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<OPENER><SALUTE>Men and <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="3 letters">thren,</SALUTE></OPENER>
<P>IT's &s;ure the mo&s;t p<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="2 letters">t of you come here to gaze and wonder, rather than to be <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">dified; but I hope there are &s;ome here witne&s;&s;ing and <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="2 letters">mp<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">t<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="2 letters">zing with me; but while ye are &s;trangers to God, and h<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">s Word, and what our Lord hath &s;uffered for us, and that he hath told, throughout tribulation and affliction we mu&s;t e<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="2 letters">er into the Kingdom of God: It's no wonder that we count us fool<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">, for I was &s;o while <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 span"> nature: I was as mad as any of you again&s;t the Lord and <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 span">, but ble&s;&s;ed be his glorious and holy Name, while as I <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 word"> <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="2 letters">ind, now I &s;ee, and therefore abhors my &s;elf in du&s;t and <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 word">, and the more to magnifie his free-grace that he hath do<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="2 letters"> to me It's true, unplea&s;ant to &s;en&s;e, while he is calling for h<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="2 letters"> mite of te&s;timony from my hand for his de&s;pis'd truth, for it was by the hearing of the Go&s;pel, from his faithful &s;uffering-Mini&s;ters, that I was brought to the love of God, and the knowledge of his holy Son Je&s;us Chri&s;t, &s;ince which time he hath engag'd my heart to &s;eek him in the way I found him, and wherein he was mo&s;t eminently holden forth, and witne&s;&s;ed for my &s;ins, and the &s;ins of the <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="3 letters">d holden forth with my duty de&s;cribed, for which I am condemned, and for my following of the Go&s;pel preached i<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter"> <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">he fields, and with that poor handful at <HI>Airs-Mos,</HI> wher<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter"> M<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">. <HI>Cameron</HI> had been preaching, and was to preach; becau&s;e whe<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter"> the bloody Soldiers come on us, we offered to defend our&s;elves, and whatever cau&s;es they lay to our charge: and that you <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 word"> not mi&s;taken of me, and of the Lords people, though they alledge us to be of bloody principles, as &s;ome of the indulged Mini&s;ters give it out; the Lord knows: I de&s;ire to know his W<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="missing" EXTENT="1 letter">ll, and walk in it: I have been &s;tudying that which all the Land are obliged to do, to hear and keep the Go&s;pel. Keep it, defend my own life and my brethren, who hath been
<PB N="2" REF="2"><!-- PDF PAGE 84 -->&s;o long hunted, and the Go&s;pel &s;o long born down; though they give out, that I and the &s;uffering-remnant would Kill the King, or any of the Council: It's an untruth, and forged Ca|lumny to reproach the way of God, more like them&s;elves and their own practices, who have killed &s;o many of Gods People on Fields and Scaffolds: and all is to plea&s;e that bloody Tyrant the DUKE, who has been thir&s;ting for the blood of the Three Lands; who if they were brought to a Law, would be found to be the Plotters by a ju&s;t Tryal&punc; either according to the Law of God, or Law of the Land; mo&s;t of them has done (as much as might take their Lives) again&s;t the good of the Land, and Laws of it. When I was before them in the Ju&s;ticiary, in tryal of my life, they would give no acce&s;s to explain my &s;elf, but were as men, catching advantage, and cheat me out of my life; yet they mu&s;t know, that they will an&s;wer to the great Judg what they do: And this being the te&s;timony of a dying man, the fearers of God will believe my Declaration, before their Proclamation, which is clearly a Plot in them to blind the eyes of a &s;ecure generation, and cau&s;e &s;trangers to approve it as ju&s;t their Actings, and laugh at our calamity, till they accompli&s;h their Popi&s;h de&s;igns again&s;t all tho&s;e who will not follow them in the Three Nations; and though they &s;pare their Flatterers and Favourities, till they de&s;troy the remnant, they dare not but wit|ne&s;s again&s;t them, as they would be marked with mourners, and then a holy God &s;hall take vengeance upon all ranks, for&s;aking his Chri&s;t, and betraying him, and &s;etting up any in his place, which will be found to be the Idol of jealou&s;ie, be&s;ide others drawing away the generation from the true love we owe to God; and becau&s;e not only, but all lovers and fearers of God, de&s;iring to follow this &s;weet Chri&s;t, are reproached and wounded with the &s;courge of Tongues, as dangerous principle, I declare I have in &s;ome mea&s;ure de&s;ired to know and follow the Truth, but in obe|dience to his Commands, and fear, and hope of glory, though with much weakne&s;s. I am <HI>Presbyterian</HI> in my judgment, however lookt upon by men, in declaring my thoughts, owning a Reforma|tion-work, carried on by our Fathers, the &s;horter and larger Cate|chi&s;ms, national and &s;olemn League and Covenant; I own all the
<PB N="3" REF="2"><!-- PDF PAGE 84 -->Te&s;timonies of our Worthy Sufferers, with all other Declarations, Excommunications. As al&s;o I pray at the writing hereof, that the Lord open their eyes, give them repentance that are within the election of Grace; and that the Lord may ratifie in Heaven, what his &s;ervants hath done on Earth, according to his Will, and giving te&s;timony again&s;t the cur&s;ed Prelates, as in&s;truments driving on the Council, and bloody Soldiers to all oppre&s;&s;ion, and blood&s;hed done again&s;t the woful indulgence, who has received, or &s;hall &s;trengthen their hands in pleading for it, being Favorities: they have broken the divided people of God, more than former Per&s;ecution again&s;t lukewarm unfaithful Mini&s;ters; and profe&s;&s;ors falling from their fir&s;t love, pulling down that which was fir&s;t builded. As al&s;o the <HI>ce&s;&s;e,</HI> and bounding with Gods enemies: As al&s;o Oppre&s;&s;ion, Ty|rany, Robbing of Gods People, e&s;pecially <HI>Glencairne, Hallyards,</HI> who&s;e Names &s;hould be recorded to generations &s;ucceeding, as tho&s;e who has ruin'd the Widow and Fatherle&s;s, and laid wait again&s;t the Righteous, and put many to beggary, again&s;t tho&s;e who have forfeited their right, which they now claim to that Supremacy: &s;etting up adulterous wretches in Chri&s;ts room, who thinks to wrong our Lord, but will be too heavy for them, though all the Lord-Prelates and Indulged joyn hand to hold up, down &s;hall they come who wears that Crown: And &s;ince by them I am proclaimed a Rebel, I di&s;own them Trayterous to my holy Lord and Chri&s;t. But let me intreat any who de&s;ires mercy, to for&s;ake tho&s;e wicked ways, and fall in love with God through Chri&s;t as the only peace-maker, for there is Judgments coming on the Land, and all your peace with men will not keep you from the dreadful wrath of God, &s;lighting the Go&s;pel, Covenant-breaking, Perjury, Idolatry, Profanity, Apo&s;ta&s;ie, Treacherous abominations, that all ranks are guilty of, in welcoming this bloody per&s;on with a draught of our blood, as formerly with Five of our Brethren. I ble&s;s the Lord, I have &s;atisfaction in owning his de&s;pis'd way, for which I depone my life, in drawing my heart after him, and made me happily willing. I intreat you all &s;eekers of his face, to labour for more tenderne&s;s and watchfulne&s;s over your ways, there be looking on us for our halting in Gods way; O for help from him till the day break! O to hide our &s;elves, to &s;hut our mouth and
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<PB N="4" REF="4"><!-- PDF PAGE 86 -->be &s;ilent! the Lord hath rubbed &s;hame on all faces, becau&s;e of up|&s;itting in duty, publick and private: I think God is contending with us. O dear friends, all ye that de&s;ire to be kept carefully through|out the&s;e tribulations, and al&s;o a&s;toni&s;hing like di&s;pen&s;ations; for&s;ake not your Chri&s;tian &s;ociety, wherein &s;o much of the power and pre|&s;ence of God hath been &s;een among tho&s;e who have met together; it is felt and found in the mid&s;t of them, out of love and zeal to pour out their hearts for him, and before him, conver&s;ing with one another. I think the up&s;etting of this duty, is a &s;ad token <GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="missing" EXTENT="1 letter">od is leaving the Land, as any that I &s;ee&punc; and therefore I not only ex|hort you to this duty, as a dying man, but charge you, as ye will be an&s;werable at the great day, with fear, love and zeal to God, his glory before your eyes, and love to Chri&s;t <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 word"> be the prin|cipal motive in all other duties <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 span"> &s;tumble of Chri&s;ts way for what we are &s;uffering, for all the &s;t<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">ps of <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 span"> is made ea&s;ie to me throughout <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1+ letters">plain <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 span"> keep the word of his patience, tho&s;e he wi<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="2 letters"> keep <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 span"> of tempta|tion. Labour to keep up tho&s;e field-meeting<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="missing" EXTENT="1 letter">, wherein my &s;oul has been refre&s;h'd: Let it be your work to keep patience, whatev<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="missing" EXTENT="1 letter">r ye meet with from enemies, or reproaches from pretended friends, who will be found &s;ecret heart-enemies to God. This I leave to <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="2 letters">u my la&s;t advice, and <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 word"> God for wha<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="missing" EXTENT="1 letter"> <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 word"> h<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">s done to my &s;oul, and <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 word"> his way he hath taken in <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 span"> the Land of Prai&s;es. I &s;hall &s;ing the &s;weet<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="3 letters"> Song throughout all the ages of eternity, and never ha<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="missing" EXTENT="1 letter">e an <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 span"> for if ye knew what I meet with of his love and pre&s;ence, whic<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter"> <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 word"> would be given a look to time, and bid it be gone that I may Marry my b<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">&s;t beloved. Now I take my farewell of <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">ll friends relations, e<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="4 letters">ly enjoyments, and all cr<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="2 letters">ted <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 word">. Welcome Lord Je&s;us, to thy hands I commit my Spirit.</P>
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