Defecti- ons. Whatever may involve you ^in^th tie, or contribute to their Up- holding without either an over-powering Force, or an indifpenfible Ne- ccllity : For I may buy Meat and Drink in Neceflity, whatever U(e the \l make of that Money I give for my Meat and Drink. Next, Heal- 5 thefe Particulars of Reformation, fuch as Change of the Names of Days of Weeks, of Terms of the Year, and fuch like, warranted by the Word, and Example of the Chridians in Scripture, that have been ne- glected -before in our Reformation *, fo that there be not too much Relif gion placed in thefe Things, and other things more weighty ( wind. Soubtedly have more Moral Righteoufnefs in them ) made little in Re: gardof them ^ but in thefe good Things, Satan will quickly ( if it be not already ) over-drive you in ycur Progrefs, and leave you only to hu$ a fpurious, Birth : But there are other things, that ye maintained when I .fpoke with i you ( and the Viper has more fines appeared } as Trutho and Parts of GOD Glory , ,that are utterly contrar to , and inconndent with the Glory ol GOD, Affirfl, Uytn&sfide of publick Pre of them faying no left, nor they had no milling of it \ fo -fehtj ye had reigned & Ktvgt without ftff and -would to- OOL Voar Flourifliin^ IhouU have delighted, thu' we had not bseu the Irif flrumenu !:4 Tfo tkfl Sfeub mid Teflimony rVruments and Means thereof: But alas! this your Liberty, thatyoufb much bragged of, would have hired but a little while, and was among your other Beguiles -r and was nothing -eife , but Satan -fturring you a- bout toGiddinefs, and raifing of FanrafHck Fumes to the Tickling of the Imagination; but leaving you altogether without Renovation of Hem, or Progrefs in Sanctification : So that I cannot compare this your Liber- ty to any thing elfe, but to an inch-anted Fabrick, where the poor Guefts, only placed in Imagination, imagine themfelves to be in a pleafant Place, and at Royal Intertainraent *, but wh?n God comes, and Delufion eva- nimeth they will rind themselves caft in fome remote WilderrreTs and they left full of Aftcnifhment and Fears. I told you while I was with you, that the Devil was Sowing Tares imongfli your thin Wheat •, but 1 was not long from you, exercifed in Thoughts about you •, but I Taw clearly, there was Sorcery in the butintfs, and now I tell you I fear forcerers aifo *, ! know I have Fpoken this againfl: my own Life, if they get the Power they defire, but I am in a Defiance of them , and I know alfo in a defence by him who' hath preferved and 1 know will preferve me till my Work be finifhed. But if your Liberty that you talked of had been true, it Would at leaft have itayed till it had brought you to other thoughr?, other works, and other Comforts, and it might have been eaflly dimm- ed not a true Liberty but a temptation that led you from publick Preach- ing, the great Ordinance of GOD's Glory and iMen's Good. As the A. pottle has that ^vord, Forbidding us to Preach trthe Gentiles \ but efpeci- ally to leave Publick Ordinances at this time, when they are the only Standarts (tanding, which (hows Sathan's viclory againft CHRIST'S Kingdom fn Scotland not to be compleall Yet dear Friends, when you hear this let not Satan caftyou as far to the other fide, for it is rare to fee the mod Devout Souls altogether out from under his delufionsand temptations, as to mike you believe that it is impoflible to attain to any thing of certitude of truth, Liberty, Tnanifeftations and Communion with God, if that whichfeemed to be fb firm, be delufions j but mail Satan have fuch power to make Men believe lies, and fhall not God go infinitly beyond him in making Men to fee and believe Truth.? There were rsany that thought themfelves at the night of afTurance when under the greateft temptations, as TfaL 73 Verily I havecleanfedmy Hands in train. And yet they have a greater certaintie when they come to fee, that there is no fuch unquietnefs of Spirit under this, as they found in the former. And feingitisfo, reft not till ye attain that afTurance of your own Intereft and of his main Truths, which is both above doubt and defect, that ye may be able to fay flow iw Believe and-are pure. But in the next place, yewilljoin withnonein publick Worfhip, but ihefc who htve infalii&lefi&ns of Regeneration* This feems fair, but it is both Of Mr* DONALD C ARGIL. 15 both falfe and foul, falfebecaufe of its falfe Foundation, vis^ That thi certainty of one's intereft in Chrift may be known by another. Where as the Scripture fays, that none knows it but he that has it: Foul alfo, for this dildain has pride in it, and pride is always foul, and tho there be a. difference anion gft Men, and tru? we fhould have regard of Repentance, and brokennefb of Heart, yet thefe who have well fought and feen their own filthinefs will Judge themfelves the Pcrfons, of any, that fhould be thruft out of the Afcmb'iesof GOD'sPeople, and that not only in re- gard of what they have been, bu: alfo. in regard of what they daily are. ISeXt ye would have all to be pray ed'to Eternal wrath, who have depart td and made defection in this time *7 alas we need not blow them away, the great part issuing fait enough that way } but this I am fure i* not to give GOD his Glory, but tbtarke from him and limitchim in his freedom a id choice, in the greatnefs of bis pardon.^ It is remarkable, that the is in their Glory to GOD, joined alfo with it good will to Men Next, you have rcjettcd the Pj alms with many other thing's^ by a Paper come from fome of you, and 1 cannot fee upon what account, except it bebecaufeit is Man's Work in turning the Pfatms out of Profe into Mee'er.Thenye muft rtjeft all the?otheiScriptures,becaufe theTranflition of them is of. Man's Work, ye have nor yet learned the Original Langua- ge;,ye muft betake your felves altogether to the Spirit, and what a fpirit will that be, that is not to betryed by the Scriptures ! 1 told fome of you when I lift faw you, that ye were too little led by the Scriptures, and too much by your own Thoughts and Suggefliuns, which indeed opens a wide-Door toDelufion,and alas lays your felves open toSatansTemptations. As for the reft of your denying all your former Covenants and Dttlara- tions: This cannot be from GOD , they containing nothing, but law- ful'and necelftry Duties j and fuppofe they did not contain and in- clude a compleat Reformation*, yet they did not exclude it: So that ftill holding them, we might havepaflcd on to more Perfection, and they might be inviolable Obligations with us: And next, Tour cutting ttf all that were not of your Alindy and delivering them up toVevtls, Wis not Jufticeand Religion, it being doneneither in Judgment nor Righteouf- nefs, upon Conviction of their Crimes*, but unbridled Rage and Fury : But thefe Things 1 cannot fuUy fpejk to now. Yet there is fomewhat that I cannot pafs j but- muft tell yon , That I fcar there 0>?1! remain fbioe of the Leaven within,that (hall no: only fpoil an Orthodox Proteltant *, but alfo a true, tender and humble Chrifiiat, ivd ftive us nothing inliead of it , but a blown Bladder*, for I im peef waded, if Satin fhould h Tutory bu' a while* he fnould bring itto this y far it has been his way with fome, firft, to make thrwSziaMik*, and* afterwards tofettle them at Atheifm, like a cunning fitt'tr, running a Fifh upon an Angle, whoatlaftc^fhirohdtyGiOu^d. (jODh my Witnefs, ir.y Soul loves tofeeHolnc^ TteiOiCnOiVaitf) Z^tl kU iuch aGsfceruion, where (here is 1 6 The Jasi Speech and Tefiim'ony is nothing, but Untendemels;, unccnccrnednefs and Lukwarronefs ^and by his Grace,J'{baJI ever chefifh it, I defire you then in the Bowels of CHRIST, to retain your Zeal ;-,' but fee well to this, that it be for his Glory. Indeed the more that ye are jealous, and the further ye go forward, Jo that the word of GOD direct, your Courfe, ye are the more plea fmg to GOD,, and fhall be the dearer to us. And perfwade your feiveSj that tho' I: can not equal, or go before *, yet it is the fincere Defire of my Heart, to foi/ow fuch. And my Soul wifhts you well, tho* it may be, 1 cannot here point, nor lead you the Way to Wei being •, yet this I muft fay, That if Icould lead you the Way , that he has led me, I fhould let you fee Eternal Life , without thtfe Things , that I am de* firing you to relinquish. HoldTruth, glorifie God, be zealous to have him glorified 7 but think net to defire the Condemnation of any Man, fimply on that Account, that they'dare not come, and continue where you are •, or to put a Bar by Prayer between them and a Return, is a glorifying ot GOD ; We glorifie him in this Kind, when, as he himfelf defires, if we acquiefce in his Sentence , when it is paft j tho' we wrelile againft it before it be known to us. I cannot bid you go forward in all, but I defire you to go forward in that which is hirer and better. ^Anddear Friends, let not the World have that to fay, that when ye are become Right ye are become the Iefs Zealous., only take'the right object and let your Zeal grow. O let not your Sufferings be ftained with fuch wildnefs, and think it not flrange that ye have not fuch liberty in your return, as ye feemed to have before, if you take the Right way, and told on, ye fhall find -it" in his time greater, and better, and furer. I fhali onfy add that' there mud be an exprefs difowningof your errors and evils, and an exprefs owning of his Truths whereof ye have been perfwaded before now, which now are either denyed or doubted, other - wife you will come to" nothing of Religion or worfejthis will either ftate your Sufferings right or be a mean to obtain a cleanly Liberty from God in his due time. Grace Merry and. Peace be with you Amen. DON: CARGIL. The Dying Teftimony and Laft Words of Mr, WAL. TER SMITH Student of Theologie, who fuffered at the Crofs of Edinburgh. July 27 168 1. D EAR Friends and aquaintauces, As I defire while in the Bodie to fympathize fomewhat with you in lamenting your various Cafes, and the Cafe 0! the Church, whereof we arejhe Sons and i7 Of Mr. WA LT E R SMI T H. and Daughters', fo I mutt lay this requeft upon yoj, and ]*v'* it with you, that ye take fome of your time, and fetir apart particular- ly to fol ace your Souls in Blefling and Magnifying your your G and my GOD, for the Lot he hath Decreed and chofcn outfor p unworthie me, from Eternity, in time and to Eterniry, in imrne- 4iat Enjoyment of Father, Son, and Holy Ghoft, one GODincompre* henfible and unchangeable in His Being -r Wifdom, Power, Holmefs, Juftice, Goodnefs and Truth •, and that becaufe he hath made me a Man and a Chriftian : And now I let to my Seal to all his Truths Revealed in His Word, and particularly the4e. Firft, That he is one GOD, Father^ Son And Holy Ghost, but alas who can think of Him * who can hear of Him, or write of Him aright ! O ! He is GOD ! He is GOD! lh That He made Man Terfefb \ and tho* we have deftroyed and incapacitate our (elves to do any thing that is Rightv while out of Chrift, yet we are under the obligation of the whole Law, which is the perfect rule of Righteoufnefe. $dly, That my Lord ( yea through tree Grace, I can fry my Lord Jclus Chnft ) came to the World to Save Sinners. And though I cannot fay that I have been the greateft of Sinners, yet 1 can fay that He hath covered, Pardoned, prevented and hid from the World, Sins' in me that have been hainous by many aggravations. 4/y, That except a Man be Born again he cannot enter into the Kingdom of Heaven *, my Friends this is the new Birth this is Regeneration that I am (peaking of, to which the great part f D^ath have been fomctimes very terrible to me, when I have been re- flrding upon , my miipending of precious Time ; yea, fometimes the Strength of Tentation, and my own Weaknefs have made me herein to raze the very Foundation of roy Interejl ; but my GOD builds rafter, than he permits the Devil and my falfe Heart to casl downt 1 have had fome Clouds , even fince I came to Prifon •, but blefTed be GOD , thefe are ail removed: , For my GOD hath faid to my Soul, Be of good O, ear •, thy fins are forgiven thee : And the Faith of this makes me not to fear grim Death'. The/ it be called ihzKingof Terrors \ yet it is not lo to ttie : For this that you think a cruel and ludden Death , is but an Inltt to Life, which fhall be Eternal. Lee none hz offended at Chrift and his Way. becaufe of iufTering \ for I can pefwade you- there is more of CHRIST'S Help, and fupporting Grace, and Strength in a fuffering Lot, than ail thatever \ heard of by the hearing of the Ear : But now I am made to find in myewn Experience j and 1 can fay, He is altogc- ther lovely. ' But a fecond thing that I prom i fed to fpeak to, is, That I detefl and abhor e all Popery , Prelacy , Erastianifm, and all other Steps of DefeUion from the Truths of GOD, and turning afide to the right and left Hand, Alfo / teflifie againsl all Errors, as Quakerifw, drminianifm, c£r, and all that is contrar to found Doftrine, who walk not according to the Scriptures, and make not the Word and Spirit of GOD their Rule to walk by. I have lived, and now am ready to die, a Chrijlian, a Prote- ftant and a Presbyterian in my Judgment : Therefore let none hereaf- ter fay, That we walk not by the Scriptures*, for once Britain and Ire- land, and efpeoally Scotland, were deeply fworn to maintain what now they difewn*, therefore beware of {landing in the way of others, feing ye will not go in your felves. 3/y. I exhort all you that are the poor Remnant , lobe ierious in getting your Intereft c;eared,you that are in the Dark with your Cafe, take not Fiafies for Conver(ion: Study a ho- ly Convention : Be at more Pains to know the Scriptures, and believe them: Be ferious in Prayer *, (light not Time: Take Chrift in his own Terms, and refolve to meet with Trials, and that Ihortly. Slight not known Duties: Commit not known Sins, whatever fufferingye may meet with, foryour cleaving to Duty. Lippen to GOD, and you will not be difappointed. Conftruit well of him under all Difpenfations j weary not of Suffering : Ly not at cafe in a Day of Jacob's Trouble. I have one Word more to fpeak, to all that arching on in perfecting the Way OfMr.lVJLTER SMITH. 21 Way And Friends ofCbrifi , and that is the very Words of our LORD,Re. member, Whatever ye do to cne of thefe little ones ye do it unto we. \ pray the LORD, that he may open the Eyes all the ElecT, who are yet Strangers to Regeneration •, and alio convince fuch of them , as are fallen from their firft Love. Now, my Friends, I have this to fay in my own Vindication, That (however I have been branded by lome, and mifcon- ftrued by others, yet ) I can (ay in the Sight of the LORD, beforev/hom I am now to appear, that I am free of any publick Scandal *, I fay, I am freeof Drunkenneis, lam free of Whoredom , Theifts, or Murther*, therefore let none lay, that we are Murtheren , or would kill any, but in (elf Defence, and in Defence of the Gofpel. I truly forgive ail Men the Wrongs th^y have done to me, as I defire to be forgiven of the Lord; but as for the Wrongs done to a holy GOD , I leave thefe to himr who is the Avenger of Blood , let Him do to them as he may be glorified, Now ! fay no more, but pray that all who are in bis Way may be kept from finning under fuffering,and that every one may prepare for a Storm, which I do verily believe is not far off. Then (looping down he filured fome Friends and faid, farewell all Relations and Acquaintance*, farewell alJ ye that are Lovers of Chrift and his righteous Caufe. And beckening to the -Multitude, he faid, Fare- wel alfo. And fo he went up the Ladder with the greateft Difcoveries of Alacrity, and Magnanimity, and feating himfetf upon it, he faid, Now this Death of mine l fear not *, for my fins are freeLy pardoned : Yea, and l fhaJl fm no more, for I am made through my GOP, to look Hell, Wrath, Devils and Sin eternally out of Countenance. Therefore fare- we' a!! created Enjoyments, Pleafures and Delights: Furewel finning and fuffering : Farewel praying and believing, and welcome Heaven and Singing. Welcome Joy in the Holy .Qhoft. Welcome Father, Son Ghoft, in to thy Hinds I commit my Spirit. When the Exe- cutioner wa* about to unty his Cravat, he- thrall him away, and untied it himfelf, and calling for his Brother, threw it down, faying That is the Ud Token you will get from me : After the Napkin was drawn o. ver his Face, he uncovered it again, and faid, \ have one Word ruor* to fay, and that is, to all that have any Love to GOD , and his rrghteoui Caufe, That they will let Time apart, and fing a Song of pratfe to the LORD, fcr what he has done to my Soul, and my Soul lays, Ja Him it Prijfe. Then letting down the Napkin , he prayed alittle within him- felf, and the Executioner doing his Office, threw him c The ± 2 The Ufl Speech mi Teftimon) The laft Teftimony of Mr. James Boig Student of Theo- logie, who fufFered at the Crofs of Edinburgh, July 17, 1681, written in a Letter to his Brother. DEAR Brother, I have not now Time to write that which I would but tofatisfteyour Defire, and the Defire of others, who are con! cernedin theCaufe and Work of GOD, that is now at this Time trampled upon j I have given out my Jnditlment to a Friend of yours and now I (hall give an Account of the Enemies Profecution thereof a- gainft us. My Indictment did run upon three Heads. Firft. That I had difowned' the King s Authority. 2ly. That I [aid the rifing in Arms at Bothwel-Bridge, was lawful , and upon the Defence of Truth. $[y. That I owned. r^Sanquhair Declaration, in the whole Heads and Articles there* ef And having again owned this before the Justiciary and Affi^rs 1 held my P*ace, and fpake no more} becaufe 1 Taw what was fpcken by others, was not regarded, either by our unjuft Judges, or mocking Auditors j all that our fpeaking did, was the expofing of us to the Mock- ery of all prefent. But theReafons that were given in thus, for our Defence in the firft Head, were, That we could not own the Authority as nowprefently ehabliftjed, unlefi wefiould al/o own the Supremacy , which \he King hath ufurped over the Church. By our doing of ibis we fhould rob CHRIST of that which is his Right, and give that unto a Man, which is due to no Mortal : The Reafon is, becauie the Supremacy is declared in their Atls of Parliament, to be efTential to the Crown \ and that which is efTential to any thing, is the fame with the thing it (elf- fo that in owning the Authority, we are of neceility obliged to juftifte them in their Ufurpation alfo. But there is another Argument, which to me is valid, thy I Ipoke it not before them \ and it does not alirtle trouble me, that I fhould have patted it. The Advocate in his D<(cou;fe to the Aflizers, among other things, faid, That we were overturning the/e Atls and Laws, which they ( the Aflizers ) had conjented to, and were owning* Now I fuppofe their Confent to the prefent Aft* and Laws, was never formally required of them, but that which is taken for their Conjent is their fimple Silence, when thefe A&s were made and publifhed, a'n brokennefs and Contrition of Spirit is the only Sacrifice well plea- fing unto GOD : And I prove all guilty. ( j/L ) Our Representatives ( and fo we in them ) eftablifhed thefe fins in our National Decrees which we have homologate in owning them ever after, and much more have we homologate their fins in contributing, one way or other, to the ftrengthening of their Hands againft GOD, as alas! but few be free of this, this Day ! O that Preachers would Preach Repentance, and ProfefTors would exhort one another to mourn in fecret and io* gether becaufe of fin, and with their Mourning would believe, for thefe are very confiftent together. I find Flefh and Blood great Enemies to Faith, and Friends yea fofterers of finful Fears. Its above Nature to believe, efpecially when Difpenfations feem to contradict our Faith; But if any had Faith towards GOD concerning me, let not this brangle their Faith, but rather ftrengthenit *, There is nothing can contradict what SOD hath Determined*, but over the Belly of all Oppofition he will perfeft his Work in "and by me, either :• a remarkable delivery; or tbroughbearing, as he fees mod for his own Glory, D z Where- &% The- UJl Tefiimony , Wherefore let us fubmit to his Will, and ly before the Throne in behalf of Zion, and her Children: And Ol that ye your felf would, and defire others, that are faithful to hold up my.Cate to Ziorfs GOD, that he would glorifie himfelf in me-, and let your Prayers be in Faith *, To him that believeth all things are puffibie. There are many fecklefs, mif- believing Prayers,that prevail not with God *, becaufe of Unbelief, I know, thefe Sufferings will be a greatStumbling to many,otherwifeGracious, butt let it not be to you. I blels God it is not fas yet) fo to me •, but rather the Power *, yea, the Love of GOD to me •, for it was not altogether unex- pected unto me*, for (not. to reflect upon any that have fealed that Truth andCaufe, as we ftated it, with their Blood ) I cannot deny, but it was over the Belly of Confcience, that I joined with feme of our Party;, for fome of them had not their Garments clean of the late Defe- ctions, and there was too much of Pride amonft us: Neither dare I al- low, that taking of Satisfaction for Practices, which are the homologat- ing of the publick Sins, which we did about half an hour before our Break \ which checked me exceedingly in the Time: I think real Sor- row would make Men like the Prodigal, to think themfelves not worthy to beimployed in that Work : Real Evidences of Reconciliation w|k GOD mould befeen before Admiffion to fuch an Imployment. O riHr all would take Warning^ by my Reproof, not to venture to follow any Man over Confcience ! There were choice gedly Men among us, but one Achan will make ICrael to fall. 1 fear the Want of Faith among us firft and laft, and all alongft our late Bufinefs : 1 know many Mouths will be opened againft me, becaufe of what I did before this Bufinefs*, but, I dare notbut fpeak it, this is a Stumbling-block laid to drive them to more fin -, and alas that I did not more, to purge us of every Sin \ e- fpecially known fin among us. Thefe that abode within, and came not out with us, let them remember Meroz. Curfe : I am affraid GOD think them not free of our Blood •, for not joyning to our Help. And now knowing ye wilf be anxious , to know how it was then, and how it hath been fince with me. i#. We getting Notice of a Party put reeking us:, {en t two on Wednesday Night late, to know their Motion, and lay on a Muir Side all Night, and Ihurfday about Ten Hours, we went to take fome Meat, and fent out other two, and defired them to confult withrthe firft two, who had not come to us, but were lying down 'to deep, who all four returned, and told us, it was unneceffary to fend any for Intelligence , they having fecured it. Whereupon, after yve had gotten fome Meat, we came to a Piece of Grafs, and lay down , and prefently we were all alarmed, that they were upon us r and fo making ready , we faw them coming faft^ on, and that about three •rfour Hours in the Afternoon, and each onerefolving to right, I rode ©ffto feek a Strength, for our Advantage, and being defired by a Goun*, |ry Man 3 to go into fuch a Place, for the bed Strength j I went, and they Of Ddvid Hackjion of Rithillet. 26 they followed , but coming to it, I found we could go no further ", and fo turning, and drawing up quickly Eight Horfe, on the right Hand , with R. D. arid fifteen on the left with me, being no moe-, the Foot not being Fourty, and many of them ill armed, in the midft: I asked all, if they were willing to fight? who all faid, Tes •, efpecially /. G. The Enemy advanced faft, whom I took to be above an hundred and twelve, well armed and horfed, who fending firfV about twenty Dra- goons on Foot to take the Wind of us, which we feeing, fent a Party on Foot to meet them, and the reft of us advanced faft on the Enemy, be- ing a ftrong Body cf Horfe coming hard on us, whereupon when we Vfere joyned ^ our Horfe Hired firft, and wounded and killed fome of them, both Horfe and Foot *, our Horfe advanced to their Faces, and we fired on each other, I being foremoft, after receiving their Fire, and finding the Horfe behind me broken, I then rode in amongft them, and went out at a Side, without any Wrong" or Wound: 1 was purfued by feverais, with whom I fought a good Space *7 fometimesthey following r»e, and fometimes I following them ^ at length my Horfe bogged, and the foremoft of theirs,, which was David Ramjay, one of my Acquain- tance: We both being on Foot, fought it with ("mall Swords, without Advantage of one another j but at length, clofing, I was ftricken down with three on Horfe back behind me *, and received three fore Wounds, on the Head, and fo falling, he faved my Life, which 1 fubmitted to: They (earched me, and carried me to their Rear, and laid me down , where I bled much ^ where were brought feverais of their Men fore wounded. They gave us all Teftimony of brave relolute Men. What moe of our Men were killed, I did not fee, nor know •, but as they told me after the Field was theirs. I was brought toward Douglas. They ufed me civilly, and brought meDrink out of a Houfe by the way. At Douglas Janet Clcland was kind to me, and brought a Chirurgeon to me, who did but little to my Wounds, only ftanched the Blood. TNext morning I was brought to Lancrk, and brought before Da!zielt ord Rofs and fome others, who asked many Queftions at me *, but I not fatisfying them with Anfwers *, Dalziel did threaten to Roaft me, an J carrying me to the Tolbooth, caufed bind me moft Barbaroufiy and caft me iown, where I lay till Saturday morning, without any, except Souldi- ers, admitted to fpeak to me, or look my Wounds, or give me any eafc whatfomever. And next morning they brought me and John Pollock, and other two of us near two Miles on Foot, I being without Shoes, where that party which had broken us at firft, received us. They were com* nianded by EarlfialL We were horfed, civilly ufed by them on the wiyf and brought to hdinburgb , about four in the Afternoon, and carryed a- bout the North fide of the Town, to the Foot of the Canrjongatey where the Town Ma^iftrates were, who received us, and feting mc on a Horfe With my Face backward, and the other Three bound on u Goad of from, and 3© The Usi Teftimwj aad Mr. Camerons Head carried en a Halbert before me, and another Head in a Sack, which I knew not, on a Lads backhand fo we werecarry- ed up the Street to the Parliament Clofsy where I was taken dawn and the reft loofed. All was done, by the Hangman. I was carried up to the Council, and firft put up into a Room alone, where the Chancelour came, and asked if I knew him ", I anfwered,* yes. He ( after fome Protefhii- onsof Love, ( to which I anfwered nothing ) went his way *, and then I was brought in before the Council, where the Chancclour read a D'uty a-, gainft me. Firfl:, anent the Bijbops Murthery to which I anfwered, I was obliged by no Law, either of GOD or Man to anfwer to it, and neither to accufe my felf, nor reveal others by Vindicating my fdf, or any other Way. The Advocate asked where I was the third day ofMiy was a year ? to whom I anfwered, lam not bound to keep a Memorial where I am, or what I do every day. The Chance/lour asked if It bought it Murther .<* To which I anfwered, tho' I was not bound to anfwer fuch Queftions, yet I would not call it fo, but rather fay, it was no Murther, The Ad- vocate faid, Sir, you muft be a great Iyer, to fay you Remember not where you was that dajt, it being fo remarkable a day. I replyed, Sir, you muft be afar greater Iyer to fay, I anfwered fuch a thing. Where- upon the Chance/lour replyed, my Lord Advocate^ he faid only he was not bound to keep in memory every days work. The Chance/lour asked */ / adhered to Mr. Cargils Papers^ which they called the New Covenant taken at the Ferry? I anfwered, I would know what any would fay againft them. He asked,- ij I owned the Kings Auth* ority? 1 told, tho' I was not bound to anfwer fuch Queftions, yet being permitted tofpeak I would fay fomewhat to that. And firft, that there could be no lawful Authority but what was of GOD *, and that no Au- thority ftatcd in a direct Oppofition to GOD, could be of GOD^ and that I knew of no Authority nor Judicatorie this day in thefe Nations, but what were in a dire&Oppofition to GOD, and fo could neither be of GOD nor Lawful, and that their Fruits were kything it, in that they were fetting Bougerers, A/urtherers, Sorcerers and fuch others at liberty, from Juftice, and imploying them in their fervice,and made it their whole work to Opprefs, kill and deftroy the Lords People. The Chanceltour&nd all raged, and defired me to inftance one of fuch fo fet at liberty and imployed. I anfwered to that, tho' it were enough to inftance any fuch when I faw a Judicatory to Execute Juftice, yet I would inftance one-, and I inftanced a Bougerer, liberated at the Sherriff Court ofiv/V, and afterwards imployed in their Service, at which the Chancel- 9ur raged, and faid, I behoved to be a liar j but I Offered to prove it. Bifhop Paterfon asked if ever Pilate and that Judicatory who were direct enimies to Chrift were difowned by him as Judges! I anfwered, that I would anfwer no Perjured Prelat in the Nation *, he anwer- cd .that he could not be called Perjured^ becaufe he never took that Sacrilegiom Of David HaekftoM of Rathiffet. ^l Sacrilegious Covenant \\ anfwered^ God would own that Covenant when none of them were to oppofe it *, they cryed all I was Prophe- fieng *, 1 anfwered, I was not Prophefieng, but that I durft not doubt but God. who had fuch fingular Love to thefe Lands, as to bring them into Covenant in To peculiar a manner with him, would let it befeen that his Faithfullnefs was engadged to carry it through in oppofition to his Enemies. Some asked, what I anfwered to that Article of the Confeffion of Faith concerning the King ? I anfwered it was cleared in thefe two Covenants. The Advocat asked what J faid. of that Article of the Covenant wherein we were bound to mantain and defend the King? I defired him to tell out the reft of if, which was in defence of Religion^ but not in the Destruction of Religion. The Chancelor threatned me with Boots and other terrible things, and faid I mould not have thebenefite of a Sudden Death. To which I an- fwered it would be but an addition to their Cruelties ufed againft- God's People before,and that I was there a Prifoner of Chrift,owning his Truths againft his open Enemies, and referred it to their own Afts of Parliament and Council^ to let their Crueltie and oppofition to God and his People be feen. After this they called for a Chirurgeon, and removed me to another Room , where he drefcd my Wounds, in which time the Chancellor came, and kindly asked if ever I (aid to a Shepherd on the Mount hill) that if I thought they would not put me to an Ignominious Death, I would refer my felf to the Chancellor. [ faid, No. He f»id a Shepherd came to him and faid fo, I faid that he or any- other that faid fo to him were Liers. I was asked by fome concerning our ftrength j to which I told how few we were, and how Surprized by fuch a ftrongparty. and that knowing with what cruel orders thty came, againft us we were Forced to Fight. After drefling of my Wounds, I was brought back to them, and thefe things being written were Read o* ver to me, to which I adhered \ and being asked if I would fign them, I faid, Not. The Chanceflour faid he would do it for me. Someone of them asked at the fuft timeconcerning my being at fome other Bufinefs •, fo whom I Anfwered, that though I was not obliged to anfwer to (uch Questions, yet I adhered to ali that had been done in behalfof that caufe againft its Enemies. After which I wasfent to the Tolbooth, and have met fince with all manner of kindnefs and want for nothing. My wounds are duly drefTed, which I fear may prove deadly, they being all in the head, the reft of my Body is lafe. In all thefe Tryalsf I blefs the lord ) I was fhid, unmoved, no alteration of Countenance in the leaft, nor impatience appeared' Some of them have come to me and regrated that fuch a Man as I fhould have been led away with Cameron. I anfwered, He was a Faathfull Minifter of Jefus Chrift, and a's hr me, I defired to be one of thefe defpicable ones whom Chrift choofed. They faid it was j£ Thelaft TefiimoHy was a Quaker:like anfwer , I told it was the Words of Chrift and his Apoftles. Biftiop Paterfon's Brother, unknown to me, had a long reafoning with me, but, I think, not to Truths difadvantage. He told Jiie that the whole Council obferved that I gave them not their due Titles, at which I Smiled and made no reply. He faid I was ill to the Bifiop. I told, that I afferted the Truth. He' Paid that he never took the Covenant and fo could not be Perjured. I anfwered, Prelacy it felf was Abjured by the whole Nation. He told me that the whole Council found, I was a Man of great Parts and alfo of good Birth. I replyed for my Birth I was related to the beft in the Kingdom, which I thought little of, and for my parts they were (mall*, yet I trufted fo much to the goodnefs of that Caufe, for which I was a Prifoner, that if they would give God that Juftice, as to let his Caufe be Difputed, I doubted not to Plead it againft all that could fpeak againft it. It was caft up to me both* at the Council, and here, that there were not two Hundred in ths Nation to own our Caufe j I anfwer ed at both times, that the Caufe of Chrift had been often owned by fewer. I was preffed to take Advice. I anfwered I would advife with God and my own Con- fidence and would not depend on Men, and refufed to debate any more, fince it was to no purpofe, being troublefometome, and not Advantagious to the Caufe. At the Council fome faid I was pofTefled with a Devil :Some one thing,fome another •, the Chancelcr faid I was a vitious Man *, I anfwered, while I was fo, I had been acceptable to him ■ but now, when otherwife, it was not fo. He asked me if I would yet own that Caufe with my Blood, if at Liberty/1 I anfwered both our Fathers had owned it with the Hazard of their Blood before me: Then I was called by alJ,a Murtherer. I anfwered, GOD fhould decide it betwixt us , tfi whom I refer it,who were moft Murtherers in his Sight, ih&y or I. Ye have an Account, as near as I can give, of what pad among us. Be ye, and defire all others to beearneft with GOD in my Behalf: For I am weak, and cannot ftand without conftant Supplies of the Graces of his Spirit. O/ I am afraid left I deny him. I have rich Promifesr, but I want Faith. Pray and wreftlein my behalf, and in behalf of the reft And fhew this to my Friends in that Caufe with me, efpecially D. K. Let all ly before the LORD, that he would fhow us the Caufe ot his An» ger againft us •, and let me know with the firft Occafion, who of us werefuin. Commend me to all Friends.* And let none (tumble at the Caufe, becaufe of this. It was often in my Mouth, to almoft all, That if we purged not our f elves of the puMick and particular Sins amongfl m , GOD would break *#, and bring a Delivery out of our Afln# Let none murmur at what we fhould think our Glory. And let Minifters, and others be arTraid to be more tender of Men than GOD's Glory. And however Of David Hackftoun cf Rathillet. 5 j however it be a Stumbling to fome •, let it be a Token of the Love of GOD to his Chujcb, to you and ali that love his Truth. Pray for the out-lettingsofall the Graces cf GOD'?Spir:'t to me, and all'the reft. I have need of Patience, Submiflrm, Humility, Love to and Zeal for GOD 't Hope and Faith above all, without which 1 am but a frail Worm, and will fall before thefe Enemies of mine inward and outward. And thus recomending you to his Grace, who hath bought us with his preci- ous Blood, and remembering my Love to all Friends. I am, Tours in our Sweet LORD and Sympathizer in our Affliction?, Sicfubjcribitur, DAP ID HA C KSTOV N. P. S. Tou may let others fee this, but have a care of keeping it *,. becaufe I have no Double , and it may be all my Tcftimony. Send nothing to met fir I am fully feen to^ and have met with Kindnefs frcm all Sorts, only Friends have not Liberty to fee me. MyLove to you and all Friends. 1 faidt<% Clerk Paterfon, Tliat Ijhould have feen Mr. Cargil'; Papers^ before I had tnfwered anent them. The Copy of another Letter, written by David Hachttoun of Rathillet, to a Gentle-woman of his Acquaintance, da- ted from the Tolbooth of Edinburgh Jalj 28 , 1680. Madam, THE Bearer (hows me, your Ladifhip defires (• know what I mean by the Achan, I mentioned in my other \ which I fhall explain, and alas 1 that I have fuch a wide Field to walk in, when I nams fuch a thing*, for I know not how to find out the Man, that is free of the accurfed thing among us, for which GOD is contending agiinft the Land *, especially againfl fuch as would be moft free of the publick fins, and moflt downright for GOD. Only I defire both to reverence, and admire the holy Wifdom and Lovingkindnefsot GOD, that is by thefs dark like Difpenfations purging his People, that he may bring forth a Chaft 5p0«/y and Everlasting Father, No m I refts, lours in our jweet LORD JESVS CHRIST. DA: HACKSTGUN. A LETTER to his SISTER. Loving Sifter, I received yours & the other with it,bothto myContentment &SatIafitcli* on It makesme affraid that theEyes of many lhould be on me3let all U to God, lam frail,but Chrift is Strong-, I have liis Promife of throw | bearing, and affurance that he fhould Honour me in hi* C*ufe be fore this. Ly low before the LORD, andlet others that are yet full be tarneft on my behalf:, and do it in Faith, ThePra\trscf: Faithful! availl much. Hive you nothing, and tell all Friends to L have nothing to do with fuch as have ado with thefe thatar.. in that Seats and Exercifing that Power ■ which belongs alone CHRIST. The ft r ok e of the LORD'S Anger is ready te> be powj [ forth; and thefe that have received greateft Talents from GOD, and have made that ufe of them, To Strengthen Enemies hands l\Bsiidsy or trxvtft owning them> fhall be mod remarkable in the Streak, and ffcali not be Honoured to teftirie for CHRIST, Defpifed CHRIST, . CHRIST, tmemntd CHRIST by thi» Generation. Rej 1) Relations and Friends; and i«ive warning to all CHRIST'S Truths zndlntereft. U the free Grace of GOD ftcd in me, ou^ht not all to Piailc Him t CHRIST came n j 8 The lajt Speech dnd Teftimony y Righteous, but Sinners. Many of this Generation think they hafvefe much Grace that they cannot Sin •, but I rauft tell them, Gcace doth not warrant from Sin •, and they may fo think of it. Sic SubCcribitur. DAVID HACKSTON. The Dying Teftimony of Archibald Alifon> who lived in the Parifli ofEvandale in Clydfdale, and Suffered at the Grafs-Mercat of Edinburgh, Auguffi ij 1680. THere have been manyfuch fights fan in this Piace of Execution fince the Year 1660, for this Intereft and Caufe, for which i have re* ceived the Sentence of Death ', and here I am in your prefence to lay down my Life this day, for which I charge thee, O my Soul, and *11 that is within me, to blefs and magnifie the Name of the Lord, who* can perfect hispraife, at.i bring a Teftimony out of the Mouthes of Babes, or Sucklings \ yea, before he want fome to Seal his Teftimony, even if it were from the Bealis -of the Field, he will not want, as in Balams Days, the Dumb AJsfpeaking with Mans Foice, gave a Teftimony againft -thcMadnefs of the Prophet. Wherefore unworthy as I am, I am come here, and begs your Ear and Attention ; ye who are Spectators and Au- ditors, ifthe Lord mail permit me to Speak a few Words, and I fhafl be'but brief. There are many come here this day to hear and fee me lay down this Tabernacle of Mine, that have various' Ends, but our Lord knows you all, and your Ends both -, its true, GOD is:, my Wirnefs, »hat I judge myfelfthe unworthieftPerfon of any that have loft their Blood for this Honour able-* aufe. He has been pleafed to take a Teftimony from Nobl** tnenj Gentlemen, Minifiers and poor Plewmen- lads, anti Jrade (men of feveral forts, which is a token for good, that he has yet a hndnefs for theft Covenanted Lands. And I blels the Lord with all my Heart, that ever he called me with his Heavenly calling : I blefs the Lord that I have a Life to lay down for his fake : Glory to the Lord that I fhall have Blood and Wounds in his Caufe. But to come more particularly to the Purpofein hand, the Articles of my Indictment were thefe. Fir ft, They charged me with Rebellion, for joining with thefe they call Rebells, and declared Enemus to the King, and Enemies to all good Government ', for my own part 1 never called them fo. I declare here where I ftand before HimwhowilJ be my Judge within a little, my defign hi coming forth with Arms, was to hear the Gofpel Preached truly and Faithfully, and I know it was ; ihc defign of that poor handfulJ to defend the Gofpel, and to keep up Of ARCHBJLD ALISON. 59 up aWitnefs and, Teftimony again It the abounding corruptions that this Land is filled with from end to end, and to plead with the Lord that He would not nr»ke a total removal therefrom j yea L heard Mr. Richard Ca-mcron fay, my Friends, we are not to compare ouy' felves with a Gideon'/ 300 Men% no not at all : Our dejign is to have you Examined bom ye are, and what ye are j To choje two or three of the Foot and two or three of the Horfe, that are found fitefi Qualified for Elders to try your princi pies , to try your Life and conversation, and to have you being Cbrifl- ians. our number was more the laft Day, and we gave them free leave to g9 home* and only but a few handful! to fiay j for we defign not to fall upon any Party of the Forces, except they be few in number, and oppofe Hi in keeping up the Gofpel in the Fields, for I am perfwaded that one meet* ing in the Fields has. been more owned and countenanced by His Pre fence with his People, than twenty Houfe meetings, a; they are now bought \ and therefore make no Strife among your J elves ab«ut Officers, becau/e thty are but Men \ yea, I think there is not a Man amongst you all meet for it \ we are net meet to be a Minister to you \ only we fTe to wait till the Lord provide better, a*id ye that are not fat is fie d to sttf in defence of the Gcf- pel, Good morrow to you, what ever ye be. And Co I thought it was ra- tional and warrantable both from the Word ofGGD , and our folemn Vows and Covenants which you.and the whole Land ar ~.d unto. Now ye iee what was my Motive to join with' that , and in this I have Peace , and on this Ground I lay down my Life, fnere is a fecond Motive I had, for which I thought my felf bound to own that perfecuted Caule and Intereftofmy blefTed LORD and Mailer Jelus Chrift : I being about two Years ago in Carrick , and hearing the pre- cious Gofpel of Jefus Chrift} in tbefe glorious Days, the fhiniag of the Countenance of our LORD was difcernably feen there, both upon his M'millers and People: I thought it my Duty to mark if, the LORD did (o foftcn and animate my Heart at that Time, that I made it my "Work, how I might win to Clearnefs, how to fhte my feif, being ana the deceitful indulged Minifters, and finding feveral Places of Scripture calling me out from them, as that known Scripture, If the LORD be GOD, follow him, but if Bjd\, then follow him. Come out from among them my People, and touch not the unclean Thing, Cv'c. not, handle not, which are all to per iff j with the ufing. 1 tl; dreadful to be halting between two opinions. On the other Hant£ 1 had fome Scriptures concerning the Crojs, that attends pure Religion and u>tde- filed. The LORD, who has called me here to Day, tofeal thefe Tru brought with an irreGHable Power on my Heart, that good Word of in the 18 PJalm 46, 47, 48. Verles, The LORD liveth, and /. tnyRock &c.This makes me rejoice. The LORD of Host's is upon my - GOD of Jacob it my Defence&c. O ^ ftrongly as this binds aria 40 The l.tji Speech and Tejtimoney ligesme to fufor, and count all Joy, now to go up this Ladder! And I hadOccafion to be at feveral other Meetings, I blefs the LORD for it, I blefs the LORD that ever le made choice of me, who was a miferable Sinner, to lay down my Life for his Caufe: And f© I die not by Con- Itraint or Force *, but willingly at his Command. There is another Caufe in my Jndiclment, and Sentence of Death. They fay, That I walked up a^d down theCountry Murdering, de/imy- ing and Opprejfmg the Subjects : But I hy, I did never Mind the like. And (o they have ( as they have done to many an one ) Affixed and Sentenced me wrongoufly ', for I did never mind to Murder or Robb any Mm : Therefore I am clear to charge them guilty of my Blood, and to give my Teftimony againft them as Murderers of the Servants and People of GOD, in their being about the Service and Worfhip of GOD, as I was. In the next place, I believe that all the Scriptures of the Old and New Testament are the word of the Eternal and ever living GOD, given by. Divine Infpiration\ and that every Duty commanded therein ought to be obeyed, and performed upon the greateft Peril and Hazard, and that every crocked and falfe Way fhould be avoided, and guarded a- gainft, whatever be the feeming Advantages, which may accompany the embracing of it, under the Pain of being led forth with the Workers of Iniquity, when he fhall pronunce Peace on his Ifrael. 2/y. I. give my \Vitnefs, and joyn my Adherence to the Confejfion of Faith, the larger and Shorter Cat echifms, National and Solemn League and Covenant, with our Solemn Acknowledgement of Sins and Engagement to Duties, ^ly. \ Ad- here to the Church Government by General Affemblies, Synods, Presbytries and Kirk'SeJftons, according as it was Eftablifhed in the Year 1648. 4/y, I give my Teftimony to that faithful Declaration at Rutherglen the 29th of May 1679. 5 /v. I adhere and give my Teftimony to the De- clarations Sanquhar, June 22. 1680. together with the Paper gotten at the Ferrie upon Henry Hall, June 3. 1680. 6/y,-I give my Tefti- inoney and fet to my Seal, to all the former Teftimonies fealed by thQ Bloud of them who have been Murdered, one Scaffolds, in the Ft elds and and in the Sea, from the year 1660 to this Day •, And by all the Im- prijonments and Banifiments of Exiled and wandering ones, and by all the Spoylings and Robbings, Oppreflion, Stigmatizing, Scourging and Booting and other horrid Cruelties, which have been committed by the Enemies of our Lord Jefus Chrift. On the other hand, I enter my Proteftation before the Judge of all both living and the dead, before whom I am to appear within a little time, Againft all the Encroachments made upon the Prerogatives of our Lord Jefus Chrift, particularly againft Popery, Quakerifm and Prelacy, and all thjjir uuderlings and the joyners with them *, and againft all Supre- macy% wmch is contrary to the Word of GOD *, and againft aU Eraslian'' ifw, 1 Of JRCHIBJLD 'AL1S0M. 41 ifm, and againft both the Indulgences, firft and laft, and all the Joynen with, Conniver* at, and Supporters cf it •, and againft the Silence in watch* w* at this day, in not giving faithful warning, according to that ia Ifa. 58. 1. Cryaloud, and [pare not, lift up thy Voice like a lrunpei% Jboro Ifraei their fins, and the Houfe of Jacob their Tranjgrejfions. And a- gainfi their Ambiguous and Dark Applications, fo that the Sin of the times isnottouched, teft they irritate the Magiftr ate, and bring themfervesfrt hazard of our Lord^s crofs *, which wras an evil creepirigin long ago^whici the Affembly condemned in the Minitters*, and ordered them to be Suf* > bended^ tf they did not amend, and feing no Humiliation for fuch a great fin, theywtretobedepojed. zdly. I enter my Protection againft all thofe who have declared themfelvcs oppofite to our Lord Jefus Chrift, and have dtfplaytd a Banner for Satan \ notonly Tollerating but acting and committing all manner of Abominations, and horrid Cruelties in things Civil and Ecclefiaftical. ^dly. I enter my Proteftation againft all Deda. rations, Proclamations, Bonds, Cefs and Militia Money, for keeping (landing Forces with a difplayed Banner againft our Lord } and againft all Prophanfty, Loofenefs, and Lukewarmnefs, and all the Backflidings of the Church of Scotland, fince our entering into Covenant with GOB to this Day. Now, Sirs,I have given you but a fhort hint of my Faith and Principles, and alfo of the Motives, which moved me to joyn with the ferious Seek- ers of GOD, and alfo the Grounds of my Indiftment and Sentence df Death} alfo fome little glance at the Corruptions of the times. I havt here joyned my Teftimony to the Sufferings of the- People of GOD, and I have entered my Proteftation againft fome open fins which are obvious to all who have not willingly yeilded themfelves to work Wickednefc. O it is but little that I can fay •, it would take a long Summer Day to rank them up, and not win at them all : for my part I am but Ignorant, my capacity can but reach little thing. It maybeye will take but little notice of what the like of me fays, but I cannot help it. Now as a dying Jvlan, 1 leave all theie things to your confideration v if this Prdatick and Indulged party be the party to be meddled with and owned, pleaded for anddefended,what think ye of them that have gone before us? W hit think ye ofjirgyle and Mr. Gutheric, that were Men of 'underitanding i What think ye of Mr. Kid, and Mr. King, and that Gentleman that Suffered laft at the Croft i Nay, what think ye of Religion and the coft of it ? What think ye[of Heaven and Glory that is at the back of the crofs? The hope "of this makes me look upon paje Death, as a lovly MefTenger to roe. I blefs the Lord for my Lot this Day. I fhali come (hortly toaClofe, only I beg leave to fbeatfa Word to tw« •r three Sorts of Folk \ and 1 think all may be comprehended under thefe Three. I intreat you take heed •, I wifh, 1 may not be a rStu"?1J,I;"t block to any, that is looking oa me this Day, Blejfed uh<{ nys Uirftt ; F tfl(H 4fc The lh(i Speech and Testimony that fhaU not be offended in me ^ and my Followers. .The Fir ft Sort i*y the Seekers of GOD. I have a Word to you : Ye have Kirk and State u~ pon yourTop \ ye gat leave to weep a long Night, and have none to com- fort yo». And if you cry, Watchman^ what of the Night: The Watch* men are drunk* and fallen afleep, they cannot tell. Can thefe dry Bona, live ? LORD) thou knowfi. Ye are feeing the Godly cut off, one Way and another y ye are hearing them that have the Root oj the Mat- ter inthem% crying up a finful Union, and Minifters will not tell you what is your Duty, or Danger. O my dear Friends, casl not away your Confidence \ ye muft come through many Tribulations : But there u a begum Heaven foryou at night. Seek ye the LORD ye Meek of the Earth ; Ye flail be hid in the Day oj the LORD's Anger. There is no Perfecu* tion in Heaven, where.your LORD'S Enemies (hall never come : I fhali not take upon me to fay, who of them will not come to Heaven, hut. this 1 may fay, If they come, it will be more than ordinary Humiliation they muft have: As it is faid of Alanaffeh^ That he humbled himf elf greatly before the LORD GOD of hi* Fathers. Friends give our LORD Credit •, he is ay good : But O ! He is' good in a Day of Trial. And he will be fweet company through the Agesof Eternity. There is none like the GOD of Jeiurun, that rides upon she Heaven in thy Helpr and in his Excellency on the Sky* And under '-neat.h are everlafting Armsy and he will fave hit People* And ily. I have a Word to fay to you,, that are Godly , but ( alas )you have wronged the Caufe. For which 1 fear ye have loft the Countenance of GOD, and will not get it again in hafte *, ye have ttaxed fat and kicked. Ye have flung at GOD (fotofpeakj ye have laid a Confederacy with Enemies, for a falfe Peace j ye have been cry-. ing Peace and Union with the Indulged \ becaute they are Godly Men. I fay before the LORD, That ye and thefe Godly Men have moft bafely betrayed the Kirk of Scotland : Ye (hall go to Heaven in a firy Chariot, ye ihall hardly get leave to fuffer, but go away in a Stink, for your com- plying, and manning tfee Crofs. 3/y. A Word to the Vngodly. O ye Atheiftsand ungodly Magiftrats, full of Perjury and Biood-fhed,^ have nourifljedyour Hearts m in a Day of Slaughter, The Blood of the LORD'S Martyres, that has been fhed thefe Eighteen orNinteen Years within- this City will be charged home. upon you, as well as upon the Ajfiz.ers^i Ye Counfellors, your Work will be rewarded : Ye Criminal Lordsj re- ! member, the Saints fiaH judge the Earth: And fhall fliortiy be in equal Terms with you j, and they flail Jl and upon Mount Zion with the Lamb, I and give their Confents againft you : And Ihall fhorrly cry, Hallelujah -J Hallelujah^ to your Condemnation^ And therefore I obteft.you, in the] Bowels of our LORD Jefus Chrift, that you will defift front your wicfc-1 cd Courfes, and ly in the Duft, and mourn for all your Abominations/] Except ye. repent*, ye jhall all likcwifcperifi . Ye ignorant and propbanp^ Drwokards, Swearers and Sabbath-breakers , repent, or elfe ytfidB Uke- Of JOHN WCOLM. ^ toifcperijb. And now I take my Farewel of all thzfericu* Seders of GQD, forafhort time .• And you that are calm, prudent Prof e [Tors,4 I leave you under Procefs, till you repent, for cafting off CHRIST, and fais Croft, and for bringirg up an evil Report on the good Land ^ and for nis^roib, anu iur vnngtrg vp an evil nepon on incgooa j^ana, ana ror your wronging of the Caufe. And ye Rulers , farewel for ever mote, without Repentance and deep Humilitaion, for wronging of CHRIST and his People. Return my Soul unto thy quietHefi. Farewel alrrrea- ted Comforts in Time : And welcome FATHER, SON and HOLY GHOST, into Thy Hands I commit my Spirit - Sic fubfcribiiur, ARCHIBLD ALISON. The dying TESTIMONY of Job* M'colme, Weaver in the Parifh of 'Dairy , in the Sherifdom of Galloway , wha fuffered Martyrdom at die Grafs-Merkat of Edinburgh) Augufi i. j, 1680. IDefirethe Audience of you, who are here SpeSlatort and Auditdrs^ to hear fome Words of a dying Man, ready to offer -up this Taber- nacle in your Sight, who would have it among my laft wifhesy That you would confider your Ways and your Doings, that are not goody and not harden your Hearts, as in the Provocation *, for ye have to do with an Holy GOD, who is quickly about to come in filming Fire , to take Vengeance on ah1 the ungodly prophane Perfons, who are living at Eafe in Zion^ and rejoicing in the Afflictions of the People of GOD. I would obteft you in the Bowels- of our LORD Jefus Chrift , that ye would break off your pernicious Ways , and make Peace with GOD, while he would make Peace with you \ left ye be deftroyed in the overflowing Flood of his' Wrath. There has been flockingsand ga- therings to fee others, who are gone before me, that have been wonder- fully countenanced, and owned with the evident prtfenceof GOD, con? vincingly helping fome to go through the Jawes ol Deathv rejoicing and looking profane On « lookers out of Countenance : And have given their Teftimonies againft the Abominations committed in the Land. And I am rome hither, who am the unworthieft of any, that has gone before me. Now before I come further , I would ask you •, WJiat you think of Re- ligion*, what think ye can it be, that makes Men goto Death with fo great Peace and Sweetnefs? Ye have heard what Malefactors have had to fay. Think ye not ftrange, that a rational Man can enter in upon Eternity, leaving fuch a Tcftimony as ye have heard ? And 1 hope the LORD will help me in lels or more to be faithful and free in leaving my F a Tefiimony ^ The laft Speech a»d Testimony Teftimony, in the Sight and pretence of him, who is the Sovereign Judge •fall the Earth , before whom Imuft fhndin a. fhort Time, The caufe of my coming here this day is, becaufe I was found with that poor perfecuted handful, which is the People that was fiogly Ad- hering to the Honour and Glory of GOD *, now when he is Threatning to bring in his fore Plagues upon this apoftate Church* that has played the Harlot with other Lovers, for which he will bring on indig- nation Wrath and Pain upon many. But this is^ ground of encourage- ment to the feekers of GGD, that he is keeping up a Party in the Land, that fe% it their Duty to contend for his Caufe and Interefl> and Kiall € overcome through the Blood of the Lamb, and by the word • of their Teftitnony -r who are not loving their Lives unto the Death; to contend for his Caufe and Intereft. For he hath Hud in the^th of Buh 16 Verfe, 4 Butthey'that efcape of them (hall efcape, and be 1 like the Doves upon the Mountains, mourning every oneCjof thenr3 for 1 his Iniquities. Nov/, I feeing and confidering upon the one hand what Treacherous dealings are hatched up among Minifters and Profef, fors in this poor Church, and on the other hand, conOdering. what the Lord had done formerly, I thought I was convinced in Confeience, and from- refpett to the Honour of GOD, which I had before mine Eyes , and the good of mine own Soul -7 I was conftrained by an in- fluence of the Spirit bearing in that word upon my Heart,, which we have I Kings 18. 21. c And £/#/*& camcunto all the. People and faid. € how long halt ye between two Opinions I if the Lord be GOD, then c follow him ; but if Baal be GOD, then follow him. The Lord De- termined me to Joyn my felf with that Party, and I do not repent it this day* I count it my Duty, and no Sin * nor Rebellion. 1 think it my Credite to ferve fuch a Noble Matter; and indeed I wonder at his Condefcendency that he ever fought Service from luch a wretch- ed Sinner as I have been v who lived a ftranger to him all my days j but O wonderful Love !; O I wonder at the matchlefs A&s of the Lord's Condefcendency and incomprehcnfible ways with me, that he has made choice of fuch a poor, weak, frail pickle of Duft as I am; and has led me out and in, and has brought me to this Place of Execution to give my Teftimony to his Work, Caufe and Intereft, and has' paffed by the Eminent, Wife and Prudent in the Land, and has made choice of fuch a fecklels nothing as I am ; but blcfTed be his glorious Name, that will have his word made out, that i out of the Mouths c, of Babes and Suckling* he can perfefl: his praife. ( 2. ) And this likewifeis a Ground of hope to you that are weak, and cannot venture on Suffering, being fenfible of your own weaknels \ to ths votah he in* sreafeth flrength. And this is an other Ground of hope,that he takes the Blood and Wevindscf poor weak things to Seal his Truths* It cannot be ?*pefted that I ffiall be very formal in what I fay, I being no Scholar,. nor ttr yet tld in Experience. And befides, after I had received my Sen- tence, I was taken out of a private Room, andjmt in the Irons among bad Company, except two days before this . The Ground of my In* dtttment was, that ' I carue againft the Kings Forces, and fired upon them, under the Command of Earljball. I declare I intended not tore- fid, but being pat to it in defence of theGofpel, and my own Defenca I did refift them to my Power, zdly, That ' I had been with that Par- L ty in the Months -of Aprily Mayf and June j I was but two days with them, intending no other thing, but to hear the Gofpel, and for this I Puffer, I blefs the LORD, not as an evildoer', but for my Duty \ For ye know we are all bound in Covenant both Kirk and State, accorj ding to the Coronation Oath, the Covenants were owned and Sworn? both by the Supreme Magiftrate, the Nobles, Gentry, and Commons cf all forts. Th9 Lord did wonderfully fhine upon this Land, fo that it be- came the Glory of the whole World*, the fame of it went Abroad, and was renowned through the Nations, I hare heard that if a Stranger of another Kingdom had come into a Church in this Land. There w fuch a frame of Spirit among the People, that the Stranger would h thought that they had been all Saints. The Church then c was fair as 1 the Moon, clear asthe Sua, and terrible as an Army with Banner?. But we have net been content with thefe Days, Then the 5wearer was bound up from Oaths, and the Drunkards Throat ran drie, iniquity doped her Mouth. The Lord was with his People in thofe Days*, the Gofpel wasSuccefsful. And yet I can fay, there have been as great days Df the Gefpel, in the Weft ofSzstiand, in the fore&id Months, in the Fields, as were in ScotlandRnce it was Scotland. lam furetbe Go Preached by Mr. Richard Cameron efpecially, was backed with the Power and Prefence of CHRIST, as much of CHRIST and Hen were found as finite Creatures on Earth were able to hold, y ■nore than they could hold *, the dreams ofthetivifjgWaters run through tmong His People at thefe meetings, like a flood upon the Souls of Many, who can witnefs if they were called to ;ir, that they would lot have been affraid of Ten Thoufands. ftk i ; r cf a King vmj >eard among them, the Fruits of it, I am hopeful!, ihall appear after his*, all the iroopersand Dragoons in the three Kingdoms, will utvvr jet that fire of Love that is kindled in the Breads of I that Country, quenched:, it will never be quenched. It will not pod: he Fathers will be telling the Children of ir, when they are Old Men rho are not taken away with the wrath that is tomiug on, to vtngethe quarrel ij a broken Covtvant. They will be telling t) in the Year 1680 there were as great Days, as :hcre are now -, v. there were Prcjati through thefe Lands, upon the . up and down this Weft ^ it was then that 1 g<:: 00 upon my Soul. And they lhall fry, who ^crc i 46 Tfje laft TeJliwonj\ in Moffcs and Mountains, and not in the Kirks norHoufes} did not all the Godly Minifters, when the Apoftate Prelats were in the Land, go out and witnefs and teftify againft them, with their Lives in their Hands? And the Fathers will fay, c Know, my Children •, they 1 had run weU for a Seafon *, but they wearied, and yielded up the 1 Churches- Liberties to a Tyrant King of the name oi Charles \ and * he fet uplhePrelats, and they made the Land full of Curates under c them*, and after that,fome that ftayed off awhile, then turned Coun* c cil-Curates, and thefe-Council Curates beguild the reft of them *, and * Eraltianifm was univerfai *, but the moderat indulged in Judgement c would have Silenced Mr. Richard Cameron from Preaching •, but the 1 Lord had (aid to him go, and 1 will go with thee^ and fohewas * wonderfully helped. Indeed the LORD countenanced i him after that \ 1 and deferted them, and he died a Martyr, and had his Head fet up c upon a port, befide other three of his Brethren and many of thefe * that wrote againft him, and had him in derifion, went away with * a ftink*, They will have this to fay and tell to the young ones yet * unborn *? the . Righteous Man (ball be had in everlafting remembrance. Indeed, my Friends, if any fuch be hearing me, I may fay truly a great Man in our IfiaelkW at jiirs-Mofs^ the 22^ of July 1680. And now if I were fet at liberty, with aprovifion that A were not found with Mr. Donald Cargily whom I pray the LORD may keep from fining, I would yet again joyn with that Perfecuted Party, altho* they mould ufe me as they did that eminently Worthy Gentleman -that Suffered before us. So I am not in the ^ark how and for what I Suffer. I am clear thet I. was in my. Duty, and I have peace in it fince, and I grow ftill clearer in it£ glory to His Name : For it is /true that after I got i my Indictment and received my Sentence, I wanted the Countenance j .of GOD y for I never knew that the LORD Loved me but fince that, time*, but I was never in the dark about the Righeoufnefs of the CaufeJ I knew it would bear a Suffering unto Blood and Death. And now lam clear of my Intereft, and clear as to the Grounds that I am laying down my Life for this Day. I could wifh that every hair of my Head were a Life for His fake, and his Perfecuted Caufe. I die! in the laith of the c True Proteftant Religion in Doctrine Difci pi in e,j and Worfhip, as it was received in the Year 16.38 and in the YearJ 1649. I joyn my adherence to the Government of this Church as it- was reformed from Poperie , Prelacie, Eraftianifm^ and Supremacies And I joyn my cordial teftimony to the Church's Laws and Statuteil at that time, as She was Governed by * General Aflemblies, Synods, ' Presbyteries, Vifitations and Seflions* And to Days of Humiliation 1 for Sins, Solemn Days of Thankfgiving in receipt of Mercies beftowv .ed, and Genfuresfor trying out Perfons of Erroneous Principles, either Minifters or Privat Perfons. I adhere to the c Confeffion of Faith, Of JOHN MCCOLM. 47 the Larger and fhorter Catechifm , the Solemn Acknowledgement $f fins and Engagement to Duties \ the National and Solemn Ltagutjmdi- Covenant, and the Proteftation at St. Johnftoun. I joyn my Teftimony to, and approbation ofthefePapersat Queensferrie the third of June 1680. I adhere to that faithful Teftirwony at Rutherglen the 29 of May 1 679. I joy my Teftimony to that last Jeftimonie or Declaration, affixed upon the Mercat Crofs of Sanquhar the 22d. of June 1680. I Witnefs my Tef • timony to the late appearance at Airf-mofs the 22d. of July 1680. Where the Lord's worthies felf. Likewife, I witnefs my Teftimony, and fet to my Seal againfl that horrid Murder of that Eminently worthy and fa-- imous Godly Gentleman David Hac&ftvun of Rathil/et. Likewife againfV all the Blood (hedin Fields, Scaffolds, and the Sea thefe 19 >years. And I enter my Proteftation againfl: Poperie, Quakerifm, Suprtmacie, Erafti; anifm Indulgences , Firftandlaft, and againft Arbitrarie pjwer, over Civil and Ecclefiafljck matters, further than the»bounds appointed in the- word of GOD. Likewife, I witnefs my Teftimony againfl the Plead- ers for Vnion,fiding, joining, halfing with the V/urpers of Chnsls Crown \ filenct in Watch-men, and all their contrivances, Impofitions, inftru£ti- ons or Limitations, they put upon the young Men' to be licenciate •, Pre- ferring a rule to them, to order their Miniftry fo andfo-, their Papers, and Pamphlets they have put out lately, to lead Men over. to that woful. Indulgence, under the fair, pretext of Union *, which is dreadful under- hand dealing, to bring the people under the fhaddow of the Lords Adver-. faries. I enter my Proteftation againfl that National Declaration put forth in the year 1661, and all their Declarations fince, and all rheir Bonds and Oaths impofed upon the Loid's people. .Likewife again ft tlifc paying of the Cefs, and Militia Money :, and againft their Imprifonments* Stigmatizing, Booting and Burning with Fire Matches, fining and con* fining, Robing and fpoiiing, Binimment,Oppfeftion, Rigour of Matters of Tolbooths: And becaufe of that miftake,. that they (ay in my Indict- ment that Presbyterians, and I amcrvgft the reft-, had caft off all fear of GOD, and are againft all good order and Civil Law, I declare, I adhere to Kingly Government *, but not to perjury and Tyranny, turning up fide down Church and.State, contrare to th-3 ^word of GOD, our Covenants, and the Laws of the Nation,and contrare to the Declaration at Dumfermling, the Coronation Oath, and the A&s of the General Ajfemblx, and A£b of Parliament, ratifieing Presbyterie, and abjuring this Prelatick Hierarchic, which is now reeslablijjjed, and Prtsbitery+e[cindcd\ And I bear my Teftimony againft thofe that have been and yet are pleading for the favour ( as they call it ) of the Aft of Indemnity, after the Murthering of Mr. King and Mr. Kid who were execute that Dai that the Proclamation was read over the Crojs the \\ day of August 1679. And againft their Justiciar? Courts, to infnare anl Fanncl the poor'peoplc of GOD in the Weft of Scotland, ■ 4* :.Th§ UJl Tffflmo*/. I fliall draw to i clofe ftiortly *, but I might ( if I had time ) enlarge further upon thefe. I will fay only this to you, who are looking upon me this day, That my lot is hard, but I bids the Lord for it i i the Cap; * tain of my Salvation was made perfeft through fuffering, No Man has wronged me by Counfel or advice, for lam perfuaded that the Caufe is the Lord Jefus Chrifts caufe, and he will own it. 4 And whofo c touches any of his people, touches the apple of his Eye. For he fends 1 ndne a Warfare, upon their own Charges, and in his own time, he c will make inquifition for the Blood of all his Saints, becaufe it is <: right precious in his fighr. And when he makes Inquifition after theif Blood, and fearchcs them out that troubled his people, I would not be the King ofi?n>/*/«noraCounfellour, Prelate, or Malignant, for a World} and whatever I be, yet I am perfuaded, c They have the .Blood of hi$ * dear Saints in their Skirts, which are this day under the Altar, crying, 1 how long OLord holy and juft wilt thou not avenge our Blood on them, 1 that dwell on the Earth / You got Mr. Kings advice on the Scaffold to be more (paring of fhedding more Blood*, for within a fhort time, he told you, he would be on equal terms with you, that judged him guilty of Death ", But that doth not warn the Rulers of this Kingdom. Do, not think that I am quarrelling for the taking of my Blood *, No its love to your Souls, that obliges me to fpeak thus. O/ what can be expected, but that the Lord has his Sword furbifhed for Blood, and he will have* day of Nobles Blood, theLord has been touting and wounding his Church and people, and Blood has touched Blood, ■PentlandhiHs hath touched Mr. Cutheries Blood j and Bothwel touched Pent land, and the drowned in the Sea touched Bothwel *, and Airfmois^ the drowned in the Sea*, and our Blood toucheth that which was fbilt the 22d oTjuJyhft: O! that at laft ye would be perfuaded to defift *, and fpill no more Blood, O that the Lord himfelf would flop the effufion of more innocent Blood, if it may fUnd with his honour ! But if any more may be for his honour and fervicci Lord keep thy people, when they are called to it, to fay with David here am /, let him do with me as feemeth him good. Iamalfoapprehenfire, That the LORD hath a great Sacrifice of the Bodies of Multitudes, and that he will give the Flefh.and Blood of ma- ny to the Fowelsof the Air*, and he minds to give the Fowels and Birds a Feaft of Flefh and Blood. O Scotland}, wilt thou never be made wife, until thou be betrayed into the Hands of thine Enemies ? Truly 1 think it's incredible, That this Land will get Leave to pafslong, and not be fweeped with the Befom cfjufiice: The LORD is really angry.with this Land *, for I know no Perfon, no not one, but he has a iufi Ground of Controverfie with, ft is aftoniihing to me to think on the fparingMer- cies of GOD towards thefe Lands. For my Part, lam glad* that he calls me away after this Manner, Jor which I defire with my Soul to hiek him, for hisKindnefs to me, in taking this Method and Way with fuch a X Of JOHN M'COLM. A9 i wretched Sinner, as I am, who defenre nothing but Wrath, and only Wrath : But Glory to the Riches of his free Grace, who came into the World to fave Sinners, of -whom I am chief: He is a noble High Priefi indeed. I muft draw to a Gore : I intreat your Patience a little, and f (hill fay but thefe three or four things ihortly, Firft. I wo»ld intreat you, thrtare Strangers to GOD, make hafte and flee in unto GOD for your Life*, from this Confideration, That all who had Union and Com* reunion with GOD > and are now landed in Glory, have died in the Faith *f it, that there are glorious Days coming , and that the LORD rwili reckon with his Enemies, and pay them liberally, for all the Wrong* ttone unto his Caufeand People. And it fiall come to pafs in that Day, that the LORD fljall punijh the Ho ft of the high Ones, that are on the Earth% and the Kings of the Earthy upon the Earth ', thtyjhall be gathered together j dtPrifoners are gathered into the Pit, and fjaH be Jhut upinthe trifon, and aftermany Days they Jhall be vifited', then the Moon (kail be tonfounded% and theSunafhamed, when the LORD Jhall reign over Mount Zion and Jerufalem, and before his Ancients glorioufly. Yoa may read it at your leafure in the 24 Chap, of Ifai. from the 21 V. totheEnd* There is another Word in the 36 of Job 18 V. It is a Word of Advice, given by Elihu to Job, Becaufe there is Wrath, beware left he take you sway with a Stroke j then a great RanCom cannot deliver you. i/y. it?s myComfort this Day, That my Enemies are GOD%s Enemies. it n the Allowance hebeftows on poor Things, In the following of their Dttty ", though they have not much Knowledge in Religion, nor great Experu ence ; ytt if they be faithful in the little, he helps them to be faithful in much. Ye know, he fays, Becaufe thou baft been faithful in what 1 committed to thee, have thou Pule over Five Cit res. 1 know, that it is commonly reported, ?hu they have not much Grace, that adhere to this perfecuted Way *, as I take in my felf amongft them, who never had great Gifts, nor Parts, nor Heart Experience *, yet he has told me, fince I receivedthe Sentence of death by Men who are the Lord's Sword, that faithfulnefsinthisjunitureoftime,innot denyingof his Name, jhall be an excufefor many Infirmities. Among alt the itrong contenders, none get the prize but the fincere Man , the refolute Man , and they who are de- termined, as Efther was, to go, tho* it fhculd coft them their Life. And this is the time that the people of GOD fhould be at holding and drawingc *ug£ing and riving er'ethe Enemies of our Lord pofTefs his Crown, ana bruik it with peace. And this I muft add to thefe that are byaflcd, I (ball bet dying Witnefs againft Miniftersand Profeflbrstbat made it their Workto&randandcloath that faithful Minifterand Martyr of JESUS CHRIST withedious names and notorious Lies,in calling bim a Jefuite^t faying that He received the Pope's Gold, and that He was a great Favou- rite of the Duke of Ttrk a declared Papift, which I know, and many &■ imnent Chriftians know,that he luted bin as t limb of Satan, & alfo they G 1 ;c Jo The Ujh Sfeecb Wr ifr^ j I Blefsthe LORD, that ever I few his face, and that ever I heard him preach. $\y Give me \h lay this much*, I am affraid the Apoftacy of Scotland ,the Neutrality & For- mality, that is among both Mim&ersaund. Profejfors, have fliapen cut this Church &Land of Britain, in Length and Breadth with the Church of Laodicea, whom the LORD threatens tofpew out of His Mouthy as a Loathfome thing,andthen he will have Pieafure in his Zion, Yet ye fee he is fnedding down iGuthery^ Walwood, a King,iKid, iBvoxvn and a Ca+ meron, and the like of a Henry Hall and a Robert Dick, that were con- tending for the Truth, and for reftor#ng the-Priviiedges of the Church. And thefe were counted Disturbers of your Sinful Vnion with the Ene- mies of the LORD. Lay it to Heart '0 now their Blood is &ed for the Caufe, and ye are not free of it •, but ye can wipe your Mouth, and fay ye are innocent. Remember that in the 50th PJalm and 18/^. When thou favosd a Thief, thou joinedfi^cvith him: And thk the LORD hath feen and kept Silence : Remember, and mourn for it, left he tear you. in Pieces, whsnthereis none to deliver: The Court Favour is too fhort a: Covering , it will not hide you .* Therefore as a dying Man 1 warn you as from the LORD, Confider your Ways and your Dotvgs, that have not been good, andcaft your felves out of the Court Favour, othefc- wifel declare ye (hall not get the Favour of GOD. 4/y. If ye will fet about fome Days of Humiliation before the LORD , and take with you your Sins, and the Sin of crying up this Clatty Liberty wh/ch is the Price of Blood : * If ye will return unto the LORD, then return tvith 4 all your Heart -, for he is merciful and gracious, and repents him of th* * Evil, that he threatens, neither will he give w?.y to his Anger. f-fcfc did fo to me. I no fooner began to look to him ', but he made me welcom and put me to Work, though I be but young and know nothing;- He was tender of me, he took me to Bothw el- Bridge to own hti Caufe ^ and I had many Tentatlbns to ftay , what from my Mother, and from one Hand and another} but I durit not for my Soul ftay behinde-,. I thought it my Duty to joyn my felfwith that Party, againft the LORD'S £ne. mies , and the LORD was good to me there many ways; He covered 7»y Head in the Day of Battel, and fuffered not one Hair of my Head to fall to the Ground, and he (uffered many better than me a thoufand Times, tofali on all hands of me *, fo I thought then I held my Life of bim*, and the LORD brought me to the Cray Friers-Church Yard, tho' I came almoft naked , yet he mounted me better than ever I was before' with Cloaths, and wonderfully provided for me, beyond many others; I blefs the LORD, my Mother's Sicknefs did not keep me from Both- ml Bridge* And when I was in the Cra^FriersChurch-Tard, I was threatened Of Mr. JOHN M'COLM. jj* threatened with Death by the Juftict General, who (wore a great Oath, that I fhould die, if I would not take the Band. I told him, as it Was true, That many better than I had been hanged} but f was brought out of his Hand, and the LORD tock-me to the Sea, and did deliver m* from the Ragings thereof, when he fuffered many better to lofe their Lives. And when he laid his Hand upon me by Sicknefs, he made ms to be favoured by all my Enemies*, hfrhealed me, and brought me home, .and then he called me out to hear the Gofpel -, for which I defire to blefe him \ and within a little while, 1 (hall praifehim for it. The LORD was fo feen amongft his perfecuted Handful ther«j that he did engage me to joyn with them, who were hazarding their Lives upon the Fields for him, I was at that late Engagement, and the LORD took fome Work oft" my Hand there: And has brought me to this Place this Day, to lay down my Life for his Sake *, and this is the laft Corn- bate I ftia 11 have •, I (hail work no more, I fhall fuffer no more, I fhaH fear no more, I fhall fin no more : I mufl take my Leave of you all , and (b reft in his Love. I go where all Tears flail be wiped away ', Where the Servant is made free from his Matter* To the Land where tin -Inhabi- tants flail not fay they are Jick. Now be not difcouraged at the Ways of of GOD's Providence to me •, for I can afllire you the Caiife Is"~tiTr"$vYn, and he will own it: Fer lo t Line Enemies flail perifl. I would have e- ▼ery one ofyoufeeking the Favour of GOD*, for ye will have ado with it at Death and Judgment : The greater* Perfecutor or Malignant Will have fore miffing of His Favour in that Day. O feek him in time ! And the LORD help his poor young wreftling People well through their Trials ; the LORD help them to be faithful, and to endure to the End; for they have the Promife of being faved. Joyn with his People, and caft in your Lot with them, and donot fland on the other fide: Let Hk Caufcbzyour Caufe^ in Well and Woe. O noble Caufe ! O noble Work/ O nobte Heaven ! O Noble Chrift, that makes it to be Heaven! And he is the Owner oftiieVVork: O Noble Mediator of the New Cove- nant! O Noble Redeemer, who is powerful to help in Time of need^ and will helpfuch as truitin him. There was never one that truited in him, that came to Lois. ITj made them ay up, fometimes with an hundred fold in this Life, and Heaven afar. I lay down my \\k%not at an evil doer, but tfl afujferer for t 'all fay no more, but a word, or two. One is anenr tint which (owe would be informed Id, whither I tt k . i tj tendered U omrs. I acknowledge there was a StitplkMirti drawen up, containing two A> . clesy One wascraring the ty4 The fecomi Was, that I fhould not lift Arms my in lawful Auth ty : But becaule it was- not7 A'ut haru Jul Authority, it was not granted. And at that tim. is taken by (ui TonsofNote, that perfwaded Men to take the £*nd' as it was. tend**? G i ci £* The lafi Speech and TeHimony ed by the Bloody Counfel. Indeed it hath been a thing heaver th*n Saod to me, and hath made me groan. I think tor that, and many other private failings, the Lord did notgive me his countenance \ The Lord pardon that, as I hope he will vthat I fhould have, pat my hand to a pea and blacked paper in that Supplication', but for the Bond, I blefs the Lord, I did not fobferibe it. The fecond thing, I am reputed guilty of is, That Ipupplicatedfor a delay fome flxort timt, and that I called it Re* belli** thill wis &tj4irfmoJs: Indeed I fubferibed no fuch thing, but it was only this, that it might pleafe them to grant us fome more time, for we were in confufion, becaule of the ihortnefs of the time •, we defired fome more time, that we might get our Souls cafe laid to .heart, and our peace made with GOD, through Jeius Chrift. I fhall fay no more, fcttt wifh that ye would all feek Repentance in time, before it be hid from yo»r Eyes. I recommend my Soui and Spirit to him, that is able to fave to the utter mo ft all that come to him through Chrtfi \ and de* fire to take my leave of all created comforts. Farewell all Relations, farewell World, fare weil Sin. Welcome Chrift, welcome Heaven, and. Glory for ever more. Sic Subfcribkur John JWcolme* The Laft Teftimony of James Skew, Brother to the Laird of Skeen, who Suffered at Edinburgh December i. u68oi His Interrogations and Jn/wers before the Privj Council^, related bj himfelfy in a Letter to his Brother,. T\Ear BiUie — To fatisfie your defire, I fend, you this Line, to let I J- you know, That when I came before the Council, ( Tork and fiothefs being there, two Bi (hops, viz.. Burnet and Paterfyn, the Advocate Clerk Pat erfon% Linlithgow and many more^ Sitters and Stand- ers, Dalzicl the General being Porter, walking proudly up and down, not as a Servant), none was admitted to come in with me: 1 faluted them all Civilly, andkeepedoffmy Hatbecaufe they keeped offj that they might not fay that I was a Quaker. Rothefs asked me, Was I at Bothweilot Airfmofi! I anfwered, I was at home in the North both there time* They asked, if I did own Sanq uhair Declaration, and the Teftimony at RuthergUn ? I told them, I did own them both. He asked, didLowntke King's Authority ? I faid in fo far as it was againft the Covenant and Intereft of Chrift* I di fawned it. He asked, me, thoughtl knot a finful Murther, the Killing of the Arch- Prelate* I tfaid, I thought it was their duty to kill him, when God gave them Op- foxteraty -, for he had been the Author of much Bloodfned. They asked pe* why I carried. Arms, I told them, I was for felf Defence, and the Defence JAMES S^jL'EA; 5* Defence of the Gofpel They asked me, why I poifbned my BaH ? I told them, I wifhednone of them to recover whom jr Shot, He a?ked me why I carried a Durk ? I told them, they might ask Mr/ George M'ken- *.*>, if it was not oar Country- Fafbion •, and he prefently told the Chancel- lor that it was fo. They asked,if I knew Cargii ? I faid it was my comfort 1 knew him. Then they reproached him* and me for converting with him. I faid, I hlefled GOD he gave me fweet Peace in k. They asked, would I Kill the Soldiers, being the Kings / I faid it was my duty if I could, when they perfecutedGOD's People. They asked, if I would Kill any of them?I faid they were all ftated Enemies to our Lord Jefus Chrift, and by the Declaration at Sanquhair^ I counted them my Enemies. They asked, if 1 would think it duty to Kill the King. I (aid he had ftated himfelfan Enemy to God's intercft, and there was War declared againtt: him: I faid the Covenant made with God was the Glory of Scotland *7 tho they unthankfully counted it their fhame. Aad in direct Terms I faid to the Chancellor. I have a. Parchment at Home, wherein your Fathers name is \ and you are bound by that as* well as 1. They asked why I called the Chancellor Sir <* I faid,SlR^, was t Title for a King, and it might ferve him. The Chancellor asked, if I knew His Royal Highnefs ? I faid I never fa w fuch a Perfon. Turk looks out by, for he fat in the Shadow of Bifhop Gurnet j and faid why did I wifh the King fo ill ? I told, I wiih no ill to any j but as they were in oppofkion to GOD, I wiftied them brought down. And he fpokei no more. The Chancellor faid •, would I not adhere to the Alls of Parliament of this Kingdom ? I faid I would not own any of them which, were in oppofition to GOD and his Covenant. Mr. M kenz,ie (M) if the King were Riding by in Coach% would ye think it no Sin to Kill him? 1 faid by the Sanquhair Declaration there was War declared againft him,andfo he needed not put that inQueftion.SoMr. A^kenz.ie came out by to the Barr and (aid lknow, your Relations and mine are Sib: be ingenuous in all 'that is demanded of you*, and I will Save you from Torture. I faid, Sir, I know you, and ye know jiie and my Relations, I have been as free and Ingenuous as I could imagine, becaufe I reckon it my Credit, and my Glory to give a fuH and free Confeffion for my BlefTed Lords in tereft, that is reproached and born down. They asked me where I faw Cargii laft f I (aid I met with him la ft in the rVefix£ow to my Comfort: They asked me who were owners of the Houfc ? I faid 1 really could not tell them, 1 knew them not. They faid would I know the Houfe ? I faid, yes, they fiid would I fhow it to fonae whom they would fend with me/ I told dthem I was free in what concerned my felf, but fo hurt any elfe^ I could not marr my peace with GOD, but if they wereadvertifed to go out of the Houfe I mould (how it them. Then they defired me to go my ways. The General opened tbe Door, and rounded in my Eai,: 7* ^4 The Lift Speech *nd Testimony ye mud go down with fotue Soldiers and (how. them that Houfe. / faid, /will not do it t« hurt any \ thefe /ndwellers mull be advertifed tP flee the Houfe firft. Then I was ordered to the Guard, which was of Linlithgow's Soldiers/ which took me, and walkedfafter Archibald Stuart and John Sprout who were examined ) to the Tron, and back to the Counfel Houfe of the Town. I being alone, and only fix Soldiers with me. I took me t* Prayer and was comforted j and then fent Money for Meat and Drinks and then Worfhiped in publick with the Soldiers. At Night a Perfon from J — ■■ kindly wakened me, and brought me Bread and Ale, and Sugar and fome confecled Carvel. After that I was carried to -a Committee, where were prefent the Chancellour, Hattoun, Pat erf on^ Juftice'ClerlJVigtoun and Linlithgow : And they (howed me two Letters of mine to Mrs. Sympfon. Wherein I owned the Declaration at San-' quhairfxiti told,l would do much to perfwade many that it was juft/rona Mr. M-i\uardys Advice that was given to the Prifoners. I owned the Letters, and told them, I did what I could to diflwade ProfefTors from paying them Cefs, which they ordered for bearing down the Gofpel •, at which they Laughed. The Chancellour faid, why did I not caH him Lord ? I told him, were he for CHRIST'S intereft, I would honour him. Then he faid he cared not for my Honour •, but he would have me to know he was Chancellour, I faid I knew that. He faid, I was not a Scots Afan but*. Scots Beaft. At whichWigtoun gloomed at him, and he Laughed. He then rounded to me,, that he would be my Friend, would I be ingenuous. I told him, I wifbed him no ill. They asked me, what Mr. William Alexander was it, I wrote of/ /faid Mr. Vater* Jon the Bifhop, and Mr. Rofs at Glafgow knew him, and perfecutedhirn unjuftly. • /then related to them how it was. P of this Clouds me much. I amfo unworthy a Wretch. /a?n, Dear B Mi e. Tour unworthy Friend and. Loving- Brother. : Skeen. From my Lcrd^epus His Houfe, which He has made a Sweet Palace; •therein He /hews me His wonderful free Love, the viols Fri/ln above the Iron Houje, in the high Tolbooth of Edinburgh, November 1080. I told the Chancellor the Caufe was jufl n and rcere Excommunicate \ i ho I was not there, yet Another Letter from Mr. James Skeen to all P Shire of Aberdeen, efpecially Mr. William Alexander, Mr. William Mitchel, *nd Mr. John Watfon my aeat acquaint- avers. Being the Ufi Teftimony for the bite/eft of Chrijl from James Skeen now in cloje Prlfon for Chrift's Interejf, Tolbooth of Edinburgh. D Ear f r tends i"—- The Lord having dealt fo gracioufly with wonderful free love, as to bring me to the love ilhiuifct, Truth, and defpifedlnterelt, as that lie engaged m Covenant with himfelf, which by Lis honouring me to make me a 1 oner to evil Men for his defpifsd intereft, he has evidently confirmed to ne, that he accepted of my bargain with himfelf, whvn moft un\ nd wretched j Tho' many times by reafon of a prevailing body of i: d'."~ j6 The hjl Speech mi Testimony death, 1 provockcd him to caft the Bargain j yet ftill by new obfrgatt- ©ns, he engaged rae to renew it. My mercy has been great, that pro- vidence ordered Tome time my coming South, .where molt fufferinghas been for our Lord \ and lor that reafon, mod light has been gives to Profeflbrs here, that they might fee what was clear d*tym thefe Trying, •Tempting and b&ckfiiding times* And when ever tfce Lord helped me to fee our Covenant Obligations , which are the Glory of Scot land, /was ferious andzealous, ye know, toimpart to all of you, whom Iwas acquaint with; The Lord always making my love to him to abound, I thought no Travel ill wared, or any hazard too great on any occafion, whereby I might propagate his defpiied intereft among you. You know how much / have contended with you for paying of itiiicurfed CV/i, ordered by the Convention ofEftateSy for bearing down the Golpel. As/ was honoured to witnefs againft it at a Committee onSaturday laft at night, you are not aware how you bring the Blood of Saints on your heads, by this Obedi- ence* to the Stated Enemiesofour Lord Jefus Chrift,your oppofing of that which was, and i» the Judgementof the moft tender Profeflbrs, in with: drawing from Indulged Minifters *, and from thefe Minifters that favour- ed them, andfo did not, nor would notdeclare againft tire /ndulgence ats-aSin, that moft Hainoufly and Rebellioufly Dishonours our BlefTed Lord as head of the Church, and fets up a Tyrannous Ufurper in his place, was a particular 7 much contended with manv of you, in my hearing you pleading for a finful Union, with thefe who have confpired to dethrone our Blefled Lord ^fome of you oppofed that which was art honourable Teftimony for our Lord at Rutherglen, and that Declaration fit Sanquhair \ and the Teftimony or Covenant that was taken at the Quecnsftrrie, calling thefe rafh and inconfiderate whom the Zord called out, to be valiant contenders for his Truth and intercfl, whicbisnow contemned by a wicked Apoftate Generation, and to leal all of them with Blood ', by all thefe the Lord has been calling his people to xrome from a- mong Babils Broody itscurfed Brood, who by many lubtil fatariical ways. ;What by Prtlacie, Quakerifin, Arminianifm, Latitudinarians and In- dulged Minifters^ and Minifters and Prcfeflbrs, that love fo their quiet, that they will not declare againft, and decline that UTurping Traitor on the Throne Charles Stuart, and all the Gurfed crew of pretended Ma- gi ft rates in Scotland, having forefaulted their rigfrt of Government, as appears by their wicked and unparalleled Apoftacy from that Solemn ^League and Covenant upon that Foul pretext *, that we are not in a pro i)able capacity to extripate them, or put them out of Office-, when in our place and ftation, we give cur witnefs againft thefe Ufurpations, we To tar conted for GQD, and witnefs for his troden down and defpifed in-, tereft, and teftiMe our unwillingnefs, that our Lord fhould totally give up with this poor Land, O this has been many times a fad Jieart to me, jeha¥eloQkedmoretotheaedit€ofA!en,.than tire glory of our great Lord Of Mr. J4vi:s Skein Gent: $j Lord God. I feat this Teftimcny be inacceptable and hazardous to yoa to maintain *, facade of that they call Ireajon in it} But ah I there is f o much done to advance a mortal! Creature, a'ftated Enemy to Chrift •, * farious hafty cruel Murtherer of GOD's Saints, that there is fear of dif" owning of GOD, and a palpable denying of him before Men, when you own there Tyrannous Oppreflburs. Your Eftates you cannot part with*, ycurcredite and pleafure, and your quiet in theWorld, you wifl not part with. You will rather imagine arguments tocheat your felves, in defending your practices, that are clear breaches of Covenant, ifyour tao -great carnal love to the World did not blind you, and your unwil- lingness to quite your Life for Chrift, which foon will come to an end, however with lefs comfort than you would certainly have when you adventure all for our BleflTed Lord. As for yQ\iJAuAlexandcr% I may fay, I have found you willing on good information, to be ior tender cleaving to yoar dear Mafter, and bad information making it a queftion, if it wasDuty to dethrone the pretend- ed King, which Mr. T.//. andMr. R. M,Q^ oppofing byafTed you from that principal Duty *, by which we are fingularly known to be true Covenanters, and leave thefe that are blind, and follow your dear Ma- tter, in the Duties he calls his People to •, and he will own them, and / am perluaded he has owned them who have owned him in this Duty, You did quarrel at Field- Meetings, Enemies ordering againft them, and confenting that Houfe- Meetings be enjoyed \ but here is your Tefti- mony, when you keep the Fields, you declare that our Lord's Church has Liberty to keep hit Meetings and Ordinances, where fhe pleafes, and ought not to be at the arbitriment of Men To Mr. Mitckcl I fay, /have had a great efteem of you for a true lover of Piety ^ And/ doubt nor, the Lord has fealed your Miniftry fometimes, and feme WitnefTes of it / have known *, But O Sir, what a fearful Snare are you in, by complying with Curats in hearing them, and taking both Sacnments off their Hands / Oh if ye quite not all carnal Love to the World, to Credir, and Friends, that will oppofc your coming off, the Ha7 3rd is great,the Lord may Rank you with them, that have oppofed the rifingof.his Kingdom: However /tmfurehe will make you mourn for it, and / douhr ( if ye (hortly come not from that accurfed Crew J thittbe Lord will fend you a (brer Trj than Sufferers for him meet wi:h. To Mr. Watfon i Write this as my laft Teftimony, O ! now un- laithfulis his Miniftry / He dare nor, tor fear of lofing his Miniftry^ icclare againft the hainou.s Breach jfCovenant by all the Pretended Ma-. »iftrates in the Land. / gr<\nt your i - fie* things was much me-withmy own. O Sir, quite Men -j Chrift's Way and nterefl: ", clfe you will never be clear in frttths ; as thcIORDlet* >ut Li&ht and inTeafeth it. And th;.>. i iaadful to b : 5'S The lafi Speech and Tefiimony ed to walk in darknefs, and fo t>e in Oppofrtion to our bleffedLOilD ■•' O let Love to the LORD JESUS CHRIST aflfuredly overcome you, and then admiring of Men and cleaving to them who are out of CHRIST'S Way, will be no fmall Matter, but a hainous fin. Oh ! wiU you ad- venture your Salvation on it, to cleave to them who are reproaching our* LORD his People and intereft, by mixing in with the curfcdCuratcs,, that Perfon ye cleave to, draws on him the Guilt of alJ the Saints Blood that is fhed in Maintaining his intereft and Covenant, whofe Judgment you cannot decline, he being Judge of all the World. Ye may fay much every oae of you that know me : I was many times negligent of a tender walking by feeking of Settlement, and if that had been my Lot ye had not heard of this Teftimony, You know every .one of you, this Teftimony / gave you formerly, even when with. you, I many times wifhed from my Heart the LORD would not order a Settlement to me among you. My Heart was broken with your lukewarmnefs and indifferency. And this I Teftified to feveral of you, and I rather, dmfed, I laid often, to be a Sheepkeeper in the South, wherelmight be encouraged in Godlinefs, than to live in Pomp and Eafe at Home with an ill Confcience ^and when I came away la(t, /was forry at my purpofe of leaving Scotland^ when / heard aU were agreeing to.Apo- ftacy, in my Judgement then, from our bleft Covenanted GOD, an4 I was. determined for Ireland then, being ill informed of every one of the Kingdoms, there not being a people tenderly owning the Covenant in Ireland , but all fome way owning the Ufurper Charles Stuart j but in poor Scotland here in the South, / found a poor handful, and bat, one faithful Minifter, whom the Lord called out, ws..Mr. DonaldQdrgily to be his Meffenger to his people, and give Witnels agalnft the Apo- ftacy of Minifters and. ProfeiTors : Even thofe who were great Lights in. the Land are now in obfeurity, and avowedly reproaching our Lord's, intereft and People } whom yet the Lord will cloath with fhame and make theirPeacfr they boaftof,and quiet deep to their great confounding. As for the call I have to fuffer, 1 found it my only peace to quite Thoughts of \uland) that 1 might not be involved in their Guilt of denying to have our LORD JESUS Chrift to be King over them. O ! that poor Party 1 find only for maintaining his Prerogative Royal, to which 1 am joyned. Mr. Donald Cargil being the only faithful AmbafTador our Lord has in Scotland. 1 following the Ordinances on Friday 1 all ', .-being as well armed for defending the Gofpel and myfelf as 1 could, beyond expectation -a Party of Linlithgow's Soldfersis fent out to my Lodging, and not dreading danger in the Day-time 1 thought our Perfcutors had never heard of my Name: 1 was apprehended, and now at laft brought hither to ck'f~ Prifon, the Lord having honoured ine to give an ample Teftimonv bef.-ve the Council and Lords of Ju- diciary for my wronged Lord Jefus, and fuppofing 1 muft Seal it with my Of Mr* James Skeen Gent. -39 my Blood, 1 leave this Teftimony toyou my Friends and Acquain- tances in Aberdeen Shire, and Subscribe* it, November 17, 1680. Jt S. From ray delegable Prifon in which my Lord hasallowed me his peace and Presence, and comforted me with that, 1 (hall reign with Him Eternally, for I am His and bought^ with his precious Blood. To his "Friend, and Fellow-Frifoner N. MT much honoured Friend in CHRIST, I give it under my Hand. I have no Caufe to rue my fweet Bargain. His Crofs is eafie and light yet \ and that which is raoft terrifying, I hope he will make comfortable. Olovely LORD! what could make him to chufe me, to ftfffer for Him ? What is all the World to me if His Honour be at the 4hke? if His Honour be advanced by my death O happy me! I have often times wished a fuffering Lot, / heard and faw fo much of God's Goodnefc, that I thought the Crofs and Comforts in Chrift could not be (eparated \ And I have no ReaTon to complain,the*LORDisoft the Joy of my Heart, that I am forced to wonder atit \ leaving further troubling you, hoping you will be as good as your Word. Be much in Prayer, for thefe two or three Days. It's likely on Thnrjdav next, I will need no Help of Pray- ers, being come to the Immediate Vifioa of my LORD, to fee him as be is*, I will be ftupifird, as it were , and amazed at it. If his Merits were not of infinite Value, I might queftion, what would I do ? But he kas promiied, That I mail reign with him. J A. SK&EN. To his Friend and Pellow-prifoner.iV. MY dtar Fritnd in CHRIST, I received your's, encouraging me to hold on in my bleiTed LORD'S Way, which he hath pa- thed to me. 1 am riot unmindful of you, as / can, and I defire you to pray, that none may offend at the LORD'S In tereft for me, there being Willingnefs on my part to Cuffer , the' iuftly they cannot condemn m« j for they offer rac a Delivery , if /would (ubmit to the Dukes and Council^ Mercy ', but it is evidently often feen, that the tender Aferciet of the wicked are Cruelty. I find no Liberty to deny my LORD, for f^ear of Death. I hope he will make up my Lofs in himfelf: All 1 can defire of you, it, to pray much for me, that the LORD will own me, for his own Caufe , before the Adverfaries, and in my Diflblu'tion. 1 wifli the LORD to comfort his People, and tenderly own his defpiitd U- tereft. Mr. Car flares (aid, He was aftnmed of that Principle we main- tained *, and that we were not found Presbyterians *, aad wifhed the &.ORD to prefeive him from the like. I am no whit troubled at this, H z I iSo The la ft Speech >and Teftimony \ I blefs my LORD. They would have me conferring with him. I fad, I would not notice him if he came near me. Tell my Friend, 1 would have written, but had no Time. I wrote Yefter-night to him. 1 need both your Kelps by Supplications, and ftrang Crie_s to theLORDy to cary me cleanly through the Valley and.Shadow of Death', 1 muft leave here-, wiming the LORD to bear you up under all Trials-, I thought ye mould have been in Eternity before me \ but now I think I fhall leave you on the Vallies, when I (hall arrive at the bleffed Har- bour. I am, dear Friend, your well Wifher and CHRlTS's Prifoner J. 5. P. S. A Double of myConftffons you may have from aFriend, whom IJhaU defire to fend it to you, I got my Summ^nas for Eternity, with Sound ofjrumr pet Yesternight , and my Indi&ment with < five Shouts of the Trumpet, and Purfevants in their Coats, at J "even of the Clocks w& a grave fight j but my LORD helped me^ not te be affraid at it *, fince all was from him. The UJi Speech and Testimony of Mr. James Skeen, Brother to the Laird of Skeen ; which he intended to have delivered i on the Scaffold* December i/? 1680. DEar People, I am come here this Day, to lay down my Life, for.- * owning Jefus drift's defpis'd Intereft, and for averting that He is a King, and for averring, that He is Head of His own t Church, and-has not delegated or deputed any, either Popey King or- Council, to be His Vicegerents on Earth. Since my Blerled Lord jefus , Chrift has in His Love engaged me by a particular Covenant, in His, own Terms*, to renounce and refign my felf to Him, in Soul and,* Body, affuring me by His Word, and terrifying His Acceptance of my Refignation by His Holy and Bkffed Spirit, promifing to Redeem me: from all Sins, giving me Affurance of a Saving Intereft in Himfelf}, and now having calFd me in His Providence, contriving this my Suf«' fcring, by permitting His ungodly Enemies to apprehend and take me : Prifoner, having wickedly ploted my taking, in my going on the way to attend what the LORD had to work on my Soul, by His Preached Gofbel, to give a Teftimony for His Covenant^ Intereft and People that ; are Reproached, and born down By a Perjur'd, GOD-contemning Gene* ration : And to Seal my Sufferings and Teftimony with my Blood, I moil wiHingly lay down my Lite for His Intereft. I leave my Tefti- naony to the National Covenant, and the Solemn League -and Covenam% which are founded on the Scriptures, the Word of GOD, which are tfrritten by the Prophets and Apoftlcs in the Old and New Teftament, which Of Mr. J.u/tes SLeen, Gent. rch has JESUS CHRIST the Blefod -Objecl of our Faith, for the Chief Comer Stone of the Building. J aifo leave my Teflirnony to Mr. Donald Cdrgil's Papers, taken at the Queens Ferry, called a new venauti according as they agree to the true Original Copy. I adhere to Presbyterian Government and ti*e whole Work tf Refor- mation of the Church of Scotland , the Confefion of Faith, the Larger and Short erCatechiftxs, confulted well, and writen by the Jfj. jemblyvf D.ivines * except that Article about Magrjkracy^ when ill expounded, in the 23^ Chap, becaufe our Magiftracyis hut pun Ty. rannyexercifedby the Luftfulrage of Men, yea, rather Devils in /h ape ef Men, whom GOD has permitted m His Koly and fpotkfs Wifdom -for a trial to His People, and a fnare to fome others, to opprefe, Ty! ranize, and blafphemouGy tread under Foot His Truth, Intercit and People, yea, that Article is expounded in the Nat ion all Covenant, where we have Vowed to the Almighty GOD* not to mantain the Kings In- tered," when he difewns the Covenant and well (ettled Church Go. I vtrnment by Presbyteries, Synods and Ge«erall Aflemblies of the Church of Scotland. I adhere to the Teftimony for the Intereft of Chrilt at Rutherglen, at which time the wicked AUs of Parliament and the blafphemous Declarations^ by which they have Sworn, to be Enemies to the Intereft of Chnft, werefolemnly burnt. I adhere to the $ann-,that Infidelity or difference in Religion does not make void t hi Magifirate's JVST and LEGAL Authority plain he Rt)t£li onlj the fal[e Sent: that was then pn$ HpM H% ti tn^c if an Ar-t iumem$ fir Defence sf tyranny and Aibitran lc»ir. 6t The loft Speech andTeJlimony, you are engaged by Oath to GOD, He overturning the whole work of Reformation, which was the great Ground of his inthronement in Scotland, to mantaln the Covenant and work of Reformation. His wicked burning of the Covenant and Caufes of GO&sWrath, is cauf& enough to mi to difown his Authority, which is -fo mantained by Per- jury. Ez,ek: 17. 15, 16, 17, 18, 19. Shall he break the Covenant and profperl Confider likewifehis Oppreftion, in ordering Military Forces to opprefs GOD's People, to ©bftruft, impede and hinder the Worfhipt of GOD, the Ordinances in Houfes or Fields, and compel! them to joyn with a curfed crew of Prelates,Curates,and fome indulged Minifters„ Yea his Tyranny is fo great, That he ordered an Hoft of Armed Men in the Year 1678, to invade a peaceable Country in the Weft •, who- Robbed, Stole-from, and opprefTed poor people, for no other Reafon, but becaufe they would not pollute their Confidences, and be fubjeel: to Prelacy, which EraHi an Government he has contended for thefe feveral Years, and keeped up in this Land. If there were no other caufe of his rejection than thefe proceedings, they might fuffice to juftifie any, who were engaged by GOD, having time and place, to cut him off*, for by the Law of GOD, Murther, Adultery, and Gppreftion, are punifhable by Death \ and Kings are not exempted, far lefs Tyrants, that are lawfully Excommunicate. But to thofe horrid Impieties is added the fhedding of the Blood of poor Innocents, which aggregetn his guilt, fo that tho' the Lord mould make him penitent, hedelerves Death by the Law, accor- ding to which, Blood cannot be expiated, but by the Blood of him who JJjed it. For Confirmation of what I have faid, lee Ez.ck. 21. 25, 26, 27, Read alfo Ez.ek. 43. and 9. Put away the Carcafies of your Kingsfarfrom me, and I will dwell in the midft of you forever. Confider how our Fathers contended for Truth *, and muft welofc what they gained. Ah / this Atheiftical Generation of perjured, Adukerous, and Bloody Powers are ripe for GOD's Vengeance / I give my Teftimony ag3inft the curfed. perfecuting Soldiers •, # The Blood of GOD's Saints is on their Keads,and mine is laid on them, efpecially Serfarxt Warrok who apprehended me \ my Blood is on the Judiciary who Subfcribed to my Sentence, and on the 15 j4jfiz.trs, James Glen Stationer being Clerk, and on the Chancellour, and on Mr. George Mackenzie, who pleaded for my Condemnatiorr,and Ihomtu Balz.iel, who ordered my taking *, and upon Andrew Cuningham who condemned me *? *nd upon all the reft who are accelTory in the lead * Jbfife andske like Senttnces, which may poffibl/ be met with in (ome ether Tefiimonics, eught not tobe miftafyn, astke EfftBs of a Revangefull, Vngofpel Spirit; bu- rather & 4 fimple Declaration of their being Gvttt} of Blood in Condemning them -, tofeive as a .warning to tbe?erlecutors%not toproceed further in tbefeWickedCourfes^ndtv waken them, to Repentnnce f ifpojfible ) for what they hid already done, and is much parallel in fts Nature *Hb that 0/ Jeremiah, in his Apology htfvie the F faces; Chap, v, i$\ Of Mr, JAMES SKJZEN, Gent. 63 leaft thereto : Yea, the Privy Cornell are to be accountable for my Blood, and my Blood is on the head of Mr. J-— C— : who condemned my Te. fiimony againft thefe Bloody Tyrants, averting me to be a Jefuite, I leave my Teftimony againft the receiving, that accurfed Traitor James Duke of Tor fond &\\ Papifts, Quakers, Prelates, Curates, Latitudinarrar^ Indulged Minifters, and their Favourers, the Hamiltoun Beclaration^ and other Papers and Agings, dire&ly or indire&ly againft the Truth. I Wave my Teftimony againft the luke-warm Profeflfbrs, who write and fpeak grievous things, to repreach the truly Godly, and who keep filenee when GOD calls them, to give a free aid full Teftimony for his defpifed Covenant^ and whole work of Reformat'on,again(t a Traitcurous Backfliding and Adulterous Generation. And as in this place, or any other of my Papers, /could not have defigned GOD's Enemies any o- therwife, than by their pretended Offices -, thus far, Dear People, I crave your libexty , and let none, think .that thereby 1 own them in the leaft Point, Likewife, whereas my TufTeringswere delayed, the Lord in whofepre: fence I rouft appear er'e long, know, what a Soul-grief it is to me to re- member it. When the day, I was Sentenced to die, for my dear Lords Intereft, came *, I expecting vainly that my Relations, that were great in Court, who had feen me, fhould have procured a Reprival for me, but being difappointed, a fear of Death furprifedme, hearing" 'that ail were prefently making ready for my Execution, and then my carnal Relations ( almoft) weeping on me, engaged me by their Infinuations, to fupplicate that Bioody crew-forit my felfT A carnal- well wifher drew it upintheffe tenns. James S&een Prijoner^ earneftly defiresyour Lordfjjips to grant him a Reprival for fome Daysy till he canvafs thefe things he na> Sentenced f of, vpith learned and Godly Men ', And your Lordfiips anfxver. After I fub- Icribed it, a great Con fufion and Horrour 0/ Spirit fell en me •, I went to prayer, wiftiirig in rny heart it-were not granted •, but fuch was my trouble, I could not fay any thing but Nonfenfe. My heart was afflict- ed fore with thisStra tiing,and the more when the Reprival was granted. I thougm, I having fhifted the Crols, my Lord might deny me that Credit again, and put a worfeon me in Requital of my liighting him. I judge the Lord left me thus to (lip, to humble me, and that he hid his face to make me examplarily punifhed for. untender carrying under bis crols, which he had chofen for me, to warn others under the croft, that they would be circumfpeel: and Zealous for keeping from being polluted with .any comptyance with the DefecTioas of the times, that they may have a cleanly Suffering. From this Backfliding, I recovered not for two days after, bur found it fad for my Soul, the Lord hid his face from me : But now my GOD has had companion on me, and this time of the eight days Reprival, he has preferved me from fuch a Backllding, when the Devil by his Ewifliries has had much artifice to turn me. aide from rte way of 6 4 The last Speech dtidTeftimony. the Lord. Yet I will fay this far, all I have done was not in order to own that wicked Council as lawful Rulers \ But my life being in their -Tyran- nous hands, I thought then I might defire as much favour of them as of a Robber , that had the Dagger at ray bread -, and I truely look on -all their actings in Courts, either Higher or Lower Judicatories in matters Civil or Ecclefiaftick, that they a£t as Murtherers,Opj>reflbrs and Tyrants on* ly. And now thefe Bloody OpprefFors fay, becaufe I will not finfully , Re- nounce my Lord and his intereft, and look on them as Magiftrates, and fay I fpake rafhly what I did, on which Terms, craving them pardon I would foon get Remifiion, and be at Liberty, that they look on me Vs guilty of my own Blood.- But I hope ray GOD will not account me guilty, whoicnowesl dare not fo finfully difown him, for all the hazard ofmy poor Life \, There being a Dilemma m my cafe, eitherl muft Sin ox Suffer \ I have found it my only peace with my Lord, to chufe Suffering and hate the way of Sinning. And this I thought good to infert in my Dying Teftimony, that others may beware of an untender Walk with GOD, who is a confumingfire to all impenitent Sinner r. Now my Lord hasfealed my Remiftion for this Extravagance, and has entered into a new Covenant with me, and I have refigned my felf wholly tj Him, to be at HisJDifpofal \ and it is my rejoyfing, that he is calling me out to honour. me fomuch as to lufferfor his fake. A poor Country Man with us would think it his Credite to be called to fignirle his .Loyalty to a Noble- man, who were his Mafter, whofe courage obliges him to; Fight for his fafty to the lofsof his Life : But O! what a difparity is in my cafe / I am but abafe, wretched, finful worm, and /am called to fignirle my love and Loyalty to the King of Glory, before thefe .Treacherous and perfidi- ous Powers that fit at eafe, and difown. Yea, declare againft my Lord, that heis not oux Covenanted Yang and Lord; And the two defpifed Covenant s are not defpicable, but our Glory. I will firft dedarethey *re Traitours? and ought to be difowned ai Magiftrates or lawful Rulers,and fo many of them as have imbrued their hands in the Blood of the Saints, either by Commiftions or Votes in Councils or other Courts, or have lived,OppreflingGOD's people, in jidultefy. Vncleannefs^Wickednefs and Witchcraft^ they are guilty of Death. And when there are no other Magiftrates, who will duely punifti thefe impieties, it is my duty, out of zeal to the Lord, ( I fay it again ) if the Lord would imploy me, to cut them off: as that zeal of Phinehas, tho' mocked at by them in their Pro- clamation) is a good example. Thus I end, wifliing what I have here penned for a Teftimony to th LORD'S defpifed Intereft, may have Weight with any, whocon(ider. that what I have written, I muft e're long reckon for 9 and fo I hav laboured to be fingle hearted, before the LORD in it. "Now havin touched«very thing lean remember, concerning my Judgment of thin Controverted, as alfo fome Reafons of my Principles, afTerted in F Of ARCHIBALD STEVART. 6^ of a great Coumil , and twice before the Jjn&iciaries, which I gladly fign with my Subfcription, gl »r ».ig in the LORD, who owned me, fa that I wasnotafhamed, but judged irrjiy Glory to give my full and free Teftimohy, for my blefTed LORDV difpiicd Jntereft, againft that wicked and treacherous Pack of my GOD's declared Enemies. Now fare well all Dear Friends*, I hope the LORD will have a glorious Chard* in Scot I and, and he will raife his Glory out of the Ames of a burnt Gorenant. Now farewell Sun, Moon and Stars: Farewell He* ly Scriptures j Ol I am going to a Life, where I mall no more be troubled with a Body of Sin or Death. O I I am going to a Manfion of 6lory~ that my LORD has prepared for me4 I fhall have a Crown of Life-, becaufc I have been, by my blefledLORD's Afliftance (tho* I flip; pedafide) made faithful to tjajDeath. Now welcome Father, Son and Holy Spirit, thou haft redtliffifclme by thy Price and by thy Power.: O LORD GOD of. Holts, into thy Hands I commit my Spirit. Sic fubferibitur J A. S K E E i\T. In the clofe Frifon o/Edinbur^h Novmber 30 io"8o, being the Day before my Execution , ace or ding to the unjusl Sentence of a perfidious Court. The Teftimony of Archibald Stuart, who lived at Boy- rowjloumtefs, and fuffered at the Crofs of Edinburgh, December t. 1680. \AENand Brethren, It is like, the mod Part of you are ccme here LVJL to gaze, and wonder upon me, rather than to be edified*, but I hope there are fome here, that are witneffing and fympathizing with me: But while ye are Strangers to GOD, and ignorant of his Word, and what our LORD has fuffered for us, and that he has told j«, That through many Tribulations and Afflitlions we muft enter inta >hc Kingdom of COD , it is no Wonder ye count us Fools : For while was in black Nature my felf, I was as mad, as any of you all*, but Sterlings to His glorious and holy Name, that whereat once I totu btind% wn* I fee j And therefore / abhore my felf in Dufl and Afies ; And I lefire the more to magnifie his free Grace, for all that he I ath done to ne : It is nothing in my felf : Therefore why fhould I not be cont«nt o follow the Foot-ftepsof my blefTed Mafter, that has gone before me irom Time to Eternity, tho' in this manner it is unplealant to natural enfe \ And he is, calling for my Mitt of a Teftimony, for his defpifed ["ruth. For it was by the hearing of the Gofpcl, by his fuffering Ser- ants both here, and in Holland, that I was brought to the Loye of GOD, I and 66 The Ufl Speech and Tefiimony and his only Son Jefus Chrilt .* Since which Time he has engaged ray Heart to feek him in the fame way, \ found him where he Was moft e- minently holden fbrth , and witnefTed for , and my Sins, and the Sins of the Land holdfn forth tome: And it is for this, that I amaccufed and condemned of Men*, for my following the Gofpel, preached in the Fields-, becaufel was following that poor Handful, that fell iXAirfmofs, where Mr. Richard Cameron had been preaching, and was to preach, and becaule, when the bloody Soldiers came upon us, we offered to defend ourfelves-, what ever other Caufes they have to lay to my Charge. And that ye be not mifta^ken with me, and the Lords people and his Way *, tho' they alledge that we are of Bloody Principles, as the Indul- ged Ministers give it out, that we are of Jefuitical and BhodyTrincipUs \ 'yet the Lord, knows, and I declare, that I have defired to know his Will, and walk in it; And I have been Studying that which all the Land are obliged to, which is to hear and keep up the Gofpel, and defend;my own Life, and the lives of my Brethren, who have beerrfe/loirg-hiintedi and to defend the Gofpel, which has been folong born down. So then, however 1 and that Suffering Remnant be mifhken, in that they give our in their Declaration, that I faid I would kill the King, or any of the Council: it is an Untruth and Forged Calumny, to reproach the Way of GOD, more like themfclves andtheirewn Principles,""who hive killed Co maayofahepeople of GOP, both in -the Fields and upon ScafTLlds, and' us among the reft, to pleafe that Bloody Tyrant Ch^ries Stuart's Brother, who has been Thirifting for the Blood of thele three Nations \ and to make Men believe, that we have been contriving a Plot toMurther them : Tho' indeed, if they were brought to any Tryal of a juftLaw, ac- cording to the word of GOD, or the Laws of the Land, moil of them have done, or contented to more, than might take their Lives, both a- gainft the people cf the Lord, and his born down Truths, and againft" the common Wealth and Laws of the Land. But I never faid, that L would do it, and when I was before them, efpecially in the Judiciary, Court, upon Tryal of my Life^they would hardly give me leave, to fpeak for, or explain my felf *, more like Men defigned to catch advantage, and i-o cheat me out of my Life, than jufl Judges. I know they muft anfwer to their grtat Judge for what they do. And this being the Teftimony of a Dying Man, they that fear the Lord, will believe my Declaration be- fore their Proclamation, which may beeafily feen to be a Plot in them, and not in us, to blind the Eyes of a fecure- Generation, and make ftran. gers approve of their. Perfecution, and believe that they do it juftly, an< laugh at our Calamity, ,untiIJ they can win to bring abotit that Blood} PopiJJj defign againft all that will not/ollow them in thethreeNatidns^al- though they now fpare Tome Men, and flatter them to take favours from them, whereby they engage them to ly by, till they deftroy his Remnant^ that dare not but witnefs againft them and the common fins of the Lan< Of ARCHIBALD STV ART 6y for which I defire to mourn, and pray the Lords people to mourn over them, and witnefs againft them, as they defire to be marked with the Mourners Mark, when a holy GOD (hall. come to take Vengeance on all ranks, that'havefo Forfaken and betrayed his Chrift, and letup a Man m his place, which will be found to be the great Idol of Jtaloufie, befides the many other Idols, that have drawen awiy the true frfd kind love and fear thai the Generation owes to GOD. And becaufe we defire to love tnd fear GOD, and to follow his fweet Chrift, tve are reproarhed and ftaged with Tongues of many, as thefe that are out of the way, and are cfjejuitical Principles. I declare I have in fome meafure been defiring and intending to know, love, and follow the Truth, jboth in obedience to His comrcnnds, and for the hope ofGIory, tho' I. to rrfefs through much •weaknefs and infirmity. I am a Presbyterian in my lodgement, tho' I be looked upon* as other- wife, becaufe of ' my declaring my thoughts freely before Men : And 1 own, and adhere to that Work of Reformat i en , the Larger and Shorter "Citechifms, the "National and Solemn League and Covenant, the Achnow. tedgement of fins and 'Engagement to Duties^ the Caufes of GOD* s wrath', Alfo I own all theTeftimoniesof our worthy Sufferers, that have gone be- fore us : As alfo I own the SdhqMttr Declaration^ and that Excommuni' cation at thtlorwood. At the writing hereof I prayed that theLord would -open their Eves, and let them fee their fins, and grant them Repentance, all of them that are of the Election of fat Grace, and they that are-not, I pray that the Lord would ratifie in Heaven, what was done on Earth by his faithful fervant, as it is according to his wiUy which has been al! our defires. Nov; Heave my Teftimony againft the curfed Prelates, and all their Hirelings, who have been the Inftigators, and driver* on of the 'Council and Bloody Soldiers, to ail the Tyranny, Oppreffion, and Blood which they have fhed. Andl leave my Teftimony againft the woful Indulgences, and all that have been either Embracers-of them, or any that have been Strengthened of their Rands, or their Favourers: They have broken and divided the people of the Lord more than all the form- er Perfecution could ever do. I leave my Teftimony agafnft all lukewarm and unfaithful Minifters and Profeflbrs that have turned their back upon Chrift and his caufe, and have fallen away from theirj^i? love, and the doing of their first works *, for they are pulling down what they firft builded. 1 leave my Teftimony -againft the Oppreftion Tyranny and Robbery done againft the people of GOD, either by one or other, and especially by thefe Wretches, Glencairn and Halyards^ whofe Names fhall be recorded for Generations to come, as Robbers of the Widow and Fatheriefr, who have lyen in wait ag.iivsl the Dwellings of the Righteous^ and have fpoiltd his resting plact. And have turned many a Widow and Orphan out of their Dwellings. * J leave my Teftimony againft thole Tyrants that have Forefaulte4 I z all i% The Up Speech wdTeftwony • all the Rights that they now lay claim to, and Ufurp over the Peopleof the Lord and the whole Land, and all their unjuft Laws \ but efpecial- ly thataccurfed Supremacy, by which they fet up a miferable, Adul- lerous wretched Man in Chaffs room, who thinks to wrong our Lord and carry his Crown •, but it will be too heavy for him, though all the wicked Lords, Prelates, Malignants, and Indulged be joining hand in hand to hold it on, down it (hall come,and whofoever wears that Grown ; And it is becaufe of his wearing my lovely Lord and King's Crown, and wronging him, that I am contending, and as he and they have pro- claimed-me a Rebel and Traitor to Man^'io I difown bim and them,, and declare him and them Traitors and Rebels to G(XD and his Cbrift my deGreable arid Holy Lord and King. But let me intreat you, that defire Mercy, to forfake your wicked ways, and fall in love with Chrifr, and feek Peace with GOD through him, who is the only Peace maker'} for there are fad Judgements coming on the Land*,and all your Peace with thefe Wicked Men will not keep you from the dreadful wrath of GOD coming on the Land, becaufe offlighting of the Gofpel, when it was to be had in GOEX's own way, and the Perjury, Covenant-breaking, Idolatry and Prophanenefe, Treacherous Backfliding, Apoftacy and other Abomi- nations, that all Ranks of the Land are guilty of •, and becaufe of theic receiving and intertaining of this Bloody Popifij D*key who muft be wel- comed with a Draught of our Blood now, as he was the laft time with the Blood of our Brethren. I blefs the Lord, I have great fatisfa&ion in my owning this defpifed way of GOD, for which Hay down my Life} and alfo that the Lord has drawn my Heart after him, and made me heartily willing to be at Hi$ difpoflng v and I havefweet peace in what /have done 7 and would in- treat all to more Tendernefs, and to watch over all their Ways : For there are maay looking on us, and waiting for our halting in the way of GOD. O that the Lord would help you to wait on him, untillthe Day break and the fiadom and all thefe Clouds^ away I For this is a heavy Day upon the Church of GOD} O! to belabouring to lyin the Duft, and to hide our felves, and fhut our Mouths, and be filent y for the Lord hath rubbed fhameon allFaces,becaufeofmany Backilidings and up- fitting in duty, and that both Publick and Private, which I think theLord is contending for this day. O 1 Dear Friends, all ye that defire to keep the way of GOD and be carried faithfully through amidft all thefe Tribu- lations and Aftonifhing Difpenfations, forfake not your Ckri&ian Follow- /;/pj,wberein fomuckofthe power and prefenceofGODhath been found, amon^thofetbat met together out of Love and Zeal for GOD, to pour out their Hearts before him, and converfe one with another. I think the fbrfaking and upfitting of Chriftian Meetings, is as Jad a Token of GOD's leaving the Land as any that I fee \ and therefore /not only exhort you $o this duty jbut 4$ a dying Man, / charge you as you will Anfwer at the Great Of ARCHIBALD STVART 69 Great Day, to fet about that Duty with Fear, Love and Zeal to GOD, having his Glory before your Eyes .* and let Love to Chrift be the Princi- ple and Motive to draw you to this and all other Duties. Let none be Humbled at the Way of Chrift, for what we are Suffering ( if /durft call it Suffering ) for all the fteps of the way are eafy to me, through Faith in t Slain Mediator : For it is thofe that keep the Word of his Patience, that ht will keep in the Hour of Temptation. O I Labour to keep up theft lovely Field Meetings, wherewih ray Soul has been refrefhed. And let i t be yo«r Work to keep Patience, whatever Sufferings ye meet with from Enemies, or reproaches from pretended Friends, who I fear will be found Secretand Heart Enemies to GOO. This/ leave to you as my Lad Advice. And now IfclefsGOD for aft that ke hath done for my itfMii, ind for tbts way that he hath taken with roe, in carrying me to :he Land of fraije ; wherel fhall fmg that Sweet Song, throughout the Agesof Eternity, which fhall never have an end. Ol long to be with Him *, for if ye knew, what /have got of His love and prefence, yewould whiles be giving a look to Time, and bidding it bs gone. Now even et it begone, that I may enjoy my beft Beloved. Now I take my fare- well of all Friends and Relations, and all Earthly Comforts, and all >eatedGlory j and welcome Sweet Lord Jefus, into thy hands /commit My Spirit. Sic Subfcribitur ARCHIBALD STVMTi \ S. Vpon the Scaffold he Sung the zd,?h\m,and Read the id.of MAichy\ but they would not fuffer him to pray publicity, for when he began to fpeak jayivg, O Lord what wilt Thou do with thii Generation / what wilt Thou do with Bloody Charles Stuart ! incontinent the Drums wert beaten, and his Mouth slopped, that he got no more f aid. Fhc Teflimony of John Potter a Farmer, who lived in the Parilh of Vp-ball in Weft Lothenn, and lutTercd at the Crofsof Edinburgh, December i, 1680. a II you Spectators and Auditors, Idefire your Attention to a few f\ Words, and 1 fhall be brief: And before I be^in, I muft tell you. You muft not expert fuch a Teftimony from me, as ye hive haa rom fomeof them that went before me, I not being a learned Man, as :>me of them have been •, however 1 defire to look to GOD, who not nly can give me what to (peak, but can alfo blefs what I fpeak •, fo as ic lay be for his Glory , and the good of them that love him , and wait :>r his coming, which is the Defire of my Soul. Now I being to lierrv>ut f Time into Eternity, I hope you will not think, that 1 J* all fay any thing y0 Jhe UJl Speech and Tejtmfflj tuing now , but what my Conicience binds me to fay. In the firft Placed I muft tell you, for what 1 am come here this Day, to lay down my Lite i It is for owning and adhering to my fworn Principles. lam a Tresbyterian \ and- herein I do rejoice, that I am to fufTer for his Caufe only, for adhering to the Word of GOD \ and our Gonfeflion of Faith, Larger and Shorter Catechifms, our Covenants National and Solemn League, together with our folemn Acknowledgement of Sins, and En* ■■ gagement to Duties, wherein all Scotland were once cngadged, and thought it their Duty and Honour to be fo : And this is the Reafon, for which I am fentenced to Death by Men*, but GOD, to whom Vengeance doth belong, will avenge himfelf for all the Wrongs done to his Glory , Caufe, lnterefl and People. I was born under the pare'JLight of the Gofpel, and was taught to own Chrift, as King in Zion wly* and Head of kit own Church j and this I own to betay Dutyj but I am here charged with Rebellion, which I deny *, becaufe I was never of that Opinion , ; That it was Rebellion to hear the Gofpel •, for the Word of GOD binds us to it, as our Duty j otherwife why mould GOD have told us, lhatA we Q)ouUg<}from Sea to Sea, tofeek the Word of the LORDr and jhould'\ not find tt f And the Practice of our LORD and his Apojllet in preach- iQg of the Gofpel, to the^People that heard them, is a fufficient Ground, to prove it to be Duty, to hear the Golpel, whether in Fields, or Houfes \ when it cannot be had elfewhere ^ and if it be Duty to hear the Gcfpel, I as it is, then certainly h is Duty, to deiend the. Gofpel, when preachedj in Purity *, according to the Word of GOD, and according to the Sixth 1 Article of the Solemn League and Covenant, wherein we are bound, to affift and defend all that enter into Covenant with tu, and to the utmofl: of our Power, with our Lives in our Hands, much more to defend the. Gofpel, which teaches us the fundamental Principles of our holy Rejy ligion. And to take away that vile and malicious Afperfion , which they cafh upon us, charging us with an Intention to have murthered the Duke of lorky and others with him j / declare, I had never fuch a Principle, as . to murther any Man*, neither did I hear ever of it, till the Council joldl me ^ which I knew to be a vile and hellrhatched Afperfion, ca ft upon! the Way and People of GOD : But they judge others by themfelves*, fori that is their Principle, to murther the People of GOD , as they aifo do :j Next I was charged whether or not, I adhered to Sanquhair Declaration}] I anfwered, I not only adhered to if, but alfo will lay down my Life) chearfully and willingly, as/ do this Day, for adhering thereto^ yeaji if every Hair of my Head were a Life, -and every Drop of my Blood were a Man , I would willingly lay them all down for Him and His Caufc. I come here to tell you, That 7 adhere to all the written Will and Word of GOD*, and 1 adhere to the Confeflion of Faith, and our Caucbilms Larger and fhorter , and to our Covenants National and Solemn League* and Of JOHN POTTER. 71 *nd to the folemn Acknowledgement of Sins and Engagement to Duties and to all the Covenants made betwixt GOD and us, wherein I Hand en- gaged, zly. I adhere to all the Teftfmomes, thai have gone before me. 3/y. L adhere to-all that has been done, for maintaining and defending the Gofpel againft a tyrannizing and bloody Enemy, when the A£Ws thereof had the Glory of GOD before their Eyes, as the chief mot'rve, that dravethem thereto, whether at Pent land, Drumclog, Clafgcw, Both- wsl , Airfmofs, or any other Place in Scotland, where there has been any Rencounter of that Kind. 4/y. / adhere to that Aftion of Exc munication at the Tcrwood, it being according to the Word of GOD, and done by a faithful Minifter of the Gofpel, and in as legal a Way, rts the prefent Difpenfation andCircumftance of Time could permit: Artel alfo the Perfons excommunicate being guilty of Rich Crimes , as jufity do deferve that A& to be paiTed agaif.ft them. 57. / adhere ro TeftimoniesofaK that* have'bornTeftimony, againft iiient and unfaithful -Mini/ters , by chetr withdrawing from them, which is a declaring, that they do not own them, as faithful Embafladors of JESUS CHRIST} "becaufe of their Unfaithfulnefs, and 1 hope none will condemn me for \aying, ThatI hate npfftad Clearnefs to joyn: with them, while they remain founconcerned;VVith the Caufe of CHRIST, and the Oppreffipfl of his People. 6/y. I ad% re to the Way of Salvation, agreed upon be- twixt the Father and the bon, before the Creation of trie V. tfrit through the Son we mould be made perfect , which I hop^: td obi before this Body of mine bexold , and in his Perfection I fha'fl be n- perfecT, and through his Suffering I fhall be conformed to Him, fered without the Gate bearing his Reproach, And I am well p'eafed w my Lot this day. O i m\ Soul and all that is within me kiefs JSfame, for all that he hath done far my Soul, and for hi* Waj ut bfinfclrtg me here this Day, to lay down my Life for him. /am note grim Death-, I know that GOD has taken away the Sting c; through the Sufferings ofhis Son. In the next place being here as a djin&Wjbnefi for Crnift and his Caufe, i do therefore leave my Teflimony againtf ail J Aborai done in the Land, againft a Holy GOD and in contempt ofhis Ima Particularly I teflifie againft all that woful and Hell-hatched Aci Supremacy, wherein they acknowlede the Kin$ to be Head of the and thereby have inverted a Mortal Creature with. ChrifVs Crc Sword and Scepter. Secondly, 1 bear witnefs and Teftrfie againft: the ' freaking of the National and Solemn League and C ' them to be burnt by the. hand of the Hangman at the Menu Crui> of Edinburgh, audcllewhere through Scotland,\o contrafe to their Sole, n;i Engagements. Thirdly, I witnefs and bear my Teftimonv \ the Reception of Prelacy, (o contrare to the Word of GOD,and i-ur Cove- nants-, for theft it was that the Covenanters in Scotland mould ha flood. 72 The la # Speech anATeftimtny flood both King and Council and all that joyned with them in th*t Head, and (hould have teftified againft them with their Swords in their Hands, until they had refilted unto Blood, according to the lixth Article of the Solemn League and Covenant. Oi that all that are alive this day, that were Men vqjien the Covenant was burnt weretaking with their fin, and were lying in the Duft-, every one for his fhare in that fin, and every one for the Lands guikinefs. Fourthly, / leave my Teftimony againft all the Horrid Bloodied that has been in this Land* whether of Noblemen,Gentlemen, Ministers, or any others,that have fuf- fered in Edinburgh or any other place, whether on Scaffolds, on Gib- bets, in open Fields, or on the Sea *, particularly that horrid A& of Murthering fo many Men after they had taken them Prifoners, and promifed them their Lives, which was done by Thomas Dalzel called General, who took them Prifoners and after proraifing to fet them at liberty, delivered them to the bloody Council, who :20ft cruel- ly Murthered them againft and without ail Law and Reafon, never (peaking of Confcience •, for they had loft all of that that ever they had, when they burnt the Covenant, and Murthered the Marquis of Argyll and my Lord rVariftoun,&nd that EminentMinifter Mr. JametG ut hery% who were Murthered againft the very Afts of their own Laws. Fifthly I bear witnefs and teftifie againft the cutting off Heads and Hands, and jetting them up upon the Ports of Edinburgh and elfewhere through the Kingdom of Scotland, as if they had been thieves or Malefactors. Sixthly, I teftifie and bear witnefs againft all the Imprifonments, Fineings, and Confining*, of the People of GOD, for adhereing to his Word and our Covenants. Seventhly, I teftifie and bear witnefs againft the prejftng of the Declaration against our Covenants, upon the Confidences of the Lords People. Eightly, I teftifie and bear witnefs againft the impo-t fing and paying of Cefs and Militia Money, both for Opprefling the Confidences, and grinding the Faces of the poor. Ninthly, I teftifie and bear witnefs againft that cruel and Hell-batched A& offending the Highland Hofi, and the reft of that Cabal, to Opprefs and Plunder the People of GOD. Tcnthlyand laftly, I bear witnefs againft all the Oppreflion, Spoyling, Robbing and Hunting of the People of GOD, and that againft all manner of Law or Reafon. i (hall be a ftanding Witnefs againft them, ay and while they Repent. O ! that th? Lord would pour out of his Spirit upon all that have fo grievoufly turned a- fide, and make them to ly in the Duft, and to take with their fins j But I fear a Holy GOD has given them up to themfelves, and fealed their Hearts with Obduration, and fo they are become proof againft all Difpenfations *, but fure fuch as will not bow to GOD, fhall be bro. ken by the mighty Rod of Iron, that is in his Hand to bruife the Nari; ons. I have here left my Teftimony againft the Perjury, Blood /bed and Oppreflion of the People of GOD, which has been done by him who Of J 0 H N P 0 T T E R. 73 who is ailed the King of Britain and Ireland , and the Perjury and Bloodfhed acted by Noblemen and Gentlemen, that have been aflifting and Strengthening his Hand in Bloody and cruel Courfes^and there- fore I leave my Teftimony againft them and my Blood upon their Heads, and especially againft (uch as wereprefent in the Council when I was Examined, and thefe Perjured Lords of the Criminal Co«rr,where 1 was Sentenced to dy here in this place of Execution \ and alfo I leave my Blood upon the Head of "the AiTizers and all others who faid Amen to my Sentence*, whatever they have been, and yet are, except they Repent,my Blood fhall be charged upon them. Likewife I leave my Teftimony againft all who carrred Arms to Guard me to this Scaffold they fhall be found guilty or my Blood, if Mercy andGrace prevent it not. Likewife I bear witnefs, and leave my Teftimony againft the recepti- on of the Duke of Tori, flrft and laft, that profejfed Papisl, who has been laying out himfelf to carry us back to Romey and that not only by the bloody Council, and other Perjured Noblemen and Gentlemen, but alfo by theCity of Edinburghjihit went outof the Port to receive him, as tho' he had been a King, with mooting of Guns, founding of Trumpets, beating of Drums and kindling of Bone -fires •, which is coFitrare to the Word of GOD and our Covenant, after he had been caft « rT Juftly by the other Kingdom of England. I fhall be a Wit- nefs againft that A&ion in the great Day *, and particularly I leave my Blood upon that Wretch and bloody Tyrant the Duke of York •, for it is to fatisfy him and to quench his Implacable thirft after Blood that I am brought hither this Day : The laft time he came to Scotland, He got a Sacrifice of the Blood of thefe Five that Suffer- ed at Magpu Afoor, who were indeed highly Honoured, and nothing fhort of thefe that went before them*, and now he niuft have this our Blood to quench his thirft upon ■, but that Heart of his that is fo rejoycing at the hearing and feeing of our Death, erelong my Heart fhall Sing Hallelujah to the Limb of GOD, and joyn in my note, and pafsmy Sentence with the great Judge againft him, and all the Ene- mies of G O D, if greit Repentance and free Grace prevent it not. And with refpeft to that for which I am Sentenced to Deajh, becaufe of many miftakes, even am.)ng the Godly through wrong /n formation : I here asaDyingManDechre, I hid before menodefign, but only the Glo- ry of GOD, and the coming of CHRIST* Kingdom, and His Reign- in*; as King in Zion. And for this lam Sentenced and for this I lay down my Life this Day, and I do it willingly and chearfully, and Hot by conftraint •; for if I had been left of a Holy GOD, fofar as to •quite one hoof of His Truth, / might have redeemed my L/fe as fome have done, that were as deeply engi^ed to ftand by the Tr uth even to the refiftingunto Blood, as / was •, and feemed to be a»> deeply con- cerned as I was. how they have come out of Prifon 1 know not, but fcOD knows, and to Him thev wilUnd muft give account thereof, K ' ani f4 The laji Speech and Tejlwovy, and to Him I leave if, but / think there are few that came cut of Prifon, now that can fay, they have neither touched, tasJed, not hand- led the abominations of thefe Times wherin they Live : There- fore I leave my Teftimony and witnefs againft all that have come out si* Prifon by taking ©f the Bond, if it were but to compear before thefe Bloody Enemies of GO D, in as far as they were convinced that it wis Sin y as feme of them were, otherwife their Tongue and Pen have lied *, which I leave to GOD and their own Confciences to determine, whether or not they finned in fb doing. Next I here as a dying Man do declare, that if the blotting of Paper to them would fave my Life, I would not do it at that rate °. For / fee they are fetting themfelves to enfnare poor things*, and I fee neither Minifters nor ProfefTors to give their Advice in this Matter, if it be not to make them take the Bond, as they did to thefe poor things in the Church-yard. Alfo I leave my Teftimony, and bear witnefs againft all the unfaithfulnefs of Minifters and ProfefTors. Flrft I bear witnefs againft the unfaithfulnefs of thefe Minifters that were with the Publick Rejolutions, to bring in or keep in any of thefe Men that were open and avowed Malignants and Enemies to GOD, focontrare to our Covenants, zdly. 1 bear Teftimony againft that Afr at Glajgow, wherein 6 Hundcred Mini- fters and upwards did quite their Charge and turn their Back upon their Flock*, andfmce, many of them are turned ravening Wolves and. greedy Dogs that cannot bark, according to that Word , Ezek. 13. 4. ^ Q ! lfrael thy Prophets are like the Foxes in the Defert, who have not gone up to the Gap, neither wade up the Hedge for the Houft oj /fraeL to fiand in -the Battel^ in the Day of the LORD. Had it not been their Duty to have flood by their Charge, untill they had been driven out of their Pulpits t ylly. /leave my Teftimony againft both Indi- gencies, flrft and laft, and againft all that comply and go on wich. them in that finfull courfe \ ay and while they repent, I fhail be a Handing witnefs againft them, furely if they be found with clean Fingers when GOD comes to enquire after Blood, I am miftaken : But O I what will they anfwer, when CHRIST will fay, * Come * here, Sir, give me an account of your Talent*, what did ye with your * Miniftry ? laid ye it afide at the Command of Charles Stuart and * the Bloody Council ? And had ye more delight to be a Doclor or ' Chamberlain then ye had to be a Minifter * Oh ! let the unfaith- ful5 Minifter remember that Word in the 33. of Ez.ek 6* But if the Watchman fee the Sword come,*nd blow net the Trumpet, and the People be not warned, and if the Sword come, and take any Perfon from among them, he us taken away in his Iniquity ; but his Blood willlrequin at: the: Watchman l hand. I fear that the Blood of many Sauls will be ^required at the Hands of the moft part of the Minifters of Scotland, t_ 1 bear wilafifs and leave my Teftijiicny again/i the unfaithfulnefs Of JOHN POTTER. 75 of rainy Minifters, who have left their wonted Love and burning Zeal, which they had when they ventured upon the high places of the Earth in Preaching the Gofpel. And now in the laft place, [ bear Teftimorry againftall that have Preached, written a gain ft, or reproach- ed that poor Party, that were occafionally met at Air's Alofs, only for the htaring of the Gofpel, And now when 1 am ftepping out of Time into Eternity* I declare that I adhere to all the Doctrines that ever I heard Mr. Richard Cameron or Mr. Donald Cargil Preacb : And my Soul Bleffeth GOD that ever I heard either of them j for my Soul has keen refrefhed to hear the Voice and Shooting of a King among thefe Field Meetings, wherein the Fountain of -Living. Waters has been made to run dewn among the People of GOD, in fuch a manner that Armies could not have terrified us. O! I am fure the Blood that hai been Shed in the Fields and on Scaffolds in Scotland for the Caufe and Intereft of JESUS CHRIST, will have a Glorious Crop, in fpite of Devils and Men*, and I am fure, the Seed Sown at AirsMofs wili have as Glorious a vintage, as ever any Seed in Scotland had. And nowO! ye that are the poor Remnant that are to (lay behind, who are the Butt of the fury, not only ofthe open and Bloody Enemies, but alfo of many Minifters and Profeffors, who have gone out of the way themfelves, and will not fuffer others to walk in it; I have this to fay to you, be earned and conftant in kything of Love toCHRIST: Walk with more Fear, lead ye offend a Holy and Jealous GOD. 0 I beware that ye quite not your integrity: There are many wait- ing* for your halting, yea, and longing for it. Caft not off the way of CHRIST, becaufe of Suffering. If ye knew what of His Love and Comforting Pretence 1 had, fince 1 was called to witnefs for Him againft thefe Bloody Traitors, that are thirfting after the Blood ofthe Lord's People, ye would long tor fuch proofs of His Love, feek Him early and ye lhall find Him. Be not troubled becaufe of our Death, it is not* Death unto the Soul, but an Inlet of Life to it *, for c to be Dead to « the World, is to "be Alive to CHRIST. Bleffed are the Bead, that 1 die in the LORD, from henceforth they reft from their Labours, and their Works do follow them. And rejoice O ye poor of the Flock, that wait with fear and trembling, and with Faith, and Love in ex- ercife *, it is to you that He will come : , He meeteth him that re- « joyceth in, and worketh Righteoufnefs. Bleffed are ye that weep « now, for ye (hall be comforted. Blefled are the Meek, for they fhalf < Inherit the Earth : Bleffed are the Mercifull : Bleffed are they that i hunger and thirft after Righteoufnefs •, K)r they fhall be Slled : Btef- i are the Pure in Heart, for they fhall fee GOD: Bleffed are the Peace 1 makers, for they fhall be called the Children tf GOD. Bleffed are 1 tbeythatare reproached for RighteoL WhaTwa^o % O cl cupat.on f To which I did not anfwer. The Biffin a^ked if convened with Mr. Donald Cargil ? 1 anfwered,^, yo„Ve„ tobJ (Man, whomlhavenoClearnefs to fpeak to. He de'fired Sher to iskthe fameOueftion: I anfwered I have feen him, and wifl, that / udreni m1 °nener-> T,hey, asked' if ' owned what b« ^d done aea nft ;he Civil Mag.ftrate ? / anfwered /did own it. Thev askeH ;r 18 .5 •ead the Bible ? I anfwered, Vet. They asked if /knew tin ,C0U,d >we to the Civil Magiftrate ? /anf.- w£ it^tilS^rSe 2K .word (or GOD, according to what the Scripture calU to? »! ,im all due reverence; but when they overturj .the Work „f rnr?' md fet themfelves in Oppofition to himf it is the n..tv«fh c °OD' :«cute his LawsandOSintncM on hem The?«ked ^Servants San^uhair Declaration} I anf . /Jo own :. VZ \ a l ?,Wned the :he?Paper, taken at the Qeen> ,F, m 'on H,nrt'tJ,»l^ 'f ' °WneJ 1Ueftion that. They .fed, if | knew mT'sW V^r V" "eed ?oC 'or I ne,er (aw ought in him, but a godly pi0U5 ySffi Tfcei *3 ". the 7§ The last Speech And Te ft imony. theldlling of theBilhopof St. Andrews was a pious Aft/ /anf. /never heard him fay, That he killed him \ but if GOD moved any, and put it upon them to execute his righteous Judgements upon him, 1 have no- thing to fay to that. They asked me, When iaw ye John Balfour, that pious Youth ? I anf: I have feen him. They as^ed when ? /anf: Thole are frivolous Queftions, /am not bound to anfwer them.. They faid, I thought not that a Teftimony. They asked, What think ye of that in the Confeflion of Faith , that Magistrates (hould be owned, though they were Heathens^ / anfwered, it was another Matter, than when thofe, who feemed to own the Truth, have now overturned it, and made themfelves avowed Enemies to it. They asked, who mould be Judge of thefe Things? I anf; The Scriptures of Truth, and the Spirit of GOD, and not Men, that have overturned the Work themfelves. They asked, if I knew the two Henderjons that murthered the Lord St. Andrews} I anf* /never knew any Lord St. Andrews. They fa id Mr. James Sharp, if ye call him fo. 1 faid, I never thought it Murther \ but if GOD moved and ftirred them up-to excute his righteous Judgment u- pon him, I have nothing to fay to that. They asked, Whether or not I would own all that I had faioV for ( faid they ) you will be put to own it in the Grafs Mercat : And they bemoaned me, in putting my Life in Hazard in fuch a Quarrel. I anf. I think my Life little enough in the Quarrel of. owning my LORD and Matter's fweet Truths j for he hath freed me from everlafting Wrath, and redeemed me} and as for my Body it is at hteDifpofal. They faid, I did not follow the LORD's Pra- ctice, in thatanent Pilate. I anf. Chrift owned his Kingly Office, when he was queftioned on it, and he told them, He was a King, and for that End he was born. And it is for that, that we are called in Queftion th'q Day, the owning of his Kingly Government. The Biftjop did, we own if; I anf. We have found the (ad Confequentsof the contrary The Bijboj faid he pitied me, for the Lofs of my Life. I told him, he had done me much more hurt, than the Lois of my Life, or all the Li res they had taken : For it had much more affected me , that many Souls wen killed by their Doftrine. The Bijhop faid, Wherein is our Doctrine er roneous ? I faid , That was better debated already, than a poor Lafi could debate it. They faid, Your Minifters do not approve of thefe things*, and ye have faid more than fomeofyour Minifters^ for youj Minifters have brought you on to thefe Opinions, and left you there, faid , They had caft in Baits among the Minifters, and harled them a fide-, and altho' Minifters fay one thing to day, and another to morrow we are not obliged to follow them in that. Then they faid, they pitiec rue } for ( faid they ) we find Reafon, and a quick Wit in you ; Anc they defoed me, to take it to Advifement; I told them I had been ad vifingon it thefe feven Years, and I hoped not to change now. The) enquired mockingly, if I Lectured any? I anf. Quakers ufe to do fo The, I Of ISABEL At ISO They asked, if I did own Presbyterian Principles ? I anfwered, That ! did. They asked, if I was diftempered ? I told them, I was always folic! in rhe Wit, that GOD had given me. Laftly they asked my Name. I i them, ift^y had ftaged me, they might remember my Name j for \\ I had told them already, and would not ay be telling them. One of in them faid , May ye not tell us you* Name/ Then^ancther of themfclves . >s told it. « The Interrogations of Ifabel Alifon before the Criminal Lords. ; YJEing called before \\kt Criminal L$rds , they asked me if I would :t jD abide by what I faid the laft Day ? I anfwered, I am not about to deny any thing of it.- They faid, ye confefled, that ye Hay- ^boured the Kilters of the Bijbop, though ye would not call it Murther. I Qid I confcfTed no fuch thing. The Advocat (aid I did. I anfw*ered riim fey on then. Then they went over the things that paft betwixt » :he Council and' me the other day, and put me to it, yea or nay. I (aid j ;e have troubled me too much with anfwering Q^eftions, fee«'ng ive are a Judicature which I have noclearnefs to aniwer. They faitf, : io ye difown us and the King's Authority in us? I faid I difown you 111 becaufe you carry the Sword againft God, and not for him, and iavc the(e Ninieen or Twenty Years made it your Work to Dethrone dim, by (wearing Year after Year againft Him, and his Work^and [ i (fuming that Power to a Humane Creature which is due to Him alone, find have rent the Members from their Head Chrift, and one another, i Then they asked, who taught you thefe Principles? I faid, Iwasbi- nclden to GOD that taught me thefe Principles. They faid are ye a \Ouakers ? I faid did ye hear me fay, I was led by a Spirit within me ? fs the LORD I profited much by the Perfecuttd Gofpelj and your \4l~ls of Indemnity after Bothwel cleared me more, than any thing I met with fince. They faid, how could that be? I faia by your medU ISng with Chrift's lnterefts and parting them as ve plealed. they iaid, they did not Ufurp Chrift's Prerogatives, \ faid what thea ncan your indulgences, and your letting up of Prelacy ? For there has Done Preached publickly thefe 20 Years without Perltcution, butth ihat have their Orders from yoo. Then they caufed bring 5.; declaration and the * Paper found one Mr. Rich. Cameron, and the Papers * Ibis Paper btht tahnfrom htm, at bh Ueatbbp t L*tmiC*Jy tbtreof(ftr what J ^/iow ) bas ever ban fHCH/ed, aU ktme il **»}*+ y/4in/| $«»» what was tbt tf#w$ •/ it. id I The Ufi Speech d*d Testimony Papers taken'5 at the (X Ferry, and asked if I would adhere to them/ I (aid, /would as they were according to the Scriptures, and I faw not wherein they did contradict them. They asked if ever Mr* Welfl) or, Mr. Riddel taught me thefe Principles/ I anf. I would be far in the wrong to (peak any thing that might wrong them. Then they bade me take heed what I was faying, for it was upon Life and Death that/ was queftioned. I asked them if they would have me to Lie. I -would not quite one Truth tho' it would purchafe my Life a iooc Years, which ye cannot purchafe \ nor promife me an Hour. They faid, when faw ye the two Hendersons and John Balfour ? Seeing ye loveingeS nuity will ye be ingenuous, and tell us if ye faw them fince the Death* > of the Bijbopl I faid, they appeared publickly within the Land fince. Th|y asked if I Converted with them Within thefe 12 Months t At which I keeped filence. They urged me to fay either Tea, or Nay, I an(wered, yes. Then they faid your Blood be on your own Head, weV fhall be free of it. I anfwered, fo faid Pilate, but it was a queftion if it was fo *, and ye have nothing to fay againft me but, for owning of ChrifVs Truths and his perfecuted Members. To which they anfwej red nothing. Then they defired me to Subfcribe what I owned. / re^ flu fed, and- they did it for me. Account of what Ifabcl ARfon faid before the J/fizcrs. T\Ear Friends, thefe are to (how you what paft betwixt the black jj Crew and me. They read my Indictment, and asked if I had ought to fay againft it ? I faid, Nothing. They read the Papers as they did formerly, and asked if I owned them, I faid I did . own them *, then they called the Aftizers and Swore them. Then -I told them, all Authority is of <3od\ Rom. 13. r. and when they ap- peared againft him, I was clear to difown them;, and if they were not againft Him I would not have been there : / take every one of yoa \Vitne(s againft another, at your appearance before GOD, that youi proceeding againft me is only for owning of Chrifr, his Gofptl, and Members which 1 could not difown, left I fhould come under the hazard of denying Chrift, and fo be denyed of him. And \vhen the Afiize came they asked if / had ought to fay againft them. I faid they were all alike, for there would no boneft Man take the Trade iri hand. They faid to the Aflize, it was againft their WiH to takeout Lives -, 1 faid, if that had been true, they would not have brought mc fo far off, purfuing me for my Life. This is the fubftance of what rpaft as I remember. Account of Mr, Archibald Riddel's 'Examination of Tfabd Alifon J.nd, Marion Harvie, A Bout Seven of the Clock at Night the Goodman of the Tolbooth caufed call us down, againft our Will, to be examined by Mel Riddel, at the Councils Order. So we came down, and .wsw •fcrougfj Of IS ABEL AL1S0 N, 81. brought to the Weft fide of the Houfe, to an empty Room, whtre they brought him in to us : The Good Man of the Tolbooth being prefent, and the Keepers, and fome Gentlemen with them, and they cau fed us ' Sit down. The Goodman of the Tolbooth faid, Mr. Riddel, the Council caufed me bring you to confer with thefe Women ± toTee if ye can bring them to Repentance. Then we Proteftcd and faid, as for Repentance, we know not what fault we have done, then faid they ye cmnofbe the worfe to have one of your Minifters to confer with. We told them, thefe Minifters being their Servants, we looked no more upon them as Minifters of Jefus Ghrift j and therefore he -is no Minifterto us. Mr. Riddel asked, if the Council would (end Mr. Cargil to us, would we not confer with him? We faid he was not at their Command} But if Mn Cargil would do as ye and the reft ofyou have done, we would do the like with him So he offered to Pray. We ' kid, we were not clear to join with him in Prayer, he faid, wherefore/ We faid, we know the Strain of your Prayers w'rll be like your Difcourfe. He faid 1 fhall not mention any of your Principles in my Prayer, but only idefire the Lord to let you fee the evil of your doings. We told him Iwedefired none of his Prayers at all. They faid would we not be content to hear him. We faid, forced Prayers had no virtue. Then we (aid, what means he toPray with us more than he dfd with ourBre- thren that have gene before us ? Mr. Riddel hid, Mr. Skeen Con ver fed with Mr, Robert Rofs. We faid he did not fend for him, but as he in- truded himfelf upon him. The Goodman of the Tolbooth faid, he Converfed with Mr. Meldrum, and we fmiled at that, and faid he might talk to him of his Perjury, but for no other thing. So they urged Prayer again. WTe fiid it would be a mocking of GOD. They faid why fo ? We faid becaufe we cannot join with it. So Mr. Riddel began to Debate with us, and Tald we would not find it in all the Scrip - 'ture, nor any -Hiftory todifown the Civil Magiftrate. We anfwered there were never fuch Magiftrates feen as we have, he inftanced ' Afanajfeh, who made the Streets ofjcrufalcm to rvn with the Blood of the 'Prophets. We faid it was a queftion, if he came the length in Penury.*, he inftanced Joafi ', We anfwered, he was but a Child when that Cove- nant Was fworn, and it was not fo with thefe that he now pleaded for. 'Then he inftanced Nero, how he fet the City on Fire, and robbed the Churches', and yet notwithftanding the Apoftle exhorteth Submiflion !to the Magiftrates then being. We anfwered. it was intht Lord, and as they were a terroitr to evildoers. He faid altho' they were wicked, ye. ''hey fhould not be altogether caft off. We faid before their Ex* cnm> '-mention we would not have been fo clear to caft them off. He laid there w rebut only Seven in the Excommunication, then why do ye caft at all the reft f We anfwered thele Seven carried the great fway and the reft came ia under them. He faid how can one Man take V WPCR §2 The loft Speech And Testimony upon htm to draw out the Sword of Excommunication, for the J ike was never heard tel) of in no ^Generation. . We anfwered, why not one Man, fince. there werenomoe faithful, and the Church hath Power to caft. out Scandalous Perfons, be they Higir, be they Low.* He faid who is the Church ? We faid, if there was a true Church in the World' that little Handful was one, tho' never fo infignrfrcant. Of which hand- ful we own our felves apart j and tho' our Blood go in the quarrel yet we hope it will be the foundation of a New Building and of I lively Church, He faid, thought we all the Minifies wrong? We anfwered, we defire to forbear, and net to add *, for we defire not to fpeak of Mini- fters faults. And we defired him to forbear, and let us be gone-, but he urged his Difcourfe, and fell on upon the Papers that were taken at the Queensfem, chiefly on that part of them : When GOD gives them Power , it U ajujt Law, to Execute Juslice upon all Perfons that are guil* ty\ and he came to us and laid by his Coat, and faid, would ye Stab me with a Knife in my Breaft, even now f And we fmilcd and faid, we never Murdered any \ But faid he, they fware to do fo. We faid why did he not Debate thefe things with Men and not with LafTcs ? for we told him we never ftadied Debates, he faid again thought we ali the Minifters wrong. We anfwered they were wrong, and forbade him to put us to it to fpeak of Minifters faults, for if he knew what we had to fay of them he would not urge us. So we defired to be gone. And he faid if ye come to calm Biood, defire me or any other of the Minifters to fpeak to you, ye may tell the Keepers, and ye may have them: And there was a Chirurgeon among them, and the Goodman of the Tolbooth faid he might draw Biood of us, for we were mad. We faid, faw ye any mad Action in us. This is ail we can mind at: prefemv The Dying Tefiimony and lafi Words 0/Ifabel Alifon. I Being Sentenced to Die in the Grafs* Market ^{Edinburgh January. 1681, thought fit to fet down under my hand, the caufes wherefore Ifuffer. I being apprehended at Perth, in my own Chamber, by an order from the Council, and brought to Edinburgh with a ftrong Guard, and there put in prifon, and then being Examined, firft by a Commutes, and then by the Criminal Court, the manner of my Examin- ation was. . Firft if I converfed with David Haclijtoun and others of our friends ? which 1 owned upon good grounds, zdly. if I owned the Ex- cumunicationiX. the7ViPd0a,and the papers found at the Q.Ferry andSan quhair Declaration, and a Paper found on Mr. Cameron at jiirfmoU all which 1 owned*, Xikewife 1 declined their Authority, and told them that they had declared War againft CHRIST, and had Usurped ane aaken his Prerogatives, and fo carried the Sword agaiqft him, and not fo "' • ■']'" ' """" " hi Of ISABEL ALISON t? hinr,So I think none can own them,unlefs they difown CHRIST JESUS. Therefore ietEnemies and Pretended friends fay what thy pleafe j I could have ray Life on no eafier Terms, than the denying of GHRlT's Kingly Office. So I lay down my Life for owning and adhereingto jefus Chrrft, his being a free King in his own Houfe, for which I blefe the .-LORD that ever he called me to that. Now in the firft place, I adhere to the Holy Scriptures Of the'0/^and New Teftamnt. And likewife I adhere to the Confeffion of Faith, becaufe according to the Scriptures, the Larger and Shorter Cat $c lot J ms *, and our Silemn Covenants, both National and Solemn League, as they were lawfully Sworn in this Land, and I adhere to the Acknowledgement of Sins and Engagement to Duties; I adhere likewife to thefe forementio* ned Papers, and to the Excommunication at 7onteody they all being ac- cording to the Scriptures of Truth, and fo both lawful and neceflary. Likewife I adhere to the Rutherglen Teftimony, and to all the Teftimonies }f our Worthies who have fuffered in Edinburgh and elfewhere. In the next place, I enter my Protection againft all the violation done o the work of GOD thefe 20 years bygone. Firft, the Burning of the Covenant made with GOD, and the Caujes of GOX>'s Wrath, and the Thrujting in of Prelats into the LORD's Houfe contrare to the word of 3QD, and ©ur Sworn Covenants. I leave my Teftimony againft Popery, ivhichisfo much countenanced at this day, againft the receiving that Jmb ofAntichnfl the Duke of Tork, Likewife I leave my Teftimony a- "ainftallthe BlcodfJied, both on Scaffolds, and in the Field's and Seas; 'nd againft all the Cruelty ufed againft all the people of the Lord. And I eave my Teftimony againft the Paying of that wicked Cefs, for maintain- ng of thefe profane Wretches, to bear down the work of ©OD. I leave ny Teftimony againft all unlawful Bonds. And likewife, againft the hiftingof a Teftimony, when clearly called by the Lord to give it. I eave my Te(timony,aga.inft all Profanity of aLI forts, and likewife againft jkewarmnefsand indirTerency in the Lords matters. I leave my Tcfti- ciony againft the unfaithfulnefsof Minifters, firfc and lafc, their filcnce t the firft, when their Ma/ters work was broken down, for the moft part hey flipped from their Mafters back,without forauch as giving one word fa Teftimony againO the wrongs done tohim*, and now are become fnareto the poor people in going to hear the Curates, and poor thing? Rowing their example are infnared", my finding the fad expedience of , bringskthe more into my Memory. Yet notwitbftanding of their eing convinced of their error in this, many of them carry now as if they jed that ever they came forth to the Fields to proclaim their Mafter a ee King in hisown houfe *, And now they are fallen in under the fhaJ, ow of the Sworn Enemies, and alas they are become profound to lay ure^Yea, they are a Trad upon Mifpeh and a Net jfrtad upon abor! Oh, for the fad Deletion both of Minifters and Proftflbriui L 2 Scotland ] $4 The Dying Teftimony *nd laft Words Scotland! It's like our carriage may make many ot our Carcaflesly in the Wildernefs. I leave my Teftimony againft the Indulgences firft and laft, and againft all that comply therewith, or connive thereat. I leave my Teftimony againft the Cenfurinapf worthy Mr. Cameron, or any other whom GOD raifed up to declare the whole Counfel of . GOD, and to witnefs againft the evils of this Generation. I fear when GOD makes inquifition for Blood, Minifters hands wilJ not be found free thereof. As for charging my Blood on any particular perfon, I cannot, for I have never gotten the certainty of what hath brought me to the Stage-, But if any have done it willingly, I leave it to GOD and their own Confci« ence. But I may warrantably charge it upon all the declared Enemic of GOD within the Land. And firft, I leave it on the Bloody Counci that fent an order to taice me, for they are guilty of it. 2^/j/j The Sheriff Clerk vf Pert h^nd thefe that were with him,when he took me,ar< guilty of it *, the Sheriff Clerk of 'Kinro/s, and the Men that Guarded mi are all likewife guilty of my Blood, and I leave my Blood on Sir Geergt 1 Mac hn^ie. and the reft of that Bloody Court, and I take the Lord tc witnefs againft them, whether or not it was on eafie Terms, that the) offered me my Life, they faid only they would not trouble me with thel Eijhops^ but 1 faid, that Supremacy was as evil as Prelacy. And they faid that I behooved to fay that the King was not an Vfurper, and pafs fron all my former Con feifeon, and that it was my duty to obey Authority I told them, that they were Sworn Enemies to GOD,fo it was impoflibt to obey GOD and them both j fo J told them I would not refract at hair breadth, they faid, thought I ever that he was our lawful King, I faid, yes *, for he-entered into Covenant with GOD, and with th L*nd : But he hath broken and caft off that Tye, and hath exercifed f much, both Tyranny and Cruelty, that / had juft ground to decline hir and them both*, Then they bad my Blood be on my own head, But told them they would find it would be on their heads, for it was for owr ing of Chrift's Kingly Office,that they put me to fuffer, fay the contrar who will. Now 1 ble(s the Lord, lam free from Jefuitical PrincipU The Scripture is my rule, and when obedience to Men is contrare to c bedience to GOD, I am clear to difown them. I leave my Teftimon againft Mr. Riddel, for his obeying thefe wicked Men to infnare us, an to hold out to us, before thefe accurfed Enemies of Chrift, that wei feeking our Lives for our adhering to the Truth, that it was all delufic that we held. Anany times rued, that/ bare fo well with him, an aow I hear that he denies that which we wrote. But if ye will belie* nae, who am within a little to appear before GOD, there was 'aothir added but rather wanting*, /wifh the Lord may forgive him. I ble the Lord, what ftrickes againft my felf only, I can very heartily forgiv but what ftrickes againft GOB and ..his Truths, llfAff thntoQOi 5yho is the Judge of all. . " No Of ISABEL ALISON 85 Now I would only fay this to you, who arc .~..];ing to keep your Gar- ments clean ^f/^fj be vigilant^foryeur Adverfary the Devil goes about like a roaring Lyon^feeking whom he may devour. And as I would have you to be Zealous for the Truth, and hot-to quite one hoof-, fo I would have you labour againft a Spirit of Bittemefs, beware of felf, and be more ready to mourn for the flips of others, than to make them the fub- je& of your difcourfe •, and labour to make earned: of Rel+gion, tor I find there is nted of more, than a good caufe, when it comes to the pufh. Ot the Everlasting Covenant vs fweet tome now! Andluould. alfo fay, they that would follow Cbrift need not fear at the Crofs, for lcaa fet to my Seal to it, his Take l&t'eafity and his burden it light . Yea, maf*y times hath he made me go very ea(ie through things that I have thought I would never win through : He isthe only deiireable Mauerv-but he ;muftbe followed fully. Rejoyce in him all ye that love him. Wherefore lift up sour heads and be exceeding glad) for the day of - your Redemptian 1 draweth nigh : Let not your heart faint, nor your hands grow feeble. Go on in the ftrength of the Lord, my* Dear' friends, for I hope he wiir yet 'have a Remnant both of Sons and Daughters, that will cleave tohim,tho Ithey will be very few*, Even an the Berries on the Top of the outmuft Branches, As for fuch as are growen weary of the Crofs of Chri'ft, and 'havedrawen to a Lee Shoar that GOD never allowed, it may beer'e aH be done it will turn like a tottering Fenctj and a -bowing Wall to them, and they mallhave little profit of it, and as little Credite : But whatfhall I fay to the Commendation of Chrift and his Crofs. 1 blels the Lord, praife to his holy Name, that hath made my Priion a Palace to me *, And what am I that he fhould have dealt thus with me/ I havelooheJ greedy- like, to fuch a lot as this, but (till thought it was too high for me, when I Taw how vile I was \ but now the Lord hath made that Scripture fweet to me in the 6th of Ifaiah, Then flew one of the Seraphim s to mey having a lizc Coal in his handy and he laid it on my mouth- andfaid^ U this hath touched ihy lips ', and thy iniquities are taken away , and thy fins purged. ' O '• how great is his love to me / that hath brought me forth to teilitic 1 againft the Abomminations of the times, and keeped me from fainting ; hitherto, and hath made me to rejoyce irhim.Now Iblefsthe Lord,that [ ever he gave me a Life to lay down for hini. Now farewell all Creature : comforts-, Farewell fweet Bible ; Farewell ye real Friends in ChrilK I Farewell Faith and Hope. Farewell Pravers and all Duties. Farewell Sun and Moon, within a little I mail be free from fin, and all thtforrows U that follow rhereon. Welcome everlafting Enjoyment of the F.i Son and Holy Ghott, everlafting love, everluflwg joyy everlsslingl Ed\n:7olboothjw. 26, 1681. Sic. Suhfcrtbitur ISABEL ALISON. Being come to the Scaffold, after finging the 84th Vfatm% and Readi the \6l\\d Marh> flic cryed over the Scaffold and fald, Kejoueinthe LORD )e Righu^U) and again J fay rejoyce. Then Ihcdefircdto | %6 The Dying Tejlimony and Ufi Words at that place, and the Major came and would not let her, but took her*, way to the Ladder foot, and there (he Prayed. When (he went up the Ladder (he cryed out. O be Zealous, Sirs, he ZtaUus, be Zealous. 0 love the LORD all ye his Servant /, O love himA 5/V/, for in His favour there is Life. And (he (aid, O ye his Enemies what will ye do, whither mil ye fly in that day ? For now there is a dreadful day coming on ak the E> nemies ofJESVS CHRIST* Come out from amwg them, all ye that are the LORD'S own People. Then (he faid, Farewell all Created cemforts. Farewell fweet Bibley in which I delighted tnoft, and jwhich has been fweet tomefincelcametB Frifon. Farewell Chrifii an acquaintances. Now in- to thy hands I commit my Spirit, Father^ Son, and Holy Gho&, Where- upon the Hangman threw her over. The laft Speech and Teftimony of Marion Harvie, who lived at Borrowflounxefsy and fuffered ac Edinburgh the 26 of January 16:8.1. An Account of her Anfwers before the Privy Council. THey asked firft, How long is it fince ye faw Mr. D. Cargil? \ laid, /cannot tell particularly when I faw him. They (aid, Did ye fee him within thefe three Months *• I faid, it may be I have. They faid, Do ye own his Covenant* Haid, What Covenant? Then they read it to me \ and I faid, I did own it. They faid, Do ye own the Sanquhair Declaration ? I anfwered, Tes. They faid do ye own thefe to be lawful ? I faid, Yes *, becaufe they are -according to the Scriptures' ancL^r Covenants,which ye fwore your felves,& my .Father fwore them! Th/yfaid, Yea, but the Covenant does not bind you to deny the King's Authority. 1 faid, So long as the King held by the Truths of GOD. which he fwore, we were obliged to own him *, but when he brake his* Oath, and robbed Chri(t of his Kingly Rights, which do not 'belong to him, we were bound to difown him, and you alfo. They faid, Do ye fcnow what ye fay .* 7 faid, Tes. They faid were ye ever mad? I anf: I have all the Wit, that ever GOD gave me : Do you fee any mad Aft in me ? They faid, Where was you born? I anf.- in Borrowftounnefs. They asked, What was your Occupation there ? I told them, I ferved. They faid, Did ye ferve the Woman, that gave Mr. D. Cargil Quarters/ I faid, That is a Queftion^ which I will not anfwer. They (aid, Who did ground you in thefe Principles? I anfwered, CHRIST, by his Word. They 4aid, Did not Minifters ground you in thefe/ I anfwered, when the Minifters preached the Word i the Spirit of GOD backed and cor* firmed iuorae. They faid, Did ye ever fee Mr. John Wei fit \ h\L Yes 1 Of MARION HARVIE. 87 Yes *, my Soul hath been refrefhed by hearing him. They asked, if ever [heard Ml. Archibald Riddel. I anfwered Yes^ and I blefs the LORD, :hat ever I heard him. They faid , Did ever they preach to take up ^rms again ft the King ? I faid, I have heard them Preach, to defend the 3ofpel , which we are all fworn to do. They asked, if ever I fware to Vir. D. Cargil's Covenant? I faid, No ^ but we are bound toowa it. rhey faid, Did ye ever hear Mr. George Johnfton ? 1. faid, I am not con- erned with him. I would not hear him j for he is joyned in a Confede- acy with your felves. They laid, Did ye hear the Excommunication at he Tirmood ? 1 faid,No, I could not win to it. They asked if / did approve 1 it ? I anf. Yes. They asked if I approved of the killing the Lord St .An- Irews i 1 faid, in fofar as the Lord raifed up inftraments, to execute h'n •ft Judgments upon him, I have nothing to fay againft it :, for he was perjured Wfetch, and a Betrayer of the Kirk of Scotland. Then they sked. What Age I was of/ I anlwered I cannot tell. They faid among hcmfelves, That I would be about Twenty Years of Age, and began to egrate my Cafe, and faid. Would I caft away my felf fo ? ian( : I love ay Life, as well as any of you do^ but would not redeem it upon fin- ul Terms *, for Cbrift fays, He thatfeeks ot fave his Life Qjall lofe it. ["hey faid a Reck, the Cod and Boboons were as fit for me to meddle with s thefc things: Then one of them asked, when the Ailize fhould fit ? nd fome uther of them anfwered, On Munday, Then they asked, if I ould write? Ianf: Tes. Will you fubferibe, faid they , what you have lid? Ianf: No. They bade the Clerk fet down, that I could write, but efufed to fubferibe. Then they asked, if I defired to converfd with ny of our Minifters ? I faid, What Minifters? They faid, Mr. Riddel, faid, What would ye have me to do with him f They laid, He might anvince you of that Sin. 1 faid, What Sin / They faid, The Sfn of R*. ellion. 1 fmiled and faid, If 1 were as free of all Sin, as the Sin of rT< ellion, 1 fhould be an innocent Creature. They asked, if they mould ring Mr. Riddel to me / 1 faid, it was an Evidence he was not right* nee they had him fo much at their Will. And 1 told them, 1 would ave none of their Minifters. This is all 1 can remember, at this prefenr. Her Difcourfe before the judiciary Court. Flrft, /was brought and kt in the Pannel, with the Murderer?; and they read over my Jndillment, and asked me, if I did confefs With thefe things? I anfwered, Tes. Then they read Sanqunair declaration^ and aiked, if I owned it f I anfwered Tes. They read that aper, which they call the New Covenant , and asked, if I owned it. I if. Tes. Then 1 protefted, they had nothing to fay againft me, as to latter of Facl \ but onlv becau'fe 1 owned Chrift and his Truth, and per- cutedGofbel and Members, of which ye have hanged fome, others yoa vot beheaded, and quartered quick. To t halt they replyed nothing; but 8.8 The Ufi Speech and Tettimom but called the j4Jfiz.tr j,wha had no will to appear, till they were about to fine them , and then thev came forward. One of them faid, He did not dvfire to be one of the Affile , but they would have him. He bad them read our Confefiion •, for he knew not what they had to fay againft u*., They bid him hold up his Hand, and (wear, that ft would be true, and he could not, but fell on trembling. The Advocate bad the Ajfiz.tr s look if 1 had any thing to fry againfl: them. 1 frid,/ knew none of them, but what were all bloody Boutchers together. And when the Affile were fet in a Place by themfelves, / faid to them, Now beware what yeare doing*, for they have nothing to fay againft me *, but only for owning Jefus Chrift and his perfecuted Truths: For ye will get my Blood upon your Heads. So that Man that fell on trembling before, defired them to read my Confefiion to him, and they read it. And after that the Advo- cate had a Difeourfe to them, and faid, Te know thefe women are guilty^ of Treafon. The AJfiz.e faid they are not guilty of matters of Fa ft, he faid, but Treafon is Faft,and taking himfelf again, he faid, it's true its but Treafon in their Judgment *, but goon according lo our Law>& Tf ye will not do it, I will proceed-, And when they had read my Confefiion they had fetdown,that /had (aid theMinifters had taught me thefe Prin- ciples, f faid, That isaLie, and it -is like the reft- of your Lies j fo I faidj'Thatrt was Chrift by his Word, that taught me. They anfvvered nothing to that*, but faid, Would I own the reft of my Confefiion. I anf. Tes. The Advocate faid, We do not defire to take their Lives*, for we have dealt with them many Ways, and fent Miniftersto deal with them, and we cannot prevail with them. I faid, We are not concerned with you and your Minifters. The Advocate faid, it-is not for Religion, that we are purfuing you*, but for Treafon. I anf: it is for Religion, that . yt are purfuing me jfor I am of the fame Religion, thit ye are all fworn . to be of j but ye are all gone blind, /am a true Presbyterian in my Judgment. So they put the Ajfiz.c into a' Room by themfelves, and re- moved me without theijruard, into another Room, then they read the 1 Delay-till Friday at 12 of the Clock : And I charged them before the Tribunal of GOD, as they fhould anTwer there:, For, faidl, ye have nothing to fay to me,1 but for my owning the perfecuted GofpeL Ihe Dywg.TeJlimony and hft Words o/'Marion Harvle. CHriftian Friends and Acquaita-ncesj I being to lay down rii'y Life,] on Wednejday next, Januaryz6 1681. /thought fit to fet it be known to the World, wherefore /lay down my Life: and to let it be feen that I Die not as a Fool or as an evil doery or as a bufie Body in other Men's matters^ no, it is for adhering to the Truths of JESUS CHRIST, and avowing Him to be- KinginZion and Head of His Church Of MARIO N HAKVIE. fy Church +' and the Teftimony againft the ungodly Laws of Men, and their robbing C HR I S TofHis Rights, and ufurping His prerogative Royal, which /durft not but teftify againft : And I blefs His Holy Name, that ever he called me to bear witnefs againft the fins of the times, and the defections of upfjtten Minifters and ProfefTors. ( lft ) /ad- here to the Holy and fweet Scriptures of GOD, which have been my Rule in all I have done, in which my Soul has been refrefhed. ( ilj ) I adhere to the Confeffion of Faith, becaufe agreable to the Scriptures. ( 3/y ) I adhere to the Larger and Shorter Catechirais. ( 4/y ) I adhere to the Covenants, National, and folemn League and the work of Re- formation, ( 5//) I adhere to all the Faithful Teftimonies, which havs been left by our Faithful Minifters of JESUS CHRIST, either' on .Scaffolds or Fields. ( 6ly ) I adhere to the Papers foundat the Queen's- ^Terry on Henry HalL ( jly ) I adhere to the Declaration at Sanquhatr and the Teftimony at Rutherglen, and the Papers found on worthie Mr.fRichard Cameron. ( 8/y ) I adhere to the Excommunication at the Tor»wood. ( 9/y ) I adhere to the Excommunication of the Bifhops and their underlings •, and I die in the Faith of it, that the Lord hath ratified that in Heaven, which His Faithful Servants have done on Earth, as tothecafting out thefe Traitors to GOD out of the Church, And now I defire to blefs the LORD for my Lot, My Lot it fallen in pleafant Places, and I have a goodly Heritage. * I leave my Blood upon the Traitor that Sits upon the Throne^ then on James Duke of Tork, who was fitting in the Council, when I was Examined the firft Day. And I leave my Blood on the Bloody Crew, that caK themfelves Rulers. And I leave it on James Hender- /on in the North-Ferry, who was the Judas that fold Archibald Stuart and Mr. Skeen, and me, to the Bloody Soldiers, for fo much Money, I leave my Blood on Sergeant Warrock, who took me, and brought me to Prifon. I leave my Blood on the Criminal Lords, as they call themfelvei,and especially that Excommunicate Tyrant George Mackenzie. the Advocat, and the 15 Aftizers^ and on Andrew Cuningbam, that gave me my Dcora *, and on that Excommunicate Traitor Thomas Dal- z.iel which was Porter that Day that /was n"rft before them andthreat- nedme with the Boots. I give my Teftimony againft the burning of the Covenants, which werefolemnly fworn by the three Nations, with uplifted Hands to the great GOD of Heaven and Earth. I leave my Teftimony againft all the Bloodfhed, and MaiTacresof the LORD'S People, either on Scaffolds or ia the Fields. I proteft againft banifhings and Finings and cruel Murthcrinfts, efipecully the inhumane Murther of worthie David Hack- M ficu? . ' • - * Vndcrftand thii Paragraph with the Caution gtftn Pfl&c 6l 60 The UJt Speech and Teftimony^ ttouti. I leave my Teftimony againft the paying of theCefs, imployei for the bearing down the Preaching of theGolpel, and the taking and killing the poor Follower* of JESUS CHRIST. 1 leave my Teftimony againft the profeflbrs, that fay, this is not the Truth of GODforwhich I Suffer, and call the way of GOD Delufion. 1 leave my Teftimony againft Mr. Archibald Riddel, who became Servant to the Bloody Lord?, and made it his work to make me deny CHRIST, and betake my felf to the ungodly Laws of Men, and call the Truths of GOD De- lufions, which 1 am to Seal with my Blood.* And I rejoice that ever he counted me worth ie fo to do; O ! 1 may fay, what am I, or what is tny Father's Houfe ? That He fiould have called me out to Seal His Truths with my Blood, which Truths both Minifters and Profeffbrs have counted prudence to difown and deny, for which theLand will be to mourn and (orely to fmart, ere all be done. ! leave myTeftimony againft Mr. John Blair, that faid I had no more Grace than. his Star! had, and was Witnefe to my Sentence, that Day I got it", ar*l his Wife that faid 1 had no more Grace nor her old Shoos:, as if Grace were not free, and as tho' CHRIST had not enough to give me. /leave my Teftimony againft both Minifters a^d ProfciTors, that have joy n- ed themfelves in any of thefecourfesof Defection with the Enemies, and are fa-ft in their Can>ps. I leave my Teftimony againft Popery, Prelacy, Quakerifm, and Indul- gencie, and defires to m«urn for it, that ever I joyned with them in hear- ing them, or any of thofe that connive at them. I leave my Teftimony againft all Jefuitical Principles, although our Pro/efTors fay, that /ad.- here to them *, / deny ir, and I take GOD to be my Witnefs, that f hate all Opinion?, that are contrar to the found Truths of GOD. ' And fince ever GOD called me to follow his perfecuted Gofpel, it was ftill m] defire to ftick clofs by him, and the Rule he has fet down for poor fianer to walk by. And it was always my Rejoicing to ferve him, and to aft aad 4o for hi/Truth and to vindicate it. And many a fore heart lhave had with them in vindicating his Truths, when they have been denying them, and caftiag Dirt in the Faces of faithful Witneftes of Jefus Chrift j and 1 defire all thefe, that are endeavouring to contend for Chrift and his Truths, that they would be faithful in their Witnefting for him, and efcu.e theleaft appearance of fin. For I -a dying Witnefs ofChrift, ob« teft you, as you will anfwer , when ye ftand before him, in the day of your appearance, that ye be faithful in owning him, in alibis ituths, and not yield a hoof to thefe ungodly, Perjured, Bloody and E5.communicate Traitours, and Tyrants *, For there is much advan- tage to be had infaithfulnefsfor Chrift *, and that /may fet. to my Seal to the Truth of. And /think, CHRIST is taking a narrow view of his Followers at this time:, for there are'few that yield a hair breadth of the Truths of GOD, that readily win to their feet again *, but go from one degree ol Defe&ioa to another. ■ And Of MARION HARV1E. 9i And *g\in I defire to Biefs and Maghifie the LORD, for my Lot, md may fay He hath brought me to the Wildernejs to allure me there, and Speak comfortably to my Soul. It was but little* of Him I knew when I :ame to Prifon *, but aow He has faid to me, Becaufe He Lives^ I/hall Livealfo: And He has told me, I am His, that hath bloted out thine Iniquity, for My oven Name's fake. Kind has He been to me, fince He brought me out to witnefs for Him. I have never fought any thing from Him, that was for His Glory, fince I came to Prifon, but He granted me my dehre For the moft part / have found Him in every thing, that hath come in my way, ordering it Him fe If, for His own Glory. And now I Blefs Him, that thoughts of Death are not terible to me. He hath mademe as willing to lay down my Life for Him, as ever I was willing to Live in the World. And now ye that are His WitnefTes, be not afraid to adventure upon the Crols ofCHRlST, For His Take ts eafie, and His Burden is light. For many tines I have been ma Mafter Chrift. All his dealings with me have been in love and Mercy. His Corrections have been all in love and free.Grace, O fre;e love.i O ! I am oft made t«> wonder, what it was that made him ; a Blafphemer to witnefs for him and his Truths. / may hy I am a Brand plucked out of the Fne; I am a Limb of the Devil, pluck't out from his fire-fide. O 1 1 am made to wonder and admire at his conde- scending Love .' Now I leave my Teftimony againfl JeJn Firrtft, for faying that I am g oing to the Grave with a lie in my right hand, and charging my I my own head. O my friends come out from a: mongthem, andtoucjinot the unclean thin£. It will never be well, till there be a feraaion from fin. 1 blefs the Lord, that ever I h Mr. CargiH, that iairh/ui Serrant f>f Jefus Girift : I bWft the Lcrrf, that M 2 ever f 2 77* Ufi Speech and Teftimony. ever I heard Mr. Richard Cameron, my Soul has been refreftied vftth the hearing of him, particularly at a CommiinioR in Larrick, on thefe words in the S^Pfalm &K 7he Lord will freak peace to his Stint* and PeofUi but let them net return back to folly. Now I leave my Teftinaony againft all the back-Aiding Minifters, who, when I began to hear the Gof- pel, Preached the fame Truths, which /am to lay down my Life for at this time •, but now they are joyned in a combination againft GOD. and for the mod part, are all at the Enemies wiH, for when I got my Sen- tence the bloody Traitors promifed to bring any of our own Minifters to us, when before them \ and fo this gives me ground to fay, they are become their Servants. Nov/ the LORD knows t have a fore Heart to mention thefe things \ fcut when I faw fome of them there, and they offering us any of the reft, it gives me ground to fet it down with a fore Heart. Now what fhal] I fay f 1 ha-ve finned againft Him, and I am guilty of thedefecif- 6rts, for which my Car cafe muft b in theWildernefsy and not fet the King come Home to his Habitation. But O I am content, and hear- tily content, that He gives me my Soul for a Prey } and well is me for it, I think my felf not behind. O my Love ! O my Love O my Love ! My altogether Lovely CHRIST. The common report through the Country is, That L might have had my Life on very eafie Terms but I could have it on no eafier Terms, then the denying of my Lore and Mafter, CHRIST. Firft they asked ifl would retraft my for* mer Confeffoon, and particularized all the Papers, I had owned be/ore, and if I would not call Charles Stuart an Ufurper, and the Devil Vicegerunt ^ I told them, I would not go back in any thing, for y< have nothing ( faid I ) to lay tome, but for the avowing CHRIST re be King in Zion, and Head of His own Church. And they faid, they die not ufarp CHRISTs Crown : But I faid they were blinded and did not (ee. They faid there was but a few of us for thefe Principles: I faid they had all the wyteofit. and it was raoft bitter ; to us, that •ur Minifters had fpoken againft thefe Truths. And- indeed I think they had not beenfo cruel to me, were it not thefe Minifters. And fo I think, our Minifters are not free of our Blood •, for when they fpake againft us and the Way, it hardned thefe bloody Traitors, and emboldened them to take our Lives. I leave my Teftimony againft them, for they have caufed many poor- things to erre from the Way of GOD, and many have made Minifters - fheir Rule,and lo the Blind have led the Blind and both have- folJen inta Ihe Ditch together. And fome think and fay, O can we quite fo many Godly Minifters* We dow not quite them v but Failure you ye mail get a fhare of the Wrath and Stroak, which GOD bath prepared for thefe Backfliders and Betrayers of their Truft. O I wonder what is the ^eafoa tha* Mtn count it their WifiUw to deny GOD, who has been fo ■" *" ^ ~~ kin* Of MARION HAKV1E. +* \\?A to thettt, and who have many a day delighted to ccmmeadfcfs Love to me, with the Hazard of their Lives y for which I ftaH bea Wit- nefs againfl them. Now 1 harve no more to fay } be faithful unto Ihc Death*} or elfe wo, wo, wo to you that are owning him at this Da/, if ye do not own him in all his Offices, as King, Prieft, and Prophet/ O my dear Love 1 well is me that ever he let me know that his Love was better than Life. Wo to that Creatire, that will not love my loye* ly Lord Jefus Chrift. Now farewel Holy and fweet Scriptures, which were ay my Comfort in the midft of a!) my Difficulties: Farewef Faith, farewel Hope, farewel Wanderer*, who have been comfortable to my Soul, in the hearing them commend Chrift's Love. Farewel Brethren, farewel Sifters,- farewel Chriftian Acquaintances, farewel Sun,* Moon, and Stars. And now welcome my lovely and heartfome Chrift Jefus, into whofe Hands 1 commit ray Spirit throughout all Eternity, I may fay, few and evil have the days of the Tears of my Pilgrimage been, I being about 20 years of Age. From the Tolbooth of Edinburgh the Woman- Houfe, on the Eaft Side of ihe Prifon, Jan. nth, 1681. MAR-ION. HARFIE, This Martyr thoboth young in Years, and of the weaker Sex ( which hightens thedifcovery, how Brutally furious and mad thefe Perfecutors were ) was fo Angularly affifted of the Lord in hisCaufe, and had fuch difcoveriesofHis fpecial Love to her Soul, that (he was nothing terrified by her Adverfariesy when fhe was brought from the Tolbooth to the Council Houfe, tobecarried toner Execution •, as fhecame out of the Tolbooth Door feveral Friends attending her, (he was obferved to fay with a Surprizing Chearfulnefs and Air of Heavenly Ravifhment. Be- held J hear my Beloved faying unto me, Ari ferny Love, my Fair One\ and tome away. And being brought to the Council, Wifaop Pater/on being Refolved, feing he could not deftroy her Soul, yet to grieve and vex ir* faid, Marion, you laid you would never hear a Curate, now you (hall be forced to hear one, upon which he ordered one of his Suffragans, whom he had prepared for the purpofe, to pray •, fofcon as he beguj^ ihe faid to her Fellow Prifoner Ifabel Aiifon; come Jfabel, let's Sing the 23^. P[aU which accordingly they did \ Marion Repeating the* Pfalm Line by Line without Book* which drowrfed the Voice of the Curate* and extreamly confounded the Perfecutors* Being come to th^ Scaffold* after finging the 84 PJalmj and reading the 7,d. of Malachr, (he faid, I am come here to day, for avowing Chrift to be head of His Church y and Kingin TS\oiiJ O feek him firs, feek him, and ye fhall find him; / fought him, and /found himy I held him% and weuidnoe let him go* ■ Tneri (he briefly narrated the manner how fhe waa taken, and recapitulated in fhort the heads of her written Teftimony. Saying to this cfftfclj 4 1 1 going out of Edinburgh to hear the Periecuted Gofpel in the Field 5 , I was taken by tl\e way with Soldiers, and brought in to the Guard, an£ 94 The, Joint Teftimcm * and afterwards I was brought to the Council, and they Queftioned me 4 iflknewMr. DonaldCargH^ or ifl heard him Preach? / anfwered, * / blefs the Lord I heard him, and my Soulr was refrefhed with hearing 4 him, for he is a faithful Minifter of Jefas Chrift, they asked if I ad- 4 hered to the Papers gotten at the Ferry, I faid I did own them and all c the reft of Chrifl's Truths y ifl would have denyed any of them, my 1 Life was in my offer *, but I durft not do if, no not for my Soul. E're I * wanted anHour of his prefencej'd rather die tenDeaths.l durft not (peak c againft them, left [ fhouldhave finned againft GOD. I adhere to the 4 Bible and Confeftion of Faith, Catechifms and Covenants, which are * according to this Bible ( whereupon fhe clapt her hand upon the 4 Bible ) I alfo adhere to the Testimonies given by the Faithful Winef- 4 fes of Chrift, that have gone before us on Scaffold* and in the Fields. * 1 leave my Teftimony againft all Quakers, Jefuites, Indulgences and * all Prophane and. Ungodly Perfens, and mainly all Covenant breakers c and Perfecutors of his Way and Truths, which I am come here to Seal 4 with my Blood •, againft all payers of Cefs, and Bonders, and againft c all Opprcflionor Murthering. They fay, I would Murther, but I 4 declare I am free of all matters of Facl •, I could never take the Life of * a Chicken but my Heart fhrinked. But it is only for my Judgement of 4 things, I am brought here, I leave my Blood on the Council and the 4 DukeofTor^-, at this the Soldiers interrupted her and would notaIlo*v 4 her to Speak any \ but fhe cryed out, I leave my Biood on all Ungodly 4 and Prophane Wretches. Themoftofher Diicourfe was cf GOD's love to her, and to the Commendation of Free Grace^ and fhe declared fhe had much of the LORD's prefencein Prifon, and faid, 4 I bkfsrhe 4 LORD the fnare is broken, arid we are efeaped ^ and when fhe rsme * to the Ladder Foot, fhe Prayed. And going up the Ladder fhe^ faid, 4 O! my fair one, my lovely one, come away *, and fitting dawn on the 4 Ladder fhe faid, lam not come here for Murrher, for they have no f matter of Fattto charge me with } but only my Judgem nt. / am a- * bout 20 Years of Age, at 14 or 15 I was a hearer of the Curates and In- 4 dulgcd, and while I wasa hearer of thefe, I was a Elafphemer and * Sabbath-breaker, andaChaptet qf the Bible -was a -burden to tire •, but 4 fince I heard this Perfecuted Gofpel •, 1 durft no Blafpheme, nor * break the Sabbath, and thegible.fcecame my delight. With this the 4 Major called to the Hangman tfr caft her over, and the Murtherer pre* 4 fently choacked her. The /joint Tefiimonj of William Goguer, Chriftophcr Miller, and Robert Sangfter, rvho lived in the Shire cf Stirline, and juffered at the Grafs-mercat cf Edinburgh March nth 168 1. Directed te the Shire of Stirline, Tbe Of WILLIAM GOGVER, Sec. ^ THe Lord in his Holy Providence having fingied us out of thtt Shirey to Seal his controverted Truths with our Bleed; we could not but leave a Line behind us ( we being Stirlir.c Shire Men) to let you know wherefore we are come here this Day, to this Place of Execution*, that it is for adhereing to that which Minifiers and Proteflbrs are dilowning *, and the Lord feeing it fit to honour us be**>«nd others, now in this day of Defection and Backdrawir.g from the Truth. We tell you. that it is Truth we are to fuffer for *, althV ye condemn us in it, and fay that we have a hand in our own Death; yet, we Tar ft not, for ©ur Souls, do otherwife, or elfe we would have been lure of the broad Curfe of GOD on us, and our Life both. You rciy think, that it is a Novelty of our own Head, that we are brought huher for , but if any of you had that Love to the Lord, that youfecm- t- once a day, you would count it your Duty, as well as ours, to contefft'd f * the fweet Truths of GOD, when you lee him fo wrong- ed, and his Rights fo ufurped and taken from him,who was both fweet and kind :o poor things at Hill Sides, and efpecially among you of that Shwe. O / Sirs, you may take fhame to you, for all that you have done againft the Honour of GOD, that have (ten hisgoingsfo Stately a- mong the Meetings ol his People*, that wilJ not contend for lovely Chrift. O / do ve not think that a fad day will come on you , for joyn> ing with God's Enemies,whO have broken Covenant with Him, and fheii the Blood of the Saints, and trampled on the Honour of GOD, and ye will not fear to joyn with them, for all the Blood they have fhed,1 you will dill go on with them *, and tho' you profefs, that you have love to the Son of GOD, and that your Zeal for the Lord God of Hofts it not abated*, yet, you will go on with them, and Bond and comply, in piyingof Cefs and Militia Money to maintain, a Party againftGod and hisWoik, which once in a day you were forward to maintain, and would have ventured your Life in the maintaining of it againft all •the Lords Enemies. You may juftly take fhame to your felves for your prefering the things of Time to the fweet Crofs of lovely Chrift. O / Sirs, what think ye will your Doom be that have done fo much againft the Honour of- a Holy GOD? Indeed you may Look out for Wrath, and that oftbefadeft fort. Now as dying Men we tcii you tharthere are fad Days abiding you for what you have done to the Honour and Glory of GOD if ye get not fpeedy Repentance. Therefore as you would anlwer in the Great D*y, make Confcience of what ye do. Remember that you will count and reckon for all that you have done, and wiU be reckoned as guilty of the Blood of the Saintft as the word Enemies amongft them all. Therefore as dying Men we charge you to take with guilt,or elfe it will >e worfe for you. O / Sirs fear the Lord's Wrath, and fall to and Mourn. for what you hm done. O cry mightily fpr Repentance, oft elfe g6 The UJl Sfefch 4??d Testimony elfeyou will .get Jwta's Reward. For you arc the Perfons that have betrayed the Son of GOD, and expelled hkn out of your Coafts, You were thinking that he was like to prove a coftly Chrift, and therefore you of that Shire would give confent to Banifh him away from among you. You would not hear tell of a Ft eU Preaching for fear of Hazard. O / Sirs, take it to confederation, and lay to Heart what a Hand you Jiave in BanifhingChrift and the Gofpel out oiScotUnd^ and we are fure it Wis not your parts to have done fo. No, no, it was not your part to have given lovely Chrift fueh an Affront, the fweet days that you have had long fmce might ha' made you give Royal Jefus better Quar- ters, tho' you fhould go to the Gibbet for it,and loft yourGear. For your doing as you have done is a denying of him before Men .Take it as ye will, we mud tell you, as in the Sight of the Living GOD, be- fore whom we are now to appear and get our Sentence for all that we have done j You are the only Shire that has denyed lovely Chrift Quarters, for he fent an Offer to you to the Jorwood and ye would not hear it. Well, it's likely there are many of you that will never get another , there are fome of you that would not go to hear, but forbade others to go, and thought it was Duty not to go^ and fome of you were at that Preaching, and made .a bad ufe of ir. O / aremember Sirs, you have rejected Chrift. We tell you it as dying Men, you will count for it e're it be long, for our Lord did cot fend theGofpei to theTorwoodfor neught,but it will accomplifh that for which it was fent. O / Sirs, be afraid and tremble,for Judgement is at theDoor, and indeed your Sentence will be fore to bide, it will be more tolerable for open Enemies in the day of'Judgment than for you. Weareafraid when we think, what Judgements will be on you fhortly, forcoi* fidering what pains has been taken on you of that Shire, and howtenj der the Lord has been of you, in Training you up for Suffering, and has given you Tryals, and you have endured them, and he has uken them off again, and given you forer Tryals and he has delivered you out of thefe. it had been better for you that you had been at that Preaching, tho' you fhould have gotten the Gallows the very next day, t than to have done what ye did, and that you will find e're it be long«| O wliat of his Kindnefs have you met with at fuch Places! You dare* pot fayi That he has been a barren Wildernejs^ or a Land of Drought t+j you. Teftifie again ft him, if he was not kind to you, folongasyeabode Dy him, he abode by you, and he was tender of you, fo long as ye kept faithful to him •, but after ye turned into the Enemies Camp, then he, turned to be your Enemy ,and fought againft you,and in all thatyou do GOD will be feen to be againft you. You may thrive in the World, fcut it will be a dear thriving to you, you will get the Wrath of GOD With it. But ye have done with thriving in the Worfhip of GOD. In- deed there are many of you , that hold your Life no more of GOD; Ret Of WILLIAM GOGVER. 9j Remember we tell you of it, who are within a few Hours to Eternity. Now it's like you will not nottice, what the like of us fay, but will al- ledge , that we are dying as Fools, and have no Presbyterian Princi* pies, but Notions*, but we fay thi contrare *, We fay , We are not Fools as to that, however the World may think and look on us as fuch : We fay, We have Presbyterian Principles, and are Presbyterians in our Judgements, and will make it appear, that we die as Chriftians, and as thofe that own the Truths of GOD, and are (landing to what Minifters once taught us, although this Day they are turned to the contrary, and condemning us, and faying, That we hive nothing but Notions of our own Heads, that make us do fuch Things, but they will not find it f« in the Day of Accounts. And Firsl, you may fay , That it is not a Presbyterian Principle, t§ caft of Magistrates. We grant with you, but where are the Magift- rates? Indeed they were once placed fuch *, but they caft out them- [elves, when they brake the Covenant, and fet up a curfcd Supremacy, m* fultingover the LOAD's Inheritance, and when they have done that* we think they are no more to be owned as Magiftrates by Presbyterians «, but to be caft off, and witnefTed againft j and when it comes to that Part of the Play, do ye not think, that it was our Part to contend for Truth ? O Sirs, do ye not believe TESUS CHRIST to be the Eternal Son of God; and that all things were made for him and by him, whither they be Thrones , or Dominions, or Principalities, or Power r. What is not his ? And that by free Gift and Donation by an Eternal Decree intimate to us in the 2. Pfalm, wiiere in a more particular manner, he U declared to be King inZ'on,and all the Heathen promifed to theEnlargement of his kingdom. O Sirs, do ye not believe, That Scotland became His with it's own Con- fent, as the Product of that Decree & the fruit of his Interceffion 6V Pur- chafs *, ami that he allows no Authority to be owned , and fubmited un- to in Scotland, bu t only in fo far as they keep the Line of Subordination to the Son of GOD*, or do you believe, that Scotland fhould have no other Magiftrates,but fuch as fhouldbe of GOD's choofing, Men of Truths able Men, fearing GOD, hating Covetoufnefs . And that the Land was bound by Covenant to have fuch , under the Pains contained in the Law, and danger both of Soul and Body , in the Day of the LORD's fearful Appearance to Judgment. We believe, many a Man's Wit in that Day ftull be counted Foolifhnefs. Then if this be a Ground, wt are fure, ye mud fay, That Day that C. Stuart was crowned, Perjury became National j only ProfcfTors as to this Point were free. Do ye think, we would without Perjury and Treachery to GOD, own .Charles Stuart's Authority any longer, when he held not his Authority *>fGOD*, but it being manifeft,that in Meddleton's Parliament he dif- .claimed that Title to Authority, we think, we were bound to witnefe our Loyalty to another, and that we were freely abfulved from Obedi-. N encc §8 ' Thejoynt Jejiiwony^ enceand Fidelity to him then, and ceuld not own bis Authority with* out grofs Perjury, he declaring, He would have no Homage upon the Account of the Covenant : Would ye not count him a diftracled Man, that would cleave to him upon that Account, whether he would or not f Yea, and who ever does it, we know they will find them felves Fools. Do you believe, That in the Day that that Covenant was taken, any within the Nation was not bound to perform andprofecute it, and that GOD will punifti the Deftroyersof that Covenant? Do ye think, that Aft Explanatory of the Supremacy is not a plain Renunciation of the Word of GOD, the Law of Nature, the Covenant, and Humane So- ciety* and fettingup Devilifm and Confufion , without a full, free and direct publick Teftimony to the Contrary. We are fure, that every publick Breach of Covenant requite* publick Repentance. We think there can none be abfolved without this: For in exprefs Terms, our LORD fcysWhofoever denies me before M en, him will I deny before my Father which uin Heaven, Now th^re fhouli not only be a Teftimony given, 1>ut a walking according to it afterwards. O Sirs! would you have none to witnefs againft the Abominations of this Day ? Indeed you are all miftaken *, for our LORD will not want Witneffes to witnefsfor Him, however few and fecklefs they be *, yet He will make the Things tjjat are not, confound the Things that are. O Sirs ! think you it not a Sin, to joyn with them that have rejected the Living GOD, and will not have him to reign over them? Do ye not think it Duty to proteft againftthem, that are trampling our LORD'S Glory under. Foot/ O Sirs! do ye not think your felves guilty of Breach of Covenant, that Have connived at thefe Men^ that have their Hands reecking in the Blood of the Saints, when you are ftrengthening their Hinds, in the do- ing of it? We think you guiltier nor thefe Wretches j becaufe you j jyn with them in Sin, whereas you mould have protefted againft them in the committing of fuchAfts. We wot well, if ye read the Bible, ye will count your (elves as guilty as they are, and the guiltieflof the two^ for it was your part to have contended for the Truth, and flood in De fence thereof, unto the lofing of Lives and Liberties, and all that you had,; The LORD has caft them off, and yet you will do what in you lies to hold them up, who fhed the Blood of thofe , who were once in a Day your dear Brethren. It may be, you will fay, That Samuel knew, *that Saul wot rejetled oj GOD, and yet he did aotxaft him off. We an- fwer, He did what lay in his Power to get him caft off } for he went and anointed David in his flead, and durft not do it publickly, but fecretly for Fear oj Saul , neither did Samuel converfe much with Saul after that. Next you fay, That Dav id s Heart } mote him, for taking, and r*tf . "ting off the Zap of Saul'* ^Garment r ana laid, That he would not fiir the LORD's Anointed. Now we fay, He had twoReafons, which we have ^o$. Firft, he had that Reafon, that he wasrk LORD'S Anointed, zly. It WILLIAM GOGVER, &c. gy It was his own particular Quarrel \ becaufe he was to reign in his (lead: So we lay, That C. Stuart is not the LORD'S Anointed,neither is it our particular Quarrel , but in Defence of the Golpel *f and in fo far as he is an Enemy to GOD, and the Way of Salvation, which is fufficiertt Ground tocaft our any Perfonoutof the Church , and witnefs- againft him, in the Defence of the Gofpel, unto the lofingof Life and Liberty, and all other Things. And believe us as ye will, we do not think them Chriftians, that will not contend for lovely Chrift, and his fweet Truths, in witneiilng againft this bloody excommunicate Traitor, and not ewn< ingthena asRulers, feing they have difowned the Juft and Holy One , and are trampling on his fweet Truths, and would never have them to rife again } but would have the Stone fealed^ that there might be no more Mention made of the Honour of GOD. And you have a deep Hand in tkis, becaufe ye are .not faithful and free in witnefling for his defpifed Glory : And if ye will not doit *, Delivery to the Church flail :emefrem antther Airt, and you fhaU i\l be deftroyed \ for he will be up igain, infpiteofallyour Hearts \ and he will mike your Fears and theirs >oth, come on you \ for he will make Inquifition for all his Truths •, and when he comes, indeed we would not abide the Reproof, that you the 3rfeflbrs in Stirling-Shire will get, for all the Gold in Europe; There will jeno Excufe heard then} Your Wife & Children, or Lands will be to ixcufe •, For he hath told us in exprefs Term5, That whefoever will not "or fake all & follow Him , cannot be his Difcip\e> \Vife and Children, -ioufes and Lands, all rauft go for him >And you mud take up his Crofs layly, and wander through at his back, it may be, hard befted, with a >orrowed bed and a borrowed Firefide, and lire upon Providence*, We vot well there are feme of you that can (ay to your fweet Experience, hat you never lived better than on GOD's Providence, although now ye uve reacted and betaken your feives to the world. Have youdone fo* wet)| you may be doing*, but ere long ye will rue it. Remember, we old youir, when we were going into Eternity, Thatyou would meet vith much woe and Sorrow lor what you have done againft the honour f GOD, ifycu repent not. lly You fay, It is not a Prefbyterian Principle to own that Party that i jeoparding their lives for the honour of GOD, and witndling for His efpiftd truths •, that this day is fo abufedand nick named by you ind o- hers : But we fay it is, and maintain it to be a Prebby terian Principle to 3 own that defpifed Party *, for they aretheParty that are only delign- ig the glory and honour of GOD, and have no other View before them ut his fweet Truths, whkh are dear to them •, and they will quite with ife and Liberty, before they quite with an hoof ol Truth :Which bath ten made out by their valiant ^uffeiin^s. O but Truth has been fweet id dear to them 1 They have not counted their Lives dear unto them, athe Account of it. They have chearfully gone to the Scaffold for N z Truth r*oo The joint Tefiimvny Truth, and have been honourably carried through, and the Lord's Prr- fence fecn in theif throughbearing *, as we hope fhall be made out on us*, ere it be long : Aifo they ftudy to fpend their Time and Strength foT ©OD. When all other Means have failedthem, they ftudy to keep up that Mean of Reading, Singing and Fraying, as the LORD will afiift and help them*, Altho' the /ndulged and their Conforts have a great Envy at them, and do what they can to get them off the Earth j for they are the main AcTorsin taking of that poor Party •, And all is becaufe rheir pra&ifes condemn theirs •, Altho' they take the Scriptures for their &ule, and fiudy to walk fo, as they may get GOD's Approbation in the Day of Accompts. 3/y. You lay, It is not ^Prtshyterian Principle, to own thefe Paper /, that our Worthieshive (et out, or the Work that they have done,which many of them have fealed with their Blood: But we fay, That it is a Pres- byterian Principle , becaufe all that they did was agreeable to the Word of GOD and our Corenants : For confider thefe Papers when you Pleafe, you will find them confonant to the Scriptures , and juft and lawfulfor Presbyterians to own *, and fay the contrare who will, we do not think them Presbyterians, nor yet Covenanters, that will not own them *, for there is nothing in them, but what we will with all our Hearts feal with our Blood as Presbyterians, and as having thefe Principles. "4/y. You fay, It is not a Presbyterian Principle to confefs«a?l th?h things *, but we fay, It is a Presbyterian Principle, to confefs and a ▼ouch Him and His Truths, before this adulterous Generation: Now when theQparrelis thus Mated , we fhould not put them to prove what is Truth. Stephen made a free Confedion of his Faithr, and fo have aft. our Worthies. And now feing we own thefe things, and rhey being the controverted Truths of the Day, and the LORD calling us to own and -maintain them •, we never thought it our Parr tofmother and hide them, but with Courage to avouch them , to the lofing of our Lives in tht Quarrel. WeTeeing our deareft LORD's Truths fo trampled on, and a pack of you that Teemed to be fair before the Wind, for owning of Truth, and witnefiing for Him, never fo much as putting to you* hand to help } but turning your back on Truth and the Way of GOD* Indeed we fear, that ye (hall never be honoured to witnefs for GOD a* ny more ', it's like you care not for that Honour •, but we teH you, that1 you will rue it, when you will not get it mended : And remember we tell you it here, as dying Witness for Truth, you will meet with as fad a Judgment, as ever a Shire met with, if you repent not , your Judgment will be unparcelable for your denying him before Men. We are come here this Day to witnefs freely and faithfully againft you, and all others, for their complying with the Enemies againft the Work of GOD? And we fay, as in the Sight of a living GOD, You wiH co*nt for itjC/re it be long, O but ! w e think it a fweetthing to be honou- red WILLIAM GOGVEK.&c. iot honoured this Day to contend for Truth, and to be Overcomes by tkt Blood of the Lamb , and by the Word of our Tejiimony. Indeed we are called to it, to contend for 1 he Faith once delivered to the Saints. And we think, if we had notbeen free and faithful, before the fe Bloody Wretches , we would hate held our Life nc more of GOD ^ if we did not fpeak for his Truths before them , when he bade us fpeak : For he fought a Proof of our Love to him, and his nick n-ameddtfpifed Way , and to poor Z'ron, whom no Man u J ee king after. And think you that we durft hold our Tongue afid not fpeak, when he bade us ? Indeed our Life was not dear to us-, when- his Truth came in Queftion. Wc might have gone away with our Life , and the broad Curie of GOD u- ponitto ge> witkus , if we had denyed him at this Time, we would Ju' held our Lrve no more of him , of whom we held it all our Days*, and now we might chearfully lay it down at his Command and bidding ^ for this we knew , that Devils ©r Men could not ftir a H^rof cur Head, without our LORD'S Determinatien^ and therefore we're- the lefs a4« fraid of what they could do. And now asdying Men, wechargeyou not to fpeak ofrhit peor Party, that this day isfo reproached and fpoken againft by a Partv , \ them rhat are called Minifters and Profctlor*. O take fhame to y<\ together v and asyou will be anfwerable, in the Day of Accounts, we tell you, not to have a wrong thought of them, for all the Reproaches that can be faid againft them \ for they area Godly People, and i. much of His Mind. And if you go on with Enemies, and others, that have turned their backs on the way of God, goyour way \*but it were better that a MilTbone were hanged about ycur Nuk, and ye cast into the rnidfk of the* Se&y than that you fhould fpeak at fueh a rate as you do: For let you and others, reproach as ye will, they dclign not:. •but the Honour of God, and have the Scripture to be their Rule, and walk as becomes the Gofpel, and they ftudy a Holy Carriage: Altho' there be many among them, that have an unfuitable carriage by reafor* of whom the way of GOD is evil fpoken of \ yet the wiyrot GOD is not an Hair the worfe to-be liked. It may be there is a Judas a- ' Twelve *, And what of that ? V/e fay the reft are not to be caft a that,feeing they keep theTruth : We know there are many of you, that fay, that we do not keep by the Scriptures •, but we declare the oob# trary ', tor with all our Heart, we fct t« o»r Seal, and Te(Vimon\ the Holy Scriptures, which have been fweet to us*, and our Teft ny to the National and Solemn Leagua and Covenant, and to the Onfet~ fwn of Faith as agreeable to the Word of GOD, and to theCr - •Larger and Shorter, and to all that our Worthies have done ia the fence of the Gofpel. We join our hearty Teftiniony to all their i pearances iR the Fields both firft and Lift. Aad we proteft a&ainft all the filings of the£raeaiies a^aiuft the Lor i02 The joint TeStimovy. people, in all their Proceedings, both fidt and laft, and every thing that they have done again ft our Worthies, when they were in defence cfthe Gofpel, andweabhorcand teftifie againft Popery ^ Prelacy Qvakerifm, Eraftiamfrx, Indulgencie, and all the connivers with them, be who they will 9 and again It Jefuitifh Principle /, which you fay we hold, which Seel we nioft bafely abhore, and give our Teltimony againft all fuch Erronicu* Setts and Principles \ we give our Teftimony againft all you that fay we have fuch Principles, and that we have got new Principles and new light , but we do fay the contrary, and declare that we do hold by thefe Princi- ples, which Minifters did teach both you,and us to (land to in the defence of, until) we had loft cur Lives and all in that Quarrel. Now you that fay fuch things of us, we Exhort you to Repent, or elfe ycu will meet with a (ore Day of Wrath, for it is not a light thing tofpeak of Sufferers, as you de, therefore we obteft you in the Bowels of JESUS CHRIST, to be foberin your Speeches againft that Parry, and make a right Choice, and fairly fide your fe Ives, ard come out from among the Tents of the Wicked, and be feparated from among them, and joyn your felves to the poor Suffering Remnant, and be net at eafe now in the day otZions trouble. Do not think, that you will enjoy your ceiled Houfes, and your warm Fire fides in fuch a day as this. If you be (Ingle for God, he will have you out from all thefe thmgs, and denyed to them all, for woe is to him that is at eafe, whenZionis in trouble, and is not concerned in all the Afflclions of Jofeph\ you muft either now get a wakening, or elfe you will get a wakening, when the wrath of an angry GOD comes on the Land for fin. Indeed Sirs, we think that Religion has not coft you much heart work. We think you have not been at much pains in feeking of GOD, for as fair a fihow as ye feem to have. Indeed when the Gofpel was in its purity, and many feeking to preachings, the Lord feemed to be kind to you, and you feemed to have much love to him, and his defpifed way, and you feemed as if you would have ventured your Life in the defence of the Gofpel ^ but when we would have looked through you at Preachings, and going to them, and in coming from them, it would have made fome of us a fore heart to fee your unconcernednefs and unfuitable carriage, even among you that feemed to be the heads of them : And when we would have been in fome of your Company's either coming or going, your talk did ay fmell of the World, and fo is come of it. O! Repent, and come out from among your Lufts and Idols, that you are fo wedded to, and take hold of a Mediator, and feek the Lord with all your heart. O ?you Town of Stirline and the Shire Re- pent for Sentence is paft againft you, for what you have done, altho it be not put in Execution yet. But it will be put in Execution er'e long, if you Repent not *, Tho'the Lord is feeing it fit to take us away from the evils, which are coming on this Land, for breach of Covenant, and a light- ed Qofpek We teli you, it may be you will find it when we are gone, it Of WILLIAM GOGVZR&c. 10? it is better to endure all the Torments that Devils and Men an inflift on you here, than to endure one drop of the wrath of an angry GOD, that Villi be poured out without mixture on all Rank?, that have not the work of the day upon their Spirits, be who they will, Minifters or Pro- fefTbrs, Indulged or not Indulged,For if they be not taken up and concer- ned with the cafe ofthe Church of GOD, this day as it is ftated, he will come and reckon with them all, and count them all turners afide, and wrtl lead them forth with the Workers of iniquity, when peace flail be en Ifrael. Therefore we would defire you to have a care, and look well a- bout you what you are doing, and beware of fpeaking againft that party. There are fomc of you that fay, they are of Bloody Principles, you fhould beware of fpeaking thefe things for the contrare is known, that they are not Murderers, nor have any fuch intentions, as lome of your felves know, altho you be fpeaking the contrare, for you never heard of their killing any, exceptitwas in the defence ofthe Gofpel, and their own de« fence. Likewife you fay,That we are Curfers and cryers for Vengeance on the Land *, Now we mult not flay to argue this our, we being this Day to lay down our Lives, but we think any that has tender love to the Son of GOD and his Caufe, cannot be but grieved to fee Minifters and Pro- feflours fo avowedly betray the Truth that is fvveet and dear to us, yea dearer than our lives } and when we think on what you have done to :he fweet Truths of GOD, we cannot but pray againft your CourfesjAs for any thing ye can do to us, we heartily forgive you •, but the wrongs >-ou have done to a holy GOD we cannot get them born, for they are weighty to us If it were our Enemies we could bear with it, but when it comes from the like of you, we cannot get it born. Tru Jirs, we think ye will imbrace Popery eVe it be long •, your intertain A that Excommunicate Duke efYork a profesl PapiSl, fays, that . > vould do more yet : There was not one of you all in Town, or Shire, hat moved your Tongue againft him , but as you had all been profeff \ipifts, you let him come in among you, and kindly intertained him j ;e leave our Teftimony againft your fo doing. But we break of?, ha- ing no more time, and requeft you to take thefe things to yourconfi- eration, and lay fin to Heart, and mourn bitterly before the Lord for ,'hat you have done. Wehereobteft you to come ofTthefe ways of ours, and make Confcicnce of Duty, as in the fight ol a holy GOD, be- >re whom you muft flhortly appear. Slight not time, for it is precious, rrath is at the Door \ O J make hafte and lay thefe things to, Heart, id ftudy to have a more tender Refpecl to the Honour of GOD. We sfire to leave it on you now when we are going into Eternity, that you ould mind your Engagements and Vows to GOD. And fo we bid you rewell, and bid you mind the poor Groantng Kirk that we are to leave rhind us, which was dear to us. Now we bid fareweli to parr defo- te £ion, and Pray the LORD may wind her cafe. Farewell all thing! *©4 The Teftirnony of things in tiras, aju rcelcoiue Father, Son and Holy Ghoft. Subfcrihed at the Iron Houfe a little before we went out to the Scaffold, March i r jtfSi. William Gogutr, Chriftophcr MHUry Robert Sangfter. it-is remarkable that this Many x William Goguer had a little Pa^er in his Bible, which he minded to throw over the Scaffold-, but when he was taken in to the Council Houfe with the other two it was feme Way got by the Murtherers, who having read it, commanded the Exe- cutioner to Tye him ftraiter nor ordinary, fo that he could fcarce £o up the Ladder, and afterward they flopped him from praying. When be was upon the Ladder he began to fpealc, and faid, 1 am come here for owning. Cbrilt to Be Head and King in Zion, whereupon they caufed Beat the Drum?, feeking to damp and aftonifh him that they might trample upon his Conference, and when they offered him hi* Life upon Condition he would own the King ', he replyed I will own none but Chrift to be King in Zion.Then they laid, willye not retracT any thing, Sir J He anfwered, No, no, 1 own all, I adhere to all f Upon- which they immediately called to the Executioner to throw him over, which he did incontinent not allowing him to Recommend his Spirit to the Lord. There are ExtantParticuiarTeftimoniesof thefethreeMartyr?, but becaufe 'tis doubted that tiiey may not be genuine, Vut vitiated by John Gib or fome of thefe that were tainted with his Errors*, There* fore they are here omitted. And moreover, whereas fome are fufpici- ous, that thefe three Martyrs themfelves, or at lead the two laft, were in fomedanger from the Errors of John Gib, yet in regard that 'twas1 not upon any fuch. account they fufrered, but for teftifieing againft thd Ecclefiaftical Supremacy, they ought to be Recorded anwng the Reft; as dying WitnefTes for Jefus Chri'tt. The DyingTefiimon) of Laurance Hay Weaver, who Lived in Fife and Suffered ^Edinburgh July i$ 1681. MEN and Brethren, having by ferious confideration, Joyned in giving aTeftimony againft the Enemies of GOD, and all thaf have Joyned with them in any thing which have tended to thej overthrow of the work of Reformation -, for which I am come in ycui fight to lay down this Life of mine, which I ingaged to do in that Tefli mony, through his Strength, if He called me to it •, becau(e it was ac> cording to the Word of GOD and the Covenanted Reformation *, anc feing I engaged in the Strength of the LORD to Seal it with my Blood} and now He in His Holy and Wife Providence has put me to Seal itjj although I be the feckleffeft and unworthieft ofaK that Society. I here] inyourprefence, with all my Heart,fet to my Seal to it with my Blood, as was promifed at the end oY the Paper. And if all the tHairs of mj\ . - Heac, Of LJVRENC E HAT. jbc Head were Men, having Lives, I would think them all little enough, to Seal the Caufepf my Deareft andfweeteft LORD JESUS, who has been fweet and kind tome, in carryng me through every ftcp of the Work, which he pat in my Hand. O Love Him, Sirs; O! but heis worth the Loviitg / O but he has been kind to me, ftnee/was aprehen- ded ! for He told me-then, that Satan would cafi fome in * Prifon, that they might be try ed\ and He bade me befaithfull to the Death, and He promifed me a Crown of Life, and He hath helped me fmce, to fulfill the Conditions, and hath alfo given me a Right to the Promife, And this Was all my defire, That the tryal of my Faith might be found precious '$ the PraifeofHu facet Name; that His Canfe might not be wrong- ed, nor His Ark get a wrong tsuchby me : And herein He hath heard ny defire, according to that Scripture, * He will hear the defirerof of the humble, and the Expectation of the Poor fhal! not be Juft. For He keep? Covenant with Thoufands of them that Love Him^and keep Hi9 Commandment*. And His Commandmenteare not grievous.:, but His Yoke is eafie, and His Burden light, And He has faid, he that forfaketh Wife, or Children, Houfes , or Lands for my Name* fake, and the GofpeVs, fin 11 receive in this Life an Hundred fold, and in the World to come Life everlafting: And he that Loveth Father or Mother more than me, is not worthie of me. Therefore dear Friends, give not o?er to contend for his -born down rruths, that this Day are in Debate betwixt him and his Enemies in Covenanted Scotland *, According to that Scripture , Contend earnejilyfor he Faith once delivered to the Saintr. O contend, contend, and give lotover:, for he will arife for the Oppreffton of the Poor, and for the Ughings of the Needy \ for he will have an Opportunity to be about vith all his Enemies, and he is weary with forbearing. Therefore ruft in the LORD , truft in him at all Times*, for they that trujt in nm /hall not be a/bamed\ for they fiall stand in the Gate unafiamed to p.-ik unto their Foes. O Sirs, give him much Credite *, for he hith pointed me of my Fears, in that wherein I feared appearing before \4en, and helped me to (land before them*, fo that / had no Terror, or \maz**nient, more than they had been the meaneft of Creatures : Al- ho' 1 cinnotfay, That I have fought the good Feighty as that Emtnent fipdftlc (aid*, yet I can fay ( prai(ed be GOD J He hath given me the Yttlory^ through Cbrift Jefns my LORD, over Principalities, and hath onfirrnfd to -v.e, that neither Death, nor Life, nor any Creature foaU fe- ar ate me from the Leve of my fweet LORD Jtjtu Chrifl , who is Love vorihy , Praife worthy , worthy to be feartd and honoured*, who n his abfolyre Sovereignty, fet a part poor me, to give a Teftimony or hfs ^l n; 5tfs and honoarableWork of Reformation, who am lejs than he Icaft of all Saints \ but he is an abfolu'e LORD, and flows Mercy 9 whom he mil flow Mercy, and whom he wiH he bardenttb : And He O keeps it>6 TSe.UH Speech tnd Tepmony . it eps the Souls of the Faithful, and plentifully rewards the proud Doer s^ Therefore being called to fufTer this Day in this Place, for the follow! ingofmy Duty , and for that in particular, in giving a Teflimony againftrt&e dreadful Defe&ions of thefe Times, by the Means of thefe. backfliding Minifters, who have left our fweet LORD JESUS, with his Back at the Wall, and his poof Flock Mattered upon the Mountain/ as Sheep having no Shepherd. But dear Friends, comfort your felves iri this, that in his own Time, he will fearch his Sheep,, and find^ them out altho'.aiis! I fear, left they fhall- be forer fcattered, than yet they are: But wait on him \ for he that f!) all come will come , and mill not tarry. And his Reward is with hims and his Work is before him. And the. LORD whom ye (eek, Jb all fuddenly come to his Temple, even the Mtffcn. ger of the Covenant. But O dear Friends, labour to be fiedfafl and un- movable, always abounding in the Work of the LORD. And give all £>/<* ligence to make your Calling and Eltclion Jure *, and if you>do thefe Tbing'r you /ball never fall: And commit the keeping of your Souls to him in well* doing, as unto a faithful Creator : For he is able to keep that which is commit ed ro him, againd that Day, and to prefent it fpotlefs before the Father. Altho' alas, I was lo* th to adventure, or to credit in his Hand • •but now he hath discovered to n.efflj^ he is the bed -Hand, that I car* venture on •, and has gained my' Con tea.,, and has become the Surei 'forme of a better Covenant, well ordered in all thing: and fure. Therefore con fidering my Engagements unto him, I leave my Tefti naony to the holy Scriptures of the Old and. New lelhament , and th Verfion.ofthe Pfaims in Meeter, and to the Work of Reformation, Q venants National and Solemn League, the folemn Acknowledgement Sins, and Engagement to "Duties, the Caujes of COD V Wrath, th Confeffion of Faith, as being conform to the Scriptures, and the Catecbifmt Larger and Shorter ', I give my Adherence to all the Faithful Tefiimonies given by our Worthies to the Maintenance of the Work cf Reformat tion, from the Year 1660, until this Day, either by their Appearances in the Fields, or on Scaffolds, or in the Seas ; I adhere to the Sanauhair Declaration, and the Torwood Excommunication , and the Papers found . at the Ferry, and to that joint TesJimany given in the Shire, of Fife, by that Society, whereof 1 was a Member, ( tho' a«worthlefs one ) and I ad- here to all things contained therein ; becaufe they are according holy Hill of Zton by the unalterable Decree \ and there to reign till a!! his ilicmics be brought under his feet. Therefore as I have left my Teftimony againft all who caft fuch afperfions on me, or any other who have fufTered in this manner j / leave my Blood alfo te Wit- nefs againft them, who will adventure to do it, whether Enemies or pretended Friends. likewiie 1 leave tbf Teftimony againft the Fn\ croachntents made upon the R'gbts of our 'Lord Jefm Chrift, and the Privileges of his Church , by that Uluvper Charles Stuart, and all the blooxly Crew under him. Likewife I le,tve my Teftimony againft that I xcommunicatcTraitvr the Duke of Monmouth for his Appearance a - gainft the Work of God and his people, -joined for the Defence of the Gofpel and Intereft of Jefus Chrift, and all that joined with him. Likewife I kave my Teftimony againft that avowed Papift York. Alfo I letve ray Teftimony againft that defigncd Parliament to put lower in bis Hand j Alio / leave my Teftimony againft thefe abomi- nable wretches that fat in thefe jijfociatitru and falfely Accufcd and O z £er io8 The Utt Speech and Teftimony. Sentenced me to Death, and againft thefe fifteen Afiizers who-gave me my Sentence, and againft that wretch called the Clerk, and ^Andrew Cuningham who save me my doom. Likewife I leave my Teftimony againft, all who have joined with the declared Enemies, whether Mini- fters or Profeflors, efpecially in the Shire of Fife, who have delivered up the Teftimony to thefe abominable wretches, particularly Balgrum* ma and Vederttar. Likewife I leave my Teftimony againft Popery; Prelacy, and that woful Eraslian Supremacy and Indulgences \firfi and laft, which hath been the Dagger the Helve whereof hath gone in after the Blade, and hath wounded the Church in the ianermoft part of the Belly, and the Dart that hath Stricken her through the. Liver. Q how (harp are the Wounds of a Friend / They go down to the inner- moft pan of the Petty. If it had been an Enemy , I would have horn it, . And it is evidently feen, that our Mother-Church hath been,, a;nd is this day Wounded in the Houfe 0} her Friends', for which the Lord Will fadly reckon with all fuch as have done fo, if they do not Repent and Mourn for it. Likewife 1 leave my Teftimony againft all them, that are any way inltrumental of bearing down our poor Mother-Church either by appearance in Arms, or furnishing of others /or that effecl, by paying of Cefs or Militia- Money, or any other way homologating the A&s, or Strengthening, the Hands of his declared and avowed Enemies. Now dear Friends^ being Straitened for want of Time, lam forced to draw to a clofe *,only defiring you to be earneft in contending/or the broken down Work of Reformation j that this day is, brought very low % but. be not difcouraged, altho' his Ark be tofTcd this Day upon the Waters, and the poor Ship in the midft of the Sea, and the poor Dif- ciples afraid leaft they fhould fink, and the Mafter afleep ( as it were) upon a PiHow •, Yet go to him, and cry, Matter, Mafter, favt tu, clfc w>* perift?*, for he is eafie to be intreated, and he likes well to* have his poor People coming to him, in the Time of their Diftreis -, for he is a prefent help in the time pf need, a GOD rich in Mercy, and near to all that call upon him in Truth. But O dear Friends, bewar* pf back- drawiag,. for he hath faid , ij any. Man draw hack my Soul JJjall have no plfcafurc in him ; And he that putteth his Hand to the Plough and look* eth back, is not fit for the Kingdom of Heaven', But he that endureth to » the end, the famejhall be faved.Be not aihamed of him, for if any Man be afijamed of him, or his Words, ofhimalfo will. He be ajbamed before the Father and the holy Angels. O / 'dear Friends, the more that you fee a perverfe Generation crying him down, be ye the more at thar : work of crying him up y for he is well worth the Commendation of all that can commend hims O/ dear Friends, in all things let him have ibi PrihimMtCy and count all tbin&t lofs and dung that ye may Win Of JNPREIVPITTILLOCH. i Cy wnChrift\ and prtfs forward towards the mar £, fir the Prize cj high calling of GOD, that is in thrift Jefus, Looking unto Jefus, who is the Author and finiflicr of our 'Faith j who for the Joy that was fee be- rore him, endured the Crofs, defpifuig tbe fijame> and is fet down at the Right Hand oj the Throne of GOD. Strive to enter in at the Sir ait gate j ?or manyfhaR feeh to enter in, and Jh all not be able. Now Friends, be- vare of fmningj and beware of Snares:, for ihey are this day very hick and many j but our GOD has promifed that he will not fuffer lis poor people to be tempted above what they are able, but will with he lentation make a way that they may ofcape, fo I bid you all fare- vel j defiring you to be kind to my Wife and Children, when I am one. Farewel fweet Bible by his Biefling, Farewel Sun, Moon, and tars •, farewel Meat and Drink, farewel all Created Commits and En* >yments, wherewith I have been abundantly fupplied. Farewel my ear Wife and Children, the LORD be better, to You than len Husband.^ jhen I am gone. Farewel Mother, Brethren and Sifters. Farewel veet Societies and Preached Golpel, whereby I have been begotten by le Seed of the Word. Farewel fweet Prifon and reproaches for fwee'e hrift and his Caufe. And welcome Father, Son, and Holy Ghcj}^ wd- )me Everlafting Life, and the Spirits ofjufl Men made per j\ a . Lord, 'to thy Hands I commit my Spirit. t the Iron Houfe, July 17, 1681. LAURENCE HA J] be Testimony of Andrew Pittilloch Lcmd-Labourcr in thi Parfi 0/ Largo in Fife, whS Suffered At the Gralfmarker 0/ Edinburgh, July 13, 1681. m EN and Brethren, Wherefore are you come here this Day ? will ?A y°u tel* nic> *' tnit be your intention, to be edified by the Words of a poor thing, Witnefling for my Lovely LORD :SUS CHRIST? And if that be your intention in your corning ther, it's well: Now when 1 am going off Time, to bidftrcv- »u all, O! that 1 could commend my Lcvely LORD JESUSand His cet Crofs to you. O Sirs ! will you come Tafle and See tha iORD is Good. You will never do better, nor come and fee , for ce the LORD Honoured me to be His Priloner, He hasletttn me; ow nothing but Love j He has made my Prii^ n no Prifon. Q Sirs / U His ways are ways of PUajantntfs, and Hu Faths Peace. And ofs is fweet and eafie*, altho* worthlef* 1 cannot commend it to it O Sirs! fcarr not at the fweet Cro(s of Royal and fweet Jf. tt contend for Him and His^oble Cuuie, for lean allure you, 1 had ryer fuck a fweet Life as 1 have had finccik brought me tj the like f ! 1 1 © The la?} Speech and' Tefiimonj^ of thir Trials. O fwcet lndi&ruent ! O fweet Sentence, for my Lovely LORD! O fweet Scaffold, for contending for the Caufev Covenant and Work of "Reformation. O Sirs / quite all for Holy JESUS, for 1 can promife you, that you will never die better, than for contending . for KING CHRIST. Indeed, Sirs, Minifters and ProfefTors, as rhey call them, fay, that we are Dying as Fools, and giddy headed ProfcfTorsj'but Glory to His Holy and (weet Name, that has made it out to my fcoul^ That it is otherwife : Andnow that my Confcience doth not condemn me, how dare any Mortal Creature condemn me.O ! Friends,what istheReafon, that you will not take him who- is The Chief among tenThoufandSythat is all together Lovely and with- out compare. There is rofpotin Him, O ! prefer Him to your Chiif Joy, There are many of you who have preferred other things to HfrriS O ! fear and tremble, for Wrath will be upon you very fuddenly. O !: fceaffraid, for our LORD has faid, If ye will not quite differ Him, you cannot be His Difciple. And fo you have neither part nor Lot in our Tweet LORD, you may -f ead the jotb of Math, from the 16 V. to the end. OSirs! go net with the Indulged, nor yet tide with them,, cleave to the LORD with all your Heart, and be not put off with any thing but himlelf. O! He is fweet to be with'! O! His Way is' fweet to kee.pl % but I cannot commend Him to you*, His fweetnefs* is without compare. O ! take Him, and be reftlefs rill ye get Him in? to your Mother's Mouje, and to the Chamber of her that Bare you, Pray much for your Mother Church, that Minifters and othershave wronged -7 I Witnefs and Teftifiie againft them, for their unrjghreouf* nefs, both firft and laft. Firft for leaving of their Kirks, without a Publick Teflimony againft Enemies, at the incoming of Prelacy, idly, for their conniving at one anothers fins. $dly. For their leaving the Fields, when there was fo much need of Preaching to poor things, when wrath and 'Judgement were coming on the Land, they did not fet the Trumpet to their Mouth, and give the People a faithful warning. They fay, we have caft them off, but they are miftaken, ior theyhavecafttbemlelves off, by chang- ing their Head ; and the Scriptures have caft tfetm off, and I cannot joyn with them. I would with all my Heart -have a Miniftry ^ but 1 would have it according to the Word of GOD. Men that will Preack inSeafonandautofSeafon, whether People wiW hear or whether thej will forbear, that will, be faithful in Preaching againft fin of a 1) forts and will hide nothing of the mind of the Lord, but they do. play fa ft and loofein the matters of a Holy God, and will not Witnefs againft Ene mies, I own noneofthefe, but I leave uvy Teflimony againft them, fo their unfaitfolnefs. They will Preach to poor things toftand for GO! and his Truths,and not yeild a hair, for the faving of their Lives.Andye Shey yeild, and comply thcmfelves^nd when they come before -Enemies neve Of ANDREW PITTILLGCH. j 1 1 never a word of a Teftiroony before them, but pafs the-Sworn -Covenant and Work of Reformation in filence. and for fear ©f their lives, will not :hit rhem on the fore.- Indeed they will wale their Words lo, as they may not give their Enemies offence. You condemn us, becaufe we do that, that once a Day you would have accounted it your honour to do, am fay that we are all Diitrafted, and have Diftratted Notions irr our Heads. -And fay you fo? Wilt thou tell me Man, if thou thinkeft that a diftratted Notion, to confels the Covenant and rhe Work of Re-, formation? but you will fay it is not for that, that I lay down mv Life,' but for theSubfcribing of that Paper : And /do think it well worth the Sealing with my.B^ood *, and will ye, tell me, what could we do lefs > Ym ran away and left the Work, and the Enemies were carrying all before them *, and we durft not, but leave our Teftimony againft them.1 My Heart waslike to Rleed, when Ifaw Enemies carry the Day, and Robbing the Lord of his Rights, . his'Crown and Kingdom, andnot fo much as one to move their Tongue again ft them, and Uy that it is ill done that they have done. I leave it to God and your own Con faience,' •whether or not it be duty to contend for Truth this Day, when it was fo much neglected. I leave my Teftimony againft you and your Hearer?, an/i the Joyners with you, ay and while they repent. I bid you repent and come on^ and Witnefs for the Lord, and if ye will not do it, as fure as God is in Heaven, ..He.^itlbe about with you, efcape who wil?,' : ye will not efcape*r for itis like-he will begin at the Sanfluary. Take warning in time. Heave it on you now when lam going in; to Eternity v for I am perfuaded, this is the way to the Kingdom oP Heaven-, for the LORD hath confirmed it to my Soul, and hath made my Life a fweet Life to me. O! read the 41 of Ifai. For it was fweetto me when 1 was taken, and O ! that I hadasmany Lives to lay down for Him, as there are Hairs on my Head', 1 would think them all too little. O '.what is my Life? Nothing in comparifon of His Glory. 0 1 wo to you Idol Shepherds, for ye deceive poor things t If it were poifible, I think ye wvuld deceive the very EUtt , you take- GOD to be your Witnefs, that you are fn His way yet, and have not* quit one hoof: But your Practice condemns you, and the Word of GOD condemns you. You may read Mallachy 2. 1, 2, 3. "* And now O 4 ye Prieits, this commandment is for you. If ye will not hear \ and i* c ye will not lay it to Heart, to give Glory to my Name, I win ever* * fend aCurfe on you, and I will curfe your Blefiings ^ yea, I have curfei 4 them already, becaufe ye do not lay it to Heart : Therefore behold I * will Corrupt your Seed, and fpread Dung upon your Faces, even ths* * Dang of your solerai Feafb, and one (hall take you away With it. The * 7 of Matt. 15 16. Beware of falfe Prophets, thit come to you iir 4 SheepsCloathing, but inwardly are ravenous Wolves: Ye fhaJl Jkaovrthcm by their Fruitsi Do Men gather Grapes of Tharns, o?' Figs XI2 The lajl Speech and, Teftimon), c Figs of Thiftles ? And that 34. otEuh 2. V. Son of Man prophefie c againft the Shepherds of Jfrael, and fay unto them, thus fayeth the * LORD GOD unto the Shepherds of Jfraely that do feed themfelvcs : 4 Should not the Shepherds feed their Flocks? /leave my Tdt!mony againft them that fay, we hold our Principles of Men, and that we die for pleafing Men *, but it is not fo, for I revert hough t that little of my Life, as to Lay it down for the pleafing of any •, io it is but a moft bafe afperfion of .fome caft on us, becaufe our Practice condemns theirs and they can get no other thing to brand us with, but that. And Glory to the LORD the contrare is feen both by our Practices, and our throughbearing *, and it is made out that we hold our Principles of none, but of GOD and His Word. Heave my Teftimony againft the four Men in thtCannongateTolbooth or any other that join with them, for wronging of the Holy and fweet Scriptures. Some brand me with that, that./ am of their Judgement which thing I exceedingly abhorr and deteft, as the Mire in the Streets* and Icount them guilty of Death, for wronging of the Scriptures. If we had Judges in the Land, that were for GOD, they fhould not live. / leave my Teftimony againft thitlyrant on the Throne and all his under- lings *, and I fay it will never be right with our Land, till Haman and hi* ten Sonsbe hung up before the Sun. /leave my Teftimony againft them that Rule as Judges, and I leave my Blood on the Affiz.er$, Dempfler* Soldiers and all of them,& all that acknowledge or aid them asMagiftrates, ay and while they repent. I leave my Teftimony againft all Enemies of i all forts \ and agamft all forts of Gomplyance in lefs or more, and againft all that has been done againft the work of GOD thefe Twenty years by- I tone *, againft the Teft, and Gomplyance with, or compearing beforeGocfs I inemies in lefs or more. I leave my Teftimony againft the Minifers and J Profeflbrs in Jt/>, for the wrongs they have done to my loveiy Lord and j his fweet Caufe •, and my head fhall be a ftanding Witnefs againft them, 1 and preach to them frem CouperTolbooth, a> & while they repent. As for a?y thing that they have done t9 me, I freely forgive themr and pray that the Lord may forgive them. I leave my Teftimony againft all them that will not hear Mr. JD. Cargily and own him as afaithful Minifrerotthe Gofpel, and none but he is faithful this day. I leave my Teftimony to the holy and fweet Scriptures , which many a day I have been refremed with. I bleis the Lord, that ever I could read a Line of them. Now I adhere to the faithfully preached GofpeI,and to all that our worthies have ijone, which I need not particularly mention here. And you that are the People of the Lord, O ! bebuHe and improve your time, and make ufe of your Bibles, while you have them, for it is like, there may be a Bone Fire made of them yet, as well as of the Co^ venant % and Covenant with him* -and contend for Him to the utmoft of your power -7 for I have found moft of His fweet love, in contending for Of ANDREW PITTILLOCH (* 1 3 Him, than ever I got in prayer, or hearing the Word, O His Tweet Work, let it not flip through your Fingers. It is like ye will have fad Days of it, 4vhen I am gone. Popery is begun, and it is like to over- fpread the whole Land, and there is none to move their Tongue againft it, although the Land be Sworn in folemn Oath againft it. O / Sirs; lift up your Voice for the Remnant that is left. Fait and Pray, Cry and Weep,let not the Apple of your Eye ceafe, the wrath is like to be great,' that will overtake us. O cry, that the days may befljortned.for the Elects fake, left no flefh fhould be laved. O look out for fad Days, dear Friends," it may be ye will get the faddeft Struke, that ever a poor Land was tryfted with \ ye may read through the Scriptures, and ye will find what Judgments followed fuch fins, Peftilencey Sword and Famine, which ye may look for, I leave it on you, that ye be not flack-handed, for it may come to that, that the tender and delicate Women may eat their own Chil- dren for slraitnefs in the Siege. It is to be feared, that the Plagues that are coming on Scotland, for a broken and burnt Covenant, make their Ears to tingle that hear of them ,b\it I will not be to fee it: theLord is tak- ing me away fi'om the evil to come, which was often my defire, for the fad hearts that Minifters and ProfefTors have made me with their complying and wronging his Glory, made me oft wifh to be away, and now it doer not trouble me to lay down my Life in your prefence this day. O ! it is fwe et to be a Sufferer for Truth ! I wonder what doth ail the Gene« i, to Icar at him or his fweet Crofs \ for there is no caufe of rueing or wearying, for all that i* come. There is a Beauty in Holinefs. Q/ Commend him, Sirs, O blefs and Praife him, that ever he honoured fuch tch, as I am, to be a Martyr for his fweet Truth, O fweet honour he puts on poor things ! O Sirs, cart in your Lot with the Suffering Remnant , tbat this day is in the Furnace. Sink and Sweem with his Church. O prefer Jerufalem to your chief h\. But O ! be perfuaded to come and tafte of his goodnefs -.This is the Way, altho* the whole World mould condemn it. It will not be the learned Clergy, or great heads of wit, that he wilt honour with carrying on of his work, for they have all denyed him. There are none of the Minifters that will Witnefs for him, nor yet any that the Lord has beftowed great parts on •, their Wit leads them by the Crofs, and beyond Suffering. They will not fufter, it Petitioning wilt do ir, or hiring of Advocats, or Learned Speakers-, They can put in Petiti: ons.awd fay, they never intended the Death of any Man, but in the De- fence of their Life ? but never a word of the defence of the Gofpel, the work of Reformation, orthe Sworn Covenant. Nay, if they had done that their Life would go. 6ut they were bound by Covenant to own and Imantain Religion againft Popery and Prelacy, Quakerifm, Indulgence, and rvhatfocvsr elfeu contrare to found Do&rtne, with their Lives in their hands, and to quite with all, for the' Faith once delivered to the Saints ; And too they ne?er mention a word of all this, yet they will (ay, thejr fr ' P cawc V j 214 The Tejlimony of . came clearly oft Bat I lay now, when lash going in to Eternity, that? GOD's Wrath will be on fuch a Libertie, and GOD will count with them for what they have done againft his honour j for there can none- come clearly oat from among their faand9, that is once before them, with- out wronging his Glory. O fear and tremble Sirs, You that get the fa- vour of GOD's Enemies, and Yeild your Confcienceto the Lufteof Men.. I leave it on all perfons, now when I am to appear before my Judge, that they do nothing but what is according to the holy and fweet Scriptures • take them to be Your Rule, and go no further than they allow You. They do not bid You Petition Enemies for Your Libertie,nor Ytt hire Advocats, Now my advice to You,thatare takenPrifoners is,thatYou feek no fa your of GOD's Enemies *, black not Paper with them, in good cheap nor dear •'- ftand for your fweet Lord, with your Life in your hand *, own and avouch' liim to be King and head of his own Church: Count not your Life dear un- to you, when it comes in competition with Truth. And now as for You that are the poor feekers of the Lord. O.aft Faith on him,give him much credite. Live as Brethren, 4^e^ *n Vnity \ let Peace and Truth be among* Tou : But good Lord, let never Peace be without Iruth. ..eep up Fellow- fi?ip9 and Sc'Cuty Meetings; for my Soul hath been oft refrefhed in the Fellowship of the Saints. O ftand for your defpifed Lord, and his wronged Glory. Now I being ftraitned with want of time ( it being fhort ) I for- bear, and bid you ht Strong in the Lord, and the power of hi* might. Now; farewell my dear Friends. Farewell holy and fweet Scriptures. Farewell Sun, Moon and Stars. Farewell fweet Reproaches and Croffes r ~ my fweet Lord Jefus. Farewell all things in time, Reading, Praying, and al3 Duties. Farewell Relations. Farewell my dear Wife, the Lord be to you better than ten Husbands. Glory be to his great Name, that made aae fofweetly to fubmittohis will, whatever he tryfted me with. Farewell Mother and Sifters, and al! Relations. Farewell all my Chriftian ac- quaiatances for a while. Farewell fweet Sociery in Bfe\xhe Lord'. Blefijng be on you all. And now welcome Father Son and Holy Ghoftj , Wel- come fweet Company of Angels,and the Spirits of juft Men made perfect; Welcome everlafting Songs of Praife. Now into thy hands, holy Father" I commit my Spirit. Sic Subjcribitur ANDREW PITTILLQCH.. Tb$ Tejlimony of William Thomfon, who Lived in the Shire of Fik, and Suprtd at Edinburgh, July 27, i'68u M£N and Brethren, I being a Prifoner for CHRIST'S Sake, and for my adhering to Trath, being taken at Allow ay coming eat of Ftfa from hearing *t the Gofpe2 Preached by Mr. Z>. C the laft Sabbath of Jun$ this prefent Year-, and not knowing 'when / £*i*y be Ukea and omthered by the ftated Enemies of o*r LORD \ tor Of WILLIAM THOMSON *i^ ♦iney neither walk after the Equity of their own Law, nor ©CD's law I have, for fear of inconveniences, laid hold ofthisoportunity to fet down, under, my Hand or from my Mouth, an account of my Life and Conversion, and my Teftimony lo the Truth o! CHRIST, and againft ail the abominations ofthe Times. 1 was before the Year 1679, running away with the reft of this Generation, to GGD-provocking Courfes, and about that time, when I fa w "the People of GOD going to draw together, to adventure their Lives in the LORD'S quarrel *, the LORD took a dealing with trie at that time, (o that /could neither get Night* Reft nor Days Reft, till I refolved to go with them. And on the other hand was afraid, left 1 mould have been the Achtn in the LORD'S Camp *, but again I remembered the LORD'S Promife, that is held out in the Word, Turn Ye unto me, and I will turn unto you faith the JLO&D, Mai. 3. 7. Now /do with all my Heart blefs the LORD, for His wonderful workings with me, fince he began with me. 1 think, when I look on His deal- ings fince that time till now, I muft fay that/ am a Brand plucked *out of the Ftre. O/ that my Heart and Soul could PraifeHim, for all thatKe hath done for me! And now /am content to die a Dy- W to Free Grace, and in CHRIST'S Debt. I was Charged with being guilty of Rebellion againft their Prince •, I anfwered I was not fo, for I was there a Prifoner of JESUS CHRIST and for his fake, and told them I adhered to His Covenant fand all things in it. I am rtot : convicted from the Word of GOD of any Crime, a9 to him whom they call King, who is not my King-, nor any thing worthie of Death committed againft any Man, either in Thought, Word or Deed : So my Blood (hall cry, wvfh the reft of the Innocenr Blood fhed in the Land, for Vengeance from Heaven on the Inhabitants of the Earth, Great or fmatl, who are in the leaft acceflbry thereto, ay and while they Repent. It is not my doing, but their own, that hath procured it. And GOD is Juft to feek after them tor the fame : Neither is it in any Mai to forgive that, as being a breach of GOD's Holy Law, without Repentance, nor then neither *, for the furtheft they can come is but to declare unto them from GOD's Word, that Thar, and their other fins (hall never be charged upon them, if they have tru!y received CHRIST upon His own Terms, and walked worthie of the LORD, un- to all well plealing. But now the thing is clear, the ground whereon they intend to tike a way my Life is, Thertifowning Cha^UsSruart for my King, beciufe he will htveno Horr.aie upon the aicounr of the Covenant fom me^or any other, and GOD only requires the performing #f Vows, and keeping and fulfilling the Covenants, PJalm %o. So in this cafe I cannot (erve two Mailers, and 1 refolve to obey God rather thaoMan. Now 1 here as a dying Man , ready to ftep into Eternity , having Health and Strength, and being in my right Mind , declare, 1 [adhere t? P 2 the 1 1 6 . The UB Tejlimony the Preteflant Religion, as that which is GOD's true Religion, and the- Ckriftian Religion. I adhere to the holy Rule of the Word of GOD the Scriptures- of the Old and New Testament , containing the Will of GOD to Man, and anentMan \ and that the Scriptures are a full Rule- cf Faith and Manners to us: I adhere to the Work- of Reformation, in Scotland, to the Covenants National and Solemn League, the Solemn Ac- knowledgment of Sins and Engagement to Duties, the Confeffion of- Faith, in regard it agrees with the forefaid Writings -9 the Larger and Shorter Catechifms, as moft feafonable, found and according to the Scrip • tures , and well worth the reading, confidering and praftifing what is therein held forth. I adhere to the Rutherglen Teslimony , to the Pa- per commonly called Mr. JD. Cargils Covenant, of the Date June,i68om I fay, I adhere to the Original Copies of thefe Papers, as they were corrected and revi fed by the Author^ and Ukewife I adhere to every found .Paper, tending to the good of Religion-, as the Directory for Worfhip and catechifing , and I adhere unto the IXttrine, Difcipline, Worjhip and Government of the Church of -Scotland.- I bear z>.y Tefti* mony unto all the lawful Wreftlings of the People of GOD for Truth, and in the Defence and Prefervation of their Civil, Natural and Di- vine Rights and Priviledges , contained and held forth in the forefaid | Papers, againft all Encroachers thereupon , and Betrayers thereof^ efpecially by the Sword, as a Mean moft lawful and commanded of GOD to be made ufe of in that Quarrel \ which is to be carried to Preachings, and other AfTemblies of the LORD'S People, and fo much the more, as the Enemy difchargesit, as the Cafe now ftands, . In the laft Place, I give my Teftimony and Protection againftall Wrongs and Injuries done to GOD and his People, throughout the whole World, this Day ', and more particularly againft all that hath been done in Scotland , fince the Beginning of the Work of Reformati- on, unto this Day, in Prejudice to GOD's Glory, his Work and People' : ana efpecially thefe crying Sins. i&. The Corruption of the Worfhrc ofGOD, Profanation of his holy Things* mocking, misbelieving and belying of GOD, and carrying as if there were no GOD *, yea, whict is worfe, faying, He approves of aU that they do-. O this Heaven contemning (Generation. 3/y. againft the defrauding, mocking, mur dering andoppreffingjhe People of God,in their Bodies,Cenfciencesanc Eftates , and.punifhing them as evil doers ^ yea as the vileft Monfters 0 Cruelty, and that only for following their Duty, and making then to ftink, as it were, above the Ground, and making their Names to re fey Calumnies and Reproaches* and doing all they can to drive them t Sin ; and then blaming them, as the main Inftruments of all the mi chivous Villanies and Abufes in the Land", fo that it is come to th; with it, The man that departs from Iniquity, makes himfelf a Trey : An fcarcelycan thefe, who defign Honefty get a Night's Quarters in an Hou Of WILLIAM THOMSON *i7 tfoufe of the Land •, So rhat the People of GOD are become A Scorn to their Foes, and a Fear to their Friends , and efpecially reproached ofthofe, who are their nearest Neighbours , as the Plalmift complains. 2/v. I leave my Teftimony againft all that make Peace with the ihted Enemies of GOD, thefe Chrift Defpifers , thele Heaven Contemners, and non- fuch Feighters again ft GOD *, whether by Bonds, Oaths or Promifer, they being Perfons worthy of no Credit, nor Truft, who will n«c keep Faith nor Truft upon any Account*, but where it may contribute for fulfilling their Luib, and prolecuting their wicked Defigns, and Hell- hatched Interprifes. If they were brought to Straits, poftibly they might feign themfelves ; but he is unwife, that will give them fo much Truft as a Dog : As Solemon fays , When he [peaks fair \ believe him not^ *, for there are [even Abominations in his Heart ; which I have a Proof of in my taking, by a poor Wretch, who hath told Scul and Conscience fa the Luft and Arbirriment of a faitbtefs Apoftate Wretch, like himfelf, And ifye will not be perfuaded to leave of feeking their Peace, and co- venanting with them by Bonds, Oaths and Promifes •, well, fee whac JDavid the King of Ifrael fays , by rhe Spirit of GOD, when he is mak- ing his Testament , 2 Sam : 23 & 6. But tke Sons of Belial flja/l be all of them as Thorns thrust away , becaufe they cannot be taken with Hands', but the Man that jl) all touch them mush be fenced vith Iron, and the Staff of a Spear : They fljall be utterly burnt with Fire. But ye that are much more feeking Peace with Enemies, than with GOD, think with yourfelves, to which of them are ye moft beholden, and which of them have done you moft Good, which of them hath moft Power over you? Which of the two hath the beft Quarrel by the End ? Which of the two is moft precious and lovely f and which of the .two will be your Judge at the laft Day f Well, ifye have done well in feeking the Peace cf Enemies, with the Lofs of the Peace of GOD*, then rejoice ye in them*, and with themv and let tberu do fo with. you. and if otherwife, the LORD no doubt will reward you as the Caufe requires, for what ye have done to GOD's Work, Caufe, Covenant and People. j^ly I leave my Teftimony againft all that contribute of their Mean?i f r the down-bearing of God's work and people, and upholding His& their Enemies, being it is fo exprefly againft the (^ovenarrt^ and in that Cafe they bein& called to furTe'r and not to fin, to which practice is annexed a gracious Proraife \ He that lofeth Life, Lands, Goodsj or Relations, for CHRIST'S fake and the Gofpels, fiall receive an hundred fold in this Life, and in the World to come Life Everlasting. And a- tainft all that otherwife wafte and abufe them to GOD's Difhonour, ut only ufing this World as not abafing it : For all within the Nati^S being dedicate and given away by Covenant to GOD, and this being often renewed, calls all Men to be tender of the Oath of GOD, and fo fee* how tfiey adminifter their Stewardlhip, for to Him they mull be countable ir8 The LJtTefimony countable. Bttt alas! for chat Account which, many of them have tt make. Heave my Teftimony againft the Rendering up the Power ol the Kirk and State into the Hands of Malignants. I do really think, they have been al! dreaming, or wilfully and wickedly (inning againft the Light of their own Gonfciences. Well, GOD hath difcovered rhera fince, in an ugly Manner *7 and now they fin more and more *, they hoU faft Deceit , they refufe to let it gj, and will not return. It is the old Profeflbrs and Miniite'rs I mean in a fpecial Manner , but more parti- cularly the Minifters *, for when the Time was to fpeak, they held theii peace, a,nd flipped from their Matter's back, without fo much as bncc teftifying againft the horrid Sins then committed*, and did never tc this Day make up the Hedge i, and build that which they brake down \ And , as I am informed , a great part have been dreadful! Complyers with , and Conformers to the Sinful Gourfes of thrs apoftatizing Generation*, yea, open perfecu tors of their more Godly and faithful Brethren, Minifters and Profeflbrs *, and now they are the greateft Oppofers of the Work, and Perfecutors of the Godly, both un« der Hand and to their Face*, and inftead of edifying and binding up the Weak, ftrive to break aU they can, and efpecially when they are among the Enemie's Hands. In the laft Place, 1 bear my Teftimony to the Crofs of CHRIST, as the only defirable , up-making and rich Lot of the People of GOD this Day in Scotland. O it is the Portion of poor Things, who defire to feek GOD, and defign Honefty in the Land .' I think they want a good. Bargain of it, that want it, and I think they want nothing that have it, and get leave tocarry it heartfomly, and His prtfence under it. I would advife you all to take it on *, I dare fay this much for your Encouragement, That it is eafie and tweet. There h no better way to carry the Crofs right , than to caft all our Care upon CHRIST, and trufthimfor all things, and ufc our fingle Endeavours in the Matter, and fpeak what he bids us and when he bids us, and o> bey his Voice in all-things. Now I declare, I hate all Ungodlinefs. Now farewel all things, wherein I have been troubled with a wicked World, and evil Heart of Misbelief, a fubtil, powerful and malicious Devil, and tempted with a Company of Men, who have fhaken off the Fear of GOD. Now welcome LORD JESUS, into thy Hands I commit my Spirit. Sic fubferibitur, WILLIAM THOMSON. __ Th€ This fotorring Teffimony having a. large Preamble, wherein be ghes bis Private 0- pinion concerning (ome Things then h Debate whkb do not Relate to the Lau 7. O confider, and if not, the'LORD and you' Jake it between you. Read and confider Pfalm foand 5, Now what (hall / fay to you, who own and adhere to GOD's Caufe,. agaioft all the Enemies/ O that I could let you fee the infideofnry Heart! Will ye learn Chrieyond many. I have been a long time a Prifoner, and hive been alte- ed of my Priion,! was among and in the company of the mod part who Suffered fince Bothwe I •, and was in company with many infnaring Per- bns, tho' I do not queftion but they were Godly Folk*, and yet the !iORDkeepedme from barkening to their Counfci. Glory, Glory be to His Holy and Sweet Name. O but it isnnnya time my Wonder, how have done fuch and fuch things ! but it is he that hath done it : He hath ione all things well, both in me and for me^Holy is His Name. O if I could >et my Royal King Jcfus cryed up, and all the World down ! O will ye :all in love with Chrift ! Friends *, what ails you at him, and his Sweet Zaufe / I can affure you, He is no hard Matter to (erve. O He is love- y ! He is white and ruddy, the chief among tenthoufdnds, I defire that ,ione of you think, 1 Suffer as an Evil Doer^ or a* a bufee Bodie in ether Mens Matters \ or that it is out of blind Zeal, that I am come here this 3ay. No, for it was after Serious confideration that I did it, and after >reat weights and preiTures. It was great grief of Soul to me to fee my Matter* sTruth fo wronged, trampled on and abufed by a GOD darrng jeneration, and none tofpeak for Him. And now my Lord 4s highly rionouring me for that •, Glory to His great Name for it. For He hath lonoured me and my Neighbours with Irons, and theThiefs Hole,which *ereSweet and refrefhful to us, and then honoured us wonderfully to go n before thefe Bloody Men, and get our Sentences. Our Interrogations are known, I have not time to write them. But [ difowned them for difowning of the Covenant, and 1 adhered to my protestation given in againft tnenv,ind now am come to the Callow lee to ay down my Life, and to have my head cut oft, and put upon a Port. :t is known how Barbaroufly I haye been ufed by them, and how honour* ibly fuch a filly wretch, as I am, hath been carried through. Glory be Co 128 The- UH Speech mi Teftimony to His Sweet Name for ir. Indeed it wss the bargain betwixt Chrlft and my Soul long finee, that through His ftrength I fhculd^be for Him and atHis bidding j whatever piece of Work he put in my hand v and He prornited that HisGraeejbould he fuftcientfor me \ and that His ftrength fljiuld befeen in my weaknefs \ and that go whether I would, he would go with me, through Fire and Water , the Flames mould not fcoarch me, nor the Waters overflow me. ^O take him, Sirs, for He is faithful who hatb promifedy and He will perform •, now as a Dying Martyr for Chrlft^ I would leave it on all of you, tomakehafle and prepare for Stroake?, for they are at hand •, and do not think that they will not come becaufe' tfiey are delayed. No, He will come, and that as a 7 kief in the Night % and willfarprize many of you, if not all*, Watchy and Fray, that ye en\ ter not into Temptation, I would not have you fecure, but take warn- ing in time, before His wrath break forth. He hath waited long on Scotland's Repentance \ it is like, He will not bear much longer. Do not Sleep as do others, but arije, make hafte,g*f on the whole Armour ofCOD% thatye maybe able toftana. It is dangerous now to be out of God's Gate, it is not good fideing with God's" Enemies, It will be dangerous to be found in their Camps. I would net be in their (read for ail the Gold ot Ophir, who have laved thei*" Lives with prejudice to the Work and People ot GOD. I would have them take Warning : They fay, they have done' nothing, but what was lawful and Righr,but they commit Tranfgrefiion, and ( With the Whore ) wipe their Mouth and J ay they have done no evil. Indeed they may put off Men fo : But they will not get GOD and theii; own Confciences put off They need never go about the Bum, for I fee not howany that is faithful, being once brought before them, can win Lonelily off*, for if ye will but fay ye difown their Authority, then your Life muft go. For they had as little to lay to my Charge as to any, yet I could not v\in off with a good Confcience, but to the Gallows I muft go : And Glory to His Great Name, who hath honoured me *, or that ever He gave me a Head to be let on a Port for His Sweet Name and Caufe. Now, as for what I own or difown, I being ftraitned by reafon of the want of Time, cannot get it fet down here *, and another thing \ fee, that MartyrcsTeftimoniesare of no Value, and very lightly efteem'dr I gave my Teftimony to the Holy and fweet Scriptures, Covenants Confeflion of Faith, which are according to the Scripture, Catechifms Larger and Shorter, the Acknowledgement of fins and Engagement to. Duties, and to all that our Worthies have done, in Defence of the Gof- pel, at Pent land , Loudon- hill, Bothwel Bridge and Airs Mofs \ to RuA t her glen Teftimony, and Sanquhair Declaration, Ferry Papers, and lorA wood Excommunication, the Fife Teftimony D - ;>, K — le, and] P: : : j, Proteftations,and all that hath been done in Defence of the Gorpel , where ever it hath been aone. And I," as a d r fox the Truth, giv« my Teftimony agaiufctU the Encrwicrftifi^, 0,1 cui| Lord; Of ROBERT GARNQCK, i^ Lord's Rights, in lefc qx wore, as Popery^ Prelacy, Lraftianif'm and Indulgences fith and laft,and all that fide with them. And I, as a dying Witnefs for Chrift, defire Friends to the Caufe of Chrift to beware of them ', for, if it were poftble^ tbey would deceive the very Elecl. The$ Wilt neither enter the Kingdom of Heavtn themfelves, nor will they fuf- fer others to go in thereat. Beware of their fair Speeches, for they and the Devil thought to have made me break with my Lovely Lord Jtfus Chrift that Noble Bargain 'twixt Him and my Soul. Q! bet the Pro- fefTors of this Generation are evil and biutr againft the fweet way of the Lord, and his poor People. Next, I give my Teftimony againfc all the Enemies of GOD, and all that join with them, in paying Cefs Locality, Militia Money, or whatever is for the Strengthening of their Hands. And now 1 leave it again on you, that ye would net brand me with having a hand in my own Death } for I could not get my Life favecf^ unlefs I had taken upon me all the Blood of the People of GOD*, and owned that as Lawful Authority, which had taken away my dear Bre- threns Lives, and faid that it was juft and right what they had done. And indeed they feck no more of any, if they will but own them in what they do. They think they are right enough in taking away our Lives,when they who are called Presbyterians own them and tbeirTyran* ny to be Authority. And now when I am to go my way, I would have you to lay to Heart, how deeply owning of them draws', and how much of the Wrath of God ye draw on you, in (o doing. O Sirs I would have you beware, and look what a weighty Bufinef6 it is ^ and )bey GOD rather than Man. 1 blefs the Lord 1 am this day to Step out nflime into Eternity *, and 1 am no more troubled, than I were to take a Marriage in the Earth, and not fo much. I blefs the Lord, I bate much Peace of Conlcience in what I have done. O ! but I think t a very weighty Bufinefs, for me to be within Twelve Hours of Eter- lity, and not troubled. Indeed the Lord is kind, and hath Trained me jp for this Day *, And now lean want him no longer* I will get my ill of Love this Night •, for I will be with htm in Paradife, and get a New Song put in my Mouth, the Song of Mo\c\ and of the Lamb -, I will )e in amongft the General jtfjembly of the firft born^ud enjoy the fwecC Pretence ef GOD, and his Son Jelus Chrift, and the Spirits of Juft Men imade perfect : I am furc of it. O dear Frieuds I would, as one going *:e Eternity, Obteft you, that you nuke good earned in Religion, and *e refllcfs until you get a clearnefsofan lntereft inGhrilt^ for it it i dangerous Time to live in the d?rk, 1 would have you confider, what a weighty Bufineis it is, to deny the Lord of Glory before Men. There iasftrange things of this Nature fallen out, in this our day, O ! took :o your telves. I would intreat you, to be for GOD, and he will be for jou, confcls Him, and he will cenfefs you. As good Soldiers endure uxdncft, wax valiant in Siftering, icfift uyto bloud,for it tl the Caufe . i?o The I aft Speech unci Teftimwy. ef GOE) that is at the Stake. O ! there are none of yoii Lamenting after GDD, Ah/ is there none of you that hath Love to the Lord, and will take part with Him, againft all his Enemies ? O / but it be (ad to fee you with fuch whole Hearts, and fo little Grief among you, for the Robbery that the Lord ef Glory is getting. I declare, my Suf- fering is nothing, but when I fee you who are Profe (Tors, what an uncon- cerned people ye are, it makes my Soul bleed to fee you in fuch a frame, when the Church is in fuch a condition. / wifh the Lord may help poor young Ones, that are brought up under you with the want of the Gofpel *, O/ for theGofpel hack again to Scotland! Oh 7 for one faithful Minifter in all the Land/ O buttheHirveft be great, and the Labourers few / As for my part, now when I am going to Eternity. 1 declare, 7 fee not, nor hear not of a Minifter in all Scotland, who is at the Duty the Lord calls for at Minifters Hands, in Preaching a- gainft all forts of Sin, in feafon, and out of feafon, Rebuking, Reproving and Exhorting, As for my part, /cannot join with them who are not fo. Now my LGRD is bringing me to Conformity with himfelf, and ho- nouring me after my worthy Paftor , Mr. "fames Guthery ; altho' I knew nothing when he was alive \ yet the LORD hath honoured me to proteft againft Popery , and to fea! it with my Blood ', and he honoured him to proteft againft Prelacy , and to feal it with his Bloody The LORD hath keeped me in Prifon to this Day , for that End *, His Head is on one Port of Edinburgh, and mine muft go on another. Glo- ry ,Glory to the LORD's holy &fweet Name,for what he hath done for me. O fet Days apart, and blefs his Holy and never enough exalted Name, for what He hath done for me. O Sirs, His Crofs hath been all paved over with Love to me ail alongft, and it is fweeter now than ever. 0 will ye be perluaded to fall in love with the Crofs of RoyalJESZSS! O take him. Will ye be intreated to come and tafte of His Love. O fweet Lot this day, for me to go to a Gibbet for CHRIST and His CAUSE. I think, the thoughts of this do ravifh my Heart and Soul, and make me to fall out in wondering, that I am witain fo few Hours jof that endlefs Joy, that Paradife, arnongtheie Flowers and Trees, that are on each fide of that pure River, clear as Chryfral , where the Tree is, that bears { twelve Manner of Fruits, and the Leaves of the Tree are for . the healing of the Nations / O that I could leave this Weight upon you \ yea, with as great Weight as it Ives on my Spirit , t® fee how few of you are. traveling to that Land: O bj much above, and be here as Strangers, . 1 mean in refpeft of Conformity to this World, t ho* hated of it, and ftudy ing to live the Life , that our LORD hath commanded in his Word. Andfufer Ajfliftion with the People of GOD rather than enjoy the Plea"' lures oj Sin for a Seafon. Now 1 blels the LORD, I am not, as many fufpe&me, thinking to win Heaven by roy Suffering ^ No, no: I know there is ao winning of it, but through the precious Blood of the Son Gf PATRICK FORMAN. iji Son of GOD. Now ye who are the true Seekers of GOD, and fo the "Butt of the World'3 Malice, O be diligent , ar.d run fail •, Time is precious; O! make ufe of it, and ac*l for GOD. Contend for the Truth, ftand for GOD againft all His Enemies Fear not the wrath of Men. Love one another. Wreftle with GOD mutually in Societies. Confefs your Faults one to another \ pray one with another : Reprove^ re \uke, exhort one another tn Love, Slight no commanded Duty : Be faith- ful in your Stations, as ye will beanfwerable at the great Day. Now, having no more Time, I bid farewel to ycu aH. Farewel holy and fweet Scriptures} wherewith I have been refrtfhed many a Day. I would bare you read much of them, and pray over them to the LORD, that pe may get his Blefling with , and the right Ute of them. O make ufe Df your Bibles, my dear Friends, fo long as you have them. Seek not Counfel from Men. Follow none, further than they hold by Ttuth. Now, I.rtqueft you have a Care*, this Land is like to ccme under great. Errors : Now farewel fweet Reproaches for my loveh LORD JL:>U3f tho* once they were not joyous, but grievous *, yet, now they arc tweet % I blcfs the LORD for it. 1 heartily forgive all Men, for any thing they have faid ot me : 1 pray, That it may not be laid to their Charge in the Day ( f Accompts *, as for what they have done to GOD and his Caufe : I leave that to GOD and their own Confciences. Farewel all Chrihiani Acquaintances, and Relations, Father and Mother, Brethren and Sifters. Farewel fveet Prifon for my Royal LO RD JESUS CT RbT, It is new at an End. Farewel all CrofTes of one Sort, or another; And (o fare- well every thing in Time, Reading^ Praying and Believing. Welcome Eternal Life, and the Spirits of juft Men made per/eft. Welcrme Fa-, ther , Son and Holy Ghoft, into thy Hands / commit my Spirit. Stcfubjcnhtur ROBERT GAR NOCK The laft Teftimony ^Patrick Forman, who Lived in Alloway and Suffered at the Gallow lee, Oftober ioth, 1681 I Thought it fit, being Sentenced to Die within 3 Days, to Write this Teftimony, to ftvewyou, That I die not as a Foul •, and I de- dare, 1 am in my right Mind, and not Prodigal of my I i!e ( as Come alledge ) but I Love Life as well as any, and would do as much to S»ve it', but when my Life coitks in competition with the Trutl. JESUS CHRIST, 1 dare not buy it, with the deny al of the fnuNt It. ol Truths( ifanyofthem maybe called fmall ) but know, that thelealt •f the Truths, srre of greater moment, than the whole Woild and the Inhabitants thereof. Now therefore, do not afperfc me, when I am ! gone, With not being a Presbytertan\( for iho'in great Wcakneb ) lam R 2 ft 1 3* The Uft Speech MiTeJlimwy] a Presbyt eri an, hoth in Profeffion and Practice \ tho* my Failingsbe many ; Firft, /believe that there isbutoneGODF^7//£i?, SONznd HOLT GHOST: One Redeemer ', One way of Salvation, and that it's through JESUS CHRIST, according to that Word, John 24. 6. JESVS faith unto them, J am the Way, the Truth and the Life ', no Man Cometh unto the Father , hut by Me.bnd likewife,/ leave my Teftimony to the Holy Scriptures of the Old and New Teftament ', and my Sou) defires to Blels the LORD, that ever they were in our Mother longue. My Soul hath been Refrefoed in conyeifing with them, when the Spiritof the LORD ha* blacked them •, butt know likewife, they are but a killing" Letter, without the Spirit: Yet this I would advife you, as a Dying- Martyr for CHRIST, to fearch the Scriptures, and feek the LORD'S. j Mind in them*, for there are none Noble, but thele who fearch the Scriptures , and O that 1 could recommend them to you,as they have been. Tweet and Refrefhful to me*, yea they are as a Garden of fweet fmcUing Flowers*, in them are Cures for all Defeafes, and Remedies for all Dif- tempers*, yea, they commend themlelvesr, they need none of my com- mendation. Make good ufe of them, while ye have tjiem *, for if Ido- laters get their will, they will not be long amongft you •, I Pray the LORD may prevent it, ily. I leave my Teftimony to the Confeffion of* Faith, Larger and Shorter Catcchifms, the folemn Acknowledgment of Sins, and Engagement to Duties. I bear my Teftimony to the Nation- al Covenant, and Solemn League and Covenant. Likewife, I adhere to all the Faithful Teftimonies that have been ^given for the Truth, fince^' the Year 1638. Efpecially that Sanquhair Declaration and Rutherglen Teftimony, and the Papers found on H. H. at the Queen's Ferry, call" cd the New Covenant ; and to the Lawfullnefs of lor- wood Excom- munication, and all the Teflimoniesof the Martyres, who are gone before me, according to Truth, both in Fields, on Scaffolds,, and in the Seas ", And likewife I leave my Teftimony to that poor Perfecuted Remnant, that are .yet left as Berries on the tops jof the outmofi Branched •wandering about, being Defolate, AJlicled and Tormented, groaning under that fad Yoke of Tyranny. O LORD Deliver them, in Thy own Way and Time ! and encourage them now, when there is no En*» couragement from Men, and their Eyes cannot behold their Teachers. And now, my Friends, I tell you*, Being within few Hours toftepout efTime into Eternity, that ye beware of calling afperftons on any of the LORD'S People, for owning their Duty, which is Avowing and de- claring JESVS CHRIST to be King in Zion, Head of His People, and only LORD of our Conjciences ', and declining all Powers, wnich are contrary to and inconfiftent with our LORD'S Kingly Power. And now /declare I own Magiftracy, as it is an Ordinance of GOD, and offered my willing Subjection unto them, but when the Magistrate becomes a Tyrant by overturning the whole Law of GOD, and the JuftLaws of fh« Of PATRICK TOR MAN. ijj the Nation, he or they being once Covenanted to the cor\tmy> then I think it my duty, as I am bound by the Scripture, and our Covenants, and my own Conscience, to fhew, in my Station, my difli-ke of rhe wrongs, my Lovely LORD and M*fter is getting } for as the Scripture declares, There are no Powers, but of GOD%andthe Powers that be, are ordained bf GOD. Then con feqoently, that Power can not be of GOD, that Murthers the People of GOD \ otherwifeye mull fay, that the LORD is the Author of evil, which were horrid Blafphemy. Now therefore, my dear Friends, fuppofe that they will take away our Lives, under the name of Treafon and Rebe!lion( as they have done to our Brethren thefe 20 Tears ) ytt itisnot fo, but for Religion and Loyalty to our LORD anaTMafter, and to every Ordinance of Many as it is confident with the Law of our LORD JESUS CHRIST. Therefore, as ye would be aufwerable at the Day of our Appearance \ when we fhall (land naked and bare before the Judge of all the Earth, fpeak not againi u$v left ye be reckoned amongft the Fighters againft J ESVS CHRIST, for I de: dare, / have owned nothing, but that which is the duty of the whole Nation, as well as mine. And I doubt not, but the LORD will reckon with this Generation, ere it be long, for Mantiining that Throne of Iniquity, thefe 20 Years. s And now / declare, as a dyina Man, that it is but Juftice that is come upon this poor Nation, for when the Lord fet them free from that Ifoke of Bondage they were lying under, by that old Tyrant Charles 10, who defined to cut off the Lords People, which he put in practice, in Murthering the Lord's People in Ireland by the Hands of the bloody Papi/ts, and thought to have done fo to England and Scotland, but the Lord prevented him, and put a Stop to his Tyranny, by (uffering Men to take away his Life, and caufing his Family to beBanifhedj ind brake the Yoke off our Neck, and became our Lord King and rlead *, we foon wearied of the Lord, andcaft him off, and faid, we will lave a King to Rule over us like the Nations } and ye may judge, whe* :her he has reigned Saul-like or not? And I doubt not, but he mail be aken away in wrath, becaufe he was given in the Lord's anger^and hough his Time has been a groaning Time, yet bis End fhall be errible, and the people fhall find the fmart of it, as the Children of ffrael did, when they fell at Gilboa. Friends, look for fad Days, when ve are gone. O/ therefore I intreat you, as ye would tender the jlory of GOD, and defire the Salvation of your own Souls, mourn for he wrongs ye have done to the Glory of GOD, in your owning of hat Tyrant, who is the Malignants Head and God. And now /am ure ye are left without excufe, if ye will not caft him offj and they tvho will fay he hath power over Civil Matters, mud fay GOD is un-, uft , and he is the Author of evil, which were horrid Blalpbemv. The matter of my Condemnation is, becaufe I will not yield to their iniquoug ij4 ■ W' Teftimony ff iniquous Law?, and call Tyranny Authority ,and a Conftitution of wick-, ednefs,aConftitution of God*, which I dare not,for mySoul,have the lead thought of. And now, my Friends, lam to die for prote (ling again ft Popery* and the inbringing of that Papift the Duke to defile the Lord's Land*, and declining their power, becaufe they had murthered my Brethren thefe Twenty Years, and Terrifying againft all the wrongs my lovely Lord and Matter hath got. Therefore, I charge you, to be- ware of fpeaking againft me, e>r any of my Brethren *, for my Head and my Right Hand mall be a Witnefs againft you, who (hall condemn us, whatever! have been, I am now highly Honoured to witnefs for Chrift's Caufe. And now my dear Friends I muft teK you, that Grace is free and I am a Debitor to free Grace, and I am as a Brand pluckt cut of the fire ; yet my Lord (bath loved me with an everbfting Love. And I blefs the Lord, I am in ray right Mind, and has Hatred againft no Mans Perfon, but in fo far as they are fighting againft my GOD, and Ploting againft his Holy Child Jefus ( bur as ir is written, Pfalm 2 q. ) Thou Jhalt break them with a rod of Iron, thou Jbalt dafi) them in pieces like a potjkerd. I leave my Teftimony againft Charles Stuart for his Breach of Covenant, and for his fetting forth that Hrlhfh AZI if. Supre- macy; -whereby he refcinded the Law of GOD, and the juft Laws of the Land, that he. might Morther. the Lords People. I likwiTe leave my Blood upon him and thefe bloody Counfellors, Juft»ciarie ^nd Afiizers^ Becaufe they take away mv Life, and the Lives of rqy Brc»| thren, without a fhaddow of Law or Juftice, for there were none of us guilty of Action or Crimes, and the Proteftation, we gave them, fhall . be a ftanding witnefs againft them. 2dly I leave mv Teftimony againft Prelaete, becaufe they have taken upon them the Place of Lords, which is proper to none but Jefus Chrift :, for we have but one GOD, one LORD, one 5AVIOUR and MASTER, &c. And they have cur Blood «pon th«ir Heads. J reave my Teftimony againft all the proceedings againft the LORD'S People, their Murthersin the Fields and in Sea, and on Scaffolds; I likewife leave my Teitimony againft the bringing Home of that Tyrant Charles Spvart, after they knew that he had bro» ken all Bonds, ^f hat could bind Men, and was no more to be believed.' I likewife leave my Teftimony againft the Duke of Tork^ and againft the Reception of him firft and laft, becaufe they 'knew he was. a Pro*1 feft Fapffii and was fceking nothing but the Lives ot the Lord's peo-" pie, as his Aclions declare *, firft tie behoved to have a draught of thefe nve Mens Blood at Magus Muir, and next of Mr. James Skeert, John Potter, Archibald Stuart and the reft of our Brethren fince*, O bloody wre^Ch: He he is filling himfelf Drunk with the Blood of the Sadnts^ and Avhen he was declared Vice-roy and High Commiffioner as the! call him, he behoved to have a Draught of Blood to fit down with, yii, of that faithful Minifter of Jefus Chrift Mr. D. C. and the other foui Qf FJTR1CK, FORM AN. i j 5 four, and then they fat down to their Parliament for enacting thefe Hell-hatched A&s, placing Charles Stuart and his Succefiion for th«ir GOD j And that they call Law and Authority, for their Bible. And now when they have taken their Breath, they mud have our Blood to ftxken them. I leave my Teftimony againft the Parliamenters and my Blood upon them, I am fure they will find it and my Brethrens tying heavy upon the m. 1 likewife leave my Teftimony againft Bon* dcrs, dfs and Locality payers, for Strengthening the Hinds of thefe wicked Rufruns, the Troopers and Soldiers, who deftroy the Lords People. Nnv therefore, dear Friend?, I warn you, as ye would flee from the wr,nh to c mi, fluke your (elves of thefe things, if fo be there may be H jW let Men judge, whether or not it becomes any, to own Charier Stuart as King, and them as Judge*, f ing they have broken the Covenant, and overturned the Work of Reformation , aid fh d f> mnch cf the People of GOD Bl »od *, and n< tonly fo, but a I o hive male a Duke, PopiJ/j by Pro* fljiw. Heir to theC o vn , to be the Door, whereat they may receive / ptty into tht Land. For I think, there are none, but in fome Mea- lu e tnev ailowPoperv, thr will not witnefs igainft, and withftand him andthem, in their Proceedings, efptci illy that M«ck 7>#, which that wicked Parliament hath put forth , amongft all their other Proceedings, thele twenty Years againft GOD, hi-. Work and People*, whereof the ovei turning <.ui M n Itry, and thtuftingin cf Prelacy, the unlawful Act* of lnduli»nu"c firft and hft,the killingand murtheringof the People of GOD in Fields, SofF >lds and Seas in one Place and another, are a Witnefs. O the great W'itneG, that is, and will be Handing againft the (aid Charles Stuart , and his unlawful Council and Parliaments , and all tbeir Proceedings! The Lord in the fecondComruacdment, threaten!, s m hi] Wrath agiftinft the Children* for the Fathers Iniquity, unto the thirl and fourth Geviratiqn cj them that hate him , and if the LORD vifitc not the Succef£>rs of this Generation afore named, with dreadful Judg- ments, I ammiftaken *, yea, and all thefe , that joyn and comply with them, either Minifters or ProfefTors, I mean the Indulged, and all thefe that bond with the Enemies , or give them Clats of Gear for their Libe- rations, when they are brought to Prifon, upon the Account of owning the Truth *, or in any Manner of Way acknowledge them as Magiftrates*, I fay, ( without Repentance ) 1 fee noway, that they can mifs GOD's Wtath. But I think, I need not infift much on thefe Subjects •, for aM the Warnings they have gotten ( which are many ) by Mmifter* and Pro feffors, oneway or other, efpecially on Scaffolds, fince Mr. James Gu- thrie , to this Day , have not been effectual : their AtUrgs pi;ove the rn to be xjorc hardened in their Sin, than when they began. Therefore I think it feems, that the LORD will either give them no moe Warnings, orelfetake them (hortly away, or both: Indeed he may gu;e them moe Warnings, but if ever they do the mod part of this Generation any good, I greatly queftion. I mean thefe, whom f fcave named ', for I think , with (everal others, who are gone before me, and are going off the Stage by Death , Thattheie will be dreadful Judgments to follow on this Generation , for Breach of Covenant with GOD, and open Rebellion againsl: him, by thefe iniquom Laws of their sr in taking away the Lives \Libett its & Priviledges of the People of GOD , and not only fo, but in making Charles Stuart ^Head of the Church, which becomes not him, nor any Mortal *, for JEvVS CHRIS! is Head aj his own Church, and LORD over the Confciences of Men. And as* for me, I would not have my Confcience tied by Charles Stuart's Belt, nor any who are called his Subjects, tho* 1 were to live an hundred Ycars^ Ho, tho* I could have the whole World for my Pains •, for I might as well ty my Corfcience to the D^vil and my own Corruptions, as do if, by yielding Submiflion to his iniquousLaws j by either Bond or Cefs9 or any thing relating thereto. Now 1 blefs the LORD , / hope, that he who hath led me hitherto, will lead me away from him, and his, and my own Corruptions, and the Devil, ere the loth Day of this Month pafs over. And as for my own particular intereft , J blefs the • LORD, I am in f©me Meafure as clear of my Intereft in Chrift, as i am that my Pen is writing on this Paper j for I hope, that the LORD will carry mehenourably through, and give me that which he hath promi- f«jd v ay wfcen I asked him Faith, he gave me Fatth, Life, Light and 4 Heart to believe , and Love to htm and His Glory, Jntereft, Cav)t% Covenant and Work of Reformation, and Strength to ftand, and with- stand my Enemies, inward and outward, who, many a Time feave af- fruited and tempted me, Ariving to drive mc away to Sin* Indeed it is true Of DAVID FJRRIE. rj9 true, Hived nioft lewdly, ay till within a little more nor thefe four Tears. O if I could ge to the Stage, blefiing and magnifying the LORD, that it hath pleafed him, to bring mc from the Devii'i Fife- fide, as it were, and draw me out to hear the Gofpel of CHRIST. I blels the LORD, the firft Field Pr caching that ever 1 heard, I entered in Co* tenant with him to follow him, tho' it fhould coft me my Life •, and at a Communion in Irongray in Galloway , I had the clear Manifeftation of my Intereft. O free Grace ! O free Love ! O free Mercy ! O what am I, that he he hath beenfokind to me ? O me / O poor me ! and not only fo,but alfowhen he difcovercd theEvils of the woful Indulgence,from the Supremacy , that he made it known to me , and alfo made me toftand, and withftand that woful Evil, and tojoyn with that Party, by the -Bond found upon Mr. £. Cameron, whom he honoured to witnefs a* gainft it : And for this 1 defire to blefshim. O ! I think it is Scotland's Mercy this Day , that he hath opened the Eyes of the Blind, to fee thefe Abominations, efpecully among the Minifters , I n.ean the Indulged y and thefe who plead for them : O ! Scotland's Mercy hath been great, that notwithftanding of their Rebellion, and joyning "with Rebels, by that Supremacy, the LORD opened the Eyes of the Blind, to fee thefe Abominations, and to teftifieagainft them : O ! I fay,This \$ScotUnd's Mercy*, tho' fome may think otherwife*, for if the LORD had not o* pened up that evil to poor things, it had been a Token, that he would have gone his away, and not owned his Covenanted Land any more \ but it is a Token for good yet, to the Land, that notwitftanding of all our Rebellions againft him, by Breach of Covenant, he continues yet to dilcover to his People , what is Sin and Duly. And this alio is a Token, that the LORD will not leave Scotland, though he may cha- ftife it very fore, his taking the Blood and Lives of his Saints, o;i Fields^ Seas and Sfajfolds, to witnefs for his Covenant*, for the Blood of t kg Martyrs is the Seed of the Church, And this is another Token for good to the Church, that there is a Remnant ( rho* fmall ) that is weeping and lamenting over the broken Cafe of the Church, and over theUn- concernednefs of the People of GOD, or of thefe, who fay, They are the People of GOD, and that there are fo few to keep clean Garments, and to wreftle and witnefs againft the Sins of this Generation of Cove- nant Breakers and Ufurpers. O Sirs! is not this a fweet Cordial yet, for all that is come upon us ? O Sirs! take Courage, and plead with the LORD, and alfo, through his Strength , plead with your whorijh Mother , vie* the Indulged, and their Deeds, which they have done, and thofe that plead for them. O plead , and plead in Patience \ let not/W/rife, let not Paflion rife and vex you , Be fober, be notfoon an- gry j fear not Reproaches*, but beware of giving the Enemies, or pro- lefled Friends , juft Ground of Reproach *, walk in the Si^ht oT GOD, and Man both, without Offence *, and then if Men will be offended, lac S 2 ii 140 The UH Speech mci Teftimony it be for your Duty, and not for your Sin. But O be tender of the Glo- ry of GOD *, Let there be no vain Janglings, or foolijb and unlearned Questions among you, knowing, That they gander Strtfe. Be tender one of another. Do not reprove every faiaH Circumftance, till y« have GOD with you in your Reproof, and the thing b$ a known Sin. Avoid evil Company, and rather draw your (elves to Grayer your alone, and with Company , when ye can have the Occafion , and mil* no Oc- cafion •, for it will be the ready Way to cau.fe the LORD leave yoa and the Land ^ and then wo to you tf he depaytfium \ou. Q invite one anu- ther to Pfayf r *, elpetiilly young Folks *, for I think , if the LOUD do good to this Generation , it will be to Young Folk O Babes ana Suck* lings fet to the Work j for the LORD hat^h promiled , That cut oj the Mouths of Babes and Sucklings he will perfect Praife : Who knows , if yt be at your Duty, but trie LORD will yet fend Te ciers , who will ftandinthe Gap, to hold away Wrath •, but till the LOa.0 fend thtm, (land in the Gip your fclves •, and when ye have got th*oi , ly not all the Strels upon them, left the laft Plague be worle th;n the fi. it, O keep warfare againft Corruptions and the Devil, in cvry things O do not make an Idol of the Godly, tho' they be realy Godly^ Z^a4ousJ JuJcious and Prudent*, I do not mean the Prude if, chat me de yea of CHRIST and His Kingly Office, m.an. L.i uQij be you< ui.iy GOD, and not another. Ufe all things to t.ie uje Vf Edifying ^ a«.d Stcengtheningone anothersHaid^Own and maintain f ur Bather's Juffc Caufe, when it comes t? an hearing, efpeoally in the matters ofGuD. And receive one another, but not to doubtful Di) put at ions. Jo>nwitri and own the Godly who are Penirert, tho' there be hults and failing providing they be fenfible of their Guilt •, For the LORD maketh more of one Prodigal, or of one l% O I would not be in the Cafe of the Minifters of Scotland this Day, for the World. Confider Luke 17. 10. So lihwife, when you have done aH theft things^ (ay% we are unprofitable Servants, Let the Law ©f GOD be Of DAVID FER R IE. i4I I your Rule \ and when ye have doneal/ to keep the Lav/, Yet confider, that it cannot merit* any Good thing, but you mull lean only to the Merits and Sufferings of JESUS CHRIST : But yet the Law muft be (ObfcrvedandODtfyed. 'lis true no Meet Man is able perfectly to keep Itbe Goniniindfuefvts of,GOD, bat let not this be your Snare, fur it is the Snareof many of this Generation. O! Sirs, Study the Scriptures \ walk by the Hritinefs of the Law of COOy and the Liberty of the G farewell thou Highly Honoured Scotland, farewe r ye Friends in CHRIST ^ and all Friends and Acquaintances. Farew* t Life, and Liberty in this Life \ Welcome CHRIST, Heaven and Ete) rial Salvation -7 forever and ever. Sic Subfcribitur* DAVID. FvOUVE. Tk Of JAMES ST V ART i4j h Uft Speech andTepmony of James Stuart, why Suffered^ at the Gallow-lee. Edinburgh O&ober 10, 178 i. f\EAR FRIENDS, I being in Prifon for CHRIST, and HisPerfe- J cured Cauie, tho' iome may hy others ife, and that upon the account of my Taking •, bat I do not care what any fay, fori ive had, and ytt have great peace in my Sufferings. But feme wiH be ady to fay, that it was an imprudent and an unfure action, andfo right- have been forborn *, and fuppofe it be lb, it is not the head of my ifrering. for it wis not that upon which I was ilaged *, for I was pre- ntly Staged tor the Troth, the next Day after L was taken, being Knight before a Committee, tho* indeed I was not fo free as I mould Lvebeen. There is a piffage, Afts 21. of Pauls going up to Jerufalem, iiichftmrn this and walked conibnant to his former faftice, Doclnne and Writings : But tho* his going to th* Temple lS the occafion 0/ h:s Taking, ytt not the head ufhis Suffering*, fo I r, tho' that wfcich / did, in Relieving my Brother, was the occaficn* t my Suffering was (tated on an other he,ad. But / cannot fee, how is asyefay, tor I feeing it my Duty, and finding Opportunity had itcar Call f^r all that I did. And befides all that, we being bound in tven&nt to -Defend and Maintain one another, we are bound as well* i Relieve one another out of Prifon, when there is a probability feer. it I need not ftand much in making this out, it being the way that eLORD took, to bring me to my Suffering: And I am heartily ntent with my Lot, and dciire with my Soultablefs him for it. Tho* m% dreadfully afoerfed, when that Bond of Liberation was offered to , for tho' fome had clearnefs to take it, yet I could ntver have oughts of taking itin peace*, andlblefsthe LORD, who kept my ind from if, it was neither Strength, nor (harp Sightednels in me, at witheld me from Yielding tot he Tentation •, Butthq LORD hath ewed Himfelf Gracioufly Favourable and kind unto me, now when I EI fet up like a Beacon upon the topof an Hill, and the Eyes of many bing upon me, aud all are wondeu'ngat me, and calling me diftraft- H, and faying I am a Fool, but ( the LORDbe thanked ) \ have all leSenfes that ever I bad, Tho Dittrt(fedy ytt 1 Dijpmrnv. Neither n J Suffering m a Fool '^ for /know ailurtrdly, this is the way \o Ob- lin the Promile. There isnothingin it meritorious, I fjicn iffattm Larger and Shorter Catechijms, AvkncwleogrKint of Sim, *nd Lngagem tnent to Duties j tho* rhey be abticG and n i tonilruciec b> n.a«,y# And I adhere to the Sum of Savvg Kn'wier&t w herein is fctlo rornfc the Life and Marrow of Religion. 1 adhere to ali :he Tcftimoiiicf that have been given. Mr. Guthry, Argyle^ and [\ anjion, thty gave in their TeHimony according to the Lig.it, that tne Lord gave ih and I do not condemn their Teftimony ( as (one fay ) tor at lon-ie times the Lord gives more Light, than at other T mes ^ and io it can? not be faid, that we contradict or difown their Icitimcny, tho' it kath plealed the Lord, through continuance of Time, to give more Light of the abounding Abominations, that are it ill growing and a. bounding in this Generation *, and fo whatever they omittea through Want of that Light, which it hath plealed the Lord to let us fee,, ma Acs] no contradiction. 1 adhere to the Rutherglen and Stf^fc/?dt> Dtclarati«j ons. I adhere to the Taper fund upon Mr, R, C. at AiriAtojs^ Jiify 22, 1680. I adhere to the Papers that were found at the %£ueen**htrry upon H. H. I adhere to any writings that are according to tht \\ ord ci GOD, lor liuth is Truth, come by whem it wili ! Now3 ass clyirfe Man, I adhere to all thtk things. And I having received an un< Of JAMES STVJRT. r45 juft Sentence from Men, for owning and adhering to the fame, and lor protefting againft the in-bringing of Popery, to defile the Land. And likewife upon tbefe Accounts, I difown Charles Stuart to be toy King and Soveraign, Tirft, Becaufe of that Hcllifh Atb of Supremacy ^ and that A& Ricijfory, whereby they have overturned and wrcitcd all* the Laws, AUs and Constitutions of the Land : For in the forefaid A& he aflujneth that unto hinafelf, which belongs properly to cur Lord and Matter; and fays, that he Rules over all things both Spiritual and lew* poral, and then when he hath made himfelf Supreme over all things, ho relcindes the Laws that are of GOD, andfets up other Laws, to/atif- fie his own Lufts, in Murthering, Killing and deftroying the LORD'S People *, and this is the Reafon why I difown him j and likewife his dreadful Pet jury and Blafphemy, in his Covenant breaking. I decline them as Judges, for the opening a Door there to Popery, which they have done, by receiving that Popiflj Duke in among them, which I pro^ reft and leave my Teftimony againft •, it being contrary to our Engage* ments, to (urTer Papifts to Dwell amongft us ; and to have a Profeft Pa* pi ft to ufurp over us-, it being repugnant to our Principles. I leave my Teftimony againft Prelacy, it being a Limb cf that Antichnslian Whore of Rome* i leave my Teftimony againft all the Abominations of this Generation, as blafpheming of the Holy Name of the LORD, Drunkenne(s,Stealing,Whcring,Sodemy, and all manner of Uncleannefs. \ leave my Teftimony againft ail indifterency and lukewarm Ncuterality in our LORD'S Matters. I leave my Teftimony againft the Indulgence* firft and laft *, as having a greater Hand in the breaking of the Church of Scotland nor all the Enemies living in it, could have done, for they fold their Mafters Truths, and did give away their Pleafant Things with their own Hands, and focame in under Charles Stuart, and took him for their Head, and have caft off their Rightful Head JESUS CHRIST. Eph. I. 22. And hath put all things under his Feet, andgavg him to be Head over all things to the Church. Wo will be unto them, for what they have done to the poor Kirk of Sc otlavdj I leave my Tefti- mony againft Silent and unwatchful Minifters. Remember, there arc many taken away, and it's to be feared, in their Iniquity ^ and do ye think that ye are free of their Blood ? Ye may look what warning ye have given, and if it be Faithful, then Ye may fay that Ye arc not guilty. But there is not a Minifter, this Day, who dare lay he is at his Duty. They refufe to give G unfel when asked at, as I my (elf can Witneis j for when that Liberation was granted,l fent to one of them, and charged hinr, as I judged him Faithful, to tell me his Mind, which he refuted \ and faid, ftlence might (erve for an Anfwer, I was not Suffering for Truth, but I Heartily forgive him, and all Men what tbey have don* to me, as for my own particular *, but how they have reproached CHRIST and His Way, it is not mine to forgive them. O thcJvlini- T fieri 146' The loft Speech arm Teftimony Rets of Scotland are become Light and Treacherous Perfons, as well as Revolters *, they are become ravening Wolves •, fo I cannot fee, how they have not Unminiftered themfeWe! ; If Abiatberwis turned oat of the Priefts Office for leaving David, and following Adonijah \ how much more ought th*? Miniftersof Shcotiand, for leaving ©fhim, who is-the True Head of the Church, and chufing Charles Stuart for their Head ? It is not long fince they were Preaching that to be (in, which they- are now praftHing. I have no 'doubt, but ere long, there fhall come out fire from Abimelech and deftroy the Men cfSchem, and fire from them, and devour him: And ere long Mr. Donald Cargd and Mr. Richard Cameron their names, that now ftink among Miniftersand Profetlors, fhall have a fweet fmel! •, andthefe that calumniate and a- fperfe them, their naaies fhall go away with a ftink, and flee away with a Smoke-, but lam fare, That that now Glorified Martyr Mr. Donald Cargil, his name fhall laft from Generation to Generations *7 and he fhall have caufe to Rejoice in his King, Head and Matter, who is JESUS CHRIST : When ;hofe who condemned him, fhnll not know whereto flee for Shalter,. and fhall be wearie of their Head, King and Mafier who is Charles Stuart ; And what Brethren ( difafocTed as they were) did caft upon him as a fhmie, was his Glory and decorement. H? was of a high heroick Spirit," arid was free of a i)afe and Simonian Carriage. He was a Man hated of his Brethren :, but the great Elijah in his time was fo. Time and Tongue would fail me, to fpeak'to his Commendation. He was the Man who carried the Standarr, without the help of any vilible. But he had the help and Aftiftanceof his Mafter, at whofe Command he was ay wandering here,'without Refi- dence, yet knew of one Above and had full afTurance of "his Dwelling Place. A leiye my Teftimony againft uplifting or caufing uplift Cefs or £xci]e\ or any thing, for the Maintaining that Tyrant, or any of his EmU- /aries:, it being for nothing, but Maintaining thefe ruffian Troupers and Soldiers, who are kept for nothing, but to fupprel* and bear down the Gofpel, and banifh it out of the Land. I leave my Teftimony againft all Declaration takers and Bonders', efpecially the taking that Bond of Liberation as they call it, of the Date Augufi 5. 1680. as far as they were convinced it was Sin, as fome of themlelvesfaid it was. I Jeave my Tef)imony againft that7f# and all the reft of their proceeds zings, and AEbs of Parliament : I leave my Teftimony againft Jaylop Jee-paying*, it being an acknowledgment of their Tyranny to be La w- ittl, which how unjuft it is, I have proof among others*, for that Night that I was before York and the reft, being OtJober firft 168 u I being Examined by Sir George Mackenzie, York and Mr. William Pat er\ Jon coming unto me, when I was filent, and would not anfwer to fome things they asked atme^ he threatned to take out my Tongue with a pair Of'JJMES ST V ART. i47 pair of Pincers, ifl would not, And he held him as a Witnefs again:! we. And tho' I cold him that he was a Judge the o:her Night, and would ye hold him as a Witnefs againft us before your Jsfticury ? yet they did it; which Was neither according to Law nor Reafdn. If there were no more, butrhatone paiTage, it proves them to beunjuft Judges, as there are many worfe than that is. I leave my Teltimcny againft the Mounting of Militia^ and uplifting of Money for hi* Set*. 1 leave my Ieftimony againit every thing that may Strengthen his Hands, or weaken the Hands of the People of the LORD. Now I defire you, as a dying Man, who am within four ty eight Hours, or little more , of Eternity, to difown Charles Stuart to be >our I and Sovereign. I criarge you fo to do, as you would have Peace / GOD *, for I never knew what true Peace was, till 1 did it , and took Jefus Chriftformy King and Lawgiver. This is not, That 1 difuvrt Kingsor kingly Government, for 1 own both •, but when their Act c are fuch as his are, and a covenanted King as he was, we cannot in Con- fcience yield to him ; for he hath murdered the LORD'S Peoptfe our Brethren , and when we acknowledge even his Civil Authority, \ cannot fee what Way we are cle*n of their Blood , it being by a Shadow of Law and Authority, that he takes aWay their Lives, arid fo we cannot own him in that} and to own him in EcclefiaHitk Matter J, I think there will be none fo abfurd, as to fay, We fhould ed\tbe LORD to convert him; $b Thsp the Means of bis bein% called out to the Hcfp of the laid'* People at B->ihwcl vat the He Death tj three of his Childreeo within ten Days SpMj, which Exm^fdioaiy Providence impfefled bis heart fo that he durft not fit GOD's Call to that Work. 4/y He conftjftth his hiving taken the Bind (or lwio,> Orderly ( as it was tilled ) and with great Rermrfc acknowledges bis Kaillo^.r/i that he to k.not Opportunity t§ Confe,* that 5l r by word or write. O! wonder what am I, that ever he fl the hJte of rae, who have been one ot the viUft of flnnen ! n the World bad f ^2 The Ufl Speech and Teftimony had Teen me, as he faw me, they would not have chofen me, no not ta have kept Company with : But O wonder that His condescending Love has not on $ taken me to hz Servant, but to be one of the Chil dren of the Family •, And has fa id to me, as John 14. 19. Becaufe I live ye fi>alllive alfo. He has chofen me and not I Him, John 7. 1^ Ifa. 48. 10. Behold I hive refined thee, but not with Silver; I have chofen thee in the furnace of Ajfli&ion, for mine own fake, even for my own fake will I do it. Now I had His Promife before ever I came to a Prifon, that he fhould Honour me, As Pfal. ot. 14. 15, Becaufe ht hath Jet his Love upon me, then fore will J deliver him 1 will Jet him on high *, becaufe he hath known my Name \ He fljall call upon A4e, I wit Anfwer him} I will be with him in Trouble, I will deliver him and Hc~ nour him. Now this is the Ground upon which \ have walked, and the grip I got, which I have holden till now. I mean when I Covenanted With my GOD, to take Him u»pon the Terms of his offer. It is a Year bygon, being the firft Week of May 1681, fincel perfonally Subfcribed my Name to be the Lords*, for before that I played many times faft and and loofe with GOD, for which I take fhame andConfufion of Face to my felf( which is my due ) bnt fincel have been kept free of what formerly I was guilty of, tho' the afTaults of Satan have not been wanting, ldurft not look back, nor yet take my Word again: But defired to a& and contend for my LORD and Matter, Jeius drift's Jlights, and not to quit them to any, which he helped and owned meifl« O dearFriends , all of you that are contending for ChrifTs Truthsj get once a Right in himfelf, and ye cannot then, nor dare not but con- tend for him: But while ye are in the Dark about your Intereft, ye can never walk upon fure Grounds *, but like a Man walking in the Dark, that has Hopes of getting to his Lodging, but knows not the W7ay: and the thing that deals many of this Generation off their Feet, is,. They go to feek the Way from others, that are alfo in the Dark of it tbemfelves, and they feek the Way from Men, and follow rhe Example of Men *, becaufe they think they are Godly Men, and by their Praelicey they think they have the Image of GOD ', and becaufe of that they fol* low'them, and take their Advice, and do what they do, thinking they cannot do wrong •, but I am clear of it, that is not the Way of GOD in this dark Day , to feek it from Blind Guides, and not from the True Guide Jefus Chrirf, wTho is given for a Leader and * Commander to hit People, and ought to be led by none , nor haveCounfei from none but himfelf-, for the Spirit of GOD fays, Jfa. 30. 1. Wo to the rebellious Children, faith the LORD, that take Counfel, but not of me, and that co> give a Teftimony to the Truths of CHRIST and againft his Enemies adhere to all the Meetings and AJembliesoi the People of GOD, tha have been in Scotland in Defence of the Gofpel. I adhere to Pent/and Drumclcg, Bothwel and Air's-Mofs, where our Worthies fell •, whicl BioOd (I die in the Faith of it) fhall have a Glorious Springy whicl Qdarrel theGODof Heaven,the CovenantedGOD of Scotland will re fenx I alfo adhere to and heartily Joyn with the Rutherglen Declaration and I difown the Hamiltoun Declaration, becaufe it took in the Mai lignant /ntereft. I adhere to the Sanquhatr Declaration and Queen's Ferry Papers and the Excommunication at the Ton Wood, as Lavyful ark Rightin cafting off Charle s Stuart, and the reft of the Malignant Party And it (hall be feen within few Years, That that Party that the LORE ftirred up for that ufc was in their Duty, and thefe that layby wer< not. / alfo adhere to and heartily Joyn with that Noble lislimon given at Lanerk, againft that Black Parliament that fat laft to overturn the whole Work of Reformation,, and made that black Test, that ha defiled the whole Land, and made an open Door for Popery to com into the Land. I leave my Teftimony againft all thefe, that have take it, or againft thofe thathaye, or may take Favours from Men that hav taken that Teft efpecially. I leave my Teftimony againft Prifoner who being in upon the account of Religion, do tamper any way wit thefe black Tefters to wrong the Intereft of GOD. Wo, wo, wo, wi be to them that give theEnemy fuch ground to fay, we are but Fanatick. and will do any thing before we lofe our Lives, which I my felf, hear fomeof them fay , which was a grief to my Soul, anididftingme to t\ Hea Of ROBERT GRJT. 15 5 Heart. Heave my Teftimony againft fuch Profeflbrs and Preachers, as can fit in fuch Company, and hear f«ch talk, and not refent it j It being an acquiefcing to the Difcourfe to keep filence. I leave niy Teftimony againft all giving Bond and Cavtiwiy or petitioning the Stated Enemies of our Lord Jefus Chrift. /leave my Teftimony againft all the O/}. payers, and doing any other thing that Strengthens the Enemies Hand*, and againft Jaylor Fee-paying, for by fo doing it fays, we have done wrong to them *, which I deny, that we have done them any, but they have done to us. I leave my Teftimony againft thefe Minifters th^t fat in a Presbytery againft worthy Mr. Richard Cameron, that highly ho- noured Martyr of Jefus Chrift, and thought to have Depofcd him fn ni hisMiniftry. I alio leave my Teftimony againft that Meeting that uc in Sundowal in Nithfdale, which I was a Witnefs to-, ye will fee .t more fully fpoken to in that Paper of mine which was found at KelJot wfcich I own, and defire that it may be put in with this #, and they may go together, and my Indictment with the Letter. I am called to (et to my Seal to the faithfufnefs of that worthy Man's Doclrine, viz.. Worthy Mr. Richard Cameron who was the mean that the Lord made ule of to eftablifh me in the Faith. I blefs the Lord that ever 1 (awhin^or was honoured to be in his Company. I blefs the LORD that ever I was in the Company of worthy Mr. DonaldCargtU \ am likewifehere to bear Witnel* to the faithful warning thefe two Worthies give in Northumber- land. I likewife leave m> Teftimony againft the Profeftbrs in Northum- berland^ that came not out to help the Lord againft the Mighty, when I my felf gave them warning, fome of them mocked at me^ for which I will be a Witnefs againft them, at the great Day of Accounts. I leave my Teftimony againft the giving Bond to Afyz^crs or Sejfions, or an- swering their Courts. My work, while I am here, is only jo witnefs againft the fins of the Times,wherein I live,and the wrongs done to my Lord and Matter. I leave my Teftimony againft thefe four Men that were Prifoners in the Qannongate Jolbooth, John Gib and the other three that held hisPrinciples*, 1 dilown deteft and abominate their Prin-. ciples, tho' fome were pleafed to brand me with them fince /came to Prifon, I heartily forgive them whatever they have faid of me, as I defire to be forgiven of my Father which is in Heaven. Now my Time here is but fhort *, and J think it needlefs to write any more, the Tefti- monies of \\xtWorthies being fo little Valued by this Generation, that no^ thing will do at it but Wrath and Judgements that tho' an Angel Ihoulci come down from Heaven it will avail nothing *, for nothing I can fee, but wrath,wrath,wrath, Judgmentsjudgme.ttslad Judgments coming on thisLand very fuddenly -,but my Eyes iha 1 be clofed, and 1 (hall not fee it, and well is me for this •, therefore I am content, and, heartilji content, feeing I get my Soul for a Prey, U 2 J ^■•••^iB^-^ i^ ______ ^ ^ _______■■■—_■_—» * Ihis cannot be doney no Copy of that Paptr being found. I $6 The Ufi Speech *nd Tejtimony. I have only a fhort word to fay to the Remnant of the LORD'S Peo* fie, that is to be left behind, who was only my delight in the World.' My Soul trembles to think of what is amongft you this Day, elpecially th ok of you th?t were in one Mind in contending for the Truths of our LORD JESUS CHRIST*, what ever has fallen out among you, or any that have fallen back, Seek to reclaim them, that they may be brought in again : Let felf be done away a,nd partiality, and let the Way of God be taken in time, for it will be but fhort that ye will have it} and think not thatye will wait for better Times and Opportunities ^ wait not for that, for ye have time and Opportuniry now, that ye IhaU not have afterwards, and if ye .get not together prefently, you flhall" meet with fome thing mortly, that will make you blyth to be together • and let thefe that think they are ftandingy take heed left they fall. Now thefe that have gone cut from us, by complying with the Malignant Party> and Pleading for Baal's lntereft I mean Charles Stuart's inter- eft, and taking Shalter under their Wings-, I have lefs hope of them than any. /fye canfet up your Face to GOD, and fay that ye never durfl comply with thefe Tyrants, and Ufurpers,.to wrong the lntereft ofGOD, for the lofe or your Life, or Gear, then Twill affurcyouof your Soul for a Prey. Tho* ye have loft all that ye have in the World your Children (hall fee brave Days, and ye (hall have all your wants' made up, when ye fhallget CHRIST Himfelf. Now Lean (lay no long- er, nor take up my time no more •, for my Work is fini/hed, and / have fought the Good Fight, andfinified my Courfc. Strong havebeea the AflTaults and TryaJs that I have had from the Devil, by t\] forts both Minifters and ProfefTors \ but my GOD has helped me to with* ftand them, for which I Blefs His Holy Name, and defire to Praifc Him while I am here. O let all the Zealous Godly in Scotland Praife Him on my behalf, that He chufe, the like of me, who has been a vile Sin- ner. Now 1 am this Day free of the Blood of all Men in the World" I defire to forgive all Men the wrongs done to me, as I defire to be fori given of my Father, which is in Heaven. But for thefe who have" wrongfully taken away my Life, Cimp\y for adhering to Truth, and for tie matters of Fa&f for my part I forgive them, but my GOD fhal/re- fent it, with the reft of my dear Brethren^ Blood, that has been feed" on Fields and Scaffolds. Now farewell all Creature Comforts in Time Farewel fweet Societies of the LORD's People that were my only de* light in the World. Farewel Holy and fweet Scriptures, v^hlch only' were my Comfort in al/ my Straits. Farewell all Friends and Chriftian Aquaintances. Farewell Mother A Brother and all Relations in the World. Farewel Son Moon and Stars. Welcome Scaffold for mv fweet LORD JESUS CHRIST. WelcomeGibbet and welcome Heaven Welcome immediat Prefence of GOD and His Son JESUS -CHRIST^ jvhoonlyjias Redeemed me by His Blood. Welcome Angels and thi Spirit Of ROBERT G RAT. «57 Spirits of Juft Men made Perfeft, where we (hall nerer part again." Now Father, into thy Hands I commit ray Spirit that is thine. Now come LORD JESUS CHRIST*, come quickly and receive me hence to my Refting Place where my Portiorv is. ROBERT GRAT. Account offome of hU laft Words in the Council houfe and on the Scaffold. THIS worthy Martyr coming out of the Tolbooth tothe Place of Ex* ecution, was taken ("as the Cuftom is J firft into the Town- Councilhotife, where the Town Council defired,7W he would purge the City of his Blood : And he told them, that Judgment would overtake the City for the innocent Blood fi)td therein, and bade them ajfure themfelves of it , for it was without Doubt. They (aid to him, That he : had Accefs to pray , if he would. He told them, That he had commit- ted him fdf to GOD already. Then they faid, if he had not Freedom, they were there, who would pray for him *, but he looking round faid, Hefaw none whom he would imploy , but he had an Advocate with tkt Fa* ther. Then being brought from thence to his Execution Place, after a iittleDifcourfeto the pretended Magiflrates of the City,fomcof them be- ing prefent, he fur\g,the 84 Pfalm, and read the 15 Chapter of the Gofpei according to John, and after the reading thereof, he faid tothe Mult;- tude, Sirs, Ye would remember. That that is the Word of GOD, and nor of Man, and that we are to fellow no Man, further than he follows the Word 0} GOD : And faid, If Light had not come into Scotland, they badkeen more excufable , but now they have no Cloack nor Excufe , for their Jin, and their Wrongs done to GOD, and becaufe of defpifed Li$bt9 and the defpijedGofpel, there it affuredly great Wrath coming upon them. And then he prayed, and a»,v.f Prayer went up the Ladder, and locking about to the Multitude, faid, Sirs, you are feedingyour Eyes upon me\ but what fee you upon me? Jurely you fee not the Wrath of GOD ;<, tne : But if ye would look up. to the Heavens , ye might fee the Wrat>. an angry GOD againft your hives. And he faid , / am brought out not\?r Nation to own that Covenant , which ye have broken , and to )■ if, and the gloriosu Work of Reformation with my Blood. Which Cwc nam ye have not only b^nken , but ye have given it under your Hands, t\ut n P>dil never own GOD anymore, nor have any more of him. And he ^lcfled the LORD, faying, Glory, Glory, Glory be to his Name, that :ver he gave me a Life to lay down for him, tn witnejjing Mgainft his Ent* mes, and the Wrongs done to my LORD and M.ijicr, J ESVS CHRIST. \nd faid, 7 ho LORD be Judge between me and you , who have taken away ny Life^ which of us have been in the Wrong to other *, and affure your f elves here is Wrath, fad Wrath hanging over this City , for the innocent Blood i/ed therein. But m for you, who are the Remnant of the LOR&i ?eo[le} I would jay this to you% Keep your Ground , and beware of turn* I fo The UJl Speech and Testimony afide to one Hand or another , and I will affureyou, the LORD will prepare a Zoar for you : Cleave to Truth , and cleave one to another, and at fure a* GOD lives, Tefiall fee yet glorious Days /^Scotland *, for I die in the Faith of it, that he is on his Way, returning to the Land ; but Wo, wo, wo will be tothrfe,who are Enemies and Strangers to him. Then praying a little within himfelf , when fome bade put him over, and o- thers cried out , Spare him a little j he cried , I am readyy I am ready. Whereupon the Executioner threw him over, ^ The laft Teftimony of James Robertfon, who lived in the Parifh of Stenhouje , and fuffered in the Grafs-Market of Edinburgh^ December 15, 1682, His Interrogations before the Council. Quest. 1. IS the King your lawful Prince, yea, or not? Anf Sinte * ye have made your Queftiors Matters of Life and Death,ye ought to give Time to deliberate upon them? But feing I am put to it, I anfwer , As he is a Terror to evil Doers, and a Praife to them that do well, he is, or he is not. QucJl. 2. Were Ventland and Both wel A els of Traitor y ? Anf. They being in their own Defence and the Defence of the G of pel , they are not Acts of Traifory or Rebellion, Self Defence being always lawful •, which I prove by the Ccnftffion of Faith^ in that Article whereon yru ground your felves *, which is, That Sub jeftsmay Refift unjuft Violence and Tyranny. Qj 3. But wherein lyei his Tyranny? A. If Robbing the Triviledges of the Church be no! an A& of Tyranny , 1 refer it to be judged. Q. 4. Is the King a Ty rant/ A A refer it to his Obligation in the Coronation Oath, and hi« prefent Actings and Pnclices,in robbing the Priviledges of the Gofpel with the Ufurpation of the Church's Liberties, and the Prerogative! Royal of JESUS CHRIST, the anointed of the Father, in making him Telf Supreme: And I refer it to Perfonsat heme, and Nations abtoad Q. 5. Wasyou at Boikwel Bridge ? A. Ye count it an A£t of Traito ry, and alfo Rebellion, which is criminal : Bear witnefs of it , anc fo make it evident. Q±6. They fiid, Purge your felf by Oath, and fo w< offer to fet you at Liberty. Anf. I will fay no more of it •, for wher I told the Tiuth to fome of you , it was not believed. One of then faid,NowI will try if ye be a Man of Parts. ^^.There was an Aft of Pat liament , when the Confeilion of Faith was made , declaring, That tk King was fupr erne, and it was owned by the Presbyterians of that Time Anf How could that be owned, feing the Conieflion was owned. Ad( 1 called for the Aft, but it was not brought. Q^ 8. Was the Biihcp' Death Murther ? A. When I am Judge fet upon the Bench, I ftal paf Of JAMES ROBERTSON. 159 pifs Sentence thereupon. Being queftioned further anent it, I faid, I •have anfwered that already, 1 will fay no more to ir. £. 9. Own you Laverk and Sanquhair Declarations^. A. I cannot own any thing, till I fe« and confider it. Q^ 10. Keep you your Parifh Kirk /* A. If the Minifterhaveought to cnallengemc with, he may do it. Q. 11. Now as aTeft of your Loyalty, will you lay, GOD SAVE THE KING? A* Prayer ought to be gone about with Compofure and Deliberation, and I am not in a Compofure for it. £K 12. Would you not feek a Blef. ingif at Meat? A. Ifye were prelent ye would fee. One of them faid thefe Principles will condemn you. / anfwered, If I be abfolved of GOD itisthclefs Matter, tho' Men condemn me. The Uft Teftimo*) cfJJMES ROBERTSON. DEar Friends j true Lovers of Zions Rigjoteopu Cauje. 11 I could fpeak or Write any thing to tne Commendation of the Covenanted 6§d of the Church ana Kingdom of Scotland \ I have furely many, things to do it for. ift, That He tryfted my Lot to be in a Nation •where He hath Jet up hits pure Worjlnp, whereas he might have letteri my Lot be among the Pagans and Heathen Nations that know nothing of the true GOD. Or zdly7 He might have ordered it to be among thefe that areWorfhipping Anuchrift, 4 that Whore of Romey that Mon- * ftruous Beaft, that litteth upon many Waters, whofe Sentence may * be read, Rev. 14. 9. And the third Angel followed them faying with * a loud voice, if any Man Worfhip the Beaft and his /mage, and re- c ceive his Mark in his Fore- Head, or in his Right Hand. V. 10. The 1 fame (hall drink of Lhe Wine of the Wrath ofGOD, which is poured 1 out without mixture, intothe tup of his Indignation, and hefhill be * tormented with Hreand Brimitone in the prefence of the Holy Angels, * and in the Prefence of the Lamb. V. \\. The fmoak of their torment c afcendeth up forever and ever, and they have no reft Day iu rNi|;ht c who Worfhip the Beaft and his Image, and whofoever receivcth the 1 Mark of his Name, &c. So that it is as fure, as GOD is GOD, mi the Holy Scriptures are His Word, according to which all Men that have heard or feen it , (hall be Judged, having the Sentence of Abfolu» tion or Condemnation paft according thereto. Rotn. 2. 12. i For as c many as have finned without Law, fhall alfo perilh without Law } c and as many as have (inned in the Law fhall be judged by the Law : So thit it is clear, that the firfr will (urely perilh. vit~ All Infidels* Athiefts,diT\d Pagans that know not the tiue GOD nor His Law. < Ana 4 as many as have finned in the I .uw, fhall be judged by the Law, &c. So that whatever vain hopes P.ip-Jis may have ut being faved, living and dying Paptjls, or whatever Cnarity loofe Protejiants have upon that I ccount to give them, they are far from bciag faved in that uuconverj %6o )t The lajl Speech md Tejtimon} ted Condition, as Devils, which are eternally caft out of His Prefence; 3/y. 1 have Him to Blefs for this, that my Lot is not in and among the corrupt r tions, and formed Church of Scotland. .where all thefe things have been caft oyer the Hedge, as not Plants oflTis planting -,and whereCHRIST hath been owned in all His three Offices, King^ Prieft and Prophet : Though (alas! ) He may fay of us in a great meafure as to the Church ^f * Ifraei of Old •,. I have Planted her a noble Vine, but how is fhe become c a degenerate Plantof a ft range Vine unto me. In that Day of Plaifr- ing., we could have fung that Song, Ijai, 26; i< l We have a ftrorig * City, Salvation will GOD appoint for Walls and Bullwarks &c. Lam. 4 4. 11. The LORD hath accomplifhed His Fury, He hath poured out * His fierce Anger, and hath kindled a firein Ziont and it hath devour- * edthe foundations thereof: 12. V. The Kings of the Eatth, and all 1 the Inhabitants of the World, would not have believed that the Ad- € verfarie, and the Enemy fhoild have entered into the Gates of y'g 1 rufalem. 13. V. For the Sins of her Prophets, and the /njquties of 1 her Priefts, that have (hed the Blood ofthe Juft in the midft of .: * 14. V. They have wandered as blind Men in the Streets , thiy 1 have polluted themfelves with Blood, fo rhat Men could not touch * their Garments &c. This may be our regrate before GOD, as it Is in the 7. V. here in this Chap. * Her Nazafites were purer than Snow, * they were whfter than Milk, they were more ruddy in Bodyjhan c Rubies, their Poliming was of Saphire : 8. V. Their Vifagfe is * blacker than a Coal, they are not known in the Streets ^ their SJcin * cleaveth to their Bones-, it withered, it is become like a ftick.&u AndQ! how unnatural like were it for the Mother to let the Chifyj the Son of her Womb, perifhfor lake of the Breafts, were fhe free of fhe Childs Blood, It perifhing for want of It's NaturaJ Food? And O jiow many are this Day perifhing for want of the Lively Preached Gof- pel. 3. V. 4 Even the Sea Monfters draw out the Breafts, they give « Suck to theYoung Ones, the Daughters of my People are become cruel, f. like theOftriches in the Wildernefs. 4/y. I have Him to 31efs for this, * That lam not this Day Fighting againft Him in an open ftated War \ And fo bearing Arms againft Him, His Work and People, for there is no more in me as of my felf, than thefe that are deeplyeft imbrueing their Hands in the Blood of HsSaints. %thly^ I have Him to blefs for this, that ever He hath opened my Eyes to fee the Myftery of Iniquity that abounds, and hath itsSeat in the Heart, and alfo in fome meafure hath given me a fight of the Re- medie in the Blood of JESUS CHRIST with his Spirit engaging me to kimfelf, letting me fee himfelf to be altogether precious, making me fee Of JAMES ROBERTSON. 1 6 1 . He that it 2$ better to be a Door-Keeper in the Hcwfe of GOD* than to dwell in the Tabernacles of Sin, Pfal. 73. 24. Ihoufbalt guide me with thy Ceunfel, and afterwards reaive me to Glory. 2$. Whom have I in Heaven but thee, and then is none upon the Earth that J defire befides Ihee. 6thly, fXl.ve His Holy Name to blefs, that ever he made me knew any thing ( hewfmaB foever ) of Hie eontr evert edlruth* viz. The Privileges ef Mis Crown and Kingdom, now when by their A£ls and Law$,they havetakenHis Grown 6c Scepter* and Royal Robe^and fettled the whole Government of H.s Houfe upon a Man, that is but a worm ', But this I Relieve, His Decree will ftand, Oppofe it who will ; Pfal, j. 6, 7. Tet have I fet my King upon my Holy HiM of Zion, &c. Ija; 42. 8. / am the Lord, that is mv Name, my 6 lory will 1 net give to any- thcr, nor my Praife to Graven Images, &c. Now is not that his De- clarative Glory which th^t Ufurper bath taken to bimfelf ? Yea, batyb* that It adit h Captivitie Captive^ according to his Royal Word, will re- claim his own Glory \ He it is alone that oath given Chrift to be the fore foundation whereon all the Building is fitly framed ', That Seme that the Builders rtjetled is made the Htad of the corner. If*. 28. 16. Jhttsjaitb the LORD, behold I lay in Zionfox a foundation, a &one, * trytd it one, a precious corner /tone, a fur e foundation^ he that belicvet* Jh*U not make hafte 17. K. Judgment alfo will J lay to the Line, and Jtighttoufnefs to thtPlummet, and the Haiti fbati f weep away the refuge of tries, and'the Waters fhatl overflow the hiding place. 7thly, I blcfs ani vugmfit the Holy Name of my GOD, that hath called mc to be a Saflerer f<" His Work and Incereft, counting it not my ihame, but a high Privilege and dignifying of me, when many famous in their Ge- neration have been denyed of it, though indeed colt of this Genera- tion haw brought up an ill Report upon the Crols, endeavouring by their Praclice to render it of none effect ; But 1 have this Scripture for t^y Encouragement, 1 Pet. 5. 13, 14, 15, 16. 17. And who is he that Will harm Touij Te he followers of that which is good,&c.$ih\y,I have this great and Glorious Prince to Praife for this \ and O let all the true Children of Zion ktud and praife this only praife worthy GOD> that hath not only called roe to bear Witnefs to the Truth, but hath helped me not to deny his Name, Titles and Attributes *, for that is the thing that Hie Enemies and Ufurpers of my lovely Lord's Crown are feekin^u to deny Allegiance to him, i who is given of the Father to be a Lead* er and Commander to the People, even be on whole Shoulders the Go- vernment ib laid, committing the ordering of his Houfe to Faithful Stewards, to order Ms Affairs according to his own Appointment in kit Holy Word, and hath not left it to the Prudence of Men, how learned foever. Gamaliel that learned Pharifee and Dotkjref the Law, •rrcd fn the Etpofition of the Law, not knowing Chnsl to be the end 0} ■ f fci lav> ftr tight twfueft to $vtry em that beltevith. And Ucing t h e k \6i The laji -Speech [MtlTefiiwcnjf/.^ , 'great Learned Rabbles erred every pne in that which y w^ftt he r great jijjd main End of -the Law, i//^..Chri0,to whom Mofesahd,aIi jlje Prophets bare Witnefs. Now much more Aiall fchey erre where its Idx\tutjiejr own wifdom, having no.plat form towalkjby, as the Maintainors of the Prelatick Hierarchy would be, at. Solomon was as wife as any, yea the wifeft that ever was,ot eyer ft)'a)lbe,and he erred^aving the fjule^of the Law to walk byvwere not all tfeeLaws anW«tf»frwh^^ Oath, without- which he co.uld not enter the Govern^^ ^Jf uj^all be faid, that the foundation oJhisFower is, built. upon fche-7^;. wherein he is made Abfoiute Supremejiidge, fover^all MattirszrA :Pt?/pnjKai • well Ecclefiaslieal as ,Civil : That i$Jb:far from giving him^ ftight4 that it maketh himacampleaf monfter^haying one^e^^ And if that Authority fhadU be uwneckty mie, ten$ *(*$$.&*&, M\fe far " of the Ghurch riScotland&bknhjGm&.lST's MyiftJcalrBody^^djjnniy Baptilmal Oath, given. .away to kim> .-and having give*\ my, Qatkyf Allegiance to him as King, and Head of his own Houfe ; (hall }• awn that Authority, without bejng guilty of Lefe Majejiip again fl fke Ring of Zion v-and fo of the higheft degree of , Saqrile^ge. zly. I ftaH tjUrie-' by deny my Allegiance to GOD. <>/<¥?>* undjer whom. the Ma£$rate fhouldRulein a Direft Line-, he Ruling \>y his own Arbfrrimen^fwhijch is contrary to our Obligations in Covenant, ;we being boundjip Cove- nant to Defend the Civil Rights and Liberties of the Crown and King* dom% as we are Born Subjects thereof, idly, That which they haye done in condemning the True Sops jj the Church, and Subjeffs of the Kingdom, to Death, tWhich is open Murther under the, colour of Law .• Now that it is fuchjth^fe whom -they have proceeded againft. being Adherers to the Word of GOD, which is the onj/Rule of faith' and Mannerr, owning GOD as GOD, CHRIST as RtThii r*uft b© the1 deepeft of Murther. 4l>v Thefe being 'fcfaierrof the True Reformed Religion and^lj '*fhe> funda- mental Laws 4>f the Chu rob and Kingdom *, -a nd^'thcy refufmg to Judgt and Sentence according to the Word of GOD, according to which aH Sentences of Life and Death ought to pa ft, as alfo rcfufing to Judge according to the Laws, as they received thenvat their Admiffion to the government y which Was, not to Rule the Law, but it to Rule them, and they toddle the People according to that Law, and the People re- tminfyginSubje&ionJo the Law of GOD, and the Ancient and Fun- idanienral Laws of the Land, and the Perfjns of Lawful Governours, being made Treafon *, this muft certainly not only be a Murthering of Men, yea true Chriftian Men •, but z\fa* Murthering of Ju ft" ice. And thusthe Land is defiled with Blood. Read the fentence of fuch, Numb* H' 3?* S°Yc P)a^not pollute the Land wherein Ye are, for Blood it dtfiUtk :he Land, and the Land cannot be clean fed of tjse Blood that, u fbed'l therein, but by the Blood of him that fhed it. Such as are owning,andr pleading for this prefent Power, let the end of Magiftracy be confider- . id, Rom, 13. 3. v For Rulers are not a Terror to Good Works butto the evil ^ wilt thou not then be afraid of the Power, do that which 1 is Good, and thou (halt have Praifeof the fame. .6. V, For thiscaufe pay you Tribute alfo, forlhey are GGD's Minifters attending .con- tinually upon this very thi eg. 1 Pet, 2. 14. Or unto Governours, • as unto them that are feat by him, far the punifliment of evil doers, • and for the Praife of them that do Well.. Now it>is undenyably evident from what is aforeGid, that Piety is . rufprtfkd} and Iniquity nourished, and the. Sword in their Hind. ufed agaihft thsle (Chat do moft ritirely cleave to the Scripture. Rule, ind the Swam Principles of the Churck of Sc'otUnd, and '.iie Ancient Kundimtntal Laws thereof. Prov: 20. 8. A King that Jitteth on the Jhrtne of Judgment fcattereth away aH tniquitie with his E\es% dec, . Now 1 dare herein Appeal to the Sentence of ail fingle unbyalTed, and Judicious pei fonsTwhether or not the prefentExercile of their Power, be not both injuilice and Tyranny,for thereis.no publickPower in the Land, but what is founded on Perjury, Sacrilege, and Tyrannic, and exer- cifed according thereto. And feting it is . fo, ye that arp owners fuch a- Power*, ye muft needs be upon the Milter, owners of all thele -, Cbm'paarirtg before their Courts and paying them Tribute, placing Ad- vocats, -and pleading your Cauic before iuch unjuft Judges : And. more especially fuch as are Prifoners for the* Truths of the Gofpel, and lo ought to Witnefs a -good Confeflton for his Trampled upon Truths, who wai nocialhirned towitnefs a good Condition before Pontius Pi '- lOXel, 9* frit, Tkathe was a King. John 18. 37* Pildte therefore ' . unto ftimi srt thau a Wwg then} J ejus avj'wc/ed, then (ayefi lam ak t$ tkii i*d wat hPorn% tfv. X z N . 1/4 W* lift Speech *h/ 'ftfkimory Now ye who are charging me this Day, aad others of my Brethren Sufferers for Truth, to ne guiitjr of Self murder, and fo a Breach of tht Sixth Commandment , which is very faUe \ for Self Prefervation muft ftoop to Truth's Prefervathn. Did our blefled LORD eftablifh an Ad- vocate to plead for him ? Did that valiant Champion Stephen do it f But was free and pofitive in afTerting his Teftimony. Or did Paul do it/ Or (hew me any fuch\Precept, or Practice froni Scripture { Yea, confi- , der the Nature of Witrielfingy it proveth the contrary. But I prove . fuch as do this, to be aift\ially guilty of the Breach of the Second Command* a ment, which is That, 'Thou /halt not make unto thy f elf an\ graven Image, .♦ Exod. 20, 4. For, as I proved before, he isfet up in ChriftYRoom, and exercifeth Authority in, and by that abominable atrogate Supremacy,, having interfiled things Civil with Ecclefiaftick , by their Acls of. Parliament, making them both alike inherent to the Crown *, andfo can- not be owned in neither, without Sacrilegious Idolatry , and foa Breach ; •f this Commandment : As alfo of the Fifth Commandment, which con-,r ccrneth Natural or Civil Parents, which are to be owned and obeyed enly in the LORD, which cannot in the leaft allow of any: Map's, being - abfoiuiely Supreme even in Civil Matters > it being the Ordinance, of j GOD, and a lawful Magi ft rate the Mini ft $r of GOH , bound to dif- j penfe his Ordinance, acccording ta his Rule in the Word, and accor-i ding to the ancient Laws of the Kingdom : For in the obeying of law^j ful Power,it's Obedience to this Commandment •, (o upon the contrary,- the owning; and obeying an unlawful Power ( fuch as theirs ) certainly mutt be a Breach of it. Andean any deny that to be an owning of; them, to eftablifh one of the Members of their Court, to plead for no ) other Effect, but to hail Men out of the true Principles and Practices of the true Reformed Church of Scotland ; when the Pannal is called by his Lot, to witnefs for them , and give a Confcilion thereof, before iuch an^ evil and adulterous Generation, thefe being CHRIST'S Truths queftio- * ned ', and Truth is himfelf, I am the Way, the Truth and the Life, &c. If any fhould object, and fay, They are fmall Things. To this I an: fwer, Ho Truth is fmaH. Luke 16. 10. He that is faithful *in thai \ which id leaft, is faithful alfo in much , and he that is unjuft tn the lea ft t , is unjuft alfo in much-, &c. And fuch as are fupplicating the Enemies, are \ guilty here-, for a Supplication ought not, nor can be given in, but |o a lawful Power, and for a lawful Thing. 3/y. Such are guilty, who are cowing out of Prifon upon Bond and Caution, binding themlelves to compear before their Judicatories, at fuch a particular Time, or at De* mand •, for we ought not to bind to compear oranfwer before a Judica- tory, but a lawful one, fuch as theirs is not \ fo that fuch are actually | guilty, but efpicially fuch, who formerly joined in declining them. This Generation Teems to be a Generation, in great a Meafure, given ?? to Work all Manner of Wickedneft with Qrecdincfs^onCderinp what Propfrmitx Of JJMES ROBERTSON. 16$ Pfophahity artd robbing of GOD, Mocking him and Religion, InfUbitf- ty , and giving away bis and the Churches Du** AfaJ. 5. 7* Evkm from the Days of your Fathers ye are gone from mtne Ordinances and halt not kept thtm *, return unto mt, andi will return unto you, faith th$ LORD of Hrfts: But ye faid; Wherein JhaU we return} 8 V. WiU * Man rob COD ? Xet ye have robbed Me *, But ye f aid, Wherein have uc robbed Thee ? in lit he s and Offerings ? 9 V. Te are. cuffed with a Curfs9 for ye have robbed me, even this whole Nation, Sec, 1 am not to take upon me to (peak any thing for future Times, but this Generation feeras to have the Marks and Evidences of a Generation of his Wrath ; fitted fol Judgment and Oeftrucl'on. Take ehele Scriptures as an Evidence, MiahC. 16 For tie Statutes of Orori are kept , &c. If a. 24. r, 2, J, 4. 5, 6. Behold the LORD maketh the Earth emptie, &c. Now read Jfrdtii Sins here, and compare them with Scotland's Sins, and fee if v they be not parallel : And fripg it is (o, what can be expected* but 1 the Punifhments and Fhgues mall be parallel alfo I cannot fhakt the Thoughts of this tfi my Spirit, but that there is a fourfold Vengeanca to be poured out upon this Land. lfl. The Vengeance of GOD, for the Infruttoris on, and Ufurpations of his Swbrd , Crown, Scepter, and Robe Royal. 2/y. A Temple-Vengeance y wheh is not a fmall one, for the laying his Sanctuary dtfoiate. zh. A Gofptl-Ven&anct, viz* fot the flighting of the great and rich Orcr of Chnft and Salvation offered in fuch Purity and Plenty. 4/y. A Covenant -Vengeance, for the great Per« jufy and Apoftacy in the Breach of, and falling from the profeceting tht Ends of rhele Covenants*, which the LORD highly honoured thit Land with , to ^ ring it into Covenant with himftlf , and make it tVephi zibahmd Beulahmio him. Ifai. 34. $, 6,7. Far my Sword flsaU be ba- thed in Heaven, it JhaU comedown srp**Idumea, and upon the People of my Curft to Judgment, &c Jer. 22. 6, 7, 8, 9. For thsu faith tin LOADf unto the King's Houje o/Judah, Thou art Gilead unto Me% and the head of Lebanon, net \urely I will make thee a Wilder nets and G- ties that are not inhobittd &c. This i*j*d hath not only departed from 60D , in and by their own Sins, in refuting the rich Offer of the Go- fpel; and Breach of Covenant', But have homologate that broken and difptltd Idol's Sin, that hath overturned the Work of Reformation, by their ownir.E of him now, when he hath taken the whole Priviledges of CHRIST'S Crown and Kingdom to himfelf. And this I am perf waded cf , that if there be a Family in the Chriftian World , that corns under Amaltck'%, Curfe viz. With whom he will have War for ever', it is that Family, called the ROTAL FAMILT\ whom I think GOD it about tolwe*poffthe Throne, fo that no Root thereof mail be left to exercifemtbe Government, //41.4a 23, 14. lhat hringeth the Frin* cc* 1 9 nothing, hi tnaheth the Judges of the Earth as Vanity, Sec. No/Ml lo t he ^rnWn c[ my heiilimtnt, whereon my Smtneeol 1 3& y Ththft x SpeectrMd TeHmwte r} Death Hi founded } [is, Firft, Thepwniing,and mainlining, that it was - lawhiUo rjfein/Arms itftntland and bathwel Bridge : which fdid with great ttteatfulnefsand boldnefs, they being in their own Defence, and in. \ ths.Dtftmp oftkeGofpti; and took that Article for proof in'- the Cohfef- » /!(?» of Faiffa thatsthey have given out to be* the Confejfign of their %wn. Faiths profeflipg W> f build that abominable and ridiculous TesJ upon \.L wWcbihe^w$rtaUtey are ill .Builders^ iKe. Building being To .fir off the Foundation. BuUrefe^you to the' Draught of a reaper, which Idre.v asmy.Teftimony againflfthat left", which with the con fent and advice" ^ ofoihers, -was affixed upon the Pariih Kirk Door of Stenhoupe: And I ' am of the Mind, that this proof, as it did enrage them, being like a witcti Bull c/tught in-their own.Nct\ So it did give them no fmal damp. • A fecond was Speaking Treafon( as they caH it ) and declining their"* Aut\m\ty, which confifted in this, Fir ft, When asked, if their King %Y or rather, their Idol, were a Tyrant. Preferred it to his Obligations in \ his- Coronation Oatji, to be confidered with his prefent actings and ( Practices, with h-is Usurpations; upon the privileges of the Church/and i Prerogatives Royal of Jefus Chrift, [ who is the anointed of the Father ~ And ^htirefufing^to Ay, ( GOD 'fave the King ) wfcich we find was t the .^e^th^.wa^ pfed, in and ,among the Children of ifrae% alths } King* <&kQ*ntipgvX.Q>^t\k\t Q&cs \ ancl.ufed in our own Nation at the Co 4 rotation.) Now this being only due to a lawful King, ought not'tobe'j] givefl, but to a lawful King, and fo, .'not to him being a Degenerate Ty rant: For if I (houid, I thereby had faid Afriiri to all'that he hath 'done ' agtfoft the Church and: Liberties thereof, and to all his Oppreffion by un- I lawfufExattions, ahdraifing ofArrnicsyfor no ccher e(&&, buYtb' deprive"1 usof'the hearing of ttie Goipehafld Jrbubling^addtMcMefring the'Subj-elj M bolfain their. Con/cie^ncc^/and EfterOai * Li6erti.es '•, and dfotb' their5-1 BlwdfiedandMuriber of the Kingd°.»« h and fit bid himGOD {peed, contrary to that in the 2^. ! Epislle pf John 10. V, And' feeing it canndt'be given' unto any that " thus haye ufed thir power to a wrong end, infueh a meafure and manner: '« So,mu,ch.lefs,when they.- have fet him upas an Idol, in the' room of GOD ' intArv&e* , And fhaii J pray, to blefs that Man in his Perpon and Qovern- ' rnetf* .which i GOD hath curfed : For it cannot be expefted, :but that ; he "{hall be curfed, 'that thus ven^eth, upon the Bojfes'of'the Buckler of "' GOD Almighty] Keligiqn3{i&yf owned and'Profefledbythe poor \V re filing ah&Suffering Remnant in Scotland.- Ahd'whatever Men have faid, otjuty fay- of rue. ; i havf lived, and now I Die thus; therefore S ROB fi R T S 0 N. S i57 blace^I gWe, Teftimbny to 'the TntfA, •/&/- ., fey Scriptures \ and1, to. ad! the Troths con-* f^mecu;:crem/ahd 'Warrantable therefrom, iilji- T ] bear ■ my Tefti- ittohy to thzWay of ' Satvat ion through Jefus Chrirt: i atfd that by his iptiifiiftion the Moral Law was not Abrogate, but. fulfilled : And that ,theJ^ralLaw7[s as-binding on the Chriftian, truly in'tereffed in. him, lii 5 day,, as 'it was that day, that it w!r§ given to the-ChjIdren oflfratl } qnly t^erCoJi'd€mna.t:ry Sentence thereof lbofed'to all fucft^^s are Belie. veis in^edl", iMy,'\ bear my'Tefljmo.riv to the Work of '• Rt for motion , as it wasjef6rmed,ffom Popery; 'Pretty, EraftianifrM, and other Er- rours •, as it is contained in the1Confefficn of Faith, ' Larger and Shorter Cateehifans* Covenants, National' -ana 'Solemn League,- Solemn' Acknofo • led&ment pfSins, and Engagement to- Duties, the Sum of Saving Know- Jctfit ftfowry for ftorjlnf, tht >Cau{es of fhe LORD s Wrath drawn wp py $}£Jkjte9Jezad j*(fenbly'd\ thirOhurVh, after *theEvil in meddling with tfufc li'dhen Heirud M&igSfant CharlesStvast-WS feem '^tkly. 1 befir $nw T.cftliflp/ny to the faithfull agings of the Remonftrators \ againfl Ma* i nth ar*d Malignant Wterefts •, which* !irV the very things *hft day 'cVp tended tfo.r» by the true Presbyterians of the Church o£>$cottamt. 5/yv.,Ibearrny Te/timony ( not to ^Further back, king- jt iHornuio- Jat^jh-jreft) to tjiat Noble'7efrimo\tv given at Lanerk, agaittftijjiiat lyjant: a.qd the. 7fji enacted 6,y the la&^Parlia-menr -, which! con IfL not but loot lip'on* in the timeoft-he carrying on-of U^ and yet doth," tUt was therein, owned of th'CLord. 6tbiy. I bear my Teftimo- i .alj the, fahhful Teftimonies of the' ^artyrsj that have gone be/ore «' pnl&afUdi in theFields, or in the Seas. ykfy. I bear my Tefti- rrjorii; tg all the' Appearance* iti Ann?, for the' defence, of the >Gofpel. Ww^Sif'W Teftfmony to thefairhful1 manner of the dcrrwry of' the Sojpt:l]j>at'kath been In the open Fields', by the faithful and ient 6«r- ^n^ofJ^fus'Cnrift^xerc'fTn^ according to his ownConaaaitiion^ Preach - pg Days, Communion Dm, and Fa Its j particularly one holden at 'AuMingHUch bv three Minifters , two .of them -now. Glorified, Mf. DwaM\&tVf>il and' Mr.' R$ob.ird Camkrgm ,.. where he Landi.Guilt yfc :\n'& faithfulrv differed, v gthlj.r And iaftly, r^myJclVimohy t'd'the fyVwfljip Meetingtof the Lord's People*. -Rad- icular andG'eneral, and my Soul hath marry, a. time been rcfr^t$:d i them; J.ikewil^on the other hand, I leave my Teftimony againft xhtjul'i ' iti Refoluttons § for nkin^ in that' Malignatu InterciV, for which, rfc s Tor Church is'th'is day, fmarting, and feeling the weight of that Tyrants an^ for tuch eager' Lufting after a King/ 2dly, I leave my JeAirooay ^i\[\to.Jjamiltoun Declaration, which is #nc and the fa me thin % with the [ i ; For taking in the fofefaid lntereft, contrary to the ,a,%ds "Engagements in' Covenant. ( z ) For CoirUptiog ihCw\rmy. Bui t#l the Up Speck MiTeJfimuy Butraymiad more fally of this, with feveral other things, foch ai Excommunication, Tyrants Intereft, Cdsand Locality, ti «ore exprcfttn a Paper, latitnUd, fame few Greivanses, fet down by w Qu&ie i which was ocGafioned by a Minifter being Preaching near t< place of my Refidence, andforae falfly accufing, me for caftingatft tiers, andfo at Miniftrie: And to (hew that my net hearing, wa from any Schifmahcali deCign^ but of Confidence of Duty, judging deficient and faulty ia not being faithful, I therefore drew my 8 inces to fie preien ted *, and reftreth to this and the forenseationed p as apart of my Teftimony agaiait the wrongs done to & holy GOD i backfliding Age. $d\y . I leave my Teftimony againft all anfait nefsinMinifters. ( i ) For their dark and ambiguous manner of Pr ing,in not giving free, full and faithful warning of the Duty, anddai of our day. ( 2 ) They either altogether leaving off Preaching, as if ing and apparent hazard loofed them from "that command, which Preach, inSeafonand outefSeaJon^ &c. Or turning the Edge of Do&rine againft the moft faithful in the Land, and taking the fauli failings of the Saints in Scripture, to defend them in their finfu! revive, conniving, and complying courfes;, which is a wrefting c Scripture, for thefe are let down for our admonition, not to fplit fuch Rocks. And-Ol how many Profeffors are guillv alfo in this mai they cannot deny it to be a fault, a»iav Such and fuch things •, yet cannot State theif Sufferings on them. Now undenyably, this is ia fumptuous (inning, venturing upon it, becaufe GOD is Merciful*, i a daring of him to his Face. Surely David wis not of this mind Pfa\. 19. 12. c Who can understand his Errors, deanfe thou me * fecret faults. 13, V*Keep back thy Servant alfo from prefirmptuou * let them not have dominion over me, &e. Numb. 15, Bur the * that doth ought Prefumptuoufly,whether he be born in the Land 1 ft ranger, the fame reproacheth the Lord, and that Soul fhall be t 45 from his people. 4thly. I givrmy Teftimony againft that Ere Indulgence^ and fuch as join with them, becaufe they entered not b right door, bat by the order of the Ufurper, whereas ChnTt is the Door. Join to. P. I. But this I will fay, that thefe who will no dare not take that Ufurper's portion, left they be defiled thereby. ' countenance {bailout faint the other \ and h fatter and fairer in et when the* arete hi proved before the King. Daniel. 1. 15. '5/y. I gfre my Teftimony againft all the hearers of, theft -Abomi 7 tiled Curat 1 1 throughout the Land -, fo in particular agaiaft that ctf of the Land, wav. Kilmarnock and the Count rey thereabout, 1 !was apprehended, which 1 was then per f waded of, and yet am r, t was 10 ordered, that I might in particular Witnefs againft them their compearing at Courts, Subscribing Bonds, Paying Fines, whic eMfthiaitin AckaowUdgementofaFaairi Building that whid Of JAMES ROBERSON 169 jmerly.they did deftroy, and deftroying that which formerly they Build - ^ ed," and that according to GOD's Word ^ and thefe who formerly were ^^ Leaders in the way ofTruth, Elders and Old Profeffors, arc now as ^a/Uve by Example and Advice in the prefent courfe, and fo are a ftunv TOj}£ blocjt to others. c Offences mud come, but wo to them by whom ,' ' ihcy come •, better it were, that a Milftone wrere Hanged about their ."' Njrcks, and they were caft into the midft of the Sea. OtharjJewho hive'formerly known the way of Truth, would Study more Stability, .id let not your Liberty become a Stumbling Block to others. 6/v. I bear my Teftirqqny againft all Prophanity and Prophane Per\mty againft II Atbcilm and Atheists Prattical and Prof eft } not only luch as deny ^'fhe true GOD by Proftffmn, but even fuch as do it by Pra&ice, bely- ing their ProfefTion * Again It all Enthufiafm and Enthujiifis, although thefe black Mouthed Eraftian Writers, are pkafed to call the way that 'is '.n'ftw followed by the Poor Remnant, fuch.- Yet my Endeavours have '[always been to be cleared, boih in matters of Truth and Practice, ac- rdingto the Word and Spirit. But this I think, that the Lord is [l about to let this Generation (tumble, fall, and break their Necks upon r^ their own Carnal Wildom, and each of them upon another : But mind '.this, that J be World by Wtfdom knew not GOD, for it (eems it is the 'otbingsohhis Age, that he will make ufe of: * Out of the Mouths Bajjes and Sucklings, he will perfect hispraife. o'w 1 would Speak in fhort to three Sorts. I. You that are iters ana* Enemies to this lovely Lord, let your Eftrangement or\e away, break offyour Sins by Repentance,confider the hazard you e"in, even of Eternal Wrath and Scorching Hell Fire for tver. O this ;adc(cending love of GOD, that is laid out in this manner / O ye that are Enemies to his Intereft and People, mind that fultice , * even wrathful Juftice, is ready to be poured out upon you} O there- fore come off \ repent, and turn in unto this fo favourable and merciful a GOD ', leave (-rTyour Perfccution , come unto him, thfe is Mitcy with him, that be may be feared; and if ye will not return , then his Wrath .will be upon you toall Eternity. 2ly, Ye tint have lometimes known what it was to be In GOD's Favour, and had much Love and 1 c iderrlefsfor him, his Work and Interelt , Caufe and Covenant, as it was reformed in this Land, and now are fallen fr§m your fir /* fjove: O endeavour to have in Mind the Love of your Ejpoujals, when ye and Chrift were band f aft ed: O confider aright what a great Difference there is between your Love, Faith, Knowledge , Z^al , Tendernefs, now, in regard of what it then was: Therefore take a right Look of Mat ters, and weigh them aright in theBallanceof the Sanctuary , both as to your own particular Cafe, and the Cafe of his Church-, and turn to I him with fpeedy and unfeigned Repentance } for 'He that turns ifidf to • crooked ways, (hall be led forth with the Workers of Iniquity. O Y therefore fe*o The Uft Speech y hisWay, break not your Peace by turning afide to crook- ed Ways , entertain Love, keep and hold faftyour Integrity, in this Day, when many have broken the Bargain with him*, now when the Language of many is this, Tltefe are hard Sayings^ who can hear them} And now,, that thisis his Language to you , Will ye alfo leave me? O L let this be. the Language of every ingenuous" $oul, To whom flmtl we go ? For thou ha& the words of Eternal Life/ MaJu Tyre Salvation to your felves •, thereby ye fhall be the more fir to follow Him in this Day, when be is carting forth his Red Flag and marching •• Many follow him, when the white Flagot Peace isHourifhing •, but they are ill worthy of the Sv;eet , who will not take p.-rt with him in the bittereft and fharpeft Sufferings-, for what is the gredteft of Sufferings, that can come from Min , coming upon his Account, in regard of what he fufTefed for us, even the heavy Wrath of .GOD , which.' ^ould have prefl: us down to the Pit through all Etennty : And may not the Confijera'tion of this- oblige you ? I can fpeak it to bis Commendation, that he can make the Crofs light and safe, for he w i Ij bear it and you both ; And feing Ever- lusting Arms are underneath, have ye not Ground to txpetft, that he will not let his own Arm becruihed : He can fhaw the Crofs a41 with Rofes. I dare not fay, That ever 1 met with a Crofs \ for when the Strait hath been greatcft , then he kythed his Klndneis mod. O the rich Manifeftations, that hegiveth tu the Soul under the Crofs!' Yea, it is all paved with Love: Who would not go thorow a Sea of Bloody Sufferings with him, and for Him ? JHe is the Rofe of Sharon, and the Lilly of the Valley s\ He is fair and ruddy, the cheif among Jen Thoutar'd of thoufands: O who can defcribe him ! He is the only precious Ob- )t€i , altogether lovely : Ifhew^refeen and known, who would not love him f He is both lovely and loving : The Soul may folace it Celt in him, under the greatcft of Straits. Now, ye that have received him, walk worthy of him. O / who knows what is in Love? i Joh. 4. j~. Herein is our Dove made perjeSt , that we may have boldnejs in the t>qy of J u figment \ becaufe & he is, fo- arc. we in this World. How is that/ Though if: the World x:i not of the World, 18 V., There is no Fear in Love : Perf.il L«ve c^Ueth out Fear y becaufe Fear hath Torment : He M ftareth is not wade petfett in Love. Now the Reafon of our Love is, 19 V. We love him,beeaufe hefrft loved t&+ Now dear Friends, ye. that are helped to keep by him, think it not itrange, though the World .hale you \ it hated h He ;ras a Man o$ Svrrmj andacauai with- Of JAMES R4BERTS0&. i7l XtHth Grief: If ye were of the Worlds the World would love its own. Should we not be as Pilgrims and Strangers, travelling, fe-k ng an Heavenly Country : There is a Reft for the People of GOD, and tu vvhon is this Reft appointed, but to the weary PaiTengers f . Now I am given out by the Enemies and Profe£br,s, as being prodi* gal of my Life j and leading oi my two Brethren to the Deatb : But they are borh fa He Charges', for I have found more Straightntfs and Stedfofliiefs in them, than /can find in mv fclf; As for the other, I have fo much of Humanity, thaf I love my Lile j but cannot redeem it with the Lofs ofmv Integriry,and Denidot any of hi- preciuua Tru.hs: I durft not make a Shif to have any Favuur of the Enemies , n >r to touch, taftty or handle with them, for de'tr D.iiwies are dueit Jul Jlfcat.t\i\ fine to the Urne Truths; But alo for the mod part they aLreein Expr, till h; if 176 The Ufi Testimony was forced to cry out unto the LORD. O! that ye would cfy, mi cry aright with broken Hearts, and confefs to the LORD and forfake: Lay it home to each one of your felves in particu'ar, as David did, when he TranfgreflTed aginft the LORD, and Numbered the People: O ! that ye would plead with the LORD, and come in his Mercy ,and plead for the Young Generation, that have not finned away the Gof- pel, as we have done, and fay to the LORD, What have the] e fitly Steep done ? O plead hard with him, for I am perfuade.d, he hath a Kind- nefs for Scotland, he is dealing with the Hearts of fome of the young Generation, and as yet he has keeped up a Party contending for his "Work, and will keep up fome witneffing Mill , yea / think he will ftill keep a contending Party for his Work and Truths until he return a« gain: And I think the hopes of this mould encourage your Hearts. Now the Main Article of my lndittment, upon which I have received my Sentence of Death from Men, was that I wouid not fay GOD SAVE THE KING, which ( as they have now ftatedhiman Idol in the Medi- ators Room ) I could not do, without being guilty of faying Amen to all that he hath done againft the Church and People of GOD, and true Subjects of the Kingdom, and the Ancient and Fundamental Laws thereof*, and have done contrary to that in the 24 Epiftle 0/ John 10. V. ' If there come any unto you, and bring not this Doctrine receive c him not into your Houfe, neither bid him, GOD Ipeed: For he that c biddeth him, GOD Speed, is partaker of his evil deeds. And alfo ye know, that the taking of the Name of GOD in our Mouths, is a part of Worfhip, and to a Worfhipping of their Idol \ for before our Faces they (aid, that he was King over alt Perjonsy and over all Caujes j which is a putting him in GOD's Room. But they Sentenced me, be- cause ( they faid ) that I difowned Authority , which was a diving into the thoughts of my Heart. Now in Obedience to what my LORD hath Commanded, I can freely forgive ( as / defire to be forgiven) anything that is done to me, as I am in my felf , but what hath been done againft mc upon the account of Truth, and fo ftricking againft- GOD , J am not to fet my felf above him, but Heave that to Him felf. Now / have great Satisfaction in my Lot, and I rejoice, that he hath called me to it, and I Blefs Him, that 1 have been all along helped to joynl with His defpifed Work and People. And now many are pleafed to' fay, That I had not been Apprehended as a Prifo.^r, if there* hadnot, been fome of the Suffering People of GOD frequently about my] Mother's Houfe*, which is a commanded Duty, much commended byj CHRIST, If any Man give a Cup of cold Water to a Dijctple, in thn Nam* oj a Difcipley pall not want a Dijciples Reward. Therefore! feing it is fuch, let none offend at fuch a Work, wholt^k upon them-} felves as Members of that Bodyj what may follow, leave that in theLord's hand, who doeth all things well, and netting can harm His People 1 being Of ANDREW GVILLINE, i77 beiirg found rightly in the way of their Duty. Now as to thefe, v%lo account the puts way ofTrnth a wild Principle, I accout it a greater Mercy to be wild front the way of finning, than to be um'd thereunto j as ( ahs ! ) mod of the Generation are. Now farewel all true Friends in CHRIST} farewtl Holy and fweet Scriptures \ farewel finning and Suffering: Welcome Heaven ana the full Enjoyment of GOD through aliEcernity. Sic Subjcribitur. MVNCO COCHRAN, The US Speech and Left imony of Andrew Guilline Weaver^ who Lived in the Shire of Fife, and Suffered at the Gallow- lee Edinburgh July 168}. MY Dear Friends, Bing here to die for my Dearefl LORD'S pre cious Truths, I thought fit to leave this with you as my lad Advice. Seek to do Good to all in your Day. Let your mode- ration be known to all Men. Study tobe implo>ing your GGD, foe there is fudden Wrath pronounced from Heaven, againft all that have been doing, or continue in doing Evil. For He has laid, ( Jer. 10. V. laft j ' Pour out thy Fury up jh the Heathen, and upon the Families \ that call not on thy Nim.'. We had need to know what we flial! an- fwer, wh™ we fhall come before Him, with whom we have to do •, fbi; He is a thl\ GOD, and a conjumbi^ Fire to the workers of Iniquity : Whercki - Dear Friends, Study Holinds in all manner ot Conversion. Make it your earneft care, to have your Converfation as becomes the Golpsl ', and then He will be forth-coming unto you. My Friends, I leave you with the LORD, who has promiiedto be the GOD of His •people. He is given of the FATHER, to be a Leader and Command der to His People, and He will lead them. And I intreat every par: cular Perfon, never to be at reft, till they give away themfelves Pc fatalfy in Covenant to GOD, and prcmife, through His Grace, tobe for Hioj, and not for another. I leave y< u to Him, who leads Jofeph like a Flock. If ye would have Him fpeaking Peace to you in your Life, and in your End, cleave to the Son of GOD and His Trutfw. And remember, if fpeedy Repentance do not prevent, ye will utterly ruine your immortal Souls. Now my Dear Friends, ye that arede-J firing Gngly *o .(land for GOD, hold on your way, and wait lor the LORIj, and quit not a hoi>f of the Tiuth : He will be an Up-making to you, and He has rarora\fed to be a Prejent tiflp to you in tho •iced. There is a great Confluence come here at this time •, I would wrflr, with all my Heart, they would get Good by their coming. I am Z egg* ij% The Ufi Speech And TeHimony come here to lay down my Life. I declare I die not as a Murderer, or as an Eyildotr, altho' this Covenant breaking, Perjured, Murdering. Generation lay it to my charge, astho I were a Murtherer, on account of the Juftice tbat^was Execute upon that Judas, that told the Kirk of Scotland for 50006 Merks a Year. And we being Bound to Extirpate Popery and Prelacy, and that to the utmoft of our Power. And we having no other that were Appearing for GOD at that Day, but fuch as took away his 'Life, therefore I was Bound to Joyn With them, in Defending the true Religion^ and all the Land, every Man, was Bound in Covenant, when he had (old the Church, they were Bound ( I fay ) .to meet him by the Way, when he came down from London, and have put him prefently to the Edge of the Sword, for that Hainous Indignity* done to' the Holy SON of GOD. But it is ( alas ) too apparent that Men have never known GOD rightly, nor confidered that He is a Holy GOD. O terrible Backfliding! They will not Believe that GOD will call them To an account, for what "they owed to GOD : But aflure your lelves, as He is in Heaven, He will call every one to an Account, - how they have ftood to that Covenant and Work, of Reformation, I need fay no more *, but I would have you confider, That in Breaking the Covenant, we have trampled under Foot the Precious Truthsof , JESUS CHRIST. Now being ftraitned of Time I muft leave off Writ- :ing. Wherefore, FareweH Holy Scriptures, wherewith my Soul hath been many a Day Refrefhed. FareweHSjpm Societies with whom 1 have been, whofe Company was only Refrefhful tojme. Farewell my Ma. :ther, Brethren, Sifters, and all other Relations. Farewell all Earthly , Pleasures. Farewell Sun, Moon and Stars. Welcome Spirits of Juft ■ Aden made Perfect. Welcome Angels. Welcome FATHER, SON and ■HQLY GHOST. Into whofe Hands I Commit my Spirit. ~ Sic Subfcribitur. ANDREW GVILLINE* THE Inhumane Treatment this Martyr met with} ought not to be forgot, as a pregnant Inftance of the Hellifh Rage and Fury of thefe Perfecittors, and of the LORD'S Rich Grace who won-, .derfully Countenanced andStrengthened him, to Endure theTortures in- flicled upon him, with an undaunted Bravenefs of Spirit- Forbefides the Tortures he Suffered in Priton •, they ordered both his Hands to be cutoff, while he was alive \ And it wasobferved by Onlookers, that jtho* by reafon the Executioner was Drunk, he received Nine Stroaks •Jn cutting them off, yet he bore it with invincible Patience. And after , the Right Hand was cut off, he held Out the Stump in View of the $ Multitude, Saying, As my BleJJed LORD Sealed my Salvation with His Bloody fo I am Honoured this Day to Seal His Truths with my Blond. Afterward, being Strangled a little, his Head was cut off, and itmi\\ the Hands placed upon the Nether- Bow 'Port §1 Edinburgh \ and Of JOHN COCHRAN i79 and his Intrals being taken out, his Body was conveyed to MagvuMoor and there hungup in Chains, on a high Pole. > l 4_< ^ ({ The laft Teftimony of John Cochran, who lived in the Parifh of Lefmahego, and fuffered at the Crofs of Ldirh burgh, upon the loth of November i68j. BEing brought before the Lords ofjufticiarj , they asked, Where I went in to the Rebels ? I anfwered, I went in to the People of GOD, whom you call fo, at Drumclog. They asked if I had Arms ? 1 told, I had a Fork. They asked , if i thought it Rebellion ? I faid, "No. And they faid , What was it then ? I told them , it was in Defence of the Gofpel. They asted, if I did own the Authority ? Iftold them, As far as it did agree with the Word of GOD. Then they asked, If I would pray for the King? I told them, That Prayer would be gone about in Decency and Order. Then they asked, it I would fay, COD Cave the King ? And I refufed : Then they faid, Was I not bound to pray for him f I told them , That I was bound to pray for ali that were within the 3ounds of Election. Then they faid, Was the Bijhops Death Murther f I told I was no Judge. Then they asked if I was at Bothwel ? I told, I was. They faid was it Rebellion ? \ faid, No. Then I was taken back to Prifon again , and the Irons laid on mt : But blefTed be the LORD, that was no Difcouragement to me*, for when the Storm blew hardeft, the Smiles of .my LORD were at the fweetert ; It is Matter of rejoicing unto me, to think how. my LORD hath palled by many a tall Cedar, and hath laid his Love upon a poor Bramble Bum, the like of roe. And O 1 that I could blefs the LORD for it, and fay, Come all ye that fear the LORDy and I will tell \ou what he hath done for my Soul: And now I am made to fay, That the LORD dotk^ll Ihtnis IP*//, and holy u his Name'. And as for my part, I have MJH&au(e to blefs the LORD , that ever I was a Hearer of the perfecuWFGofpcl, and however tht World think of us, that our Lot is hard in a World, yet remember, that he faith in his holy Word, That whofocver will livt godly* musl fuffer Perfecution* and whofoever will not take up his Crofs% and follow me* is not worthy of me : And tear not him that can kiH the Body, but he hath faid, / will forewarn you , whom ye Jhait fear , fear hir: that can kill both Soul and Body* andcafi both into Hell. And if Judg- ment begin at the Houjeof GOD , where fl) all tht Wicked and Vngodly appear , in that day, when He/hall take Vengeance on them that fear him not* and obey not the Gofpel ? And now alas, I am afraid, that even much of the Gofoel amongft «s, will be a Witnefsagainlt us * for it wat the Judgment dCapernaum^ that/"* many mighty hVerkt w*(9 done in »r. jL z "1* 1S0 The loft Speech and Tejlimony andyet they believed not : and yet for all mat came upon it, it was fa id to be exalted up to Heaven , and then we hear of it* bein^ thru ft down to Hell-. Even fo I fear, the having of fo much Light, be the Plague our Land •, for it was once a Pratfe to all the Earth j but now a° moc- king-, eren among the Heathens. And now as a dying Man, I do heartily declare my Adherence unto all the holy Scriptures of the Old and New Teftarnent •, and Preaching of the bleffed Gofpel by a faithful , (ent, Presbyterian Gofpel-Miniftry : Asalfo,.I do withallmySoui and Heart agree with; and afftnt unto the Confeffion of Faith, Larger and Shorter Citechifms, the Sum of Saving Knowledge-, the National and Solemn League and Covenants, Directo- ry for Wormip, the Solemn Acknowledgment of publick Sins and Breaches of the Covenmt, and Engagement to all Duties, together witluall and whatfomever is contained within the fore laid Book. - And likewifei do hereby heartily witnefs and. teftifie agiinft Popery, Prelacy , EraTtiamfm , Herefie and other Errors, efpecially Quaker ifm, and what, foever is difconform and difagreeable to the holy Scriptures, and thefe other found Writings above-mentioned. And ficklike, I witnefs and ' teftifie my Abhorrence and D-teftation of that abominable and blajphe- rnous Tefl, which is now'fo violently preft upon, the People, fending to j the Deftru&ion of their Souls. Moreover I leave my Wife and fix fmall Children to the Care and Proceftibn of the Almighty GOD , who hath promifed, to be a Father to the Fatherlefs, and an Husband to the Widow: And my Soul to GOD, who gave it, for whofe Caufe, I now willingly lay down my Life : And bid farevfel to all earthly and carnal Comforts.-. Farewel aU'Chriftian Acquaintance.: And welcome Father, Son and Holy Ghoft, into whofe Hands I do commit my Spirit. Sic [ubferibitur, JOHN COCHRAN. " A* *** fame lime alfo fuffered upm.tbe fame He*ds of Truth, and adhering to jr£ ti e (tme tedimony, the'e tro petti Mart.rs JOHN WMTELA4 and h&l WR I BRVCE, jrho were interrogate upon the (nme tbin&s before the Copoci- r t'frds, tf Juftidary, and do apec friththe foreign* MfKJTK in /very Refrefi a*i.cxprt!f in their Teftimonies the like ^atisfaUi n with ikih Lot and Chearfulnefs under theCrojs and their Adherence to the fame trhcipks and Abbttrence of the jame Errws. A LETTER from John Wharry, who [after ed at the Market- h CroJ's of'Glafgow, June nth, 168.3. Written Auringhic \i Imprifonment) to bis Mother mi other ReUtiem. D Ear Mother, 'Brother, and Sifters ; I befeeth you, in the Name of iuy f wee t and altogether lovely, incomprehenfible, matchlefs, precious Of JOHN W H A*R T. 181 precious, beautiful and Glorious Redeemer, Captain, and Con- 4 uerour+ever all hi* Enemies, be not diicouraged \ fur through his free Loveeaft on me in-black Nature, who was Born an Heir of Sin and V/rarh, I am now by his biefftd Purchafe made free by the laying down of his Sweet Life for poor Sinners, of which I was one of the chiefeft in the World ', that I might get Life eternal, which is his own Gift bellowed en me ! And now through his bie fled hand of Provi* de nee has made choice of poor unworthy me to be his Pnfoncr ', who ©rdereth all things Weil to thefe whom he lets his Love on \ and theft vohom he loves, be lovis to the end I do not queftion his All fufficiency: Dear Mother,do not ye queftion it, but that he is fufficient to make me Conquerour over my inward and outward Enemies. O Mother, blefs the LORD that ever he gave you a Son, and Fltfh and Bones, to be honoured to be a Sufferer for his precious Name, Truths and Intereft, Caufe and Covenant and Concerns, according to his own Rule in^g bleffed Word, which is contained in the Old and New Teihmenre, agreeable to all Truths contained therein . O Mother, will ye be in- treated for his Love'* fake to give me back again to him in a free wiC Offering. O I am perfuided that it would pleafe my matchlefsLORD, and then it would fare better with me and you both. O ifye knew, whatofthe Iv.fT.s of Love and Kindnefs I got, fj nee I was brought tc Carts, Stocks and / ois ! O unworthy I, that mould be hoi oared vi this/ O Motbc, \ befe^chyou, for his Love's lake, that ye do repine f*d thereby provoke the LORD to Anger, O blefs him. making al! things plcafant and delightfome, refrefhful and comfort- to my Soul and my Brother's. I cannot exprels what of Love I hi met with fincethey Apprehended me and rny Brother. O b for dealing fo with me. I befeech you, Another, be ferious uith . LOR© that what he hath begun, he may alio perfect in us toh Grforyj and for his own Work in the Souls of all that are within the Compafs {>f the Decree of Election of free Grace. 1 cannot celcribe him, he is incomprehenfible, and he is without compare, O ! b( Beautiful and Glorious, Strong and Almighty, powerful to break through Difficulties-, and to bring through his awn Elect ; All is neceffity and norf.ing lefs •, that his own being ealt in the Fum for thclryal vj their Faith avd Patience ', may be helped to endi, for he knows well en purge" away the Drofs and the Scum of his own EUtL O! buttome Souls he plunges over and over/ to o- thers heftrmt* and petmi^hcir winnowing by Satan. O / but true Faith and caltirjg all the •weight upon the Rroraift Bring you I fptiftftneni, it ye, endure with Patience, ilt is the Line always to poor Sinners to make them to Conquer i their irrward and outward Enemies^ -to thefe lhat have received irija in the 'precious Offers of the Gofpcl, holden uuUo poor Siaacrs friejt" an? 1 82 The laft Sfeech and Tejlimony and to poor me *, and he hath engaged my Heart to fill in lo? e with Him, and to follow the blefled perfecuted Gofpel \ through good Re- port and ill Report, upon all Hazards whatfoever through his ftrengthj O ! blefs him, all that is within me, that ever he made me to aft faith* on his great and preciotu Tramifes^ and alfo to truft the faithful out- making of them to his own in particular Straits, and alfo to the Church in general, in his due feafon, againft all Oppofitions that can come from a tempting Devil, and wicked confpiring, and defperate- Heart, and the wicked flittering, deceiving and bewitching Werld. O ! but thefe be three ftrong, arch, cunning, and fubtile Enemies ! I fear if this queftion were asked at ProfefTors in the Land, if they knew thefe? they would anfwer they knew them very well \ tho' I fear the contrary : and it appears much in our day and Generation. Woe's us! where is this Married Land gone to, judge ye f I blefs him that he has made me his Prifoner, tho* I be unworthy^ he has ftooped low, and with his Delicates has come . to me in my Irons and Cords in that Chamber in Glafgow, with his own Wine% Apples, and Flagons. O if ye knew what a Life we have here/ if ye knew the want of Him, ye would have longed for him, and would not have thought a Prifon, Cords, Stocks% IronsJidiYd to bear for his comely Prefence, & refrefhing of ourSouls. O ! Glory to his blefled and everlaftingName, who's Loving Kindnejslaftt for ay. O / Friends, give all the Praife to precious and lovely Chrift. O Friends, wreftle and hold on ^ ufe importunity with him, for your Bleeding Mother Church -, for it is not time to be flack. O pray for us, that we may get more and more of his fupport, that we may be Strong in our Almighty GOD, who has done great things for his Church, and is beginning to do great things for us in our PriTon. O ! Praife him all ye People, but it may be nearer to the breaking of the day of our King Royal, than ye are aware. GOD has long been filent, and Conscience dumb amongft people, O be ye aware, that ye have not thir two, when he &rifes to make War for aH the wrongs he has lufhined. We be: (eechyou in his own Name try whofe ye are, and what yc are, and in whofe Lift ye are: Know ye not that true Faith is the fubftance of things not feen but hoped for in him, and will be made forthcom- ing to the fenfibie feeling of his own Elect. JOHN WHARRT. \ A Letter mitten by James Smith, who Suffered for the Truth at the Market Cro/s of Glafgow, June nth i68j, to his Father and Mother. FAR Ftther and Mother^ I befeech you to forgive me all the of-, fences/ have done to you, for ye know it is Natural to ChiU dren to Offend and Grieve their Parents.„Noj|r this I feek in - D Of JAMES SMITH 18} His Name, and for His Sake, and I heartily forgive any Provocations that my Father has, given me, as I am of myfelf, and defires the LORD may take a dealing with your Heart,0 my Father.Now my Dear Father, feek the LORD, that your Soul may Live*, and make Religion your main Work, and let it not be a By Bufinefs to you , but (hive and wreflletoget Time fpent rightly in the Fear of the LORD, minding always and at all times that the Eye of a Holy GOD and Juft is upon you *, and be Serous with GOD and deal in Earneft with Him, that He would help you tofelf denyal, to be denyed to all things beneath the Clouds^ and ftudy to win at Mortification-, and let your Affecti- ons follow nothing further than ye can be mortified to it #, and be fub- mittive to His Holy Will. Now the LORD Himfelf perfuade you to fall in Love with Lovely CHRIST : And I defire the LORD may give you unfeigned Repentance, and Faith in JESUSCHRIST, and Strength to ftand out and refift thefe infnaring Courfes. Viz.. Locality Paying, and the Compearing at Courts, and hearing of Curates and the like. Dear Father, Mother, Brethren ar.d 5i(ters, quit with me, and give me up to the LORD, who gave me to you. Give me up freely without any hankering or repineing *, For He Loveth a Chearful giver. I dare not fay but he has been kind tome, O matchle/s Love\ O Praife, Praife Him, that ever He Honoured the like of me with Cords on mi Arms and Stocks on myLegs : Irons have been fweet and eafie to me and no trouble. Now hold up my Cafe to the LORD, and doubt net .of His Faithful- nefs and All-Sufficiency for He is both Able and Willing, and has Hud, In all your jijflitlions I am AJlicled, and He carries His and their Crofs. both, and He fends none a warfare on their own Charges. John 12 24. Verily, verily, I fay unto you, fxcept a Corn of Wheat fall into the Ground and die, it abideth alone ', tut if it die, it bringeth forth much Fruit. And V. 2$. He that Loveth hit Life Jh all lofe it, and he that hateth his Life injhis World, flail keep it unto Life Eternal : And I can fay from good Grounds lam well helped of my Lovely Mafter in all that I have been tryfted with. I defire with all my Heart and SoultoBlefs and Praife the Holy NT2me of my GOD for His Love and that ever He looked on the like of me, a poor finful thing. O Praife Him, and rejoice with me, that it is fo well with me. Now the manner of my Taking was not furprifing t<» me •, I was not fear'd, for I dare not queflion but it was both the place and aifo the time was ccme.- Glory to His Name in fo ordering of it. No more at 'prefent, but has my Love remember- ed to you, and defires you all to take up your f:lves with your Duty. Now 1 quit you all to Him who is Able to Save to the utmoft. Be mutli taken up in the Churches Condition, and be not at eifc in the time of Zion's trouble. My -Brethren my Advice to you is, to joyn your felves in a Society or Fel/owfliip Meeting, in the Strength of the LORD. Now my Lovely LORD, give Thy Blciiing tw all thine, an den my Confcience to tell. £A Do you own Authority? A. What Authority? Q± What think you of Bothwel I Was it not unlawful to rife in Arms ? A. \ dare not fay, that it is unlawful *, for the Confejfion contained in you t Tesl fays, ArticU 15, That it is a good Work to defend the LifcofthcHirmleji) And however GOD hath difpjfed o( thofe? People j yet I fuppofe the LORD will own theie, that hearing their Neighbour* hid been worftiipping GOD, ( for defending rh againfl thole that fought their Life ) were i.i Jeopirdy of their Li thought it their Duty to rile for their Relief. Q. W.»s Pent land Rebel- lion? A. The Opor Hi jh of ihe(e poor People wis fuch, that the then RgUH condemned Sir Jama Turner fur his Cruelty. Upon this one art- A I luttti i%6 The hit Speech and Testimony, fwered, That he knew Sir James went not the Length of his Commlffion; Q. Was the- Bifhop's Death Murder? A. Have me excufed, Gentle- men, I will not anfwer to that. Being urged further, he faid, It being nothing concerning my Salvation, I do not pry into it^Upon this they faid, Did Bathwel concern your Salvation ? To which he replyed, There are none that engage themfelves in Service to GOD, but it behoves them to be at his Calf, and it being for favirrg the Life of the Harmlefs, I durft not fit GOD's Bidding. Q Are you a Minifter V A. No. They here alledged fome of his Letters importing fo much, and being de fired to read the Place, they read (omewhat about a Call tolome Miniftry, nothing relating thereto. Q." Will ye not condemn the Bifhop's Death , as Murder f AtJ I dare nor, for fear* GOD having juftifled foaie of thefe Attors, they fhould rife in Judgmenr and- condemn me. Q. h gers : And that being granted, Religion being taken away, was as dear to us as any outward Incereft, One replyed, The Bifhop got little Thank* foj: tint. Q. Ihiniysu it lawful fg 'rile again ft a State, that are not of your Opinion! Wtllytugo to Bathwel again? Thefe Queftions they gave bim not leave to anfwer, but ordered him to be taken away. Askingj. li he wasa Captain at Bothwel ? which he aflented to. His r Anfwer s before the Council April 17. QMirting^what he artfwered at his former Appearance, which needs not be repeated ( their Queftions being always the fame ) they asked* Is Bothwel RebeHion or not ? A. No *, it being for the defence of the Harmlefs, who for hearing a Preaching, and defending themtelves*, and the Confeffion of Faith contained in your 7V#, fay £ It is a good Wvrk to defend the Life of the Harmitfs. Q. Then you ap- prove- of the left) will you take it? A. I am not fpeaking of the 7eslj But of the Confefjlon^ of -Faith therein contained. Qv Think you it lawful to tile againft Magifrracy ? A. Will you condemn the Reformation from Popery carried on by John Knox I ' We. arc not come here ( faid they ) to anfwer Queftions, bur to ask: But ( replyed he) the an- fwerlng that to me would be a full Anfwer by me to your Queftiory. Then- faid the Biflicp, The Reformation was good, batthe Way of car- lying it en was ill. A. That's a marvellous thing, to think GOD would approve the A&ors in fuch Actions, and yet tie Method be iJJ ^ and they Co have a moft fotid Peace in thefe Actions , and to have fach a Mouth to defend it , as all the Wits in their Days , could not he able re v;iihftaod. As will be clear to any, tnat read tbeHiftory oftbeRefons^ tion. O, (aid they , tie hds read tht Hiftory if the ~E?(vrtnatv> iut you'll. mjwdk in the Softy*?* f Jkidtbejr J ffm m Ftylc may 0/ JOHN WILSON ity Jiff the Trine e \ for then they take the Magi ft rates Fart on them, and therein declare thernfelves to be above their Prince. A, J he People re-' lifted Sauly and would not let him kili Jonathan ( i Sam: 14.45.) The Bifhop faid, The People were in the wrong. A. The Scripture tit* ver condemns the Deed. QDoyow own Authority ? A. Authority rmy be taken feveral Ways', ( 1 ) For the fimple Command of the Prince. ( 2 ) Tor the morepublick Command of the Prince and People. ( 3 ) For a Power a Prince may be clothed with by a People. ( 4 ) Fof a Prince's Right to govern. In all which Ways Gouldman's Dictionary, the ordinary ExpofN1 tor of Words, takes it. And in the firft two Senfes, (ince many both of the Prince's EdiEts and Publick Afts of Parliament are directly againlt Presbyterians and Picibytcrian Government, to own it in thele Senfes, I fhould deny my fclf to be a Presbyterian. In the fecond Senfe, fince the People have clothed the King with the Headfnip of the Churchy I cannot own that j becaufe the Eleventh Article of the Gonfcffion of Faith, con-| tained in the Tesly fays, That Office pertains properly to CHRIST alone^ and that it is not lawful for Man, or Angel to intrude therein. As for the laft Senfe of Authority, his Right to Govern I have not feen through it. Q. Will you venture your Life on thefe things/ A. My Life is in GOD'sHmd: After thefe Queitians they fetdown, That he was a Captain at Bothwcl, and an imperfect Recital of his Words , which they defired him to fubferibej but he refufed. Athislaft Appearance before the Criminal Court, the Advotate ac- cofted him thus, Tho', Sir, you have been a Rebel, and tho' you ftudied to draw that poor Man Laurie to the Gallows j yet you fee how mer- ciful the King is to thefe Menf [ which were four who [wore the Teft J and there is Place left to you for Mercy, ii you will not obftinnly per- fift in your Opinion. He anfwered, I have neither .done any Deed, nor given you anAccount of any Opinion, but what I have juiHfiid from the Conftffion of Faith% which you have lately fworn, from the Ancient Re- formatiortj which ye cannot condemn, and from the Concefiions of youc own Dollar. What .' ( fays Perth ) Will you jultifieyour taking Arms itBctbwcl} A. Your own 7^ juftifiesrta Dejevce of the Life 0} the Jriarmlefu The Advocate lays, All the Indulged, yea,almolt all Pref- byterians condemn it. Then fays he, Will ye bond before Sentences for there is no Place left for the King's Mercy after Sentence. A. I will not v but remember, that one Dav ail Sentences will be canvaflkd bej fore the Great Judge of Heaven and Earth. follow fome Reafons of his Jnjwers and Refie&ions made thereupon by bim]elf. WHen 1 was on my Journey betwixt Edinburgh and Larerk, and fe« vera! Times before having confc Jered the bold Teflira&ny of Stephen, Ails 7. SI j 52- Teft iff -necked and mcirtumcifed in kwt%&c; Aaz 190 i,g£ The lafi | Speew $td Tejlimony, and Peters Teijiniony jiSik^ 30. whom ye /lew and hanged on a tret. And hisdefire,"77wf with all boldnefs they might make mention of the NdmeofJESVS. And laftly that Promife, Phil. 1. 28. In nothing terrified by your Advcrfaries, &c. I fay, confidering thefe, I re-folved to u(e the utmoft of freedom with the Council \ but being come to this Town, and having confidered, that the Council defired to pick fuch. •Quarrels with any in our Condition, as might give the leaft Umbrage to the World* of the Juftice of their Dealing, f 2. J Confidering that by many profeft Friends we were Judged imprudent, yea, fo far condem* ned, that they (lick not to lay, that we have a hand in our own Death. ( 3. ) Their own publick Proclamations ftill bearing, that our Defign was not Religion, but Covetoufnefs to poflefs .'our felves of the Government, For eviting ofthefe, I relolved to be as cautious as I could, without prejudice to Truth. So that taking my Anfwersrfor Defenfive Arms out of the 7f#, which they had (worn, from the Con- cefiions of their greateft Dotlors, and from the Deed of their Prede- ceffbr Council, whereof feme prefent were Members, I thought, it had been a Ridiculous thing to make me condemn that which they had Ratified by an Oath, their great Dotlor had yeilded, and their Prede- cefTor Councilhzd approven. But that I might have GOD's Approba- tion in demeaning my felf fo, and do what I did therein in Faith :, I took that Rule, 1 Pett 3. 15. be ready always to give a Reafon of the Hope that is in you with meeknejs and fear. And as I thought I had Realon to blefs GOD, that had guided my Tongue fo, that 1 was not a whit concerned either with fhame or fear, fo i came back to Prifon with a heart forry that I fhould have left thefe two Queftions of the Chancellor's Un-anfwered, viz.. Thought I it Duty to rife in Arms a- gainSh a State not of my Opinion ? In Anfwer to which Queftion, I thought, if ever I had occafion, I would have been punctual in telling them/ The Queftion was wrong dated •, for the right ftate of the Que- ftion was, When aStatedefiroys the true ProfeJJion of Codlinefs Sworn toby the Land, and Persecutes the owners thereof. The id. Queftion : If /would have gone to Bothwel againj. thought if fuch a Queftion came in my way, 1 would have told them that I behoved to be at GOD's CaH, and likewife I was forry that 1 had not been nimble enough, to have taken opportunity, when the Queftion anent Authority was moved, to have Teftified againft the Ecclefiafiical Head/trip, and finful Acts a- gainft GOD's Church*, I fay my omifiion occafioned through their confuted asking, bred me humiliation after I returned to Prifon. As to my fecond Examination, as I had defired Opportunity to Teftifie againft the Beadjl)ip of the Church and other fmful Aftsdeftroy. iog GOD's Work, folgot Opportunity, and fo / difchanjed my Con* feience: tfut yet there was fomething left, to esercife me with. And that was ( 1 )lVhfnthc BiJhopfridiTkatmrta.&ftrtfteiA8% for the -—--•• King Of JOHN WILSON. i% ■King to alienate thelkingdom toStr anger j,that I faid not,/* %z* m Act cf more diffraction to dcfiroy Religion, idly. That in Citing the wordsof the nth Article of the Confeflion, againft the Headfiip, I mould have faid fimply, ( it was unlawful to prefumc to intrude on that Office) whereas the Con- feflion it felf calls them Blafphemers^ and thereby mincing the Word. j(y. When the BiJJjop faid, It were a Turktjh way to carry on Reformati- on by the Sword. I had not opponed their prefent Practife and Violence^ in preffing Men's Confidences*, and have faid, fince they looked upen Conscience at fo tender a things to beware of Squeezing it fo by OppreJJion. 1 know I have an Infirmity in anlwering offhand, anent which I hope all GQD's People will obferve, the Rule of bearing one anothers In- firmities ; next, I am fure, that the Lord has not fupplyed me as to thefe Anfwers, for my further Exercife. As to the Reafon why I faid I could not fee through the denyal of Authority in the laft Senfe, ( for though I could not fee through it, yet it being fuch an abominable ftating of themfelves, in a continual oppofuion to GodandGodlinefs, 1 fcunnered to own it ) the Reafon that moved me to fay that I could not fee through it. Was, I defirero tread the Paths of our Old Reformers, who de- d th«; catting eff Authority, till they had a probable Power to Back et afterwards conGderingbis Breach of Covenant to us, and thefe dv ds done by that Authority, that in any well guided common Wealth, would annul his Right,' I thought I had worded Authority ill in the laft Scnle, and that it had been more proper, / had faid, / could not fee through the denying of Obedience to fuch Commands as were indifferent, or according to GO D's Word \ And indeed, till GOD had ^Furnilhed us with a probable Power, I could never fee through this:, and / am verily of thatOpinion, that we having Lufted for a King, got him in GOD's Wrath*, and that Gnce we have entered in Covenant with thim, GOD 'will take His own Way to take him away in His Difpleaiure, and will not let it be by our Hand *, though I grant that his Breach cf Pattioh to us loofeth us, our Paction being (till Conditional, to own him in De- l fence of Religion j and myearneft Defiteis, there may be no difference among Presbyterians znenl this, for I have a ftrong Opinion^ that GOD will take that Queftion out of the way manly. As for the Bi (hop's Death, I could not call it Murder ; becaufe of JaeljEhud) and Phineat their Faclsr, Jjf/ufinp that Expreffion, 1 in hither, and that there was Peace betwixt Heber the Kenite and Jal Jaet ! being of that Family , and whatever might be alledged againft thir, is extraordinary AEts\2Lnd that to do fuch deeds, is to take the Mafci- ftrate's Power *, I am fure Phineas was a Prieft, and it was none of ni$ Office to kill any Man , and yet his Faft is commended : Next, Kn his preaching to, and biding with the Killers of Car dinal Be:^ derwood's Htftory> which was a pproven by the AfTcmbly, calling them Men of Courage mid Refolution, whom COD jtimd up : Ntxt, the Lord Rut hi- lQ0 The lap Speech and Teftmony Ruthven and others killing a Companion, that abated Queen Mary by his ill Coonfel, and yet approven \n Knox's Hiftory, therefore if the Kifrnofthe Bifiop. ( Having a Zeal agaitvft the Bload-thirftinefs of that Wretch, and being deeply affefted therewith, and with Loye to the Brethren, whom he like a Wolf, was fecking to have devoured, and had devoured ) (tew him, Idurft not call \t Murther \ But if the Aftors were touched with any thing of particular Prejudice, or other By-ends, I am very confident , that Scripture o( avenging the Blood of 'Jezebel upon the Boufe of Jehu, would not fuffer me to juftifie it : So not knowing the Attors Hearts therein, I could neither fay Yea , nor Nay \ bat Chriftians mould judge charitably. I forgot tike wife to tell them, Thai the Bifhopof Glasgow's laying down his Gown , upon the making of tho Aft Explanatory, might be an Aggravation of my Sin , if I mould own the King's Hcadfirip over the Church, which I had really refolved to fay, but forgot* follow the Reafons, why he refafed at frfi to (upplkate the Coun- cil for a Reprive, being importuned by his Relations to do ii UPon the jth of May 1683, being defired to petition, I anfwered, I could think upon no Petition, nor Argument?, that could be acceptable with them \ but fuch as were either dircc"tly or indlr re&ly a receding from what I profefled : The Reafon of my Petition was moved thus, to feek a longer Time, till I were better advifed anent my Anfwers given to the Council. To which I anfwered, That would lay to all the World-, that for as tenacious as. we were of our Principles, yet we might feem to call them in Queftion-, and it might fay, That I was preffing with others to die on thefe Principles, that Death put me to a Stand anent my felt : And fo I mould give Ground «f hardening to E; nemies. 2,/v. It was moved, That through my Confufions, fince 1 cam* to Prifon, I mould fed* a Repiival. To this I anfwered,l durfl not flan der ChrifVs Crofs, wherein every Step to me had been Mercy and Truth ; and my rebellious Flefti needed n© lefs ( conform to my own Acknow lcdgment to GOD J nor what was come to fubdueitj and that I coulc not well fee through that, fearing it would be bad Company fo near m> Death j that I firmly trufted all mould work for my well} and to fa) that, were to contradict my Confcience and GOQ's Goodnefs, and maki me contradict my own Prayer 7 viz.i Let neither Flejf) nor Spirit be mo ved and failed, left Enemies rejoice, $ly. Thatlfhould petition, Tna I might have a longer Time,, fimply to prepare for Eternity. To wnici Ifaid, I could not do it in Faith } forever fince / came to Prifon, GO£ has made me believe, that he who has. begun a good Work in me, wouU alfo finiih it *, and that he would perf eft that vohkh concerned me, accor ding to his own Word, and however little a Bufinefs this might kern u the Eyes of the World, yet to me it imports my going to another Air J fo - Of JOHN WILSON. i9l for perfecting and, finishing of this Wor/c begun by GOD, Then if they refufedit, they might taunt, and fay, Whatever Confidence he had at his Deata, vet it is gotten of a very fljort Space ; and if a Reprival mould be given, they might at my Sentence fay, I was their Debtor for it. And beftdes al! this, I fear when I come back to GOD for Preferva- tion , he mould fend me to the broken Cittern I had been hewing out% Jer. 2 i?. And I know, if Gonfcience would permiie me to do it, Ene-, mies would think, either he is lying, in pretending want of Preparation, and fo it is the beft 1 ime to hold to him, when he has coniitted S\n *, or otherwife, they would think, I were (peaking Truth, and fofiy, The on* iy beft Way is to hold to him, when he is tottering. Notwithstanding aUtheje Reafons against Petitioning, he regmtes it, that ' his Relations induced him to Supplicate twice*. Firfkon Account of his Wife's Ca\e, who was then Great with Child and in danger of Death through Grief: Next on his own Account. Whereupon he obtain* d a Reprival, during which time he had a Conference withSlr William Pa* terfon, which being on the fame Heads with his Anfwers before the Council, for brevitie's Jake are omitted. The laft Speech and Teftimony of the faid John IVilfcn* NOw , being caUcd to lay down my Life, which I declare I do chear- fully, I do declare, I adhere to the Conjcffion of Faith, anenf, which, for Exoneration of my own Conkierice, I am under a Necefiity to leave this Caution, in reference to thatQaufe contained in :he 23 Chap. Sell. 4. viz. J hat Infidelity, or Difference in Religion d. ts not make void the Magistrate* s jufi and Le&al Authority, &c. That the Sompofers having an Eye to the Pops\ fcurvy Ufurpations, to dethrone Protestant Kings, anddifpofeof their Kingdoms, under the Notion of Herettckr, did put it in : Yet, I could find no further Proof for that n the Scripture , but what only refpefta Chriftians fcattered up and iown in a Heathenim Empire*, and that it can be no Prejudice agunil iepofing a proteftant King, turning Pabifl or Pagan y, Tmctimo ^eople prof tiling GOD, the Idolater Jbould die the Death ', for then it would leem to juftle with Queen Mary'% Depofuion in our ancient Re- ( rmation *, dtfigning Offence to none hereby, but the 'fatisfoingof my )\vn Confidence* Alfo I adhere to the Work of Reformation former and atter : And I think our Catechtjms well worded, for evading of Errois, \i alfo the S$Ur*n Acknowledgment oj Sins, jn Anno 1648^ and Engage* m**rto &M4ti% Covenant SyNational and Solemn League , and particular: y to the Government of the Church by a Parity of Miniilers , and Subor- dination of Presbyteries, Synods and General Aflemblies, according to ;ht Presbyters aw Way* a* being mod exactly according to the Word of jQD, and as tending raott to the Furtfecuuu ot Purity aad GodUm- fyA 192 The Lafi Speech andTejtimony And I profefs my felfa Member thereof, as being reformed from Prelacy and Er aft ianiftn &c. I leave my Teftiraony againft the Indulgence , as making a Breach of the Jweet Vnity, that fhould have been among Presbyterians, and as de- pending on the Magiftrate, as to the Exercife of their Office \ and for their over-weening love of Eafe} and for being bound up as to the. ihewing of Publick Duties, and reproving of Publick Sins, and for re-1 fufingtheEsercife of their Office ( to thete without theirParifhJof Mar- rying and baptizing, denying themfelves thereby to be Minifters of the] Church Catholick > and declaring plainly thereby, they will follow the, Injunctions laid on them by Men. Yet I advife all the Godly to leave of Harred towards them, and to cherifh any thing that may look like good. in them. 1 leave my Teftimony againft the paying Cefs, the Payment whereof is a perfects/? of thePayer's adhering to the rooting out of Con- venticles, as the Rendevouz.es of Rebellion, and acknowledging tht King's Grandeur over Quitch and State, as it is prefently eftablifhed by the Laws of this Realm j this being the very Narrative and Foundation of that Att; And I have found the Indulged averfe to condemn it, the Narrative of theirLieence being fomewhat Sibb thereto •, but as to the other publick Burdens , fuch as the common Revenue of the Crown, or** Locality ( tho' I fpeaJc not this to juftifie my (elf, thefe not being my Tentations ) I defire a Tendernefs to be u fed to all iuch, as. have not Clearness therein, in re fpeft the -/fpatf/f feems to difference them, 1 Cor. 10. 28. But if any Man fay unto you, This is offered unto Idols, eat not, I leave my Teftimony againft hearing 0} Curates, efpecialiy by profeft Presbyterians, as being, con tradi&ory to the Covenants, binding us to the utter mofi of our Power for the extirpating Prelacy : Our aftive Power being flopped, our next mould be, to leave a Teftiraony by fuffe- ring, and as being contrary to the Rule of Faith *, for what Presbyteri* an can pray for a Blefling to thatOrdinance, where the chief D ij per, ifer iszBlafphemer, by fweanng the Tesl, wherein the HeadJJjip of the Church ( CHRIST'S Prerogative ) is fworn by them to pertain to a Man, as being exprefly contrary that Scripture Joh. 10. 5*. My Sheep hear my Voice, but a Stranger they will not follow, but flee from him : And here I j think it not amifs to add, the Words of Philpot, that learned and God- 1 ly Martyr, of the Joiners with the Papifticai Church, feing the Rea. Ton he gives holds good here, We can do no greater Injury to the true \ thurchof CHRIST (whereof he is the only Head) nor to [eem to have j forfaken her, by cleaving to her Adverfary, and that GOD's Jealoufie, in j the Bay of Vengeance, will cry for Vengeance againfr fuch. unlejs they \ cleave inseparably to the Gofpel ofChrifi : And that there mufl be m coun- terfeit Illupon with them in this : And that there mufi be noprejence of the Body there, we being commanded to glorifie COD, as well in Body as Spirit^ Jhus are his Words imperfeftly, yet truly as 1 remember \ and fiflOj Of JOHN WILSON. i9J fince' the Prelatical Church, has not Chrifl for her only Head, the Rea- Ibn holds (till good. I could heartilv wifh , that all the ferious Godly would leave off their joyning with the Indulgence, for in refpetttf to my own View ) it has been attended with Coldrifenefs , as to publick Sms% a Glewednefs to the World , and an Infatuatnefs m to approaching Judg~ ments ; And laftly, being a countenancing of them in that Compliance i with Enemies \ But fince I have little Hopes thereof , I wifh a!) the fe- rioufly Godly to be tender towards fuck, whofe Eyes are not enlighten- ed , to behold the tvil of it , and to reftrift their Withdraw mentsto Perfonsof their own Number, who recede from what they pro^ fefs j fince the End propofed by that Rule, ( Withdraw from every Bro* ther that walkethdif orderly ) is to make afi.tmed \ it cannot be fuppofed- to attain it* End any where elfe : And to ftudy to do thit, which may be mod eiifving to all Men \ Let all things be done to edifying. I leave my Teftimony againft that abominable 7V#, Declaration, Alt of Su- premacy^ and all other Afts, overturning the Work of GOD, and a: gairvlt all the Bloodfied upon that Account. And next I think, no Man coming before the Council can acknow- ledge the King's Authority fimply, ( confidering that he is clothed, with one of the Royal Prerogitives of JESUS CHRIST, to wity The Headjbip of the Church, wherein to intrude u blalphemv for Afan or An- gel} unUh they be guiltv of giving him that Uiurped T'tle : And this is the Ground of my Suffering, miinly for affirming CHRIST'S Head- Jhip over the Church, to be his Prerogative alone, which is the Occalion of the Brunt of the Rulers anger. And herein / have a molt foiid peace j for Chrifl fays, he came to bear Witnefs to that Truth, THAI HE WA*> A KlNCy and fo I think, that my (ufferings are meerly a part of ifrt luff -rings:, And tho' iouK fay, I nvght haye been fp*r«ng, as to this Coii'cili n, I fay 1 durft not keep up m> Lips,they themfclves having Sworn thar, in the C nlcflion of Faith, in their Tejf^ which 1 affirmed j Nam Ay, That it i* BLiiphtmie for Man or Angel to Vjurp this Title : Yet is th- great Heat of Malice Stated hereon } but:here is no piece of my Suffering, jeilds n^ more content .* Nor can any Christian come be- fore them acknowledging Authority fimply, without being guilty of yeiliing this, it being declared Effcntial to the Crown, as Mr. Donald Caigil well notes in his Teftimony : And I think that Queftion of jiuthonti b^ing propounded, a Man has a fair open door to witnefs a- njnil the Encroachment* on CHRIST'S Right*. I understand fome- what more of trie Myftery of this Statey nor I did \ And conform to my tveak Conceptions, you may take it up thus. T«v. Km . having througk Strait* Abroad been Complemented, and probably (uiplyedby Papifts^ lye* under Engagements to introduce Popery, ai. J for that effect takes this method, to overturn the Hedt Chutcll Oovcrnraent and Difcipline, and turnout all Jdoneft Hearted IS b Mimfters 3 94 The loft Speech and Tefiimony\ Minifters, and force People to a Complyance with hirelings^to debauch Men's Confciences, and from one degree to another to bring in Popery j but he being a Man fo addicted to Pleafures( and whiles counteracted by Parliaments ) loving Eate . Wherefore Papifts Pra£life to put him tn mind -of his Engagements, by aiming at his Life •, he finding him- felf in this {trait, and being in ftraits through his lavifhnefs to Court Ladies, thir ftraits muft t>e Supplyed by the K'i and the laft Guthrie's Trial of an Inn. est in CHiilST f a!) which GOD \ fo powerfully laid hocae \o skv Ccnfclence, that I then citcnant-sd wirl: - ' «goi> Of JOHN WILSON. i9S GOD ', and though at that Time, I could not get the Faith of Perfeve ranee, yet / had a refpeEt to all his Statutes-, (o that the Bible was a flioft fweet Book to me : And I took up my whole Time , for near a year thereafter, in ftudyingReltgiori ( the mod pleafant Time that ever/ had in mv Life Time ) yea, it was a Burden to me,to turn me to my ne- cefTary Affairs in the World. I found Religion fharpen me in ail my Natural Parts*, yea bring me, who was naturally a moft anxious, fret- tfng, grudging Creature,to fuch a Calmnefs and Serenity in crols Provi- dences, that I thought, tho' there were neither Hell nor Heaven, Reli- gion was a Reward to it felf : And I was fo taken up with (Thrift's gracious Condefcendency , that his Name was mod ple*fingj yet durft I not draw a Conclufion of an Affurance and Perjeverance , yea, was ; put to queftion the Work it felf, upon the Account of the Quality of my Repentance*, but meeting with Guthrie's Trial cfa faying Intereji in ! CHRIST, I found fenfibiy, that fwalluwed up a Law Work in Love , but /found this, that there is not a more excellent Peice of the Ar- mour of GOD, nor the Helmet of Salvation, and which Satan is moft bufiewitha Chriftian to keep ic off*, I found likewife as Knowledge and Gracegrew, that Preemption grew,that is, that with what I had gotten,! could walk alone:, but that Truth r without me ye ean do nothing) iwas known to my fad Coft,butafterall thisfweetTime,yea,I may fayraoft Iweet Time , filling more and more engaged in worldly AfTiirs, I found lanlmpofiibilify to me, to be inftant in Bufinefs and fervent in Spirit ; ifothatfome Throngs in thefe, abated that Life, which 1 had , and ac- cordingly as Love grew to outward Things, fodecreafed that Power and Life I had attained, yet fo as allalongft J find that GOD has ftill been holding me by the Hand, and I defire with Submiflion to other Mens Judgments,' to fay, 1 think aPerfon falling in Love with Godlinefs, co tenanting with GOD to have a Refpeft to all his Statutes without ExJ Ception , counting the Coft, and feeing the Coft of themfclves impreila- ble, and believing, that Chrift, who was the Author, will be the Fini- (her of fuch a Work : I Tay, I cannot think, That ever GOD will part With fuch who do fo covenant with him*, yea, it has been a Comfort to me, when I could feenomore of my Inrerelt in him, but that I faid, jhouartmyGOD^ and as I cannot conceal the Lovingkindnefs of GOD, fo upon, the other Hand, without Complements, as the Words of a dying [Man, I look upon my (elf as the mod worthlefs Abjeft that ever free Love has pagea and waited upon through the World, compafied about With fo many Sins, & clothed wirh fuch a pervert Nature \ but it is he with whom 1 made the Bargain, mikes crocked tt!ngsftraigbt,ind rugged Pltccs plain- bewireof propofing to themrelvcs, to Safety of Life) whkh is fin fu I *, for tf COD will lead them forth with tht Workcrt Ub2 tf 19^ The UJt Speech and, Testimony cf Iniquity "y and they will not mifs Stumbling-blocks ro be laid before them. I fay this to them who have finned, and yet continue in the Furnace •, I fear that be their Doom, Jer. 22«. io.7 hey flail go from their native Land,and return no more. As for you that have Tefted, that which has been a Terror to me, may be now a Terror to you, It's impojfible for thefe who were once inlightnedy and tailed the heavenly Gtft^ if they fall avpay^ Arc. by putting Chrifi to open Shame, to renew them to Repentance. As for unconcerned Folk, I fhal! only fay this, Think you nothing of Mens chufing Death before Life? I know, I have gotten Reman Gallan- try caft up to me, fince I came to Prifon •, but for my own part, [ could never hear tell, that it fet up the Head of it in the World, to face a Oillows, fince the Word of Hell became fo rife in the World : But let me tell vou this one thing, Thattho' I have read of fome fingle ones dying for Opinion (not Truth J yet could I never read of a Tratt of Men , fuch as has been in Scotland thefe 22 Years, laying down their Lives for a naked Opinion, fo calmly, (o (olidly and compofedly, with fo much Peace and Serenity. As for my own Part, I am a Man natural- ly moft timorous *, yet the LORD b3S made Sufferings eafle : It might do you good to enquire into the Caufe of cur Sufferings Co "owned by GOD: It is a bad Caufe, that is defended with Swords and be.uing of Drums on Sufferers •, and befides the LORD has forced a Teftimony from the -Mouths of feveral of our dying Adverfaries, and from the Mouths of Executioners and Apprehenders ^ yea in this Place, fome Pfalms ( they being clear of the Application thereof to them felves ) would not fufferthem to be fung : As to profeft Presbyterians, too ma- ny of you, for your Inconcernednefs I am fure the LORD fays, Ye rh.ll drink of another fort of a Cup, that is brewing for you, fhun it as you wili by yourComplyance. As for our really concerned Friends, I pray the LORD to protect you, and multiply his Grace toward you ^ I am confident , when you are beneath the Rod, ye mall find it an Eafe to your own Smart, however great a Lift you have taken of others Suffe-' rings. Next 1 fay to all that come under the Rod, Let no Terrors of Man , nor Temptations of Satan anent Eternity come into your Mindj but go to GOD with them, acknowledging your unworthinefs of his Protection and Counfel \ and you will find him Faithful, not to Cujfcr you to be tempted above what you are able : It is no new thing to be af- faulted with Terrors without, and within with Fears \ the Apoftle t moft experienced Chriftian wanted not this. I fee a Chriftian to be a mod paf- five Creature in his own Salvation *, yet there muft be an All of Diligence; othervVife the roaring Lvon wiH foon get Advantages \ and you muft know this, that the Sufferers have a large Allowance, and although his flwn want not in their Sufferings the Faith of Adherence to him, yet ye mul: not think to (ail that Way in a Bed of Rofes to Heaven \ but that you mutt have Fire in your Trial, I mean a deferring GOD as to Ap-' prekcafifta Of JOKH WILSON. jf7 prehenflon *, yet wait paiicntly, and at length he will incline hi* Ear- and you fhall not want Experience to Uy , For but a Moment lasl His Wrath, And now I leave my dear Wije^ Children and Sifters upon the LORD , who gave me fuch fweet refrcfhing Relations, and defire all the People of GOD to be kind to them *, and I blefs the LORD he has enabled me to quit them to him *, and tho* the LORD has made every one of them fo fweet and fo pleafing to me , that I have been forced to curb my Affection with the Bridle of Religion*, yet herein I blefs the LORD , he has given me a Heart, to go through my Crofs with For- getfulnefs cf all *, yea, to be mod unconcerned in the Tears and Weep- ingofmy Relation?* And now I leave all GOD's People and others with this, that His Crofs is Beautiful *, yea though 1 had had occafion of efcaping Prifnn, fince Sentence *, yet I durft not without a check of Confcience,have done it, and though I did Petition, yet there was ( to me ) two neceiTirie ends therein. Kr#, They defigning tomake me odious, that I would not fetk my Life, and 1 defiring to make mySuffering clear to their own Confciences ( to besunjuft J and next if any thing ailed my Wife, I might lay her Blood at their Door, but I would advile all to bewareofthem, for there muft be frequent confulting with GOD, and a Reafonable Judgment to difcern their Snares, it being their main Defign to enfnare. lAdvife any called to Suffering never to quit with the Faith of Adhe- rence, and they (hall not want the Faith of AfTurance, for fince ever I came to Prifon, I (aw and Believed GOD's Defign to roe was Love, and having empryed me (fail Prumifes to Sufferers, and of all my own Righteoufncls, made me clofe with Him and take Him for all. and be-% lievingly to reft on Him, and have recourfe to Him, for Grace tofup- oly ncceflry and give me a Believing ( though to me Incomprehen- sible ) of feeing Him as He is, and knowing Him even as I am known of Him. Now 1 die commending to alJ the People of GOD that Duty of Unity, conform to the id. of Tttrothy 2. 22. Follow Peace with them that call upon the Lord with a pure Heart. And that i Joknw.y Jj we have Fellowfi'ip one with another, the Blood of JefysChnfi His Sort cl ear: feth from all Sin. I do not fay this to make up ar. Union orjc ingWith inefe 1 Teftifieagainft. Sic Subfcrtbttur. JOHN WILSOH. Thii Worthy, Judicioui MARTYR being obliged ro write hii Teflimon? io fcfenl ('ar/ert, and convey thrm out leered* by Putt, by reifoa of the (triAocfi of the Perfection, Who fcircbed the Marcyri tboot thii time with much Severity, cculd not get it reduced to Oder : Wherefore tit heped the Candid Rtidtr villi not be offended, il fee finds the Aietbod altered a little from w hit it was io (he ki S. (e- I04 there ii nothing in ihe S enl et or Pbr aft of the Jutbtr changed, bit otiy h\i Addi- tions put in their proper Plice cf the Ttflimw, Itmc very lew (hie^t left Ma- terial being left cut tor brcviriM fike, J 1 ?kt t£& the fofi Sfeeeb and Tejlimcwy The laH Teflimonj of George Martine, who Suffered at the 'Grafs Market of Edinburgh, upn the 22d of .Feb: 16840 MY Dear Friends, after four Years, and near four Months Captivi- tv and Bondage, for this Glorious and Honourable Caufe of JE» SUS CHRIST, for which I have been kept fornetimes in Bolts, and Fetters Night and Day, without Fire and other NecefTaries •, and now at the end of the forefa/d fpace, being Sentenced to Die, I thought it fit < to -fignifie to you, why 1 was fa Sentenced, as the Adverfaries* gave it forth: And it is this*, I could not own, nor allow of the Ring's Authority, as it is now Eftablifhed, nor pray for him in a Su- perftitious, Idolatrous manner, nor call the late Prelate of St. Andrew's and the late King's Death Murder, nor Bothwel Bridge Rebellion, and Abjure the Covenant: All which I refufed, and could do upon no Terms. As to the Firft, I could not own nor allow of the prefent Government as it is, now Eslabhjbcd, becaufe it is derogatory to the Crown and Kingdom of our Lord Jefus Chrift, in robbing him of his Royal Pre- rogativesjn their 4 fetting of their Threfhold by his Threfhold, and 4 their Pofts by his Ports,- and the wall between him and them, they c have even defiled his Holy Name, by their Abominuions, that they c have committed. Ez,ek. 4. 3 8. and Ez*eh 44 . e», 7, 8. And thou * , (halt fay to the Rebellious Houfe even to the Houfe of Jjrael^h us faith * the Lord God, O ye Houfe of Ifrael let it fuffice you of all your Abo c minations, in that ye have brought into my SancTuary Strangers, un- c circumciledin Heart, and uncircumcifed in Flefh to be inmySancl- c uary to pollute it, even in my Houfe, when ye offer the fat and the * Blood, and they have broken my Covenant, becaufe of all their Abo- * minations, and they have not kept the Charge of my Holy Things, * but ye have fet Keepers of my Charge in my S^ncluary for yourfelves. c Should he that hateth Right Govern? And wilt thou condemn him, * tbaVis raoft juft. 3^34. 17. who durft doit and beguifrlefs! and c moreover, which fay to the Seers fee not, and to the Prophets .Pro * phefie not unto us right thing?, fpeak unto us fmooth things, Prophe* 1 fie Deceit, get you out of the way, turn afide out of the path, caufe J the Holy One of Ifrael to ceafe from before us.. 1/a. 30. 10, lie And I cannot, nor dare not pray for him, (6 Supeyjiinou/ly^ Firft, be- Sufe it, imports ^ Set Format Prayer? which is moft fuperftitious,and at which is their dreadlul Defign* 2dly, It import* Jdolatrie, lijce unto the cry of the People made mention of, in Alls )o. 3.4. who had a cry for the fpace of two Hours, of that /dol, Great is Diana of the E- fhefiatif) which was rejected by fome of their own fort, with fame kind of fO GEORGE MARTINE i99 of Reafon tho' Heathens, and much more ought it here, idly, Another Reafon why I cannot pray after fuch & manner, is, I find when Prayers rightly difcharged, and (erioufly gone about, in the manner, time and place, as is warranted by the Word of GOD} GOD is thereby Wor^ fhipped and Honoured, And if irreverently gone about he is difhonour- ed, and his Name prophaned, and taken in vain, which is abomination to him, and which he faith, his Enemies do, and for which he will not hold them %uiltle}s> 4thly, 1 dare nor pray fo fuperftitioufly for him, becaule I rind Jeremiah three times exprefly forbidden to pray for a people, not guilty of all the things that he is guilty of, tho' he be guil- ty of all their fins md many others aifo. See for this the 7th of Jeremiah 16 v. where it is laid, l Pray not for this People, neither li/t up cry nor 4 prayer for Aem, neither make intcrceliion tome, for I will not hear 4 thee, &c. Jer. 11. 14. Therefore pray not thou for this People, nei- 4 ther Lit up cry nor prayer for them, for I will not hear them, in the 4 time that they cry unto me for their trouble. And Jer. 14. 11. Then * faid the Lord unto me, pray not for this people, for their good, when 4 theyFa(t,I will not he*r theirprayer./Y*. 44.20,21. If we have forlaken 4 the Nmie of our GOD, or ft retched out our Hands unto a ftrange 4 god, ftn II not GOD feirch this out, for he knoweth the fecrets of the 4 Heart. John 5. 16. If any Man fee his Brother fin a fin which is nor. 4 unto Death, he mall ask and hefhiil give him life *, for them that Cm 4 not unto Deith , there is a Sin unto Death, I do not fay that he fhill 5 pray for it. 1 fear fcm? Sin; in this Land have too near bordering wi.h that Sin; Innumerable Scr p.uresare tothispurpofe, but thefe may iuf- -fice at prelent. Another thing makes me fcruple, becaule they com- mand no nroe Prayers to be prayed, faze unto tr.ee, O King. Dan. 6. ~. And faftly, 1 dare not pray it, btCauleall the prophane pn Bigate Pcrfons ' has it always in their Mouth, efptcially when they are Drunk. And if I do what they do, 1 f-ar, 1 go, where they go : But BlcfTed be the Lord who has yet prevented me, from the Vat hi of thefe Deftroyers. Much of this was fpoken, when [was before them, and fo I lha 11 forbear to fpeak any more as to this Queftion. The next Queftion is, in order to the Prelaws Death, whether it was Murther or not : Muriher 1 dare not call it, more than E&lonsSi- yr Wor/hip^ And particularly I adhere, to, and allow o- the two Covenant s, boih , Nitional and Solemn Le;gue and Covenant, Acknowledgement of Sins and Engddgement tv Dutt-et vith all othtrscont \\ ied in the forename:! Book. As alfo I do witnels a u tirtify my ddl'keof the Breaches ani Burnings of thefe Covenants, and of all other horrid abominations ofthat nature! Ar.dlikewife I abhore an«a defeft all Complyance, or Jiynin^ w'th the Enemies of our Lord Jfus Cnrift, and more particularly of bonding, - bargaining and informing or putting them to do hurt, any minner uf way to any of the L ordspoor Arfl &ed, Born down, wandering and Diftrefled People. And in like manner, 1 hate and deteft all communing with, (peaking fivouraMy of, or Eating or Drinking with any fuch, except in cafe, of necefliy. And in like manner, I te(tif> my diflike of that dreadful Blafphemous and abominable unparalleled 7e#, and of all pretended Magiltrates or Mmifters, which hare taken the I'mie, and of all that meddle and Joyn with them, or of payers of Fine*, for hear- ing the Q.)fpel, or franfafting 01 colleagueing with any fuch any manner of way, upon the forefaid account. And laiHy, I hate too much covet- ! oulneis in Prifoners who are in any capacity to Maintain tfcemJ*IVvM,and . yet are burden fom to uther poor mean ( tho' CharitaMe ) People, And 1 J )yn heartily with the Teflimonies of our Deir Suffering Brethren, , vvho Suffjred either formaely or of late. Andlikewife I joyn my Tefti , mony to a faithful Preached Gofpel, by faithful Pr^sbvterian Law- fully Called and Authorized Minifters, and Lawful Mt&iftfatei Placed, and lmpowered, as is agreeable and warranted by th<- Word ofG^>d, ani . none other.. And notwithfhnding I be branded with not admitting I of Magiftracy and Kingly Authority, I do hereby declare, and nuke \ it known to the Woild, That I do allow of Lawful Authority, agree- able and conformable to the Will and Command or* GOD, the 1 j * giver as much as any Man in my Station in Scotland, and accounts a Land happy and Bled in having and Enjoying of fuch. And now being Honoured to Die, for adhering to the Truth, and todie this fame Day, being 'he zidof February 1684. I do hcicby forgive all Perfons all wrongs done tome, and wifh them For^ivc»incfs, C c it *02 The Ufi Speech and Tefiimony, as I defire to be Forgiven of GOD. And now I leave ali Friends and Chnftian Relations Co the Good guiding of Almighty God, and bids all of yoa Farewell in the Lord : Farewell all Worldly Enjoyments, and Created Comforts: And welcome Father, Son and Holy Ghoit, into whofe Hands I Commit my Spirit. GEORGE MARllNB. TOG&^H5R whh {his MARTYR kfcrtdJOHN GILRr Wrtght la the Panfh of H*unam in TvUt iiti Grace, adhering r* the Truth ol JiSUS, and firmly tmfliog in Him lor Station. The laft Teftimony of Job* Main, who lived in the Pa- rifh of WeB-MoMmd , and fuffcred at the Crofe of Glajgorp, Maj K}j 1684. IT cannot be expected, every thing confidered, that ye fhall have fuch a Teftimony under ray Hand,as ye have had from the Hands of many that have gone before me : But feing GOD in his infinite Wif. dom hath feen it fit to bring me upon the Stage for Truth, I thought my (elf bound and obliged in his Sight , to teftifie before the World my clofs Adherence to his written Word, and what is conform thereto. And firft I teftifie my Adherence to the Bible , the Old and New 'Teftament^ as the only and alone Rule of Faith and Obedience. I know it ftands not in need of my Approbation, but to let the World know , I die not as a Fool , I think it my Duty to affert my Adherence unto it, declaring , That I take it for my only Rule, rejecting the Iraditions of men as not Canonical. 2ly. I teftifie my Adherence to the Confejfion of Faith ( fay- ing nothing to that 4 Article of the 23 Chap, but only that it is mrf- conftructed, and made ufe of for another End, than ever the honeft and faithful Minifters of CHRIST had before them, when they gave their Approbation of the fame ) and Catechifms Larger and Shorter, our- '• Covenants National and Solemn League, Acknowledgment of Sins and En* ' gagement to Duties, the Jurn, and prablical "Ufe of Saving Knowledge, J 3ly. To the Work of Reformation , as it was reformed from Popery, Pre- . lacy and. Malignancy j even to that Work as it is a direct Oppofirion to every Sin, and Motive to every Duty *, and particularly to the Rtmon- Frances, Proteftatiom, and left i monies again ft the Malignant Party^ and Malignant Actions, they being found out to be inconfiftent with, •' and contrary to the written Word of GOD, and the- fworn Principles of the Church of Scotland, and being found to be hurtful to Chriftian So- ; Giety, not only by the Effects of them, but as to the Nature and Quality of them , even fimpiy confidered in them felves , befi.de the bad Effects, aggravating thera in the Sight of the U'ueiy Gedry, asd rightly zeatour' Minifter* Of JOHN MAIN. so; Mi'nifter! and Profeffors of this Church. 4'y. To the faithful Preach- ingof 'the Gofpel, upon Moors and Mountains, and high Places of tbc Field*, arid particularly the preaching down theSinsofthe Time, and up Duty. 5ly. I leave my Tefrimony to the lifting Arms , for ptrfonal Defence, and for Defence of the Gcjpei: For feing that other Means were failed , and an Occafion offering lor that, the Law both of GOD and Nature does warrant and allow the fame. I need not go to qaote Scripture for Probation of it, firce the ffhete Scope of it runs upon this Strain, and alfo ye may read feveral Place* of scripture, particu- larly and expca, my Teflimo- ny againft the fmful Silence of Mimfters, after they had left their Vine Yard, where their Maftcr had pi iced them to labour, and their not ac- knowledging publickly their Unfaithfuthefs; f>r which ( together with their other grievous Fai'ings ) the I ORD is this Day contending with th-ra. 1 know not what Plagues are (o fad, as to be piqued by the Hand of GOD, by being laid afide from his Wrork •, 1 fay their Unftitk fulnefs, tn not {landing in the Way of the People, hen the> were fo ge- nerally drawn away to hear Curates. Miftake me not, thrftltinp, That 5 look upon the People as innocent, when 1 (pe -k of the Sins of the Mi- nifters *, for I fee it my Duty to ttftifie againft both, and there will no C C 2 Qitt 264 The LaJI Speech and Tejiimony one of ttomexcufe another: But remember , that the Minifters muft ciont for the People, who perifh through their Default. 2ly. Againft Minifters their tampering with that woful and Hell- hatched Indulgence, and more particularly thtir accepting thereof. / tefifie againft the a- filial Accepters of it, and againft a woful Connivance in the Non accept ttrsofthefame, whereas there ought to have been an open teftilying and protefting againft if. I (hall ftudy to fay but little ^ but I die in the Faith of it, that GOD (hall fend a clear Difcovery of Matters, and , thefe that have betrayed their Truft, and have not been as they fhould and ought to have been , mall fee and be afhamei •, But LORD grant, That many may fee the evil of their Doings in Time, and may mourn* tor the fame , orotherwife it will be fad for them j but every one fhall fee rlrft or lad : But remember Elau, who found no Place for Repen*' tance,tho he fought it carefully with Tears. $\y. Againft the Miniiters their woful yielding unto and joyning with the Malignant Party and Intereft at Bothvoel Bricgc, and their woful yielding unco the Usurpation made upon the Prerogative* Royal of our wrorged LORD and Prince JESUS CHRIST, by their Acceptance of Liberty granted after Bothwet- Bridge^ and taking Occafion to preach in Houfes, according to the Li- berty granted, rtfufmg to preach without Doors, notwithstanding cf the great Ntcefliiy fometimes requiring the fame , and many of them refufing to preach when any of the People flood without Doors*, this was nottourly known in the Time, and 1 think it be not yet forgot, and however it may be forgot by u?, yet I allure you, it is not forgot by a holy GOD. 1 teftifie againft their finful Silence, and ;not jeoparding their Lives for their wronged LORD and provecked Mailer, efpecially at the Time when Mr. R. C. and Mr. D. C. went to the Feilds. 1 te- ftifie againft their condemning of thefe two Worthies in Difcourfe and Preaching, and alfo in their Practice. In fhort, againft every thing in Minifttrsand ProfeiTors contrary unto, or inconfiftent with the Prcs\ iiterian Principles of the Church of Scotland. 4thly, Heave my Teftimony againft Popery, Prelacy and Erasliati' ifm, and every thing contrary to the Word of GOD, and particularly aginft Qua\eri\m, Anabaptiftn, Independency, and all Sectarians and whatfoever is not warranted by the Holy Scriptures. 5ly, Againft the impofing of that curfed Cefs ', not that I call Cefs lifting in it felf un« lawful v but that Cefs I call unlawful, which was impofed by a cor- rupt Convention of Eftates who met at Edinburgh in the Year 1^73. For fome things that are in themfelves lawful, are fometimes fo circum- ftantiated, as that they become unlawful *, as fometimes the erd of an action makes the action unlawful *, I may give the Cefs for an inftance cf this, for the end of impofing it ( as themfelves declare ) was main- \y to bear down Field Meetings, and other innocent ArTociations of the Fcople of GOD, difdaififully and wickedly caJled by them Rcndcvouz.es 4 Of J 0 H N M JIN. 205 #/ Rebellion, which Meetings all Scotland was bound to maintain j but they ought to have been in the placesConftitute for Worfhip, and would have been there,hadBonds and Engagements been confcientioufly minded by all that were under them. O let not this perfidious Generation think, that they are loofed from theTyesof thefe Covenants*, for as (are as GOD is in the Heaven he will make them know another thing, even that it was not in their power to refcind thele Covenants, and (hat by going about fo to do, they have brought much wrath upon themlelves and their Pofterify after them, if they Repent not. But oh/ do they not look like a Generation of his Wrath ? And not to pals the bounds of Charity I fear they will be the Objects of his wrath •, and it will be a dreadful Day, (ee it who will, when the wicked (hall be as Stubbie or Tow, and the Wrath and Vengeance of GOD mall feize upon them as Fire and burn them up, for they will not efcape. And 6thly, Againft the Payers of the Cejs; for it was a fad thing in a People, that fhould haveoppofed all courfes of that kind, inftead of oppofing, tocontiibute to the carrying on of that very courfe, that they ought to have oppof- ed. O ! that they would confider and lay it to Heart, and fet themlelves to redeem Time, mifpent and abufed Time! 7thly, And againft Locality and Fines ptyingfaing that it contributes to the Strengthening of the Adverfaries Hands *, as for the Locality, we may eafily fee it to be finful, fince they ( the Enemies ) have impoled it for the Mainte- nance of a Party railed and keeped up for no other ufe ( as their daily practice declares ) but to Harrafs, Rob, and fpoil the poor People of GOD, for their clofs( O that it were clofTer J adhereing to their fworn Principles, and to kill them for not denying of thefe Principles: And as for the paying of Fines, it would be conndered, that thele Fines are impoled upon People for their Duty, and Fines impoled by right and Jullice ought always to be fur Tranfgreffion •, neither can a Fine be impofed by right but for a Tranfgreliion, fo that by paying of thefe Fines (o impoled, we mult be faid either to yeild active Obedience to an unjuit Courfe, which we ought always to oppofe, or we may be faid to I nuke our felvcf Tranfgrefibis, and thefe Duties ( in the which we ought . to venture Life and Fortune ) CO be Tranlgreflions. 1 fay one of thefe will conftquentially follow, if not both : But alas/ thofe things that are grievoufly finful many ways, are become fo habitual, that they are never noticed nor thought any thing of, nor will be, till GOD come in his Power and great Gluiy, to difdoie the Secrets of ali Hearts. 7thly, I leave my Teftimo tiy agaiuii the People their hearing of Curates^ Dafely leaving the Way of Truth, and following a Courfe dilhouognng to GOD, and deftructive to themfelves. Alfo againft the Joining with the Indulged and unfaithful Minifters Vindicating themlelves thus, that it is wdtohear theWo'd, not confidering, that thele Mi- nifters have (o far &one out of the Way of GOD, in their acceptiog of 2o6 The laji Speech and TeJHmony. of that Indulgence^ as that they ought to be teftified againft, and when they go on obftinately in that crooked way, ought to be withdrawn from. It may be fome will fay,that tbis'is^ignorantly reafoned^but 1 fear if they would fearch things narrowly by the Spirit of GOD, they would find, that GOD is not countenancing thtm in it. And alfo, that they ought to have given far o:he? Ion of Teftimony againft that Courfe, thin io have joined and gone alongft with it, as far as their Station would have required *, but now the Ooitin icy ot this Generation is (o great ( and we have many lid Evidences of this ) that 1 fear, there will nothing convince them, but the Judgments of GOD, which has made me the lefs careful to write any thing, although i. could, that might, being from the Hand of a Dying Mm, be any way convincing to them, but as it becomes one laying down his Life for his Royal and Princely Mailer JESUS CHRIST, 1 leave my Teftir.iony againft join. ing with them \ yea againft that, that they call fimple hearing, and this I have done to exoner my Confcience in the fight of a Holy and Jealous GOD, and do declare, that if Mercy in Chriit prevent not ( which will not be found but in Mercy's gate,which is believing and Repentance ) they (hall fmart under the heavie Wrath of GOD for their complying with fuch crooked and GOD provoking Courfe* •, And I as a Man lay* ing down my Life for the Intereft of my fweet LORD, do warn all and every one of them, who have Joined with theie evil courfes, to flee from the wrath to come, which will be on this Generation inevitably \ yea I obteft you to flee from it, as ye tender the Glory of GOD, and the good of your own Souls O flee from it by fpeedy Repentance, and lay hold upon the Blood and Righteoufnefs of Jefus Chrift for that effect, and Study to have your Names fcraped out of the black Cata- logue cf thefe Soul-deftroying Defpilers of that precious B'ood and Righteoufnefs, purchased for that end to rake away the fins of all that will come, and by Faith lay hold upon it, and to reconcile them to a provoked GOD. GOD's Wrath is burning againft the Children ofdif- obediencc, and he has (aid, That fuch d* twn afide to crooked ways, he will lead them forth with the workers of iniquity, and in another place he lays, If any Man draw back, my Souljhall have no phafure in him. 8ly, I leave my Teftimony againft the taking of that Curfed left, and the takers thereof, and I declare it to De a horrid wickednefs, a GOD- difowning and a GOD-daring Courfe. $>thly, Againft Compearing be- fore their Courts, and I declare it to be a thing inconfiitent with a faithful Teftimony for Truth at this lime, it being, jfi. An owning of that Authority, founded upon that Ufurptd Supremacy over the Prerogative Royal of ow Lord, which thing ought to be to far Teftified againft, as not to own or anfwer to any Court fenced in the Name of Osarles Stuart j becaufe he hath quite torfaulted his Right to Rule as King, 3^/y, It is a clear condemning of fuch as have fuffejred the lofs ef Of J 0 H N M A I N. 207 ofiMeans upon that account, and the fe who have laid down their lives agiinft the owning of that Authority, and let none think me fcoli/h in Adjoining my Teftiraony to the Teftimonies of thefe, nor in nay dr- owning of that Authority, iothly, Againft the lifting of Militia, and the paying of Militia Money. uthly, I Teftifie againft the proceed- ings of that abominable wretch John Gib, and thefe reftimonies writ by him in the Name of others, as being a thing prejudicial to the In- tereft of our LORD. And now as to the Articles of my Indtftment, they are all of them fuch things as cannot be made Criminal. As to the Firft. Ftz,, My making m\ Efc ape out of the Tolbooth, I was doing it molt innocently, doing hurt 10 no Perfon, neither did I ever hear that it was Criminal* As to the zd. Viz.. That / had confefled that I road at Bothwel Bridge, I fee not how that can be made Criminal, if I got but the lath of their own Law, ( if it be not abufeof Language to call it Law ) and no fur- ther *, for all that were Onlookers that Day, could not be faid to be in the Action. As to the ^dViz.. My Converfing with * Gavin Wither fpoont fince Bothwel, whom they call a notorious Rebel, but cannot Prove him fo •, neither can they fhew me that Law founded on the Word of GOD, that mikes Converfing wirh him Criminal'. And fince they ..cannot upon fuilicient Grounds call him a Rebel, what they fiy and do without Ground, I fee not my (elf obliged to anfwer it *, for that Rebellion that the Law ftrikes againft, is that, which can bt Proven Rebellion againft Powers ailing for GOD, and fo confequently Rebellion againft GOD \ (and fure I am, while a Manfolloweth his Duty ( for i: is meerly for foU lowing his Duty that they call him a Rebel ) he can never be faid to be in Rebellion againft GOD. As to the ^th.Articlt, thit / refuted to call Bothwel-Bridge Rebellion, I would fee the Law that makes a Man's filencc when Interrogated, Criminal: And alfo as to the thing it felf, who knows not, that it was mecr Defence? and who can make it out to be Rebellion againft Powers Acting for GOD ? For as is before faid, this, and no other, is the Rebellion that the Law of God and the Law of our Nation ftrikes againft, And the $th. Viz.. That I faid, the owning of tht Covenants was Lawful. Who krvaws not that thefe Covenants weie once *ven of as Lawful, and loiemnly Sworn by the whole Nation, and he Gnfejfion of Faith taken, and Sworn unto as Fundamentals of iur Religion ? And 1 deny, ( altho'by an Act of a pretended Parliament ihey may pretend to refund the fame)that it was in the.rPower tu * This vf u a vet} Eminent and Zealous S*$tin\ wkiktin^ fortf.mltcd •/ bis . md rcjjefionfor adherence to the Truth, fufft'cd many Man /).;. •/ I taj brcuibt through vithjHtCtrnpttante btint, UcJ\*\\ in the nay #/ tltLQUD $k )f*lkt wkitb was akm two Tears (mc> 20? The. I alt. Speech and Tettim«n*jy or overturn fuch a Confiitution, until they had nude the unfoundneft of it appear, and made ir appear wherein another wa3 better, and till they had been in cafe ^to fet up a better in the room thereof. So that theirfo doingwasnot a Walking according to the Will of GOD, but a Walking according to the Counfel of their own Wills, contrary to the Will of GOD, for the Satisfaction of their own bafe Lufls, and no ways {hewing themfelves to be ftudying either the Glory of GOD, or the Good of His People: So that thefe Covenants remain Binding to this Day, and I hope fhall be when they are gone whofo wickedly let them (elves againft them. As to the 6th. Article That Jwouldnot Anfwtr if it wm Lawful, yea or not, toObey Charles Stuart. It is only fi knee which no Reafon, nor Law can make Criminal. And as to my dif own- ing his Authority ( as they fay ) they had. only my filenceallb, which can never in Law take away a Man's Life. As t« my not a(T rring that the Death of the late King was Murthcr, I find that they would have every one faying and attefting what they fay, and afTert whether they know it to be foor not. I leave my Teftimony as a dying Man againft all fuch inplicite Walk-ng, and efpecialy I Tefbfie againft any laying hold inplicitly upon the bare afTertions or dictates of the Enemies of GOD. And as to the Prelaws Death Irauft declare as a Dying Man, that I think none can certainly judge that Action, if it was Murtherv, or not Murther. And who fees not whatthefe Enemies to GOD and His Son Chrift are riving at, when they would compel Men to afTert things only for their Pleafures, that no Humane Underltanding can judge of, themfelves who were the Actors only excepted. And now it- isnottour to all Perfons of any Capacity, and who will bnt ufe the Light of Nature, that there is no manner of Ju^t Sentence pift againft or put in Execution upon us} but that we are Munhered only for the Satif faction of Men whoareworfe than Heathens. And now this my Teftimony I Seal with my Blood, Dying ia the Faith of the Protectant Religion, Adhering to the Presbyterian Go- vernment of the Church of Scotland, and Witiufling againft every thing that tends to the hurt thereof ^ Exhorting every one who defires to be found of GOD in Love, to fettle and fix here. And let none fear to venture upon the Crofs of Chrift. For I can fay from Experience ( Glory be to Him for it ) that he has born the Crofs ard me both, or otherwife I could never have undergone it with fo fmall dificulty : And the great Reafon of many their fainting under the Crofs, is their laying fo little weight on Jefus Chrift, and fo much upon themfelves. And upon any bit of attainment they think themfelves to have. O let every one Study that Holy Art of Independency upon all things befidesH.m, and depend only upon Himfelf. And now I bid Farewell to the poor Remnant of the Church of Scotland, and I leave them to GOD and in His Good Hand. I bid Farewell to Friends and Acquaintances. I bid Of J 0 H N M A I N. aof bid farewell to my Mother, and commits her to GOD who only can .Provide for her, things neceffary both for Soul and Body. I bid fare- well to my two Sifters and Commits them to GOD, who can be in ftead of all things to them, andean foon make up the want of a Brother to them, which want! think may beeafily born as the Time now goes. Farewell^ Praying and Believing, Reading and Meditating. I bidfare- well to all Temporal things, Mercies and Crofles. Welcome Galiowi for the Intereftof my Sweet Lord. Welcome Heaven and everlaft- ing Glory* Welcome Spirits of Juft Men made Perfect. Welcome Angels. Welcome FATHER, SON and HOLY GHOST. Into whofe Hands 1 commie my Spirit JOHN MAIN. WITH this Martyr fufferred other four, jwjc John Richmond^ Archibald Stuait who lived in the Panfh of Ltfmahego, Jamet Ntnian Taylour in Glafgow , Jamet John/ton in North-CW^r, all very Zealous and judicious Chriltia.is: The Heidsof their Indictments arc all the fame with rhefeof this Martyr, and their Anfwers before their -Examinators have been very much to the fame Effect, all of them free- ly and fully owning the Covenant, ai-d avouching it before their Perfe- Cutors, and likewifc the Liwfulnefc of Defensive Arms , for maintaining the faithfully preached Gofpel, andablolutly denying the King's Ecclc fiislick Supremacy. Dtclining all ol them to anfwer to the impertinent -Queftions concerning the Biihop's Death, and that of King Charles i#. in regard they knew not the Circumftances of thefe Facts, nor could make a Judgment upon them, and found themfelves obliged in no Law, Divine or Humane , to give their Opinion about them , and yet upon this their prudent Silence, was their Sentence founded and execute with great Rage, having fcarce 48 Hours allowed 'em before their Exe- cution. As for the Heads of Truth, to which they leave their Teftimo- ny, andof Defection and Corruption, againft which they leave it, they are (o near the fame with thefe contained in the forgoing Speech, that it would be but fupeiflu'jus to repeat them Word for Word as they ftand. Only fome few Expreffions (hall be here infert out of them, to (how how chearfully they underwent their Sufferings : To which Pur; pofc thefe Words of John Richmond's are very rcmaikible, Scare not at the Croft of CHRIST ; for O tf ye knew what I have met withy fine c I came to Prijon'J what Lave !• what matchlejs Love from mv Jweet and lovely LORD , \e would long tobe with himy and would count %t nought to go through a Sea of Blood for him. To the fame Efl-ct, lee with what Jieavenly Delight and Complacency , that Stirpling Archibald Stuart a Youth of jp Years accofts a Violent Death, while h'e laith, Now this is thefweetelf and joyfullejt Day, that ever I had Jir.ce I wm bom. My Soul blcjfcth tht LORD, that ever he made choice cj me to fufftrjor his noble Caufe and Intcreft 1 Jhat ever he fet hit Love upon tht hkt of D d mt £10 The Ufi Speech and Teftimqg me , to give a faithful Tejtimony for his controverted Truths^ who 4>44 torn an Heir of Hell andfWrath\ But now be hath redeemed my Soul ■ through his preview Blood and Suffering fr.om the Power of Sin and Satan andhath made me overcome by the Blood of the immaculate Lamb of GOD. Ar»d thereafter, I die not by tonfiraint \ I am more willing to dit for mv lovely LORD CHRIST, and his Truths, than ever I was to live : And my Saul bleffeth the LORD, that ever he did accept of a Teftimo- hahhput into my Cup. ye,Wsjuld not be afraid of Suffering He hath paved the Croft all over with Love, a~ir>e? neither can I make Af&Uon of his Good* ri'lsl 01 'tis but little I can jpe.ik to the Commendation of my lovely LORD , and.his Crols, &c. 'Ai the fame Rate James Nnian /hiving bewailed his being fo long a Hearer of Curates, fubjoyns with a fyveet and raufhin.g Turn , I blefs the LORD , becaufe of his Goodnefs to me who ( notwithstanding of all my Comply ance with Enemies ) hath not left tne m that woful.Cafe , but hath brought me hither to witnefs for his oppo- fid , burdened and ruined Caufe and G-lorf: 0 ! I defire to blels him for it, and call in all the Creation to help me. 0 the wonderful Power, Riches and Goodnefs of the LORD ! Glory to his rich and excellent Name who hath dif covered to me the Need of a Redeemer, who will wafi me from my Sins% and make me pure andfpotlefs before his Throne in Heaven James John ft on \ among other heavenly Exprefijons ) hath thefe con- cerning his Lot of Suffering, For this 1 bl^fj^fhe LORD, for I could ne- ver have vevtured upon the Crofs, ejpecially upon Death it felf, unlefs that he had helped me to it. They died all with a forgiving Spirit, imU tating their LORD and Matter, and his holy Apoltles, in praying for Forgiven nefs to their Perfecuters, tho' with all afTuring them, that their Blood would be required at their Hands, if they did not repent for what they had done againft the Image of GOD in them. The I aft Tejlimony of Captain John P&ton, who Lived ip the Parifb of Fin nick, and Suffered at the Graff-Market of Edinburgh May $th> 1684. DEAR Friends and Spectators^ You are come here to look upoji rpe a Dying Man , and you need not expect that I fhall lay much, fori was never a great Orator or Eloquent of Tongue, tho* I may fay as much to the Commendation of GOD in CHRIST JJ15US, as ever a poor Sinner had to fay. I have been a great Sinner, a* Of CJPtJLV pHN PATOX. Sif as ever Livedo Strong Corruptions, Strung Lufts, Strong Paffio Strong Body of Death hxvt prevailed againit me\ Yea I have been . ot Sinners. I may fay on every back-Took of my way, tW the W cannot Chuge rue with any grofs Tranfgreffion this Day, for BlefstaeLO^D, O what Omiflions and Commilfions; what F and Hypocr/fie, that even my Duties have been my grief, and tea; thou a Hvlj GOD had made them my Dittays, and mayeft go : Jfify mil-improven Time may be heavie upon my Head, and caufc of Deferti. on, and efpecially my Supplicating the Council, who has, I think, laid their Snaresthe Clofier to take away my Life, tho' contrary to tneir own pruferTed Law. I defire to mourn for my giving Ear to the Couni FUfh and Blood, yvpen 1 mould have been Coniui;irj? Heaven, and to ft upon my feif, tho' it lays my Blood the civ fler to their Door, and I think the Blood oi niy Wife and Bairns.- I think their Supreme Magiftrate is nut Ignorant of many of their Actings, but thefe Prelates will not be found free when our GOD makes an Inquifition for Blood. And now lam come here, dcfiicd ot forae indeed, who third for* my Lite, tho1 by others notdwfired. 1 BieFs the Lord I am not come here as a Thief or Murtherer, and I am free of the Blood of all Men, but hate Biood flicd directly or inoirecYiy. And now lam a pcor^rnner, and ceuld never ment any thir:g but wrath, and have no Righteocfnefsof my own, all is JRSOb CHRlST's andHisalone, and 1 have laid Claim to His Rjghttuufneis a&d HisSuffcrings by Faith in JESUS CHRIST, through Imputation they aie mine \ for I have accepted of His Offer on HisownTen my felf to Him, to be at His aifpcf- al both Privatly ana Publickly many times ; and now I have put it upon ' Him toRatirle in Heaven „li (nail h.iveaflayed to do on Earth, and to do away all my Imperfections and Failings, and to ftay iu> Heart on Him.' And L leek Mercy (or all my Sins, and Believe to get all my Challenges and Sins funk in the Blood and Sufferings ot JESUS and His Ri^hteouf nefs, and that He fitalt Ice oi the Iravtl oj Hn Soul on me, a lathers Pleal'utc pall Piojper in Hn Hand, i Bieh the Loid that c He led me out to behold ai y pair <^t His Power in the Guipel, in K or Fields, oranyot His Actings for His People to their Straits. Tht LORD is with Hh People whi it they hi wit k Hint. Wermy fet Seal to this, and wh»le the> be uniic; An wer in Cementing of thm diitcmpered Age. It i> lad to (ee His People falling out by the Way, and ofluch afiry Spirit, that look to be at oi\t L ing aiNight, efpecially thefe who piofeU to keep by ouiGlor;ou>V Reformation and Solemn Engadgments to GOD, and to hold off tht Sins of theic Times. O hold off Extremities on both Hinds, o\v the Example of our Bleffed Lord and trie Clouu oftt ttntjjts, in the i ; of the Hebrews. And let your Way be the good Old Path, the Word of GOD and beft Times of the Church, for if it be not according to His 21 i The loft Sfeech d#d Teftmo#yT Word, it is becaufe there is no Truth in it. Now as to my Interro- gations, I was not clear to deny Pentland or BotheweL They asked me how long 1 was at them ? I faid Eight Days, and the Affize had no more to Sentence upon, for the Advocat (aid he would not Purfue for Tentlandy by Reafon of an Indemnity , before the Privy Council. The Council asked me if I acknowledged Authority? I faid, all Authority according to' the Word of GOD. They Charged me with many things asif I had been a Rebel fince the Year 1640, and at Montr oft* Tak, ing at Mauchllne Moor. LORD, Forgive them they know nut what they do.. I Adhere to the Sweet Scriptures of Truth of the Old and New Tefta* ment, and Preached Gofpcl by a Faithful lent Miniftery, whereby He many Times Communicated Himfelf to the Souls of His People, and to me in particular, both in the Kirk?, and fince on the Fields, and in ths private Meetings of His People fof Prayer and Supplication to Him. I Adhere to our Solemn Covenants National and Solemn League, Ac* knowledgment of Sins, and Engagment to Duties which became National. I Adhere to our Confeffion of Faith, Larger and Shorter Catechifme\ Caufes of Wrath) and to ali the 7 e si 'imonies given by His People former- ly, and of late,, either on Fields or Scaffolds, thefe Years bygone, in fo far as they are agreeable to His Word, and the Practice of our Wurthy Reformers,; and Holy pure Zeal, according to His Rule. I Adhere to all our Glorious Work of Reformation. Now I leave my Teftimony as a Dying Man againft the horrid Vfurpation of our Lord's Prof ogaciv 9 and Crown Right,! mean that Supremacy, Eftablifhed by Law in thtfe. - Lands -, which is a manifeft Ufurpation of His Crown, for He is given) by the Father to be Head to His Church. Col. 1. 18. And He u. the Head of the Body the Church, who is the Beginning, the fir ft Bern from the Dead\ that in all things He might have the Preheminency. For it F leafed the Father, that in Him all Fulnejs/bould Dwell \ . And again ft all Popery, Prelacy and Eraslianijm, and all that depends on that Hierarchy which is a Yoke that neither we nor our Fathers were able to bear, which the poor Remnant is groaning under this Day, by that 1 horrid Cruelty renting their Consciences by Tesls and Bonds-, taking* away their Subftanceand Livelyhoods by Fines and Illegal Exielionsr Plunderings and Quarterings, and compelling them to Sin. by hearing, Joyning and Complying with thefe Malicious Curates. Matt. 23. 13. Wo unto you Scribes and Pharifies, Te ftmt up the Kingdom of He av em againft: Men, and neither go in Tour f elves nor fuffer others* 1 leave my4 Teftimony againft the Indulgence firft and laft, for I ever looked on it? as a Snare, and fo I never looked upon them as a part of the Hopeful Remnant of our Church, and now it is fad to fee how tome of them have Joyned by their Deeds in the Perfection ©fthe poor Remnant, andalmoftall in Tongue Perfection. Of Caput* JOHN PATON.- 21 j Now I would fpeak a fhort word to two or three Sorts of Folk-, 6ut I think if one would rifc from the Dead, he would not beheard by this Generation, who are mad upon Idols and this World. Firft, Jhefe who have Joined deliberately with the Perjicutorsy in all their Robberies and hailing innocent -Souls to Prifon,. Death and Banifh- ment. The Lord will no: hold them Guiltlefs : They may read^yhat the Spirit of GOD hath- recorded of them in Jude nth, and downward, and Obadiah's Prophcfie. A Second Sort is thefe who feem to be more fober and knowings yet through timoroufne\s and fear have Joined with them in all their corrupt Cowfes for Eafe and their own things : do not think that thefc Fig leaves will Cuver you in the Cool ol theDay,it is a f Lzard to be mingled with the Heathen left we learn of thtm their way. O Sirs, be zealous and Repent \ feck Repentance from Chrift, he purchased it with hi* Blood \ and do your fir Ji works , if ever there was any Javing work on odls ', ft>r he will come quickly \ and who may abide the day of 'his- earning. O Sirs, the Noble Grace of Repentance grows not in cvQry Field •, Many could not get it, tho' they fought it carefully with Tears. O work while it is to day, the Night draweth on and ic rruy be very dark. The Third Sort is, Jhefe wht have been moft ten- der , and O who of us can lay, that we have out of Love to his Glo - ry fmgly followed him upon Examination we fear we find it not fo \ but that we have come far fhort. We fear We find not him fuch as we vrouH,nor he us fuch as he would. O we may fay , from the crewn oj the Head tothifole of thz Foot there p no place cleanM jne can cail a Stone at another*, we are all Wounds, Bruifes, and Lefilements, We mjft pu-t this work upon him who is the Foun ain to wall) f ;ul Souls who freaks not the bruifed reed, nor quenches ulu Smuak'wg Elax* Give him much ado, for we have much ado tor him. O that there were no reft in our Bones becaufeof our fin. It is the Fither's pleaiure, thit he liquid fee Itis Seed and the plea! ure of the Lord prof per in his hand O that he would make every one of us underftand our Errours and leek dfrer the good Old Path, followed in the molt pure Times of our Church and get in to our Lord Jefus Chrilt, by Faith in his Rightei uf ef>, by im- putation and Venue ol his Sufferings for Sinners, and keep by him. There is no Safety but at his Back •, and I befeech you improve IV it is precious when light impiuvcn, jar ye knew not when tie callethy at mid-night, or the Cook crowing. Dear Friends the V. the Day is great and calls (or mv,re nor ordinary. O be oft at the Throne, and give him no reft make fure your Souls iniereft. Sc don freely, and then he will come with Peace, feck a 1) | ool } g Spirit, the Grace of Love, the Grace of lidy I | Humility. C 1 but there is iv.uch need of this and rhe prom i fed Spirit. Now I defire toSalute you, dtar Friends in the Lord Je(u* Chlift. both Pri for.ed, Banilhed, Widow and Fathcrlef^oi wandering ind*cafi os 214 The Ldjl Speech andTeftimoty 6ut for CHRIST'S fake and the Gofpels, even the BleflSng of CHRISTY Sufferings be with yoa all, Strengthen, ftablifh, fupporc arid fettle you*, and the Bleftiigof him who was in the Bufh, which while it burnt, was not confumsd, and my poor blefiingbe with you all. Now as to my Perfecutors, I forgive all of them *, Inftigarors, Reproachers, Soldiers, Privy Council, Jufticiaries, Apprehenders, in what they hive done to me, but whit l\\ty hive done in defpite againfi: the Image of GOD'S Name in me, who am a poor thing without that, it is not mine to for- give them i but I wjfh they would feek forgivennefs of him who hath it to give, and would do no more wickedneT?. Now I leave my poor fympathizing Wife and fix fmall Children upon the Almighty Father, Son and Holv Ghoft, who hath promi fed to be a Father to the fat her- left, and a Husband to the Widow, the Widow and Orphans flay, be fhou all in all unto them, O LORD *, .Now the tfleffing of GOD, and my poor B'c (Ting be with them. And my Suit to Thee is, that Thou wouldtft give th.m Thy Salvation. And now farewel Wife and Chil- dren. Farewel all Friends and Relations. Farewel all Worldly En- joyments. Farewel fweet Scriptures, Preaching, Praying, Reading, Singing and ail Duties. And Welcome Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. I defire' to Commit my Soul to Thee in welldoing. LORD «ecciv* my Spirit. Sic fubfcribitur JOHNPATON. The laft Teftimony of. Jamps Nisbet, who lived in the Parifh of Laudon , and fuffered in GUfgow at the Hotvgate-Rttd, June yh 1684. NOW T am brought hither this Day , to lay down my Life for the Teftimony of JESUS CHRIST, and for averting him to be Head aid Kivg in his own Houfe* and tor no Matter of Fi£t, that they have againft me. Wherefore, Gear Friends, and all true Levers of ZfWsCaufe, if I could either Ipcak or write any tningto n.«e Praife and Commendation of my lovely LORD and Princely Matter, Jefus Chrid King and head over his own Church and People *, Altho the moil part of the men of this Generation is counting it Death to call him fo, yet I as a Dying Man, live and die in the faith of it, that he fhall appear to their Confufion, and for his own Glory now trampled upon , and \ying fa low *, for he his faid in Ifa. 42. 8 lam the LORD, that is my Name^ and my Glorx I will not give to another. &c. Now 1 am to lay down my Life, and indeed! do it willingly, and not by Conftrainf, and I bids Him, that ever he carved out my Lot fuch , as to be a Sufferer for him^ whoamfucha poor unworthy thing: For if I would have acknow- ledged a mortal Man to be jupreme , I might have redeemed my Life , p Of JAMES NISBET. 215 vSsl. C.S. tobefupreme over allCaufes Civil and Ecclefiaftick^ as they have now fet him up , which belongs to no mortal Man upon Eirth, and to have prayed for him. And fhjll I pray for that Man, in hisPer- fon and Government, who hath brc ken down the Work of the LORD, and h4A laid wade the Sat. cluary esofMen, who are thirfting/or my Blood. tirUy 1 adhere and fwj ly fets to my Tclliuiony to the Covenant of Redemption , betwixt the thcr ±\6 The Uft Speech U^ Law», and fa lifted themtelvesin the Room of JESUS CHRIST, which belongs to no Mortal Man upon Earth and much leis to him who is an Uiurpcr in Tyrant, I mean CharlesStuirt. And here I, Ma dying Witncfs, lei\c tay Teftimony againft that Monftrous Beaft, for our Saviour calls /L a Fox, 3r:1 \ ys, Go teH that Fox^ I work to Day and to AUrrow, a*d tht Jhird Da) J fhall be Pirfetled* 3/y, And mainly my Entente 2fco The Uft Speech and Tejlimony thus, I difowned their Authority : For fince they had Rejected the Covenant, I was the more clear to difown them to be my Judges, or- Governours oyer the Land *, and they aiTerted it Treasonable, becaufe I (aid none of the People of GOD would fay otherwife. And in plain Terms and Direct Words, I deny them to have any Power to Rule either in Civil or Ecclefiaftick Matters. Alfo thefe avowed Enemies who are thirfti'ng (or my Blood, Charged me with going up and down the Country Plundering and Murthering, and To by their Law made lyable to Punifhment, even to the lofs 0/ my Life \ but I declare, who am within a little to appear before the Righteous Judge, that I never intended to wrong any Man. And fo it's evident they take away my Life upon the account of Adhering to Truth, andlBiefs the LORD that ever He gave me a Life to lay down for Him, and that ever He counted me worthie to lay down my Life for His Perfecuted Truth. O matchlefs Free Grace that is making Choife of the like of me, and poo* weak things to confound the Strong, and the poor foolifh things to confound the Wife. Now there are three forts of Folk that I would fpeak a Word to. The Fir ft ii thefe, that have begun in the Way of the LORD, and feemingjy have gone a good length, and when the Storm of Perfecution arofe, for fear o£ the rough Sea of Trouble, have drawn back. O mind that Word in the 10. of the Heb. 38. V. But if any Man drawback my Soul J/J all have no Phafure in him. And Rom. 8. 35. Whojbailjepa- rate Hi from the Love cf CHRIST f fiall Tribulation or Difirefs, or Per- f&cution, or Famine, or Nakednefs, or Ferilr or Sword &c. And many teoe Places of Scripture. A zd. Sort are thefe . who are going on in Re- bellion againft GOD openly and avowedly ^ as ye may fee in ihs id. Tfalm, Why do the Heathen %#$f and thtPeople imagine a vaintthing ? he thatfttteth in Heaven f) all Laugh « tbt LORDfoall have them in derlfion, thin Jh all He fpeak unto thsm in His tt rat* and vex them in His J ore Difz pleafure. O poor Scotland, that once Married away to the LORD and now has provocked Him to depart and leave it, and give a BilJ of Di« vorcement as it were 1 O Scotland has finned dreadfully, wkat by Co- venant Breaking, Blood-fhed, Lying and Swearing. Now a 3^ fort are thefe who denre to keep their Garments clean, and undefiled with the abounding Sins of this Generation. Go on in the Way of the LORD and fear not what Man.catt do , for He has faid, Fear net them that Kill the Bodytand after that can do no more', hut Fear Him which after He hath KiUed the Body^hsth Power to caft into HeU&c. \ can fetto my Seal to it that Chrift is a Good Matter, and well worthy the Suffering "for. And now I can freely and Heartily forgive all Men what they have done tome, as I defcre ta be Forgiven of my Father which is in Heaven j but what they have done againft a Holy GOD and His Image in me, that is not mine to Forgive thim, but 1 leave that to Him todifpofeloa as He tees Of ARTHVR TAK.LT. an' fees tit, and as He njay mod Gloirifie Hrntfetf'. Now lam to tike my Leave of all Created Comforts here j and I bid Farewell to the fweet Scriptures *, Farewell Reading and Praying. Farewell .Sinning and Suf- fering. Farewell Sighing and Sorrowing, Mourning and Weeping. And Farewell all Chriftian Friends and il Farewell Brethren and Sifters* and all things in Time. And Welcome Father, Son and Holy Ghoft, Welcome Heaven and evejlatfang J .y and Praife, and In- rumerable Company of Angels and Spirits of Juft Men made Perfect, Now into thy Hand I Commit my Spirit, for it is Thine. Sic Suhftribitur. JAMES NISEJ. This Martyr was fo Inhumanly Treated, and conllantly Watched, th it it was with much difficulty he got any thing Written, and that only now a Line and then a Line, and hence fome few Repetitions which were in the Manulcript are left out. Which is hoped wiii belyable to no Sfifinterpretation. The Lift Testimony of Arthur Taker Taylor in Hamiltoun, who Suffered in the Grafs-Ma rkc t ofEiin. Aug ift. i8| . BEing appointed to Die in the Grafs-Market, \ thought it was a Duty lying upon my Confcience before the Lor J, to Ieav$ this (hort word of Teftimany behind me, in teftific.ition of my c Adherence to all thefe controverted Truths, as they are all agree and conform to the written Word of GOD. And now 1 defire bleis his Name with my whole Heart and Soul for this, : -he made choice of the like of fne, fuch a poor, weak, Lcklefs, infignincant thing as I an, in counting me worthy to fuller for his Noble Cauie, and controverted Truths, his N^me, Intereft, and Covenant, now con- troverted and brought in Debue by this GODdai ing and GOD contemning, Adulterous and Bloody Generation,wheicin my Lot is fallen. And this I can (ay, that throw hisGuc fatistied and heartily content with my Lut, that OOD in his lnn.nte Wifdom has (een fit to c^rve out unto me} And throw bis well helped to great Quietnefs, Calmnefs and Serenity of Min the LORD, and a Holy Submiiiion to what is his Will t ne in tLii'i That if every Hair of my Head, and every drop were a Life, 1 would willingly lay them down for my lovely 1 Matter Jel'us Cbritt : Some wili poltibly f.iy, that tb and fo cannot be believed by them, notwithstanding of all this, out whether it be believed or not, it is true •, for 1 am not dvin ftraintand unwillingnefs •, Fur, this I dare fay in his light (my ( fcience bearing me witnefs ) that I am a ThOtt&ud Times more willing to i*fc TbtUll Speech and. Testimony \ to die this Day, for my lovely Lord and Maftef's Noble Caufe, andcoR- trovcrted Truths, then ever I was to live. And the Truths of GOD that are fo much controverted, arebecome more precious and clearer unto me at Death, than ever they were heretofore in my Life \ As David fays Pfal. 23. v. 4. Though I walkthrough the Vallei and Jhadow ef Deaths 1 mil f tar no c.vtly for thou art With me, thy Rod and thy ftaffe do comfort me. This 1 have been nude really fenfible of, by my Experience, in all that I have met with, that the Crofs of Chrift has been < 2U paved over with Love, that it has been made to become like unto a 8ed of Rofes unto me *, And all that ever I have met with, ruft and laft has been nude 2 II fweet and cafie unto me, and no Trouble in the leak, and that -he h.a been a loving and a kind LORD unco me, and he has J been as gooa as his Word j this lean fay to his Commendation, and to the Commendation of the Crofs of Chriir, that he has born always the heavy end of the Crofs htmferf, that to me it was no Trouble in the leaft. O Prate, praife to the Riches of his free Grace, for his maichkte and unexpiunUe Lore that 1 have met with lioce 1 was brought to Pri- fon, and when I was foreft put at, and Threatned with Torture by thefe pruel Bloody Tyrants, the -more of his Love and Kindrccfs I did meet v?ith. This 1 haxe been made really fenfible of when I was hardeft dealc witb, as David fays in that 28 F\aL v. 6. 4 Bieffed be the Lord be- * caufe he hath beard the Voice of my Supplication, v. 7. The Lord * is my ftrength and fhkld my Heart trufted in him and i am helped j f therefore my Heart greatly rejoicethj Fori have been well helped and owned of the Lord,and that in a very fingular manner, that his prefenee lias made my Soul to fing and rejoice throw the greareft of D>f5cultks *ndTryals that ever I wastry lied with •, And this ib a fweet Pi cmife and JHoblt Encouragement for me in that 41. Ifa. v. 10. l Fear thou nor, * for I am with thee,be not difmayed for I am thy God,/ will ftrengthen * thee, yea, I win help thee, yea, I will uphold thee with the Right f HandofmyRighteoufnefs. v. 11. Behold all they that are incenfed c againft thee fhall be afhamed and confounded, they ftail be as nothing, * and they that drive with thee fhall perifh. v. 12. Thou fhslt fetlc * them and Jhalt not find them, even them that contended with thee, * and they that war again ft thee fhall teas nothing, and as a thing of 4 nought. For the Lord thy God will hold thy Right Hand, faying f unto thee, fear noi J will help thee* Which has been well made out* unto me in all things that I have met with *, for fmce 1 was brow^t to 3 Prifon I have been well helped of the Lord, that the ftar cf Hell, Deadi and the Grave, and the fcar ci ail things is taken away fully from me that 1 am not afraid to venture upon a Gibbet for my lovely Lord and ' Rafter's Noble Caufe, and for his Controverted Truths j And this I am really perfuari^dof, that the Truth of God was never fo much contro- verted 3ti now. But I im Uic or it, that the Truths of GOD, when they Of JRTHVR 1AK.ET. u ssj they are mod controverted, ought to be mod zealoafly ©wned by has People, I may well acquiefce and afFent unto P fa /. 73. v. 23. c Never- * thelefs I am continually with thee, thou haft holdcn me by thy right ' Hand, Thou (halt guide me with thy cotuifd and afterwards receive * me toGlory.' Whoa have I. in Heaven but thee? and there is none c apon the Earth that I defire befidts thee. This I dare i^y in his fifihr, ( my Conscience bearing me witnefs ) that there is nothing in Heaven or in Earth fo deftrable unto my Scul as prtcious Gfariit j for I an) confident and pcrfuaded that this is his Language to mec * Arifc ami 1 depart, for this is not your reft, becaufe it is polluted,, as Paul fays, 1 2 Cor. 1. 13. For w© know if this Earthly li'ufe of this Tabernacle c were Diflblvrd , we have a build;og not made with bands, &c. And as Paul fays j Or, 15. 50 Njwthis I [ay Brethren^, that Fljb and Blood cannot Inherit the Kingdom ot COD, neither doth Corruption Inherit Incorrupt ion. \ can clearly f3y by m> Experience, that through Jefus Chrift whom J- defire to take for ray King, Piiell and Prophet, and my only Lord and Law giver 7 I have been ai\dt more than aCen- fjtercur over Death, Hill and the Grave and all th>v&s in thu Life, Now, to come to (how you tlif only Hta<] that my Sentence of Death is foun- ded upon by Men; Ti& mainly Forbeingin Arms at Bothxvel', which wis meerly in defence of our felves and in defence of the Gofpel *:hed, and-fhnding to the Dw fence of the Covenant of God, whicfi the whole of the Laud was Solemnly sworn and Engaged to, with Hands lifted up to themoft High GOD, and lo Bound to (land to the Defence thereof:.' For which 1 anv unjuftly Sentenced to Death by Men, of which Sentence lam not aftumed this Day, but counts it my only Glory, Honour and Dignity , whilft he patted by (uch tall Cedars, whicn is a matter of wonder and admiration tome. But as He has faid in His Word, In nothing bete terrified byTour Adversaries^ which it to tletn an evident Token of PerditUn *, but to Tju of Salvation^ and that of COD \ fur it psr.Jt only givenTou to Believe but aijo to Suf- fer for His fake *, fo Suffering is a C'ifty not given to everyone •, And 1 de- fire to Blefs His Name with my whole Heart and Soul, that He has counted (uch a poor thing as 1 am worthy of the Gift ofSuffering. Now, this is to let you all know, worthy and dear Chiiftian Friends, that arcdefiring to keep the Way of the LORD, that there was not one Word of all they interrogate me upon, in the Sentence of Death, that thele bloody Tyrant* paft againft me : But only for being in Arms at Bothwcl Bridge. And let none think, That 1 am Sentenced to Death, upon that Head ( that 1 was fo cruelly threatened with Torture by thefc bloody Tyrantsior,) which was, For bein^ at the BUuzkUch, ani bc- caufe 1 would not declare who was the Minifter , and what Perfons i knew :. And although Men have by a prrmiflive and limited Power, •afTcd a Sentence oi Death agajnft rue, to take away ray natural Lite, Ifcis 224 The Loft Speech andTeJlimcnj this I know, and am perfwaded of, thit there is a Judge above, who has pa/fed a Sentence of Life in Heaven unto my Soul this Day, which never be recalled, or ran verfed again, which is my only Encourage- merit* and this he haspromifed to as many as believe in Hun , to give them Everlasting Life. The/ethat puffer with him, jkafyeign with him, and thefe that be dead with krm,jhatt live with him alfo, a? Paul fays in Bom. lb. 9. Ifthoufljalt tct/fefr with thy Mouth the LORD JE5VS, and fi)*H believe in thy Heart, that GOD hath raifed him frrm the dead, thou /bait be faved. inV. For with the Heart Alan believeth unta Rig'h- teoupnepr, and with the Mouth Confeffion is made unto Salvation. For the Scripture faith, Whosoever believeth orh him flail not be a/hamed; which is my only Comfort, and a noble fweet Encouragement for me, and this he haspromifed \nh\sWovd,That he flail feed his flock like a Shep- herd , he p) all gather the Lambs in his Arms, and carry them in his Bofcm, and fl) all gently lead there that are with Toung I have found by my Ex- perience , that the LORD my GOD has fvveetly and gently kd me through the greateft of Z)Hficulties , that 1 have been tryfted vviih, fince he made Choice of me to fuffer for his Noble Caufe : O if ye knew what of his Love I have met with, and what fweet Ingredients of the LORD'S matchlefs Love has been intermixed and put in my Cup, ye would not be affraid to vent«re upon the fweet Crofs of CHRIST , which lias been made fweet and eafie unto me. Becavpe the Heads of Truth he gives hisTeftimony to, and the Defetfi. ons he witneffeth againjl are much the fame with the Preceeding Testimonies Therefore to avoid all impertinent Repitition, they are omitted- He is ■both full and accurate, paffing bv nothing of the Heads of Sin and Duty, which at that time were controverted : Particularly ( which hath not been met with in any of the former) He %ives his hearty Tefkimony to that faith- ful and called Minisler of JESVS jCHRIST, Mr. -James Renwick : For his holding up the fallen down Banner of our LORD, and jeopar- ding his Life in the open Fields *7 altho' lome arepleafed to fiy, that he is not lawfully -called and ordained to the Miniftry, but that he wa< admitted by the Eraftian Miniftersof Holland, fuch as Cocceiant and Labadeans \ but it is faithfully w'itnefTed . that he was admitted with- out thena, and by the.pureft of the Miniftersof the Church of Holland, according to the Church of Scotland's Difcipline and Government •, Cc venants and Confeffion of Faith : And he dies with a Spirit of Meek ?jefs , declaring, That he forgives his Enemies all the Wrongs they ha< done him, perfonally confidered , tho' witnefling againfl the Indigni- ties, which they had done to Chrift, and him as a Member of that Bodyj whereof CHRIST is the Head. And whereas he w*t branded with dip owning Magiftrates, he declares before GOD and t he World, That he owm and aflbwes of all Magiftrates, Superior or Inferior, as they are conform to the written Word of GOD, and our Solemn Covenants, and as they i.rea Terror toevii Doers and a Praife to them that do well. The Of THOMAS ROBERTSON. 225 __ i 1 ^_ The laft -Speech and Teftimony of Thomas Robert fon ^ who lived at Newcastle, and was put in PrKon there for refafing the Oath of d/Iegiance, and having made his Efcape thence to Edinburgh, was taken at a publick Search there, November 29, 1684, and fuffered at the Gallowlee the yth Day of December thereafter. NOW, dear Friends, Time feems to me to be but ftiort, O now welcome longETERNITY I It is, and has been the Butt of my Defire, this confiderable Time, to eye GOD's Glory > and I preferred it to my own Soul's Salvation *, yet when I heard my 'Inditt- tncnty it had a ftrange Effect upon me *, and altho' Death hath fometime$ been my Defire, for the Caufe of CHRIST:, yet it feemed not a little , terrible unto me, and that for the Space of 6 or 7 Hours1*, fo that fo me times it had fuch a Prevalency, that I was affraid I (hould have turned back*, and I was Co put to it , that I had nothing to hold by buj former Purpofes and Determinations *, and from the Confideratfon of CHRIST $ Faithfulnefs, I grapled like a Man more than half drowned : At lift -I got hold, a fmall hold of him, whom I could not fee.* And that fmall Grip which I got, through his Mercy, I kept until I got more : So that now he has difcovered himfelf unto me, and he was pleafl ftay and make with me a new Contract *, fo that now through h I am refolvedtfof to let him go, IcttheCoft be what it will. Wow my Freinds, I fay not this, for the Difcouragementofany that is beginning to follow Chrift, or any that's already begun *, only 1 do it, as a War- ning : I would fain have poor Things , to make fure Work, and to get fare hold of him *, for altho' he (eems to cover himfelf , and that when poor Things think they {land in mod Need, yet he will return untu them, in his own appointed Time, and that for the greater Advantage of them that are thus tryfted. O for Hearts to love Him ! It hath been my great Trouble , that I could never love him much, nor fall upon the right way of worshipping him. O to have my SjuI (oundly knit to him \ O for Strength/O for Strength to be carried ftreight and cleanly through, |o that I may lofe neither Hair nor Hoof of the Truths of CHRIST .' In fo far, as I amable to underftand , it hath been my j;reat Care always to know what W*> Sin, and what was Duty, I think I have not been out of my Duty, info doing: And I think it is the Duty of all Peifons to be I concerned in that Matter*, for how can Perfons know, how to avoid the one, and cleave to the other, except they diftiu^uifh betwixt the I 'Now I fhall fay no more to that, but only , O that Folk would make it a preat Part of their Work , to diftinguifh betwixt the fwo. 6 F f Now 226 The Lajt Speech and Tejlimny Now, 1 adhere to the Covenant of Redemption betwixt the Father and the Son before the foundation of the World for Redemption of poor things, that he has chofen out of the World. O for Love to him / O Aox Love to him 1 O now to be with him \ that I may experience the benefice of that Covenant which coft him his precious Blood ! And now feeing he is calling me to give a Teftimony, I think if every Hair of Eiy Head were a Man, it is all too little to lay down For him . O for Love tb this Notre fuch Jefus Chrift. 2dly, I adhere and leave my Tef- timony to the Word efGOprlkz Scriptures of the Old and New Te ftament by which I mull; be judged*, for if we take any other way,we will be Cure to go wrong, for the Spirit ofGOD witneffeth with our Spirits, that the Word of GOD is the only Rule, by which we ought to walk. ^dly, /leave my Teftimony to the Work of Reformation once Glorious in our Land*, altho' alas now defaced, and the Hedge and Government of Chrifts Houfc broken down *, and the Kingly Office of Chrift ufur: ped, by a cruel and Blood thirfty Man, towhomlcould wifh Repen- tance, if it were the will of GOD*, and to all that afTcciate and join with him j but alas ! I think it is hid from their Eyes. Now 1 leave my Teftimony to the National and Solemn League and Covenant, Ccnfejfion if Faith, Larger and Shorter Catefhifmr, Sum of faving Knowledge*, and the feveral parts of Reformation to this day of my Death : Alfo 1 leave niy Teftimony, to all the faithful Amhagadors and \ent Servants of Jefus Cfcrift, and to the Preached Gofpel it felf, to Mr. Donald Car- gil that worthy Servant of Jefus Chrift who kept up the Standart and Banner of Jefus Chrift, when the reft fled from him and the LORD'S Standart. Alfo I leave my Teftimony to Mr. James Renwick, as a faithful and Lawfully Ordained and Called Servant of Jefus Chrifr. And I leave ray Teftimony to all the Teftimonies of the faithful Mar- tyrs and Witneftes of Jefus Chrift, that have laid down their Lives for the Caufe of Chrift, and are Biniihed to Forreign Lands for the Name of Chrift, and his moft Noble Caufe. And alfo I difown, difdain* aod witnefs againft all this evil and Adulterous Generation, a Generation of Revolters, backftiders and evil doers, that will meet with fevere punifhment, great Wrath and Judgments, and Etetnal Death bef?des,* except they Repent. And now in a fpecial manner, being convinced ©f my fin and tolly in adhering to Prelacy, and fpending the moft part of my Time in hearing of Curates, and thereby approving of them and ' their Corruptions and corrupt Doctrines, notwithstanding that 1 came- always away from hearing tfrem with more hardnefs of Heart, than* when 1 went to hear them*, but a laft I began toconfider that Matters* were not right with me in this cafe and hearing that there was a peo- ple in the phce, that were hearers of Presbyterian Minifters, but not: feeing acquainted with them, I knew not what to do to be acquainted-, . However, 1 prefumed to tell my caie to one of them, who took me to the Of JAMES NICOL. 227 the place where I heard a Presbyterian Minijter Preach *, which left 2 Convi&io; upon my Confidence of my former Courfes. and that I was out of the way of the LORD for Salvation and Eternal Life \ after which Time I went no more back to follow them, that are in di reel: Oppofition to the way ot the LORD, our Covenants, and work of Reformation •, and by degrees came to fee clearly, that the Minifters that were raoft even down for GOD, and againft the Defections and abominations of the Time, and this Adulterous Generation, were onljr they that tbe Lord honoured with the revealing of his Secrets to and his Mind concerning the Duty of the Day. As Mr, Donald Cargil and thefe that were faithful to the Death, and Sealed the Caufc with their Blood. And O how did I love and long to be a Witnefs for him, both againft my own former ways, and the ways of that abominable Prelacyt which now I hate, and to get leave to lay down my Life for Chrift and his precious Truths ! And now he has granted me my Hearts de- fire, and I Seal this with my Blood that this is the way of GOD, and his Truth, which I now lay down ray Life for. Not having Time, I fhall fay no more,but leaves my Wife to the good Guiding of the Lord and commends him and his way for her to follow, and my Love to her and all my Dear Friends in Newcastle. Farewel, farcwel in our bleffed LORD JESUS. And welcome LORD JESUS for whom I fuffer, and whofe Love I long to have in PorTeflion. Welcome Heaven and Holy Angels, and the Spirits of Juft Men made perfect, thro' the Blood of the Lamb. Welcome Father, Son, and Holy Ghofh, into whofe Hands 1 commit my Spirit. Sic fubferibitur THOMAS ROBERTSON, Tbe Teftimony of James Nicol Merchant , Burges of Peebles, who Suffered at ffoGraff- market of Edinb. Aug. 27, 1684. His Interrogations before the Privj Council Auguft 18. FIRSTj I was Interrogate by two in a Room privatly thus. Queftton^ Was you at Bothwel Bridge} A. I am not bound to be my own Accufer \ I am not ( faid one of them ) todefirey^u, but only fay upon your Honeft word, that you were not there. A. I am not Bound to fatisfy you, but Prove what you have to fay againft me, and especially you, till I come before my Accufers. Well, faid he, 1 am one ofthem. Then /Anfwered, I was there. Q^ How came you to rife in Arms againft the King? A. Becaufe he has broken the Covenant of the Lord my God. Q^ Was the Prelate's Death Murther > A. No. it was not Murther. y. Was Hackslottn's Death Murther ? A. That it was indeed, g. How dare you own the Covenant, feine thcKing gave Orders to burn it by the Hand of the Hangman .' A. Yes, I dare F f 2 own 225 lhe lAjt Speech arid lejtmonj ownj for altho' ye fhoukl efcape the hand of Men for fo doing, yet yr fliall all pay -for- it, ere all be done, and that to purpofe : As for me i Would not do it Tor the whole Earth. Then I was Interrogate by other two, who asked Come frivolou^Queftions which I baffled to filence. Then I was brought in before the Bloody Crew. What now, Sir, faid they, do ye own the King's Authority ? A; I own all things that the Precious Word of Godowns in lefs'or more, and all Faithful Magiftrates. . Q. But do you not own King Cb tries alfo? A. I dare not for a world, - btcaufe it is Perjury, for he has unking'd himfelf in a high degree, and that in doing all things contrary to the Word of God and Contdlion oi Faith, and Catechifms Larger and Shorter. Q. Know ye t© whom ye are Speaking.' A. I know I am- before Men. But ( faid one of them ) ye arefpeaking to the Chancellcurwd Members of Council ', Sir. But,. laid I v I have told you already that he has unking'd himfelf, and fo have you degraded your fclves from being Princes. C?. If the King were here what would you fay, Sir? A. I know how I ought to (peak to • the King,. if he were King. S*>, is ordinarily faid ro him, and iotolec you know that I am no Quaker or Erroneous in any thing, but a pure Presbyterian, and of a Gofpe', Apoftolick Spirit, I call you Sirs, becauie ye are- Noble Htien by Birth, but not becaufe ye are my Judges Q. Will * ye not fay GodBkfs the King's Majefty/ A, I dare not Bleis them ■ whom God hath rejected:,. c If any Man bring another Dcclrinethen * ye^have received bid him not, Godfpeed, nor receive him into your c- Houfe* 2. John 10. And Pf alms 16. Near the beginning, fays David, * Their Drink Offerings will I not Offer, nor Uke up their very names • c in my Lips, viz... them that haften after other Gads, and therefore * I dare not Pray for him. Q. And will ye not Pray for him? A. /f he Wongs to the Election of Grace, he has a part of my PrayeTs\ and alfo if-he.were a Kingthat had keeped Covenant wi:h God I would give. hsm a double fh are, and make mention of his name', but he-is -an A} o- fhte.; ( So, my Friends, they looked ftill one to another at every Qaeftion and Anfwer ( Q. how Old are you, Sir, A. I ani-51. Years.' QHow dare you own the Covenants feing we have burnt it by the hand of the Hangman. A. Sir, I dare own them upon a!) Perrils what- fomever to the u mod of my Power, all the Days of my Life, 'And* with that they Smiled and Laughed one to another and tome, and faid my Days were near an end j 1 faid I am now in your Power, but If ye take my Blood, ye fhall take Innocent Blood upon your felves, as in Jen 26. As for me, J am in your Hands do to me atjeems good and meet un- to you but know for a certainty that if ye put me to Death ye foall bring Innocent Blood upon your ielves, and on this City, and the Inbahitants thereof. And as for me , if ye take my Biood , it's as /nnocent Blood as ever ye did fake ^ for I did never wrong any Man to this Day. . Q* Do.yo»£o to the Church ? AA went ay to the Church, where Of JAMES- XICUI. J. could get any faithful Minifter tc your Prelates Kir>.?'. and Bill's Priefls, I never heard any of them, nor never intends to doy if I were to live an hundred Years : But ( fa i d they ) Ye fhall not live long now, Sir.' How do ye prove by Scripture what you fay againft Prelates/ A. By rrursy Scripture?, The Kings of the Gentiles txerciie Lord/hip over them, and they J hat exefcile Aui hot ity upon them, are c . Bencf+ttors ; but it JhaU not be \o among ycu t that is gnat eft a, Jhall be Servant of all •, not like your Glutton, Ep:curean, Belly* - who are riding in Coaches in gre : But :;.ey Id not Puffer me to (peak more, not1 cite moe Places, but aslud i. ral Qjefribns, which I have not good Memory of; only 1 d [ faid, concerning the Tyrant, He was brought home by Mr. Liz iton and others, and put in a Nobler E/late than any King in the w' World , Crowned a Covenanted K i the Eternal GOD, to be for Him') and to carry on his Wurk and Caufea he and all the People ; \\ if he had continued in, he would JNve-beeti the ^reatcft Kirg in all Lands and Nations in the World, and would have been a Terror to all ihs -Kings in Europe, but now he hath made#himTel( bafc, and a Reproach to all the Nations, fohaveall you*, and another Reafon, why I d oA'n him nor you either- is, becaufe he and you h :d Chriit ■His Crown, altho' it be not in your Powers to co it. They b me way to the Iron Houfe, and put on the Irons on me, which they on both my Hands, that I could writ none that Day, till I got a Mean to* put them off the one Hand. Then on Tuefday they called me before them again , being the :< Day of this inftanr. (X What fry ye the Day , do you adhere ye faid Yefterday ? A'. 1 adhere to all and hail upon all Perrils fnv.e er, Q. Do ye approve of Btthxbit Btidgt ? A. Yes, I do. £'. Do you go to the Kirk at Peebles ? A. No , nor never intends : there, nor no Place elfe, which pertains to the perjured Prelates. Do you own the Covenants ? A. I adhere to every Point of the becaufe they are in ftiort an 0bli0at'on to the whole Sum of the j( tures, as trie Sum of the I. r.v is to love the LORD our GOV mi. Soul, Jnd Heart, and Afihd, and with ' • Strength, *nd our hour m our felva : So it is the whole Duty, which of me and all Men. O. And how do you rtjeft the Scripture commands you to obey him ? *A. Becaufe the Sermon, and the Coronation it fclf dues ope:ily declare, That the makes i King, and not the King a People, and that he was rece home, and crowned for no other thing nor End, but to maintain i clt to the utmoft of his Power*, and no lot than he did own that \* hercf -re h« ly loofed from him, as (bon as he plaid his b nu bv the Hand, and mur4«ring a Piiiwe and a Prophet, i A>. £j© Tfje loft Speech And Teftimony. Argyley who fet the Crown upon his Head , and Mr. Guthrie, who war * Godly Reforraerin oar Land : Next I (aid, What thought they of Mr. Douglas^ who preached, and gave him all his Inductions at Scoon ? They faid tome, He fhould have been hanged for his Pains: But I faid t GOD would be about with them all for rejecting the Word of the Lord inthefe Directions. Q^ How do ye difown him, feing the moft Part, both of Minifters and [Profeflbrs do pray for him ? A. Becaufe the Gc treral AJfembly at the Weft-Kirk difowned him altogether , til] he made a Declaration of Humiliation for his own Sins, and his Father's } and the Parliament being then fitting at Edinburgh^ did ratifie the Aflembly's Act, and difowned him till he fhould do that, which accordingly he did , and fo we are loofed freely. Q^ Do ye own Airs-Mojs^ Sanquhair% JRutherglen and Lanerk Declaraticns ? A. Yes, I do v becaufe they are agreeable to the Covenants, and Work of Reformation. And many moe Queftions they asked, which { cannot now particularly remember, but I told them in general, That I was againft Popery , Prelacy Malig* nancy and Prophanity, and all that is againft found Doctrine, Difcipline, Werfhip and Government *, and all Errors whatfomever, which are con- trary to found Presbyterian Doctrine, be what they wilJj for there is none other right , but erronious •, how fair a Face foever they have , which fh-afl be found not agreeable to the Apoftles Doctrine. And then they read fome thing of what I had faid, and queftioned if I would fub- fcribe what I had faid. I anf. No. Q. Can ye write? A. Yes, I can write. Then do it, faid they : But I faid, 1 would not do it at aU* Now, my Friends, I fay thefe are a part of my Interrogations. Again I was brought before the Jufticiary fas they call themfelves) on the \6tlo of this inftant , and interrogate thus : Q^ What now, Sir, what think ye of your fel/ the Day f A. I praife my GOD, I am the fame I was. £K What think ye of what ye faid Yefterday before the Chancellor and the Council ? A. I hold ail, and decline nothing ^ no not one Ace. Q. Were ye at Bothwel Bridge ? A. Yes, that I was. O. Had ye Arms ? A. Yes, that I had. One of them faid, GOD help you : And I faid, I wote not if ye can pray for your felf : But faid he, I wifh you better nor ye do your felf : But I faid, No ^ for ye would have me dif- own my great LORD, the Kirg of Zion , and obey Men, yea, bafe Men , whofe Breath is in their Noftriles, who give out Laws and Com- mands contrary to his. Q^ How dare ye rife in Arms againft the King ?' A. It is better to obey GOD than Man^ and he is an Enemy to GOD. Ql Would ye rife yet in Arms for the Covenants againft the King's Laws, if* ye had the Occafion ? A. Yes, that I would, fay the contrary who will jiponall Peril. Q. What think ye of your felf in fpoiling the Country of Horfeand Arms, Sir ? A. Sir, I had not the worth of a Spur Whang of any Man's, but was mounted of Horfe and Arms of my own. Q Where have ye been all this Time f A. Sometimes here and there, in England X Of JAMES NICOL. uj England and Scotland. Q. Whom have ye converfed wit» / ^f. 1 was about my Bufinefs , being a Merchant. They faid ye have been about another Bufineft j for ye are found to be a Fugitive and a J'tgabmnd. A, ! have betn a Merchant from my Youth. Q. But where had ye your Chamber in this Town ? ^. I had none thefe feveral Years. Q. Where quarter ye in this Town ? A. I have not been much in it thefe 7 or 8 Years: A But where was ye the Night,and the lad Night before the Execution? *A. I was not in Town , I came but in at the Port juft when the firft was caft over. Then they looked one to another, and whifpered together : But they would fain have had me wronging my Landlords in all the Parts of the Country , and in all Burghs •, butGlorytomy LORD, I have wronged none yet, nor yec hopes to do \ for it was ay my Care, and Prayer to GOD earn eft ly , that I might wrong no Man, and that I had rather luffer before any were wronged by me, which he has keeped me from to this Day : Then they read what I had (ail Q. Will ye fubferibe what ye have faid. A. No, no. Q. Can ye write, Sir } A. Yes, that 1 can. Well, faid they, write down, That he can, but will not. They told me 5 or 6 Times, that my Time fhould not belong , and faid to me, Will ye have a Mi nifter / A. I will have none of your Baal's Fries! s\ if I could havt* gotten leave, 1 fhould have made them abominable to them, andaJfoat every Queftion I would have made them afhamed. After Relating the Occafion of his being, Apprehended, which was thu?, . he having feen three of hisdearChriftianBrethrenCondemned before the Justiciary, at 10 in the Forenoon & going to theWcftport to take Hone, was obliged to itay till his Saddle was mended, when he wTas ready to mount hisHcrfe, he hearsthat theThreeMen were brought to thePiaceii Execution, at ^Afternoon he went thither,and feeing thcBarbarity of the Enemies in Murthering his dear Brethren, moved with a Strong Zeal againft thefe Murtherers, Cryed out,in the Stile of the Prophet Amos , ji Cow 0/Bafhan, hits pvfijtd three Men to Death at one p*jb, contrary to their own bafe Laws, in an inhumane mdy. He fub joins, Therefore ce*fe . to kill me with your Reproaches, when I am Dead, as ye did while I was living *, for ye laboured to kill and Murder my Name this many a Year, which I forgive you with all my Heart, and pray the LORD may forgive you. ( And having related how that upon the Zld Day of Auguft\ one brought him his lndi&mtnt, withal telliu^ him that upon the 27th he would be Sentenced, and go immedial from the Bench to the Scaffold •, He adds ) Now my dear Friends 1 Ihink all that 1 have written is confuted, becaule 1 could hardly get leave to write two Lines, but was either put from it by the Ket; or called from it by one Confufion or other, therefore ye mult txcu* me \ but altho' it be not accurately written, yet there is no Error init j It is what I lay down my Life for, and adhere to at the Tcilunony of * • 2->t *Tbe loft 'Speech -and rleflimMj) a DyingMan, who muiV very (hortly appear bcf6fe,my LORD, and give an Ajccount of all that i have dorx and written. However my Friends riiilUke me not, altho' it be confuted, and ye find fome thing* twice over, for tfrere is no more fear on me now, than the Quieteft Time that ever I had, as to what Man can-do tome *, altho' 1 be kd as to Matters betwixt GOD and me, betwixt my Glorious LORD and me, as good caufe 1 have, who knew it as I do : But! hope I (hail ret a Glorious outgate, when his time comes, which I -have always waited upon ( and not mine) for which I blefsliim this Day. What further this Martyr wrote in Prifon cannot be publilhed as it (land's, in. Regard. that he being perpetually interrupted by the Keep- ers, and'having the Irerts on his Hands, ( as himfelf teftifies ) could not ■ get it written with that compofure which he would. Wherefore take fome of the more remark abltHeads of it, moftlyin his own words as fol- lows. Fir ft he declares his Che arfu Ine p to lav down his Life for the Caufe of Chrift, and Faith once delivered to the Saints. Admiring the Riches of the Free Grace of God, in Chrift's laying down Mis Life for poor Sinners, and Blefling them with fuch a Noble Precious and Excel- lent Blefting as to be called the Sons vfGod, which the Angels cannot take up altho they have been a Ung time Pr\ing into it, and invites others to the fame Exercifeof Admiring and Praifing God's Love, in Making, through the Blood of Chri ft, Rebels and Enemies, Friends and Servants* 2ly. He rejoices in his Lot of Suffering, thus, O but it be an Excellent thing to be Called of the. Lord, to lay down my Life, for Him and His Cloi rious Inter efi! to me it is more then all the World'. I cannot Prize it. It has been my defire thefe 24. Tears, to die a Martyr for my Lord, and to Witnefs for Him, if it be His Will, and not elje: I Blefs my Lord for it, 1 have Subfcribed a Blank, and put it in His Hand to do with me, what fever is the Determinate* Counj el of His Will andDecret, and none call myjelf. lly. He Blefies God, that tho' .He would have got his Life for doing what others, whom he calls better than himfelf, have done, yet the Lord had made it his Glory, Honour and Cf own, to holdfaft till the Lord come, which he hoped would be quickly to himfelf, and alio to the Land. 3/} He Teftifies his alTuranceof God's Love to -him, and his Children, whom he Heartily and Chearfully gives away to God, as he ■ had oft devoted them to Him in Covenantee Exhorts them in the words of a dying Father, to be for God, in their Generation, to Live in Love and Unity, leaving them to the Protection and Provifion ef his^God, charging them n-ot to be moved for his Sufferings, which he prote'fts fcc would not exchange for the whole World. 5/y. He charges them all to beware of wronging themfelves by Reproaching him anent themanner of his being apprehended, fhewing what a hand of DivineProvidejice-thire vjis in it, and blefling GOD for it, and for the fweet Peace iie had in Sufferings 6ly. He owns himfelf to.havebeen the greatfft Sinner m pen the Of JAMES NICOL 2jj lie Eirth, and hence takes occafion to roagr.ifis the Redeeming Love of Chrift in Calling him effe&udlly, and keeping him in the Right Way and from the National Sins and Corruption*, ot the Age. yly. He refers to a Lift of Papers written by Mm, declarative of his Judgement con- cerning the Duty of the Day, as 3 Reafon, among ethers, whn he wrote no formal Teftimony in the Prifon, five only that he TcfliBes. F»sT Ge- nerally agairtjl all things contrary to a*.y Point of Truth in the n AY:? Teftament, or contradictory ta the Covenants and IVcrkij Reformat urn. \ And more particularly againit tne finful S 'ence of Mimjktrs m Britain and. Ireland, at the Command of r ; i jured Ty- rant and hi* Underlings J againsT ces and J/.di nn.i its \ a- gainft Couponing, and Conforming either with a Pe/j »red Tyrannic of Stues Men, or with t>afe, wit. jiithy Brtia :■ Guides andB&*\* PrusTs; as at ■ il tacifiirm Mir.tfiers and Prtfoffvrs, who Con? demned a poor young C- ■. > foi a lr»th, for Slaying Cbrif in his Member^ for pleafing Men le.fvg a never enough Exalted and Glorious LORD, rYnd fttiaJfy, * (owm *i that is contrary to a Gcfpel end Apoftohck Spirit. Zly. He ptoc^ed* to wain and Exf ore all torts of Perfons, and n .ur. c-fozc\t,,y ihe Yung Generation to Rtpentance and Amendment of Life, e Srcin^ his Exnoiution with me Confideration of Judgements and fir. aks to ome upon the Land, up >n which Head he is exceeding I irge^ founding his Attritions upon the Threatningspro- tiounc^d in the W<ys, and Eternal 1 f rot of GOD the Father, Son and Holy Ghosl, into whofe Han s he commit nis Spirit j He adds by way of Poftfcript : Now dear Fnends, my T sJimo- rty being fmified, and J being near the Rcrdt that which I fee a great Neceffits to leave my Jtfitmony againfl ', i 1 it amttcQnccrmngandNeceJjary Duty, to leave my Itfiimony ag- Ge 7. A 2?4 The Laft Speech ancLTeflimony J. R.& Mr. J. F. bcfaufe ].R.and thefe in Fellowfiip with him,havefeparatc them felves from the perfecuted juffering Remnant of the Church of Scot- land, and Mr, J. F. has taken upon him , with their Confent , to officiate the Work of a Minister , contrary to the Word of GOD ', he has run al-. tho' not fent of GOD, nor called, nor ordained of lawful Church Members ; And now he and the\ have rifen up in Oppofition to GOD, his Cauje and perfecuted Remnant in the Church of Scotland , calling them all perjured, that are juffering unto Death, Imprifonment and Bamfhment, for precious CHRIST. And therefore , las a dying Witnefs for him, even my Lord Jtfas my only Saviour, who converted me 36 Tears fince , and has thefe 24 Tears helped me to pra\ to him , to enable me to witnefs against all £V- for and Defection, and has keeped me right and freight to this da\ of my longed for Defire, do leave my Witntfs and Jeflimony againfi Mr, J, F, and J. R. and all that adhere to them. UPon the $th of March 1684 fuffered, that, worthy Gentleman, Mr; John Dick Student of Theology -, whefe elaborate and judicious Teftimony had been herein^rr, but that it has been lately pu- blifhed in Print by it felf, and Co is in a great many Peoples Hands already, and the Reader may have i?ecourfe to the faid Print for ir, which, upon Perufal, he will find fecond to none, for a fteady Zeal and Adherence to the Reformation, an orderly Method, pithy and perrf nent Defences againft the Cavils of the Adverfories, and. proper and ne cefFary Advices to. Fellow- fufferers, aba-ting only his Adherence to Ha miltoun Declaration, wherein he feems to differ from the reft of th Sufferers of that Time-, and owning the King's Authority, which yet h does in fuch a limited and reftritted Senfe, as thereby not toown'thi Wicked Laws, and Exercifc thereof *, tho' 'tis true the Reftriclioss and Limitations, with which he declared his owning it, were fuch as did no ways agree to the Tyranr, andconfequently it was a real, tho' not a formal Denyal theretf. Only in the faid- printed Teftimony, there are feveral Errors of the Tranlcriber , or the Pre fs, which the judiciou> Reader wiH not impute tcthe Author, UPon the \%th of August 1684, Thomas Harlnefs in Zocherbane j Andrew Clark, in Lead Bils in Crawford Pit ) euan in Glencairn Parifh, Thomas Wood in Kirkmichael, were all indi&ed of the Crimes of Trealon and Rebellion , for being -at the Refcue of their dear Brethren zt'Enterkine, for refufing to own tne King'fc Authority, as the fame was eftablifhed by the -Laws, in -regard he had ufurped CHRIST'S Prerogative, and broken the Covenant, and for not praying for him in the Terms prefcribed by the Council, for their main- taining the Lawfulnefs of Defenfive Arms, and finally for adhering re She Covenanted -Work ot Reformation againft the King's Laws. As - tlieic ri- \ Of J J. LJWSON and ALEXR; WOOD* £fe their Indictment bears at large*, who'either got not leave to write any Teftimony , for the Perfecuters Cruelty, or at ieaft they are not come to the Hands of the Publifhers of this Collection, The Joint Teftimony of James Latvfon and Alexander Wood who differed at Edinburgh. October 24, 1684. NOW thisis-themofl: joyful Day, that ever we had in all oaf Life, and we joyn our hearty Teftimony to the written Word of GOD, as it is contained in the Old & New leslament^nd to the Con fejfion of Faith, the Larger and Shorter Catechifms , the Engagment to Duties, and Solemn Acknowledgment of Sins, and to the Covenants both Nationals. Solemn League ^& to the Cautes of GOD" s Wrath; and we alfo joyn our hearty Teitimony to the true and faithfully preached Gofpel by his true and faithful fent Minifters both formerly and of late, commillio- ned and clothed with his MefTage, to declare the whole Counfel of GOD, as it was reformed from Popery , Prelacy Eraslianifm and Supremacy. We alfo joyn our heaity Teitimony to the Testimonies ofthofethat have gone before hs , both formerly and of late, who fuffered for the Caufe and Intereft of JESUS CHRIST . And likewife to all the Appearances of the LORD'S People , and their being in Arms, for the Defence of the Go» Ipel, and felf Defence. Fiz.. Pentland, Drumchi, Bothwel Bridge, and the Declarations given at Rutherglen the 29 of Afay 1679 and Sanquhair, and to the Papers found upon Henry Hall at the Queen's Ferry, and to that Declaration put forth at Lantrk by the fuffcring Remnant. V?t alfo joyn our hearty Teftimony to the Chridian Felhwfiip Meetings , whereby our Souls hkve fomctimes been refrefhed. Now likewife, we (hall Ihow you what we difown. Fir ft, We difbwn and leave our Teftimony againft Popery and Prelacy , Quakerism , Era- ftianifm, and all other Errors, that are contrary to the Word of GOD. Likewife we leave our Teitimony againft all the Indulgences both tirft and laft *, becaufc they have difowncd CI 1R1ST from being Head of the Church, and h*ve taken their Liberty from a mortil Man. Likewife wc leave our Teftimony againlt all thefe that have left the Standart of Chrift , and taken themklvis to a finful Quietncfi, to fliun Suffering; and alio their condemning of thtlc faithful Practices and Preachin^ thele two Worthies, who iealed the Truth with their Blood, viz. Mr. D. Cargilind Mr. Richard Cameron , who declared the whole Counfel of COD faithfully. Wedclire to blef* the LORD, that ever w then* preach. Likewife we leave ourTeftin linft the Declaration at Hamil'oun ; becaufc of the taking in of tl wiieagainft Charles Stuart '7 becaufc he hath .!i in CHRlSPs Kucan 2%6 The Lafi Speech and Teftimotrj Room, and has taken to himlelt the Prerogative vi ovt LORD, to be Head of the Church , which belongs to no mortal Man on Earth, but toChrlft only. Likewife we leave our Teftiruony againft that Hell- hatched 7f#, and againft that Oath called the Oath of Allegiance \. againft compearing at Courts, and coming out cf Prilon upon Bond and Caution. if will find the Unlawfulnefs of it in the & of Job. and 34, Verily, verily I fay untovou, whojoever sommitteth Sin is the Servant of Sin. And in the 6ot the Rom. and 20, For when Ye were the Servants of Sin, Ye were free from Right eoufnejf. What Fruit had Ye in thefe things whereof Ye are now aj/jamed , for the End of thefe things is Death. And- 2Pet.z*i9> Wbilt they promife You Liberty themjelves are the Servants of Corruption) For of whom aMan us ov tr come, oj the fame is he brought inBon\ dage. And againft the.Cf//and. Locabtte, or paying of Militia Money , cr any other tuing, which may ftrengtiien the Hand* of thefe open and avowed Enemies of JESUS CHRIST. Likewife we leave our Tefti- mony againft thefe wicked Men called Judges , which ought not to be called fudges , but rather Tyrants, becaule they are thirfting for Blood J for they charge us in one or the Articles of our Inditlment, with Mur> der and flaking of all the Fear of GOD : But we blefs the LORD, we-- arefreeofali luch Crimes as Murder. Now, dear Friends, we exhort you to cleave clofs to CHRIST, keep his way , do not fear at it becaufe of fuffering *, for we can allure you, that the Crofs has not been troublelome to us, but eafie ; for he paves - the Crols all over with Rofes, and never lays a Grain weight of Afficlion- more upon his People, than he gives fufficient Strength to bear : And- this we can lay by Experience, he fends none awarfare upon their own Charges, but He gives (till Sufficient Strength to carry them through : Therefore it is ourearneft deiVre and reqiieft that ye will follow on to know the Lord, for if ye follow on to know Him, He has promifed, that Ye fiall know Him 1 therefore we defire you to follow His Way, and fear not Man, whofe Breath is in his Noftirls, but fear God and keep.5 His Ways. Keep at a^diftance from the leaft of fin, for the leaft fin deferveth Death \ but His Love hath been great and condefcending to us, for He hath taken us, who were the vileft of Sinners, for we had de* ftroyed our felves> by Original Sin and Corrupt Nature \ but now he- hath redeemed us, and plucked us out like Fire- brands out of the midst of the Burning. Now we may fay, He hath letten out fuch a Gale of bttj condefcending Love, that he hath gained our fccklefs Love •, fo that we dare lay, That if every Hair of our Head were a Man , and every Drop cf our Blood a Life, we could willingly lay them all down for CHRIST, and his Caufe, if he called for them at our Hand*, for he is altogether lovely, the chief among ten thovfands , he is without compare, he is rn- comprehenfible , glorious and mighty ; therefore it's cur Defire to all Friends, That ye wouid ware your Love on him, and credit him, and labour Of J J. LAWSQN, and ALEX. WOOD. 537 labour to get the Inheritance . rej that JESUS CHRIST hath pur- clnfTed. Now deaye clofs to him, and dole with him, and then loie what ye will in this World, ye thali be Noble Gainers and no Lofers. Now, we heartily forgive all Men any wrong they have do.ic us, or can do to us, as we defire to be forgiven of the LORD •, but jvhat thQy have done againft GOD his Caufe, we leave tut tp himltlf to do in it as may moft ^orifie himfelf. Now, we bid farewel to all earthlyCom* forts and Enjoyments. 'Farewel allChiiitian Friends and Acquaintances in the LORD. Farewelfweet Societies and Chritiian Fellowihip Meet- ings: Farewell hearing of the precious Gofpel : Farewel Reading, Sing- ing, Praying and believing : Farewelfweet Prilbn and Irons for our lovely LOiD: Farewel holy Scriptures: Farewel Sun, Moon and Stars, and a!! created Comforts in Time: Welcome Heaven: Wel- come finging cfPraifes : Welcome Spirits of juft Men made pcrfeft : Welcome FATHER, SON aT^d HOLY GHOST, into whole Hands we commit our Spirits, Sic [ubjerib. James Lawfony Alexander Wood. The Interrogations of George Jjckfoa, Tenant to Poll who was Apprehended at Glajgow, and Suffered at the Gallow-lee December otb. 1684. AT GlafgorvcLiUr he was taken, and had been a&ed Tome few Que- ftions by them who Apprehended him, he was brought before the Bi (hop of Glafgow^ who Inter, ogat him thus. Q. What now Mr, Jackfonf A. I was never a Scholar. Q. Can. you Read the Bible? A. Yes. Q; Was ye at Bothwel Bridge? A. Yes. Q. What Arms ha i ye.? A. A Halbertitafr. Q. Was ye an Officer? A. No. 1 was but 16. Years of Age. Q. Who was your Captain ? A. A Young Man. O J called they him? A. lamnotbouoa togiv >unt to you. Q Was you at Bothwel Rebellion, cr not ? A. I allow my (elf in no Rebel- lion againft God. C>. Whether was it Rebel/ion againft the Ki:\ not ? A. 1 have anfwered thai queftion already. Q. Wou> again? A. Theqnefticn is like yourielf : I know not, Q. Willytfajr God Save the King. A, It's not in my Power to Save n ■ C Willys Pray f >r i>im ? A. I will Pray for ali within the El Free Grace. Q. Whether is the King within the Election or not ? . you were the Man you Profefs to be you would not a>k fach a quei* at me ', it belongs only to God. Q. Do you ov;n the Authority as it is now EftablihVd ? A No: But I II Authority, (ofartSitH cording to the written Word of God. Q. Do you own the King and lt:- feriour Ma^^rates/ A. fofofai I a Terrour and Praile to them that do well. Ci Are they no*- that1 A, the ^3? The Lift Speech and Eeftimony the Lord Jefus Chi ill fiuil i\: Judge, they and ye, and the like of yea vvij count for it, whether ye be or not. Q. h the Bifhop's Death Mur- • ther or not f A. If your Qu eft ions be up^n theleMatters that I am not Concerned with, I will keep (Hence. Then the Bifhop asked him con- cerning tome Pipers that were found in th*e Room where he was Appre- hended *, he refuted to anfwer any further atfent them, having anfwered the fameQucftion in the Guard ro thefe who took him. Whereat the; the Bifhop enraged faid, Sir, the Boots wiH make you free. To which: the laid George replyed, If my Mafter think me worthie of them I will £et 'em, and if not, it is in His Power to Preferve me. Q. Will ye S.ibfcribe what ye have faid/ A. No. Q. Wherefore will ye not? A. Becaule 'tis an acknowledgement of your unjuft Laws. After this he was tranfportedfrom Glafgow ro EvandaU on the Lord's Day* He re- lates in hh Letter?, what fweet Joy and Gsnfoiation he had by the Way. After his having gone about the Worftiipof God in prefence of the Sol- durs, whoathrft kept on their Ha;s, but afterwards, ere he had done, difcovered, in came one Bon} ay their Commander and faid prepare you. f jt a bare Horfe back to Morrow, and your Head and Feet mall be bound! hard and faft together. George anfwered, It is not in your Power to doir, Bonjay faid, I will.let yoa know, it ihall be in my Power, and. offered him the Kin^s Health *, he refufed faying, I am not dry todrinkl Healths efpecially on the Lords Night. To Morrow when they were! feton Horfe back , Bonfayciufed found a Trumpet, holding it to George's Y Ear, and faid Sound him to Hell, at which the Martyr failed. So ihty \ came to Edinburgh upon the ijfjfc Day of May 16S4. Being called L before a Committe of the Council, he came with his Bible in his Hand. [ The Advocat jeeringly faid, There's him and his Bible. Come away let s f fee where that Text is. George anfwered I was never a feeker out of f Texts*, that is the proper work of a tyinifter. Then the Advocate /aid L put up your Bible, .for we are not for Preaching at this time. He an- E fWerepV I am not come to Preach, for Wiever could, but, Sir, this is the • Word of God whereby I am come here to be Judged, and 1 Charge ycu, and not only you, butallof>ou, That as ye fhall anfwer in one Day before our Lord JefusChrirt, when He (hall fit& Judge betwixt the Jutland theUiijuft, that ye Judge me by what is written in this Hjly Bible, oiheiwiie remember, ye, and the reft of yoji fhali make account fbritinthat Day, when our Lord fhall fit as Judge, and ye fhall ftand naked and bare before Him \ Sc if ye do it not 1 (hail be a witnefs againft you. To this they returned that he was come to be Judged, not to Judge, and after a whiles filence, when he demanded wao were his ac- cufers, the Advocat replyed I am your Accufer. Aad Interrogat him rhus. Q. Was ye ztBothwel? A. I h'avc anfwered that in my firfl Examination. But ( faid the Advocat ) you muft anfwer itnow. A. It being, Criminal by your Law, you muft prove it. Q Do you hold thefe Of GEORGE JACK.SON *%f rhefe that were there as Rebels/ A. I [f> be among no Rebels, but whom call you Rebels ? The Advscat [aid, thefe that are Rebels to the King. George anfwered, if they be not Rebels to ; the matter is- the lefs. Q. Do you approve of them ? A. Yes, in as far as they were for Chrift and His Ciufe. Q. Do ye allow your (elf to rife in Arms 3 2L i i : . it the King ? A. no. Q. Wherefore then did ye rile in Arms } A. \ hive Warrant, in thtVVord of GOD to rife in Arms in Deferce of the Gofpel and Work of Refor- mation, according to our Solemn Eng-t^ements, wherein we arc (worn to uphold and defend to the utm >(t A oar Power the Work of K rmtion. Q What ? are you engaged to be agiinil your Kin& ? A. you he-ird not me fay that, but I faind of Regulation and ye thill win your \ A. I will have nothing to do with r your Bonds either, & defired to Subfcribe, what they had write d his Confeflion he refufed. At his fecond Compearance before the Council , after crKy had read to him, and feveral ether Prifoners , the Dec! tion emitted at Sarrauhair , they asked , If he approved of thH per, which eifts of? the King, and aU his Aut-horiry and 1 claresppen War againO him , and approves to murder his Soldiers, Mi- litia, GentTemer or Intelligencers, wherever they can have rheC nfwered, I difown all Murther. Q. But do you approve of that Pa- per ? A. As far as it owns Truth. Q. Knew ve ol it before? A. \ knew not of it this Morning when I a role , no more than the Child un- born. Q. Who lent out > A. t pcrhap.it has been your , for ought 1 know. CV Was you never in rhefe Mee; called Societies , or Genet. il Correjpondcrrcesl A, Since ever the I made me to hate Sin and follow Duty ,it was mv Df in the C pany of the Godly, and to nlgbt have Edification Q. Would yethi- k it lawful to kill the Soldier', if they were g take you ? A. Yei, In feff Defence. Ibis Account ts his axon Letters. As for hislar^e Tefl it huh not 1 necefTnyto publifh it •, for thefe Anfw iimony before the Enemies •, the!. and Sentence of Death, thefe are the chief! Truth he en in his Te, it appcai litter, i 1 his In \)C He infills much in ; strengthening him ui igdown hib I ' ,e Ciuk the I le World, and cmbi it of Ci un- 240 The lajl Speech and TejHtomfr dergo the Hatred of the World \ he is full in enumerating the Heads Of Truth to which he adheres, and National Sins, againft which he bears Witnefs*, fo that he palTeth fcarceany Point of Truth touched in the former Teftimonies, tho' they are not fo orderly difpofed as in fomeo* thers:He forwarns ail of the Hazard of pproaching Judgment5,encourag- es the Godly, with aProfpecl: of CHRIST'S Keturn to theLand,and invites them tot'ke hold of him, and wreftle with him for his return \ withail deploring the Cafe of the Church on Account of fuch Wreftlers and Mourners*, and with a folemn Farewel to earthly Relations, Friends, Acquaintances and Enjoyments, with a Welcome of Heavenly ones, he concludes his dying Teftimony 5 in the whole he gives Evidences of one near and dear to CHRIST, and fupported and ftrengthened by Him. TOgether with the forefaid Martyr, W'illiam Keagow in Kilkeagovp received his Indictment, fpecifving the fame Caufes, viz,, being it Bothwel under the Command of Robert Hamilton, Brother to the Laird of Prefloun, ilTuing out Treafonable Proclamations and Declara- tions,which he owned ashisDuty inDefence of theGofpel,and covenanted Work of Reformation, and refufing to cail the Death of the Arch-bi/hop of St. Andrews Murder, and not being-free to pay -Cefs to the King, &c. But whether he left any Teftimony or not, it has noi come to the Hands of the Publifhers. In the fame Month of December 1684. ( if not upon the fa tire day ) Suffered John Wat in the Parifti o( Kubnae, and John Semple in the ParihS of G I ajfart.VJ ho fe Teftimonies f if they be extantjeame not to the Hands of the Publifhers of this Collection *, Only 'tis certain from their Indictments that they died for their Adherence to the fame Truths. At the Gallowlee, which was in the Twilight of the Ever.ing, while they were Singing the 11 Section of the wo, Pjalm, psrficularly thefe words in the 84. V. How many are thy Servant's Days J when wilt thou Execute ju ft Judgment on thefe wicked Men that do me perfecute ? The Soldiers made fuch a Hellifh Noife, and turned back i'o upon the People' that were Spectators of the Aclion, that the People verily conceived theyt ftiould ha* been trode down and MalTacred in the Spot, which occafioned all to flee, (b that none of their Chriftian Friends durft Stay to do the laft Duty to them in Drefiing their Dead Bodies, but they were left to* the infolent Soldiers Difpofal. The Ufi Testimony of JAMES GRAHAM Taylor in Corf- michael, in the Stervartry of Galloway, who Suffered at thi Gallowlee, betmxt Leith and Edinburgh, Dec. 9. *6& MEn and Brethren, I am come here this Day to lay down my Life for the Caufe of Chrift, and I blefs the LORD that ever he gave Of JAMES GRJ HA M 241 we a Life to lay down for fuch a Noble C^ufe ^ /; I wilh .this day that every Hair of my Head and every drop werc a Life, I-could willingly I.yu. ^little I can do for him. O it is a worn chofen me or the like of me to Witnefr r him in fuch a Caufe ! For he hath no need of me or any of the lo ., but he hath Teftified in his word, that he .will make the, p ^s of the Earth toconfuond the prurt now 1 blefsthe LO. *s a Murderer, or a* a lhiej\or ai an cut I doe, ther Mens A/atters. T/u Ik ., I refufed :a difawq chit Pap- 1 j Gf GOD, and to our Sworn Covenants And becaufe I would not fwear to that which I durfl no: for my Soul do. Now 1 giving a fhort Account of whajt I am in totted for, I fl vife give an Hint of what badhere ture* of the Old and New leftament, ConfcQion f Faith i Lar- ger and Short rr, and to the whole Work o(R n as it was once Eftablifhed in our Land, altho' now al . tyed by the raoft • part of this Generation. 2dly, To the Covenant: National and Solemn League? to whicu we ari fworn with I i to tl l;gh GOD, and bound to maintain it. jdly, To tie Sum 'owlcdee the Acknowledgment o\ Sins and £;. Duties . To the Prexhed G'ipcl, as it was faithfully i: I, by Hie SentMefTengersof JeiusChnlt. Especially by Mrs. J Kl J. K. L\C. and R. C.n who took their Livef in tjitirlLnds, and wen: foith u all Hazards, when the ro(t ol their'Brcthren u ;r fi>ck upon the Caule. jthty. To Mr. James Rcnwick, as a faithful. Sent r of CiitiftjWho has lif'ed up the£t*fMlart where Mri.-D. C *nc\ A icfc it, wno Sealed th vith their BlooJ. c pearanoes in Arms in Defence of the Gofpti and ( ur 1 and the whole Work of Reft)] mation. 7ihly, To on at thtTorwood by Mr. D. C £:hly, To the San^uhdirDeclaratl£,ntis a thing moft agreeable to the Word. 9thly, To n at Ruthtrglen. lOthly, To the Paper th' r . ILli.it the Queensj err §e. uthly, To the burning of that Hell hatched thing, called the T*>f, at Lanerk. Uthly, To the Fell pie, for reading, Tinging and Prayings accord! ScripCffft in MaU 3. 16. and Hcb. 10. 25. and leverzl other&np; 'ar- rant this- X4thly, To all the Teftimonies of the faithful V ls. Ana now / am brought here this day, to lay down my Life3 L>n tht Caufe and Intereft of JEUS CHRIST, and for no other thing, and I defire to biefs the LORD, That 1 jm not Suffering as an evil doer, * and that I Die not as i Fo< 1. And 1 ddlro to bids the LORD, that e- ver he honoured me with Suffering for him, for many times my Soul has been refrefhed. when I faw any thing like that, that I would be a Sulter- er for him. N w I defire to take my farewell ofalJ things In time. Fare* >well fweet Scriptures., Reading, Singing, Praying, and be! . Fare- u-well Sun Moon and Stars, and all Created cora forts in time. Welcome /en and H:rppinefs. Welcome inrromei>abU Company of An Welcome Spirits of Juft Men mad^ per feci V Praiiin. ce.»fiflg, or wearying in the leaf]. Welcome Father, Son a Ghoft, into thy hands I commit mf Spirit. R O: P O L LO C Together with him fuffcred ROBERT MILLER Mafon iwRutherglcn, Jen'enced for, and adnering to the fame Truths, In GODfo videntiat Care of htm from hi* . his heart wonderfully to Himjelfcfor His honouring him i steps of his lovely LORD infuffering for his N.tmc. He dec .e Growth aid Prevalent} of Pcpery, and of GC Wrath again ft the Land '•> exhorts to keep up Cbriftian gives his Enemies the Injuries done to his Per fan *, t Brethren to venture on the Crofs of CHRIS /, Experience of GOD' s Love , and fuppotting Cor. jo Lit tun sy , Crofs to , UPon the i if h of May 1684, -In the P.irifhof rJiinner^ and Margaret U'itjonin Glenvernock in rl Galloway r.ced to Death for their I with PreLic the Oath ol the Laird of ptain Straw Uoofl Mr. David L Provoft 2$6 The loft Speech and Teftinwnj) Provoft Cultrcn, whocammanded them to receive their Sentence qjj their Knees, which they refufing ,. were prelTed duwn by Force, till they received it *, and fo were by their Order tyed to a Stake within the Sea Mark, in the Water of Blednoch near Wigtoun, where, after they had made them wreftle long with the Waves-, which flowing, fwel- led on them by Degrees, and had fometimes thrift them under Water, and then pulled them out again, to fee if they would recant \ they en« d*rirvg Death with undaunted Courage, yielded up their Spirits to GOD- The former was a Widow Woman of about 63 Years, of a mod Chriftian and blamelefs Converfation, a Patern of Piety and Virtue,, who having conftantly refufed to hear the Curates, wa* much purfued and vexed, and at Length taken, by the Soldiers, while (he was devot* ly woxihipping GOD in her Family, and being indi&ed of being at Botbwel Bridge, Airs Adofs and 20 Field Conventicles,and as many iioufe Conventicles, after fore and long Imprifonment, without neccfTary Re* fremments of Fire, Bed or Diet, at length fuffered this cruel Death. The other ( Margaret Wilfon ) a young Woman of fcarce 23 Years of Age, after Che with her Brother^ who was about 19, and her Sifter 15 Years old, had been long driven from their Father's Houfe , and expofed to ly in Dens and Caverns of the Earth , wandering thro' the MofTes and Mountains of Carrick , Nithfdale&nA Galloway^ going to Wigtoun fe* cretly to vifite the forefoid Margaret Lauchlane, was taken by the Fraud of one Patrick Stuart^who under Colour of Friendmip, having in- vited her and her Sifter to drink with him, offered them the King's Health, and upon their Refufal of it, as not warranted in GOD's Word , and contrary to Chriftian Moderation , went prefently out and informed againft them*, her Sifter was difmifTed, as being but 15 Years of Age, upon her Father's paying 100 Pounds SterL for her Ranfont, fhe being detained and examined , whether (he owned the King as Head of the Church ? and would take the Abjuration Oath? not an* fweringtotfieir Pleafure, bat adhering to the Truths of CHRIST, was in like Manner condemned •, and after great Severities of Imprifonment, (urfered the fore faid Death *, being put oft into the Water, and when half dead, taken up again , to fee rf fhe would take the Oath, which fhe refufed to her laft Breath, while her fellow Sufferer was wreftling with the Waves, as being put firftin to difcourage her •, the Perfecu- tors asked her, What (he thought of that Sight? She anfwered, What 'do J fee , but CHRIST ( Myftical ) wreslling there ? One of the times that fhe was taken out of the Water, they faid, Say , GOD fave the King: She returning with. Chriftian Meeknefs, Iwifh the Salvation of all Men, but the Damnation of none ; Upon which one of her Friends, alledging fhe had fiid what they demanded , defired thetn to let her go : But they would not , feing fhe refufed to take the Oath. During her Imprifonment fhe wrote a lar^e Letter to her Friends , wherein, befides the Of THOMAS STODJRT. 247 the lively md feeling Exprcflkms of her S;nfe of GOD's Lore, (he dotfa, wir.'i a Judgment not ufu-0 for her Age and Eduction, difclofe the unlawfui Nature of the Adjuration Oath, hearing of Curates, o:vning the \&s Supremacy , which was the thin; i'at Perftcutors meant by his Authority, and proves the Neceflky of her Suffering upon thefe Head!. The Usi Tejlimonj of Thomas Stodart, who Suffered At th: Graff- Market of Edinburgh, Auguft 12, 1685. MEn Brethren avd Fathers httirfan, \ being to take my farewel of the Wotld, I leafe this my dying Teftimony, according to the Form of the Chrirtians of Old. I having like the lame Ground for it, that he had, who ufed that word, that was Stephen, who was Condemned, beciufe he \po\e Blafphemom words agawjt the Law and the Temple. So becaufe 1 will not adhere to, or approve of thcir Laws, which now have power in their Hinds, they Condemned me to Die tho' they could -not Witnefs fo much agunlt me for (peaking againk them, and they never efTayed to prove the Sentence upon me 1 wnich now I frail Study in a word to give you an Account of. And nrft I received my Sentence of Banilhment, and then notwithftand- ingofthat, I was committed to ihtjuflites to abide the Aftize, , And 1 would fuffer for every tmng, as a ground, which I think is righti mcf tike* 24S The Uft Speech And Teftimony taken out of the word af GOD, having encouragement from his BiefTed Promifes, the 43. ofjfai. Thus faith the Lord, that Created thee,. O Jacob, and formed thee, O Ifrael fear not, for I have redeemed thte,I have called thee by thy Name *, thou art mine', when thou paffeji through the Waters, Iwill be with thee. Audi hive this to fay alfo, that in aii my Imprifonments, he was wonderfully feen in owning me, and carrying me through all the Tentations that I was tryfted with :, if I would tell you them all, they would take up much Paper and rime *, and time being very ihort, I cannot get it done •, but I think I muft fpeak fome thing to the commendation of frecGrace, that Juth made me to fatter aii chear- fully., I have Read in the Apoftle. zlim. 2. 11. It is a faithful faying, that if we be Dead with him, wejball alfo Live with him, and ifwefufftr for him, we/ball alfo Reign with him : It is good at all time.*, bur efpeciajly j now. O but the people of this Generation, be greatly involved in Sin ^ by reafan they are lb greatly and deeply involved in the breach of Co- venant, which tho' it muft not be owned by the Law of the Land, yet I dare not but own it. I would fain fay, as it is faid. 1 Kings 4. 15, And Elijah {aid a* the LORD oj Hosls liveth, before whom I stand, I will furelyj/jew my felf to him today. I own itbefore all, and I own my felf to have* joined, and do allow it heartily, in joining with that poor perfecuteo party fo much difowned. The thing that I did in thai cafe, I thought it my duty, i leave my Teftimony to my owning of if, and that I have joyried my felf to that, which wTas mod agreeable to the word or GOD. 1 leave my Teftimony in behalf of thi (e chit! 1 i< with, that little handful in their Societies and EellowfhipSj have! been very refrefhful to my Soul, and I Uimq been Aiuch delighted" in ] thefe, for. I thought it was the Church of GOD. ' And therefore, I leave my Tcft'un i\y agairifi all Superftition and ' Error, contrary to that way I received of the LORD there*, and every 3 thing contrary to the. word of GOD. 1 lekveMy Teftimony againfi all j unlawful Deeds, and all Murdering A&sand Actings whatfomever they j be. I leave my Teftimony againft Popery and Prelacy, and whatsoever j plant is not of my Heavenly FathersPlaniing, and every thing contrary 1 to (bund Doctrine, and the power of Godlinefs. I leave my Teftimony I alfo againft thefe that hear the Curates, and again ft all fhemthat have faid in effect, the Word is a Lie, that isbecaufe they will not take it to their Rule *, For that is the only thing we fhouia take to be our Rule, i all fteps of our fojourning here.' Now I'think I muft take my -farewe of all Created comforts, and all ihQ things of the World,3which have- bee lo great a mean, to make many of this Generation fear at the Crofs o Chrift, which is much miftaken by the World j he was fo condefcend ing, that he paved the way for poor Tinners himtelf, and made it ftraigh and eafie,and wonderful it is to think upon*, The way that leads taHea ve- ts very ftraigh;, and very eafie, alfo to thefe that believe. Keistba univeda Of THOMAS S10DART 24* Univerfal King,' that Lives and Reigns forever, and all v. ho Subject tnemfelves and obey him, and content to his Terms, fh 1 14 even k p-*ace, and fhill enj;)y his prefence, which is the chief of all things. It is ptace with GOD, that is the matter of the B • iievcrs, Rejoycing, and re»kes them all to flighter with joy in following him, who is the way the Truth and the Life, and wh-im tn know is Life tverldfting\ that doth and may give great courage to thete who love this way of his, that is fo greatly reproached by the people of this feneration. I think ye may conceive what I mean by thz laying of this. And now my dear friends and fellow Sufferers, and Brethren in the LORD, O but the Counftl , and a Father to the Fatherltjs, providing they will walk m Hfs Ways,and keep His Commandments. Now,I recommend my Soul to GOD, who hath Preferved me hitherto, and Who unexpectedly his Singled me out to Suffer for Him, who am the unworthieftof all Sin- ncrSjand I never thought that He mould have fo highly privileged me as £0 account me worthie to give a Teftimony for Him : Tho' fome times it.- entered into my Thoughts, O if I would be called to ir# Now fare- welDear Wife and fweet Children ^ farcwel all Friends and Relations, efpeciaily fuch of you as have given up your Names to Chrift. Fare- well Sun, Moon and ail Worldly Enjoyments. WTelcome Father, Son and ^ioiy Ghoft, into whofe Hands I Commit my Spirit. Sic Subfribiturt 'EDWARD MARSHA, N the 4th of December i6%r, fuffered John^ Nisbet in Hbrdkil , in the Parifh of Loudoitn, whofe Teftimony, tho' it be rxca'n^cbuld not be found by the Publifhers of thefe Speediest only tint the Memory of fo Eminent a Martyr be not buried, take this fhort R^ !&icn, Which is all the Atcouwt theycou-ld find concerning his Suffer-' iugj. About the Year 1664. he, living received the Sacrament of Bap- Of JO HP? NISBETof Hard-Hill 2|i Baptifm to his Child, from one of the Outed Minifies, c^me to be trou- bled by the Enemies on that Account, and the Cware d clared, out of the Puplit, his purpofe to Excommunicate him the n*;x: Lords D'v^ but was prevented by fudden Death. When that hhndfu! cfth,- LOkD's People Renewed the Covenant at Lanerk, and apptared in Attos It Ventland Hills , he engaged in the Covenant with them, and wasf^re Wounded in the Fight, in fo much that he was left for Dead. But by GOD's Goodnefs he recovered, and all alongft Teftified againft the A- bonainations of -Prelacy, Supremacy, Arbitrary Government, and In- dulgence, tiU the rifingin Arms at Botbwst^ where he did good Ser- vice, being not only a Zealous Chrirtian, but a couragious Soldier \ Af.er this the Enemies Seized all his Goods, Expelled his Wife and four frail! Ch ildrcu fromHoufe and Hold, offered a lan;e Sum of Money for himfelf, but the Lord prefcrved him, while he ha J work for him. He was a ciof3 follower of the Gofpel faithfully Preached in the Fields, was kept btedfaft in the Truth from extreams on Right or Left Hand j and was Ailittent in Publifhing theDeclarations for Truth, Emitted during that Time. At length in November 1685, being in a poor Man's Houfc in theParifh of Finnic k,vi'\th other three,after he was fore wound-] ed, was taken by Lieutenant Nisbet, the other three being Shot dead in the Spot, the Lieutenant having caufed tye him, asked what he thought of himfelf now ? He anfwered, / think as much of CHRIST and His Caufe, jor which I juffer, as ever, but I judge my {elf at a lofi, being in Time, and my dear Brethren in Eternity ^whorn you have unjuftly Murthered. The Bloody wretch Swore, that he had reserved him for a further Judgement, He anfwered, if the Lord ft and by me> and help ?ne to be faithful to the Death, J care not what piece of Suffering J be put to endure. He was carried firfl to Kilmarnock, from thence to Air next Morning, and being brought back to Kilmarnock again, wis thence Tranfported to Edinburgh \ Where, being brought before the Council by the forefaid Lieutenant Nisbet, who denun led his Money him. Ihey Interrogate him to this efFeft, Q, Was you at that Conventicle ( naming Time and Place ) An. Yes. Q. How rmny Men and Arms were there ? A>i. I went there to hear the Gofpel Preached, and not to take an Account of ^hat Men and Arms were there. Q. Which way went ye when the Pleaching was done? A. Which way we could bell think of, to efcape your Cruelty. Q. ^here keep ye your Central Meetings, and what do you at them t While was about to anfwer, one of the Counfellours interrupted him, tel ling in hisfalhion, what was done .it fijeh General Meetings, and 1 there was one of them kept at Edinburgh^ and asked the Prifon. he was there \ who anfweted, No. Tften they laid to him, we hope you are jo much of a Chriftian as to pray for the King. He anfwered, •yer being * My Ordinance of God, we ought to pray for Kints k, wet 1 I 2 2^2 the laft Speech and TeJUmony At others, but trot vthen every Profligate bids ta. £K Do you own the King as Sole Soveraign r A. He being Popijh, and that from his Youth, and I a Protejfant of the Presbyterian Covenanted periwafion, I neither can nor will own him, while he remains facia. Whereupon incontinent without further Procefs they pafied Sentence upon him, which he received not only with Chriftian Submifiloa, but with much Thankfulnefr, Bltffing and Prailing his GOD, who had counted him worthy to fuffer for his Name *, And during the Time of his Imprifon- meat he was wonderfully afiifted and graciously fupportedcf the Lord under his Crofs, haviagboth AfTurance of the Pardon of his Sins and his Peace with GOD, and alfo a firm perfwafion of the Juftnefs of the Caufe and Work to which he adhered, and for which he was put to fuch Sufferings : Befides the Seven Wounds which he received when he was Apprehended, he had a Mercilels weight of Irons upon him du» ring the whole time of his Imprifonment. In his Teftimony, he Invites and exhorts all to emWace the Crofs, encouraging them by his own fweet Experience of GOD's Prefence under it, declares his Adherence to all the Truths contained in the Word of GOD, Summed up in the Confeflion of Faith,Sworn to in the Covenants,and Sealed with theBlood and Faithful Teftimonies of former Martyrs, and among others then controverted, to the Method of Tranfmitting a Teftimony, taken by the Reverend Mr. James Renwick, and the Suffering Remnant. He nunifefts his Deteftation of all the Courfes of Defection, and Witnef fes againft all the wrongs done to Jefus Chrift either in his Cau^e pt in his Members} And particularly, bears Teftimony againft the Earl ©f Argyll* miftating the Quarrel in his Declaration, and his too lax and promilcuous Admitting of all Sorts into his Army. He concludes with a Solemn Farewel to the World and -Recommendation of his Soul into the Hands of GOD, Father, Son, and Holy Ghoft. The above Narration was Tranfmitted by one of his neareft Relati- ons, who had full Knowledge of jfre whole Matter. . The laft Speech and Teftimony of the Reverend Mr. James Renrvhk, Minifter of the Gofpel, who fuffered in the Grafs-Market of Edinburgh, iebruary ljth 1688. e- rnitted from his own Hand the day before his Suffering. Mr Dear Friends in CHRIST, It hath pleafed the LORD, to de- liver me up into the Hands of Men *, and I think fit to lend you this Salutation , which J expeft will be the laft. When I pole my Heart upon it, before GOD, I dare not defire to have cfcaped this Lot', ior no kfs could hate been for his Glory and Vindication of bis Caufe Of Mr. J A MES RE NfVl C £. *H Caufe on my Behalf: And as I am free before him of the Prophanity, which (ome either naughty, wicked or Strangers to me, have reported, that I have been fometimes guilty of j So, he hath kept me, from the Womb, free of the ordinary Pollutions of Children, as thefe that have been acquainted with me thro' the Tracl of my Life, do know. And now my Blood (hall either more filence Reproachers,or more ripen them for Judgment : But I hope it fhall make fome more fparing to fpeak of thofe, who fhaK come after me } and fo I am the more willing to pay this Coll", for their Inftru&ion , and my Succeeders Eafe. Since I came to Prilon, the LORD hath been wonderfully kind to me, he bath made his Word to give me Lights Life, Joy, Courage and Strength : Yea, it hath dropped with fweet fmelling Myrrh unto me*, particularly thefe Paffigesand Promifes, Gen. 22. 12. latter part of the Verfe. For now I know that thou fear eft GOD, feeing thou baft not with -held thy Son, thine onlySon. Nch. 8- 10. latter pirt of the Verle. Neither be you [mrry^ fir the J ov of the LORD it your Strength. Job 5. .17. There the VVi eked eeafe from troubling, and there the weary he at re&. 18. 7 here the Prifo* nertreft together, they hear not the voice of the Oppreffor. Job 23. IO. Put he knoweth the way that /take : VT^nen he hath tried me, I (hall come forth at Gold* 1 1. My Foot hath held his Steps* his ways have I kept, and^ not declined. 12. Neither have 1 gone back from the Commandment ef his Lips, I '>:ave esteemed the llrirds of his Afuth more than my nect[ F)od. 13. But he is of one Aimd, and irhj tan turn him I Soul defireth, eve t doth. 1 4. For he ftrformtth the thing ■ is appionted for me : Andmany fitch things art voi^h him, Pul. 105. lat- ter part of the 19. Verfe. 'The Word of the LORD tryed hint* Luk- But before all theje^hev/hall lay their Hands on you and pcrjecuteyou de- livering you up to the Synagogues, and into Pn\ons, va- it tefoie Kings for m\ Name's fake. 13. And tt /hill turn to you f\r 11 ..19. Li your Patience piffefj ye your Souls, rlcb. 12 13 1 Hy j I jJ'ft Born, which are wit ten m Hcavtn, and to CiOD the Judge of at, and to the Spirits ofjusb Men mide ptrfttt. J i;n. : . 1 2. BUffed is the Mm that tnduroth 'Tempt*: en he is I he fljall receive the Crown of Life, which tne LORD hath p'omi fed to r that Uve mm. 1 Pet. 5.7. Caiii'g all your Care upon him) for he 1 ira suu. 8. Be j over , be vigilant , btcauje your Adv*rfar% rbi Devtl. roaring Liyn,walkcth abut fee king whom he may devour. Key. 38/ know thy W^rks : Behold 1 ha vt jet before thee an ct canjijut it', for thou halt a little Strength, and his'; kept my W : net denied my Name. 1 0 Bi :jt kept the 11 , Pa- tience, I alio will keep thee frjm tue hour of 'Temptation, which • •1 all the World , to try them that dwell upgn the Earth) 11. Behold, I tome euickly: Hold toot fa# which thou ioaf}, that no A £rwr;. 12. Him that overc^meth , will J make a Ftfi ;# of ffj 2J4 " T/tf (aft Spech and Teftimony. my GOD, and (hall go no wore out : Aad I will write, upon him the Namt of my GOD, and the Name of the City of my GOD , which is New Jeru falem, which cosneth down out of Heaven from my GOD : And I will write upon him my new Name. Rev. 19. 20. And the Beaji was taken, and with him the falje Prophet th it wrought Miracles before him, wuh which he deceived them ."hat had received the Mark of the Beast, and them that worflnpped his hni^e, Inefe both were cast into a Lake cf Fire burning with Brtmirone. And the Remnant were /lain with the Sword of htm that fat upon the Horfc. Which Sword proceeded out of his Mouth: And all the Fowls were filled with their Flefb. And many other Scriptures. 0 what can I fay to the LORD'* Praile ! It was but litcle that I knew of him before I came to Priibn i I have found fenfibiy much of his Di- yine Strength , much of the Joy of his Spirit , and much AfTurance from his Word ar)d Spirit , concerning my Salvation ; My Sufferings are dated upon the Matter of my Doctrine \ for, there was found with me , the Sum of my lad two Sermons at Braid's Craigs, which I wrote after I preached them : The former whereof was upon Pfal. 46. iq. Be ft ill, and know that lam GOD : I will he exalted among the Heathen, I will be exalted in the Earth. And the latter upon Heb. 10. 38. Nuw the juft fijall live by Faith : But if any Man draw back-> mv Soul /ball have no Pleafure in him. And fo, I was examined upon the Application made therein unto the Sins of the Time : All which I owned once and again, as it is to befeen in my Indiclment, and I being tried , and an Alike fet*, I adhered to my former Confeflion explicitly \ fo my Sentence of Death was drawn forth , upon thefe Three Heads. Hrft. Becaufe I could not own James the VII, to be my Lawful Sovereign* Secondly. Becaufe I taught the Vnlawjulnefs of paying the Cefs, ex: pre/ly exatled for fuppr effing the Faithful^ and free Preaching of the Gofpcf. Thirdly. Bccauje /taught, Ihdt it was the Peoples Duty to carry Arms, at the Preaching oj the Go/pel, now when it irt every one of yoti, fe fute >cur Perional Reconciliation with GOD in CHRIST^ for, I Tear many of you have urn yet to do ; and when ye come where I am, to look pale Dearh in the Face., ye will not be a little iha- ken, and 'tenifUd, if yc have not laid hold on Eternal Life. I would exhort yousto much Diligence in ;he Ute of Means, to be careful in keeping up your Societies, to be frequent and fervent in fccret Prayer,to lead much the written Wordof God, and ro examine your Pelves by it;Do not weary' to nwintain,in your Phces and Stations, the prefent Teftimo- ny, for when Chrift goes forth to defeat Antichrift , with that N written on his Thi^h and on his Veil ure , KING OF KINGS, AND .LORD OF LORDS , He will rotfetit Glorious in the K.uthrAnd if ye can but tranfmit ir to the Pofterity, ye may count it a great l Work: But bewireofthe Miniflers, that have accepted of this 1 1 ration, and all others that brnd that way, and lolkm them not, Sun hath gone down upon them. Do rot feir, that the LORD will caft vft Scot land *, for he will certainly return again, and (hew himfelf Glorious in our Land: But watch and pr^y, tor he is biinging 91 ver-throwing Stroik, which Hull in.ke imuy fry, That ill eafily got rhorow, that have got J for CHRIST, and do not ! r*g»*d the prefent Sufferings of this Woild \ t:crthtyarcn$t worthy to fa compared to' the Glory that /ball be *&uenkilL 1 may fay to hi^Praife, that his Crols fwcet and lov. unto me ,y joyful hour*, and not a fearful . fiHce 1 came to Prifon j He hath ilrengthcncd me, to outbrave Man* DOC 2 $6 The I Writ in the time of his ReprivaL My Dear F tends in Chrift, I fee now what hath been the Language of my Reprive,it hath been, that, I might be further Tempted and Tryed,andl praifethe Lord, he hath aftifted me, to give furrher proofs of (tedfaftneU \> I have been often aflaulted by fome Pcpifij Priefis; bat the laft -time they came, I told them, I would debate no more with fuch as they were, and that I had Lived and would Die a Presbyterian Pro- teftant, and te (title again ft the Idolatries, Herefies, Superftitions, and Errors of that Antichrifiian way. But Yefterday 1 was cad into a deep Exercife, and made to dwell under anlmpreflion of theDreadfulnefs ofe- very thing, that might grieve the Spirit of GOD. I found fin to be more Bitter tksrtl Death, and one hours hiding of GOD's Face, more in-1 fupportable. And then at Night, i was called before a part of the Council, and the Chancellor produced the Informatorie Vindication, and asked if I knew it-, I anfwered. 1 know it ^ And being Interrogate, I con fe (Ted that I had a great hand in Writing of it \ They preiTed me to teH my Affiftances, I told them they were thofe whom they Perfccuted, but would fatisfie them no further *, they alfo urged me upon pain of Tor- ture *, to tell where our Societies were^ who kept our General Corref- pondences, and where they were kept. I anfwered, though they (hould Torture me, which was contrary to all Law, after Sentence of Death, I would give them no further notice than the Books gave, I was more- over threatened to tell my Haunts and Quarters, but I refufed to make known to them any fuch thing*, SqI was returned to Prifon. Such Exercife as I had, was very needful for fuch a Tryal *, And I would rather endure what they could do unto me •, Than have difbonoured CHRIST, Offended you, and brought you into Troubhe/— ~B«t I hope within lefs than three days, to be without the reach of all Temptations. Nov? 1 have no more to fay, Farewell again, in our Blefled LORD JESUS. OfMr.JJMES RENW1CK, 277 A foort Account of his I aft Words upon the Scaffold. BEfore he went out of the Tolbooth, he was at Dinner with his Mo ther, Sifters and fome Chriftian Friends, when the Drum b eat tn« firft Warning to hisExecution*, which lo foon as he heard, he 1c ^t up in a Ravi fh men t of Heavenly Joy, faying, Let n$ be glad a/idrtj for the Marriage of the Lamb is ceme, and 1 9 an fay in fome -Meajure^ the Bride the Lamb's Wife hath made her felf ready And till Dinner was over he enlarged upon the Parallel of a Marriage, and invired all of them to come to the Wedding , meaning his Execution : When he was come to the Scaffold, the Drums being beat all the while , none of the diftant Spettaiors could hear any thing that he Paid, only fome very few, that were clofe by him did hear it, whereof one has coIJc&ed the following Account: He delivered himfelfto rhis ErFcft. Spectator?, or ( if th. re be any of you ) Auditors , I muft tell you, I am come heie rhis Day to lay down my Life, /or adhering to the Truths of CHRIST , for which I am neither affraid nor aihamed to fuf- fer •, Nay, I blefs the LORD, that ever he counted me worthy , or ena- bled me to fuffer any thing for him*, and I defire to praife his Grace, that he hath not only kept me free from .he grofs PojJurions of the Time} but alfo from many ordinary Pollutions of Children \ and fuch as I have been (tained with, he hath wafhen me from tnem in hi* own Blood. I am this day to lay down my Life, for theft three Things ( 1 ) For difowningthe Usurpations and Tyranny o{Jame\ Duke of Tork. ( 2 ) F >r pre.-.ching, That it was unlawful to pay the Cejs , exprelly exacted for bearing down the Gofpel. ( 3 ) For Preaching, That it was lawful for People to carry Arms, for defending themftlves in their Meetings for the perfecured Gofpel Ordinances. I think & Teftimony for thele is worth many Live*, and if 1 had ten hundred , I would think it little enough tolay them all down for rhe fame. Dear Friends, Spectators and ( if any of you be ) Auditors, I muft tell you, That I die a Presbyterian Prateftant. 1 own the Word of Qod .as the Rule of Faith and ^Manners. I own the Ccnj £:. n of Faith, Larger and Shorter Qatechijms, Sum of Saving 1 ;\ory for Worfhip &c. Covenants National and Solemn League, jffhofGe* veral Affembiies and all the Faithful contendi:igs that nave Kcu for the Work of Reformation. I leave mvYeftimony approving thcPreachingof theGofpel in the Fields, andtheDefending the lanae by Arm\ I Adjoyn myTeft'mony to all that hath been Sealed by Blood,Shed either or. "- .folds, Fields or Seas, for the Caufe of Chnft. I leave mv Teftinaony a- gainft Popery, Prelacy, Eraftianifna etc. Againlt all Propamity, and every thing contrary to found Doclrinc \ partiiularly againii all U»ur- pations made upon Chrifts Rights, who is the PRINCE OF THE JUNGS OF THE .EARTH, who alone muft trnthtGlot* ufKuiing 2^1 A P P E N D IX. His own K*gdom, the Church : And in particular againfl: the Abjolute Tower ufurped by th\s Vfurpgr> that belongs to no Mortal, but is the Incommunicable Prerogative of JEHOVAH y and againfl: this To!*- ration flowing from that Abfolute Power. Upon this he was bid have done •, He anfwered, I have near done. Thenhefaid, ye that are the People of GOD, do not weary in main* taining the testimony of the Day, in your, Stations and Places •, And whatever ye do, make hire an Intereft in Chrift -7 (or there is a Storm coming that mall try your Foundation. SCOTLAND mu ft be rid of SCOTLAND, before the Delivery come. And you that are Strangers to GOD, break cffyour Sins by Repentance elfe I wi!J be a Witnefs a- gainft you, in the Day of the JLord. Here they caufed him defift ^pon the Scaffold he (ung a part of the loyTfalm from the beginning and read the 19th Chapter of the Revelation : And having thus finiflied irisCourfe, ferved his Generation, and witnefTed a good Confetti on for iiis Lord and Matter, before many WitnefTcs, by the Will of GOD he yeilded up his Spirit into the Hands of GOD who gave it. ' Being the laft that Sealed the Teftimony of .this Suffering period in ?. publick way upon a Scaffold. A N A PPE N D IX, Containing ■■ fomo PARTICULARS Relating to the foregoing TESTIMONIES, and* other Sufferings of ] that Time. A Piort Relation concerning the Reverend Mr. Richard Cameron, Mini* fter vf the Gojpel, who wa* killed in a Rencounter at Air$-Mofs\ July 22. 1680. TJiEcaufe in the foregoingS^cj^there is frequent-Mention made of the JOt Reverend Mr. Richard Cameron , and Teftimony given to the Faithfulnefs of his Miniftry j it will not be {'perhaps) ungrate- ful to fome, to inferr the following Relation of fome remarkable Things, inenthis Gall to the Miniftry , which was rehearfoi by himfelf a lirtle before APPENDIX. n, before his Death, where he tcld fome Chriftian Friends, That after his having gone through the ordinary Courfe of Univerfity learning, he was a Shool maftcr , and a Precentor to a Curate at Falkland, for Tom* Time , and at fome Occafions uled to attend the Sermons cf the Indul- ged Mmiflers, as he had Opportunity. At length it pleafed the LOKD to i clinehim to go out to theField Meetings,wbich when theCurates un-; derftood , they let upon him partly by Flatteries, partly by menacing Tnreats, and at length by more direct Perfccution , to caufe hin for- bear attending thefe MeetingSjbut fuch was- the Powerful and wonderful Working of the LORD by his Spirit upon him, that he intirely defer- ted thefe Prelatick Curates, having got a lively Difcovery of the Sin and hazird of that abominable Prelacy. And bo fooner was he inlightened a- nent the Evil of Prelacy,but beginning more narrowly to (earch into the ftate of things, that he might know what was his proper and neceflary Duty, the LORD was pleafed to difcover to him the fmfulnefs of trie In- dulgence, as flowing from the Ecclefiaftical Supremacy, ufurped by the King •, and beingzealoufly affected for the honour of Chrift, wronged by that Eraftian Acknowledgment of the Magiftrate's ufurped Power over the Church, he longed for an Opportunity to give a Teftimony againft if, And accordingly being in the Family of Sir William Scot o\ Harden ^ who attended the Indulged Meetings, betook opportunity ( notwithftan- ding many ftrong Temptations from Satan to the contrary ) to witnefs in his Station againft the Indulgence : Particularly one Sabbath, after h* was called to attend the Lady to Church, he ret urned from the Entry ,re- fufing to go that Diy, and fpent the Day in his Chamber, where he met with much of the LORD'S Prefence ( as he teftitied ) and very evident Difcoveries of the true Nature of thefe Temptations and Suggeftions of Satan, which had like to have prevailed with him before. And upon the Munday, giving a Reafon to the faid Sir IV. Scot and his Lady, why he went not to Church with them , he took Occafion to be plain , and CXprefs in teftifying againft the Sinfulnefs of the lnduli>en*ey in it's com- plex Nature,and Original Rife and Spring from whence it Howed *, and Thereupon leaving that Service, being no further acceptable to them : JSecaufe of his Faithfulnefs, he came to the South, and having met with the Reverend Mr. John IVelfi, he ftayedjn his Company a coufi ble Time *, who finding him a Man qualified for the Miniftry, preffed upon him to accept a Licence to preach, which he refuled for fome Time, chiefly upon this Reafon , That he having fuch clear Discoveries of the Sinfulnefs of the Indulgence, could not but te- Jlifie a&ainft it explicitely -, fb foon as he fhould have Opportunity to preach inPublick \ and confidering,that none of the outed Minilters, who had been of ftanding and Experience in the Miniftry, had yet ei- prefiy dec' red the finfulncfs thereof in Publick , he v ,As he was of a moft Holy Strict, tender and Compofed t Practice an4Gonverfation3 foJiewasAffeftioyta-tc, AfTabte and tender i Hearted A P P E N D 1 X. 261 c Hearted to all he judged had any thing cf the Image of GOD in them*, 1 Sober and Temperate in his Diet, faying commonly, h was well won 4 that was won of the Flcjh \ Generous, Liberal and moft Charitable to 1 the Poor, a great hater of Ccvetoufnefs *, a frequentVifiter of the Sick ; * much alone, loving to be retired, but when about his Matter's publick * Work -, laying hold of every opportunity to Ediefie j in Gonverfe 4 (till dropping what might Minifler Grace to the Hearers*, his very * Countenance was Edifieing to Beholders, often fighing with deep * Groans: Preaching in feafon and out of feafon, up.n ail Hazards, Ever < the fame in Judgment and Practice. There werefcveral things remarkable in the manner of his Calling to the Miniftry, forafterhe had perfe&ed his Philofophy courfe,at the UniverGty of 67. .Andrews, his Father, a Godly and Religious Vtentle* man prcfTcd much upon him, toftudy Divinity in order tofithim for the Miniftry ", but he thro' hisgrer.t tendernefs of Spirit, coniUntly rcfufed, telling his Father, That the work rfrhe Ministry was too great a Weight for his weak Shoulders, and requefting him to command him fo any other Implo> -merit he plealed. But his Father frill urging, he refulved to feek the mmd of the LcrtJ therein, and for that end let a part a d.*y of private Fatting, and after long and earneft W rep ling with the LORD by Prayer, The }Xhap. o( Ezjkiet'i Prophefie, and chiefly thele words in the nrft Verie, ( Son of Man, Bat this R «// ', and go, I peak, unto the Houfs *flfrael) made a ftrong Impreiii n upon his mind, fo that he durft never after rcfcife his Father's 1 betake himfelf to that fludy, and Dedicate himfelf wholly to that OfHce. And having got a Call to the Barony Pari fh of Gl:.(gow, Divine Providence ordered it fo, that the Te.xt upon which the Presbytery ordered him to Preach, wa-s in t very words of the 3d. of l.^ekiel, which he had got clearnefs from be- fore*, Whence he was the more confirmed, that he had GOD's Call to thatParifh. The Parifh had been long Vacant, by reafon that two Mi- ni ft « publick Rc\olution Ptrty. viz: Mr. Gemge Young, and Mr. Hugh BLair had (till oppoiea the Settlement of fuch Godly Men as had b«en called by t- , and hid praftifed Secretly v%itb the Council of GlaJnow not roiuh\-r any to be fettled there, that might ; ft the Tublwk Rtfoiutims \ But in Reference to Mr. Caret's Call, th by GOD's goodpTOfidence much bound up from their wonted 1 on. Mr Car git perceiving the Li ghtnels of the People, and tiuir un« conterr.edncis under the Word, was much di(coura;»ed thereat, and re- (olved to return horrtt, and not to accept the ( 1 when urged by the Godly Miniitt is not to >io it, and his reafon asked, h They are a Rebellious PeopU *, The Minillers Solicited him much to ! but could not prevail. At It 1 hejult about to take v% bein^ Jsmes 1) bad Saluted feverai of the Ch' is, that came to Ice him 262 APPEND IX. Horfe \ as he was bidding farewell to a certain Godly Woman, ftie faid to him, S/>, you havepromijed to Preach on Thurfday, and have you ap pointed a Meal to a Poor Starving People, and thirfty^and fioods on the dry Ground^&c. The People know- ing that his Voice was fore broken, were much difcouraged left they fhould nor have heard, by reafon of the great Confluence, but it pica- fed the LORD fo to loofe his Tongue, and reitore his Voice to that DiftincTnefs and Clearnefs that none could readily exceed him in that refpecT ever after j And not-only his Voice but his Spirit was (o en- larged, and fuch a Door of utterance given him, that Mr. Blackato Succeeding him, faid to the People, fit that have fuch Preaching as this> have no need to invite fir angers to Preach to yotti Make good ufe of % our Mercy. After this he continued to Preach within a very little from the City a great Mukitade (till attending upon and profiting by his Miniltry, being wonderfully preferved in the midit of Dangers. The Enemies feveral times fending out-fomc to watch him, and catch fomething from his Mouth, whereof they might Accufe him. Particu- larly one day the Arch Bifhopof Glafgow lent one of his Domeftick Servant* to take notice what he would hy concerning the Prelates^ he knowing nothing thereof, was directed of the LORD to have thefe words in Prayer, while he was bewailing the overthrow of the Work of GOD, What pjali we fay of the Prelate^ the good Lord make us quite of them \ for we will never have a day to do wclljill once the Lord rev. that abominable Party , that ha* deftroysd theKi/jeyardofthe LORD\ Which was all that the Spy had to return to his Matter with. To relate all the furprifing Deliverances that he met with, inefc. ing very narrowly from his Enemies, would take much time •, take a t lew inftances. In the Month of Ociober 1665, they made a put fearch for him in the City \ He bc\n^ informed of it, took his Ilorfc rode out of the Town, and at 1 narruw pals of the Way, he im: number of Mufketeers, and as he paflfed by them, turning iuto another, Way upon the Right Hand, one of 'cm asked him, Sir, what of the Clock is it? He anlwertd, it is fix. Another of 'em knowinghij fays to his Fellows, There's the Mm we're put the Spurs to the Hor(e, and eicaped. He molt ulually relided thefpaceof three Years and upwards, in a Chamber, in tb .e of one Margaret Crai^, aGodly and Hunelt Woman, Lectun nin{ 2^4 A P P E N D I X. and Morning to fach as came to bear him, where, tho'they fearched frequently for him, yet Divine Providence fo ordered it, that at all ths times he was either cafually or purpcfely abfenr, tho, they managed their Searches with much clofenefs :, but the Lord was fo Gracioufly Inftance, on a certain Sabbath, when he was going to Woodfidc to Preach, as he was about to mount his Horfe, the one Foot being in the Stirrup, he turned about to his Man, and faid, I muft not go yonder to Day, and within a little, a Party of Horfe and Foot came in qucil of him, and not finding the mark they ainVd at, fell .upon the People Apprehending and Imprifoning many of them. Another remarkable Efcape was, at a Search purpofely made for taking him in the City • they came to his Chamber, and found him not, for he was providentially in another Houfe that Night •, The Search was fo ftri is come, &c. having made a fhotft and perti- nent Difcourfe on theh?iture, Subject, Caufes and Ends of £kcommu- .nicatitth, and declared 'his Motives leading him to \[, not to be. any private Spirit or Paflion, but Confcience of Duty and Zeal to GOD: he pronounced the Sentence, as follows. We have fpoken of Excommunication, of theCaufes, fubjeft. and Ends thereof, we fhall- now-prcceed to the Action, being conffrained by the Conference of ouj: Duty, and Zeal for GOD, to Excommunicate fome of thefe, wfco have been the committers of lb great Crimes, and Authors of the great Mifchiefsof Britain and Ireland, But efpecially thefe of Scot- land *, and in doing of this, we (hall keen the K imes, by which i\\ty art ordinarly called, that they may be the better known. I bcin£a*Minifter of JESUS CHRIST, and having Authority trfd L\ rower 966 A PP END IX Power from Him, do in His Name and by His Spirit, Excommunicate Charles the 2d. King, &c— and that upon the account of thefe wicked* neffifs. 1 ft. For his high Mocking of GOD,in thatjafter he had acknow- ledged his own fins, his Father's fins, his Mother's Idolatrie, and had Solemnly engaged againft them, in a Declaration, at Dumfermlint* rh* 16 day of Jugusl 1650, he hath,notwiihftanding of all this, gone ©n more avowedly in thefe Sins than all that went -before -him.- 2/y. For his great Per jury ,Naftera(lle pertained, the faid Earl being his Friend and Relation \ from which time till about the Year 1679, he lived peaceably in England^ much beloved' of all that knew him for his concern in Propagating the .sledge of Chrift in that Country :, info much that his blamelefs and fhinningChriftianConverfation drew reverence and Eftetni from his vejy Enemies. But about the Year 1678, the heat of the Perft cation 'mScothnd obliging many to wander up and down thxovgn Northumbcrm Und and other Places: one Collonei Strut fan intending to Skze any Scots Man he could findinthofe Part*, and meeting with Thom>u Ker of Hayhapcx one of Henry Hall's neareft intimates, he was engaged ia that Eacouutcr upon the account oi the laid Thomas K:ry who was Ki!: led there } upon which accounthe was fcrced to return to Sat land y and wandered up and down during the hott, ( f the Perfecution, moft- ly With Mr. Richard Cameron and Mr. Donald Cirgilj during which time, befides his m.m.y other Chriitian -Venues *, he It himfelf for a real Zeal in defence of the Perfecuted Gofpel Preached in the Fields, ave faveral proof, of his Valour and Courage, "particularly at Rt> Drunjclog, C: ind Hot kit>el bridge y whereupon being I faulted, and Violently Purfucd, to efchew the Violent Hands of his in- defatigable Perfecutors, he was forced to go over to HAlmd ) where he had not fhyed long, when his r the Perfecuted Intereft of Chrilr, and hlii tender fympathy with 1 .led Remnant of his Covenanted Brethren in Scotland, then wandering thro' the defolate Caverns an4 5 of the Earth, drew him ll>me, cbufing r [he irt- :tsof Perfecuting fury, than to live at cafe*, Wli Affl a iun, making A/b/^j'hGener^u^ chpife,rath the People of GOD, that he migh Chrilt's Sufferings, than to snjoy what Momentary the World cojuld afford, nor was h : touch the \ -jilood nottogiv und to fiold tb I Preachings upon, when none clft would 1 Follower of the Faithfully Preached G p , Indulgence, he was with Mr. Richard Cum where he was cenfurcd. 27P JP P E NV.I X. Abouta Quarter of a Year after his return from Holland, being in company with the Reverend Mr. Donald Cargil, they were taken no- tice of by two Blood Hounds theCurates of Borrowftounnejs and Carrine, who wsnt to Afi^/*f, to recover i^i: Liberty agiin. — — They decUre they neither can 4 noi will near ;b ra,'&r.nor any who encouraged and ftrengthened their 4 h Jed for them, and tr iifTcked for union with them.7.That 4 thev arc /or aMn:lingGol~pelMinH!ry,rigruly chofen &: rightly ordain: 4 ed and that none fhall take upon them the Preaching oftheWord, 4 &f. unieis called and ordiined theieunto. 4 Anawheras (eparation might be imputed to them, they refel both 4 the Ma'iice, and the ignorance of that Calumnie. for if there be 4 a ftparaaon, ii muft be where the change is \ and that was not Co be 4 found in them, who were not Separating (torn the Communion of the 4 true Church nor letting up a new Aliniftry, but deavng to the 4 fame Minirters and Ordinmces, that formerly they followed, wheno^ 4 thers have fled to new ways, and a new Authority, which. is like the 4 Old piece in the new Garment. 8. That they fhall Defend 'emfelves 4 in their Civil, Nitural, and Divine Rights and Liberties. — And if 4 anyaiTault them, they fhall took on it, as a declaringa War, and take 4 all advantages^that one Enemy docs of another, ■ ■* But trouble and i Injure none, but thofe thatinjure them. A Lilt of the Banijhed, TO Speak nothing of thofe whom the Cruelty of the Perfcctttors forced to a Voluntary Exile, of whom there can be no particu- lar Accounted, befides Che 6 or 7 Miniftcrs that were Bad M m ftili.cA 374 A f P E N D IX. nifhed and went to Holland, & 7 or 8 Countrey People to France, feveral others to Barbadoes before the Year 1666. After the Year 1678. there were Banifhed to be Sold for Slaves for the fame Caufe for which others Suffered Death at Home, of Men and Women about 1700. Viz,. An- no 1678, to Virginia 60, whereof 3 or 4. were Minifters, who were all by the Mercy of GOD delivered at London. Ittm-r. Anno i6j$, of the Prifoners taken at Bothwel, were Bmifhed to America, 25c, who were taken away by Paterfon Merchant in Leith, who Tran- fa&ed for them with Provoft Milns, Laird of Barntoun } the Man that firft Burnt the Covenant, whereof 200 were drowned by Shipwrack at a place called the Mule Mead of Darnefs near Orkney , being fhrut up by the Paid Pater jorii Order beneath the Hatches, 50 efcaped, whereof the Karnes, fo many of them as could be had follow, thefe who efcaped be- ing marked with a Star for Diftin&ion's Sake. Out of the Shire of .Clydfdale and City of Glafgow, Francis Wodrow, Walter M^kichnie, Alexander Pirie, William Miller. Out of the Parifh of Govan An- drew Snadgrafs* Out of the Parifh of Kilbride Robert Auld. John . Struthers, James Cark, John Clark, William Rodger. Out of thf Parifh »i Shots Peter Lermont, Robert Ruffel, John Aitkin, Robert Chalmers, John Thomfon *. John Kitten, Alexander Walker. Out of the Parifti of Cambufnethen William Scuhr * Out ol the Monklands William Waddtl *. William Grinlaw, Thomas Mathie, William Miller, John l Wvntt, James Waddel, John Gardner *. Thomas- Barton. Out of the Parifh of Bothwel More*. William Breakenrig. Outofthe« Parifh of Bvendale John Cairnduff, John Cochran, Robert Altfon, An- drewTorrtnce, Thorn** Br ownlee, John W Jo. M'tagart. Alex. Murray *. Out of the Parifh of Borgue, Andrew Sprot.Ro. Brice. Jo. Richifon *, Jo.Martine*. Jo. Brice, Will. Thomfon. Out of the payfh of Giithon Andrew Donaldfon. Out of the parilh of Dairy Jq. Smith *Jo. M'colm *.Out of Irongray.And. Wallet.Out of BalnVclelan Jo. Edgar K Out of Lochrutan And. Glark * Gat of Etrick of Forreft Jo. Scot. Out of the parilh of Gallafherts Rob. Mcgill t« Rob. Young. Out of the Shires of Merfe and Teviotdale and parish of Nethen Sam. Nisber. Jo. Deans,, Ja. Atchifon -f. Out of the parish of Cavers Ja.Leidon t« Jo.Glafgow t.Will. Glafgow *. Jo. Greensheills, Rich. Young, 5a. Douglas. Ja. Young ||, Ja. Hobkirk, Out of the Town of^Telfo William Hardie. Out of the Town of Jed- burgh Jo* Mather. Out- of the parish of Ancrum George Rutherfurd. Out of the Parifh of Sprouftor^ Walter Waddel, and Tho: Cairns. Out of the Parifh of Melrofe, John Young and Andrew Cook. Out of the Parifh of Cafktoun, William Scot, John Pringle, Al'exSnder Wad- del and Jo:Unnes.Out of the Parish of Askirk,William Heid. Our cf the Parish of BandonjAnd'.Newbiging.Out of theParilhof Sudon JaiCouflen, William Swanfton*. Jo: EliotJOut ofthe Parifh of Hobkirk Jo: Oliver* Thefe feve n -follow in g>.w ere fen fenced and baniihed to Weft Flanders^ who departed the Kingdom March yb 1684, Iho*. Jackfon, Gtb. jack". • fony,Ja. Forreft Elder r Ja, Forresl Younger , Jo. Coline Jd. Gurlay, * • Gillies. Afterwards were banifhed to Carolina 30, who were trahfpor- ted in Ja. Gibfon's Ship,. called fome time Bailie Gibfon in GlaFgow^ of whom it is ebfervabk, that in GOD's righteous Judgment he was caft '■■ away in CarolinaBiyy when he commanded in the Rifing-Sun \ they re- ceived their Sentence June 17, 1684.. The Names of (uch as fubfcribed i the Joint Teftimony, are thefe, Mattb. Machan^Jd. M*lintocb, Jo. Gib* y Jon, Gavi Blacky J* Pat on, Will. IngXis^Jo. Toung, Jo. Gd\t, Jd.EdudrdS) *Tko. Mar Jhail,G to. Smith, Will. Smithy Ro. Vrit, Jo. Buchanan y Iho. Bryct\ Jo. Simon% Hiu Simon % Will. Simon*, Arch. Cunningham, Jo. Alex* j under, J*. MarJhaL Thereafter in July 19,. 1684, Jo.- Mathefon, Jo. I Cfigbton^Ja. M^gachen^Jo, M'cbefnpti Ja* Baird werebanifhed to New " Jerfic in America. Thereafter were-taken away in Bani foment by one Robert Maloch, 14 Men, whofe Names are not recorded. Anno 1685 ft* the Time of Quctnsb(rtV% Pai&ijnent, of Men and Women were - """ ' " ' km A ? P E N D 1 X. 277 fent to Jamaica 200 : And that fame Year, one PitUchie tranfported t*> New Get fie 100 whereof 24 were Women. And in the fame Year, 13 more wen (ent to Ba*badoes. Their Names are not in the Hands of the Publifhers, if *hey be at air recorded. Anno i687*cne and Twenty Men and Women wer$ Tent to Barbadoes, whofe Names that fubferibed the joint Tcfiimony, are as follows, Jo. Foord, Wat. M'min, Adarrt Hood, ]o. Al^hie, Pet. Ruffe], Tho. Jackfin, Cba. DougaX, Ja. Grifton, Jo. Hat vie, J a. forfyth, Geo. John ft on, Jo. Steven, Rob. Toung, Jo. Gilfillan, And. Paterfon^Jo. Kingkead, Ro. Alain, Ja. A/iuirhead,Geo. Muir^Jo. Henderlon, A'jap.Jaekfon, Ahap. Gordun, Jean Aloffht. An) no 1687 March 30 werebanifhed to Barbadoes, Jo, Stuart, Ja. Douglas, Jo. Ruffcl, Ja. Hamilton. Will. Hannay, Geo. White, Gilbert Mac< culloch, Tho. Brown, Jo. Brown, Will. Hay, Ja Wright, Jo. Ri-; charh, without any Examination^ in the Paroch of Colmonel in Carrick , Anno 1685. Colanel James Douglas, Brother to the Duke of Queensberry, together with Leu. John Living* Hon, and a Party with them, furprifed 5. Men in a Cave at Ingleftoun, in the Parifh of Glencarn, being betrayed by Andrew Watfon: Their Names were John Gibjon, Robert Grierfon, Robert Mttchtl, James Bennoch, and John Edgar, all which were at the command of the faid Col. Dowglas brought forth and iramediatly fhot dead, without giving them fo much time as to recommend their Souls unto GOD. One John Ferguson, fometimesa profeft Friend, thruft oneof them through j fuppofinghe was not dead: This was done in the Year, 1685. Item, The faid CoU James Douglas and his Party, fhot to Death John Hunter for no alledged Caufe, but running out from the Houfe at Corchead, the fame Year, 1685. Item, The faid Col: or Lieu: Gen: James Ddugl*, with Lieu: Livingston, and Coronet James Douglas, furprifed (ix Men at Prayer at the Calduns, in the Parifli of Miriigaf \ viz.. James Duny Robert Dun, Andrew Mackalc, Thomas Stevenfon, John Macklude, and John Stevenfon, in January 1685. Item, The faid Col: or Lieu: Gen: James Douglas caufed take Andrew Macquhan out of his Bed, fick of a Fever , and carry him to Newtoun of Galloway, and the next Day fhot him dead, the forefaid Year, 1685. Item, The faid Col: or Lieu: Genv Douglas commanded Thomas Richard, an Old Man of 70. Years, to be ftot in time of Prayer ; ( he was betrayed and taken by Peter Ingles ) Anno 1685. at Cumnock in JCyle. Captain Douglas finding one Mowat, a Taylor, meerly becaufehe had fome pieces of Lead belong ing to his Trade, took him, and without any further trial jhot him dead 9 between Fleet and£>*$ in GaUaway. Item ,The laid Captain DougUt J'f'PENDI X. 27j> Dougldt and his Men finding one Auchenleck, a deaf Man for not making anfwer, through defect of his Hearing, infhntly fhot him dead off Horleback, near Carlmwark, Anno 1685. S\x Robert Dal- z.iel and Lieu: Stratoun, having apprehended Daniel Afackmickel, not able to flee by reafon of his being Sick, and detained him 24 Hours Pri- soner, took him out and fhot him at Dalvten, in the Parifh oiDurifdeer in NithfdaXe, Jan: 1685. Item, The laid Captain Dalz.e\, and Lieu: Stratoun, with their Men, found Wi Miam Adam hiding in a Buih, and iiftantly killed him, at the Wa\wood in Ky\e, Feb: i685.Captain Bruce, Cap: of Dragoons apprehended James Kirko, at the intelligence of one JamejWrigbt, carried him to-Drw;j/rtr^detained him Prifoner one Nighr, next Day brought him forth to the Waterfands, and without any procefs . fhot him dead. The dying Man dehrcda little time to make his Peace With GOD *, The Captain anlwered, oliener than once or twice, Devil a Peace y$ get more made up. Some Gentlewomen coming to beg bis Life, were hindered by one John Cratk of Stewartoun ; the Jorefaid DaU z.eV$ id. Son was one of them that fhot him, tho' without command, Jjtne 1685^ Item, The faid Captain Bruce furprifed in the Fields, and infhntly (hot three Men in the Parifh of Kirk pitrick in Galloway, viz., John Wallace, Edgar, and another, Feb: 1685. Item, The laid Captain Bruce and his Men, took out of his Bed Thomas Mack- haffie, fick ol a Fever and fhot him inltantly, in the Parifh of Stratoun in Carrie k, Jan: 1685. Item.James Dougl a* Coronet of Dragoons, com- manded to fhoot John Semple, erLying to elcape out of a Window, in the Paroch of Dellie , Anno 168^. Kilkerron Ihot h'wnJtem , The (kid Coronet DougXas Apprehended Edward Afackeen,&i\d by fearch finding a Flint-done upon him,prefently fhot him, without any fur-therTryal, Yeb: 16%$. L\e\x:Geft'.Drummond commanded without anyProceisof TryjilJ - Mu)chie, and Daniel Mike\wock, to be immediatly fhot, after they were taken, in the Paroch of Col m on e\ in Camck, Anno 16S5. A: the fame time, his Soldiers did fhoot diad Alexander Lin. Captain fagHs, and his Dragoons purfued and killed James Smith, at the Burn of Ann in Kyle, 1684. Peter Inglis his Son, killed one John Smith in Cunmt.g* ham , 1685. Item, The faid Peter or Patrick IngUs kiUed one ]imes White, ftruck off his Head with an Ax, brought it to Neu J plaid at the Football with it, be killed him at Little black wood, the Joi e- faidYear, 1685. Item, The laid Petter Ingln Ihot John Bui lie, with his Pais in his Hand, in Evcndale, April, 1685. -«N. : , to- gether with Captain Mailland and their Party, Apprehended at their Work, Robert Tarn, John Urie aud Thomas Cook , aiu inltantly |] thtm , at Pomadee, near Glalgow, Mvy, 1O85. Col: Hucaau % . the Laird of Lee and their Men, fhot ]thn Smith, in the P •/• wahezo, Feb: 1685. I ieu: Laoder (hot to Death William •■ the Wood-head on the WaterofAir Anrify 1C85. \\^\ Miik| iqjl bis 5#o iPP£ N D IX. Party, (hot to Death John Fergufon, George Whiteburn, and Patrick Gemmil in the Parifh ofFinnick, in the (aid Year. Lieu: Murray with his Party, (hot one John Brown after Quarters given, at Blackwood in Clydfdale , March 1685. Lieu: Crighton did mpft barbaroufly after • Quarters,v-fhoot David Steel, in the Parifh of Lefroahego, Decern: u6§6. The Laird of Stenhoufe, Sir Robert Laurie of Maxueltaun and John -Craikoi : Stewart otrn, did inftigate and urge Coronet Bailie his party of Dragoons to /hoot William Smith in /////, after he had been priloner one night ( it was the .day of Maxuclt gun's daughter's Marriage, ) who alforefufed to let him be buried in the Church yard. Tim Douglas of Stenhoufe being aLaird of mean Eliate,was advanced ^for fuch Services as this, and his excefive Harafting, Spoiling and Fining- the, People of GOD, and becaufe he was a Papilt ) to theHonour of being Secretary for Scotland to James the jth \ but the Wicked's Honour is ihort liv'd } bis Name is Extinct,, having neither Root nor Branch, Male or Female, nor any Rememberance left unto him. The hid Laurie ofMxxwelton's Stewart reported, that a cup of Wine delivered jhat day into his Hand, turned into congealed Blood j but be that as it wi!!, himfelf died by a fall from hisHorle, fome Years after. Sir James-Johnfton of Weft er hall, caufed apprehend Andrew Hi/top in the Parifh of Hutton in AnnandaU delivered him up to C\averhoufey and never refted untill he got hjm fhot by Claverhouje his Troopers \ CUverhou/e would have delayed it, but Wcfterha/Iw&s fo urgent, that CUverhoufe was heard fay, This Man's ■ Blood Jhall be upon WftterhM. At length u pon his urgency, Qaverhuuft ordered a Highland Captain who was there to do it, but he refufed j and drawing offhis Highlanders to a convenient Diftance, Sware, that Her nain Sell would fight Claverhoufe and all his Dragoons fir ft. Whereupon he caufed three of his own Dragoons do it May 1685. 'Tis obiervable of this Wetter hally.tiM he was once a great ProfciTor, and one who had Sworn the Covenant^ and when the left was framed, Jie bragged that be was an actual Covenanter and fcorned the Teft j hut when he had the Tryal, he embraced it,and became a bitter Enemy to the Work and , People of GOD,andthis.Man having been taken in his Ground.hw woukl have him fhot, .to give proof of. his Loyalty. . He diedabcut the Revo- lution , in great torture of Body by the Gravel, and horrour ardanguilh ofConfcience,»iafotriuch that his cries were heard at a great dift.ance from the Houle, as a warning to all fuch Apoftates. Sir Robert Grietfon of Lag, having the Command of a part of Claver- houfe's Trcop and Strauchan's Dragoons, furprifed John Bell of White- fide, David.. Halliday portioner of Mayfleld, Andrew Macrabeit, Jaaies Clement, and^Robert Lenox of Irlintoun, and barbaroufly killed them after Quarters^ without time* allowed to Pray ^ when John Bell of Whitefide begged a little time to Pray, Lag anfwered , What Devil Jbave yw been dwing ?, Have you not Prayed eneught thefe many Years in A P P END IX. i*theHil!9 ? and fo foot him prefently in the Parifh of Tonglandin Galloway, Feb: 1685. Itim^ the faid Laird of Lag having taken Alex- ander Mlcubine and John Gordon Prifoners, at the Miltcun of Orr without any Aftize or Tryal, caufed them to be hanged on a Tree at the Kirk of Irongray, and there left them hanging, Item, The frid Laird of Lag, with the Earl of Anandale, having Command of (one Troops of Heritors, purfued another David Halliday and George Short, and Apprehended and fhot them, under Cloud of Night, in the Paroch ofTwynhame in Galloway, Anno 1685. This Laird of L^,who was fo wicked an Oppreflbrand Deftroyer ef the People of GOD in Galloway ^wA Ntthfdale is now a Jvfrice of the Peace, notwithftanding his being Excommunicate for his Adultery and Impenitent Obftinacy.. The Laird of CoJzean, for that time Captain of a Troop of Militia andHeretors, killed William M'kergur at Blairquban Milne, Anno, l6%%Jttm The Laird of Colzean^ witn the Laird of Ballochmiln, (hoot Gilbert M'adam, in the Parifh of Kirkmichel, July, 1685. A Party of Highlanders killed Jofeph Wilfon, David Dun, Simeon Paterfon, and other two, near the Water of Kill, in a Mofs in Kile, Ann* 168$. The Laird of Ardenkeple commanding a Party of Highland Men, killed Robert Lockhart and Gabriel- Thorn fon, about that I ime alfo. Likewife, William Paterfon was Shot at Strevin, uncertain by*" whom, l68j. Alfo John M'clorgan was killed at DrummeHiar/s Houfe in the Night time not known by whom. Jchn Reid belonging fometimes to Craigie's Troop, did und^r* Cloud of Night Kill hy a fhot, one George Wood about 16 Years Old, without asking oncQueftion at him, ztlinkhorn hiil in Ky\e, June 1688. In furri their Number amounts to 78. Befides thde Cold-blood -murthers, there were many killed at feveral Skirmagesat Plemland\ Bothpel, Airt Mf<, &c. while fighting in their own Defence, and the Defence of the H-ld Meetings, the Number whereof amounts to about 400 and fome odds. A foort Account of the Ofrprejfive Exactions. EXpetting that others,who have the particular Informations i f ters of facl by them, will be concerned to publifh .» nn-ie full ac- count of thele Illegal Fines and Robberies, ii Hull .gfrlce ar pretcnt to tranfciibe cm\y the General Account of iome ol them out of the f< mentioned Memorial of ^Grievances. Which Runs thus. \ For Fines, and other Exorbitant and [Ut£al Exiclion$ of Moncv, the particular Sumscannot be here enumerated \ but their vui b^| fo^etner. calculate, may beeaGly collected by thefcraps ahead/ gather- N n cd ■• 282 J P PEN D IX ed, offorcte poor Families of Farmers, Cottar?, Servants, &c\ and Many ofthefe omitted, or rot known, which woal^ very confid<»rably aug- ment the Sum ) in forne few Shires, viz:. Clydfdale, Renfrew, Air, Gal* loway, Nithfdalef and Anandale, only for but a few Years, to wit, (ince< Bothwel bridge infurrec"tion, amounting . to above 2880O0 Lib. Scots* Befides the many honeft Families, which have been catten ou* of their Houfes, ha raffed and fpoiledof their AN: Some of their H>ufcs being throwen down, Tome Brunt, forne &ut up, their Goods and-MrjveaMes feized upon, their Crop and Cattle alfo difpofed of, at the will of rfoeir < Perfecu-ters,in the forementioned Shires amounting to above 2O0. The immediate Authors, Aftors,andIn(trument$ of the(eOpprefiionsj> were principally the Curates inftigating the Privy Council, which im- powered the Forces, and Noblemen and Gentlemen offhe Country, to prey upon the poor People. All cannot be here exprefTcd, but-fomeof She molt noted in the Wefhm Shires (hall be named, who were the : greateft Perfecufers and Oppreflbrs, by Finings and other Exactions. Of Officers of the Forces. Collonel Dowglas, Brother to the Duke cf Queensberry, exacted above 2000 pound Scots Money, in^ Galloway, Ntthfdale, Shire of Air, and other Places. Lieutenant Gen. Drummond, befides 4he Forefaultries of Gentlemen, did alfo exa& Moneys of the poor in the Shir« of Air. The Eirl of Lithgow. and hisf Souldiersj fpoiled much in Galloway.The Earl of Atrlyy and his Troops ia the famcShire. The Lord Balcarras, a great Oppreflur in Galloway- befides all the Robberies he committed in Fife. .—7* Grahame of Claver- boufe* afterwards Vifcount of Dundee, with his Brother, and Subaltern, Officers in Galloway, Ntthfdale, and Anandale^ exa&ed-by Fines and r other wilds, above 1-3500 pounds Sc*u Money. Cok Bucbanf* m oft Vi- olent Perfecuter in Galloway and Shire of Air, by Robberies took iron*. the People upwards of 4000 pound»5r^/. Major Cockbum, a great Op-, preflor in Galloway. Major White, in Clydfdale and Shire of Atr, ex: - a&ed by Fines and otherwife, above 2508 pound Scots. Major Balfour* a greatPerfecuter anaOppretibr inClydfdalc. Capt. Siracban', in Galloway* Jnglis in Galloway, Air and Clydfdale', Dowglas in Galloway, Dalz.tel'm Anandale, and Bruce in Nithjdale, OpprefTed and fpoiled the people much. Ade Idr urn \nCltdf dale, took from poor Families upwards ©f 2800 pounds, avndvaft Sams in Merfe and Jiviotdale, with the Eirl of Hkme, and Ktr oiGradoun, with the Lairds of Hayning and Blindle and in Twaddale, with the Laird of PoflTa. Lieu, Winrame and Barns, were ▼ery Vigilant Perfecuters in Galloway, and tookinuch Spoil. Liev. Lauder in Aii^Bohftiaw ahighwavMan,andD.uncanGrant, a Creple with 4a Tree Leg in Gydfdale, OpprefTed the people Exceffively, this lafl $jg& *r id in Clydfdale 1500 pounds. The Chief of the Oppreflbrs among Meraen and Gentlemen were in Clydfdale, Summervailof Spittel,whoN itedfrora the pool people above 1200 pounds. Halyards more than \ • 5800. APPENDIX. n $ S500. Bonytounand Symme were alio gi car and violent Exactors. In rhe City of Glafgow, Prcvorts Johnftoun and Barns \ Bailies, Anderfon, Yuil, (5rahame& Stirling, Exacted above 20000 Pounds In Renfrew,the Eirlof Glencarn Exacted above 2400 pounds.Like wile Semple aPapift, Alexander Hume, in Eglftome, and Ezrkiel Montgomery were all great Exattors. In the Shire of Air, the Earl of Drumfrice Exatted above 1000 pounds. Likewife the Lord,Craigie, William Creighton Sheriff Depute, Crawford of Ardmillan, Montgomery of Bozland, the Laird of Broycbe, and Clerk Ogilbie, were all greatand wicked Perfecuters. In Galloway Grierfon of Lagg who exacted there, and in Nithfdale, above 1 2:0 pounds. Lidder- d le Ide and Canon of Merdrogate weFe alfo great Oppreflbrs. la ■N thldale, Queensberry and hisSons, and John Alifon his Chamberlaine, .Who when Dying faid, heJiad Damned Jiis Soul for the Duke his Matter, ir»d George Charters another of his Factors, who Vaunted he had made :26 Jou'rniesina Year in Purfuite of the Whi^s. John Dowglasof Stenhoufe a Pa pi ft, Exacted 15000 pound. The Laird of Clofeburn a« •bote 700 P. Sir Robert Da Iziel 400 P. from a few Families. Sir Robert Lawtieot Maxweltoun was alfo agreat Oppreffor and Perfecuter. In An- andale the Earl of Anandale perfecuted much, and likewife in Galloway. The Laird of Wefkrhal, Exacted above 1:000 P. SirPatrick Maxwel of -Sprinkel, was alfo a. very active and violent Perfecutor. The Lairds of .PowdvCn,Caftlemilk, Robert Caruthers of Ramar>kells,Thomas Kennedy of Heybeiths were mod Violent Perfectitors of the poor people. FromthJefhort Accountsof the Opp re (lion-, Blood-lhed, and Illegal JyrannyExercifed in thfc Land, it may be conjectured what the Total 'Would amount to, if a Hiftory thereof were pubhfhed i But all thele^ how fever efoever } Perfections, are but little in Comparifon of what the friother of harlots and her Children intend againft us, which that the •Lord may pfctvent,ought to be the ferious Prayer, and ftrenuous Endeav- our of all diem, that have a Regard to the £reatcft IatexeBf of thcmfclus a*d Ppiterity. FINIS. Good &ader9 *l Here being feveral Mi flakes of the Prefsfn this Impreffiori,tQO many •* to bear any iReafonable Apology ^ 'tis hoped thy Candorjm^i lagentl- , ty.will :ipar4ofl; the; foulfe, .and- thy Pen. amend the graatarj ,»whicii itttty .-.: mar. or alter the Senfe*: aLtft whereof follows,. thk*S5;p;?0 b * "i -. tt> the; Preftcer PagVi. UnfiajibrMankihg^ReadMankindrfa^ iin. -j6>iKanifh, read Banifhed. 1. 24 Vex^riosu i\ Vexation*. L 32, hum- :ber.liumble^ 1^38, Befliag t* Bltffing,P. 4, KJzB? tohisWrft *o.;p«7>L -$£ Heccate r. Hscate* p. i6f 1. 35, Furances r. 'Furnaces, . in the^Book^ Pa. $, l^for Chrift read Chrift's I. ■16. Sicriegibiit-ri } Sacrilegious^ p. 8#&#l for gave *♦ give. p. 23* 1. rjt .m inhering;^ 1 murthiriflg. p» Wftifc 18, Tern pter-r. Temper. h'30. Recommed rl re- ^comm&d. pi 43, 1. ^j-HttiMintaioniK^umUiation^ p.'-" 47, ). 6, Joy f, 5°yn« P« 54 J- J«i: -Carvel r. Caraway, p: 56^1/3^. Extripate r. extirpate p. 66r,U i8,Know r. knowsi p. 90^. 14V be tomo»rrtt,r. bemade to mourn, p. 101,1.13, Live r. Life. p. 141, it 26, he r. be. p. 143*. K2, 'lor i7$iir3 i6&iv p. 146,1^ Schero r. Shtchem.i p* 164,) Infffi* %t£rtn ' ft ih a greatij^20^^ p^Cd^20lemni^r.-ad]- -£RAg&pi:i EPITA P H •a We MORVMF&T- In the ?Gt*fkItimi Cbuch Yard at edtmburib. • • Vpn Ih a Hfsd •ftk4Tomit fcm'i t hs Effi g i e I */ 4» tptn Titbit , drdmn ■*»*> ihtfi Scrtptmtt Cttstttns Rev. ». 9, to, ii. And when he bad opcoe* the firft Se.l, I fiw coder the Alcat the Souls of them chit wcic ilain for the Word e*t Goo , and for the Teftimony which. ihey held. And they ciiid with a loud Voice, faying, How long, O Lckj?, holy and true, doeft thou not judge tod t - ytnge- our Blood on them that dwell on the Earth? And whirt Robes, were given unto every OBtottrtem, and itwasfiid unto them, That they (hoold reft yet fox a little Sei on, tintt? thdfe feUow-Servmts alio, and then Brethren, ttiar fcouid be killed as they were, fhould be fulfilled. Mtm 7- M. Ihtie aid they which1 cunt out ot great Tribulation , and have wrtoed their tobetand rpi4«tkem white in the blood oi the Lamb. O I HAlt PaflVn*", Fake Heed ft hat yen do fee J Thie IOMB dot libcw, iot*hlt (Meadfndit. 1. .Here lvainteti'd the Drift of tboie wno hood •Gainlt Vttjar>, ichfti/ii u «'o filoud ; AdhctirRto t'.c COV£VaNT\ and L.w»» '-'. j&Ujl-iV.og the <«n?.t ; «ad»cb *•» ^e Oulc T-ci' Livt* were l.ciific'duBto the Lufl OtFrt/^ata/ijAbju/d. luo' nctc tue.t Dult Ljefjuut«iiijUiuhcxeii,4fldoU»i Cifw, Whom Jnftice did juftly to Death pntfoe; But is for thir, no C»uic in tbcm wit fonnd Worhy of Death, but only they were Sootrd Conft»nt»nd ttedfift,?.ra!oos, Wit netting, For the PREROGAJTVF.SofChrift their J^mg WhirhrrHffliifercfral'd bv famons C«r*»y*j And iJl along ;p Mr xhmttk.'\ l.ud, ( Head, Thev did endure rhe Wrath oi LnlmicT, Rcpioiches, Tormects Deaths »na 1 j ..: Bn t yer, thty'r thtf* *>h$ fftm fitt b Tr$*bln <•«#, And now triumph in Giory * ;.h to*]. Art b. Thereafter follows this Prcfe. Fr«wMiyi7.i<6:/fc4rr*»N»^#M*f#t/Arg%;e fufir4d>to the \j-»fFtb -611 r«4t Mr. )i mtj RenwicV fufftrgd, ntrt £\a*t$ At fco ;l *h*t an kundrtd ef Koblt % tmer, Mimflers *nd ttk$n, HiUt .»* ^ RTTM $ f»r JLSUS CHRIST. Thtmtpfttx tftktm. Vpvn thtYott oftht Menu men: p*n'.i + wwa with ihtt Infcriftitn Be thou !«,.ntu. Death, andlwill jiveihee a CrowOkOi Lite. fN' SCRIPT 1 0*N 1^9ii 4 qrtvi'fltnt m t^t C>>mP4k j4rd> %f Hatnlltcuo, ljm& •» «•« irtrei, Gsvine Hamilton. ]tmcs H«mil'4w «oi vJin- ft-pher Snug, wh« i'--fri u» Kcir-i.«lgh, "Dtctmbcr j. \*66. Thttr \*p%mtnj * LMfMuS tnticpboiipdx- ifi). STay l«flectier,t»ke Notice «hu thru rcais; A i £Jink*'t» j^ui fiodici.hetecu/ Heads. INSCRIPTION OntheSronetn the High Choich Ttid of C/4//»W. Htti.jitn, Ctrai •/ Hoberi len-or, foh* Han, Ruben Jtwi, WatiU ]<>** KiCiiUiC/lJ m E P~r T A P HS Jt\icnmon4, James Johnftori, Arcniba-M *tuirt, *Ji,me* vvionmg, ]°*a Main, mho fufftrti *t the Croft of Glaffcow, fortkgir Tt&imtur. (o the •COVHN4NTS »«a IVorl^ »J Rcroc «atl©», bt:**ft thty durft not own tit ^Au^htrity of jite then Tyrgnti.dtjlroyngtke fame bttwtxt 166 6 «wdj6l*. INSC RIPTION Y*tr« Ait* fist snd eighty four. Did fend their Souls home into Qloie, Wh»!c Bodies here Interred ly. Then S»crifk'd to Tyranrw $ To COVENANTS and REFORMATION 'Caufe they adhered in their Stsri yr, Thele Nice with others to this Yied, Whole Heads and Bodies wereaor.lpar'd Their Teftmoniea Foes to bury, Caus'd beat the Drums, then rn great Furie, They'll know t; Relureft on Div, To rnurdc: Stinii was ho Iweec Pity. INSCRIPTION On the Stone lytnf on John Whirr? and Jimes Smith* w/53 ere burudat Inc'ibelly>Briti^c. Corps Alt Faif cgcz, read he re up lathis Stone ATr»g*dy, our Bodies done rpoo '/"M^ond Ta.rO> />i»? *fto„ fie / frned e^?jc *»d John \a,k. f*&* C'*it of Fa 11 , far nfmfimt »»tfe« r^r *ij. >bj.iruiop, H At (jf.y^wQrois *e loft both oqr rig ht Hands To rt>gin Beholders; rh* £n»mj fo commands; Then pat to D car K, and that rooft cruelly, Yet where we're flam even there we moft no, 1? FtomGus/£«»»To*n wt thought onto this pUee On Gallon- uce hung up tor certain Toace. Yet chcncc ta'ne down, interred here *ely Beneath tnia Stone: Our Blood to Heivendoth Hid forrcign Foe , Tur^t or M«»««i :ant, (cly. Hid St y t i> nut Tart a- s, ^irmbUn C«MVd»f, H»d cruel Stunnz^.-, the Pope's bloody Seed, CuiMM^.iiie (ame,had been lefs ftrangt their But trtttfiauts, oocc Covenanters 100, (deed .Odtecuiitrc* Mccythis cruel Deed could do : Yet notwiti-.ftandirg this their hcllitn Rage, The Noble Whano leapt npoa the Stage. With courage bold , he faid.Bchcarr not flier, Thit "Blood it mR now fflup our C«*# <4«». . Ending, "Thjywhjf would follow rhrifafauld t*k\* Their Cr»fx upon thttr lntkjthe Wefld forjml^ INSCRIPTION On Jaoes.Nubet, ji. Lawfon *ni Alexander Wood tuned «> the GaRowt Feel nt Glifgo w. H£ietyM.ejtyri three* ot Kemerr, who for the Coreaioit-did did } And Witncfi is TGsiAtVtil tftt(c HttiOBi rc«'irj. iTTiv PaifcBRer.as'hou goes by, ^tj , And uke a. Look where thefe g WtWed be 'Twixt Ffesbjtery .nd Ftelicy. INSCRIPTION On t'-oG'Ayt -ftone «t Cat heart lying on the F«- dies 9t Kotcrt Tarn, Thomas Cook «ad ]uu«» Urir, aylff mart >««» & Pomiafte. T He bloody Mnttheiertof thefe Mew *«« }A>)Q\E*lf»ur lk*Zht%\* Matiaad, And with them otheis.wcrc not free, ■Citas'dthcmto fear£his tomadit. As foon is they h«a them our found, Tncf murdci'dthcm with Shot of Gun. ScticeTtme to them did they allow Btfo;e dtmi by Gfihim •/CUver-hoofe st wit itn dttt MiV '. ~oi j-. aid Ift bmrttd thtrt m tht tptn ftt.dj. INDeath'scOldbed the DoftvPirt here Ives O t one *hOdft Sii'no-J /Viei!' • ( © nly tor Ownine Chr.ft'i Suoie' W ickcdl* Wrbng'dby incn'chim^i y Noting how Neir foerer he too gcc« tfter m'd,ncr I>t»r for in% Truth nil Blood Upon the Gnvt.ftcte of Vivid Suit in tfcev Church yird ot Lc.'r:**tStit thu *'.rt>t. Iy>< >'i D i C ephcr* fifft, tnd thnr J AdTinced to'be Ktnf of Mec, Hid of hit Gucci in this Quirtcr Thr$ He;r. a 0.ai«l\cr, now a Mmyr. U'hw tor h*,» confAmcy ird zcil, Stil toiiebick did prove good STIIL Who for Clwifl'i Rojil Troth* »ad itmf- And '^cr the Coveointod Ciufe Of $ttt!»nd'j fimovs Refo/.Ti»tiooj Declining rynmi U "arpnioc , Bycruen Cnshttn munhei'd iyee, ^hcfcbloodto Hejy'n for Veirgcicct cryi Upon the Grive-Pone of Andnm H\1tp ly- ing in Cr«ic4 h4»xh m Z>idAlrm*tr '• the plicc where he w s fc >r b? f.»mfrt>tt upon tht % Gi»»t-Hoce ot f»(.ngrrr»rn, »hohvedJ :u thepn.fhof 1-tnt ^», . na foffertd J*» i6«7- ixbit lnUnpiion. T* 1 Nlerm V DnQficrific'^ m i ;•;• Tetprcciou- in ! ,{hrf Since mirtr-'J tr»r tiii I When h« condemn hefe bellifb Dndgci, | By (ufi'nge liia.i fltll be rtkll 9udgci. Upon the Cr.te ftont «f H'l*~> W*J . .a c fime churh t . , w o .(j lime pinft, ird ln$< «d i • nhtbe toimCr, thcreii if.u I ? H*r, u.-d. hi doth lr A \JHfj)»h 'glil ^timry W >.. « nd§4«ro^fctr uponiheBni|Le-r« < Tiocldhjnng vci|Ci&cc toi hiignihitii blooi £ P IT A P HS. 288 Jnthi farm Churth-TArd, en the GrAve-ilon* «f James Kirko, whe lived in the Parijb »f Ki«r, and m#tbot dead en the funds ef Dufwtreis byi. Captain b 1 ucc , June 1 6 S 5 » ** th* M 9tto, BYbloodvflr«c«andwretch«d Wright^ 1 ioa my kite in great Detpight : Shot dead without due Time to try. And fit me forEcemity. A Wtmcfsof Tr«i«ti<^Rage, As ever was in toy Age. QnthtGrave-fitne lyinf cwEdffltd Gordon <«d Alcxinder M'cnrune, execute at the Church •/lrongray, *r r/># cetnmand *f tht L*itd ef Lag and Ctptain Bruce. AS Lag and bloody Brace cemraand, We were bungupby hellifli Hand; ADd thus, their furious Rtge to ftay, We died at Kirk of Irengray. Here now in peace, iweet Reft we take, Once murdei*d lor Religion'* fake. TJpen a Sttne lying-in a Moer near Lwchcnkit- bil,«n the grave of John Gordon, William ftuirt, Willam Hereon and John Wallace Jbet by Captain Bruce. BFhold herein this wildemci'swe ly, Foar Wi'tneffer or helliih cruelty. Oui Live* ftt Bloot' could not tbeir lre*fluage, But when we're dead, tney did againft us rage; That match the like, we think, ye fc a rcely cin» Except the Tmrkji, ot Duke de^Ws Men. Upon three feveral Grave-ftones lying on JohnGibfen, *amtt Bennocb, Rt'etrt Edg -irind Rebnrt Mtuhely who were dot at Inglifyonnin the fariihof G/««»«,<'*' and Lieutenant tivmgflen, v*»»» 20l5> txethtf* v«re«. I .'On Jehn Gib fen. MT foul's in Heaven, here'* my Daft, By wicked lentence and uojuft Sno«dead, convicted of no crime. But Non-complyancc *ith the Time, When^a.'/'sBiftirds had command, And monltroos Tyrants rni'd the Land. 2 On Jajxt: Ftn» Years etAge, was fcet at the Bridge-end of 1Aivni~lve by the command of Sir Robert L**na L»ird of Maxweltovn, en&Jthn Douglai Laird of Stennoufe, Map i6Sj. I William Smith no* hue do ly, OacemmyVd tor Chrift's Verity. Douglatot Stenheufe, Laurie of M*xwaf>««a Caus*d Cornei haitit give me martyrdom. What cruelty they to my corps then us'd living may fudge; me^Burial ihey rcfus'd . Upon Ttamel MAckmicbel, who was dot by Valvel of Kjrkmichel,fAn. 1685, Lying in ihc Chuicu yard of Durisdeer. As T>Anict caft waa into Lyon'* Den, For praying untoGOD,»nd not to *wen: Tous Lyons cruelly devoured me, For bearing unto Truth my Teit'mony. 1 reft in puce, til ?e(us rend the cloud. And judge «twix me, and theiewbo died my Blood. Upon the Grave Stouein the Church-yard of Balmaghte. upon the co-pi ot "David Halliday Pornoocr ot Mayfield, shot bv ihe Laird ot LAggy Feb. )6S>. and of David Holiday in Olewgep, fliot by the f«me Latrd of LAgg tnd the £arl of ~4naodalc in the lame Year 1615. is this.tfllT^T//. Beneath this Sone two DavicIs H ALLID AY1 Do ly, whole Soul 1 now flag their Matter's 1 c know it curious p«fltngers dellre (Praife. For whit, by whom ,*nd tow they cid expiie? They did oppofe thia Nation's PERJURY* Norcould they jo- nwih Lordly PREL ACT. Indulgence-favours trom ^Chrifi'* eucmiee Quench'd nor then Zeal: This Wenument men Theleare ihe cau(es.- net «o be forgot. / crys, Why thty by bagg to wickedly *tit A. . One Name, One caufe, One Grave .• Oaf Heav'n do tye Thcii Souls to thai OfiS GOD Eternally. i