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Terrvood Excommunication^ 
 
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 Lecture and Discourse 
 
 Going before, And the 
 
 Afternoon SERMON 
 
 Following after ; With the 
 
 A&ion of Excommunication 
 
 Itfclf, Pronounced at 
 
 T K W D, 
 
 September i68o- upon 
 King C.H ARLES II. 
 
 JAMES DuJceofYpRK, 
 jamei. Duke of Momnoath y 
 John Duke of Lauderdale , 
 
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 By diat fairhful Minifter and Martyr of Jefus Chrift, 
 
 Mr. DON A LD CARG1LL. 
 
 ' Never (except the A&ion itfelf ) before publifhed. 
 
 (. Tim. i. 2o. Ofwfom is Hymeneus and Alexander y wh$m 
 I have delivered uxtQ Satan, that they may learn mt t$ 
 llajfheme. 
 
 Prated in the Year M DCC XLI. 
 
 John Duke of Rotfojs, 
 Sir George Mackenzie K. Adv. 
 Thomas DaUeel of Bins. 
 
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 THE 
 
 LECTURE 
 
 BEFORE 
 
 The Excommunication. 
 
 Ezek. xxi. 25, 16, 27. And thou profane, wic- 
 ked Prince of Ifrael, whofe jDay is come, when 
 Iniquity Ball have an End. 1'hus faith the 
 Lord God, Remove the 'Diadem, and ta^e off 
 the Crown 5 this jh all not he the fame: Exalt 
 him that is low, and abafe him that is high. 
 J will overturn, overturn, overturn it $ ana it 
 pall be no more; until he come whofe Right it 
 is, and I will give it him. 
 
 I. ""^^ TOW hear a Word from it before we fpeak, 
 
 ^^ and now do not take Prejudice, I lay, do 
 
 -i- ^ not take Prejudice at us before you hear us 
 
 fpeak. 1. God is Judge of the whole World, and this 
 
 Word gives us AiTurance thereof ; I fay, this Word 
 
 gives AiTurance to all Men, that God is Judge of all ; 
 
 He will judge Oppreflion ; if he will not relieve the 
 
 O^prefled, I doubt not but he will reward OpprefTors. 
 
 2. God is a righteous Judge, he will not fuffer the 
 
 Wicked ro pais away unpunifhed. Now ye have heard 
 
 that this Word gives us Affurance that there is a Deity, 
 
 A righteous Judge; the Word fhewsusthis: The 
 
 A 2 Lord 
 
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 Lord knows whether they may be rightly applied to 
 fbme or not. The Words imply this, tnat the Lord is 
 about to make a s;reat Change. We will fay this one 
 Word, the Lord is tried of many, and he knows whom 
 to put in their Place, he will give them their Leave : 
 But he is about to make a great Change, and where he 
 makes a great Change, he will take away Kings, he 
 will take away Nobles, he will take away Princes, and 
 he will lay wafte many fair Buildings. Ye may fay, 
 Why will he make this great Change ? If it were no 
 more but becaufe Men have taken aw r ay his Authority 
 he will do it. Now he is faying to Britain, Who rules 
 here ? E're it be long he will make them know who 
 rules in Britain. But now, in this you fee what comes 
 of it ; it is not a Comedy, but a Tragedy ; I fay there 
 is a great One fallen; And thou profane* wicked Prince of 
 Jfrael: In theirProfanity and Wicke duels you may eafily 
 caft their Horofcope. Now there is a great One fallen : 
 It muft not be an ordinary Death, or ordinary Fall ; it 
 would be too fmall a Token of God's Difpleafure ; he 
 Jtouft itigmarize with more than ordinary Brands. Now 
 the fir ft Thing we fee then is this, There is a great 
 One fallen : The Lord is faying, And thou profane, wic^ 
 ked Prince of Ifrasl, rohofe Day is come ; The Day is come, 
 would the Lord fay ; Come, you muft Tyrranize no 
 longer, you muft live voluptu*>ufly no longer. O dread- 
 ful Wo, Whofe Day is come I Now muft he leave all his 
 Plealiires, now muft he leave his Court, now muft he 
 leave all his Voluptuoufhefs, now muft he leave all his 
 Difhes But we may fay thatWord,The wicked,the moft 
 voluptuous that ever lived, their Day is coming But great 
 Wickednefs hafts, and helps forward their Day, whofe 
 Day is coming, when Iniquity fhall have an End. 
 Would the Lord fay, I will fhorten their voluptuous 
 Living, I will fhorten their Reigning, I will fhorten 
 their Pleafure. O if they knew what is coming among 
 them, when Iniquity fhall have an End : O bleffed 
 fhall we count that Day when Sin and Iniquity fhall 
 have an End and fall : We are perfwaded that this Joy 
 
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 ife allowed devote Souis ; in Scripture, when Iniquity m 
 fhall fall, there fhall be no more fi:»fbl and ini 
 Laws ; when the finful Lawgivers fhall fall, and God 
 fhall arife, Iniquity fhall fall. Let them fall, be who 
 they will, be they Father, Mother, or Brother, or be 
 what thev will, if God ariie, let them tall. Now, ;. 
 Iniquity ihall have an End, Thus faith the Lord, Remove 
 the Diaekt* % take of the, Crown, The Lord ilands by a? 
 it were, and difrobes him, £zek. 3. the Lord fronds by 
 and gives Orders to diirobe the profane, wicked Prince, 
 to remove the Diadem, and take away the Crown 
 from him ; to lay it in a Word, to rive his Infignia Re- 
 galia. And what is God laying, Remove the Diadem, take 
 of the Crown. There may indeed be much Blood ihed in 
 keeping it on, and they may keep it for a while; ba! 
 it fh.3ll fall, and they fhall never recover ir, again. 
 Now, Remove the' Diadem, take of the Oi 
 flyall not be the fame ; CM is low, and 
 
 abafe him that is high. This is evident now in a 
 Word, tr^y mull even change Places ; if ours be ill, 
 theirs fhall be worfe : We ihall ftv this one Word, 
 The worft Change in all the JEarrh, is not like this 
 Change of a wicked Magiftrate ; for theirs is from the 
 Throne, they lhall fall from the Throne to eternal 
 Fire, from the Crow r n to eternal Fire. But let the 
 Man of low Degree rejoyce, for to them their bring- 
 ing low comes from Mercy. But to the Wicked, who 
 are high from Wrath, now there is a further Order, ' 
 or a fourth Thing to be obferved, and 'tis anent Prin- 
 ces ; and as it is generally of greater Extent, Overt 
 -overturn, overturn, it may be applied to three States, or 
 to thefe three Sorts in the Land, The Nobles, Kings, 
 Priefts and People. We ice one Overturning fufficeth 
 not ; Alas ! this Overturning extends to rnoe ; it will 
 go through, it is like an Earthquake, it will not leave 
 a Hou(e in all the City unihaken , Overturn, overturn^. 
 m ; ye think to be fvee of rhem, Sirs ; As the 
 Lord lives, ye fhall be a Pan of that Overturning;. 
 in the next Place, this fall not he the fame ; ( it is 
 
 a con- 
 
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 a contemptible Saying, a Word of Contempt ) What 
 regards the Lord a Magistrate, when an Enemy to 
 him ; here he takes them all together in the very Act 
 of doing their Wickednefs, and fays, Ibis flnll rot b$ 
 the fame , tliey are all turned over ; he is now a King, 
 a Duke, an Earl, a General, yet all turned over ; take 
 them up again, they are all worm-eaten, they are al- 
 ready rotten, down it muft be, the feme foalinotbe. 
 Lafllyi It is queftioned, How long mail this be ? It is 
 aniWered, It fhall be until he come whofe Right ir is, 
 It fhall be for a while, phe Lord fhall hold it till he 
 get a fit Man, fit Governors or fit Men for the Go- 
 vernment ; they are it may be low this Day whom he 
 will make fit for it. O that we could pray friar he 
 would raife up Men fit for it ; He never gave it to o- 
 ther Men but by wrathful FermiOion,,a$ he doth all 
 fuch Things ; they got it by Permifiion in Wrath Firft 
 then there is an Overturning, and then a Settling ; he 
 will in his own Time put it in their Hands that will 
 rule for him : But if once it be looled, it will not fet- 
 tle for a while, until become whofe Right it is. Firft 
 then he begins, And thou ■ profane, m'ckea 1 Pnr.ce ef Ijnzet. 
 Here is a fill Stile .given to a King; but iure 1 am of 
 this, It doth not belong to a faithrul Minifter, to give 
 any King that is an Enemy to God any other Kame. 
 O the Paraiites, the Court-flatterers, the flattering 
 Creatures of this Generation, it is a Wonder to iee io 
 many of them ; they are not like job that would not 
 give flattering Words to Men; We would give Great- 
 neis its Due : but when employed againft God, it ought 
 to be teftified againft. *Tis ftntfige Minifters would 
 make us believe, rhat the lame Titles, the lame Names 
 and the lame Obedience is due to them when apoftatiz,- 
 ed and wicked, that is due to them when they are right. 
 If cur Hearts be not right anent them, Sirs, we v. ill 
 get a Fall, I affure you ; and take heed, Sirs, this is 
 a good Part of the Day's Work, to let your Hearts 
 right anent them. » Then what means "he by Profane ? 
 li ii ? either when a Man neglects the Worfhip ot God 
 
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 altogether ; or when he defiles all that he handles 
 thereof; io then, he is faid to be Profane, who altoge- 
 ther neglects the Worihip of God ; as Efau> he wor- 
 Ihippecf and facrificed for a while, bur he loon left it 
 off, and for a Moriel of Meat fold his Birth righr. 
 And he is moft profane, who defiles the Worfhip of 
 God, as they do 9 who go from their Whoredoms to 
 their Sacraments, and from their, Sacraments to their 
 Whoredoms, as the Princes and great Men now do ; 
 lb that they may juftly be called Profane. Next, Pro- 
 fine, wicked Prince oflfrael He is called wicked What 
 is called Wickednels ? Wicked Men working Enmi- 
 ty in their Heart againft God, againft his Way and a- 
 gainft hi> People, that is-Wickednefs ; in a VV#rd now, 
 it is a ftiri Kind of finning, they are never broken in 
 their Wills; a ftiff Kind of Wickednels in finning, 
 they will not bow to God at all. Now lee whether 
 they be fuch or not who are called our Rulers. Let 
 every Soul apply it without Prejudice, is not this the 
 Stile that mould be given them, they have finned {6 
 ftifly, that they will not bow at all unto God. Whole 
 Day is come ; but whatever hath been his Wickednels, 
 his Day is come^ he fhall be broken. It lays this, his 
 Day is coming ; And there hath been great Lamenta- 
 tion for the Death of Kings ; but he hath been fo 
 great a Burden to the People, that there fliall be as 
 great fin'ging and rejoicing ; I lay, when the Wicked 
 ,perilh there is fhouting. Lord, lave us, that we hear 
 not that, that we be defired to die: Their Death fliall 
 be defired, and when they are dead, it fliall be like 
 the Sea that hath been long in a Storm, it will rage 
 long after the Wind is calmed. Thus faith the hord y 
 Take away the Crow?i r remove the Diadem. This is the 
 Lord's diirobing of him ; he is taking away the Crown. 
 It is like that when the Popilh Priefts turn Proteftants, 
 then they take them Out to lome publick Place wi:h 
 all their Prieftly Garments on them; and then they be- 
 gin at the Head, and take off the Mytre, 'and their 
 dilicbes thejn all from Top to Toe \ it is even fo here, 
 
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 the Lord difrobes him, -and he will take away the /«- 
 Jignia Regal/a, as we faid before. In a Word, now he 
 will do to ibme, as if a King took in a Beggar from 
 the Dung-hilJ, and (et him on high, and pat on his 
 Robes on him, and caufed him have an Attendance, 
 and Feafting, and after that he takes him out, and drf- 
 robes him the next Day, and puts him where he was, 
 whereby he becomes contemptible. When the greateft 
 and higheft fall, they become the greateft Contempt, 
 the more high they be, they fhall be the more con- 
 temptible. Exalt him that is low, and abafe him 
 that is high : I will overturn, overturn, overturn, 
 §ind it frail be no more, until he come whofe Right it 
 is, and I will give it him. They are fitting low in- 
 deed, whom he will fet up, and pray that the Lord 
 would feek them out, and that the Lord would make a 
 Way for them, and that the Lord would give Succeft 
 in Mercy, as there hath been Succefs in Judgment. 
 Amen. 
 
 Follows the Discourse had before the 
 Excommunication. 
 
 THat wa may make Way for what we are about, 
 let us job the firft Words of our Lecture, And 
 hott profane, wicked Prince of Ijrael, &c. Ezek. 21, 25. 
 with the laft Words of the fifth Chapter of Firft Corin- 
 thians \ Therefore put away from among ysurfelves that wic- 
 ked Per fin-. Which indeed mews that there is a holy 
 Confiftency betwixt fuch a Wickednefs and Excommu- 
 nication, and that the Conclusion is juft and right, and 
 fhould neceffarily ( if Minifters of the Gofpel fail not 
 in their Duty ) be made a Practice. Albeit Excom- 
 munication be one of the Cenfurcs of the Church ; for 
 we do not make a Difference between Excommunicati- 
 on and Anathematizing, which is the higheft Degree 
 
 of 
 
of Excommunication, and doth, bende exterminating, 
 add a Curfe: But this being t\\z highcft Ceniure of the 
 Church, and the Swcrd of the Lord, to revenge all 
 Difobedience to God, mud not be drawn out at alf 
 Times, nor againft all Sins, tho' we do acknowledge, 
 that it is the prefedt Generation's Sin that it hath been 
 fo long of drawing out : For, tho* it be an Excellency 
 in God, and a Glory to God to forbear and fuifer long, 
 yet it Ix no Excellency in us 5 that we do in this Kind 
 bear with diem that are evil, Rev. 2. 20. Notwith- 
 ding I have a few ■ Things aga'nfi thee , becaufe iho% 
 % Sec. which Mr. Durham interprets of Non-ex- 
 communication, and cafting her out of the Church, 
 which was properly in their Power. But tho' this hath 
 been our Sin, that this Sentence hath been fo long in 
 drawing out, yet it fhall have this Advantage, that the 
 longer that it hath been in doing ( oeing delerved ) it 
 mult be acknowledged to be the more juft when done, 
 and ought to have the greater Weight; Nor yet muft 
 this Sentence be drawn out by a private Spirit, or by 
 Paffion to revenge private Injuries (as frequently hath 
 been done in Popery ) but &y the Spirit of God, anci 
 out of Zeal to God's Glory ; who lives in him, ought 
 not to fee his Difhonour ; that fo we may ftigmatize 
 this Brand, and wound, with this Sword of the Lord, 
 tHefe Enemies that have fo apoftatized, rebelled, moc- 
 ked, defpiied and defyed this our Lord; and to de- 
 clare them, as they are none of his, to be none of ours. 
 We fhall then, 1. Difcourfe a little of the Nature 
 of Excommunication. 2. Who are the Subjects of it. 
 3. What are the Caufes of it. 4. What are the Ends 
 for which it flipuld be exerced. 
 
 For the F?rfi y The Nature of Excommunication is a 
 Declaring, that a Man (that pretends to the true 
 Church and right Way) by his finning is, and hath 
 made hirnfelf, (tho* he ft ill abide under the Covert of 
 the Name of a Chriftian, and Fearer of God ; I fay, 
 it is a declaring, notwithftanding of this, that he be- 
 longeth to the other Body or Corporation, whereof 
 B Satan 
 
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 Satan is Head ; and not to that Body whereof Chrift is 
 Head ; and a declaring withal, that he doth injurious- 
 ly, and ufurpedly wear that Livery, bear that Badge, 
 and brook that Name, proper to the Spouie and Mem- 
 bers of Jefus Chrift* 
 
 2. It is a taking away, and a renting oft of the In- 
 Jigrn'a of Chriftianity (as we fee -it done in Forefaulters, 
 where the Coat of Arms of the Perfons forfaulted are 
 rent) after he hath put off the Nature, Subjection and 
 Evidence of a Chriftian to God. 
 
 3. It is a Minifterial Punifhment, where the Servant, 
 at the Command of the Lord and Husband, takes from 
 the Whorifli Wife the Husband's Tokens, and dis- 
 gracefully thrufts her out of Doors, and delivers her 
 up to the Hand of the Hangman, to be chaftilcd by 
 him. 
 
 4. It is a Minifterial Declaring of the Mind of the 
 Lord (as a Herauld at the publick Crofs, declares the 
 Mind of his King and States ) anent fuch, to Kit, that 
 God quites formerly thefe wicked Perfons, and diverts 
 them of that Church and Domeftick Relation of Chil- 
 dren they profefs to have with him, and v/ill deny 
 them from henceforth of that Infpe&ion, and thofe 
 Favours that they might have looked for in their former 
 Eftatc ; and that he quites and up-gives them to Saran 
 as his own, to be tempted, tortured and punifhed by 
 him according to God's Will ; fb that they pals not 
 from God to Devils by their own Will only, but are 
 alfo given up by the juft Judgment of God, not to be 
 treated by DeviLs at their Pleaiure, but to be puniflied 
 by Devils at God's Pleafure. And 'tis very remark- 
 able, that where this Sentence is juft, that it pafleth 
 the Power of Devils to make them fuch a Life as they 
 had before ; for after that, they are ftill languifhing, 
 vexed and anxious in Heart, as Perfons fallen from the 
 higheft and beft Condition, and juftly caft oft by the 
 chiefeft and beft of Heads and Husbands ; and who are 
 fallen under the worft of Heads, and to the dieadful- 
 left of Conditions and Companies. 
 
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 c. And, tapfy, it is all one with the Lord's Ratifi- 
 cation, for that is his Promife, Wloat ye bind on Earth 
 jlall be bound in Heaven : So that they may expect that 
 henceforth the ftrong and jealous God will neglect and 
 contemn them, as Undervalues of his Privileges, fol- 
 low them with Terror as Fugitives, hatethfem as thefe 
 who have fallen to his greateft Enemies, and hath 
 done the greateft of Mifchiefs ; and laflly y punifli them 
 as the greateft of Apoftates and Rebels, who have pre- 
 ferred Devils to God, Filthinefs and Wickednefs ro 
 Righteouihefs and Holinefs. 
 
 tor the Second Thing, which is, To fliew who arc 
 the Snbjeffcs of Excommunication. And they are thefe 
 who either were or are the Members of the True 
 Churth, who were entred by Baptifm, and have fallen 
 away by Errors and Impieties ; and not theie who are 
 without ; all Chriftians, we mean, one as well as an- 
 other, the great as well as the mean, Minifters as well 
 as the People ; for all, as Creatures are obliged to the 
 like Obedience, tho' their Relations, Office*, and In- 
 veftiture ( to fpeak fo ) may make a Difference . And 
 fo he that is the higheft, and hath the greateft Bene- 
 fits and beft Opportunities, is moft obliged to greateft 
 and lovingeft Obedience ( as the Tenents who have 
 the beft Farms are obliged to pay the greateft Rents ) 
 I fay then, all People, Priefts, Princes and Kings are 
 the Subjects of Excommunication ; for Excommunica- 
 tion, as it hath Caufes, fo it ought to follow upon the 
 Difobedience of the Subjects of God, and that indifte-^ 
 rently upon all, without RefpecT: of Perfons ; as God 
 who is the Commander of this Judgment will proceed 
 himfelf in Judgment, without Refpedt of Perfons; 
 And Ambrofe Bifliop of Lyons did juftly excommunicate 
 Theodoflus the Emperor, for the Slaughter committed at 
 TheJjalonica y and did debar him from the Privilege and 
 Benefit of the Sacrament, till he repented, humbled 
 himielf, and acknowledged with Tears his Fault. 
 
 For the Third Thing, the Caufes of Excommunicati- 
 on. The Caufes are, I. Sins great and uncontrover- 
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 tabic (at leaft amongfc thefe who have acknowledged, 
 and received the Ref r rmed Religion and Faith ) inch 
 as, Blafphemy, Paganifm, Atheifm, Murders, Adul- 
 teries, Incefts, Perjuries, willing and open Profanati- 
 on of the Sabbath, &c. Or, 2. Where there is added, 
 Contgmaif to thefe Sins, and Obftinacy in regard of 
 Repentance ; for tho* the Sins be fmaller if there be 
 thefe Things, they are a juft Caufe ot Excommunicati- 
 on; muA more, when the Sins are greater, and Con- 
 tumacy joined. 
 
 As to the Fourth Thing, which is the Ends of Excom- 
 munication. The Ends of it are thele, i. Zeal to 
 God's Glory, that will not fofter fuch to abide in his 
 Houfe ; upon God's Account, *becaufe they are a Dif- 
 honefty of Chriftians and Saints, who are the Fellows 
 of this Society ; and a Reproach to the, Holy Ghoft, 
 who is the Head thereof; left fuch fhould be account- 
 ed as his, who are fo contrary to him. 
 
 %, That Wickednefs, which is like Leaven (if gi- 
 ven Way to) which leaveneth the whole Lump, may 
 be flopped from further Infection ; and that the putri- 
 fied Member which is ready to infedt the reft, may be 
 cut ofl before its Jnfe&ion fpread further; and this 
 ought to be efpccialJy fcen ro in great Ones : For as 
 Sins in them are mod publick and vifible, fo moft 
 powerful to draw others after them, who will eirlier 
 reckon thefe Things Virtues, or at leaft palliate their., 
 to make Wflf for their Favour and Rewards. 
 
 3. For this End to be Warnings to thele who are 
 thus guilty and caft our, thofe Cenfurcs being the 
 Fore-runners and Prognofticks of Ejedion and Banifli- 
 ment from God and eternal Happinefs, and a iorting 
 of them to their own Party and Fellowfhip that they 
 fhall be eternally with, if they repent not. 
 
 ,No more, but let us pray, that we may the better 
 proceed. 
 
 tfftfr Prayer he did 'proceed to the A$im itjsf. 
 
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 The Action of the Excommunication, 
 at Torivood, in the Month of September 
 1680. lawfully pronounced by 
 
 Mr. DONALD CARGILL. 
 
 WE have fpoken of Excommunication, of the 
 Cauies, Subjects and Ends thereof, we ihall 
 now proceed to the Action, being conftrained by the 
 Confcience of our Duty, and Zeal for God, to Excom- 
 municate fome of thofe who have been the Committers 
 of io great Crimes, and Authors of fo great Milch iefs 
 of Britain and belaud \ but efpecially tnefe of Scotland? 
 and in doing of this we fhali keep the Karnes, by 
 which they are ordinarily called, that they may be the 
 better known. 
 
 I being a Mirufter of Jesus Christ, and having 
 
 Authority and Power from him, do in his Name, and 
 
 by his Spirit Excommunicate, and caft out of the True 
 
 Church, and deliver up to Satan, Charles the Second 
 
 •King, c^i. And that upon the Account of theie Wic- 
 
 \ kednefles. Firft y For his high Contempt of God, after 
 
 , he had acknowledged hL> own Sins, his Father's Sin c , 
 
 ' his Mother's Idolatry, and had iolemnly engaged a- 
 
 gainft them, in a Declaration at Dunferwlin the i6ch. 
 
 Day of J*p$ 1650. he hath not .vich Handing of all this 
 
 tone on more avowedly in theie Sins than ail that went 
 efore him. ily. For his great Perjury, after he had 
 twice at leaft iblemnly fubferibed that Covenant, did 
 fo prefumptuoufly renounce, difown, and command it 
 to be burnt by the Hand of the H^ng-man. ^ly. Be- 
 cauie he hath refe'rrded all Laws for eftablifking of 
 that Religion and Reformation engaged to in that Co- 
 venant, and enacted- Law* for eftahiifhing its contrary, 
 and is fiill working for the introducing of Pope.-y in 
 
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 thefe Lands, qly. Por commanding of Armies to de- 
 flroy the Lord's People who are (landing in their own 
 juft Defence, and for their Privileges and Rights, a- 
 gainft Tyrannies, Opprefftons, and Injuries of Men ; ' 
 and for the Blood he hath ihed on Fields and Scaffolds, 
 and in Seas, of the People of God, upon Account of 
 Religion and Righreoufnefs, (they being moft willing 
 in all other Things to render him Obedience, if he had 
 reigned and ruled them according to his Covenant and 
 Oath) more than all the Kings that have been before 
 him in Scotland. $fy, That he hath been flill an Ene- 
 my to, a Perfect! tor of the true Proteftants, a Favour- 
 er and Helper of the Papifts, both at Home and abroad, 
 and hath hindred, to the utmoft of his Power, the due 
 Execution of juf; Laws againft them, 6ly. For his re- 
 laxing of the Kingdom, by his frequent Grant of Re- 
 jmflions and Pardons for Murders ( which is in the 
 Power of no King to do, being exprefiy contrary to the 
 Law of God) which was the ready Way to embolden 
 Man to commit Murders, to the defiling of the Land 
 with Blood. Lafily, To pafs by all other Things, his 
 great and dreadful Uncleannefs of Adultery and Inceit, 
 his Drunkenncfs, his diffembling with God and Man, 
 and performing his Promife where his Engagements 
 were finful, &c 
 
 Next, By the fame Authority, and in the fame Name, 
 I excommunicate, cad out of the true Church, and de- 
 liver up to Satan, James Duke of Tork, &c. And that 
 for his Idolatry (for I ihall not fpeak of any other Sins 
 but what have' been perpetrated by him in Scotland) and 
 for jetting up Idolatry in Scotland, to defile the Lord's 
 Land, and his enticing and encouraging others to do 
 fo, &c. 
 
 Next, In the fame Name, and by the fame Authori- 
 ty, I excommunicate, and caft out of the true Church, 
 and deliver up to Satan, James Duke of Monmouth, &c. 
 for coming into Scotland, at his Father's unjuft Com- 
 mand, and leading Armies againfr the Lord's People 
 who were coaftrained to rife, being killed in and for 
 
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the right worfhipping of the True GOD; and for re- 
 futing, that Morning at Bethvel-britgc, a Cetlatioa of 
 Arras, for hearing and redreffing their Injuries, Wrongs 
 and Opprcffions, &c. 
 
 Next, I do by Virtue of the fame Authority, and in 
 the Jame Name, Excommunicate, caft out of the True 
 Church, and uelivcr up to Satan, John Duke of Lauder- 
 dak y Sec. for his dreadful Blafphemy ; eibecially that 
 Word to the Prelate of St. Andrews y * Sit tbw at my 
 11 Ri{ht haxJi v.ntill I make thine Enemies thy Fiotjlool.*' His 
 Athcutical drolling upon the Scriptures of GOD, fcof- 
 fing at Religion and religious Peribns, his apoftatizing 
 from the Covenants and Work of Reformation, and 
 his perlecuting thereof, after he had been a ProfefTor, 
 Pleader and PrelVcr thereof ; for his Perjury in the Bu- 
 finels of Mr. Barnes Mltchel y who, being in Counfel, gave 
 Publick Faith that he mould be indemnified, and that 
 to Life and Limb, if he would confels his Attempt on 
 the Prelate ; and notwithftanding of this, before the 
 Jtcfiiciary Court, did give his Oath, thai- there was no fucii 
 Act in Council ; for his Adulteries and Uncleanncfs, for 
 his coir.ifelling and affifting the King in ail hi* Tyran- 
 nies, overturning and plotting againft the true Religion; 
 for his gaming on. the Lord's Day ; and laflly y for his 
 ufual and ordinary Curfing. 
 
 . Next, I do by Virtue of the fame Authority, and in the 
 fame Name excommunicate, cait out of the true Church, 
 and deliver up to Satan, Jdm Duke ofRothefs, &c. for 
 his Perjury in the Matter of Mr. James Mitchcl \ tor his 
 Adulteries and Uncleannefs for his allotting the Lord's 
 
 Day for his Drunkennefs ; for his profefiing and avow- 
 ing his Readinefs and Will ingnefs to fct up Popery in this 
 Land at the King's Command, and for the Heachenifh, 
 barbarous and unheard of Cruelty (whereof he was the 
 chief Author, Contriver and Commander, notwichltand- 
 ing that he had otherways .engaged lately to that wor- 
 thy Gentleman D^vidHacUcn ni R.*:hiiiet ; and Ujlly y for 
 his ordinary Curfing, Swearing' aiid Drurkrrmeis. 
 Next, I do by Virtue of the fame Authority, and in 
 
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 the lame Name, Excommunicate, cad out of thz tfuor 
 Church, and deliver up to Satan, Sir George Mackenzie 
 the King's Advocate, for his Apoftacy, in turning into 
 a Profligatenefs or Conversation, after he had begun a 
 Profeflioa of Holinefs; for his conftant pleading againft 
 and per/ecuting to Death the People of God, and al- 
 leaging and laying to their Charge Things, which iri 
 Conference, he knew to be againft the Word of GOD, 
 Truth, Ilea (on, and ue ancient Laws of this Kingdom; 
 and his pleading for Sorcerers, Murderers and other 
 Criminals* that before GOD* and by the Laws of the 
 Land ought to die ; for his ungodly, erroneous, phan- 
 taftick and blafphemous Tenets printed to the World 
 in his Pamphlets and Pa (quills'. 
 
 And fa/ty, I do by Virtue of the fame Authority, and 
 In the fame Name, Excommunicate, call out of the true 
 Church, and deliver Up to Satan, Thomas. Dalzeel of S/wj-,- 
 &c. for his leading Armies, and commanding the kil- 
 ling, robbing, pillaging and opprefiing of the Lord's 
 People and free Subjects of this Kingdom ; and for ex- 
 ecuting of lawlefs Tyrannies, and iultful'Laws ; for his 
 commanding to fhoot at a Poll , one Findlay at Njwmil/s^ 
 without any Form of Law, Civil or Military, he not 
 being guilty of any Thing that they themfelves count- 
 ed a Crime ; for his lewd and impious Life led m A-- 
 duitery and Uncleannefs from his Youth, with a Con- 
 tempt of Marriage, which is the Ordinance of GOD; 
 for all his other Atheiftical and irreligious Conversati- 
 on ; andlajifyy for his unjuft ufurping and retaining of the 
 Eftate of that worthy Gentleman, William Mttir of Cald 
 vwlly and his other injurious Deeds, in the Exercife of 
 his Power. 
 
 I think none that acknowledge the Word of God, 
 can judge thir Sentences to be uujuft ; yet ibme,it may 
 be, to flatter the Powers, will call them unorderly and 
 unfbrmal, there not being Warning given, nor Proba- 
 tion led. But for Anfwer, There hath been Warning 
 given, if not of all thefe Things, at lcaft, of a great Part 
 of them ; and for Probation, th^ere needs uone 7 the Dzzds 
 
 being 
 
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 teitig nottour and pubttck,^and the moft of them, fach 
 as they themfelvcs do avow and boaft of. And as the 
 Caufes are juft, ib being done by a Minifter of the Gof- 
 pel, and in iuch a Way as the prefent Per v. ould 
 
 admit of, the Sentence is juft ;• and there are no Kings 
 nor Minifters on Earth, without Repentance of the Per*. 
 for.s, can reverfe theie Sentences upon any fuch account. 
 God, who is the Author of that Ordinance, is the more 
 engaged to the ratifying of them, and all that acknow- 
 ledge the Scriptures of Truth ought to acknowledge 
 them : yet fome perchance v. ill thi; k, that tho 3 they be 
 not unjuft, yet chat they arefooliihly rigorous WeihalL 
 ahfwer nothing to this; but that Word, which we may 
 fpeak with much more Reafon nor thev did who ufed 
 it, Should he deal with our Sifter as with an Harlot ? Should 
 they deal with our God as with an Idol < Should they 
 deal with his People as Murderers and Malefa&or^ 
 nnd we not draw out his Sword againft them? 
 
 The Afternoon Sermon after the paffirig 
 of the Sentence of Excommunication. 
 
 Lam . iii. 51,32. For the Lord will not caft §ffor ever But 
 though he caufe grief] yet will he have compajjwn according 
 te the multitudes of his raider mercies. 
 
 WE know not any Scripture that the Lord connrms 
 oftner to us than this, it is often born in upon 
 tfs I fay, He will not caft of a Remnant , For the Lord will not 
 idft of for ever. O but it be a fweet Word! but alas 2 
 there are many fweet Words that are hardly be- 
 lieved, becauie we are lying under much Guilt ; there 
 is one Thin£ lure, Godwill not caft off a Remnant for ever. 
 And if ye be lure of this, that ye once had him, we gill 
 make you fureofthis likewife, that if ye have had him, 
 ye fhall y& have him : V\ e have a great Pledge of his 
 Return; but we fear this, if ye have him not,°he vill 
 ftor return ; and if lis return not again, then a Soul flioald 
 G not 
 
net be exerciied with this, if ever he will cme again ; but 
 rather, ifevtr be jha& be theirs: Hath he ever been yours, 
 Sirs? If he hath been within, I aiTure you he fhall be 
 within, he will return. And we will fay this one Word 
 more, His Stays arc but fliorc to feme ; but to feme his 
 Stays are long : But he that guides bell gets him focn- 
 cu back again. Now thir Words forefhews us fadThingr, 
 a fed Condition it is, a fad Thing to fee a People caften 
 oflf. Is it not a fad Thing to fee a Wife caften off by 
 her Husband, and thurft out of Doors. 2. As there is 
 a fad Condition fliown in thir Words, fe there is a fair 
 pe given that there will be Help given in this Condi- 
 tion. We will lay this one Word, The Departure of God 
 would be, even Mifery, if there were not Hope of his Return left. 
 3. We have in thir Words the Spring and Rife of his 
 Returning;,^ he will have companion according to the multi- 
 tude of his mercies. He ihews what is the Thing that will 
 bring him back, For yet he -will have compajjion. As for his 
 Defertion, blame yourfelves; and for his Return, give 
 Thanks to God, give Thanks to him for his Mercy and 
 Compaffion. Blelted be God that it is So ; if it had not 
 been fo, if his Bowels of Mercy and Compaffion had 
 not been fuch, if he had not abundant of Bowels in him, 
 we had finned him out long fince, yea, we have won- 
 dred femetimes, that after all our Sins, Provocations 
 and Backflidings, that there ffiould be one Spark of Af- 
 fection in God towards us. Tempt him not over fore, 
 his Bowels are very great : But O the Ingratitude that 
 is in*us I O our Ingratitude to give fach a Lois for all 
 his Goodnefs toward us. Now we mall not go through 
 every Thing in the Words ; we fhall only confider this; 
 The more that -Off- cafiing caufeth Grief [when the Lord caft- 
 eth off, it caufeth fore Grief; but Miftruft in Grief is 
 ibreil. ] It helpcth our Grief fomewh at, when there is Hope that 
 he will nop cafi of for ever. But when misbelieving is. ad$ 
 ded to Grief, and they are both together, it is even like 
 a Stream that is carrying away the poor Soul, it is like 
 robe overwhelmed : But he ftays the Stream with this, 
 He willnot cafi off for ever. O ! but Grief with Unbelief is 
 fore \ we will fay this one Word, that Grief that hatk 
 
 Unbelief 
 
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 Unbelief joined \v Irh it, would be flopped ; for there is 
 no Benefit by byding under that Cafe long; yem. 
 What fhall ftop this Grief that is accompanied with 
 Misbelief? In a Word, be { ore u;3on yourfeJves, and be. 
 much upon God's Part* I fay, be much upon God's 
 Part, he hath not done it without Caufe, the Caufe of 
 it is from ourfelves JuiHfy God, and th< :h up- 
 
 on God's Part; for tho' we have prcc : ed it, he w T ill 
 mind it ; wc will (ay thJLs one Word, That tho" 
 cad us off, it fhall nor be pe'*oetaaliy ; tho' our Si 
 great, and tho' his carting off tor our Sins be but mo- r, 
 O ! it is his Compaflion and Mercy makes them flaprt ; 
 tho* we provoke him to cart us oft, yet b'elfed be God* 
 that he hath done that which will oaake tlem that they 
 fhall not be perpetual ; and this is founded on his Good- 
 nefs, upon the Goodwill of God, his Mercy and Com- 
 panion : Our Off-caftings flows from our Sins ; but this 
 is his Goodneis and CompafTion, that he will not caft 
 us off for ever. And, in a Manner, there is nothing re- 
 quired as a Condition of his Engagement or the Conti- 
 nuance of his Engagement, but what he promifes free- 
 ly of himfelf. But there is tv/o three Things whereby 
 he fhews that his off-cafting will not be perpetual ; one 
 Thing is, his Nature is unchangeable ; Ah i it would go 
 further than off-cafting, yea, it would go immediately 
 to confuming ; were he not unchangeable, we would be 
 in a poor Cafe, it would even be confuming ; tho' we 
 be changeable, he is unchangeable ; and in a Word, it 
 is notjit all in us, but from him, if we ftand or if we be 
 in a State of believing. A fecond Thing that fhews that 
 his Offcaftings will n^t be perpetual, and it is, his Faith- 
 fulnefs engageth him, he hath palled his Promife, and 
 what he hath faid he will not recall. What hath he 
 iaid I he hath faid, I mil never Lave thee nor fa* fake thee. 
 What is the Lord like? We will fay that one Word, 
 he is like a Husband that goes cut and in, to and fro 
 about his Employment, and after he returns home a- 
 gain, he never leaves his wife nor his Houfe, or rather, 
 he never breaks Wedlock. O the Faithfulnefs of God ! 
 if he had dealt with us as we have dealt with him, what 
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 vrould have come of us. O his Faithfulnefs is ftrong, if 
 kis Faithfulnefs had not been ftrong, we would have 
 broken and run away from him, and never returned to 
 hirrragain ; we run from him and he brings us back a- 
 gain, like as Adam did when he had finned \ but it was 
 liod rhac brought him back again. But^dfy. There is a 
 third Thing that makes the Off-cafting of God not to 
 be perpetual, and it is this, as he is unchangeable and 
 his Faithfulnefs engaged, fo the great Affedtion and 
 Love that is in God makes-it not be perpetual ; there is 
 great Love and A.fle&ion in God towards his People; 
 he will not only exercife his Love upon himfeif and 
 upon his own Son, but he will have a Creature to 
 tkercifi his Love upon. O that he Should exercife his 
 Love on a Creature ! It is a Wonder that we are not fay- 
 ing every one to another, I can never love but when I 
 love him. ejty As this Word imports an Off-cafting, fo 
 Ir itriports that there hath been an Qymefs, or there hath 
 been an Onenejs where God hath foriaken them, there 
 his Love hath once been towards them ; if his Love 
 bind them not, ir would be a dreadful Off carting : and 
 if unfixed here, nothing will follow ; if ye cannot fay 
 that once ye received nim, nothing can follow Nfc>w- 
 this is the Foundation, 1 have once been with God. If ever 
 ye have been refolved, here it is a Marriage, a Marri- 
 "age indeed, and there was a remarkable Feaft ; there is 
 never aMarruge but there is a Feaft;and he would give 
 us the Marriag* and the Feaftifwe would give him the 
 Hearr.for there is never aMarriage but there is aFeaft,ani 
 I woula ask you,Got ye ever theFeaft mad ye ever greater 
 Delight in God than in all otherTafng ? 1 fhall'ay this 
 One Word, if God had been the greateit Feaft, and tire 
 greateft Delight to you, ye had been oftner feafted. 
 Then it imports an Onenefs once, and that Onenejs is the 
 Foundation of his Return : And fb it imports Off-catt- 
 ing thp the Covenant be not broken ; and that OfF-caft- 
 ing muft have a great Fault; and where there is Off- 
 cajting, it is a Wonder there is not a longing. to fee 
 where the Fault lies, and whatthe great Fault or Faults 
 are ; that finvj Oft-cafting hath a Caufe, what that Can/e- 
 ls, there mutt be a Caufe; ior there is real Difpleafure 
 
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 of God, tho' that Difpleafure be conftantly *wirh Love, 
 yet according to our Carriage he will caft off or delight 
 in us ; fo as we behave we may expect to find him. 
 There is two Things here, there is real Difpleafure, 
 and rear^Saufe of Difpleafure; then when ye find a re- 
 al Difplea'ure, and God is not to you as before, then 
 >: the Caufe, reflect upon yourfelves, the 
 Cau r c is in you. O happy Soul that never goes to God 
 
 find h Fault with kfdf^ and what is the Caufe of 
 [ngs and acknowledge it, and finds him 
 again. Out, %h Many Off-caftings ; now it lays this 
 meikie, that there is a gre^.r Untendemefs, and where 
 there is gre&t Untendemefs, there is many Off-caftings. 
 If ye would r>ot have him to ftay away long, be very 
 c % be more render ; for in Effect Untenderneis 
 in a Chrifti is his Life to differ nothing from a 
 
 Heathen; arChriflian's Untendemefs will never keep oft 
 Crofles ; but will keep oft a prefent God Now then we 
 
 itre of this, that frequent Off-calling flows from 
 great Untenderneis. i^nd this is the Qcat Sin of this 
 Nation ; we are perfwaded, that tho* we never knew 
 what were within you, rhat this is the prefent Genera- 
 tion's Sin ; for it is evident that Untendemefs can nei- 
 ther have God frequently nor long. 4/r It imports this, 
 that if once there be an Intereft in God, his Off-cafting 
 will not be perpetual, he will not call off for ever. 
 There is no Creature that hath an Intereft in him, but 
 he hath refetfved Hope for them, that tho' there be an 
 Oft-cafting he will return ; I fay, there is none that 
 hath their Foundation fure, but he will return unto 
 them Is your Foundation fure ? Have ye his Tokens, 
 have ye, I fay, gotten his Tokens? have ye his Arls ? 
 have ye his Seal ? have ye the Sealing of his Spirit? I 
 fear ye have yet all thefe to feek; and if without thefe, 
 ye can have but fmall Comfort when caft off; but if ye 
 have thefe, I aflure you he will not caft you off for e- 
 ver ; But tho* he caufe Grief yet mil he have Companion ac- 
 cording to the Multitude oj his Mercies. We iee that when 
 God cafteth oft there muft be Grief, becaufe the Caufe 
 ©four Uft-cafting is from ourfelves. t. It caufeth great 
 
 Grief 
 
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 Grief, hceaufe there is much Time loft, much Time 
 runs over and we do no Good, we never do a right* 
 Turn. I think every one fliould fay, O Suri, ftand ftill 
 till I get God again ; we fhould weary of our Time 
 when God is away. 5. A third Thing that adds to 
 our Grief, and makes it not only great, bur defperate, 
 and this is Want of AiTurance of his returning. So then 
 the greateft Grief and Mifery is, when there is no Hope 
 of his returning, this makes Grief not only great, but 
 defperate ; I fay it makes the Grief great, becaufe the 
 Caufe is from ourfelves: It would quiet the Mind fomc- 
 what, if we were not the procuring Caufe of it our- 
 felves ; but how can I be quiet when procured by my 
 felf. And in this Cafe there is no Good done, much 
 Time iil-fpent, for all ill isprefent. 4 This Off- catt- 
 ing brings not only Grief, but is defperate without an 
 k Intereft in Chrift ; but where there is an Intereft in 
 him, this Oft-calling will not be perpetual. But ye may 
 fay, When will he return? We will fay but this one 
 Word, His Returning will be according to our Dili- 
 gence ; if ye can want him, he will tarry the longer a- 
 way ; this is it, he will tarry the longer away if ye 
 can want him. When he is abfent ye never go a right 
 Step till he come again. When he is away, all Good 
 paffes,' and all ill comes. Opoor, finftil thoa, that can 
 want him, how greatly is it of your Concernment to 
 get him, and when got, to endeavour to keep him ; for 
 when he is gone, my Wiftiom is gone, my Strength is 
 gone, I am laid open to all mine Enemies, and made a 
 Prey by them all ; I can do nothing without him but 
 fin. We might make ufe of thefe two or three Things : 
 But we mall only (peak to this one, and it is given here 
 for Comfort to them that are fmitten with, long Off- 
 catting and Forfeiting ; yet he will have Compaflion. 
 He hath caften the Church of God long off, and he 
 hath caft his People long oft, which is very fad : But I 
 trow the People of God have more Hope for his Return 
 to themfelves, than they have to hope for his Return 
 to all the Church ; for it is now with all Nations alike, 
 we have no Token of him to our Nation: He was ne- 
 
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 ver tied to any Nation after the Jems ; yet we are far 
 •from di(^ any from 1 his Returning a- 
 
 gain to this Land. We acknowledge this indeed, there 
 is more ro ding down our Heart, than to hold it up ; 
 hue v gement, that he 
 
 hath Hie wed as great a Love ro this Nation, and as 
 ft range Mercies as ever he hath done to any : But they 
 will force him away out of Defpite ; and he will have 
 them once overturned, and then he will rife up againft 
 their Will. z. If he return, fee that ye be not away 
 when he comes. O make read)*, be not away when 
 God comes ! O ! that wrathful Bonding and Cefs ! 
 
 this Shire ! this Shire ! I know not a Place in Scot- 
 laiui like it ! Wo to them when God comes back ; ye 
 will neither ger Favour nor Pleafure, he will be a Ter- 
 ror to you: But when he comes, he will be to the Af- 
 flicted their Deiire, and the Anfwer of their Prayers. 
 
 1 have keeped his Bed chafte ; if ye have keeped his 
 Bed chafte, he will come -gain, and he will thank 
 you. Now what fays the Words more ? It fays this, 
 I will turn the Wheel upon the Wicked ; he will 
 turn again, and fee who is wrong, and who is right. 
 There will be many Complaints given in to him : Be 
 ready, Sirs, with afi your Complaints, with all the 
 Wrongs done to the Work of God, and to his Honour. 
 This one Thing I fay, He will turn the Wheel on the 
 Wicked, and he will have his People up again, tho* 
 he give them away for a while ; tho* they caft down, 
 he will take up again, he will reckon with them for 
 all their Wrongs. Now, when he corner, Enemies 
 will not get one Foot-breadth ©f Ground after his Re- 
 turn. Tho* he caufe Grief, he will not caft oft for e- 
 ver. Then the Thing that makes his Return, is his 
 Compafiion and Mercies ; if his Companions do it nor, 
 it is knpoflible that he fhould return ; if his Bowels of 
 Mercy make him not to return, it is impoffible that he 
 will return again. There is nothing that will make us 
 fure of his Return but the Co^paffion and Mercy of 
 God. 
 
 FINIS. 
 
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 Art ACR0ST1CK upon the Name 
 of that Famous, Faithful, Godly and 
 Zealous Mintjhr and Martyr ok J esus 
 Christ, McDonald Cakgill. 
 
 Done by a true Lover of his Memory * 
 and Ov/ner of the Honourable Caste* 
 which he fealed with his Blood. 
 
 More fweet and fav'ry is thy Fame,* 
 And more Renownrd is thy Name 
 Surely than any can record, 
 Thou highly favoured of the Lor d. 
 Exalted thou on Earth didit live ; 
 Rich Grace to thee the Lord did give. 
 During the Time thou dwelt IMow, 
 On in a Gourle to Heaven didit go ; 
 Not caften down wirh Doubts and Fears, 
 Aflfur'd of Heaven near thirty Years. 
 Labour thou didft in Chrift's Vineyard 5 
 Diligent waft, no Time thou fpar'd. 
 Christ's Standard thou did'il bear alone 
 After others from it were gone. 
 Right Zeal for Truth was found in thee, 
 Great Sinners ccnlured faithfullie ; 
 In holding Truth conftant did prove, 
 Laid down thy Life out of true Love. 
 
 Tor foot, W* W* 
 
 June ai. 1741.