,,transcriber',s ,,note      ,this book 
is a collection of twenty separate      
#8,chap-books'4      ,there is only one 
,footnote1 which has been placed at the 
end of its    ,chap-book4      ,italic  
text is denoted by underscores4         
,many minor changes to the text are     
noted at the end of the book4           
,john ,cheap      ,the ,chapman's       
,library3      ,,the      ,,scottish    
,,chap ,,literature      ,,of ,,last    
,,century ,,classified                  
,,religious ,,and ,,scriptural4         
,,glasgow3    ,,robert ,,lindsay1       
,,queen ,,street4    #ahgg4             
,,contents4      ,the ,life of ,john    
,knox4    ,the ,life of ,john ,welch4   
,the ,life and ,prophecies of ,alexander
 ,peden4    ,the ,life and ,prophecies  
of ,donald ,cargill4    ,the ,battles of
 ,drumclog and ,bothwell ,bridge4       
,the ,laird of ,lag's ,elegy4    ,a     
,wedding ,king for the ,finger4    ,the 
,pilgrim's ,progress4    ,watt's ,divine
 ,songs4    ,the ,plant of ,renown4     

,honey from the ,rock of ,christ4       
,sins and ,sorrows before ,god4    ,a   
,token for ,mourners4    ,prayers for   
,families and ,private ,persons4    ,the
 ,new ,pictorial ,bible4    ,lives of   
,abraham1 ,isaac1 and ,jacob4    ,the   
,history of ,moses4    ,history of      
,joseph and his ,brethren4    ,the ,life
 and ,death of ,judas ,iscariot4    ,the
 ,wife of ,beith4 7,verse47             
,,the ,,life      ,,and                 
,,meritorious ,,transactions1      ,,of 
,,john ,,knox1      ,,the ,,great       
,,scottish      ,,reformer4             
,illustration        ,,glasgow3         
,,printed ,,for ,,the ,,booksellers4    
,,the    ,,life ,,of    ,,john ,,knox4  
,at the ,reformation one half of the    
lands of ,scotland were the  property of
 the church4 ,david ,i4 had made over   
almost the whole of  those belonging to 
the crown1 and his example was imitated1
 not  only by many of his successors1   
but by all orders of men1 with whom  the
 founding a monastery1 or endowing a    

church1 was thought to  be a sufficient 
atonement for the breach of every       
command in the  decalogue4    ,besides  
the influence derived from the nature   
and extent of their  property1 generally
 let on lease1 on easy terms1 to the    
younger  sons and dependants of great   
families1 the weight the clergy had  in 
,parliament was very considerable4 ,the 
number of temporal barons  being        
extremely limited1 and the lesser barons
 and representatives  of boroughs       
looking upon it as a hardship to attend1
 combined with  the mode of choosing the
 ,lords of the ,articles4 ,its          
proceedings in  a great measure were    
left under their direction and control4 
,the ,lords of the ,articles were a     
,committee whose business it was  to    
prepare and digest all matters that were
 to be laid before  ,parliament4 ,every 
motion for a new law was made in this   
committee1  and approved or rejected by 
the members of it2 what they approved   
was formed into a bill1 and presented to

 ,parliament2 what they  rejected could 
not be introduced into the house4 ,this 
committee  owed the extraordinary powers
 vested in it to the military genius  of
 the ancient nobles1 and in this way not
 only directed all the  proceedings of  
,parliament1 but possessed a negative   
before debate4  ,it consisted of eight  
temporal and eight spiritual lords1 of  
eight  representatives of boroughs1 and 
of eight great officers of the  crown1  
and when its composition is considered1 
it will easily be  seen how much        
influence it would add to the already   
too great power  of the clergy4         
,their character also was held sacred2  
neither were they subject  to the same  
laws1 nor tried by the same judges as   
the laity1 a  remarkable instance of    
which occurred on the trial of the      
murderers  of ,cardinal ,beaton1 one of 
whom was a priest4 ,he was claimed by a 
delegate from the clerical courts1 and  
exempted from the judgement  of         
,parliament on that account4    ,by     

their reputation for learning1 they     
almost wholly engrossed  the high       
offices of emolument and trust in the   
civil government2  but even this was not
 for acting in their capacity of        
confessors1  they made use of all these 
motives which operate so powerfully on  
the human mind1 to promote the interest 
of the church1 so that  few were allowed
 to leave the world without bestowing on
 her some  marks of their liberality1   
and where credulity failed to produce   
this effect1 they called in the aid of  
law4 7,when a person died  intestate1 by
 the #bb;d ,statute of ,william the     
,lion1 the disposal  of his effects was 
vested in the bishop of the diocese1    
after  paying his funeral charges and   
debts1 and distributing among his       
kindred the sums to which they were     
respectively entitled1 it being         
presumed that no ,christian could have  
chosen to leave the world  without      
destining some of his substance to pious
 purposes47 ,their  courts had likewise 

the cognisance of all testamentary deeds
 and  matrimonial contracts1 and to     
these engines of power1 and often  in   
their hands of oppression1 they         
super-added the sentence of             
excommunication1 which besides depriving
 the unhappy victim on  whom it fell of 
all ,christian privileges1 cut him off  
from every  right as a man or citizen4  
,to these1 and other causes of a similar
  nature1 may be ascribed the power of  
the ,popish church2 and to  these1 also1
 combined with the celibacy to which by 
the rule of  their church they were     
restricted1 may be attributed the       
dissolute  and licentious lives of the  
clergy1 which in the end destroyed that 
reputation for sanctity1 the people had 
been accustomed to attach  to their     
character4    ,according to the accounts
 of the reformers1 confirmed by several 
popish writers1 the manners of the      
,scottish clergy were indecent in  the  
extreme4 ,cardinal ,beaton celebrated   
the marriage of his eldest  daughter    

with the son of the ,earl of ,crawford1 
with an almost regal  magnificence1 and 
maintained a criminal correspondence    
with her  mother to the end of his days4
 ,the other prelates were not more      
exemplary than their primate1 and the   
contrast between their lives1  and those
 of the reformers1 failed not to make a 
considerable  impression on the minds of
 the people4 ,instead of disguising     
their  vices the ,popish clergy affected
 to despise censure2 instead of         
endeavouring to colour over the         
absurdity of the established  doctrines1
 or found them on ,scripture1 they left 
them to the  authority of the church and
 decrees of the councils2 the only      
apology they have ever been able1 even  
to the present day1 to  offer for the   
monstrous absurdity of their system4    
,the duty of  preaching was left to the 
lowest and most illiterate of the monks4
    ,the following anecdote will give a 
lively idea of their mode of            
preaching3--,the prior of the ,black    

,friars at ,newcastle1 in a sermon  at  
,st ,andrews1 asserted that the         
,paternoster should be said to ,god     
only1 and not the saints4 ,this doctrine
 not meeting the approbation  of the    
learned of that city1 they appointed a  
,gray ,friar to refute  it1 who choose  
for his text1 8,blessed are the poor in 
spirit10  which he illustrated in this  
manner4 ,seeing we say1 good day1       
father1 to any old man in the street1 we
 may call a saint pater1  who is older  
than any alive2 and seeing they are in  
heaven1 we  may say to any of them1     
8,our father who art in heaven20 seeing 
they are holy1 we may say1 8hallowed be 
thy name20 and1 since  they are in the  
kingdom of heaven1 may add1 8thy kingdom
 come20  and as their will is ,god's    
will1 8thy will be done20 but when he   
come to 8give us this day our daily     
bread20 he was much at a loss           
confessing it was not in the power of   
the saints to give us our  daily bread2 
8yet they may pray to ,god for us10 he  

said1 8that he  may give us our daily   
bread40 ,the rest of his commentary     
being not  more satisfactory1 set his   
audience a laughing and the children on 
the streets calling after him1 ,friar   
,paternoster1 he was so much  ashamed   
that he left the city4    ,the only     
device by which they attempted to bring 
back the people  to their allegiance was
 equally unfortunate and imprudent2 they
  had recourse to false miracles1 which 
the vigilance of the  reformers detected
 and exposed to ridicule4 ,the          
bare-faced  impositions that were       
practised by the monks on the credulous1
  are almost inconceivable4--,among     
other customs of those times1 it  was   
common for them to travel to ,rome and  
come home laden with  relics1 blessed by
 his holiness1 dispensations for sin1 by
 which  they wheedled the credulous out 
of their money4 ,one of these1 on  a    
holiday1 endeavouring to vend his wares 
to the country people1  among other     
things shewed them a bell with a rent in

 it1 possessing  the virtue of          
discovering the truth or fallacy of an  
oath2 for1 as  he pretended1 if any one 
swore truly1 with his hand on the bell1 
he could easily remove it1 without any  
change2 but if the oath  was false1 his 
hand would stick to it1 and the bell    
rent asunder4  ,a farmer1 rather more   
shrewd than the rest of his auditors1   
suspecting the truth of this assertion1 
asked liberty to take an  oath in the   
presence of those assembled1 about an   
affair which  nearly concerned him4 ,the
 monk could not refuse2 and the farmer  
addressing the crowd1 said1 8,friends1  
before ,i swear1 you see the  rent1 how 
large it is1 and that ,i have nothing on
 my fingers to  make them stick to the  
bell40 ,then laying his hand on it1 he  
took  this oath4--8,i swear1 in the     
presence of the living ,god1 and before 
these good people1 that the pope of     
,rome is ,antichrist1 and that  all the 
rabble of his clergy1 cardinals1        
archbishops1 bishops1  priests1 monks1  

with all the rest of the crew1 are      
locust1 come  from hell1 to delude the  
people1 and to withdraw them from ,god2 
moreover1 ,i promise they will all      
return to hell20 and lifting his  hand  
he added4 8,see1 friends1 ,i have lifted
 my hand freely from the  bell1 and the 
rent is no larger1 this sheweth that ,i 
have sworn  the truth40    ,the cause of
 reformed religion1 was powerfully      
supported by the  ambition of the       
,queen-dowager4 7,mary of ,guise7 ,after
 the death of  ,james ,v4 her husband1  
the ,earl of ,arran1 was appointed      
,regent of  the kingdom during the      
minority of her daughter2 and from that 
situation she wished to exclude him1    
that she might enjoy the first  honours 
of the state alone1 and promote the     
designs of her brothers  upon ,scotland4
 ,for this purpose she applied to the   
favourers of the  ,reformation1 as being
 the most numerous of the ,regent's     
enemies1  and forming a respectable body
 in the state2 and although her         

promises of protection were insincere1  
they1 in a very considerable  degree1   
abated the fury of persecution4    ,john
 ,knox1 who contributed so much1 both by
 precept and example1  to work out the  
,reformation from ,popery2 was the      
descendant of an  ancient family1 and   
born at ,gifford1 near ,haddington1 in  
#aeje4 ,on  finishing his education at  
the grammar school1 he was removed to   
,st4 ,andrew's1 to complete his studies 
under the celebrated ,john  ,mair1 by   
whose instructions he made such progress
 that he received  orders before the    
time prescribed by the rules of the     
church4 ,after  this1 he quitted        
scholastic learning1 so much in         
reputation at  that period1 and applied 
himself with diligence to the reading of
  the fathers of the church1            
particularly ,st ,angustine1 from which1
  attending the preaching of one ,thomas
 ,enillam1 a ,black ,friar1 and  the    
conversation of ,mr ,george ,wishart1 a 
celebrated reformer1 who  came from     

,england in #aede with the commissioners
 sent by ,henry  ,,viii4 to conclude a  
treaty with the ,earl of ,arran1 after  
the death  of ,james ,v4 he attained a  
more than ordinary degree of scriptural 
knowledge1 and entirely renounced the   
,roman ,catholic religion4    ,on       
leaving ,st ,andrew's1 ,mr ,knox acted  
as tutor to the sons of  ,douglas of    
,longniddry1 and ,cockburn of ,ormiston1
 whom1 besides the  different branches  
of common education1 he carefully       
instructed  in the principles of the    
reformed religion1 having composed a    
catechism for their use1 besides reading
 lectures to them on  various portions  
of the scriptures4 ,in this practice he 
continued  till ,easter #aedg1 when     
werried out by the repeated persecutions
  of ,cardinal ,beaton1 he left         
,longniddry for ,st4 ,andrew's1 resolved
  to visit ,germany1 the state of       
,england proving unfavourable to  his   
views4 ,against taking this step1       
however1 he was persuaded  by the       

gentlemen whose children he had the     
charge1 to remain in  ,st4 ,andrews1 the
 castle of that place being in the hands
 of the  reformers4    ,here he         
continued to teach his pupils in the    
usual manner1 but his  lectures were now
 attended by a number of people         
belonging to the  town1 who earnestly   
intreated him to preach in public4 ,this
 task he  at first declined1 but        
afterwards accepted a call from the     
pulpit1  and in his very first sermon   
discovered such zeal1 learning1 and     
intrepidity1 as evinced the prudence of 
their choice1 and how  eminently        
qualified he was for the discharge of   
those duties4  ,this success caused such
 alarm among the ,popish clergy1 that a 
letter was sent to the sub-prior by the 
abbot of ,paisley1 natural  brother of  
the ,regent1 who had been nominated to  
the archbishopric  reproving him for his
 negligence1 in allowing such doctrines 
to  be taught without opposition4 ,a    
meeting of the clergy was held in       

consequence1 and every scheme they could
 devise put in practice to  hurt ,mr    
,knox's usefulness2 but1 in a public    
disputation1 he replied  to all their   
arguments with so much acuteness as     
completely to  silence them1 and gained 
many proselytes1 who made prefession of 
their faith by partaking of the         
communion openly1 which he was the      
first to administer in the manner       
practised at present4    ,this success  
was not of long duration1 for a body of 
,french troops  was sent to besiege the 
castle1 and it was compelled to         
surrender  on the #bc;d ,july1 when he1 
along with the garrison1 was sent       
prisoner to ,france1 and confined in the
 gallies till the year #aedi4  ,on      
obtaining his liberty he retired to     
,england1 where he preached  sometime at
 ,berwick1 afterwards at ,newcastle and 
,london1 and was at  last chosen one of 
the itinerants appointed by ,edward     
,,vi4 to preach  the ,protestant        
doctrine through ,england4 ,upon the    

death of that  prince1 on the #fth      
,july1 #aeec1 he went to ,geneva1 where 
he resided  when he was chosen by the   
,english church at ,frankfort1 on the   
#bdth  ,september1 #aeed1 to be their   
pastor1 a situation he accepted by  the 
advice of the celebrated ,john ,calvin1 
but which he did not  long enjoy1 for   
having opposed the introduction of the  
,english  liturgy1 and refused to       
celebrate the communion according to the
  forms prescribed by it1 he was        
deprived of his office2 and1 such  was  
the malice of his enemies1 that1 taking 
advantage of a passage  in his          
8,admonition to ,england10 wherein he   
compares the ,emperor  to ,nero1 and the
 ,queen of ,england to ,jezebel1 they   
accused him to  the magistrates of      
treason4 ,these gentlemen perceiving the
 spirit  by which his accusers were     
actuated1 found means to apprise him  of
 his danger2 and on the #bfth march1    
#aeee1 he left ,frankfort for  ,geneva1 
from whence he proceeded to ,dieppe1 and

 shortly afterwards  to ,scotland1 where
 he arrived in the month of ,august4    
,on his arrival he found the reformers  
much increased in number1  and after    
assisting them to rectify some errors   
which had crept  into their practice1   
accompanied ,john ,erskine of ,dun to   
his seat in  the ,mearns1 where he      
continued a month1 preaching to the     
principle  people in that country4 ,he  
afterwards resided at ,calder-house1    
the residence of ,sir ,james            
,sandilands1 where he was attended by a 
number of personages of the first rank2 
and1 among others1 by the  prior of ,st 
,andrew's afterwards earl of ,moray4    
,during the winter  he visited          
,edinburgh2 preached in many places of  
,ayrshire2 and in  the beginning of     
#aeef1 at the request of the earl of    
,glencairn1  administered the sacrament 
of the ,lord's ,supper to his lordship's
  family1 and a number of friends1 at   
his seat of ,finlayston4    ,in this way
 did ,mr ,knox continue preaching1      

sometimes in one  place1 and sometimes  
in another1 when his success excited so 
much  attention that the ,popish clergy 
summoned him to appear before  them1 on 
the #aeth of ,may1 in the church of the 
,black ,friars  in ,edinburgh4 ,he did  
appear1 but attended by such a number of
  followers that the clergy deemed it   
prudent to desist from their  intended  
prosecution2 and that same day he       
addressed a much  greater audience than 
ever he had done on any prior occasion1 
and  continued to do so for ten days4   
,the earl of ,glencairn1 one of his     
firmest friends1 prevailed on  the earl 
,marshal1 and ,mr ,henry ,drummond1 to  
attend one of ,mr  ,knox's sermons1 they
 were so highly gratified with it that  
they  persuaded him to address a letter 
to the ,queen1 in the hope she  also    
might be induced to hear the doctrine of
 the reformers4 ,in  this letter1       
contending for the truth of what he     
taught1 he says1  8,albeit1 ,madam1 that
 the messengers of ,god are not sent    

this day  with visible miracles1 because
 they teach no other doctrine than  that
 which is confirmed with miracles from  
the beginning of the  world1 yet will   
not he 7who hath promised to take charge
 over his  poor and little flock to the 
end7 suffer the contempt of their       
ambassage to escape punishment and      
vengeance1 for the truth itself  hath   
said1 #8he that heareth you heareth one1
 and he that contemneth  you contemneth 
one4' ,i do not speak unto you1 ,madam1 
as ,pasquillus  doth to the ,pope and   
his carnal cardinals1 in the behalf of  
such as  dare not utter their names1 but
 ,i come in the name of ,christ ,jesus2 
affirming1 that the religion ye maintain
 is damnable idolatry1  which ,i offer  
myself to prove1 by the most evident    
testimony of  ,god's ,scriptures2 and in
 this quarrel ,i present myself against 
all  the ,papists in the realm1 desiring
 no other armour but ,god's holy  word1 
and the liberty of my tongue40 ,it was  
delivered to the ,queen  by the earl of 

,glencairn1 and by her to the bishop of 
,glasgow1  7nephew of ,cardinal ,beaton7
 with this observation1 8,please you1 my
  lord1 to read a pasquil10 which coming
 to the ears of ,mr ,knox1 was  the     
occasion of his making a number of      
additions when the letter  was printed  
afterwards at ,geneva4    ,at this time 
he received letters from the ,english   
church at ,geneva1  which had separated 
from the one at ,frankfort1 commanding  
him1 8in  ,god's name1 as he was their  
chosen pastor1 to repair to them for    
their comfort40 ,having preached in     
almost every congregation he had        
formerly visited1 and sent his wife and 
mother-in-law before him to  ,dieppe1 he
 sailed from ,scotland in the month of  
,july for ,geneva4  ,no sooner had he   
left the kingdom than the bishops       
summoned him  to answer a charge of     
heresy2 and1 on his non-appearance1     
burnt  him in effigy at the cross of    
,edinburgh4 ,against this sentence1 in  
#aeeh1 he published his 8,appellation10 

addressed to the 8,nobility  and        
,estates of ,scotland40 ,in this        
composition1 which has been much        
admired1 after appealing 8to a lawful   
and general council10 and  requiring of 
them that defence which1 as princes of  
the people1  they were bound to give    
him1 he adds1 8these things ,i require  
of  your honours to be granted unto me1 
viz4 that the doctrine which  our       
adversaries condemn for heresy may be   
tried by the plain and  simple word of  
,god2 that the just defences be admitted
 to us that  sustain the battle against 
this pestilent battle of ,antichrist2   
and that they be removed from judgment  
in our cause1 seeing that  our          
accusation is not intended against any  
one particular person1  but against that
 whole kingdom which we doubt not to    
prove to be a  power usurped against    
,god1 against his commandments1 and     
against  the ordinance of ,christ       
,jesus1 established in his church by his
  chief apostles2 yea1 we doubt not to  

prove the kingdom of the ,pope  to be   
the kingdom and power of ,antichrist1   
and therefore1 my lords1  ,i cannot     
cease1 in the name of ,christ ,jesus1 to
 require of you that  the matter may    
come to examination1 and that ye1 the   
estates of the  realm1 by your          
authority1 compel such as will be called
 bishops1  not only to desist from their
 cruel murdering of such as do study  to
 promote ,god's glory1 in detecting and 
disclosing the damnable  impiety of that
 man of sin the ,roman ,antichrist2 but1
 also1 that  ye compel them to answer to
 such crimes as shall be laid to their  
charge1 for not righteously instructing 
the flock committed to  their care40    
,in ,march1 #aeeg1 sensible of his      
importance1 a letter1 subscribed        
,glencairn1 ,erskine1 ,lorn1 and ,james 
,stuart1 was transmitted to ,mr  ,knox  
at ,geneva1 entreating him to return    
home4 ,having communicated  its contents
 to his congregation1 for which he      
provided another  minister1 and taking  

the advice of ,john ,calvin1 and other  
ministers1 he set out for ,scotland4    
,addressing himself to the lords who had
 invited his return1 ,mr  ,knox         
expostulates with them on their rash    
conduct1 as having a  tendency to cause 
both them and him to be evil spoken     
of4--8,for  either10 said he1 8it shall 
appear that ,i was marvellous vain1     
being so solicited1 where no necessity  
required1 or else that such  as were my 
movers thereto lacked the ripeness of   
judgment in their  first vocation40     
,along with this letter he sent one to  
the whole  nobility1 and others to      
particular gentlemen1 advising them in  
what  manner they ought to proceed4 ,on 
their receipt a new consultation  was   
held1 and a bond subscribed at          
,edinburgh on the #acth ,december1      
#aeeg1 whereby they agreed to 8forsake  
and renounce the congregation  of       
,satan1 with all the superstitious      
abominations and idolatry  thereof40    
,from this period those subscribing1 and

 their adherents1  were known by the    
title of the ,congregation4 ,previous to
 this  agreement1 however1 a number of  
letters were sent off to ,mr ,knox1  and
 to ,john ,calvin1 that he might use his
 influence in persuading  him to return4
    ,this year 7#aeeh17 the ,queen      
,regent1 through the concurrence of  the
 ,protestant party in ,parliament1      
obtained an act to be passed1           
conferring the matrimonial crown on the 
,dauphin1 the husband of  her daughter1 
the unfortunate ,mary4 ,they had been   
induced to  forward her views in this   
favourite scheme1 that they might obtain
  from her an exemption from that       
tyranny with which the ancient  laws    
armed the ecclesiastics against them1   
and enjoy the free  exercise of their   
religion4 ,no sooner1 however1 had she  
obtained  the gratification of her      
wishes1 than the accomplishment of a new
  scheme1 the placing her daughter on   
the throne of ,england1 and to  which   
she had been prompted by the ambition of

 her brothers1 the  princes of the house
 of ,lorraine1 at that time in the      
plenitude  of their power at the ,court 
of ,france1 rendered an union with the  
,catholics necessary4 ,it was vain to   
expect the assistance of the  ,scots    
,protestants to dethrone ,elizabeth1    
whom all ,europe considered  as the most
 powerful defender of the ,reformed     
faith4 ,she therefore  began to treat   
them with coldness and contempt1 and not
 only  approved the decrees of a        
convocation of the ,popish clergy1 in   
which the principles of the ,reformation
 were condemned1 but at the  same time  
issued a proclamation enjoining the     
observance of ,easter  according to the 
ritual of the ,romish church4           
,alarmed at these proceedings1 and still
 more at an order summoning  all the    
,reformed clergy in the kingdom1 to     
attend a court of  justice at ,stirling1
 on the #ajth ,may1 #aeei1 the earl of  
,glencairn1  and ,hugh ,campbell of     
,louden1 were deputed to wait on her and

  intercede in their behalf4 ,on urging 
their peaceable demeanour1  and the     
purity of their doctrine1 she said1 8,in
 despite of you1  and your ministers    
both1 they shall be banished out of     
,scotland1  albeit they preached as true
 as ever did ,st4 ,paul40 ,and on       
pleading  her former promises of        
protection1 she replied1 8,the promises 
of princes ought not to be too carefully
 remembered1 nor the  performance of    
them exacted unless it suits their      
convenience40    ,perth1 in the         
meantime1 having embraced the ,reformed 
religion1  added to the rage which      
agitated the ,queen against the         
,protestants1  and she commanded the    
provost 7,patrick ,ruthven17 to suppress
 all  their assemblies4 ,the answer of  
this gentleman deserves to be  recorded 
for its manly freedom4 8,i have power   
over their bodies  and estates10 said   
he1 8and these ,i will take care shall  
do no  hurt2 but have no dominion over  
their consciences40 ,the day of  trial  

now approached1 and the town of ,dundee1
 and the gentlemen of  ,angus and       
,mearns1 in comformity of an old custom 
which prevailed  in ,scotland1 resolved 
to accompany their pastors to the place 
of  trial4 ,intimidated by their        
numbers1 though unarmed1 she prevailed  
on ,john ,erskine of ,dun1 a person of  
great influence among them1  to stop    
them from advancing nearer to ,stirling1
 while she1 on her  part1 promised to   
take no further steps towards the       
intended trial4  ,this proposition was  
listened to with pleasure1 the preachers
 and  some of the leaders remained at   
,perth1 and the multitude quietly       
dispersed to their respective homes4    
,notwithstanding this promise1 on the   
#ajth ,may1 the queen proceeded  to the 
trial of the persons summoned2 and1 on  
their failing to  appear1 sentence of   
outlawry was pronounced upon them4 ,this
 open  and avowed breach of faith added 
greatly to the public irritation1  and  
the ,protestants boldly prepared for    

their defence4 ,mr ,erskine  having     
joined his associates at ,perth1 his    
representation of the  ,queen's         
irreconcilable hatred so inflamed the   
people1 that scarcely  the authority of 
the magistrates1 or the exhortations of 
their  preachers1 could prevent them    
from proceeding to acts of violence4    
,at this juncture1 ,mr ,knox landed in  
,scotland from ,france1 and1  after     
residing two days in ,edinburgh1 joined 
his brethren in ,perth1  that he might  
aid them in their cause1 and give his   
confession  along with theirs4 ,on the  
#aath1 the day after the sentence of    
outlawry was pronounced1 he made a      
vehement discourse against  idolatry1   
and while the minds of the people were  
yet in a state  of agitation1 from the  
impression made upon them by his sermon1
  a priest prepared to celebrate mass1  
which made a youth observe1  8,this is  
intolerable1 that when ,god in his word 
hath plainly  condemned idolatry we     
shall stand and see it used in despite40

  ,the irritated priest struck him a    
blow on the ear1 and the youth  in      
revenge threw a stone at him1 which     
broke an image of one of  the saints4   
,this was the signal of tumult1 and ere 
two days had  elapsed1 all the churches 
and convents about ,perth were          
destroyed4  ,such was the anger of the  
,queen on receiving this intelligence1  
that she avowed to reduce ,perth to     
ashes1 and ordered ,m4 ,d',ossal1  the  
commander of a corps of ,french         
auxiliaries1 at that time in the        
service of ,scotland1 instantly to      
march1 and carry her threats into       
execution4 ,both parties1 however1 were 
desirous of accommodation1  and a treaty
 was concluded1 in which it was         
stipulated that the  two armies should  
be disbanded1 the gates of ,perth set   
open to  the queen1 but that none of her
 ,french soldiers should approach       
within three miles of that city1 and    
that a ,parliament should be            
immediately held to settle the remaining

 differences4    ,no sooner were the    
,protestant forces disbanded1 than the  
,queen  violated every article of the   
treaty4 ,in consequence of which the    
earl of ,argyle1 and the prior of ,st   
,andrew's1 who had been her             
commissioners for settling the peace1   
with some other gentlemen1  openly left 
her4 ,having warned the confederates of 
her intention  to destroy ,st ,andrew's 
and ,cupar1 a considerable army was soon
  assembled1 which assaulted ,crail1    
broke down the altars and  images1 and  
proceeded thence to ,st ,andrew's1 where
 they levelled  the ,franciscan and     
,dominican monasteries to the ground4   
,the ,queen  immediately gave orders to 
occupy ,cupar1 with the intention of    
attacking them at ,st ,andrew's1 but in 
this she was anticipated1 an  army equal
 to her own having occupied the place   
two days before4  ,finding herself too  
weak to encounter them in the field1 she
 had  again recourse to negotiation2 but
 mindful of her former duplicity1  the  

,protestants would only agree to a truce
 for eight days1 by  which the ,duke of 
,chatelherault and ,d',ossal became     
bound to  transport all the ,french     
soldiers to the other side of the       
,frith1  and send commissioners to ,st  
,andrew's with full powers to conclude  
a formal treaty of peace4    ,several   
days elapsed without any person         
appearing on the part  of the queen1 and
 suspecting some new plan to entrap     
them1 the  ,protestants1 after          
concerting measures to expel the ,french
 garrison  from ,perth1 wrote to her    
,majesty1 complaining that the terms of 
the  first treaty were still            
unfulfilled1 and begging her to withdraw
  her troops from that city in          
conformity with its stipulations4       
,their letters remaining unnoticed1 they
 laid siege to ,perth1 which            
surrendered1 after a feeble resistance1 
on the #bfth ,june1 #aeei4    ,being    
informed that the ,queen resolved to    
seize ,stirling1 and  cut off the       

communication between the reformers on  
the opposite  sides of the ,frith1 by a 
rapid march they frustrated her plans1  
and in three days1 after they had made  
themselves masters of  ,perth1 the      
victorious reformers entered ,edinburgh4
 ,the ,queen on  their approach retired 
to ,dunbar1--where she amused them with 
hopes of an accommodation1 in the       
expectation of being joined  with       
reinforcements from ,france4            
,intelligence1 in the meantime1  was    
received of the death of the ,french    
king1 which1 while it was  favourable to
 the cause of the reformers1 rendered   
their leaders  more negligent and       
secure4 ,numbers of them left the city  
on their  private affairs1 their        
followers were obliged to disperse for  
want of money1 and those who did remain 
were without discipline  or restraint4  
,the ,queen receiving advice of this1 by
 means of her  spies1 marched with all  
the forces she could muster directly to 
,edinburgh1 and possessed herself1 on   

the #beth of ,july1 of ,leith4  ,she    
consented1 however1 to a truce1 to      
continue till the #eth  ,january1 #aefj1
 by which liberty of conscience was     
secured2 ,popery  was not to be         
established again where it had been     
suppressed1 the  reformers were not to  
be hindered from preaching wherever they
  might happen to be1 and no garrison   
was to be stationed within the  city4   
,these terms were preserved till she    
received the expected  reinforcements1  
when she fortified ,leith1 from which   
all the  efforts of the reformers were  
unable to dislodge her troops4 ,a       
mutiny also breaking out among their    
soldiers for want of pay1 and  having   
been defeated in two skirmishes with the
 ,french troops1  it was resolved1 by a 
majority of the lords of the            
congregation1  to retire to ,stirling4  
,this rash step was productive of great 
terror and confusion1 and contrary to   
the advice of ,knox2 who1               
notwithstanding1 followed the fortunes  

of his friends1 animating  and reviving 
them by his discourses1 and exhorting   
them to  constancy in the good cause4   
,at a meeting held shortly after their  
arrival at ,stirling1 it was  resolved1 
to despatch ,william ,maitland1 who had 
lately deserted  the ,queen's party to  
,england1 to implore the assistance of  
,queen  ,elizabeth1 and a treaty was at 
last concluded1 by which a body of      
troops was sent to their assistance4    
,these being joined by most of  the     
,scottish nobility1 a peace was         
established on the #hth ,july1  #aefj1  
by which the reformed religion was fully
 established in  ,scotland4    ,on the  
abolition of ,popery1 the form of church
 goverment  establishment in ,scotland  
was1 upon the model of the church at    
,geneva1 warmly recommended to his      
countrymen by ,knox1 as being  farthest 
removed from all similarity to the      
,romish church2 and  at his suggestion1 
likewise1 the country was divided into  
twelve  districts1 for the more         

effectually propagating the doctrines of
  the ,reformation1 of which ,edinburgh 
was assigned to his care4 ,knox1        
assisted by his brethren afterwards     
composed a confession of ,faith1  and   
compiled the first books of discipline  
for the government of  the church4      
,these were ratified by a convention of 
,estates1 held  in the beginning of the 
following year 7#aega71 and an act      
passed  prohibiting mass and abolishing 
the authority of the ,pope4    ,on the  
return of ,mary1 daughter of ,mary of   
,guise1 from ,france1 and  so well known
 afterwards throughout all ,europe for  
her beauty1  her accomplishments1 and   
her misfortunes1 after the death of  her
 husband ,francis ,,ii4 the celebration 
of mass in the chapel  royal excited a  
great tumult1 many crying out1 8,the    
idolatrous  papist shall die the death1 
according to ,god's law20 and ,john     
,knox1 in a sermon preached the ,sunday 
following after showing the  judgments  
inflicted on nations for idolatry1      

added1 8one mass  is more fearful to me 
than if ten thousand armed enemies were 
landed in any part of the realm1 of     
purpose to suppress the whole           
religion40 ,in consequence of this      
language he was sent for by the  queen1 
who accused him of endeavouring to      
excite her subjects to  rebellion1 of   
having written against her lawful       
authority1 and  of being the cause of   
great sedition4 ,to this he answered1   
among  other things1 8that if to teach  
the word of ,god in sincerity1 if  to   
rebute idolatry1 and to will a people to
 worship ,god according  to his word1 be
 to raise subjects against their        
princes1 then  cannot ,i be excused2 for
 it hath pleased ,god in his mercy to   
make  me one amongst many to disclose   
unto this realm the vanity of the       
papistical religion4--,and touching that
 book1 that seemeth so  highly to offend
 your majesty1 it is most certain that  
if ,i wrote  it ,i am content that all  
the learned of the land should judge of 

it4 ,my hope is1 that1 so long as ye    
defile not your hands with the  blood of
 the saints of ,god1 that neither ,i nor
 that book shall  either hurt you or    
your authority2 for1 in very deed1      
,madam1 that  book was written most     
especially against that wicked ,mary of 
,england40 ,to a question by the ,queen1
 if subjects1 having power1  may resist 
their princes8 ,he boldly answered they 
might1 8if  princes do exceed their     
bounds40 ,the following part of the     
dialogue  will give a good idea of the  
character of ,knox1 and the freedom  of 
his speech3 ,speaking of the church1 the
 ,queen observed1 8but  ye are not the  
church of ,rome1 for ,i think it is the 
true church  of ,god40 8,your will1     
,madam10 said he1 8is no reason2 neither
 doth  your thought make that ,roman    
harlot to be the immaculate spouse of   
,jesus ,christ4 ,and wonder not1 ,madam1
 that ,i call ,rome an harlot1  for that
 church is altogether polluted with all 
kinds of spiritual  fornication1 as well

 in doctrine as in matters40 ,he had    
afterwards  two other conferences with  
the queen1 at the last of which she     
burst into tears1 crying out1 8,never   
prince was used as ,i am40    ,knox's   
situation became very critical in       
,april1 #aega1 when ,kircaldy  received 
the ,hamiltons1 with their forces1 into 
the castle4 ,their  inveteracy against  
him was so great1 that his friends were 
obliged  to watch his house during the  
night4 ,they proposed forming a  guard  
for the protection of his person when he
 went abroad2 but  the governor of the  
castle forbade this1 as implying a      
suspicion  of him1 and offered to send  
,melvil1 one of his officers1 to        
conduct him to and from church4 8,he    
wold gif the woulf the wedder  to keip10
 says ,bannatyne4 ,induced by the       
importunity of the  citizens1 ,kircaldy 
applied to the ,duke and his party for a
 special  protection to ,knox2 but they 
refused to pledge their word for his    
safety1 because 8there were many rascals

 and others among them who  loved him   
not1 that might do him harm without     
their knowledge40  ,intimations were    
often given him of threatenings against 
his  life2 and one evening1 a musket    
ball was fired in at his window1  and   
lodged in the roof of the apartment in  
which he was sitting4  ,it happened that
 he sat at the time in a different part 
of the  room from that in which he had  
been accustomed to take his seat1       
otherwise the ball1 from its direction1 
must have struck him4  ,alarmed by these
 circumstances1 a deputation of the     
citizens1  accompanied by his colleague1
 waited upon him1 and renewed a  request
 which they had formerly made1 that he  
would remove from  ,edinburgh1 to a     
place where his life would be in greater
 safety1  until the ,queen's party      
should evacuate the town4 ,but he       
refused to  yield to them1 apprehending 
that his enemies wished to intimidate   
him into flight1 that they might carry  
on their designs more  quietly1 and then

 accuse him of cowardice4 ,being unable 
to persuade  him by any other means1    
they at last had recourse to an argument
  which prevailed4 ,upon this he        
consented1 8sore against his will10  to 
remove from the city4    ,in ,may1      
#aega1 at the desire of his friends1 and
 for greater  security1 he left that    
city for ,st ,andrew's1 where he        
remained  until the ,august following4  
,the cause that forced him to change    
his residence having ceased to operate1 
at the express desire of  his           
congregation he again returned1 but     
could not long continue  to preside over
 it1 on account of the exhausted state  
of his  health2 and on the #ith         
,november1 abmitted ,mr ,james ,lawson1 
formerly  professor of philosophy at    
,aberdeen1 to be his successor4    ,from
 this time till the #bdth of the same   
month1 when he expired1  about eleven   
o'clock at night1 in the #fgth year of  
his age2 his  principal employment was  
reading the ,scriptures and conversing  

with his friends2 and over his remains1 
which were accompanied to  the          
churchyard by the ,earl of ,morton1 the 
,regent1 and a number of  other         
noblemen1 and people of all ranks1 his  
lordship pronounced  the following      
eulogium3 8,here lies a man1 who in his 
life never  feared the face of man2 who 
hath been often threatened with dag and 
dagger1 but yet hath ended his days in  
peace and honour40      ,,finis4        
,,history      ,,of ,,the ,,life        
,,sufferings      ,,of ,,the      ,,rev4
 ,,john ,,welch1      ,,sometime        
,,minister ,,of ,,the ,,gospel ,,at     
,,ayr4      ,illustration               
,,glasgow3    ,,printed ,,for ,,the     
,,booksellers4          ,,the    ,,life 
,,of ,,john ,,welch4      ,mr4 ,john    
,welch was born a gentleman1 his father 
being laird of  ,colieston1 7an estate  
rather competent1 than large1 in the    
shire  of ,nithsdale7 about the year    
#aegj1 the dawning of our reformation   
being then but dark4 ,he was a rich     

example of grace and mercy1 but  the    
night went before the day1 being a most 
hopeless extravagant  boy3 it was not   
enough to him1 frequently when he was a 
young  stripling to run away from the   
school and play the truant2 but  after  
he had passed his grammar1 and was come 
to be a youth1 he  left the school1 and 
his father's house1 and went and joined 
himself to the thieves on the ,english  
border1 who lived by robbing  the two   
nations1 and amongst them he stayed till
 he spent a suit of  clothes4 ,then he  
was clothed only with rags1 the         
prodigal's misery  brought him to the   
prodigal's resolution1 so he resolved to
 return  to his father's house1 but     
durst not adventure1 till he should     
interpose a reconciler4 ,so in his      
return homeward1 he took ,dumfries  in  
his way where he had an aunt1 one ,agnes
 ,forsyth1 and with her  he diverted    
some days1 earnestly entreating her to  
reconcile him  to his father4 ,while he 
lurked in her house1 his father came    

providentially to the house to salute   
his cousin1 ,mrs4 ,forsyth2  and after  
they had talked a while1 she asked him1 
whether he had  ever heard any news of  
his son ,john2 to her he replied with   
great  grief1 ,o cruel woman1 how can   
you name his name to me8 ,the first     
news ,i expect to hear of him1 is1 that 
he is hanged for a thief4  ,she         
answered1 many a profligate boy had     
become a virtuous man1  and comforted   
him4 ,he insisted upon his sad          
complaint1 but asked  whether she knew  
his lost son was yet alive4 ,she        
answered1 ,yes1 he  was1 and she hoped  
he should prove a better man than he was
 a boy1  and with that she called upon  
him to come to his father4 ,he came     
weeping and kneeled1 beseeching his     
father1 for ,christ's sake1 to  pardon  
his misbehaviour1 and deeply engaged to 
be a new man4 ,his  father reproached   
him and threatened him4 ,yet1 at length1
 by the  boy's tears1 and ,mrs4         
,forsyth's importunities1 he was        

persuaded to  a reconciliation4 ,the boy
 entreated his father to send him to the
  college1 and there to try his         
behaviour1 and if ever thereafter  he   
should break1 he said he should be      
content his father should  disclaim him 
for ever3 so his father carried him     
home1 and put  him to the college1 and  
there he became a diligent student1 of  
great expectation1 and shewed himself a 
sincere convert1 and so he  proceeded to
 the ministry4    ,his first post in the
 ministry was at ,selkirk1 while he was 
yet  very young1 and the country rude2  
while he was there1 his ministry  was   
rather admired by some1 than received by
 many2 for he was  always attended by   
the prophet's shadow1 the hatred of the 
wicked2  yea1 even the ministers of the 
country1 were more ready to pick  a     
quarrel with his person1 than to follow 
his doctrine1 as may  appear to this day
 in their synodical records1 where we   
find he  had many to censure him1 and   
only some to defend him2 yet it was     

thought his ministry in that place was  
not without fruit1 though  he stayed but
 a short time there4 ,being a young man 
unmarried1 he  lodged himself in the    
house of one ,mitchelhill1 and took a   
young  boy of his to be his bed-fellow1 
who to his dying day retained both  a   
respect to ,mr4 ,welch and his ministry1
 from the impressions ,mr4  ,welch's    
behaviour made upon his mind though but 
a child4    ,the special cause of his   
leaving ,selkirk1 was a profane         
gentleman  in the country 7one ,scot of 
,headschaw1 whose family is now extinct7
  but because ,mr4 ,welch had either    
reproved him1 or merely from  hatred1   
,mr4 ,welch was most unworthily abused  
by the unhappy man1  amongst the rest of
 the injuries he did him1 this was one1 
,mr4  ,welch kept always two good horses
 for his use1 and the wicked  gentleman 
when he could do no more1 either with   
his own hand1 or  his servants1 cut off 
the rumps of the two innocent beasts1   
upon  which followed such effusion of   

blood1 that they both died1 which  ,mr4 
,welch did much resent1 and such base   
usage as this persuaded  him to listen  
to a call to the ministry at            
,kirkcudbright1 which was  his next     
post4    ,but when he was about to leave
 ,selkirk1 he could not find a man in   
all the town to transport his furniture1
 except one ,ewart1 who was  at that    
time a poor young man1 but master of two
 horses1 with which  he transported ,mr4
 ,welch's goods1 and so left him1 but as
 he took  his leave1 ,mr4 ,welch gave   
him his blessing1 and a piece of gold   
for  a token1 exhorting him to fear     
,god1 and promised he should never      
want1 which promise1 providence made    
good through the whole course  of his   
life1 as was observed by all his        
neighbours4    ,at ,kirkcudbright he    
stayed not long2 but there he reaped a  
harvest  of converts1 which subsisted   
long after his departure1 and were  a   
part of ,mr4 ,samuel ,rutherfoord's     
flock1 though not his parish1  while he 

was minister at ,anwith3 yet when his   
call to ,ayr came to  him1 the people of
 the parish of ,kirkcudbright never     
offered to  detain him1 so his          
transportation to ,ayr was the more     
easy4    ,mr4 ,welch was transported to 
,ayr in the year #aeij1 and there he    
continued till he was banished1 there he
 had a very hard beginning1  but a good 
ending2 for when he came first to the   
town1 the country  was so wicked1 and   
the hatred of godliness so great1 that  
there  could not be found one in all the
 town1 that would let him a house  to   
dwell in1 so he was constrained to      
accommodate himself in the  best he     
might1 in a part of a gentleman's house 
for a time1 the  gentleman's name was   
,john ,stewart1 he was an eminent       
,christian1 and  a great assistant of   
,mr4 ,welch4    ,and when he had first  
taken up his residence in that town1 the
  place was so divided into factions1   
and filled with bloody  conflicts1 a man
 could hardly walk the streets with     

safety2  wherefore ,mr4 ,welch made it  
his first undertaking to remove the     
bloody quarrelings1 but he found it a   
very difficult work2 yet such  was his  
earnestness to pursue his design1 that  
many times he would  rush betwixt two   
parties of men fighting1 even in the    
midst of  blood and wounds4    ,his     
manner was1 after he had ended a        
skirmish amongst his  neighbours1 and   
reconciled these bitter enemies1 to     
cause them  to cover a table upon the   
street1 and there brought the enemies   
together1 and begining with prayer he   
persuaded them to protest  themselves   
friends1 and then to eat and drink      
together1 then last  of all1 he ended   
the work with singing a psalm3 after the
 rude  people began to observe his      
example1 and listen to his heavenly     
doctrine1 he came quickly to that       
respect amongst them that he  became not
 only a necessary counsellor1 without   
whose counsel they  would do nothing1   
but an example to imitate1 and so he    

buried the  bloody quarrels4    ,he gave
 himself wholly to ministerial          
exercises1 he preached once  every day1 
he prayed the third part of his time1   
was unwearied  in his studies1 and for a
 proof of this1 it was found among his  
papers1 that he had abridged ,suarez's  
metaphysics1 when they came  first to   
his hand1 even when he was well stricken
 in years4 ,by  all which1 it appears1  
that he has not only been a man of great
  diligence but also of a strong and    
robust natural constitution1  otherwise 
he had never endured the fatigue4       
,but if his diligence was great1 so it  
is doubted whether his sowing  in       
painfulness1 or his harvest in his      
success was greatest2 for  if either his
 spiritual experiences in seeking the   
,lord1 or his  fruitfulness in          
converting souls be considered1 they    
will be found  unparalleled in          
,scotland3 and many years after ,mr4    
,welch's death1  ,mr4 ,david ,dickson1  
at that time a flourishing minister at  

,irvine1  was frequently heard to say1  
when people talked to him of the        
success of his ministry1 that the grape 
gleanings in ,ayr1 in ,mr4  ,welch's    
time1 were far above the vintage of     
,irvine1 in his own4 ,mr4  ,welch1 in   
his preaching1 was spiritual and        
searching1 his utterance  tender and    
moving2 he did not much insist upon     
scholastic purposes1  he made no shew of
 his learning4 ,i once heard one of his 
hearers  say1 ,that no man could hear   
him and forbear weeping1 his conveyance 
was so affecting4 ,there is a large     
volume of his sermons1 now in           
,scotland1 wherein he makes it appear1  
his learning was not behind  his other  
virtues3 this also appears in another   
piece1 called ,dr4  ,welch's            
,armagaddon1 printed1 ,i suppose1 in    
,france1 wherein he  gives his          
meditation upon the enemies of the      
church1 and their  destruction2 but the 
piece itself is rarely to be found4     
,sometimes before he went to sermon1 he 

would send for his elders1  and tell    
them1 he was afraid to go to pulpit     
because he found  himself sore deserted2
 and thereafter desire one or more to   
pray1  and then he would venture to     
pulpit4 ,but1 it was observed1 this     
humbling exercise used ordinarily to be 
followed1 with a flame  of extraordinary
 assistance3 so near neighbours are many
 times  contrary dispositions and       
frames4 ,he would many times retire to  
the church of ,ayr1 which was at some   
distance from the town1 and  there spend
 the whole night in prayer3 for he used 
to allow his  affections full           
expression1 and prayed not only with    
audible1 but  sometimes1 loud voice1 nor
 did he irk1 in that solitude1 all the  
night over1 which hath1 it may be1      
occasioned the contemptible  slander of 
some malicious enemies1 who were so bold
 as to call him  no less than a witch4  
,there was in ,ayr1 before he came to   
it1 an aged man a minister  of the town1
 called ,porterfield1 the man was judged

 no bad man1  for his personal          
inclinations1 but so easy a disposition1
 that he  used many times to go too     
great a length with his neighbours in   
many dangerous practices2 and amongst   
the rest1 he used to go to  the         
bow-butts and archery1 on ,sabbath      
afternoon1 to ,mr4 ,welch's  great      
dissatisfaction4 ,but the way he used to
 reclaim him1 was not  bitter severity1 
but this gentle policy2 ,mr4 ,welch     
together with  ,john ,stewart1 and ,hugh
 ,kennedy1 his two intimate friends1    
used to  spend the ,sabbath afternoon in
 religious conference and prayer1 and   
to this exercise they invited ,mr4      
,porterfield1 which he could not        
refuse1 by which means he was not only  
diverted from his former  sinful        
practice1 but likewise brought to a more
 watchful1 and  edifying behaviour in   
his course of life4    ,he married      
,elizabeth ,knox1 daughter to the famous
 ,mr4 ,john ,knox1  minister at         
,edinburgh1 the apostle of ,scotland1   

and she lived with  him from his youth  
till his death4 ,by her ,i have heard he
 had three  sons3 the first was called  
,dr4 ,welch1 a doctor of medicine1 who  
was killed in the low countries1 and of 
him ,i never heard more4  ,another son  
he had most lamentably lost at sea1 for 
when the ship  in which he was embarked 
was sunk1 he swam to a rock in the sea1 
but starved there for want of necessary 
food and refreshment1 and  when sometime
 afterward his body was found upon the  
rock1 they  found him dead in a praying 
posture upon his bended knees1 with  his
 hands stretched out1 and this was all  
the satisfaction his  friends and the   
world had upon his lamentable death1 so 
bitter  to his friends4 ,another he had 
who was heir to his father's  grace and 
blessings1 and this was ,mr4 ,josias    
,welch1 minister at  ,temple-,patrick in
 the north of ,ireland1 commonly called 
the ,cock  of the ,conscience by the    
people of that country1 because of his  
extraordinary wakening and rousing gift3

 he was one of that blest  society of   
ministers1 which wrought that           
unparalleled work in the  north of      
,ireland1 about the year #afcf1 but was 
himself a man most  sadly exercised with
 doubts about his own salvation all his 
time1  and would ordinarily say1 ,that  
ministers was much to be pitied1  who   
was called to comfort weak saints and   
had no comfort himself4  ,he died in his
 youth1 and left for his successor1 ,mr4
 ,john ,welch  minister at ,iron-,gray  
in ,galloway1 the place of his          
grandfather's  nativity4 ,what business 
this made in ,scotland1 in the time of  
the  late ,episcopal persecution1 for   
the space of twenty years1 is known  to 
all ,scotland4 ,he maintained his       
dangerous post of preaching  the gospel 
upon the mountains of ,scotland1        
notwithstanding of the  threatnings of  
the state1 the hatred of the bishops1   
the price set  upon his head1 and all   
the fierce industry of his cruel        
enemies4  ,it is well known that bloody 

,claverhouse upon secret information    
from his spies1 that ,mr4 ,john ,welch  
was to be found at some lurking  place  
at forty miles distance1 would make all 
that long journey  in one winter's      
night1 that he might catch him1 but when
 he came  he always missed his prey4 ,i 
never heard of a man that endured  more 
toil1 adventured upon more hazards1     
escaped so much hazard1  not in the     
world4 ,he used to tell his friends who 
counselled him  to be more cautious1 and
 not to hazard himself so much1 ,that he
  firmly believed dangerous undertakings
 would be his security1 and  when ever  
he should give over that course and     
retire himself1 his  ministry should    
come to an end2 which accordingly came  
to pass1 for  when after ,bothwell      
bridge1 he retired to ,london1 the ,lord
 called  him by death1 and there he was 
honourably buried1 not far from the     
king's palace4    ,but to return to our 
old ,mr4 ,welch2 as the duty wherein he 
abounded  and excelled most was prayer1 

so his greatest attainments fell that   
way4 ,he used to say1 ,he wondered how a
 ,christian could lie in bed  all night1
 and not rise to pray1 and many times he
 watched4 ,one  night he rose from his  
wife1 and went into the next room1 where
  he stayed so long at secret prayer1   
that his wife fearing he  might catch   
cold1 was constrained to rise and follow
 him1 and as  she hearkened1 she heard  
him speak as by interrupted sentences1  
,lord wilt thou not grant me ,scotland1 
and after a pause1 ,enough1  ,lord1     
enough1 and so she returned to her bed1 
and he following  her1 not knowing she  
had heard him1 but when he was by her1  
she  asked him what he meant by saying1 
,enough1 ,lord1 enough4 ,he shewed      
himself dissatisfied with her curiosity1
 but told her1 he had been  wrestling   
with the ,lord for ,scotland1 and found 
there was a sad  time at hand1 but that 
the ,lord would be gracious to a        
remnant4  ,this was about the time when 
bishops first overspread the land1  and 

corrupted the church4 ,this was more    
wonderful ,i am to relate1  ,i heard    
once an honest minister1 who was a      
parishioner of ,mr4  ,welch many a day1 
say1 #8,that one night as he watched in 
his garden  very late1 and some friends 
waiting upon him in his house and       
wearying because of his long stay1 one  
of them chanced to open a  window toward
 the place where he walked1 and saw     
clearly a strange  light surrounding    
him1 and heard him speak strange words  
about his  spiritual joy1' ,i do neither
 add nor alter1 ,i am the more induced  
to believe this that ,i have heard from 
as good a hand as any in  ,scotland1    
that a very godly man1 though not a     
minister1 after he  had spent a whole   
night in a country house1 in the muir1  
declared  confidently1 he saw such an   
extraordinary light as this himself1    
which was to him both matter of wonder  
and astonishment4 ,but though  ,mr4     
,welch had upon the account of his      
holiness1 abilities1 and  success1      

acquired among his subdued people1 a    
very great respect1  yet was he never in
 such admiration1 as after the great    
plague  which raged in ,scotland in his 
time4    ,and one cause was this3 ,the  
magistrates of ,ayr1 forasmuch as this  
town alone was free1 and the country    
about infected1 thought  fit to guard   
the ports with sentinels1 and watchmen2 
and one  day two travelling merchants1  
each with a pack of cloth upon a  horse1
 came to the town desiring entrance that
 they might sell  their goods producing 
a pass from the magistrates of the town 
whence they came which was at that time 
sound and free2 yet not  withstanding   
all this the sentinels stopt them till  
the magistrates  were called2 and when  
they came1 they would do nothing without
  their minister's advice3 so ,mr4      
,welch was called1 and his opinion      
asked2 he demurred1 and putting off his 
hat with his eyes toward  heaven for a  
pretty space1 though he uttered no      
audible words1  yet continued in a      

praying gesture3 and after a little     
space told  the magistrates they would  
do well to discharge these travellers   
their town1 affirming with great        
asseveration1 the plague was in  their  
packs1 so the magistrates commanded them
 to be gone1 and  they went to ,cumnock1
 a town some twenty miles distant1 and  
there  sold their goods1 which kindled  
such an infection in that place1  that  
the living were hardly able to bury     
their dead4 ,this made the  people begin
 to think ,mr4 ,welch as an oracle4 ,yet
 as he walked  with ,god1 and kept close
 with him1 so he forgot not man1 for he 
used frequently to dine abroad with such
 of his friends1 as he  thought were    
persons with whom he might maintain the 
communion of  the saints2 and once in   
the year he used always to invite all   
his  familiars in the town to a treat in
 his house1 where there was a  banquet  
of holiness and sobriety4    ,and now   
the scene of his life begins for to     
alter2 but before his  blessed          

sufferings1 he had this strange warning4
    ,one night he rose from his wife1   
and went into garden1 as his  custom    
was1 but stayed longer than ordinary1   
which troubled his  wife1 who1 when he  
returned1 expostulated with him very    
hard1 for  his staying so long to wrong 
his health2 he bid her be quiet1 for  it
 should be well with them4 ,but he knew 
well1 he should never  preach more at   
,ayr2 and accordingly before the next   
,sabbath1 he was  carried prisoner to   
,blackness castle4 ,after that1 he1 with
 many  others were brought before the   
council of ,scotland1 at ,edinburgh1  to
 answer for their rebellion and         
contempt1 in holding a general          
assembly1 not authorised by the king4   
,and because they declined the  secret  
council1 as judges competent in causes  
purely spiritual1  such as the nature   
and constitution of a general assembly  
is1  they were first remitted to the    
prison at ,blackness1 and other  places4
 ,and thereafter1 six of the most       

considerable of them1  were brought     
under night from ,blackness to          
,linlithgow before the  criminal judges1
 to answer an accusation of high        
treason1 at the  instance of ,sir       
,thomas ,hamilton1 king's advocate1 for 
declining1  as he alledged1 the king's  
lawful authority1 in refusing to admit  
the council judges competent in the     
cause of the nature of church           
judicatories2 and after their           
accusation1 and answer was read1 by  the
 verdict of a jury of very considerable 
gentlemen1 condemned as  guilty of high 
treason1 the punishment continued till  
the king's  pleasure should be known1   
and thereafter their punishment was made
  banishment1 that the cruel sentence   
might someway seem to soften  their     
severe punishment as the king had       
contrived it4    ,but before he left    
,scotland1 some remarkable passages in  
his  behaviour are to be remembered4    
,and first when the dispute about       
church-government began to warm2 as he  

was walking upon the street  of         
,edinburgh1 betwixt two honest citizens1
 he told them1 they had  in their town  
two great ministers1 who were no great  
friends to  ,christ's cause1 presently  
in controversy1 but it should be seen1  
the world should never hear of their    
repentance4 ,the two men were  ,mr4     
,patrick ,galloway1 and ,mr4 ,john      
,hall2 and accordingly it came to  pass1
 for ,mr4 ,patrick ,galloway died easing
 himself upon his stool2  and ,mr4 ,john
 ,hall1 being at that time in ,leith1   
and his servant  woman having left him  
alone in his house while she went to the
  market1 he was found dead all alone at
 her return4    ,he was sometime        
prisoner in ,edinburgh castle before he 
went into  exile1 where one night       
sitting at supper with the lord         
,ochiltry1  who was an uncle to ,mr4    
,welch's wife1 as his manner was1 he    
entertained the company with godly and  
edifying discourse1 which  was well     
received by all the company save only   

one debauched popish  young gentleman1  
who sometimes laughed1 and sometimes    
mocked and  made faces2 whereupon ,mr4  
,welch brake out into a sad abrupt      
charge  upon all the company to be      
silent1 and observe the work of the     
,lord  upon that prophane mocker1 which 
they should presently behold2  upon     
which immediately the prophane wretch   
sunk down and died  beneath the table1  
but never returned to life again1 to the
 great  astonishment of all the company4
    ,another wonderful story they tell  
of him at the same time2 the lord       
,ochiltry the captain1 being both sons  
to the good lord ,ochiltry1  and ,mr4   
,welch's uncle in law1 was indeed very  
civil to ,mr4 ,welch1  but being for a  
long time1 through the multitude of     
affairs1 kept  from visiting ,mr4 ,welch
 in his chamber1 as he was one day      
walking  in the court1 and espying ,mr4 
,welch at his chamber window asked  him 
kindly how he did1 and if in any thing  
he could serve him4  ,mr4 ,welch        

answered him1 ,he would earnestly       
entreat his lordship1  being at that    
time to go to court1 to petition king   
,james in his  name1 that he might have 
liberty to preach the gospel2 which my  
lord promised to do4 ,mr4 ,welch        
answered1 my lord1 both because you  are
 my kinsman1 and other reasons1 ,i would
 earnestly entreat1 and  obtest you not 
to promise except you faithfully        
perform4 ,my lord  answered1 ,he would  
faithfully perform his promise2 and so  
went for  ,london4 ,but though at his   
first arrival he was really purposed to 
present the petition to the king1 but   
when he found the king in  such a rage  
against the godly ministers1 that he    
durst not at that  time present it1 so  
he thought fit to delay it1 and         
thereafter  fully forgot it4    ,the    
first time that ,mr4 ,welch saw his face
 after his return from  court1 he asked 
him what he had done with his petition4 
,my lord  answered he1 had presented it 
to the king1 but that the king was  in  

so great a rage against the ministers at
 that time1 he believed  it had been    
forgotten1 for he had gotten no answer4 
,nay said ,mr4  ,welch to him1 ,my lord 
you should not lye to ,god1 and to me1  
for ,i  know you never delivered it1    
though ,i warned you to take heed not   
to undertake it1 except you would       
perform it2 but because you have  dealt 
so unfaithfully1 remember ,god shall    
take from you both estate  and honours1 
and give them to your neighbour in your 
own time3  which accordingly came to    
pass1 both his estate and honours were  
in  his own time transmitted to ,james  
,stewart son to captain ,james1  who was
 indeed a cadet1 but not the lineal heir
 of the family4    ,while he was        
detained prisoner in ,edinburgh castle1 
his wife used  for the most part to stay
 in his company1 but upon a time fell   
into  a longing to see her family in    
,ayr1 to which with some difficulty  he 
yielded2 but when she was to take her   
journey1 he strictly  charged her not to

 take the ordinary way to her own house1
 when  she came to ,ayr1 nor to pass by 
the bridge through the town1 but  to    
pass the river above the bridge1 and so 
get the way to her own  house1 and not  
to come into the town1 for1 said he1    
before you  come thither1 you shall find
 the plague broken out in ,ayr1 which   
accordingly came to pass4    ,the plague
 was at that time very terrible1 and he 
being necessarily  separate from his    
people1 it was to him the more grievous2
 but when  the people of ,ayr came to   
him to bemoan themselves1 his answer    
was1  that ,hugh ,kennedy1 a godly      
gentleman in their town1 should pray    
for them1 and ,god should hear him4     
,this counsel they accepted1 and  the   
gentleman convening a number of the     
honest citizens1 prayed  fervently for  
the town1 as he was a mighty wrestler   
with ,god1 and  accordingly after that  
the plague decreased4    ,now the time  
is come he must leave ,scotland1 and    
never to see it  again1 so upon the     

seventh of ,november #afjf in the       
morning1 he  with his neighbours took   
ship at ,leith1 and though it was but   
two  o'clock in the morning1 many were  
waiting on with their afflicted         
families1 to bid them farewell4 ,after  
prayer1 they sung the xxiii  psalm1 and 
so set sail for the south of ,france1   
and landed in the  river of ,bourdeaux4 
,within fourteen weeks after his        
arrival1 such  was the ,lord's blessing 
upon his diligence1 he was able to      
preach  in ,french1 and accordingly was 
speedily called to the ministry1  first 
in one village1 then in another2 one of 
them was ,nerac1 and  thereafter settled
 in ,saint ,jean d' ,angely1 a          
considerable walled  town1 and there he 
continued the rest of the time he       
sojourned in  ,france1 which was about  
sixteen years4 ,when he began to preach1
 it  was observed by some of his        
hearers1 that while he continued in the 
doctrinal part of his sermon1 he spoke  
very correct ,french1 but  when he came 

to his application and when his         
affections kindled1  his fervour made   
him sometimes neglect the accuracy of   
the ,french  construction3 but there    
were godly young men who admonished him 
of  this1 which he took in very good    
part1 so for preventing mistakes  of    
that kind1 he desired the young         
gentlemen1 when they perceived  him     
beginning to decline1 to give him a     
sign1 and the sign was1  that they were 
both to stand up upon their feet1 and   
thereafter  he was more exact in his    
expression through his whole sermon2 so 
desirous was he1 not only to deliver    
good matter1 but to recommend  it in the
 neat expression4    ,there were many   
times persons of great quality in his   
auditory1  before whom he was just as   
bold as ever he had been in a ,scots    
village2 which moved ,mr4 ,boyd of      
,trochrig once to ask him1 7after  he   
had preached before the university of   
,samure with such boldness  and         
authority1 as if he had been before the 

meanest congregation7  how he could be  
so confident among strangers1 and       
persons of such  quality6 to which he   
answered1 ,that he was so filled with   
the dread  of ,god1 he had no           
apprehension from man at all2 and this  
answer1  said ,mr4 ,boyd1 did not remove
 my admiration1 but rather increased    
it4    ,there was in his house amongst  
many others1 who tabled with him for    
good education1 a young gentleman of    
great quality1 and suitable             
expectations1 and this was the heir of  
the lord ,ochiltry1 who was  captain of 
the castle of ,edinburgh4 ,this young   
nobleman1 after he  had gained very much
 upon ,mr4 ,welch's affections1 fell    
sick of  a grievous sickness1 and after 
he had been long wasted with it1  closed
 his eyes1 and expired as dying men used
 to do1 so to the  apprehension and     
sense of all spectators1 he was no more 
but a  carcase1 and was therefore taken 
out of his bed1 and laid upon a  pallat 
on the floor1 that his body might be the

 more conveniently  dressed1 as dead    
bodies used to be4 ,this was to ,mr4    
,welch a very  great grief1 and         
therefore he stayed with the young man's
 dead  body full three hours1 lamenting 
over him with great tenderness4  ,after 
twelve hours1 the friends brought in a  
coffin1 whereunto  they desired the     
corps to be put1 as the custom is3 but  
,mr4 ,welch  desired1 that for the      
satisfaction of his affections1 they    
would  forbear the youth for a time1    
which they granted1 and returned not    
till twenty four hours1 after his death1
 were expired2 then they  returned1 with
 great importunity the corps might be   
coffined1 that  it might be speedily    
buried1 the weather being extremely hot2
 yet  he persisted in his request1      
earnestly begging them to excuse him    
for once more2 so they left the youth   
upon his pallat for full  thirty six    
hours3 but even after all that1 though  
he was urged1 not  only with great      
earnestness1 but displeasure1 they were 

constrained  to forbear for twelve hours
 yet more2 and after forty eight hours  
were past1 ,mr4 ,welch was still where  
he was1 and then his friends  perceived 
that he believed the young man was not  
really dead1 but  under some apoplectic 
fit1 and therefore proponed to him for  
his  satisfaction1 that trial should be 
made upon his body by doctors  and      
chirurgeons1 if possibly any spark of   
life might be found in  him1 and with   
this he was content3 so the physicians  
are set on  work1 who pinched him with  
pincers in the fleshy parts of his body1
  and twisted a bow string about his    
head with great force1 but no  sign of  
life appearing in him1 so the physicians
 pronounced him  stark dead1 and then   
there was no more delay to be desired2  
yet ,mr4  ,welch begged of them once    
more1 that they would but step into the 
next room for an hour or two1 and leave 
him with the dead youth1  and this they 
granted3 ,then ,mr4 ,welch fell down    
before the pallat1  and cried to the    

,lord with all his might1 for the last  
time and  sometimes looked upon the dead
 body1 continuing in wrestling with  the
 ,lord till at length the dead youth    
opened his eyes1 and cried  out to ,mr4 
,welch whom he distinctly knew1 ,o ,sir1
 ,i am all whole1  but my head and legs3
 and these were the places they had sore
 hurt1  with their pinching4    ,when   
,mr4 ,welch perceived this1 he called   
upon his friends1 and  shewed them the  
dead young man restored to life again1  
to their  great astonishment4 ,and this 
young nobleman1 though he lost the      
estate of ,ochiltry1 lived to acquire a 
great estate in ,ireland1 and  was lord 
,castlestewart1 and a man of such       
excellent parts1 that he  was courted by
 the earl of ,stafford to be a          
counsellor in ,ireland1  which he       
refused to be1 and then he engaged1 and 
continued for all  his life1 not only in
 honour and power1 but in the profession
 and  practice of godliness1 to the     
great comfort of the country where  he  

lived4 ,this story the nobleman         
communicated to his friends in          
,ireland1 and from them ,i had it4      
,while ,mr4 ,welch was minister in one  
of these ,french villages1 upon  an     
evening a certain popish friar          
travelling through the country1  because
 he could not find lodging in the whole 
village1 addressed  himself to ,mr4     
,welch's house for one night4 ,the      
servants acquainted  their master and he
 was content to receive this guest4 ,the
 family  had supped before he came1 and 
so the servants convoyed the friar  to  
his chamber1 and after they had made his
 supper1 they left him  to his rest4    
,there was but a timber partition       
betwixt him and  ,mr4 ,welch1 and after 
the friar had slept his first sleep1 he 
was  surprized with the hearing of a    
silent1 but constant whispering  noise1 
at which he wondered very much1 and was 
not a little  troubled with it4    ,the 
next morning he walked in the fields1   
where he chanced to meet  with a country

 man1 who saluting him because of his   
habit1 asked  him where he lodged that  
night8 ,the friar answered he had lodged
  with the hugenot minister4 ,then the  
country man asked him what              
entertainment he had8 ,the friar        
answered1 ,very bad2 for1 said he1  ,i  
always held there were devils haunting  
these ministers houses1  and ,i am      
persuaded there was one with me this    
night1 for ,i heard a  continual whisper
 all the night over1 which ,i believe   
was no other  thing1 than the minister  
and the devil conversing together4 ,the 
country man told him1 he was much       
mistaken1 and that it was nothing  else1
 but the minister at his night prayer4  
,o1 said the friar1 does  the minister  
pray any8 ,yes1 more than any man in    
,france1 answered  the country man1 and 
if you please to stay another night with
 him  you may be satisfied4 ,the friar  
got home to ,mr4 ,welch's house1 and    
pretending indisposition1 entreated     
another night's lodging1 which  was     

granted him4    ,before dinner1 ,mr4    
,welch come from his chamber1 and made  
his family  exercise1 according to his  
custom4 ,and first he sung a psalm1 then
  read a portion of scripture1 and      
discoursed upon it1 thereafter  he      
prayed with great fervour1 as his custom
 was1 to all which the  friar was an    
astonished witness4 ,after the exercise 
they went to  dinner1 where the friar   
was very civilly entertained1 ,mr4      
,welch1  forbearing all questions and   
dispute with him for the time2 when  the
 evening came1 ,mr4 ,welch made his     
exercise as he had done in  the morning1
 which occasioned yet more wondering in 
the friar1 and  after supper to bed they
 all went2 but the friar longed much to 
know what the night whisper was1 and in 
that he was soon satisfied1  for after  
,mr4 ,welch's first sleep1 the noise    
began1 and then the  friar resolved to  
be sure what it was1 so he crept        
silently to  ,mr4 ,welch's chamber-door1
 and there he heard not only the sound1 

but the words distinctly1 and           
communications betwixt man and ,god1    
and such as he knew not had been in the 
world4 ,upon the next  morning1 as soon 
as ,mr4 ,welch was ready1 the friar went
 to him1  and told him1 that he had been
 bred in ignorance1 and lived in        
darkness all his time1 but now he was   
resolved to adventure his  soul with    
,mr4 ,welch1 and thereupon declared     
himself ,protestant3  ,mr4 ,welch       
welcomed him and encouraged him1 and he 
continued a  constant protestant to his 
dying day4 ,this story ,i had from a    
godly  minister1 who was bred in ,mr4   
,welch's house1 when in ,france4        
,when ,lewis ,,xiii4 king of ,france1   
made war upon the ,protestants  there1  
because of their religion1 the city of  
,st4 ,jean d' ,angely1  was by him and  
his royal army besieged1 and brought    
into extreme  danger1 ,mr4 ,welch was   
minister in the town1 and mightily      
encouraged the citizens to hold out1    
assuring them1 ,god should  deliver     

them4 ,in the time of the siege a cannon
 ball pierced  the bed where he was     
lying1 upon which he got up1 but would  
not  leave the room1 till he had by     
solemn prayer acknowledged his          
deliverance4 ,during the siege1 the     
townsmen made stout defence1  until one 
of the king's gunners planted a great   
gun so conveniently  upon a rising      
ground1 that therewith he could command 
the whole  wall1 upon which the townsmen
 made their greatest defence4 ,upon     
this they were constrained to forsake   
the whole wall in great  terror1 and    
though they had several guns planted    
upon the wall1  no man durst undertake  
to manage them4 ,this being told ,mr4   
,welch  with great affrightment1 he     
notwithstanding encouraged them still   
to hold out1 and running to the wall    
himself1 found the cannonier1  who was a
 ,burgundian1 near the wall1 him he     
entreated to mount the  wall1 promising 
to assist him in person1 so to the wall 
they got4  ,the cannonier told ,mr4     

,welch1 that either they behoved to     
dismount  the gun upon the rising       
ground1 or else they were surely lost2  
,mr4  ,welch desired him to aim well1   
and he should serve him1 and ,god  would
 help him2 so the gunner falls a        
scouring his piece1 and ,mr4  ,welch    
runs to the powder to fetch him a       
charge2 but as soon as he  was          
returning1 the king's gunner fired his  
piece1 which carried  both the powder   
and ladle out of ,mr4 ,welch's hands1   
which yet did  not discourage him1 for  
having left the ladle1 he filled his hat
  with powder1 wherewith the gunner     
loaded his piece1 and dismounted  the   
king's gun at the first shot1 so the    
citizens returned to their  post of     
defence4    ,this discouraged the king  
so1 that he sent to the citizens to     
offer  them fair conditions1 which were1
 ,that they should enjoy the  liberty of
 their religion1 their civil privileges1
 and their walls  should not be         
demolished3 only the king desired for   

his honours  that he might enter the    
city with his servants in a friendly    
manner4 ,this the city thought fit to   
grant1 and the king with a few  more    
entered the city for a short time4      
,but within a short time thereafter the 
war was renewed1 and then  ,mr4 ,welch  
told the inhabitants of the city1 that  
now their cup was  full1 and they should
 no more escape2 which accordingly came 
to  pass1 for the king took the town1   
and as soon as ever it fell into  his   
hand1 he commanded ,vitry1 the captain  
of his guard1 to enter  the town1 and   
preserve his minister from all danger2  
and then were  horses and waggons       
provided for ,mr4 ,welch1 to remove him 
and his  family for ,rochel1 where he   
remained till he obtained liberty to    
come to ,england1 and his friends made  
hard suit1 that he might be  permitted  
to return to ,scotland2 because the     
physicians declared  there was no other 
way to preserve his life1 but by the    
freedom he  might have in his native    

air4 ,but to this king ,james would     
never  yield1 protesting he should never
 be able to establish his beloved       
bishops in ,scotland1 if ,mr4 ,welch    
were permitted to return thither2  so he
 languished at ,london a considerable   
time1 his disease was  judged by some to
 have a tendency to a sort of leprosy2  
physicians  say he had been poisoned2 a 
langour he had1 together with a great   
weakness in his knees1 caused by his    
continual kneeling at prayer3  by which 
it came to pass1 that though he was able
 to move his  knees1 and to walk1 yet he
 was wholly insensible in them1 and the 
flesh became hard like a sort of horn4  
,but when in the time of  his weakness1 
he was desired to remit somewhat of his 
excessive  painfulness1 his answer was1 
,he had his life of ,god1 and therefore 
it should be spent for him4    ,his     
friends importuned king ,james very     
much1 that if he might not  return to   
,scotland1 at least he might have       
liberty to preach at  ,london1 which    

king ,james would never grant1 till he  
heard all hopes  of life were past1 and 
then he allowed him liberty to preach1  
not  fearing his activity4    ,then as  
soon as ever he heard he might preach1  
he greedily embraced  this liberty1 and 
having access to a lecturer's pulpit1 he
 went and  preached both long and       
fervently3 which was the last           
performance  of his life2 for after he  
had ended his sermon1 he returned to his
  chamber1 and within two hours quietly 
and without pain1 he resigned  his      
spirit into his ,maker's hands1 and was 
buried near ,mr4 ,deering1  the famous  
,english divine1 after he had lived     
little more than  fifty-two years4      
,,finis            ,,the      ,,life    
,,and      ,,prophecies1      ,,of      
,,alexander ,,peden      ,illustration  
,,glasgow2    ,,printed ,,for ,,the     
,,booksellers4          ,,the    ,,life 
,,and ,,prophecies    ,,of              
,,alexander ,,peden4      ,that most    
excellent minister of the gospel1 and   

faithful defender  of the ,presbyterian 
,religion1 ,,mr4 ,,alexander ,,peden1   
was born in the  parish of ,sorn1 near  
,ayr4 ,after his course at the ,college1
 he was  sometime school-master1        
precentor1 and session-clerk to ,mr4    
,john  ,guthrie1 minister of the gospel 
at ,tarbolton4 ,when he was about to    
enter on the ministry1 a young woman    
fell with child1 in adultery1  to a     
servant in the house where she stayed2  
when she found herself  to be so1 she   
told the father thereof1 who said1 ,i'll
 run for it1  and go to ,ireland1 father
 it upon ,mr4 ,peden1 he has more to    
help  you to bring it up 7he having a   
small heritage7 than ,i have4 ,the  same
 day that he was to get his licence1 she
 came in before the  ,presbytery and    
said1 ,i hear you are to licence ,mr4   
,peden1 to be  a minister2 but do it    
not1 for ,i am with child to him4 ,he   
being  without at the time1 was called  
in by the moderator2 and being          
questioned about it1 he said1 ,i am     

utterly surprised1 ,i cannot  speak2 but
 let none entertain an ill thought of   
me1 for ,i am  utterly free of it1 and  
,god will vindicate me in his own time  
and  way4 ,he went home1 and walked at a
 water-side upwards of #bd hours1  and  
would neither eat nor drink1 but said1  
,i have got what ,i was  seeking1 and ,i
 will be vindicated1 and that poor      
unhappy lass will  pay dear for it in   
her life1 and will make a dismal end2   
and for  this surfeit of grief that she 
hath given me1 there shall never one  of
 her sex come into my bosom2 and1       
accordingly he never married4  ,there   
are various reports of the way that he  
was vindicated2 some  say1 the time she 
was in child-birth1 ,mr4 ,guthrie       
charged her to  give account who was the
 father of that child1 and discharged   
the  women to be helpful to her1 until  
she did it3 some say1 that she          
confessed3 others1 that she remained    
obstinate4 ,some of the people  when ,i 
made enquiry about it in that           

country-side1 affirmed1 that  the       
,presbytery had been at all pains about 
it1 and could get no  satisfaction1 they
 appointed ,mr4 ,guthrie to give a full 
relation of  the whole before the       
congregation1 which he did2 and the same
 day  the father of the child being     
present1 when he heard ,mr4 ,guthrie    
begin to speak1 he stood up1 and desired
 him to halt1 and said1 ,i  am the      
father of that child1 and ,i desired her
 to father it on  ,mr4 ,peden1 which has
 been a great trouble of conscience to  
me2 and  ,i could not get rest till ,i  
came home to declare it4 ,however it  is
 certain1 that after she was married1   
every thing went cross to  them2 and    
they went from place to place1 and were 
reduced to great  poverty4 ,at last she 
came to that same spot of ground where  
he  stayed upwards of #bd hours1 and    
made away with herself6    #b4 ,after   
this he was three years settled minister
 at ,new ,glenluce  in ,galloway2 and   
when he was obliged1 by the violence and

 tyranny  of that time1 to leave that   
parish1 he lectured upon ,acts xx4 #ag4 
to the end1 and preached upon the #cast4
 verse in the forenoon1  #8,therefore   
watch1 and remember that for the space  
of three years ,i  ceased not to warn   
every one1 night and day1 with tears3'  
,asserting  that he had declared the    
whole counsel of ,god1 and had kept     
nothing  back and protested that he was 
free of the blood of all souls4 ,and1   
in the afternoon he preached on the     
#cb;d verse1 #8,and now1 brethren1  ,i  
commend you to ,god1 and to the word of 
his grace1 which is able  to build you  
up1 and to give you an inheritance among
 all them that  are sanctified4' ,which 
was a weeping day in that kirk2 the     
greatest  part could not contain        
themselves4 ,he many times requested    
them to  be silent2 but they sorrowed   
most of all when he told them that  they
 should never see his face in that      
pulpit again4 ,he continued  until      
night2 and when he closed the           

pulpit-door he knocked hard  upon it    
three times with his ,bible1 saying     
three times over1 ,i  arrest in my      
,master's name1 that never one enter    
there1 but such  as come in by the door1
 as ,i did4 ,accordingly1 neither curate
  nor indulged minister ever entered    
that pulpit1 until after the            
revolution1 that a ,presbyterian        
minister opened it4    #c4 ,after this  
he joined with that honest and zealous  
handful in the  year #afff1 that was    
broken at ,pentland-hills1 and came the 
length  of ,clyde with them1 where he   
had a melancholy view of their end1  and
 parted with them there4 ,james         
,cubison1 of ,paluchbeaties1 my         
informer1 to whom he told this1 he said 
to him1 #8,sir1 you did well  that      
parted with them1 seeing you was        
persuaded they would fall and  flee     
before the enemy4--,glory glory to ,god1
 that he sent me not  to hell           
immediately6 for ,i should have stayed  
with them though ,i  should have been   

cut all in pieces4'    #d4 ,that night  
the ,lord's people fell1 and fled before
 the enemy at  ,pentland-hills1 he was  
in a friend's house in ,carrick1 sixty  
miles  from ,edinburgh2 his landlord    
seeing him mightily troubled enquired   
how it was with him2 he said1           
#8,to-morrow ,i will speak with you1'   
and desired some candle4 ,that night he 
went to bed4 ,the next  morning calling 
early to his landlord1 said1 #8,i have  
sad news to  tell you1 our friends that 
were together in arms1 appearing for    
,christ's interest1 are now broken1     
killed1 taken1 and fled every           
man4'--the truth of which was fully     
verified in about #dh hours  thereafter4
    #e4 ,after this1 in ,june #afgc1 he 
was taken by ,major ,cockburn1 in the   
house of ,hugh ,ferguson1 of ,knockdow1 
in ,carrick1 who constrained  him to    
tarry all night4 ,mr4 ,peden told him   
that it would be a dear  night to them  
both4 ,accordingly they were both       
carried prisoners  to ,edinburgh1 ,hugh 

,ferguson was fined in a thousand merks1
 for  resetting1 harbouring1 and        
conversing with him4 ,the ,council      
ordered  fifty pounds sterling to be    
paid to the ,major out of the fines1    
and ordained him to divide twenty-five  
pounds sterling among the  party that   
apprehended him4 ,some time after       
examination he was sent  prisoner to the
 ,bass1 where1 and at ,edinburgh1 he    
remained until  ,december1 #affh1 that  
he was banished4    #f4 ,while prisoner 
in the ,bass1 one ,sabbath-morning being
 about  the public worship of ,god1 a   
young lass1 about #ac or #ad years of   
age1 came to the chamber-door mocking   
with loud laughter3 ,he said1  #8,poor  
thing1 thou mocks and laughs at the     
worship of ,god1 but ere  long ,god     
shall write such a sudden1 surprising   
judgment on thee1  that shall stay thy  
laughing1 and thou shalt not escape it4'
 ,very  shortly after1 she was walking  
upon the rock1 and there came a  blast  
of wind and sweeped her into the sea1   

where she perished4  ,while prisoner    
there1 one day walking upon the rock1   
some soldiers  passing by him1 one of   
them said1 ,devil take him4 ,he said1   
#8,fy1  fy1 poor man1 thou knowest not  
what thou art saying2 but thou wilt     
repent that4'--,at which word the       
soldier stood astonished1 and  went to  
the guard distracted1 crying aloud for  
,mr4 ,peden1 saying1  the devil would   
immediately take him away4 ,he came to  
him again1  and found him in his right  
mind under deep convictions of great    
guilt4 ,the guard being to change1 they 
desired him to go to his  arms2 he      
refused1 and said1 he would lift no arms
 against ,jesus  ,christ his cause1 and 
persecute his people1 he had done that  
too  long4 ,the governor threatened him 
with death1 to-morrow about ten  of the 
clock2 he confidently said1 three times1
 though he should  tear all his body in 
pieces1 he should never lift arms that  
way4  ,about three days after1 the      
governor put him out of the garrison1   

setting him ashore4 ,he having a wife   
and children1 took a house in  ,east    
,lothian1 where he became a singular    
,christian4 ,mr4 ,peden told  these     
astonishing passages to the foresaid    
,john ,cubison and others1  who informed
 me4    #g4 ,when brought from the ,bass
 to ,edinburgh and sentence of          
banishment passed upon him1 in ,dec4    
#afgh4 and sixty more  fellow-prisoners1
 for the same cause1 to go to ,america1 
never to  be seen in ,scotland again1   
under the pain of death2 after this     
sentence was past1 he several times     
said1 that the ship was not  yet built  
that should take him and these prisoners
 to ,virginia2 or  any other of the     
,english plantations in ,america4--,one 
,james ,kay1 a  solid and grave         
,christian1 being one of them1 who lives
 in or about  the ,water of ,leith1 told
 me1 that ,mr4 ,peden said to him1      
#8,james1  when your wife comes in1 let 
me see her2' which he did4--,after some 
discourse1 he called for a drink1 and   

when he sought a blessing1 he  said4    
#8,good ,lord1 let not ,james ,kay's    
wife miss her husband1 till  thou return
 him to her in peace and safety2 which  
we are sure will  be sooner than either 
he or she is looking for4' ,accordingly1
 the  same day-month that he parted with
 her at ,leith1 he came home to  her at 
the ,water of ,leith4    #h4 ,when they 
were on shipboard at the ,water of      
,leith1 there was a  report that the    
enemies were to send down thumbkins to  
keep them  from rebelling2 at the report
 of this1 they were discouraged3  ,mr4  
,peden came above the deck and said1    
#8,why are ye discouraged8  ,you need   
not fear1 there will neither thumbkins  
nor bootkins  come here3 lift up your   
hearts and heads1 for the day of your   
redemption draweth near2 if we were once
 at ,london1 we will be set  at         
liberty4'--,and when sailing on the     
voyage1 praying publicly1  he said1     
#8,lord1 such is the enemies hatred at  
thee and malice  at us for thy sake1    

that they will not let us stay in thy   
land  of ,scotland1 to serve thee1      
though some of us have nothing but  the 
canopy of thy heavens above us1 and the 
earth to tread upon2  but1 ,lord1 we    
bless thy name1 that will cut short our 
voyage1 and  frustrate thy enemies of   
their wicked design1 that they will not 
get us where they intend2 and some of us
 shall go richer home than  we came from
 home4' ,james ,pride1 who lived in     
,fife1 an honest man1  being one of     
them1 he said many times1 he could      
assert the truth of  this1 for he came  
safely home2 and beside other things1 he
 bought  two cows3 and before that1 he  
never had one4 ,i had these accounts    
both from the foresaid ,james ,kay and  
,robert ,punton1 a known public  man1   
worthy of all credit1 who was also under
 the same sentence1  and lived in the   
parish of ,dalmeny1 near ,queensferry4  
#i4 ,when they arrived at ,london1 the  
skipper who received them  at ,leith1   
was to carry them no further4 ,the      

skipper who was to  receive them there1 
and carry them to ,virginia1 came to see
 them1  they being represented to him as
 thieves1 robbers1 and evil-doers2  but 
when he found they were all grave       
,christian men1 banished for            
,presbyterian principles1 he said he    
would sail the sea with none  such4 ,in 
this confusion3 that the one skipper    
would not receive  them1 and the other  
would keep them no longer1 being        
expensive to  maintain them they were   
all set at liberty4 ,some reported that 
both  skippers got compliments from     
friends at ,london2 however1 it is      
certain they were all set free without  
any imposition of bonds or  oaths2 and  
friends at ,london1 and on their way    
homewards1 through  ,england shewed much
 kindness unto them4    #aj4 ,that      
dismal day1 ,june #bb;d4 #afgi1 at      
,bothwel-bridge1 that the  ,lord's      
people fell1 and fled before the enemy1 
he was forty miles  distant1 near the   
border1 and kept himself retired until  

the middle  of the day1 that some       
friends said to him1 #8,sir1 the people 
are  waiting for sermon4' ,he said1     
#8,let the people go to their prayers2  
for me1 ,i neither can nor will preach  
any this day2 for our friends  are      
fallen1 and fled before the enemy at    
,hamilton2 and they are  hanging and    
hashing them down1 and their blood is   
running like  water6'    #aa4 ,after    
this1 he was preaching in ,galloway3 in 
the forenoon he  prayed earnestly for   
the prisoners taken at and about        
,bothwel2  but in the afternoon1 when he
 began to pray for them1 he halted  and 
said1 #8,our friends at ,edinburgh1 the 
prisoners1 have done  something to save 
their lives that shall not do with them1
 for the  sea-billows shall be many of  
their winding-sheets2 and the few of    
them that escape1 shall not be useful to
 ,god in their generation4'  ,which was 
sadly verified thereafter4 ,that which  
the greatest part  of these prisoners   
did1 was the taking of that bond1       

commonly  called the ,black ,bond1 after
 ,bothwel1 wherein they acknowledged    
their appearance in arms1 for the       
defence of the gospel and their  own    
lives1 to be rebellion2 and engaged     
themselves never to make  any more      
opposition3 upon the doing of which1    
these perfidious  enemies promised them 
life and liberty4 ,this with the cursed 
and  subtile arguments and advices of   
ministers1 who went into the ,new       
,yard1 where they were prisoners1       
particularly ,mr4 ,hugh ,kennedy1 ,mr4  
,william ,crighton1 ,mr4 ,edward        
,jamieson1 and ,mr4 ,george ,johnston2  
these took their turn in the yard where 
the prisoners were1  together with a    
letter that was sent from that ,erastian
 meeting  of ministers1 met at          
,edinburgh in ,august #afgi1 for the    
acceptance  of a third indulgence1 with 
a cautionary bond4 ,notwithstanding  of 
the enemies' promise1 and the unhappy   
advice of ministers  not indulged1 after
 they were ensnared in this foul        

compliance1  they banished #bee1 whereof
 #bje perished in the ,orkney-sea4 ,this
  foul step1 as some of them told1 both 
in their life1 and when  dying1 lay     
heavy upon them all their days2 and that
 these unhappy  arguments and advices of
 ministers1 prevailed more with them    
than  the enemies' promise of life and  
liberty4 ,in ,august #afgi1 fifteen  of 
the ,bothwel-prisoners got indictments  
of death4 ,mr4 ,edward  ,jamieson1 a    
worthy ,presbyterian minister1 as ,mr4  
,woodrow calls him1  was sent from that 
,erastian meeting of ministers into the 
,tolbooth  to these fifteen1 who urged  
the lawfulness of taken the bond to     
save their lives2 and the refusal of it 
would be a reflection to  religion1 and 
the cause they had appeared for1 and a  
throwing away  their lives1 for which   
their friends would not be able to      
vindicate  them4 ,he prevailed with     
thirteen of them1 which soured in the   
stomachs of some of those thirteen1 and 
lay heavy upon them both  in their life 

and death4 ,the prisoners taken at and  
about the time  of ,bothwel1 were       
reckoned about fifteen hundred4 ,the    
faithful ,mr4  ,john ,blackader did     
write to these prisoners1 dissuading    
them from  that foul compliance2 and    
some worthy persons of these prisoners1 
whom he wrote to1 said to me with tears1
 that they slighted his  advice1 and    
swallowed the unhappy advices of these  
ministers who  were making peace with   
the enemies of ,god1 and followed their 
foul  steps1 for which they would go    
mourning to their graves4 ,i heard  the 
same ,mr4 ,blackader preach his last    
public sermon before falling  into the  
enemies' hands in the night-time in the 
fields1 in the  parish of ,livingstone1 
upon the side of the ,muir1 at          
,new-house1  on the #bc;d4 of ,march1   
after ,bothwel1 where he lectured upon  
,micah  iv4 from the #ith4 verse1 where 
he asserted1 ,that the nearer the       
delivery1 our pains and showers would   
come thicker and sorer upon  us2 and    

that we had been long in the fields1 but
 ere we were  delivered1 we would go    
down to ,babylon2 that either ,popery   
would  overspread this land1 or be at   
the breaking in upon us like on         
inundation of water4 ,and preached upon 
that text1 #8,let no man be  moved with 
these afflictions1 for ye yourselves    
know1 that ye are  appointed thereunto4'
 ,where he insisted on what moving and  
shaking  dispensations the ,lord had    
exercised his people with in former     
ages1 especially that man of ,god1 that 
went to ,jeroboam at ,bethel1  and      
delivered his commission faithfully1 and
 yet was turned out  of the way by an   
old lying prophet2 how moving and       
stumbling the  manner of his death was  
to all ,israel6 ,and earnestly requested
 us  to take good heed to what ministers
 we heard1 and what advice we  followed4
 ,when he prayed1 he blessed the ,lord  
that he was free of  both band and rope3
 and that he was as clearly willing to  
hold up  the public blest standard of   

the gospel as ever3 ,and said1 ,the     
,lord  rebuke1 give repentance and      
forgiveness to these ministers that     
persuaded these prisoners to take that  
bond4 ,for their perishing by  sea was  
more moving and shocking to him1 than if
 some thousands of  them had been slain 
in the field4 ,he was thereafter taken1 
the #fth4  of ,april1 by ,major         
,johnston1 in ,edinburgh1 and detained  
prisoner  in the ,bass1 where he died4  
,as the interest of ,christ lay near his
  heart through his life1 amongst his   
last words he said1 ,the ,lord  will    
defend his own cause4    #ag4 ,shortly  
after that sad strode at ,bothwel1 he   
went to ,ireland1  but did not stay long
 at that time4 ,in his travels through  
,galloway1 he came to a house1 and      
looking in the goodman's face1  he said1
 #8,they call you an honest man1 but if 
you be so1 you look  not like it1 you   
will not long keep that name1 but will  
discover  yourself to be what you are4' 
,and shortly after1 he was made to  flee

 for sheep-stealing4 ,in that short time
 he was in ,ireland1  the ,governor     
required of all ,presbyterian ministers 
that were in  ,ireland1 that they should
 give it under their hand1 that they had
  no accession to the late rebellion at 
,bothwel-bridge1 in ,scotland1  and that
 they did not approve of it2 which the  
most part did2 and  sent ,mr4 ,thomas   
,gowans1 a ,scotsman1 and one ,mr4      
,paton1 from the  north of ,ireland to  
,dublin1 to present it to the ,lord     
,lieutenant3  the which when ,mr4 ,peden
 heard1 he said1 ,mr4 ,gowans and his   
brother  ,mr4 ,paton are sent and gone  
the devil's errand but ,god will arrest 
them by the gate4 ,and accordingly1 ,mr4
 ,gowans1 by the way1 was  struck with a
 sore sickness1 and ,mr4 ,paton fell    
from his horse1 and  broke or crushed   
his leg2 and both of them were detained 
beyond  expectation4 ,i had this account
 from some worthy ,christians when ,i   
was in ,ireland4    #ah4 ,in the year   
#afhb4 he married ,john ,brown in ,kyle1

 at his own  house in ,priesthall1 that 
singular ,christian1 upon ,marion ,weir4
  ,after marriage2 he said to the bride1
 ,marion1 you have got a good  man to be
 your husband1 but you will not enjoy   
him long3 prize his  company1 and keep  
linen by you for his winding-sheet1 for 
you will  need it when you are not      
looking for it1 and it will be a bloody 
one4 ,this came sadly to pass in the    
beginning of ,may1 #afhe1 as  afterwards
 shall appear4    #ai4 ,after this1 in  
the year #afhb1 he went to ,ireland     
again1 and  came to the house of        
,william ,steel1 in ,glenwharry1 in the 
county  of ,antrim2 he enquired at ,mrs4
 ,steel if she wanted a servant for     
threshing victual8 ,she said they did1  
and enquired what his wages  were a-day1
 or a-week4 ,he said1 the common rate   
was a common  rule2 to which she        
assented4--,at night he was put to bed1 
in the  barn1 with the servant-lad2 and 
that night he spent in prayer and       
groaning1 up and down the barn4 ,on the 

morrow he threshed victual  with the    
lad1 and the next night he spent the    
same way4 ,the second  day1 in the      
morning1 the lad said to his mistress1  
this man sleeps  none1 but groans and   
prays all night2 ,i get no sleep for    
him3 he  threshes very well1 and is not 
sparing of himself1 tho' ,i think he    
has not been used with it1 for he can do
 nothing to the botteling  and ordering 
of the barn2 and when ,i put the barn in
 order1 he  goes to such a place1 and   
there he prays for the afflicted ,church
  of ,scotland1 and names so many in the
 furnace4--,he wrought the  second day1 
and his mistress watched and overheard  
him praying1 as  the lad had said4--,at 
night she desired her husband to enquire
 if  he was a minister1 which he did1   
and desired him to be free with  him1   
and he should not only be no enemy to   
him1 but a friend4 ,mr4  ,peden said1 he
 was not ashamed of his office2 and gave
 an account  of his circumstances4 ,he  
was no more set to work1 nor to lie with

  the lad2 and he staid a considerable  
time in that place1 and was  a blessed  
instrument in the conversion of some1   
and civilizing of  others1 though that  
place was noted for a wild rude people1 
and the  fruit of his labour appears    
unto this day4 ,there was a servant-lass
  in that house1 that he could not look 
upon but with frowns3 and  sometimes1   
when at family-worship1 he said1        
pointing to her with  a frowning        
countenance4 ,you come from the barn and
 from the byre  reeking in your lusts1  
and sits down among us2 we do not want  
you1  nor none such4 ,at last he said to
 ,william ,steel and his wife1 ,put     
that unhappy lass from your house1 for  
she will be a stain to your  family1 for
 she is with child1 and will murder it1 
and will be  punished for the same4     
,which accordingly came to pass1 and she
 was  burnt at ,carrickfergus1 which is 
the punishment of murderers of  children
 there4 ,i had this account from ,john  
,muirhead1 who staid  much in that      

house1 and other ,christian people1 when
 in ,ireland4    #bj4 ,after this1 he   
longed to be out of ,ireland1 through   
the  fearful apprehensions of that      
dismal day of rebellion in ,ireland1    
that came upon it four years thereafter1
 and that he might take  part with the  
sufferers in ,scotland4 ,he came near   
the coast one  morning3 ,john ,muirhead 
came to him2 lying within a hedge3 he   
said1  ,have you any news1 ,john8 ,john 
said1 ,there is great fear of the       
,irish rising4 ,he said1 no1 no1 ,john1 
the time of their arising is  not yet2  
but they will rise1 and dreadful will it
 be at last4 ,he  was long detained     
waiting for a bark1 not daring to go to 
public  parts1 but to some remote creek 
of the sea4 ,alexander ,gordon of       
,kinstuir1 in ,galloway1 had agreed with
 one1 but ,mr4 ,peden would  not sail   
the sea with him1 having some foresight 
of what he  did prove afterwards4--,in  
the beginning of ,august before this1   
,kinstuir was relieved at               

,enterken-path1 going from ,dumfries to 
,edinburgh prisoner2 when the news of it
 came to ,ireland1 our ,scots           
sufferers1 their acquaintance1 were glad
 of the news1 especially  that ,kinstuir
 had escaped4 ,mr4 ,peden said1 ,what   
means all this  ,kinstuiring8--,there is
 some of them relieved there1 that one  
of  them is worth many of him2 for ye   
will be ashamed of him ere all be  done4
 ,being in this strait1 he said to      
,robert ,wark1 an old worthy            
,christian1 worthy of credit1 ,robert1  
go and take such a man with  you and the
 first ,bark ye can find1 compel them1  
for they will be  like the dogs in      
,egypt1 not one of them will move their 
tongue  against you4 ,accordingly       
,robert and his comrade found it so and 
brought her to that secret place where  
he was4 ,when ,robert and his  comrade  
came and told him1 he was glad and very 
kind and free2 but  he seemed under a   
cloud at that time4 ,he said lads1 ,i   
have lost  my prospect wherewith ,i was 

wont to look over to the bloody land1   
and tell you and others what enemies and
 friends were doing2 the  devil and ,i  
puddles and rides time-about upon one   
another3 but  if ,i were uppermost      
again1 ,i shall ride hard1 and spurgaw  
well4  ,i have been praying for a swift 
passage over to the sinful land1  come  
of us what will3 and now ,alexander     
,gordon is away with my  prayer-wind2   
but it were good for the remnant in     
,scotland he never  saw it2 for as the  
,lord lives1 he shall wound that        
interest ere he  go off the             
stage4--,this sadly came to pass in his 
life1 and was  a reproach to it at his  
death4 ,a little before they came off1  
he  baptised a child to ,john ,maxwell1 
a ,glasgow man1 who was fled ever  from 
the persecution3 in his discourse before
 baptism1 he burst  out into a rapture1 
foretelling that black day that was to  
come  upon ,ireland1 and sad days to    
,scotland1 and after all there was to   
come good days4 ,mrs4 ,maxwell1 or ,mary

 ,elphingston1 the mother of  the child1
 yet alive in ,glasgow1 told me this1   
,that in the time  he was asserting     
these things1 she was thinking and      
wondering what  ground of assurance he  
had for them1 when he cried aloud       
shaking  his hand at her1 woman1 thou   
art thinking and wondering within       
thyself1 whether ,i be speaking these   
things out of the visions  of my own    
head1 or if ,i be taught by the ,spirit 
of ,god2 ,i tell  thee1 woman1 thou     
shalt live and see that ,i am not       
mistaken4 ,she  told me1 that she was   
very lately delivered1 and out of her   
great  desire to have her child baptised
 before he came off1 that she  took     
travail too soon2 and being weak1 and so
 surprised with his  telling her the    
thoughts of her heart1 that she was in  
danger of  falling off the chair4 ,at   
this exercise also he told them1 that   
he could not win off till he got this   
done1 and this was all the  drink-money1
 he had left in ,ireland1 and to the    

family 7pointing  to the landlord7 for  
all the kindness he had met with from   
them4  ,after baptism they got          
breakfast2 there was plenty of bread    
upon  the table1 seeking a blessing1 he 
put his hand beneath the bread1  and    
holding it up with much affection and   
tears1 said1 8,lord there  is a well    
covered table1 and plenty of bread3 but 
what comes of the  poor young1 kindly1  
honest hearted lad ,renwick1 that shames
 us all1  in starving and holding up his
 fainting mother's head1 when of all    
the children she has brought forth1     
there is none will avowedly  take her by
 the hand3 and the poor1 cold1 hungry   
lads on the hills8  ,for honour of thine
 own cause1 let them not starve3 thou   
caused a  ravenous bird1 greedy of flesh
 itself1 to feed ,elijah3 and thou fed  
thy people in the wilderness with       
angel's food3 and blessed a few  loaves 
and small fishes1 and made them         
sufficient for many2 and had  experience
 of want1 weariness cold and hunger1 and

 enemies daily  hunting for thy life1   
while in the world2 look to them1 and   
provide  for them40 ,the ,waiters being 
advertised of the bark being in that    
place1 they and other people came upon  
them1 which obliged them  that were to  
come off1 to secure the ,waiters and    
people altogether1  for fear of the     
garrison of ,carrickfergus apprehending 
them1 being  near to it1 which obliged  
them to come off immediately1 twenty-six
  of our ,scots sufferers came aboard1  
he stood upon the deck and  prayed1     
there being not the least wind1 where he
 made a rehearsal  of times and places1 
when and where the ,lord had heard and  
answered  them in the days of their     
distress and how they were in a great   
strait4--,waving his hand to the west1  
from whence he desired the  wind1 he    
said1 #8,lord give a loof-full of wind3 
fill the sails ,lord  and give us a     
fresh gale1 and let us have a swift     
passage over to  the bloody land1 come  
of us what will4'--,john ,muirhead1     

,robert  ,wark1 and others who were     
present1 told me1 that when he began to 
pray1 the sails were all hanging        
straight down1 but ere he ended1  they  
were all like blown bladders4 ,they put 
out the ,waiters and  other people and  
got a very swift and safe passage4--,the
 twenty-six  ,scots sufferers that were 
with him1 having provided themselves    
with arms1 and being designed to return 
to ,scotland1 there being  then such a  
noise of killing2 and the report was no 
greater than  the deed1 it being then in
 the heat of killing time1 in the end of
  ,febuary #afhe4 when at exercise in   
the bark1 he said1 #8,lord thou  knowest
 these lads are hot spirited1 lay an    
arrest upon them1 that  they may not    
appear2 their time is not yet2 though   
,monmouth and  ,argyle be coming1 they  
will work no deliverance4' ,at that time
  there was no report of their coming1  
for they came not for ten  weeks        
thereafter4--,in the morning after they 
landed1 he lectured  before they parted1

 sitting upon a brae-side1 where he had 
fearful  threatenings against ,scotland 
saying1 the time was coming that  they  
might travel many miles in ,galloway and
 ,nithsdale1 ,ayr and  ,clydesdale1 and 
not see a reeking house1 nor hear a cock
 crow4    #bh4 ,when the day of his     
death drew near1 and not being able to  
travel1 he came to his brother's house1 
in the parish of ,sorn1  where he was   
born4 ,he caused dig a cave with a      
saughen bush  covering the mouth of it1 
near to his brother's house and the     
enemies came and searched the house     
narrowly many times4 ,in the  time that 
he was in this cave1 he said to some    
friends1 #a4 ,that  ,god shall make     
,scotland a desolation4 #b4 ,there shall
 be a remnant  in the land1 whom ,god   
should spare and hide4 #c4 ,they should 
lie  in holes and caves of the earth1   
and be supplied with meat and  drink3   
,and when they come out of their holes1 
they shall not have  freedom to walk1   
for stumbling on the dead corpses4 #d4  

,a stone  cut of a mountain1 should come
 down1 and ,god shall be avenged on  the
 great ones of the earth1 and the       
inhabitants of the land1 for  their     
wickedness1 and then the church should  
come forth with a  bonny bairn-time of  
young ones at her back4 ,he wished that 
the  ,lord's people might lie hid in    
their caves1 as if they were not in  the
 world1 for nothing would do it1 until  
,god appeared with his  judgments1 and  
they that wan through the bitter and    
sharp1 short  storm1 by the sword of the
 ,frenches1 and a set of unhappy men1   
taking part with them1 then there would 
be a spring-tide day of  the plenty1    
purity and power of the gospel3 ,giving 
them that for a  sign1 ,if he were but  
once buried1 they might be in doubts2   
but if  he were oftener buried than     
once1 they might be persuaded that all  
he had said would come to pass3 ,and    
earnestly desired them to take  his     
corpse out to ,airdsmoss1 and bury them 
beside ,richy 7meaning  ,mr4 ,cameron7  

that he might get rest in his grave1 for
 he had gotten  little through his life2
 but he said he knew they would not do  
it4    #bi4 ,within forty-eight hours he
 died1 ,january #bhth4 #afhf1 being     
past sixty years2 and was buried in the 
,laird of ,afflect's ,isle4  ,the       
enemies got notice of his death and     
burial1 and sent a troop of  dragoons1  
and lifted his corpse and carried him to
 ,cumnock-gallows  foot1 and buried him 
there 7after being forty days in the    
grave7  beside others4 ,his friends     
thereafter laid a grave-stone above him1
  with this inscription3      ,,here    
,,lies    ,,mr4 ,,alexander ,,peden1    
,a ,faithful ,minister of the ,gospel1  
at ,glenluce1    ,who departed this life
 ,january #bh1 #afhf1    ,and was raised
 after six weeks    ,out of his ,grave1 
,and buried here out of contempt4       
,,finis4            ,,the ,,life        
,,and      ,,wonderful ,,prophecies     
,,of      ,,donald ,,cargill4      ,who 
was ,executed at the ,cross    of       

,edinburgh1 on the #bfth ,july1 #afhj4  
,for his adherence to the ,covenant1    
and ,work of    ,,reformation           
,illustration        ,,glasgow3         
,,printed ,,for ,,the ,,booksellers4    
,,the    ,,life ,,of    ,,mr ,,donald   
,,cargill4      ,mr ,cargill seems to   
have been born some time about the year 
#afaj4  ,he was eldest son of a most    
respected family in the parish of       
,rattray4 ,after he had been some time  
in the schools of ,aberdeen1  he went to
 ,st ,andrew's1 where having perfected  
his course of  philosophy1 his father   
pressed upon him much to study divinity1
  in order for the ministry2 but he     
thought the work was too great  for his 
weak shoulders1 and requested to command
 him to any other  employment he        
pleased4 ,but his father still          
continuing to urge  him1 he resolved to 
set apart a day of private fasting1 to  
seek  the ,lord's mind therein4 ,and    
after much wrestling with the ,lord by  
prayer1 the third chapter of ,ezekiel1  

and chiefly these words in  the first   
verse1 8,son of man1 eat this roll and  
go speak unto the  house of ,israel01   
made a strong impression on his mind1 so
 that he  durst no longer refuse his    
father's desire1 but dedicated himself  
wholly unto that office4    ,after this1
 he got a call to the ,barony ,church of
 ,glasgow1 ,it  was so ordered by       
,divine providence1 that the very first 
text  the presbytery ordered him to     
preach upon1 was these words in  the    
third of ,ezekiel1 already mentioned1 by
 which he was more  confirmed1 that he  
had ,god's call to this parish4 ,this   
parish had  been long vacant1 by reason 
that two ministers of the ,resolution   
party1 viz4 ,messrs ,young and ,blair1  
and still opposed the  settlement of    
such godly men as had been called by the
 people4 ,but  in reference to ,mr      
,cargill's call1 they were in ,god's    
providence1  much bound up from their   
wonted opposition4 ,here ,mr ,cargill1  
perceiving the lightness and unconcerned

 behaviour of the people  under the     
word1 was much discouraged thereat1 so  
that he resolved  to return home1 and   
not accept the call1 which1 when he was 
urged  by some godly ministers not to   
do1 and his reason asked1 he  answered  
they are a rebellious people4 ,the      
ministers solicited him  to stay1 but in
 vain4 ,but when the horse was drawn1   
and he just  going to begin his journey1
 being in the house of ,mr ,durham1 when
  he had saluted several of his         
,christian friends that came to see  him
 take horse1 as he was taking farewell  
of a certain godly woman1  she said to  
him1 8,sir1 you have promised to preach 
on ,thursday1  and have you appointed a 
meal for poor starving people1 and will 
you go away and not give it8 ,if you do1
 the curse of ,god will go  with you40  
,this so moved him1 that he durst not go
 away as he  intended2 but sitting down1
 desired her and others to pray for him4
  ,so he remained and was settled in    
that parish1 where he continued  to     

exercise his ministry with great        
success1 to the unspeakable             
satisfaction both of his own parish1 and
 all the godly that heard  and knew him1
 until that1 by the unhappy ,restoration
 of ,charles  ,,ii4 ,prelacy was again  
restored4    ,upon the #bfth of ,may    
following1 the day consecrated in       
commemoration of the said ,restoration1 
he had occasion to preach in  his own   
church1 it being his ordinary week-day's
 preaching1 when  he saw an unusual     
throng of people come to hear him1      
thinking he  had preached in compliance 
with that solemnity4 ,upon entering the 
pulpit1 he said1 #8,we are not come here
 to keep this day upon the  account for 
which others keep it4 ,we thought once  
to have blessed  the day1 wherein the   
,king came home again1 but now we think 
we  shall have reason to curse it2 and  
if any of you come here in  order to the
 solemnizing of this day1 we desire you 
to remove4'  ,and enlarging upon these  
words in the #ith of ,hosea1 ,rejoice   

not1 ,o  ,israel1 c4 he said1 #8,this is
 the first step of our going a-whoring  
from ,god2 and whoever of the ,lord's   
people this day are rejoicing1  their   
joy will be like the crackling of thorns
 under a pot1 it  will soon be turned to
 mourning2 he 7meaning the king7 will be
  the wofullest sight ever the poor     
church of ,scotland saw2 wo1  wo1 wo    
unto him1 his name shall stink while the
 world stands for  treachery1 tyranny1  
and lechery4'    ,this did exceedingly  
enrage the malignant party against him1 
so  that being hotly pursued1 he was    
obliged to abscond1 remaining  sometimes
 in private houses1 and sometimes lying 
all night without1  among broom near the
 city1 yet never omitting any proper    
occasion  of private preaching1         
catechising1 and visiting of families1  
and  other ministerial duties1 but at   
length1 when the churches were  all     
vacated of ,presbyterians by an act of  
,council1 #affb1 ,middleton  sent a band
 of soldiers to apprehend him1 who1     

coming to the  church1 found him not1 he
 having providentially just stepped out 
of  the one door a minute before they   
came in at the other2 whereupon  they   
took the keys of the church door with   
them1 and departed4--,in  the mean while
 the ,council passed an act of          
confinement banishing  him to the north 
side of the ,tay1 under penalty of being
  imprisoned1 and prosecuted as a       
seditious person4--,but this  sentence  
he no ways regarded4    ,during this    
time1 partly by grief for the ruin of   
,god's work in the  land1 and partly by 
the toils and inconveniences of his     
labours  and accommodation1 his voice   
became so broken1 that he could not  be 
heard by many together1 which was a sore
 exercise to him1 and  discouragement to
 preach in the fields2 but one day ,mr  
,blackatter  coming to preach near      
,glasgow1 he essayed to preach with him1
 and  standing on a chair1 as his custom
 was1 he lectured on ,is4 xliv4  #c4 8,i
 will pour water on him that is thirsty1

 c40 ,the people were  much discouraged1
 knowing his voice to be sore broken1   
lest they  should not have heard by     
reason of the great confluence4 ,but it 
pleased the ,lord to loose his tongue1  
and to restore his voice to  such a     
distinct clearness1 that none could     
easily exceed him2 and  not only his    
voice1 but his spirit was so enlarged1  
and such a door  of utterance given him1
 that ,mr ,blackatter1 succeeding him1  
said to  the people1 #8,ye that have    
such preaching1 have no need to invite  
strangers to preach to you2 make good   
use of your mercy4' ,after  this he     
continued to preach without the city1 a 
great multitude  attending and profiting
 by his ministry1 being wonderfully     
preserved in the midst of dangers1 the  
enemy several times sending  out to     
watch him1 and catch something from his 
mouth whereof they  might accuse him1 c4
    ,in ,october #affe1 they made a     
public search for him in the city4  ,but
 he1 being informed1 took horse1 and    

rode out of town1 and at  a narrow pass 
of the way1 he met a good number of     
musqueteers4 ,as  he passed them1       
turning to another way on the           
right-hand1 one of  them asked him1     
,sir1 what o'clock is it8 he answered1  
,it is six4  ,another of them knowing   
his voice1 said1 ,there is the man we   
are  seeking4--,upon hearing this1 he   
put spurs to his horse1 and so  escaped4
    ,for about three years he usually   
resided in the house of one  ,margaret  
,craig1 a very godly woman1 where he    
lectured morning  and evening to such as
 came to hear him4 ,and tho' they       
searched  strictly for him here1 yet    
providence so ordered it1 that he  was  
either casually or purposely absent1 for
 the ,lord was often  so gracious to    
him1 that he left him not without some  
notice of  approaching hazard4 ,thus1   
one ,sabbath1 as he was going to        
,woodside  to preach1 as he was about to
 mount his horse1 having one foot in    
the stirrup1 he turned about to his man1

 and said1 ,i must not go  yonder       
to-day4--,and in a little a party of the
 enemy came there in  quest of him2 but 
missing the mark they aimed at1 they    
fell upon  the people1 by apprehending  
and imprisoning several of them4        
,another of his remarkable escapes was  
at a march made for him in  the city1   
where they came to his chamber1 and     
found him not1 being  providentially in 
another house1 that night4--,but what is
 most  remarkable1 being one day        
preaching privately in the house of one 
,mr ,callander1 they came and beset the 
house2 the people put him and  another  
into a window1 closing the window up    
with books4 ,the search  was so strict1 
that they searched the very ceiling of  
the house1  until one of them fell      
through the lower loft4--,had they      
removed  but one of the books1 they     
would certainly have found him4 ,but the
  ,lord so ordered that they did it not2
 for as one of the soldiers  was about  
to take up one of them1 the maid cried  

to the commander1  that he was going to 
take her master's books1 and he was     
ordered to  let them be4 ,thus narrowly 
he escaped this danger4    ,thus he     
continued until the #bc;d of ,november  
#affg1 that the ,council1  upon         
information of a breach of his          
confinement1 cited him to  appear before
 them on the #aath of ,january          
thereafter4 ,but when he  was           
apprehended1 and compeared before the   
,council and strictly  examined1 wherein
 he was most singularly strengthened to 
bear  faithful testimony to his         
,master's honour1 and his persecuted    
cause  and truths2 yet by the           
interposition of some persons of        
quality1  his own friends1 and his      
wife's relations1 he was dismissed1  and
 presently returned to ,glasgow1 and    
there performed all the  ministerial    
duties4    ,some time before ,bothwell1 
notwithstanding all the searches  that  
were made for him by the enemy1 which   
were both strict and  frequent1 he      

preached publicly for eighteen          
,sabbath-days to  multitudes1 consisting
 of several thousands1 within a little  
more  than a quarter of a mile of the   
city of ,glasgow2 yea1 so near it1  that
 the psalms1 when singing1 were heard   
through several parts1 of  it2 and yet  
all this time uninterrupted4    ,at     
,bothwell1 being taken by the enemy1 and
 struck down to the  ground with a      
sword1 seeing nothing but present death 
for him  having received several        
dangerous wounds in the head1 one of the
  soldiers asked his name2 he told him  
it was ,donald ,cargill2 another  asked 
him1 if he was a minister8 ,he answered1
 he was2 whereupon  they let him go4    
,when his wounds were examined1 he      
feared to ask if  they were mortal1     
desiring1 in admission to ,god1 to live1
 judging  that the ,lord had yet further
 work for him to accomplish4    ,some   
time after the battle at ,bothwell1 he  
was pursued from his  own chamber out of
 town1 and forced to go through several 

thorn  hedges4 ,but he was no sooner    
out1 than he saw a troop of dragoons    
just opposite to him2 back he could not 
go1 soldiers being posted  every where  
to catch him2 upon which he went        
forward1 near by  the troop1 who looked 
to him1 and he to them1 until he got    
past4  ,but coming to the place of the  
water at which he intended to go  over1 
he saw another troop standing on the    
other side1 who called  to him but he   
made them no answer4 ,and going about a 
mile up the  water1 he escaped1 and     
preached at ,langside next ,sabbath1    
without  interruption4 ,at another time1
 being in a house beset with  soldiers1 
he went through the midst of them1 they 
thinking it was  the goodman of the     
house and escaped4    ,after ,bothwell1 
he fell into a deep exercise anent his  
call to the  ministry2 but1 by the grace
 and goodness of ,god1 he soon emerged  
out of that1 and also got much light    
anent the duty of the day1  being a     
faithful contender against the enemy's  

usurped power1  and against the sinful  
compliance of ministers1 in accepting   
the indulgence1 with indemnities1 oaths1
 bonds1 and all other  corruptions4     
,there was a certain woman in           
,rutherglen1 about two miles from       
,glasgow1 who1 by the instigation of    
some1 both ministers and  professors1   
was persuaded to advice her husband to  
go but once to  hear the curate1 to     
prevent the family being reduced2 which 
she  prevailed with him to do4 ,but     
going the next day after to milk her    
cows1 two or three of them dropt down   
dead at her feet1 and ,satan1  as she   
conceived1 appeared unto her2 which cast
 her under sad and  sore exercises and  
desertion2 so that she was brought to   
question  her interest in ,christ1 and  
all that had formerly passed betwixt    
,god and her soul1 and was often tempted
 to destroy herself1 and  sundry times  
attempted it3 ,being before known to be 
an eminent  ,christian1 she was visited 
by many ,christians2 but without        

success3  still crying out she was      
undone2 she had denied ,christ1 and he  
had  denied her4 ,after continuing a    
long time in this exercise1 she  cried  
for ,mr ,cargill1 who came to her1 but  
found her distemper  so strong1 that for
 several visits he was obliged to leave 
her  as he found her to his no small    
grief4 ,however1 after setting  some    
days apart on her behalf1 he at last    
came again to her2 but  finding her no  
better1 still rejecting all comfort1    
still crying  out1 that she had no      
interest in the mercy of ,god1 or merits
 of  ,christ1 but had sinned the        
unpardonable sin2 he1 looking in her    
face for a considerable time1 took out  
his ,bible1 and naming her1  said1 8,i  
have this day a commission from my ,lord
 and ,master1 to  renew the marriage    
contract betwixt you and him2 and if ye 
will  not consent1 ,i am to require your
 subscription on this ,bible1 that  you 
are willing to quit all right1 interest 
in1 or pretence unto  him30 and then he 

offered her pen and ink for that        
purpose4 ,she was  silent for some time2
 but at last cried out1 8,o6 salvation  
is come  unto this house4 ,i take him2  
,i take him on his own terms1 as he is  
offered unto me by his faithful         
ambassador40 ,from that time her  bands 
were loosed4    ,one time ,mr ,cargill1 
,mr ,walter ,smith1 and some other      
,christian  friends1 being met in a     
friend's house in ,edinburgh1 one of the
  company told him of the general       
bonding of the ,western gentlemen  for  
suppressing field meetings1 and putting 
all out of their  grounds who frequented
 them4 ,after sitting silent for some   
time1 he  answered1 with several heavy  
sighs and groans1 8,the enemy have been 
long filling up the cup2 and ministers  
and professors must have  time to fill  
up their's also2 and it shall not be    
full till enemies  and they be clasped  
in one another's arms2 and then1 as the 
,lord  lives1 he will bring the wheel of
 his wrath and justice over them        

altogether40    ,some time after the    
beginning of the year #afhj1 he retired 
toward  the ,frith of ,forth1 where he  
continued until that scuffle at         
,queensferry1 where worthy ,haugh-head  
was killed1 and he sorely  wounded4 ,but
 escaping1 a certain woman found him in 
a private  place1 to the south of the   
town1 and tying up his wounds with her  
head-cloths1 conducted him to the house 
of one ,robert ,runtens1 in  ,carlowrie1
 where a surgeon dressed his wounds and 
,mrs ,puntens gave  him some warm milk1 
and he lay in their barn all night4     
,from thence  he went to the south1 and 
next ,sabbath preached at ,cairnhill1   
somewhere adjacent to ,loudon1 in his   
blood and wounds2 for no  danger could  
stop him from going about doing good4   
,his text was in  ,heb4 xi4 #cb4 ,and   
what shall ,i more say1 for time would  
fail me to  tell of ,gideon1 c4 ,at     
night1 some persons said to him1 ,we    
think1  ,sir1 preaching and praying go  
best with you when your danger and      

distress are greatest4 ,he said1 it had 
been so1 and he hoped it  would be so1  
the more that enemies and others did    
thurst at him  that he might fall1 the  
more sensibly the ,lord had helped him2 
and  then 7as it had been to himself7 he
 repeated these words1 ,the ,lord  is my
 strength and song1 and has become my   
salvation1 in the #aahth  ,psalm1 which 
was the psalm he sung upon the scaffold4
    ,after this1 he and ,mr ,richard    
,cameron met and preached together in   
,dermeid-muir1 and other places1 until  
that ,mr ,cameron was slain  at         
,airs-moss1 and then he went north1     
where1 in the month of  ,september      
following1 he had a most numerous       
meeting at the ,torwood1  near          
,stirling1 where he pronounced the      
sentence of excommunication1  against   
some of the most violent persecutors of 
that day1 as  formally as the present   
state of things could then permit4 ,some
  time before this1 it is said1 he was  
very remote1 and spoke very  little in  

company2 only to some he said1 he had   
atout to give with  the trumpet that the
 ,lord had put in his hand1 that would  
sound in  the ears of many in ,britain1 
and other places in ,europe also4 ,it is
  said1 that no body knew what he was to
 do that morning1 except ,mr  ,walter   
,smith1 to whom he imparted the thoughts
 of his heart4 ,when  he began1 some    
friends feared he would be shot4 ,his   
landlord1 in  whose house he had been   
that night1 cast his coat and ran for   
it4  ,in the forenoon1 he lectured on   
,ezek4 xxi4 #be4 c4 and preached  on #a 
,cor4 v4 #ac4 and then discoursed some  
time on the nature of  excommunication1 
and then proceeded to the sentence3     
after which1  in the afternoon1 he      
preached from ,lam4 iii4 #ca1 #cb4 ,for 
the ,lord  will not cast off for ever4  
,the next ,lord's day1 he preached at   
,fallowhill1 in the parish  of          
,livingstone4 ,in the preface1 he said1 
8,i know ,i am and will  be condemned by
 many1 for excommunicating those wicked 

men1 but  condemn me who will1 ,i know  
,i am approven of by ,god1 and am       
persuaded1 that what ,i have done on    
earth1 is ratified in heaven2  for1 if  
ever ,i knew the mind of ,god1 and was  
clear in my call to  any piece of my    
generation-work1 it was that4 ,and ,i   
shall give you  two signs1 that ye may  
know ,i am in no delusion2 7#a47 ,if    
some of  these men do not find that     
sentence binding upon them1 ere they go 
off the stage1 and be obliged to confess
 it1 c4 7#b47 ,if these men  die the    
ordinary death of men1 then ,god hath   
not spoken by me40    ,about the #bb;d  
of ,october following1 a long and severe
 proclamation  was issued out against   
him and his followers1 wherein a reward 
of #ejjj merks was offered for          
apprehending him1 c4--,next month1      
,governor ,middleton1 having been       
frustrated in his design upon ,mr       
,cargill at ,queensferry1 laid another  
plot for him1 by consulting  one ,james 
,henderson in ,ferry1 who1 by forging   

and signing letters1  in the name of    
,bailie ,adam in ,culross1 and some     
other serious  ,christians in ,fife1 for
 ,mr ,cargill to come over1 and preach  
to them  at the hill of ,beith4         
,accordingly1 ,henderson went to        
,edinburgh  with the letters1 and1 after
 a most diligent search1 found him  in  
the ,west ,bow4 ,mr ,cargill being      
willing to answer the call1  ,henderson 
proposed to go before1 and have a boat1 
ready at the  ,ferry when they came2 and
 that he might know them1 he desired to 
see ,mr ,cargill's cloth1 ,mr ,skeen and
 ,mr ,boig being in the same  room4 ,in 
the mean time1 he had ,middleton's      
soldiers lying at the  ,mutton-hole1    
about three miles from ,edinburgh4 ,mr  
,skeen1 ,archibald  ,stuart1 ,mrs ,muir1
 and ,marion ,hervey1 took the way      
before1 on foot3  ,mr ,cargill and ,mr  
,boig being to follow on horseback4     
,whenever they  came to the place1 the  
soldiers spied them2 but ,mrs ,muir     
escaped  and went and stopped ,mr       

,cargill and ,mr ,boig1 who fled back to
  ,edinburgh4    ,after this remarkable 
escape1 ,mr ,cargill1 seeing nothing but
 the  violent flames of treachery and   
tyranny against him1 above all  others1 
retired for about three months to       
,england1 where the ,lord  blessed his  
labours to the conviction and           
edification of many4 ,in  the time of   
his absence that delusion of the        
,gibbites arose1 from  one ,john ,gib   
sailor ,in ,borrow-stounness1 who1 with 
other three  men1 and twenty six women1 
vented and maintained the most strange  
delusions4 ,some time after1 ,mr        
,cargill returned from ,england1 and    
was at no small pains to reclaim them1  
but with little success4  ,after his    
last conference with them1 at           
,darngavel1 in ,cambusnethen  parish1 he
 came next ,sabbath1 and preached at the
 ,underbank wood1  below ,lanark1 and   
from thence to ,loudon-hill1 where he   
preached  upon a fast day1 being the    
#eth of ,may4 ,here he intended only to 

have preached once1 and to have baptized
 some children4 ,his text  was1 #8,no   
man that hath followed me in the        
regeneration1 c4' ,when  sermon was     
over1 and the children baptized1 more   
children came up2  whereupon friends    
pressed him to preach in the afternoon2 
which he  did1 from these words1 #8,weep
 not for me1' c4 ,in the mean while the 
enemy at ,glasgow getting notice of this
 meeting1 seized all the  horses in and 
about the town1 that they could come by1
 and mounted  in quest of him2 yea1 such
 was their haste and fury1 that one of  
the soldiers1 who happened to be behind 
the rest1 riding furiously  down the    
street called the ,stockwell1 at        
mid-day1 rode over a  child1 and killed 
her on the spot4 ,just as ,mr ,cargill  
was praying  at the close1 a lad alarmed
 them of the enemy's approach4 ,they    
having no sentinels that day which was  
not their ordinary1 were  surprised1 so 
that some of them who had been at       
,pentland1 ,bothwell1  ,airs-moss1 and  

other dangers1 were never so seized with
 fear1 some  of the women1 throwing     
their children from them4 ,in this      
confusion  ,mr ,cargill was running     
straight on the enemy2 but ,gavin       
,wotherspoon  and others haled him to   
the moss1 unto which the people fled4   
,the  dragoons fired hard upon them1 but
 there were none either killed or  taken
 that day4    ,about this time1 some    
spoke to ,mr ,cargill of his preaching  
and  praying short4 ,they said1 8,o     
,sir1 it is long betwixt meals1 and we  
are in a starving condition2 all is     
good1 sweet1 and wholesome1  that you   
deliver1 but why do you so straiten us80
 ,he said1 8,ever  since ,i bowed a knee
 in good earnest to pray1 ,i never durst
 preach1  and pray with my gift2 and    
when my heart is not affected1 and comes
  not up with my mouth1 ,i always think 
it time to quit it4 ,what comes  not    
from the heart1 ,i have little hope it  
will go to the hearts of  others30 ,then
 he repeated these words in the #east   

psalm1 8,then will  ,i teach            
transgressors thy way1 c40    ,from     
,loudon hill he took a tour through     
,ayrshire to ,carrick and  ,galloway1   
preaching1 baptizing1 and marrying some 
people2 but staid  not long until he    
returned to ,clydesdale4 ,he designed1  
after his  return1 to have preached one 
day at ,tinto-hill1 but the ,lady of    
,st ,john's ,kirk gave it out to be at  
,home ,common4 ,he being in the  house  
of ,john ,liddel1 near ,tinto1 went out 
to spend the ,sabbath  morning by       
himself2 and seeing the people all      
passing by1 he  inquired the reason2    
which being told1 he rose and followed  
them  five miles4 ,the morning being    
warm1 7about the #ast of ,june17 and    
the heights steep1 he was very much     
fatigued before he got to the  place1   
where a man gave him a drink of water   
out of his bonnet1  and another between 
sermons2 this being the best            
entertainment  he got that day1 for he  
had tasted nothing in the morning4 ,here

  he lectured on the #fth of ,isaiah1   
and preached on these words1  8,be not  
high minded1 but fear1 c40 ,from thence 
he went to ,fyfe1  and baptised many    
children1 and preached one day at ,daven
 common1  and then returned to the      
,benry-bridge in ,cambusnethan1 where   
he received a call from the hands of two
 men1 to come back to  ,galloway1 but   
got it not answered4    ,mr ,cargill in 
that short time1 had run very fast      
towards his end1  which now hastens     
apace4 ,having left the ,benry-bridge1  
he preached  one day at ,auchingilloch1 
and then came to preach his last sermon 
on ,dunsyre common1 between ,clydesdale 
and ,lothian1 upon the text  ,is4 xxvi4 
#bj4 8,come my people and enter into    
your chambers1 c40    ,some time that   
night1 through the persuasion of ,mr    
,smith and ,mr  ,boig1 he went with the 
,lady of ,st4 ,john's ,kirk1 as far as  
,covington  mill1 to the house of one   
,andrew ,fisher4 ,in the mean time1     
,james  ,irvine of ,bonshaw1 having got 

a general commission1 marched with a    
party of dragoons from ,kilbride1 and   
next morning1 by sun-rising1  came to   
,st ,john's ,kirk1 and having searched  
it1 he searched also  the house of one  
,thomson1 and then came to              
,covington-mill1 and  there apprehended 
him1 ,mr ,smith1 and ,mr ,boig4         
,bonshaw1 when he  found them1 cried    
out1 ,o blessed ,bonshaw6 and blessed   
day that ever  ,i was born6 that has    
found such a prize6 a prize of #ejjj    
merks for  apprehending him this        
morning6 ,they marched hard to ,lanark  
and put  them in jail1 until they got   
some refreshment and then brought  them 
out in haste1 got horses and set the    
prisoners on their bare  backs4 ,bonshaw
 tied ,mr ,cargill's feet below the     
horse's belly1 with  his own hand1 very 
hard2 at which this man looked down to  
him1 and  said1 8,why do you tie me so  
hard1 your wickedness is great4 ,you    
will not long escape the just judgement 
of ,god2 and1 if ,i be not  mistaken it 

will seize you in this very place40     
,which accordingly  next year came to   
pass3 for having got this price of      
blood1 one of  his comrades1 in a rage  
ran him through with a sword at ,lanark3
  and his last words were1 8,g--d d----n
 my soul eternally1 for ,i am  gone40   
,mischief shall hunt the violent man4   
,they came to ,glasgow in haste1 fearing
 a rescue of the prisoners3  and while  
waiting at the tolbooth1 till the       
magistrates came to  receive them1 one  
,john ,nisbet1 the ,archbishop's factor1
 said to ,mr  ,cargill in ridicule1     
three times over1 ,will you give us one 
word  more8 7alluding to an expression  
he used sometimes when preaching72  to  
whom ,mr ,cargill said with regret1     
8,mock not1 lest your lands be  made    
strong4 ,the day is coming1 when you    
shall not have one word  to say though  
you would40 ,this also came quickly to  
pass2 for1  not many days after1 he fell
 suddenly ill1 and for three days his   
tongue swelled1 and though he was most  

earnest to speak1 yet he  could not     
command one word1 and died in great     
torment1 and seeming  terror4    ,from  
,glasgow they were taken to ,edinburgh1 
and1 ,july #aeth1 were  brought before  
the ,council4 ,chancellor ,rothes 7being
 one of those  whom he excommunicated at
 ,torwood7 raged against him1           
threatening  him with torture and a     
violent death4 ,to whom he said1 8,my   
,lord  ,rothes1 forbear to threaten me1 
for die what death ,i will1 your  eyes  
shall not see it40--,which accordingly  
came to pass2 for he  died the morning  
of that day1 in the afternoon of which  
,mr ,cargill  was executed4    ,when    
before the ,council1 he was asked1 if he
 acknowledged the  ,king's authority1 c4
 he answered as the magistrate's        
authority is  now established by act of 
parliament1 and explanatory act1 that   
he denied the same4 ,being also examined
 anent the excommunication  at ,torwood1
 he declined to answer1 as being an     
ecclesiastical  matter1 and they a civil

 judicatory4 ,he owned the lawfulness of
  defensive arms1 in cases of necessity1
 and denied that those that  rose at    
,bothwell1 c4 were rebels3 and being    
interrogated anent the  ,sanquhar       
declaration1 he declined to give his    
judgment until he had  more time to     
consider the contents thereof4 ,he      
further declared1 he  could not give his
 sense of the killing of the ,bishop2   
but that  the scriptures say1 upon the  
,lord's giving a call to a private man  
to kill1 he might do it lawfully2 and   
gave the instances of ,jael  and        
,phinehas4 ,these were the most material
 points on which he was  examined4      
,while he was in prison1 a gentlewoman  
who came to visit him1 told  him1       
weeping1 8,that these ,heaven daring    
enemies were contriving a  most violent 
death for him2 some1 a barrel with pikes
 to roll him  in2 others an iron-chair1 
red-hot1 to roll him in10 c4 ,but he    
said1 8,let you nor none of the ,lord's 
people be troubled for these  things1   

for all that they will get liberty to do
 to me1 will be to  knit me up1 cut me  
down1 and chop off my old head1 and then
 fare  them well2 they have done with   
me1 and with them for ever40    ,he was 
again before the ,council on the #aith1 
but refusing to  answer their questions1
 except anent the excommunication4      
,there  was some motion made to spare   
him1 as he was an old man1 and send  him
 prisoner to the ,bass during life2     
which motion being put to a  vote1 was1 
by the casting vote of the ,earl of     
,rothes1 rejected2 who  doomed him to   
the gallows1 there to die like a        
traitor4    ,upon the #bfth he was      
brought before the justiciary1 and      
indicted in  common form4 ,his          
confession being produced in evidence   
against him1  he was brought in guilty  
of high treason1 and condemned1 with the
  rest1 to be hanged at the cross of    
,edinburgh1 and his head placed  on the 
,nether ,bow4 ,when they came to these  
words in his indictment1  viz4 having   

cast off all fear of ,god1 c4 he caused 
the clerk to  stop1 and1 pointing to the
 ,advocate1 ,sir ,george ,m',kenzie1    
said1  8,the man that hath caused that  
paper to be drawn up hath done it       
contrary to the light of his own        
conscience1 for he knoweth that ,i  have
 been a fearer of ,god from mine        
infancy2 but that man1 ,i say1  who took
 the ,holy ,bible in his hand1 and said1
 ,it would never be  well with the land1
 until that book was destroyed1 c4 ,i   
say1 he is  the man that hath cast off  
all fear of ,god40 ,the ,advocate       
stormed  at this1 but could not deny the
 truth thereof4    ,when they got their 
sentence announced by sound of trumpet  
he said1  8,that is a weary sound1 but  
the sound of the last trumpet will be a 
joyful sound to me1 and all that will be
 found having on ,christ's              
righteousness40    ,being come to the   
scaffold1 he stood with his back to the 
ladder1  and desired the attention of   
the numerous spectators2 and after      

singing from the #afth verse of the     
#aahth psalm1 he began to speak  to     
three sorts of people2 but being        
interrupted by the drum1 he  said1 with 
a smiling countenance1 8,ye see we have 
no liberty to  speak what we would1 but 
,god knoweth our hearts40 ,as he        
proceeded1  he was again interrupted4   
,then1 after a little pause or silence1 
he  began to exhort the people2 and to  
show his own comfort in laying  down his
 life1 in the assurance of a blessed    
eternity1 expressing  himself in these  
words3 8,now1 ,i am as sure of my       
interest in  ,christ1 and peace with    
,god1 as all within this ,bible and the 
,spirit  of ,god can make me2 and ,i am 
fully persuaded1 that this is the very  
way for which ,i suffer1 and that he    
will return gloriously to  ,scotland2   
but it will be terrifying to many2      
therefore1 ,i entreat  you1 be not      
discouraged at the way of ,christ and   
the cause for  which ,i am to lay down  
my life1 and step into eternity1 where  

my  soul shall be as full of him as it  
can desire to be2 and now this  is the  
sweetest and most glorious day that ever
 mine eyes did see4  ,enemies are now   
enraged against the way and people of   
,god1 but  ere long they shall be       
enraged one against another1 to their   
own  confusion40 ,here the drums did    
beat a third time4 ,then setting his    
foot on the ladder1 he said1 8,the ,lord
 knows ,i go on this ladder  with less  
fear1 and perturbation of mind1 than    
ever ,i entered the  pulpit to          
preach40--,when up1 he sat down1 and    
said1 8,now ,i am near  the getting of  
the crown1 which shall be sure1 for     
which ,i bless  the ,lord1 and desire   
all of you to bless him1 that he hath   
brought  me here1 and made me triumph   
over devils1 men1 and sin4 ,they shall  
wound me no more4 ,i forgive all men the
 wrongs they have done me2  and ,i pray 
the sufferers may be kept from sin1 and 
helped to know  their duty40 ,then      
having prayed a little within himself1  

he lifted  up the napkin1 and said1     
8,farewell all relations and friends in 
,christ2 farewell acquaintances and     
earthly enjoyments2 farewell  reading   
and preaching1 praying and believing1   
wanderings1 reproach1  and sufferings4  
,welcome ,father1 ,son1 and ,holy       
,ghost2 into thy hands  ,i commit my    
spirit40 ,then he prayed a little1 and  
the executioner  turned him over as he  
was praying2 and so he finished his     
course1  and the ministry that he had   
received of the ,lord4    ,take his     
character from ,sir ,robert ,hamilton of
 ,preston1 who was his  contemporary4   
,he was affectionate1 affable1 and      
tender-hearted1 to  all such as he      
thought had any thing of the image of   
,god in them2  sober and temperate in   
his diet1 saying commonly1 ,it was well 
won  that was won off the flesh2        
generous1 liberal and most charitable   
to the poor2 a great hater of           
covetousness2 a frequent visitor of  the
 sick2 much alone1 loving to be retired2

 but when about his  ,master's public   
work1 laying hold of every opportunity  
to edify2  in conversation1 still       
dropping what might minister grace to   
the  hearers3 his countenance was       
edifying to beholders2 often sighing    
with deep groans3 preaching in season1  
and out of season1 upon all  hazards2   
ever the same in judgment and practice4 
,from his youth1  he was much given to  
the duty of secret prayer1 for whole    
nights  together2 wherein it was        
observed1 that1 both in secret and in   
families1 he always sat straight upon   
his knees1 with his hands  lifted up2   
and in this posture 7as some took       
notice7 he died with  the rope about his
 neck4    ,besides his last speech and  
testimony1 and several other religious  
letters1 with the lecture1 sermon1 and  
sentence of excommunication  at         
,torwood1 which1 are all published1     
there are also several other  sermons1  
and notes of sermons1 interspersed among
 some peoples  hands1 in print and      

manuscript1 some of which have been     
published4  ,yet if we may believe      
,walker1 in his remarkable passages1 c4 
who  heard severals of them preached1   
they are nothing to what they  were when
 delivered2 and however pathetical1 yet 
doubtless far  inferior to what they    
would have been1 had they been corrected
 and  published by the worthy author    
himself4      ,,an ,,acrostic ,,on ,,his
 ,,name4          ,most sweet and       
savoury is thy fame1        ,and more   
renowned is thy name1        ,surely    
than any can record1        ,thou highly
 favoured of the ,lord4        ,exalted 
thou on earth didst live2        ,rich  
grace to thee the ,lord did give4       
,during the time thou dwelt below1      
,on in a course to heaven didst go4     
,not casten down with doubts and fears1 
,assur'd of heaven near thirty years4   
,labour thou didst in ,christ's         
vineyard2        ,diligent wast1 no time
 thou spar'd4          ,christ's        
standard thou didst bear alone1         

,after others from it were gone4        
,right zeal for truth was found in thee1
        ,great sinners censurd'st       
faithfully4        ,in holding truth    
didst constant prove1        ,laidst    
down thy life out of true love4         
,june #ba1 #agda4               ,w4 ,w4 
,,finis4            ,,narrative         
,,of ,,the ,,battles      ,,of          
,,drumclog1      ,,and      ,,bothwell  
,,bridge4      ,illustration            
,,glasgow3    ,,printed ,,for ,,the     
,,booksellers4          ,,the           
,,battle ,,of ,,drumclog4      ,the     
following ,account of the ,battles of   
,drumclog and ,bothwell    ,bridge1 is  
taken from an ,american ,newspaper1     
entitled the    #8,national ,gazette4'  
,it is written by the ,laird of         
,torfoot1 an    officer in the          
,presbyterian army1 whose estate is at  
this day in    the possession of his    
lineal descendants of the fifth         
generation4      8,it was a fair        
,sabbath morning1 #ast ,june #afgi1 that

 an assembly of  the ,covenanters sat   
down on the heathy mountains of         
,drumclog4 ,we  had assembled not to    
fight1 but to worship the ,god of our   
fathers4  ,we were far from the tumult  
of cities4--,the long dark heath waved  
around us2 and we disturbed no living   
creatures1 saving the  pees-weep and the
 heather-cock4 ,as usual1 we had come   
armed4 ,it was  for self-defence4 ,for  
desperate and ferocious bands made      
bloody  raids through the country1 and1 
pretending to put down treason1  they   
waged war against religion and morals4  
,they spread ruin and  havoc over the   
face of bleeding ,scotland4    ,the     
venerable ,douglas had commenced the    
solemnities of the day4  ,he was        
expatiating on the execrable evils of   
tyranny4 ,our souls  were on fire at the
 rememberance of our country's          
sufferings and  the wrongs of the       
church4 ,in this moment of intense      
feeling1 our  watchman posted on the    
neighbouring heights fired his carabine 

and  ran towards the congregation4 ,he  
announced the approach of the  enemy4   
,we raised our eyes to the minister4 8,i
 have done10 said  ,douglas with his    
usual firmness--8,you have got the      
theory1--now for  the practice2 you know
 your duty2 self-defence is always      
lawful4  ,but the enemy approaches40 ,he
 raised his eyes to heaven and uttered  
a prayer--brief and emphatic--like the  
prayer of ,richard ,cameron1  8,lord1   
spare the green1 and take the ripe40    
,the officers collected their men1 and  
placed themselves each at  the head of  
those of his own district4 ,sir ,robert 
,hamilton placed  the foot in the       
centre1 in three ranks4 ,a company of   
horse1 well  armed and mounted1 was     
placed on the left2 and a small squadron
  also on the left4 ,these were drawn   
back1 and they occupied the more  solid 
ground2 as well with a view to have a   
more solid footing1 as  to arrest any   
flanking party that might take them on  
the wings4 ,a  deep morass lay between  

us and the ground of the enemy4 ,our    
aged  men1 our females and children     
retired2 but they retired slowly4  ,they
 had the hearts and the courage of the  
female and children in  those days of   
intense religious feeling and of        
suffering4 ,they  manefested more       
concern for the fate of relatives1 for  
the fate  of the church than for their  
own personal safety4 ,as ,claverhouse   
descended the opposite mountain1 they   
retired to the rising ground  in the    
rear of our host4 ,the aged men walked  
with their bonnets  in hand4 ,their long
 grey hairs waving to the breeze4 ,they 
sang a  cheering psalm4 ,the music was  
that of the well-known tune of 8,the    
,martyrs20 and the sentiment breathed   
defiance4--,the music floated  down on  
the wind1--our men gave them three      
cheers as they fell into  their ranks4  
,never did ,i witness such animation in 
the looks of  men4 ,for me1 my spouse   
and my little children were in the rear4
 ,my  native plains1 and the hills of my

 father1 far below1 in the dale  of     
,aven1 were in full view from the       
heights which we occupied4 ,my  country 
seemed to raise her voice--the bleeding 
church seemed to  wail aloud4 #8,and    
these1' ,i said1 as1 ,clavers and his   
troops winded  slowly down the dark     
mountain's side1 #8these are the        
unworthy  slaves1 and bloody            
executioners1 by which the tyrant       
completes our  miseries4'    ,hamilton  
here displayed the hero4 ,his portly    
figure was seen  hastening from rank to 
rank4 ,he inspired courage into our raw 
and  undisciplined troops4 ,the brave   
,hackstone1 and ,hall of ,haughhead1    
stood at the head of the foot1 and      
re-echoed the sentiments of  their      
,chief4 ,burley and ,cleland had        
inflamed the minds of the  horsemen on  
the left to a noble enthusiasm4 ,my     
small troop on the  right needed no     
exhortation2 we were a band of brothers1
 resolved  to conquer or fall4    ,the  
trumpet of ,clavers sounded a loud note 

of defiance--the  kettle drum mixed its 
tumultuous roll--they halted--they made 
a  long pause4 ,we could see an officer 
with four file1 conducting  #ae persons 
from the ranks1 to a knoll on their     
left4 ,i could  perceive one in black3  
it was my friend ,king1 the ,chaplain at
 ,lord  ,cardross1 who had been taken by
 ,clavers at ,hamilton4 #8,let them be  
shot through the head1' said ,clavers1  
in his usual dry way1 #8if  they should 
offer to run away4' ,we could see him   
view our position  with great care4 ,his
 officers came around him4 ,we soon     
learned  that he wished to treat with   
us4 ,he never betrayed symptoms of      
mercy or of justice1 nor offered terms  
of reconciliation1 unless  when he      
dreaded that he had met his match2 and1 
even then1 it was  only a manuvre to    
gain time or to deceive4 ,his flag      
approached  the edge of the bog4 ,sir   
,robert held a flag sacred2 had it been 
borne by ,clavers himself he had        
honoured it4 ,he demanded the  purpose  

for which he came4 #8,i come1' said he1 
#8in the name of his  sacred ,majesty1  
and of ,colonel ,graham1 to offer you a 
pardon1  on condition that you lay down 
your arms1 and deliver up your          
ringleaders4'--#8,tell your officer1'   
said ,sir ,robert1 #8that we  are fully 
aware of the deception he practices4 ,he
 is not clothed  with any powers to     
treat1 nor was he sent out to treat with
 us1  and attempt reconciliation4 ,the  
,government against whom we have  risen1
 refuses to redress our grievances1 or  
to restore to us our  liberties4 ,had   
the tyrant wished to render us justice1 
he had not  sent by the hand of such a  
ferocious assassin as ,claverhouse4 ,let
  him1 however1 show his powers1 and we 
refuse not to treat2 and we  shall lay  
down our arms to treat1 provided that he
 also lay down  his4 ,thou hast my      
answer4'--#8,it is a perfectly hopeless 
case1' said  ,burley1 while he called   
after the flag-bearer4--#8,let me add   
one  word by your leave1 ,general4 ,get 

thee up to that bloody dragoon1         
,clavers1 and tell him1 that we will    
spare his life1 and the lives  of his   
troops1 on condition that he1 your      
,clavers1 lay down his  arms1 and the   
arms of these troops4 ,we will do more1 
as we have  no prisoners on these wild  
mountains1 we will even let him go on   
his parole1 on condition that he swear  
never to lift arms against  the religion
 and the liberties of his country4' ,a  
loud burst of  applause re-echoed from  
the ranks2 and after a long pause in    
deep  silence1 the army sung the        
following verses of a psalm3--          
#8,the arrows of the bow he brake3      
,the shield1 the sword1 the war4        
,more glorious thou than hills of prey1 
,more excellent art far4          ,those
 that were stout of heart are spoil'd1  
,they sleep their sleep outright2       
,and none of these their hands did find1
          ,that were the men of might4' 
,when the report was made to            
,claverhouse1 he gave word with a savage

  ferocity1 #8,their blood be on their  
own heads4 ,be--no quarter--the  word   
this day4' ,his fierce dragoons raised a
 yell1 and #8,no quarter'  re-echoed    
from rank to rank1 while they galloped  
down the mountain  side4 ,it is stated1 
that ,burleigh was heard to say1 #8,then
 be it so1  even let there be #8no      
quarter'--at least in my wing of the    
host4 ,so  ,god send me a meeting1'     
cried he aloud1 #8with that chief under 
the  white plume4--,my country would    
bless my memory1 could my sword give    
his villainous carcase to the crows4'   
,our raw troops beheld with firmness the
 approach of the foemen2 and  at the    
moment when the enemy halted to fire1   
the whole of our foot  dropped on the   
heath4 ,not a man was seen down when the
 order was  given to rise1 and return   
the fire4 ,the first flank fired1 then  
kneeling down while the second fired4   
,they made each bullet tell4  ,as often 
as the lazy rolling smoke was carried   
over the enemy's  head1 a shower of     

bullets fell on his ranks4 ,many a      
gallant man  tumbled on the heath4 ,the 
fire was incessant4 ,it resembled one   
blazing sheet of flame1 for several     
minutes1 along the line of the          
,covenanters4 ,clavers attempted to     
cross the morass1 and break our  centre4
 #8,spearmen6 to the front1'--,i could  
hear the deep-toned  voice of ,hamilton 
say1 #8,kneel1 and place your spears to 
receive the  enemy's cavalry2 and you1  
my gallant fellows fire--,god and our   
country is our word4'--,our officers    
flew from rank to rank4 ,not a  peasant 
gave way that day4 ,as the smoke rolled 
off1 we could see  ,clavers urging on   
his men with the violence of despair4   
,his troops  fell in heaps around him1  
and still the gaps were filled up4 ,a   
galled trooper would occasionally       
flinch2 but ere he could turn or  flee1 
the sword of ,clavers was waving over   
his head4 ,i could see  him in his fury1
 strike both man and horse4 ,in the     
fearful carnage  he himself sometimes   

reeled4 ,he would stop short in the     
midst of  a movement1 then contradict   
his own orders1 and strike the man1     
because he could not comprehend his     
meaning4    ,he ordered the flanking    
parties to take us on our right and     
left4  8,in the name of ,god10 cried he1
 8cross the bog1 and charge them on  the
 flanks till we get over the morass4 ,if
 this fail we are lost40    ,it now fell
 to my lot to come into                 
action4--,hitherto we had fired  only   
some distant shot4 ,a gallant officer   
led his band down to the  borders of the
 swamp1 in search of a proper place to  
cross4 ,we  threw ourselves before him1 
a severe firing commenced4 ,my gallant  
men fired with great steadiness4 ,we    
could see many tumbling from  their     
saddles4 ,not content with repelling the
 foemen1 we found an  opportunity to    
cross1 and attack sword in hand4 ,the   
,captain1 whose  name ,i afterwards     
ascertained to be ,arrol1 threw himself 
into my  path4 ,in the first shock1 ,i  

discharged my pistols4 ,his sudden      
start in the saddle1 told me that one of
 them had taken effect4  ,with one of   
the tremendous oaths of ,charles ,,ii4  
he closed with  me4 ,he fired his steel 
pistol4 ,i was in front of him2--my     
sword  glanced on the weapon1 and gave a
 direction to the bullet1 which  saved  
my life4 ,by this time my men had driven
 the enemy before  them1 and had left   
the ground clear for the single combat4 
,as he  made a lounge at my breast1 ,i  
turned his sword aside1 by one of  those
 sweeping blows1 which are rather the   
dictate of a kind of  instinct of       
self-defence1 than a movement of        
art4--,as our strokes  redoubled1 my    
antagonist's dark features put on a look
 of deep  and settled ferocity4 ,no man 
who has not encountered the steel of    
his enemy1 in the field of battle1 can  
conceive the looks and the  manner of   
the warrior1 in the moments of his      
intense feelings4 ,may  ,i never witness
 them again6 ,we fought in silence4 ,my 

stroke fell  on his left shoulder2 it   
cut the belt of his carabine1 which fell
  to the ground4 ,his blow cut me to the
 rib1 glanced along the bone1  and rid  
me also of the weight of my carabine4   
,he had now advanced  too near me to be 
struck with the sword4 ,i grasped him by
 the  collar4 ,i pushed him backwards2  
and1 with an entangled blow of my       
,ferrara1 ,i struck him across his      
throat4 ,it cut only the strap of  his  
head-piece1 and it fell off4 ,with a    
sudden spring1 he seized  me by the     
sword belt4 ,our horses reared1 and we  
both came to the  ground4 ,we rolled on 
the heath in deadly conflict4 ,it was in
 this  situation of matters1 that my    
brave fellows had returned from the     
rout of the flanking party1 to look     
after their commander4 ,one of  them was
 actually rushing on my antagonist1 when
 ,i called on him to  retire4 ,we       
started to our feet4 ,each grasped his  
sword4 ,we closed  in conflict again4   
,after parrying strokes of mine enemy1  

which  indicated a hellish ferocity1 ,i 
told him1 my object was to take him     
prisoner2 that sooner than kill him1 ,i 
should order my men to seize  him4      
8,sooner let my soul be brandered on my 
ribs in hell10 said he1  8than be       
captured by a ,whigmore4 #8,no quarter' 
is the word of my  ,colonel1 and my     
word4 ,have at the ,whig--,i dare the   
whole of you to  the combat40--8,leave  
the mad man to me--leave the field      
instantly10  said ,i to my party1 whom  
,i could hardly restrain4 ,my sword fell
 on  his left shoulder4--,his sword     
dropped from his hand4--,i lowered  my  
sword1 and offered him his life4 #8,no  
quarter1' said he1 with  a shriek of    
despair4 ,he snatched his sword1 which  
,i held in my  hand1 and made a lounge  
at my breast4 ,i parried his blows till 
he  was nearly exhausted2 but1 gathering
 up his huge limbs1 he put  forth all   
his energy in a thrust at my heart4--,my
 ,andro ,ferrara  received it1 so as to 
weaken its deadly force2 but it made a  

deep  cut4 ,though ,i was faint with    
loss of blood1 ,i left him no time for  
another blow4 ,my sword glanced on his  
shoulder1 cut through his  buff coat1   
and skin1 and flesh2 swept through his  
jaw1 and laid  open his throat from ear 
to ear4 ,the fire of his ferocious eye  
was quenched in a moment4 ,he reeled1   
and falling with a terrible  clash1 he  
poured out his soul with a torrent of   
blood on the heath4  ,i sunk down1      
insensible for a moment4 ,my faithful   
men1 who never  lost sight of me1 raised
 me up4 ,in the fierce combat1 the      
soldier  suffers most from thirst4 ,i   
stooped down to fill my helmet with the 
water which oozed through the morass4   
,it was deeply tinged with  human blood1
 which flowed in the conflict above me4 
,i started back  with horror2 and ,gawn 
,witherspoon bringing up my steed1 we   
set  forward in the tumult of the       
battle4    ,all this while1 the storm of
 war had raged on our left4 ,cleland    
and the fierce ,burley had charged the  

strong company sent to flank  them4     
,these officers permitted me to cross   
the swamp1 then1 charged  them with a   
terrible shout4 #8,no quarter1' cried   
the dragoons4    #8,be no quarter to    
you1 then1 ye murderous loons1' cried   
,burley2  and at one blow he cut their  
leader through the steel cap1 and       
scattered his brains on his followers4  
,his every blow overthrew a  foeman4    
,their whole forces were now brought up1
 and they drove the  dragoons of        
,clavers into the swamp4 ,they rolled   
over each other4  ,all stuck fast4 ,the 
,covenanters dismounted1 and fought on  
foot4  ,they left not one man to bear   
the tidings to their ,colonel4    ,the  
firing of the platoons had long ago     
ceased1 and the dreadful  work of death 
was carried on by the sword4 ,at this   
moment1 a  trumpet was heard in the rear
 of our army4 ,there was an awful       
pause1 all looked up4 ,it was only the  
gallant ,captain ,nesbit1 and  his      
guide1 ,woodburn of ,mains2 he had no   

reinforcements for us1 but  himself was 
a host4 ,with a loud huzza1 and flourish
 of his sword1  he placed himself by the
 side of ,burley1 and cried1 #8jump the 
ditch1 and charge the enemy4' ,he and   
,burley struggled through the  marsh4   
,the men followed as they could4 ,they  
formed and marched on  the enemy's right
 flank4    ,at this instant1 ,hamilton  
and ,hackstone brought forward the whole
  line of infantry in front4 #8,god and 
our ,country' re-echoed  from all the   
ranks--#8,no quarters' said the fierce  
squadrons of  ,clavers4--,here commenced
 a bloody scene4    ,i seized the       
opportunity this moment offered to me of
 making a  movement to the left of the  
enemy to save my friend ,king and the   
other prisoners4--,we came in time to   
save them4 ,our sword speedily  severed 
the ropes which tyranny had bound on the
 arms of the men4  ,the weapons of the  
fallen foe supplied what was lacking of 
arms2  and with great vigour we moved   
forward to charge the enemy on  the left

 flank4 ,claverhouse formed a hollow    
square--himself in  the centre2 his men 
fought gallantly2 they did all that     
soldiers  could do in their situation4  
,wherever a gap was made1 ,clavers      
thrust the men forward1 and speedily    
filled it up4 ,three times he  rolled   
headlong on the heath as he hastened    
from rank to rank1  and as often he     
remounted4 ,my little band thinned his  
ranks4 ,he  paid us a visit4 ,here ,i   
distinctly saw the features and shape   
of this far-famed man4 ,he was small of 
stature1 and not well  formed4 ,his arms
 were long in proportion to his legs2 he
 had a  complexion unusually dark2 his  
features were not lighted up with       
sprightliness1 as some fabulously       
reported2 they seemed gloomy as  hell3  
his cheeks were lank and deeply         
furrowed2 his eye-brows were  drawn down
 and gathered into a kind of knot at    
their junctions1  and thrown up at their
 extremeties2 they had1 in short1 the   
strong  expression given by our painters

 to those on the face of ,judas         
,iscariot1 his eyes were hollow1 they   
had not the lustre of genius  nor the   
fire of vivacity2 they were lighted up  
by that dark fire  of wrath which is    
kindled and fanned by an internal       
anxiety1 and  conciousness of criminal  
deeds2 his irregular and large teeth    
were presented through a smile1 which   
was very unnatural on his  set of       
features2 his mouth seemed to be        
unusually large from  the extremeties   
being drawn backward and downward--as if
 in the  intense application to         
something cruel and disgusting2 in      
short1  his upper teeth projected over  
his under lip1 and on the whole1        
presented to my view the mouth on the   
image of the ,emperor ,julian  the      
,apostate4--,in one of his rapid courses
 past us1 my sword could  only shear off
 his white plumb and a fragment of his  
buff coat4  ,in a moment he was at the  
other side of the square4 ,our officers 
eagerly sought a meeting with him4 #8,he

 has the proof of lead1'  cried some of 
our men4--#8,take the cold steel or a   
piece of silver4'  #8,no1' cried        
,burley1 #8,it is his rapid movement on 
that fine charger  that bids defiance to
 any thing like an aim in the tumult of 
the  bloody fray4 ,i could sooner shoot 
ten heather cocks on the wing1  than one
 flying ,clavers4' ,at that moment      
,burley1 whose eye watched  his         
antagonist1 pushed into the hollow      
square4 ,but ,burley was too  impatient4
 ,his blow was levelled at him before he
 came within its  reach4 ,his heavy     
sword descended on the head of ,clavers'
 horse  and felled him to the           
ground4--,burley's men rushed pell-mell 
on  the fallen ,clavers1 but his        
faithful dragoons threw themselves  upon
 them1 and by their overpowering force  
drove ,burley back1  ,clavers was in an 
instant on a fresh steed4 ,his bugleman 
recalled  the party who were driving    
back the flanking party of ,burley4 ,he 
collected his whole troops to make his  

last and desperate attack4  ,he charged 
our infantry with such force1 that they 
began to reel4  ,it was only for a      
moment4 ,the gallant ,hamilton snatched 
the white  flag of the ,covenant1 and   
placed himself in the fore front of the 
battle4 ,our men shouted #8,god and our 
country1' and rallied under  the flag4  
,they fought like heroes4 ,clavers      
fought no less bravely4  ,his blows were
 aimed at our officers4 ,his steel fell 
on the helmet  of ,hackstone1 whose     
sword was entangled in the body of a    
fierce  dragoon1 who had just wounded   
him4 ,he was borne by his men into the  
rear4 ,i directed my men on ,clavers4   
#8,victory or death1' was their  reply  
to me4 ,clavers received us4 ,he struck 
a desperate blow at me  as he raised    
himself1 with all his force1 in the     
saddle4 ,my steel  cap resisted it4 ,the
 second stroke ,i received on my        
,ferrara and his  steel was shivered to 
pieces4 ,we rushed headlong on each     
other4 ,his  pistol missed fire--it had 

been soaked in blood4 ,mine took effect4
  ,but the wound was not deadly4 ,our   
horses reared4 ,we rolled on the        
ground4 ,in vain we sought to grasp each
 other4 ,in the mle1 men  and horse     
tumbled on us4 ,we were for a few       
moments buried under our  men1 whose    
eagerness to save the respective        
officers brought them  in multitudes    
down upon us4 ,by the aid of my faithful
 man ,gawn1 ,i  had extricated myself   
from my fallen horse2 and we were       
rushing  on the bloody ,clavers1 when we
 were again literally buried under  a   
mass of men2 for ,hamilton had by this  
time brought up his whole  line1 and he 
had planted his standard where we and   
,clavers were  rolling on the heath4    
,our men gave three cheers and drove in 
the  troops of ,clavers4 ,here ,i was   
borne along with the moving mass of     
men2 and1 almost suffocated and faint   
with the loss of blood1 ,i  knew nothing
 more till ,i opened my eye on my       
faithful attendant4 ,he  had dragged me 

from the very grasp of the enemy1 and   
had borne me  into the rear1 and was    
bathing my temples with water4 ,we      
speedily  regained our friends2 and what
 a spectacle presented itself6--,it     
seemed that ,i beheld an immense moving 
mass heaped up together  in the greatest
 confusion4--,some shrieking1 some      
groaning1 some  shouted1 horses neighed 
and pranced1 swords rung on the steel   
helmets4 ,i placed around me a few of my
 hardy men1 and we rushed  into the     
thickest of the enemy in search of      
,clavers1 but it was  in vain4 ,at that 
instant1 his trumpet sounded the loud   
notes of  retreat2 and we saw on a knoll
 ,clavers borne away by his men4  ,he   
threw himself on a horse1 and without   
sword1 without helmet1  he fled in the  
first ranks of their retreating host4   
,his troops  galloped up the hill in the
 utmost confusion4 ,my little line      
closed  with that of ,burley's1 and took
 a number of prisoners4 ,our main  body 
pursued the enemy two miles1 and strewed

 the ground with men  and horses4 ,i    
could see the bare-headed ,clavers in   
front of his  men1 kicking and          
struggling up the steep sides of ,calder
 hill4 ,he  halted only a moment on the 
top to look behind him1 then plunged    
his rowels into his horse1 and darted   
forward2 nor did he recover  from his   
panic till he found himself in the city 
of ,glasgow4    #8,and1 my children1'   
the ,laird would say1 after he had told 
the  adventures of this bloody day1 #8,i
 visited the field of battle next  day2 
,i shall never forget the sight4 ,men   
and horses lay in their  gory beds4 ,i  
turned away from the horrible spectacle4
 ,i passed by  the spot where ,god saved
 my life in the single combat1 and where
  the unhappy ,captain ,arrol fell1 ,i  
observed that1 in the subsequent  fray1 
the body had been trampled on by a      
horse1 and his bowels were  poured out4 
,thus1 my children1 the defence of our  
lives1 and the  regaining of our liberty
 and religion1 has subjected us to      

severe  trials4 ,and how great must be  
the love of liberty1 when it carries    
men forward1 under the impulse of       
self-defence1 to witness the most       
disgusting spectacles1 and to encounter 
the most cruel hardships of  war6'      
,,battle ,,of ,,bothwell ,,bridge4      
8,heu6 victa jacet pietas40    99 99 99 
,after the ranks of the patriotic ,whigs
 were broken by  overwhelming forces1   
and while ,dalzell and ,clavers swept   
the south  and west of ,scotland like   
the blast of the desert1 breathing      
pestilence and death--the individual    
wanderers betook themselves to  the     
caves and fastnesses of their rugged    
country4 ,this was their  situation     
chiefly from ,a4 ,d4 #afhj1 to the      
,revolution4 ,the ,laird  spent his days
 in seclusion2 but still he fearlessly  
attended  the weekly assemblies in the  
fields1 for the worship of ,almighty    
,god4 ,what had he to fear8--,his estate
 had been confiscated4 ,his  wife and   
babes stript by the life guards of the  

last remnant of  earthly comfort which  
they could take away2 and himself doomed
 as  an outlaw1 to be executed by the   
military assassins when taken4 ,he      
became reckless of the world4    #8,i   
have lived1' said he in anguish1 #8to   
see a ,prince1 twice of his  own choice1
 take the oath of the covenants to      
support religion1  and the fundamental  
laws of the land4 ,i have lived to see  
that  ,prince turn traitor to his       
country1 and1 with unblushing impiety   
order these covenants to be burned by   
the hands of the executioner4  ,i have  
seen him subvert the liberty of my      
country1 both civil  and religious4--,i 
have seen him erect a bloody            
inquisition4 ,the  priest imposed on us 
by tyranny1 instead of wooing us over by
 the  loveliness of religion1 have      
thrown off the bowels of mercy4 ,they   
occupy seats in the bloody ,council4    
,they stimulate the cruelties  of       
,lauderdale1 ,m',kenzie and ,york4      
,their hands are dipt in blood to  the  

wrests4 ,this ,council will not permit  
us to live in peace4 ,our  property they
 confiscate4 ,our houses1 they convert  
into barracks4  ,they drag free men into
 chains4 ,they bring no witnesses of our
  guilt4--,they invent new tortures to  
convert us4 ,they employ the            
thumb-screws and bootkins4 ,if we are   
silent they condemn us4 ,if we  confess 
our ,christian creed1 they doom us to   
the gibbet4 ,not only  our sentence1 but
 the manner of our execution is fixed   
before our  trial4 ,clavers is our      
judge2 his dragoons are our             
executioners2  and these savages do     
still continue to employ even the       
sagacity  of blood hounds to hunt us    
down4--,my soul turns away from these   
loathsome spectacles4'    ,at this      
moment his brother ,john entered1 with  
looks which betrayed  unusual anxiety4  
#8,my brother1' said he1 #8a trooper    
advances at  full speed1 and he is      
followed by a dark column4 ,we have not 
even  time to fly4'--,the mind of the   

laird like those of the rest of the     
wanderers1 always brightened up at the  
approach of danger4 #8,let us           
reconnoiter1' said he1 #8what do ,i see1
 but one trooper4 ,and that  motely     
crowd is but a rabble--not a troop4     
,that trooper is not of  ,clavers' band2
 nor does he belong to ,douglas--nor to 
,ingles--nor  to ,strachan's dragoons4  
,he waves a small flag4 ,i can discover 
the  scarlet and blue colour of the     
,covenanters flag4 ,ha6 welcome you1    
,john ,howie of ,lochgoin4--,but what   
news8--,lives our country8 ,lives  the  
good old cause8'--#8,glorious news1'    
exclaimed ,howie1 #8,scotland  for ever6
 ,she is free4 ,the tyrant ,james has   
abdicated4 ,the ,stuarts  are banished  
by an indignant nation1 ,orange         
triumphs1 our wounds  are binding       
up4--,huzza6 ,scotland1 and ,king       
,william and the ,covenant  for ever6'  
,the ,laird made no reply4 ,he laid his 
steel cap on the ground1 and  threw     
himself on his knees2 he uttered a brief

 prayer1 in which  this was the close3  
#8,my bleeding country1 and thy wailing 
kirk1  and my brethren in the furnace1  
have come in remembrance before  thee4  
,for ever lauded be thy                 
name4'--#8,hasten to the meeting at     
,lesmahagow4 ,our friends behind me1 you
 see1 have already set out1'  said      
,howie4 ,and he set out with            
enthusiastic ardour to spread the  news4
    #8,these news1' said the ,laird1    
after a long pause while his eyes       
followed the courser over the plains of 
,aven--#8these news are to  me as life  
from the dead4 ,i have a mind to meet my
 old friends at  ,lesmahagow4 ,and then1
 when serious business is despatched1 we
 can  take ,bothwell field in our       
return4 ,it will yield me at least a    
melancholy pleasure to visit the spot   
where we fought1 ,i trust1 our  last    
battle against the enemies of our       
country1 and of the good old  cause4'   
,serious matters of church and state    
having been discussed at the  public    

meeting1 the brothers found themselves1 
on the fourth day1  on the battle ground
 of ,bothwell4    #8,on that moor1' said
 the ,laird1 after a long silence--and  
without  being conscious of it1 he had1 
by a kind of instinct1 natural  enough  
to a soldier1 drawn his sword1 and was  
pointing with it--#8,on  that moor the  
enemy first formed under ,monmouth4     
,there1 on the  right1 ,clavers led on  
the life-guards1 breathing fury1 and    
resolute  to wipe off the disgrace of   
the affair of ,drumclog4 ,dalzell formed
  his men on that knoll4 ,lord          
,livingstone led the van of the foemen4 
,we had taken care to have ,bothwell    
,bridge strongly secured by a           
barricade1 and our little battery of    
cannon was planted on the spot  below   
us1 in order to sweep the bridge4 ,and  
we did rake it4 ,the  foemen's blood    
streamed there4 ,again and again the    
troops of the  tyrant marched on1 and   
our cannon annihilated their columns4   
,sir  ,robert ,hamilton was our         

,commander-in-,chief4--,the gallant     
general  ,hackston stood on that spot   
with his brave men4 ,along the river1   
and above the bridge1 ,burley's foot and
 ,captain ,nisbet's dragoons  were      
stationed4 ,for one hour we kept the    
enemy in check2 they were  defeated in  
every attempt to cross the ,clyde4      
,livingstone sent  another strong column
 to storm the bridge4 ,i shall never    
forget  the effect of one fire from our 
battery1 where my men stood4 ,we  saw   
the line of the foe advance in all the  
military glory of  brave and beautiful  
men1 the horses pranced--the armour     
gleamed4  ,in one moment nothing was    
seen but a shocking mass of mortality4  
,human limbs1 and the bodies and limbs  
of horses were mingled  in one huge     
heap1 or blown to a great distance4     
,another column  attempted to cross     
above the bridge4 ,some threw themselves
 into  the current4 ,one well-directed  
fire from ,burley's troops threw  them  
into disorder1 and drove them back4     

,meantime1 while we were  thus warmly   
engaged1 ,hamilton was labouring to     
bring down the  different divisions of  
our main body into action2 but in vain  
he  called on ,colonel ,cleland's       
troop--in vain he ordered ,henderson's  
to fall in--in vain he called on        
,colonel ,fleming's4 ,hackstone flew    
from troop to troop--all was confusion2 
in vain he besought1 he  intreated1 he  
threatened4 ,our disputes and fiery     
misguided zeal1  my brother1 contracted 
a deep and deadly guilt that day4 ,the  
,whig  turned his arm in fierce heat    
that day against his own vitals4  ,our  
,chaplains1 ,cargil and ,king1 and ,kid1
 and ,douglas1 interposed  again and    
again1 ,cargil mounted the pulpit2 he   
preached concord2  he called aloud for  
mutual forbearance4 #8,behold the       
banners of  the enemy1' cried he1 #8hear
 ye not the fire of the foe1 and of  our
 brethren8 ,our brothers and fathers are
 fallen beneath their  sword4 ,hasten to
 their aid4 ,see the flag of the        

,covenant4 ,see the  motto in letters of
 gold--8,christ's ,crown and the        
,covenant40 ,hear  the wailings of the  
bleeding ,kirk4 ,banish discord4 ,and   
let us1 as  a band of brothers present a
 bold front to the foeman--,follow me   
all ye who love your country and the    
,covenant4 ,i go to die in the          
fore-front of the battle4' ,all the     
ministers and officers followed  him1   
amidst a flourish of trumpets2 but the  
great body remained to  listen to the   
harangues of the factious4--,we sent    
again and again  for ammunition4 ,my men
 were at the last round4 ,treachery1 or 
a  fatal error1 had sent a barrel of    
raisins instead of powder4 ,my  heart   
sunk within me while ,i beheld the      
despair on the faces of my  brave       
fellows1 as ,i struck out the head of   
the vessel4 ,hackstone  called his      
officers to him4 ,we threw ourselves    
around him4--#8,what  must be done8'    
said he in an agony of despair4         
#8,conquer or die1'  we said1 as if with

 one voice4 #8,we have our swords yet4  
,lead back  the men to their places and 
let the ensign bear down the blue and   
scarlet colours4 ,our ,god and our      
country be the word4' ,hackstone  rushed
 forward4 ,we ran to our respective     
corps--we cheered our  men but they were
 languid and disspirited4 ,their        
ammunition was  nearly expended1 and    
they seemed anxious to husband what     
remained4  ,they fought only with their 
carabines4 ,the cannons could no more   
be loaded4 ,the enemy soon perceived    
this4 ,we saw a troop of horse  approach
 the bridge4 ,it was that of the        
life-guards4 ,i recognised  the plume of
 ,clavers4 ,they approached in rapid    
march4 ,a solid  column of infantry     
followed4 ,i sent a request to ,captain 
,nesbit to  join his troop to mine4 ,he 
was in an instant with me4--,we charged 
the life-guards4 ,our swords rung on    
their steel caps4--,many of our  brave  
lads fell on all sides of me4 ,but we   
hewed down the foe4 ,they  began to     

reel4--,the whole column was kept       
stationary on the bridge4  ,clavers'    
dreadful voice was heard--more like the 
yell of a savage1  than the commanding  
voice of a soldier4 ,he pushed forward  
his men1  and again we hewed them down4 
,a third mass was pushed up4 ,our       
exhausted dragoon fled4--,unsupported1  
,i found myself by the brave  ,nesbit1  
and ,paton1 and ,hackstone4 ,we looked  
for a moment's space  in silence on each
 other4 ,we galloped in front of our    
retreating  men4 ,we rallied them4 ,we  
pointed to the ,general almost alone4   
,we  pointed to the white and to the    
scarlet colours floating near him4  ,we 
cried1 #8,god and our ,country4' ,they  
faced about4 ,we charged  ,clavers once 
more4--#8,torfoot1' cried ,nesbit1 #8,i 
dare you to the  fore-front of the      
battle4' ,we rushed up at full gallop4  
,our men  seeing this followed also at  
full speed4--,we broke down the enemy's 
line1 bearing down those files which we 
encountered4 ,we cut our  way through   

their ranks4 ,but they had now          
lengthened their front4  ,superior      
numbers drove us in4 ,they had gained   
entire possession  of the bridge4       
,livingstone and ,dalzell were actually 
taking us  on the flank4--,a band had   
got between us and ,burley's infantry4  
#8,my friends1' said ,hackstone to his  
officers1 #8we are last on the  field4  
,we can do no more4--,we must           
retreat4--,let us attempt1 at  least1 to
 bring aid to the deluded men behind us4
 ,they have brought  ruin on themselves 
and on us4 ,not ,monmouth1 but our own  
divisions  have scattered us4'    ,at   
this moment one of the life-guards aimed
 a blow at  ,hackstone4--,my sword      
received it--and a stroke from ,nesbit  
laid  the foeman's hand and sword in the
 dust4 ,he fainted and tumbled  from the
 saddle4 ,we reined our horses1 and     
galloped to our main  body4 ,but what a 
scene presented itself here6 ,these     
misguided men  had their eyes now fully 
opened on their fatal errors4 ,the enemy

  were bringing up their whole force    
against them4 ,i was not long  a near   
spectator of it2 for a ball grazed my   
courser4 ,he plunged  and reared--then  
shot off like an arrow4 ,several of our 
officers  drew to the same place4 ,on   
the knoll we faced about--the battle    
raged below us4 ,we beheld our commander
 doing every thing that a  brave soldier
 could do with factious men against an  
overpowering  foe4 ,burley and his      
troops were in close conflict with      
,clavers'  dragoons4 ,we saw him        
dismount three troopers with his own    
hand4  ,he could not turn the tide of   
battle1 but he was covering the  retreat
 of these misguided men4 ,before we     
could rejoin him1 a party  threw        
themselves in our way4 ,kennoway1 one of
 ,clavers' officers  led them on4       
#8,would to ,god that this was ,grahame 
himself1' some  of my comrades          
ejaculated aloud4 #8,he falls to my     
share1' said ,i1  #8whoever the officer 
be4'--,i advanced--he met me1 ,i parried

 several  thrusts1 he received a cut on 
the left arm2 and the sword by the  same
 stroke1 shore off one of his horse's   
ears2 it plunged and  reared4 ,we closed
 again4 ,i received a stroke on the left
 shoulder4  ,my blow fell on his sword  
arm4 ,he reined his horse around1       
retreated a few paces1 then returned at 
full gallop4 ,my courser  reared        
instinctively as he approached2 ,i      
received his stroke on the  back of my  
ferrara1 and by a back stroke1 ,i gave  
him a deep cut on  the cheek4 ,and      
before he could recover a position of   
defence1 my  sword fell with a terrible 
blow on his steel cap4 ,stunned by the  
blow1 he bent himself forward--and1     
grasping the mane1 he tumbled  from his 
saddle1 and his steed galloped over the 
field4 ,i did not  repeat the blow4 ,his
 left hand presented his sword2 his     
right arm  was disabled2 his life was   
given to him4 ,my companions having     
disposed of their antagonists1 7and some
 of them had two a-piece17  we paused to

 see the fate of the battle4 ,dalzell   
and ,livingstone  were riding over the  
field like furies1 cutting down all in  
their  way4 ,monmouth was galloping from
 rank to rank1 and calling on his  men  
to give quarter4 ,clavers1 to wipe off  
the disgrace of ,drumclog1  was         
committing dreadful havoc4 #8,can we not
 find ,clavers1' said  ,halhead1 #8no1' 
said ,captain ,paton1 #8the gallant     
,colonel takes care  to have a solid    
guard of his rogues about him4 ,i have  
sought him  over the field2 but ,i found
 him1 as ,i now perceive him1 with a    
mass  of his guards about him4' ,at this
 instant we saw our ,general1 at  some  
distance1 disentangling himself from the
 men who had tumbled  over him in the   
mle4 ,his face1 his hands1 and clothes1 
were  covered with gore4 ,he had been   
dismounted1 and was fighting on  foot4  
,we rushed to the spot1 and cheered him4
 ,our party drove back  the scattered   
bands of ,dalzell4 #8,my friends' said  
,sir ,robert1 as  we mounted him on a   

stray horse1 #8the day is lost6         
,but--you ,paton2  you ,brownlee of     
,torfoot1 and you ,halhead2 let not that
 flag fall  into the hands of these     
incarnate devils4 ,we have lost the     
battle1  but by the grace of ,god1      
neither ,dalzell1 nor ,clavers shall say
  that he took our colours4 ,my ensign  
has done his duty4 ,he is down4  ,this  
sword has saved it twice4 ,i leave it to
 your care4 ,you see its  perilous      
situation4' ,he pointed with his sword  
to the spot4--,we  collected some of our
 scattered troops1 and flew to the      
place4 ,the  standard bearer was down1  
but he was borne upright by the mass of 
men who had thrown themselves in fierce 
contest around it4 ,its well  known blue
 and scarlet colours1 and its motto1    
#8,,christ',s ,,crown ,,and             
,,covenant1' in brilliant gold letters1 
inspired us with a sacred  enthusiasm4  
,we gave a loud cheer to the wounded    
ensign1 and rushed  into the combat4    
,the redemption of that flag cost the   

foe many a  gallant man4 ,they fell     
beneath our broad swords2 and1 with     
horrible  execrations dying on their    
lips1 they gave up their souls to their 
,judge4    ,here ,i met in front that   
ferocious dragoon of ,clavers1 named    
,tam  ,halliday1 who had more than once1
 in his raids1 plundered my halls2  and 
had snatched the bread from my weeping  
babes4 ,he had just  seized the white   
staff of the flag4 ,but his tremenduous 
oath of  exultation1 7we of the covenant
 never swear7--his oath had scarcely    
passed its polluted threshold1 when this
 ,andrew ,ferrara fell on  the guard of 
his steel and shivered it to pieces4    
#8,recreant loon6'  said ,i1 #8thou     
shalt this day remember thy evil deeds4'
 ,another blow  on his helmet laid him  
at his huge length1 and made him bite   
the  dust4 ,in the mle that followed1 ,i
 lost sight of him4 ,we fought  like    
lions--but with the hearts of           
,christians4 ,while my gallant          
companions stemmed the tide of battle1  

the standard1 rent to  tatters1 fell    
across my breast4 ,i tore it from the   
staff1 and wrapt  it round my body4 ,we 
cut our way through the enemy1 and      
carried our  ,general off the field4    
,having gained a small knoll1 we beheld 
once more the dreadful  spectacle below4
 ,thick volumes of smoke and dust rolled
 in a  hazy cloud over the dark bands   
mingled in deadly fray4 ,it was no      
longer a battle1 but a massacre4 ,in the
 struggle of my feelings  ,i turned my  
eyes on the ,general and ,paton4 ,i saw1
 in the face  of the latter1 an         
indiscribable conflict of passions4 ,his
 long  and shaggy eye-brows were drawn  
over his eyes4 ,his hand grasped  his   
sword4 #8,i cannot yet leave the field' 
said the undaunted  ,paton--#8,with the 
,general's permission1 ,i shall try to  
save some  of our wretched men beset by 
those hell-hounds4 ,who will go8'--,at  
,kilsyth ,i saw service4 ,when deserted 
by my troops1 ,i cut my way  through    
,montrose's men1 and reached the spot   

where ,colonels ,halket  and ,strachan  
were4 ,we left the field together4      
,fifteen dragoons  attacked us4 ,we cut 
down thirteen1 and two fled4 ,thirteen  
next  assailed us4 ,we left ten on the  
field1 and three fled4 ,eleven          
,highlanders next met us4 ,we paused and
 cheered each other3 #8,now1  ,johnny1' 
cried ,halket to me1 #8put forth your   
metal1 else we  are gone1' nine others  
we sent after their comrades1 and two   
fled--#8,now1 who will join this        
raid6',a #8,i will be your leader1'     
said ,sir ,robert1 as we fell into the  
ranks4    ,we marched on the enemy's    
flank4 #8,yonder is ,clavers1' said     
,paton1  while he directed his courser  
on him4 ,the bloody man was1 at that    
moment1 nearly alone1 hacking to pieces 
some poor fellows already  on their     
knees disarmed1 and imploring him by the
 common feelings  of humanity to spare  
their lives4 ,he had just finished his  
usual  oath against their #8feelings of 
humanity1' when ,paton presented        

himself4 ,he instantly let go his prey  
and slunk back into the midst  of his   
troopers4 ,having formed them1 he       
advanced4--,we formed1  and made a      
furious onset4 ,at our first charge his 
troop reeled4  ,clavers was             
dismounted4--,but at that moment        
,dalzell assailed us on  the flank and  
rear4--,our men fell around us like     
grass before the  mower4 ,the buglemen  
sounded a retreat4 ,once more in the mle
 ,i  fell in with the ,general and      
,paton1 we were covered with wounds4    
,we directed our flight in the rear of  
our broken troops4 ,by the  direction of
 the ,general ,i had unfurled the       
standard4 ,it was borne  off the field  
flying at the sword's point4 ,but that  
honour cost  me much4 ,i was assailed by
 three fierce dragoons2 five followed   
close in the rear4 ,i called to         
,paton1--in a moment he was by my  side4
 ,i threw the standard to the ,general1 
and we rushed on the  foe4 ,they fell   
beneath our swords2 but my faithful     

steed1 which  had carried me through all
 my dangers was mortally wounded4 ,he   
fell4 ,i was thrown in among the fallen 
enemy4 ,i fainted4 ,i opened  my eyes on
 misery4 ,i found myself in the presence
 of ,monmouth--a  prisoner--with other  
wretched creatures1 awaiting1 in awful  
suspense1 their ultimate destiny4 99 99 
99 99      ,w4 ,c4 ,b4      ,,long      
,,credit4    ,soon after the battle of  
,preston1 two ,highlanders1 in roaming  
through the south of ,mid-,lothian1     
entered the farm-house of  ,swanston1   
near the ,pentland ,hills1 where they   
found no one at home  but an old woman4 
,they immediately proceeded to search   
the house1  and soon finding a web of   
coarse home-spun cloth1 made no scruple 
to unroll and cut off as much as they   
thought would make a coat to  each4 ,the
 woman was exceedingly incenced at their
 rapacity1 roared  and cried1 and even  
had the hardihood to invoke divine      
vengeance  upon their heads4 8,ye       
villains60 she cried1 8ye'll ha'e to    

account  for this yet60--8,and when will
 we pe account for't80 asked one of  the
 ,highlanders4--8,at the last day1 ye   
blackguards60 exclaimed  the woman4 8,ta
 last tay60 replied the ,highlander3    
8,tat pe cood  long credit--we'll e'en  
pe tak a waistcoat too60 at the same    
time  cutting off a few additional yards
 of the cloth4      ,,death ,,of ,a     
,,watch4    ,after the battle of        
,falkirk1 in #agdf1 a ,highlandman was  
observed  extracting a gold watch from  
the fob of an ,english officer who had  
been killed4 ,his comrade viewed him    
with a greedy eye2 which the  man taking
 notice of1 said to him 8,tamn you      
gapin' creedy bitch1  gang an' shoot a  
shentleman for hersel'1 an no envie me  
o' my pit  watch40 ,next morning finding
 his watch motionless1 and meeting his  
comrade1 says to him1 8,och6 she no be  
care muckle about a watch1  an' you be  
like mine what will you gie me for her80
 ,the other  replied1 8,i be venture a  
kinny40--8,weel then10 said the other1  

8,shust tak her1 an' welcome1 for she be
 die yester night40      ,,captain      
,,silk4    ,in a party of ladies1 on it 
being reported that a ,captain ,silk had
  arrived in town1 they exclaimed1 with 
one exception1 #8,what a name  for a    
soldier6' #8,the fittest name in the    
world1' replied a witty  female1 #8for  
,silk never can be ,worsted6'           
,illustration3 ,,finis4      ,,footnote3
    ,a ,this chivalrous defence is      
recorded1 ,i find1 in the life of       
,captain ,paton1 in the #8,scots        
,worthies1' ,edin4 edit4 of ,a4 ,d4     
#ahab4  ,this celebrated ,officer was   
trained up to warfare in the army of    
,charles ,gustavus1 ,king of ,sweden4   
,this is a specimen of these  heroic    
,whigs1 who brought about the           
,revolution of ,a4 ,d4 #afhh4           
,,an ,,elegy      ,,in ,,memory         
,,of ,,that ,,valiant ,,champion1       
,,sir ,r4 ,,grierson1      ,,late       
,,laird ,,of ,,lag1      ,who died ,dec4
 #bc;d1 #agcc4      ,,wherein      ,,the

 ,,prince ,,of ,,darkness      ,commends
 many of his best friends1 who were     
,,the ,,chief ,,managers1      of the   
late ,persecution4      ,illustration   
,,glasgow3    ,,printed ,,for ,,the     
,,booksellers4          ,,an    ,,elegy 
,,in ,,memory ,,of    ,,sir ,,robert    
,,grierson1    ,,of ,,lag4              
,what fatal news is this ,i hear8       
,on earth who shall my standard bear8   
,for ,lag who was my champion brave1    
,is dead and now laid in his grave1     
,the want of him is a great grief1      
,he was as my manager and chief1        
,who fought my kingdom to promove1      
,and to my laws he had great love1      
,could such a furious fiend as ,i1      
,shed tears1 my cheeks could never dry2 
,but ,i could mourn both night and day1 
',cause ,lag from earth is ta'en away4  
,it is no wonder ,i am sad1        ,a   
better friend ,i never had1             
,through all the large tract of his     
time1        ,he never did my ways      
decline3        ,he was my trusty       

constant liege1        ,who at all times
 did me oblige2        ,but now what    
shall ,i think or say8        ,by death 
at last he's ta'en away4        ,he was 
a man of meikle zeal1        ,who in my 
service did not fail2        ,he was no 
coward to relent2        ,no man dare   
say he did repent1        ,of the good  
service done to me1        ,for as he   
liv'd so did he die1        ,he bore my 
image on his brow1        ,my service he
 did still avow1        ,he had no other
 deity1        ,but this world1 the     
flesh1 and me2        ,unto us he did   
homage pay1        ,and did us worship  
every day4        ,the thing that he    
delighted in1        ,was that which    
pious folk call sin1        ,adultery1  
whoredom1 and such vice1        ,such   
pleasures were his paradise4        ,to 
curse1 to swear1 and to blaspheme1      
,he gloried in and thought no shame2    
,to excess he drank beer and wine1      
,till he was drunken like a swine4      
,no ,sabbath day regarded he1           

,but spent it in profanity2             
',mongst other vices1 as some say1      
,he ravish'd virgins on that day2       
,but that which rais'd his fame so high1
        ,was the good service done to   
me1        ,in bearing of a deadly feud1
        ',gainst people who did pray and
 read1        ,and sought my kingdom to 
impair1        ,these were the folk he  
did not spare1        ,any who reads the
 scriptures through1        ,i'm sure   
they'll find but very few        ,of my 
best friends that's mentioned there1    
,that could with ,grier of ,lag compare2
          ,though ,cain was a bloody    
man1        ,he to ,lag's latches never 
came1        ,in shedding of the blood  
of those1        ,who did my laws and   
ways oppose4        ,like ,saul1 who    
,david did pursue1        ,he rais'd on 
them the cry and hue1        ,and       
cruelly he did oppress1        ,such as 
religion did profess4          ,doeg the
 ,edomite did slay1        ,fourscore   
and five priests in one day2        ,but

 if you'll take the will for deed1      
,brave ,lag did ,doeg far exceed4       
,he of the blood royal was come1        
,of ,ahab he was a true son2        ,for
 he did sell himself to me1        ,to  
work sin and iniquity4          ,herod  
for me had great zeal1        ,though   
his main purpose far did fail1          
,he many slew by a decree1        ,but  
did not toil so much for me1        ,as 
,lag1 who in his person went1        ,to
 every place where he was sent1         
,to persecute both man and wife1        
,who he knew led a pious life4          
,brave ,clavers flourish'd in his day2  
,and many lives did take away1          
,he to ,rome's cause most firmly stood1 
,and drunken was with the saint's blood1
        ,which in abundance he did shed1
        ,of those who from his presence 
fled1        ,in moss and mountain1     
cleugh and glen1        ,were           
slaughter'd by his ,highlandmen4        
,that where he came none might remain1  
,who in the least did me defame1        

,he rifled houses1 and did plunder1     
,in moor and dale many a hunder3        
,he all the shires in south and west1   
,when blood and rapine sore opprest4    
,he to his utmost did contrive1         
,how he might make my kingdom thrive1   
,and how he might bring down all those1 
,that did my government oppose4         
,his mischief never prosper'd ill       
,except one time near ,lowdon hill1     
,where shamefully he did retreat1       
,before a few1 who did him beat1        
,till more assistance ,i did give4      
,and then brave ,clavers did revive2    
,with fury then and hellish rage1       
,he did these wanderers engage1         
,and sought their utter overthrow1      
,in every place where he did go4        
,he was made ,viscount of ,dundee1      
,for venturing his all for me4          
,this honour he enjoy'd not long1       
,soon after this he was ta'en home2     
,by sudden fate at last he fell1        
,at ,killicrankie1 near ,dunkel4        
,no longer he could serve me here2      

,but ,lag survived for many a year1     
,and constantly stood to his post1      
,when many a champion brave was lost4   
,brave ,charles ,stewart of renown1     
,the best that ever wore a crown1       
,for whoredom and adultery1        ,for 
incest and profanity1        ,for       
drunkness and for perjury1        ,he   
neither word nor oath regarded2         
,with gibbets he his friend rewarded    
,when opposition he did meet4        ,he
 then did play the hypocrite1           
,and feign'd himself for reformation1   
,when he intended deformation4          
,at ,spey and ,scoon within a year4     
,the covenants he twice did swear2      
,and at ,dunfermline did profess        
,great sorrow for his naughtiness       
,but that was all to get the crown1     
,that he the better might throw down1   
,that covenanted ,presbytery1           
,that was so opposite to me2        ,for
 afterwards he did rescind1             
,these covenants no more to bind2       
,and solemnly he gave command1          

,to burn them by the hangman's hand4    
,he caus'd the nations to abjure1       
,what they call'd reformation pure4     
,brave prelacy he did restore1          
,as it in ,scotland was before4         
,and to this ,dagon he caus'd bow1      
,scotsman contrary to their vow4        
,he many a conscience did desire1       
,which made me on his count to smile2   
,malignants he advanced high4           
',cause they good subjects were to me4  
,he tolerated heresy1        ,all error 
and profanity3        ,a blasphemous    
supremacy1        ,over the church      
usurped he2        ,and granted an      
indulgency4        ,thereby to ruin     
,presbytry4        ,my sceptre he did   
bravely sway1        ,and punish'd those
 that did gainsay1        ,by tortures  
that were most severe1        ,by       
prisoning and loss of gear2        ,and 
cruel murders many a way1               
,because they from my laws did stray3   
,but kindness he did ever bear1         
,no ,pope in ,rome did ever dwell1      

,that could this noble prince excell1   
,for in a word he did advance1          
,my kingdom more than ,rome or ,france3 
,neither ,spain nor ,germany1           
,had so much true zeal for me4          
,he reigned long but at the last1       
,his brother ,york gave him a cast4     
,he poison'd him and made him die1      
,and sent him home to my country2       
,to ,tophet that's both wide and large1 
,which he chus'd for his heritage1      
,great ,middleton1 that man of might1   
,my service he did never slight3        
,to work he furiously did go1           
,the covenants to overthrow2        ,he 
like ,nehustan did them treat1          
,like almanacks that's out of date1     
,he did rescind their force and power1  
,and solemly did them abjure1        ,he
 nullified all acts and laws1           
,that favoured the scripture cause2     
,and ruin'd many a family1        ,for  
nought but non-conformity1        ,if   
hirelings they would not hear1          
,their purse he punish'd most severe2   

,he made the south of ,scotland feel1   
,his griping claws were made of steel1  
,they were so crooked1 hard1 and sharp1 
,they pierc'd men's substance to the    
heart1        ,the king's commission    
while he did bear1        ,men lost     
their conscience1 life1 and gear1       
,but ,charles too soon him discarded1   
,yet ,i his kindness well rewarded2     
,and this ,i hope he'll not deny1       
,since now he lives as well as ,i4      
,fletcher1 my friend1 he was the first  
,advocate who did insist        ,against
 the ,whigs in the king's name1         
,to bring them to an open shame2        
,charles my son did him instal1         
,to bring these rebels under thral1     
,who still for covenants were pleading1 
,to justify their old proceeding4       
,he laboured very earnestly        ,to  
please his sovereign and me1        ,by 
rooting out brave ,presbytery1          
,and planting noble ,prelacy2        ,by
 shutting up in prison strong           
,these men who did my interest wrong1   

,and thristing for the blood of them    
,who did my government contemn2         
,his malice was so set on fire          
,that nothing could quench his desire1  
,until ,argyle1 mine enemy1        ,was 
brought condignly for to die2           
,and ,guthrie1 who did me oppose1       
,by hanging he his days did close2      
,and ,warriston1 the worst of all1      
,by my friend ,fletcher he did fall3    
,thus wonderfully he did please me1     
,when of these rebels he did ease me2   
,for which good service he doth sit     
,among the princes of my pit4           
,and my dear cousin1 ,provost ,mill1    
,burnt covenants1 yet thought no ill1   
,at ,lithgow cross1 with more disgrace  
,than ever was at any place4        ,he 
burnt ,lex ,rex1 and other books1       
,which sourly on my interest looks2     
,and many acts of kirk and state1       
,which he knew well that ,i did hate1   
',cause they advanc'd a reformation1    
,that shook my kingdom thro' the nation4
        ,he burnt old brechems1 roakes1 

and reels1        ,also the picture of  
the ,de'il2        ,i mean myself1      
'cause he did think        ,my effigies 
would make all stink1        ,that he   
burnt on that solemn day1        ,upon  
the twenty-ninth of ,may4        ,but my
 dear cousin was mista'en1        ,the  
covenants remained in fame1        ,by  
some that did love them so well1        
,that with their blood they did them    
seal4        ,himself he did to me      
surrender1        ,and for a time liv'd 
in great splendour        ,beloved well 
of all my friends4        ,till at the  
last he lost his means1        ,and left
 in want and poverty        ,which made 
him to the ,abbey fly2        ,he who   
the covenants did burn1        ,a       
cheating bankrupt did become1        ,he
 lost his senses turn'd demented2       
,and none but me his case lamented2     
,and at the end of all did die1         
,bemoaned by no man but me4        ,i   
did him visit in distress        ,where 
he is now you'll eas'ly guess4          

,turner did ,galloway invade        ,and
 took from many what they had1          
,he spared neither old nor young        
,but plundered all where he did come1   
,most savagely he did them treat4       
,and without mercy some did beat4       
,he spoil'd that country cruelly1       
,and acted like a man for me4        ,a 
very hellish life he led        ,as in  
my cave he had been bred4               
,carsphairn can well testify1           
,the cursing and profanity1        ,the 
outrages committed there1        7,the  
half of which might file the air7       
,by ,turner and his company4            
,which wonderfully pleased me           
,dalziel who fought at ,pentland hill1  
,and many of my foes did kill2          
,and others prisoners did lead1         
,who after quarters were hang'd dead2   
,a downright atheist he did turn        
,and ruin'd all where he did come1      
,that wanted the mark of the beast1     
,he did not spare them in the least2    
,in serving me he made his boast4       

,he was so valiant in my cause1         
,and so observant of my laws            
,that to commend him there's no need4   
,his works have prais'd him4--,since    
he's dead4        ,nisbet of ,dalstown  
in his stead4        ,in open court     
against ,whigs did plead3        ,and to
 the gallows did pursue        ,the     
,pentland men who did renew        ,the 
covenants at ,lanark town4        ,till 
they on gibbets were brought down2      
,and by his rigorous pursuing        ,he
 many other ,whigs did ruin1        ,his
 great exploits pleas'd me so well1     
,that ,i his name cannot conceal        
,but think fit that his deeds be told1  
,that so his name may be enrol'd        
',mongst other worthies on record       
,who serv'd me as their sovereign ,lord4
        ,m',kenzie after did succeed1   
,as advocate for me to plead4        ,he
 turned to apostacy4        ,and spent  
his time in blasphemy2        ,he pled  
that persons might go free        ,for  
murder and for sorcery2        ,but     

brought them in guilty of treason1      
,who were religious out of season1      
,by keeping ,presbytery in fame         
,which king and council did disclaim3   
,who of their conscience were so tender 
,religion they would not surrender      
,to please his ,majesty and court1      
,and turn as changes came about3        
,to scripture they so firmly stood1     
,on them ,i did spue out a flood        
,of mischief and calamity1              
,m',kenzie acted well for me3           
,scripture religion at that time1       
,he made it such a heinous crime1       
,that for it nought could satisfy1      
,but guilty persons they must die4      
,he many a saint pursu'd to death1      
,he feared neither hell nor wrath4      
,his conscience was so cauteriz'd1      
,he refus'd nothing that ,i pleas'd2    
,for which he's had my kindness still1  
,since he his labour did fulfil4        
,rothes like a sow in mire1        ,who 
of his whoredom did not tire1           
,but wallow'd in adultery1        ,in   

cursing and profanity1        ,and did  
allot the ,sabbath-day1        ,to spend
 it in his game and play2               
,perjur'd himself in ,mitchell's case1  
,to bring that rebel to disgrace1       
,he did contrive that engine1           
,that did make ,hackston dree great     
pain1        ,to rip his breast at my   
desire1        ,and burn his heart quick
 in the fire1        ,mangled his hands 
and took them off1        ,that they    
might be the people's scoff1        ,and
 afterwards struck off his pow1         
,and set it on the ,netherbow2          
,and cut his body all asunder1          
,and plac'd it for a world's wonder4    
,thus he shook off humanity1        ,for
 the respect he had to me4        ,at   
last in horror he did die1        ,and  
went to ,tophet dolefully4              
,monmouth did me a noble turn1          
,when he to ,bothwell-bridge did come1  
,with armed force1 with power and might1
        ,he slew and put the ,whigs to  
flight4        ,although it was the     

,sabbath-day1        ,he would not grant
 them a delay1        ,but instantly did
 hash them down1        ,and took them  
captives to the town4        ,they      
prisoners were in the ,grey friar1      
,until a false oath they did swear2     
,or in the dungeons were shut close1    
,where they their lives were like to    
lose1        ,some got the gallows some 
the sea1        ,some hang'd1 some      
drown'd--that pleased me2               
,earishal who serv'd me many a year1    
,and for my interest did appear2        
,he serv'd his 'prentiship below1       
,then to the mountains he did go1       
,the ,cameronians to defeat1            
,people whom ,i do greatly hate1        
,at ,aird's moss he surpris'd that crew1
        ,cameron their champion he slew1
        ,and desperately cut off his    
head1        ,also his hands and made   
him bleed4        ,then in great triumph
 he did go1        ,to ,edinburgh with a
 great shew1        ,much boasting that 
he had supprest        ,the ,cameronians

 in the west        ,he did produce the 
hands and head        ,of ,cameron whom 
he killed dead2        ,for which the   
council did him pay        ,a large     
reward without delay3        ,and ,i    
myself on him did smile        ,for that
 great action done in ,kyle2            
,because that he avenged me        ,upon
 my stated enemy4        ,his kindness  
shall not be forgot        ,as long as  
my furnace is hot4        ,york1 who    
great ,charles did succeed1        ,he  
was my constant friend indeed        ,he
 was bred with me all his days1         
,and never from my laws did stray2      
,for he black ,popery did profess1      
,in ,scotland he set up the mass4       
,a toleration he did give        ,that  
mystery ,babylon might revive1          
,he took to him absolute power1         
,for to advance the ,romish whore4      
,he stopped all the penal laws1         
,were made for weakening of my cause1   
,and gave a golden liberty        ,for  
all sorts of idolatry4        ,it       

criminal was in his day        ,to own  
the covenanted way2        ,for he      
intended in a short time1        ,to    
make ,popery through ,scotland shine1   
,that from the greatest to the least    
,all men might serve the ,romish beast4 
,he deeply sworn was to ,rome1          
,to seek all ,presbyterians doom1       
,to abolish the memory        ,of all   
that opps'd ,popery1        ,all        
protestants he did despise1        ,and 
many slew without assize2        ,he    
ordered that they should be shot1       
,where they were found in every spot4   
,by hellish soldiers my drudges1        
,whom he empower'd in place of judges1  
,suspected persons for to try1          
,and at their pleasure make them die1   
,without allowing liberty1        ,to   
fit them for eternity4        ,he framed
 all mischief by a law1        ,to make 
,scotland an aceldema1                  
,threatened to make a hunting field1    
,of shires that would not fully yield1  
,he all the venom of the pit            

,against piety did spit1        ,he     
hated all maliciously4        ,had any  
sovereign but me2        ,disdained     
common honesty1        ,lov'd nothing   
but impiety4        ,he in my service   
posted fast1        ,until his projects 
got a blast4        ,when ,orange did   
come o'er the sea1        ,like a base  
coward he did flee4        ,then he did 
abdicate the crown1        ,and after   
liv'd a vagabond2        ,till at ,st4  
,bermains he did die1        ,and then  
he did come home to me4        ,i need  
not speak of ,queensberry4        ,no   
man was loyaler than he3        ,he     
serv'd me well with all his might1      
,against the ,whigs with great despight1
        ,while ,york's commission he did
 bear1        ,upon that he was most    
severe4        ,by him the parliament   
was led2        ,saints blood like water
 then he shed4        ,he confidently   
did declare        ,they should not have
 time to prepare        ,for heaven     
because he said that hell        ,was   

too good a place for ,whigs to dwell4   
,by that he acted to his power1         
,both soul and body to devour2          
,which was the only thing ,i sought1    
,although to pass it was not brought2   
,yet thanks be unto ,queensberry1       
,for his good will in serving me4       
,i ,milton ,maxwell must commend1       
,ten ,whigs at once he did condemn1     
,and after that he did devote           
,himself my kingdom to promote4         
,m',cartney he did apprehend1           
,brought him to an untimous end4        
,he plagued the presbyterians sore1     
,that dwelt on the water of ,orr1       
,for ,corsack's house he rifled bare1   
,and neither nurse nor bairn did spare1 
,but thurst them out from house and     
hold1        ,to hunger them exposed and
 cold2        ,he did leave nothing in  
that house        ,that was to him of   
any use2        ,the horse1 the colt1   
the corn1 the sheep1        ,he every   
thing away did sweep4        ,he rang'd 
through like a greedy thief1            

,took butter1 cheese1 mutton1 and beef2 
,the puddings he did scarcely spare1    
,for every thing away he bear4          
,of cloth and clothes silver and gold1  
,he took far more than can be told3     
,the blackest sight that country saw1   
,worse than ,pate ,barley or ,john ,faw4
        ,all his zeal was mixt with     
self1        ,he very greedy was of     
pelf4        ,yet all he took but short 
time lasted1        ,the ,whigs did say 
that it was blasted1        ,for all his
 offspring that remain        ,have none
 of his well gotten gain4        ,when  
,i perceiv'd that it was gone1        ,i
 out of pity brought him home1          
,now ,whigs may sleep in a sound skin1  
,they'll never get mair skaith of him4  
,my friends that were of lower note1    
,in justice should not be forgot1       
,as ,allison1 who here did dree         
,a hell on earth for pleasing me4       
,bonshaw more fierce than ,i can tell1  
,who bade some send the ,whigs to hell2 
,and my beloved ,kennaway        ,who   

plagu'd the hill men every day4         
',bove twenty journeys in one year      
,this varlet willingly did go1          
,to hasten the fanatic's woe            
,strahan ,murray and ,annandale4        
,who in my cause had great zeal1        
,drummond1 ,stretton and bloody ,reid1  
,who shot my foes till they were dead1  
,buchan1 ,inglis1 and ,westerhall1      
,balfour and others great and small4    
,stenhouse1 ,maitland and ,bollochmiln1 
,culzean and ,windrum1 men of skill4    
,crichton1 ,lauder1 and many more1      
,who sought the hill-men's overthrow4   
,halton1 who did himself perjure1       
,to bring ,mitchel to an ill hour4      
,lowrie of ,maxwelton also4        ,unto
 these wild men was a foe4        ,and  
so was ,carick of ,stewarton1           
,bailie1 and these gave ,smith his doom4
        ,and all the bishops in the     
land1        ,were ready still at my    
command1        ,my statutes for to     
execute1        ,on all whom ,i did     
persecute4        ,dumbarton1 ,bruce1   

and ,rob ,dalziel1        ,and other    
worthies ,i could tell1        ,as      
,ezekiel ,montgomery4        ,the       
bloodiest monster that could be1        
,and that vile wretch call'd sheriff    
,hume1        ,that was right worthy of 
his room2        ,and old tree-legged   
,duncan ,grant1        ,who of his      
wickedness did vaunt4        ,eglinton1 
,ironcaple and lord ,ross1        ,who  
did the ,whigs murder and toss1         
,from sixty to the revolution1          
,imbrewed their hands in persecution    
,they murder'd and did stigmatise1      
,such as my service did not please3     
,they banished them to foreign nations1 
,and sold them to the new plantations1  
,with rigour great they took their gear1
        ,because they my livery would   
not wear1        ,none forwarder among  
them all1        ,than noble ,grierson  
of ,lag-hall1        ,whose worthy      
actions make him fit        ,in the     
great chair now to sit1        ',bove   
,korah and his company1        ,for all 

his friendship done to me4        ,this 
honour he doth well deserve1        ,for
 he unweariedly did serve        ,me to 
his utmost every way1        ,to keep my
 kingdom from decay4        ,i must     
remember bishop ,sharp1        ,for the 
good service ,i did get        ,of him1 
when he was here away2        ,he did   
the ,scottish kirk betray1        ,and  
all its privileges sold        ,for     
pleasure here and love of gold2         
,he fill'd the land with perjury1       
,and all sorts of iniquity2        ,and 
did the force of ,scotland lead         
,to persecute the woman's seed4         
,judas who did his master sell1         
,and afterwards went down to hell1      
,had no more mischief in his mind1      
,than ,sharp this noble friend of mine4 
,a paction past twixt him and me        
,that ,i from skaith should keep him    
free3        ,i gave him sorcery1 gainst
 lead        ,that shooting should not  
be his dead1        ,and yet this did   
not him secure1        ,he lost1 his    

life on ,magus-muir2        ,there some 
stout-hearted men in ,fyfe1        ,with
 swords of steel did take his life2     
,and very justly did him kill           
',cause he their brethren's blood did   
spill4        ,so to this place he did  
descend1        ,but after him ,lag did 
contend        ,for my kingdom many a   
day3        ,but now1 alas6 he's ta'en  
away4        ,what shall ,i say8 for    
time would fail1        ,to tell you of 
brave ,lauderdale4        ,a great      
apostate he did prove1        ,because  
with ,balaam he did love        ,the    
wages of iniquity4        ,to keep him  
in prosperity2        ,that his beastly 
belly might        ,have ,epicurean     
delight2        ,to spend his time in   
carnal pleasure1        ,which he       
esteem'd above all treasure4        ,he 
was a member among those        ,who    
strictest models did compose1           
,upon the ,presbyterian side        ,but
 quickly he from them did slide4        
,these covenants which once he swore1   

,most solemnly he did abjure1           
,all tenderness he did cast off1        
,on scripture he did droll and scoff4   
,to prelate ,sharp be thought no shame  
,above ,rabshakeh to blaspheme4         
,by habit he did curse and swear1       
,he harlot's company did bear4          
,he did counsel and assist        ,the  
king who after blood did thirst1        
,to bring all to a final end        ,for
 covenants that did contend4        ,all
 public mischiefs in the land           
,were done at ,lauderdale's command4    
,in ,mitchel's case he did perjure      
,himself most wrongfully he swore2      
,for conscience he regarded not1        
,himself he wholly did devote        ,to
 serve king ,charles and myself1        
,and to advance his wordly pelf         
,persisting in these courses still1     
,did grieve and anger one ,cargil2      
,so ,charles1 ,york1 ,monmouth and he1  
,were all deliver'd o'er to me2         
,rothes1 ,m',kenzie and ,dalziel1       
,unto my lot each man they fell1        

,a company of as brave men1        ,as  
ever minister did send        ,by such a
 sentence unto me2        ,whom ,i      
embrac'd most willingly1        ',cause 
formerly ,i did commend        ,in many 
things these worthy men4        ,now    
those brave heroes ,i must leave1       
,and some few instances ,i'll give      
,of these brave actions which ,lag did1 
,that ought no longer to be hid4        
,in ,galloway he was well known         
,his great exploits in it were shewn4   
,he was my general in that place1       
,he did the ,presbyterians chase1       
,through moss and muir1 and many a bog1 
,they were pursu'd by my friend ,lag4   
,saint's monuments that's here and      
there1        ,if any will to them      
repair1        ',mongst others there    
you'll read his name1        ,and know  
he was a man of fame4        ,on many   
there he forc'd the test1        ,by    
perjury them sore opprest4        ,and  
when he brought them to disgrace1       
,he mocked them unto their face4        

,from others he did take their gear1    
,he neither mercy had nor fear1         
,yet this did not his wrath allay1      
,for others he did seek to slay         
,cubine and ,gordon1 near ,hallhill1    
,he took their life their blood to      
spill1        ,and left them hanging on 
a tree1        ,for disobedience to me4 
,john ,bell of ,whiteside he did slay1  
,and would not give him time to pray    
,and other four in that same hour       
,he shot upon ,kirkconnel ,muir4        
,mayfield1 ,clement1 and ,irlingtown1   
,macrabet he brought also down2         
,and made them all a sacrifice1         
,his hellish fury to appease4           
,two men in ,twingham some did find1    
,and with hair tethers did them bind4   
,like sheep for slaughter there they    
lay1        ,george ,short and ,david   
,halliday2        ,till ,lag came up and
 gave command        ,to kill them      
quickly out of hand4        ,against    
them he had such despite1        ,he    
would not let them live one night1      

,so in that posture they were shot      
,most cruelly upon the spot4            
,lachlane and ,wilson in the sea        
,he drown'd cause they obey'd not me1   
,though they were of the weaker sex1    
,no favour they of him did get3         
,and cruelly he took the life           
,both of a young maid and a wife4       
,the kirk by excommunication        ,did
 banish him out of their region2        
,because he would not satisfy1          
,them for his vile adultery3        ,for
 he knew well that ,i could thole       
,his vices all1 without controul1       
,that he should have both peace and     
ease1        ,in doing things that ,i do
 please1        ,he clave as close unto 
my law        ,as any man ,i ever saw4  
,in atheism his days did spend          
,until his time drew near an end4       
,then for the fashion he did say1       
,that he was of the ,popish way2        
,because a priest made him believe1     
,that he to him would pardon give1      
,and would from purgatory bring         

,him to a place where he would sing2    
,but that was but a forged lie4         
,for ,lag lives hot and bien with me1   
,it was in spite he money gave          
,unto the priest that greedy slave1     
,for he had neither pith nor power      
,to keep my friend from me an hour2     
,for when ,i heard that he was dead1    
,a legion of my den did lead        ,him
 to my place of residence1        ,where
 still he'll stay1 and not go hence3    
,for purgatory ,i must tell1        ,it 
is the lowest place in hell3            
,well plenish'd with the ,romish sort1  
,where thousands of them do resort4     
,there many a prince and pope doth      
dwell1        ,fast fetter'd in that    
lower cell1        ,and from that place 
they ne'er win free1        ,though     
greedy priests for gain do lie4         
,in making ignorants conceive1          
,they'll bring them from the infernal   
cave1        ,such as do bribe them well
 with gold        ,as heaven with pelf  
were bought and sold4        ,sure that 

is but a vain deceit        ,contriv'd  
by ,antichrist of late2        ,to keep 
the worshippers of the ,whore           
,senseless in sin1 blind and secure2    
,and to make priest look fat and fine1  
,who nought but carnal things do mind4  
,for this is what ,i truly know1        
,they come not back from whence they go1
        ,they who take their abode with 
me1        ,from that place they are    
never free4        ,this ,lag will know 
and all the rest1        ,who of my     
lodging are possest4        ,on earth no
 more they can serve me1        ,but    
still ,i have their company3            
,with this ,i must my grief allay1      
,so ,i no more of ,lag will say4        
,,finis            ,a                   
,,wedding-,,ring1      ,,fit ,,for ,,the
 ,,finger3      ,,laid ,,open ,,in ,a   
,,sermon1      ,,preached ,,at ,a       
,,wedding ,,in ,,st4 ,,edmond',s4       
,,by ,,william ,,secker1      ,,late    
,,preacher ,,of ,,the ,,gospel4         
,,genesis ii4 #ah4      ,and the ,,lord 

,,god said1 ,it is not good that the man
 should be    alone2 ,i will make him an
 help-meet for him4    ,illustration    
,,glasgow3    ,,printed ,,for ,,the     
,,booksellers4          ,a              
,,wedding-,,ring1    ,,fit ,,for ,,the  
,,finger4    ,a ,,sermon ,,on ,,genesis 
ii4 #ah4      ,and the ,lord ,god said1 
it is not good that the man should be   
alone2 ,i will make him a help-meet for 
him4      ,human misery is to divine    
mercy1 as a black soil to a sparkling   
diamond2 or as a sable cloud to the     
sun-beams1 ,psalm viii4  #d4--,lord1    
what is man1 that thou art mindful of   
him8    ,man is1 in his creation1       
angelical2 in his corruption1           
diabolical2  in his renovation1         
theological2 in his translation1        
majestical4    ,there were four silver  
channels in which the chrystal streams  
of  ,god's affection ran to man in his  
creation4    #a4 ,in his preparation4   
#b4 ,in his ,assimilation4 #c4 ,in his  
coronation4 #d4 ,in his ,association4   

#a4 ,in his preparation4 ,other         
creatures received the character of     
their beings by a simple fiat2 but there
 was a consultation at  his forming2 not
 for the difficulty1 but for the dignity
 of the  work4 ,the painter is most     
studious about that which he intends to 
make his master-piece4 ,the four        
elements were taken out of their        
elements to make up the perfection of   
man's complexion3 the fire  was         
purified1 the earth was refined4 ,when  
man was moulded1 heaven  and earth was  
married2 a body from the one was        
espoused to a soul  from the other4     
#b4 ,in his assimilation4 ,other        
creatures were made like themselves1    
but man was made like ,god1 as the wax  
hath the impression of the  seal upon   
it4 ,it is admirable to behold so fair a
 picture in such  coarse canvas1 and so 
bright a character in so brown paper4   
#c4 ,in his coronation4 ,he that made   
man1 and all the rest1 made man  over   
all the rest2 he was a little lord of a 

great lordship3 this  king was crowned  
in his craddle4    #d4 ,in his          
association4 ,society is the solace of  
humanity2 the world  would be a desert1 
without a comfort4    ,most of man's    
parts are made in pairs2 now he that was
 double in  his perfection1 must not be 
single in his condition4    ,and the    
,lord said1 c4 ,these words are like the
 iron gate that  opened to ,peter of its
 own accord1 dividing themselves into   
three  parts3--    #a4 ,an              
,introduction3 ,and the ,lord ,god said4
 #b4 ,an ,assertion3 ,it  is not good   
that man should be alone4 #c4 ,a        
,determination3 ,i will  make an        
help-meet for him4    ,in the first     
there is a majesty proposed4 ,in the    
second there is a  malady presented4 ,in
 the third there is a remedy provided4  
,once more let me put these grapes into 
the press4    #a4 ,the sovereignness of 
the expression3 ,and the ,lord ,god     
said4 #b4  ,the solitaryness of the     
condition3 ,it is not good1 c4 #c4 ,the 

suitableness of the provision2 ,i will  
make1 c4    ,in the first there is the  
worth of veracity4 ,in the second1      
there is the want of society4 ,in the   
third1 there is the work of  divinity4  
,of these in their order4 ,and first of 
the first4    #a4 ,the sovereignness of 
the expression3 ,and the ,lord ,god     
said1 c4    ,luke i4 #gj4 8,as he spoke 
by the mouths of his prophets40 ,in     
other  scriptures he used their mouths1 
but in this instance he makes  use of   
his own2 they were the organs1 and he   
the breath2 they  the streams1 and he   
the fountain4 ,how he spake1 it is hard 
to  determine3 whether eternally1       
internally1 or externally4 ,we are not  
to inquire into the manner of speaking1 
but into the matter that  is spoken2    
which leads me1 like a directing star1  
from the suburbs  to the city1 from the 
porch to the palace1 from the founder of
 the  mine1 to the treasure that is in  
it3 ,it is not good1 c4    ,in which we 
have two things3--    #a4 ,the ,subject4

 #b4 ,the ,predicate4    ,the subject1  
,man alone4 ,the predicate1 ,it is not  
good1 c4 #a4  ,the subject1 ,man alone4 
,take this in two branches4    #a4 ,as  
it is limited to one man4    #b4 ,as it 
is lengthened to all men4    ,,first1   
,as it is limited to one man3 ,and so it
 is taken  particularly3 ,man1 for the  
first man4 ,when all other creatures    
had their mates1 ,adam wanted his2      
though he was the emperor of  the earth1
 and the admiral of the seas1 yet in    
,paradise without a  companion2 though  
he was truly happy1 yet he was not fully
 happy2  though he had enough for his   
board1 yet he had not enough for his    
bed2 though he had many creatures to    
serve him1 yet he wanted a  creature to 
solace him2 when he was compounded in   
creation1 he must  be completed by      
conjunction2 when he had no sin to hurt 
him1 then  he must have a wife to help  
him3 ,it is not good that man should be 
alone4    ,,secondly1 ,as it is         
lengthened to all men3 ,and so it is    

taken  universally1 ,heb4 xiii4 #d4     
,marriage is honourable unto all4  ,it  
is not only warrantable1 but honourable4
 ,the whole trinity  hath conspired     
together to set a crown of glory upon   
the head of  matrimony4    #a4 ,god the 
,father4 ,marriage was a tree planted   
within the walls of  ,paradise2 the     
flower first grew in ,god's garden4     
#b4 ,the ,son4 ,marriage is a crystal   
glass1 wherein ,christ and the  saints  
do see each other's faces4    #c4 ,the  
,holy ,ghost1 by his overshadowing of   
the blessed virgin4 ,well  might the    
world when it saw her pregnancy1 suspect
 her virginity2  but her matremonial    
condition was a grave to that suspicion3
  without this1 her innocency had not   
prevented her infamy2 she  needed a     
shield to defend that chastity abroad   
which was kept  inviolable at home4     
,too many that have not worth enough to 
preserve their virginity1  have yet will
 enough to cover their unchastity2      
turning the  medicine of frailty into   

the mantle of filthiness4 ,certainly she
 is  mad that cuts off her leg to get   
her a crutch2 or that venoms her  face  
to wear a mask4    ,paul makes it one of
 the characters of those that should    
cherish  the faith1 #a ,tim4 iv4 #c4 not
 to forbear marriage2 which is not  only
 lawful but also honourable2 to forbid  
which1 is damnably  sinful1 and only    
taught by the influence of devils4 ,one 
of the  ,popes of ,rome sprinkles this  
unholy and impure drop upon it1  ,carnis
 pollutionem et immundiliem4    ,it is  
strange that should be a pollution which
 was instituted  before corruption2 or  
that impurity which was ordained in the 
state  of innocency2 or that they should
 make that to be a sin1 which they  make
 to be a sacrament2 strange             
stupidity6--,but a bastard may be  laid 
at the door of chastity1 and a leaden   
crown set upon a golden  head4          
,bellarmine 7that mighty atlas of the   
,papal power7 blows his  stinking breath
 upon it3 8,better were it for a priest 

to defile  himself with many harlots1   
than to be married to one wife40--,these
  children of the purple whore prefer   
monasteries before marriages1  a        
concubine before a companion4--,they use
 too many women for their  lusts1 to    
choose any for their love4--,their      
tables are so largely  spread that they 
cannot feed upon one dish4 ,as for their
 exalting  of a virgin-state1 it is like
 him that commanded fasting1 when he    
had filled his belly4 ,who knows not1   
that virginity is a pearl  of a         
sparkling lustre8 but the one cannot be 
set up1 without the  other be thrown    
down3 ,no oblation will pacify the      
former1 but the  demolishing of the     
latter4 ,though we find many enemies to 
the  choice of marriage1 yet it is rare 
to find any enemies to the use  of      
marriage4 ,they would pick the lock that
 wants the key1 and pluck  the fruit    
that do not plant the tree4 ,the        
,hebrews have a saying1  8that he is not
 a man that hath not a wife40 ,though   

they climb too  high a bough1 yet it is 
to be feared that such flesh is full of 
imperfection1 that is1 not tending to   
propogation3 though man alone  may be   
good1 yet1 ,it is not good that man     
should be alone4 ,which  leads me from  
the subject to the predicate1 ,it is not
 good4    ,now1 it is not good that man 
should be in a single condition on a    
threefold consideration4    #a4 ,in     
respect of sin1 which would not else be 
prevented3 ,marriage  is like water1 to 
quench the sparks of lust's fire1 #a    
,cor4 vii4 #b4  ,nevertheless1 to avoid 
fornication1 let every man have his own 
wife1 c4 ,man needed no such physic when
 he was in perfect health4  ,temptations
 may break nature's best sense1 and lay 
its ,paradise  waste2 but a single life 
is a prison of unruly desires1 which is 
daily attempted to be broken open4      
,some1 indeed force themselves to  a    
single life1 merely to avoid the charges
 of a married state2 they  choose rather
 to live in their own sensuality1 than  

to extinguish  those flames with an     
allowed remedy3 ,it is better to marry  
than to  burn3--to be lawfully coupled1 
than to be lustfully scorched4 ,it  is  
best to feed these flames with ordinate 
fuel4    #b4 ,it is not good in respect 
of mankind1 which then would not  be    
propagated4 ,the ,roman historian1      
relating the ravishing of  the ,sabine  
women1 excused them thus1 #8,without    
them mankind would  fall from the earth1
 and perish4' ,marriages do turn        
mutability  into the image of eternity3 
it springs up new buds when the old  are
 withered4 ,it is a great honour for a  
man to be the father of  one son1 than  
to be the master of many servants4      
,without a wife1  children cannot be had
 lawfully2 without a good wife1 children
  cannot be had comfortably4 ,man and   
woman1 as the flock and the  scion1     
being grafted in marriage1 are trees    
bearing fruit to the  world4 ,augustine 
says1 #8,they are the first link of     
human society1  to which all the rest   

are joined4' ,mankind had long ago      
decayed1  and been like a taper fallen  
into the socket1 if those breaches      
which are made by mortality were not    
repaired by matrimony4    #c4 ,it is not
 good in regard of the church1 which    
could not then  have been expatiated4   
,where there is no generation1 there can
 be  no regeneration4 ,nature makes us  
creatures before grace makes us         
,christians4 ,if the loins of men had   
been less fruitful1 the death  of       
,christ would have been less successful4
 ,it was a witty question  that one put 
to him that said1 8,marriage fills the  
earth1 but  virginity fills the         
heavens30 ,how can the heavens be full  
if the  earth be empty8 ,had ,adam lived
 in innocency without matrimony1  there 
would have been no servants of ,god in  
the church militant1  nor no saints with
 ,god in the church triumphant4 ,but ,i 
will not  sink this vessel by the       
over-burthen of it1 nor press this truth
 to  death by laying too great a load   

upon its shoulders4 ,there is one  knot 
which ,i must untie1 before ,i make a   
farther progress1 viz4    #a ,cor4 vii4 
#a4 ,it is good for a man not to touch a
 woman4 ,do all  the scriptures proceed 
out of the same mouth2 and do they not  
all  speak the same truth8 ,the ,god of 
unity will not indite discord2  and the 
,god of verity cannot assert falsehood4 
,if good and evil  be contraries1 how   
contrary then are these two scriptures8 
,either  ,moses mistakes ,god1 or ,paul 
mistakes ,moses1 about the point of     
marriage4 ,to which ,i shall give a     
double answer4    #a4 ,there is a public
 and a private good4 ,in respect of one 
man1 it  may be good not to touch a     
woman2 but in respect of all men1 ,it is
  not good that man should be alone4    
#b4 ,moses speaks of the state of man   
created2 ,paul of the state  of man     
corrupted3 ,now1 that which by          
institution was a mercy1 by  corruption 
may become a misery2 as pure water is   
tainted by running  through a miry      

channel1 or as the sun-beams receive a  
tincture by  shining through a coloured 
glass4 ,there is no print of evil in the
  world1 but sin was the stamp that made
 it4 ,they that seek nothing  but weal  
in its commission1 will find nothing but
 woe in the  conclusion4 ,which leads me
 from the solitariness of the condition1
  ,man alone1 to the suitableness of the
 provision1 ,i will make an  help-meet  
for him4    ,in which we have two parts1
 #a4 ,the ,agent1 ,i will make4 #b4 ,the
  ,object1 ,an help4    #a4 ,the ,agent1
 ,i will make4 ,we cannot build a house 
without tools1  but the ,trinity is at  
liberty4 ,to ,god's omniscience there is
  nothing impossible4 ,we work by hands1
 without2 but he works without  hands4  
,he that made man meet for help1 makes a
 meet-help for man4  ,marriages are     
consented above1 but consumated below1  
,prov4 xviii4  #bb4 ,though man wants   
supply1 yet man cannot supply his wants1
 ,james  i4 #ag4 ,every good and perfect
 gift comes from above1 c4 ,a wife1     

though she be not a perfect gift1 yet   
she is a good gift4 ,these  beams are   
darted from the ,son of ,righteousness4 
,hast thou a soft  heart8 ,it is of     
,god's breaking4 ,hast thou a sweet     
wife8 ,she is of  ,god's making4 ,let me
 draw up this with double application4  
#a4 ,when thou layest out for such a    
good on earth1 look up to the  ,god of  
heaven2 let him make thy choice for     
thee1 who made his  choice of thee4     
,look above you1 before you1 about you2 
nothing  makes up the happiness of a    
married condition1 like the holiness of 
a mortified disposition3 account not    
those the most worthy1 that  are the    
most wealthy4 ,art thou matched to the  
,lord8 ,match in the  ,lord4 ,how happy 
are such marriages where ,christ is at  
the wedding6  ,let none but those who   
have found favour in ,god's eyes1 find  
favour  in yours4    #b4 ,give ,god the 
tribute of your gratulation for your    
good  companions4 ,take head of paying  
your rent to a wrong landlord3  when you

 taste of the stream1 reflect upon the  
spring that feeds  it4 ,now thou hast   
four eyes for thy speculation1 four     
hands for  thy operation1 four feet for 
thy abulation1 and four shoulders  for  
thy sustentation4 ,what the sin against 
the ,holy ,ghost is1 in  point of       
divinity1 that is unthankfulness1 in    
point of morality1 an  offence          
unpardonable4 ,pity it is1 but that moon
 should be ever in  an eclipse1 that    
will not acknowledge her beams to be    
borrowed from  the sun4 ,he that praises
 not the giver1 prizes not the gift4    
,and so  ,i pass from the ,agent to the 
,object1 ,a help4    ,she must be so    
much1 and no less2 and so much1 and no  
more4 ,our  ribs were not ordained to be
 our rulers4 ,they are not made of the  
head1 to claim superiority2 but out of  
the side1 to be content  with equality4 
,they desert the ,author of nature1 who 
invert the  order of nature4 ,the woman 
was made for the man's comfort1 but  the
 man was not made for the woman's       

command4 ,those ,shoulders  aspire too  
high1 that content not themselves with a
 room below  their heads4 ,it is between
 a man and his wife in the house1 as it 
is between the sun and the moon in the  
heavens1 when the greater  light goes   
down the lesser light gets up2 when the 
one ends in  setting1 the other begins  
in shining4 ,the wife may be a sovereign
  in her husband's absence1 but she must
 be subject in her husband's  presence4 
,as ,pharaoh said to ,joseph1 so should 
the husband say to  his wife1 8thou     
shalt be over my house1 and according to
 thy word  shall all my people be ruled1
 only on the throne will ,i be greater  
than thou10 ,gen4 xli4 #dj4 ,the body of
 that household can never  make any good
 motion1 whose bones are out of place4  
,the woman  must be a help to the man in
 these four things3--#a4 ,to his piety4 
#b4 ,to his society4 #c4 ,to his        
progeny4 #d4 ,to his prosperity4 ,to    
his piety1 by the ferventness of her    
excitation4 ,to his society1  by the    

fragrantness of her conversation4 ,to   
his progeny1 by the  fruitfulness of her
 education4 ,to his prosperity1 by her  
faithful  preservation4    #a4 ,to his  
piety1 by the ferventness of her        
excitation1 #a ,pet4 ii4  #g4 ,husband  
and wife should be as the two           
milch-kine1 which were  coupled together
 to carry the ark of ,god2 or as the two
 cherubims1  that looked one upon       
another1 and both upon the mercy-seat2  
or as  the two tables of stone1 on each 
of which were engraven the laws  of     
,god4 ,in some families married persons 
are like ,jeremiah's two  basket of     
figs1 the one very good1 the other very 
evil2 or like  fire and water1 whilst   
the one is flaming in devotion1 the     
other is  freezing in corruption4 ,there
 is a two-fold hinderance of holiness3  
#a4 ,on the right side4 #b4 ,on the     
left4 ,on the right side2 when the  wife
 would run in ,god's way1 the husband   
will not let her go2 when  the          
fore-horse in a team will not draw1 he  

wrongs all the rest2  when the general  
of an army forbids a march1 all the     
soldiers stand  still4 ,sometimes on the
 left3 ,how did ,solomon's idolatrous   
wife  draw away his heart from heaven8  
,a sinning wife was ,satan's first      
ladder1 by which he scaled the wall of  
,paradise1 and took away the  fort-royal
 of ,adam's heart from him4 ,thus she1  
that should have  been the help of his  
flesh1 was the hurt of his faith2 his   
nature's  under-proper1 became his      
grace's under-miner2 and she that should
  be a crown on the head1 is a cross on 
the shoulders4 ,the wife is  often to   
the husband as the ivy is to the oak1   
which draws away his  sap from him4     
#b4 ,a help to his society1 by the      
fragrantness of her conversation4  ,man 
is an affectionate creature2 now the    
woman's behaviour should  be such       
towards the man1 as to requite his      
affection by increasing  his            
delectation2 that the new-born love may 
not be ruined before  it be rooted4 ,a  

spouse should carry herself so to her   
husband1 as  not to disturb his love by 
her contention1 nor to destroy his love 
by her alienation4 ,husband and wife    
should be like two candles  burning     
together1 which makes the house more    
lightsome2 or like  two fragrant flowers
 bound up in one nosegay1 that augments 
its  sweetness2 or like two well-tuned  
instruments1 which sounding  together1  
make the more melodious music4 ,husband 
and wife1 what are  they but as two     
springs meeting1 and so joining their   
streams1 that  they make but one        
current8 ,it is an unpleasing spectacle 
to view  any contention in that         
conjunction4    #c4 ,to his progeny1 by 
the fruitfulness of her education2 that 
so  her children in the flesh may be    
,god's children in the spirit1 #a  ,sam4
 i4 #aa4 ,hannah she vows1 if the ,lord 
will give her a son1 she  would give him
 to the ,lord1 to serve him4 ,a spouse  
should be more  careful of her          
children's breeding1 than she should be 

fearful  of her children's bearing4     
,take heed1 lest these flowers grow in  
the devil's garden4--,though you bring  
them out in corruption1 yet  do not     
bring them up to damnation6--,those are 
not mothers but  monsters1 that whilst  
they should be teaching their children  
the  way to heaven with their lips1 are 
leading them the way to hell  with their
 lives4 ,good education is the best     
livery you can give  them living2 and it
 is the best legacy you can leave them  
dying4  ,you let out your cares to make 
them great1 ,o lift up your prayers  to 
make them good1 that before you die from
 them1 you may see  ,christ live in     
them4 ,whilst these twigs are green and 
tender1 they  should be bowed towards   
,god4 ,children and servants are in a   
family1  as passengers in a boat2       
husband and wife1 they are as a pair of 
oars1 to row them to their desired      
haven4 ,let these small pieces of       
timber be hewed and squared for the     
celestial building4 ,by putting  a      

sceptre of grace into their hands1 you  
will set a crown of glory  upon their   
heads4    #d4 ,a help to his prosperity1
 by her faithful preservation1 being    
not a wanderer abroad1 but a worker at  
home4 ,one of the ancients  speaks      
excellently3 ,she must not be a         
field-wife1 like ,dinah2  nor a         
street-wife1 like ,thamar2 nor a        
window-wife1 like ,jezabel4  ,phildeas1 
when he drew a woman1 painted her under 
a snail-shell2  that she might imitate  
that little creature1 that goes no      
further  than it can carry its house    
upon its head4 ,how many women are      
there1 that are not labouring bees1 but 
idle drones2 that take up  a room in the
 hive1 but bring no honey to it2 that   
are moths to  their husbands' estates1  
spending when they should be sparing4   
,as  the man's part is1 to provide      
industriously1 so the woman's is1 to    
preserve discreetly2 the one must not be
 carelessly wanting1 the  other must not
 be causelessly wanting2 the man must be

 seeking with  diligence1 the woman must
 be saving with prudence4 ,the cock and 
hen  both scrape together in the        
dust-heap1 to pick up something for the 
little chickens4 ,to wind up this on a  
short bottom4    #a4 ,if the woman be a 
help to the man1 then let not the man   
cast  dirt on the woman4    ,secundus   
being asked his opinion of a woman1     
said1 ,viri  naufragium1 domus          
tempestas1 quietus impedimentum1 c4 ,but
 surely  he was a monster and not a man2
 fitter for a tomb to bury him1 than  a 
womb to bear him4 ,some have styled them
 to be like clouds in the  sky2 like    
motes in the sun2 like snuffs in the    
candle2 like weeds  in the garden4 ,but 
it is not good to play the butcher with 
that  naked sex1 that hath no arms but  
for embraces4 ,a preacher should  not be
 silent for those who are silent from   
preaching3 because they  are the weaker 
vessels1 shall they be broken all to    
pieces8 ,thou  that sayest women are    
evil1 it may be thy expression flows    

from thy  experience2 but ,i shall never
 take that mariner for my pilot1 that   
hath no better knowledge than the       
splitting of his own ship4 ,wilt  thou  
condemn the frame of all1 for the fault 
of one8 ,as if it were  true logic1     
because some are evil therefore none are
 good4 ,he hath  ill eyes that disdains 
all objects4 ,to blast thy helper is to 
blame  thy ,maker4 ,in a word1 we took  
our rise from their bowels1 and may     
take our rest in their bosoms4    #b4   
,is the woman to be a help to the man8  
,then let the man be a help  to the     
woman4 ,what makes some debtors to be   
such ill pay-masters1  but because they 
look at what is owing to them1 but not  
at what  is owing by them4 ,if thou     
wouldst have thy wife's reverence1 let  
her have thy respect4 ,to force a tear  
from this relation1 is that  which      
neither benefits the husband's authority
 to enjoin1 nor the  wife's duty to     
perform4 ,a wife must not be sharply    
driven1 but  sweetly drawn4 ,compassion 

may bend her1 but compulsion will break 
her4 ,husband and wife should act       
towards each other with consent1  not by
 constraint4 ,there are four things     
wherein the husband is a  meet-help to  
the wife4    #a4 ,in his protection of  
her from injuries4 ,it is well observed 
by  one1 that the rib of which woman was
 made1 was taken from under his  arm3   
,as the use of the arm is to keep off   
blows from the body1 so  the office of  
the husband is to ward off blows from   
the wife4 ,the  wife is the husband's   
treasury1 and the husband the wife's    
armoury4  ,in darkness he should be her 
sun1 for direction2 in danger he  should
 be her shield for protection4    #b4   
,in his providing for her necessities4  
,the husband must  communicate          
maintenance to the wife1 as the head    
conveys influence  to the members2 thou 
must not be a drone1 and she a drudge4  
,a man  in a married estate1 is like a  
chamberlain in an inn1 there is         
knocking for him in every room4 ,many   

persons in that condition1  waste that  
estate in luxury1 which should supply   
their wife's  necessity4 ,they have     
neither the faith of a ,christian1 nor  
the love  of a husband6 ,it is a sad    
spectacle to see a virgin sold with her 
own money unto slavery1 when services   
are better than marriages2  the one     
receives wages1 whilst the other buy    
their fetters4    #c4 ,in his covering  
of her infirmities4 ,who would trample  
upon a  jewel1 because it is fallen in  
the dirt1 or throw away a heap of  wheat
 for a little chaff1 or despise a golden
 wedge1 because it  retains some dross8 
,these roses have some prickles4 ,now   
husbands  should spread a mantle of     
charity over their wives' infirmities4  
,they be ill birds that defile their own
 nests4 ,it is a great deal  better you 
should fast than feast yourselves upon  
their failings4  ,some husbands are     
never well longer than they are holding 
their  fingers in their wife's sores4   
,such are like crows1 that fasten  only 

upon carrion4 ,do not put out the candle
 because of the snuff4  ,husbands and   
wives should provoke one-another to     
love2 and they  should love one-another 
notwithstanding of provocation4 ,take   
heed  of poisoning those springs from   
whence the streams of your pleasure     
flow4    #d4 ,by his delighting in her  
society3 a wife takes sanctuary not     
only in her husband's house1 but in his 
heart4 ,the tree of love  should grow up
 in the family1 as the tree of life grew
 up in the  garden of ,eden4 ,they that 
choose their love1 should love their    
choice4 ,they that marry where they     
affect not1 will affect where  they     
marry not4 ,two joined together without 
love1 are but tied  together to make one
 another miserable4 ,and so ,i pass to  
the last  stage of the text1 ,a         
help-meet4    #8,a help1' there is her  
fallness2 #8,a meet-help1' there is her 
fitness4 ,the angels were too much above
 him2 the inferior  creatures too much  
below him2 he could not step up to the  

former1  nor could he stoop down to the 
latter2 the one was out of his  reach1  
the other was out of his race2 but the  
woman is a parallel  line drawn equal   
with him4 ,meet she must be in three    
things4    #a4 ,in the harmony of her   
disposition4 ,husband and wife should be
  like the image in a looking-glass1    
that answers in all properties  to the  
face that stands before it2 or like an  
echo1 that returneth  the voice it      
receiveth4 ,many marriages are like     
putting new wine  into old bottles4 ,an 
old man is not a meet-help for a young  
woman3  ,he that sets a grey head upon  
green shoulders1 hath one foot in the   
grave and another in the cradle3 ,yet1  
how many times do you see the  spring of
 youth wedded to the winter of old      
age8--,a young man is  not a meet-help  
for an old woman2 raw flesh is but an   
ill plaister  for rotten bones4 ,he that
 in his non-age marries another in her  
dotage1 his lust hath one wife in       
possession1 but his love another  in    

reversion4    #b4 ,in heraldry of her   
condition4 ,some of our ,european       
nations are  so strict in their         
junctions1 that it is against their laws
 for  the commonality to couple with the
 gentry4 ,it was well said by  one1 8,if
 the wife be too much above her husband1
 she either ruins  him by her vast      
expenses1 or reviles him with her base  
reproaches2  if she be too much below   
her husband1 either her former condition
  makes her too generous1 or her present
 mutation makes her too                 
imperious40--,marriages are styled      
matches1 yet amongst those many  that   
are married1 how few are there that are 
matched6 ,husbands and  wives are like  
locks and keys1 that rather break than  
open1 except  the wards be answerable4  
#c4 ,in the holiness of her religion4   
,if adultery may seperate a  marriage   
contracted1 idolatry may hinder a       
marriage not perfected4  ,cattle of     
divers kinds were not to ingender4 #b   
,cor4 vi4 #ad4 ,be  not unequally yoked1

 c4 ,it is dangerous taking her for a   
wife1  who will not take ,god for a     
husband4 ,it is not meet that one flesh 
should be of two spirits4 ,is there     
never a tree thou likest in the  garden 
but that which bears forbidden fruit8   
,there are but two  channels in which   
the remaining streams shall run3--#a4   
,to those men  that want wives1 how to  
choose them4 #b4 ,to those women who    
have  husbands1 how to use them4        
,marriage is the tying of such a knot1  
that nothing but death can  unloose4    
,common reason suggests so much1 that we
 should be long  a-doing that which can 
but once be done4 ,where one design hath
 been  graveled in the sands of delay1  
thousands have been split on the  rock  
of precipitance4 ,rash adventures yield 
gain4 ,opportunities are  not like      
tides1 that when one is past1 another   
returns2 but yet  take heed of flying   
without your wings2 you may breed such  
agues in  your bones1 that may shake you
 to your graves4 #a4 ,let me preserve   

you from a bad choice4 #b4 ,present you 
with a good one4 ,to preserve  you from 
a bad choice1 take that in three things3
 #a4 ,choose not for  beauty4 #b4       
,choose not for dowry4 #c4 ,choose not  
for dignity4 ,he that  loves to beauty1 
buys a picture2 he that loves for dowry1
 makes a  purchase2 he that leaps for   
dignity1 matches with a multitude at    
once4 ,the first of these is too blind  
to be directed2 the second  too base to 
be accepted2 the third too bold to be   
respected4 #a4  ,choose not by your     
eyes4 #b4 ,choose not by your hands4 #c4
 ,choose not  by your ears4    #a4      
,choose not by your eyes1 looking at the
 beauty of the person4  ,not but this is
 lovely in a woman2 but that this is not
 all for  which a woman should be       
beloved4 ,he that had the choice of many
  faces stamps this character upon them 
all1 favour is deceitful  and beauty is 
vain4 ,the sun is more bright in a clear
 sky1 than  when the horizon is clouded2
 but if a woman's flesh hath more of    

beauty than her spirit hath of          
christianity1 it is like poison in      
sweet-meats1 most dangerous3 8,the sons 
of ,god saw the daughters of  men1 that 
they were fair10 ,gen4 vi4 #b4 ,one     
would have thought that  they should    
rather have looked for grace in the     
heart1 than for  beauty in the face3    
take care of running at the fairest     
signs2 the  swan hath black flesh under 
her white feathers4    #b4 ,choose not  
by your hands1 for the bounty of the    
portion4 ,when  ,cato's daughter was    
asked why she did not marry8 she thus   
replied1  she could not find the man    
that loved her person above her portion4
  ,men love curious pictures1 but they  
would have them set in golden  frames4  
,some are so degenerate as to think any 
good enough1 who  have but goods enough4
 ,take heed1 for sometimes the bag and  
baggage  go together4 ,the person should
 be a figure1 and the portion a  cypher1
 which added to her1 advances the sum1  
but alone signifies  nothing4 ,when     

,themistocles was to marry his daughter1
 two suitors  courted her together1 the 
one rich and a fool1 the other wise but 
poor2 and being asked which of the two  
he had rather his daughter  should have8
 he answered ,mallem virum fine pecuni3 
#8,i had rather  she should have a man  
without money1 than money without a     
man4'    #c4 ,choose not by your ears1  
for the dignity of her parentage4 ,a    
good old stock may nourish a fruitless  
branch4 ,there are many  children who   
are not the blessings1 but the blemishes
 of their  parents2 they are nobly      
descended1 but ignobly minded3 ,such was
  ,aurelius ,antonious1 of whom it was  
said1 that he injured his  country of   
nothing1 but being the father of such a 
child4 ,there  are many low in their    
descents1 that are high in their        
deserts2  such as the cobler's son1 who 
became a famous captain2 when a great   
person upbraided the meanness of his    
original1 8,my nobility10 said  he1     
8began with me1 but thy nobility ends   

with thee40 ,piety is a  greater honour 
than parentage4 ,she is the best        
gentlewoman that  is heir of her own    
deserts1 and not the degenerate         
offspring of  another's virtue4 ,to     
present you with a good choice in three 
things4    #a4 ,choose such a one as    
will be a subject to your dominion4     
,take  heed of yoking yourselves with   
untamed heifers4    #b4 ,choose such a  
one as may sympathize with you in your  
affliction4  ,marriage is just like a   
sea voyage1 he that enters into this    
ship1  must look to meet with storms and
 tempests1 #a ,cor4 vii4 #bj4 ,they     
that marry shall have trouble in the    
flesh4 ,flesh and trouble are  married  
together1 whether we marry or no2 now a 
bitter cup is too  much to be drunk by  
one mouth4 ,a heavy burthen is easily   
carried by  assistance of other         
shoulders4 ,husband and wife should     
neither be  proud flesh1 nor dead flesh4
 ,you are fellow-members1 therefore you 
should have a fellow-feeling4 ,while one

 stands safe on the shore1  pity should 
be shown to him that is tost on the sea4
 ,sympathy in  suffering is like a dry  
house in a wet day4    #c4 ,choose such 
a one as may be serviceable to your     
salvation4 ,a man  may think he hath a  
saint1 when he hath a devil2 but take   
heed of a  harlot1 that is false to thy 
bed2 and of a hypocrite1 that is false  
to thy ,god4    #b4 ,to those women who 
have husbands1 how to use them4 ,in two 
things4    #a4 ,carry yourselves towards
 them with obedience4 ,let their power  
command you1 that their praise may      
commend you4 ,though you may  have your 
husband's heart1 yet you should love his
 will4 ,till the  husband leaves        
commanding1 the wife must never leave   
obeying4 ,as  his injunctions must be   
lawful1 so her subjection must be loyal4
    #b4 ,with faithfulness4 ,in         
creation1 ,god made not woman for many  
men1  or many women for one man4 ,every 
wife should be to her husband as  ,eve  
was to ,adam1 a whole world of women2   

and every husband should  be to his wife
 as ,adam was to ,eve1 a whole world of 
men4 ,when a  river is divided into many
 channels1 the main current starves4    
,to conclude1 ,good servants are a great
 blessing2 good children a  greater     
blessing2 but a good wife is the        
greatest blessing3 ,and  such a help let
 him seek for her that wants one1 let   
him sigh for  her that hath lost one1   
let him take pleasure in her that enjoys
  one4    ,where there is nothing but a 
picture of virtue1 or a few shadowy     
qualities that may subsist without any  
real excellency1 death  will hide them  
for ever in the night of despair4 ,the  
blackness of  darkness will close upon  
the naked and wandering ghost2 whilst   
its  loathsome remains are consigned to 
oblivion and putrefaction in the  prison
 of the grave1 with the prospect of a   
worse doom hereafter4  ,but where there 
is a living image of true goodness begun
 in this  state1 death will deliver it  
with safety into the finishing hand  of 

eternity1 to be produced with every mark
 of honour in the  open view of heaven2 
where its now mortal partner1 rescued   
from  the dishonours of the dust1 and   
brightened into the graces of  eternal  
youth1 shall rejoin it in triumph1 to   
suffer the pangs  of separation no more4
 ,,everlasting ,,jehovah6 what a crown  
of joy  will it confer on the preacher  
in that day1 if this little service     
shall be rewarded with the reflection of
 having contributed to  the salvation or
 improvement of any of these young      
persons whom  he now addresses6 ,if ever
 thine ear was open to my cry1 hear me1 
,o ,lord6 hear me in their behalf4 ,what
 cannot thy spirit perform1  perform by 
the weakest hand8 ,may that spirit seal 
them to the day  of redemption4 ,at that
 glorious period1 may ,i meet you all   
amongst  the redeemed of the ,lord1     
happy to see you shining with immortal  
splendour in the general assembly and   
church of the first born1  transported  
to think that ,i shall live with you for

 ever1 and  joining in the gratulations 
of your fellow-angels around the throne 
of ,god1 when ,he shall1 in the sight of
 all1 clothe you with the  garment of   
salvation1 and cover you with the robe  
of righteousness1  as a bridegroom is   
decked with ornaments1 and as a bride is
 adorned  with her ,jewels4 ,amen4      
,,lady ,,fretful1    ,a ,,sketch ,,from 
,,real ,,life4    ,her general style of 
conversation runs on the inconveniences 
to be  expected from this or that       
circumstance1 and no one is so ingenious
  in extracting unsuspected evil from   
plans of the fairest promise4  ,is the  
weather fine1 and a walk mentioned--,it 
is hot--it is  dusty--the wind is in the
 east--there was rain in the morning--it
  will be dirty--or it will rain before 
we reach home4 ,is she to go  out in the
 carriage2 one road is too long for the 
horses--another  is unpleasant--another 
unsafe--and1 in short1 none are exactly 
right4 ,yet she goes on these proposed  
expeditions1 after all  possibility of  

pleasure has been reasoned and          
anticipated away4  ,if she is going out 
to dinner1 she is sure the company will 
be  unpleasant--the servants will get   
drunk--she shall be robbed1 or          
overturned in coming home4 ,if she is to
 have a party at home1 she  knows every 
thing will go wrong--nobody will be     
amusing--the time  will hang heavy--the 
people will go away1 execrating the     
stupidity  of the visit4 ,if she sees   
any lady employed about a piece of work1
  she prognosticates it will be         
unfashionable before it is finished1    
she sees any one reading1 she never new 
any good come of reading1  but to make  
young people unfit for conversation4 ,if
 her husband is  going a hunting1 she   
hates hunting1 it is so dangerous4 ,if  
he goes  for a ride1 she is surprised he
 can take pleasure in sitting on his    
horse for hours together4 ,if he is in  
his library1 she never saw  such a      
book-worm4 ,if he sits in the parlour1  
she hates men always  at their wive's   

apron strings4 ,thus does she sour every
 common  occurance of life by the most  
ingenious optical delusion1 looking  at 
every thing in the worst point of view4 
,what absurdity to imbitter one's       
alloted portion of happiness by  so     
obstinately persisting to anticipate    
inconvenience6 ,why not be  disposed to 
think fair appearances promise fair     
conclusions8 ,why1  if the sun shines in
 the morning1 be unwilling to enjoy it  
then8  ,and1 if it rains1 why not be    
always inclined to hope the weather     
will brighten8            ,,the         
,,pilgrim',s ,,progress1      ,,from    
,,this ,,world ,,to ,,that ,,which ,,is 
,,to ,,come4      ,illustration         
,,glasgow2    ,,printed ,,for ,,the     
,,booksellers4      ,illustration       
,the progress of the ,pilgrim is here   
represented by ,christian  leaving the  
,city of ,destruction1 in terror and    
alarm at its fate4  ,he is met by       
,evangelist1 who1 directed him to fly   
from the wrath to  come2 and keep yonder

 shining light in his eye1 where it     
should be  told him what to do4         
,illustration    ,christian had not     
proceeded far1 till he fell into the    
slough of  ,despond1 and was relieved by
 one called ,help1 who set him on his   
way4 ,he was afterwards beguiled by     
,worldly-wiseman2 but was again  put    
right way by ,evangalist4               
,illustration    ,christian at length   
arrived at the gate1 upon which was     
inscribed  8knock and it shall be       
opened40 ,he knocked and it was opened  
by one  ,goodwill1 who let him in4      
,beelzebub as he entered gave him a pull
  but ,christian escaped4               
,illustration    ,christian having      
fairly escaped ,beelzebub and his       
emissaries2  was kindly welcomed by     
,goodwill1 and shewed many rare sights  
by  ,interpreter3 he passed the walls of
 salvation and came to a cross1  where  
his bundle dropped off4    ,illustration
    ,christian now being rid of his     
burden1 pushed on more lightly1  and    

took the narrow path up the hill1 and   
struggled hard till he  arrived at the  
arbour1 prepared by the ,lord of the    
place for weary  pilgrims1 where he sat 
and refreshed himself4    ,illustration 
,when ,christian had got to the top of  
the hill he met two men  running1 named 
,timorous and ,mistrust2 who said they  
had been bound  for ,mount ,zion1 but   
meeting with two ,lions1 they were      
afraid3  ,christian passed the ,lions1  
who1 being chained1 could not hurt him4 
,illustration    ,when ,christian lift  
up his eyes1 he beheld the ,palace of   
,beautiful2  and after a few            
interrogations1 was admitted by a damsel
 called  ,discretion1 who with her two  
sisters1 ,piety and ,prudence1 he held a
  long conversation4    ,illustration   
,after leaving these good damsels1      
,christian passed on his way2 and  in   
the middle of the valley of             
,humiliation1 he met with ,apollion1    
with whom he had a bloody struggle2     
,apollion throwing darts as  thick as   

hail3 but at last ,christian overcame4  
,illustration    ,now at the end of this
 valley was another called the valley of
  the shadow of death2 in the midst of  
which he perceived the mouth  of hell2  
from which flame and smoke issued out in
 such abundance1  that he was obliged to
 put up his sword and betake himself to 
,all-prayer4    ,illustration           
,shortly after this he came up with     
,faithful2 with whom he held  sweet     
converse till they came to ,vanity      
,fair4 ,a merchant asking  what they    
would buy1 they said the truth2 which he
 took amiss1 and  raised a hubbub2 so   
that they were both taken up and put in 
a cage1  for public view4               
,illustration    ,christian and         
,faithful were brought before ,mr4      
,hategood1 to stand  their trial4 ,envy1
 ,superstition1 and ,hypocrisy1 were    
brought  forward as evidences1 who did  
not fail to tell a partial story2  which
 a partial jury confirmed2 and ,faithful
 was condemned to die  at the stake4    

,illustration    ,faithful was then     
brought out and suffered at the stake3  
,thus came  he to his end1 but there    
stood behind the multitude a chariot1   
and  horses into which he was taken up  
and carried through the clouds4         
,christian escaping went on his way4    
,illustration    ,christian soon fell in
 with ,hopeful1 another pilgrim1 with   
whom  he journeyed2 and they having     
slept in the policies of ,doubting      
,castle1 were taken prisoners1 by ,giant
 ,despair1 who treated them  harshly3 a 
key found in ,christian's bosom1 opened 
the doors1 and  they made their escape4 
,illustration    ,having escaped from   
,giant ,despair1 they soon met with the 
,shepherds  of the ,delectable          
,mountains4 ,leaving this country1 they 
came to  the enchanted ground1 where    
they fell in with some of the shining   
inhabitants1 of the ,city4              
,illustration    ,christian and ,hopeful
 drawing nigh to the ,celistial ,city1  
beheld  the streets were paved with pure

 gold1 but there was a very deep  river 
through which they must pass the        
,pilgrims were alarmed and  begun to    
sink2 but rose again and were welcomed  
on the other side  by two glorious      
persons4    ,illustration               
,christian's wife and children wept for 
him1 until a heavenly  messenger gave   
her a letter to follow her husband1 and 
live with  him for ever4 ,at first she  
was overcome1 but taking the road with  
all her children they fell in with      
,mercy1 and went toward the  wicket     
gate4    ,illustration    ,after they   
had got safely through the ,slough of   
,despond1 they  arrived at the gate1    
where they knocked a long time1 till at 
length  the keeper called out 8,who's   
there10 and opened the gate1 and  taking
 ,christiana by the hand welcomed them  
saying 8,suffer little  children to come
 unto me40    ,illustration    ,with    
some difficulty ,mercy was admitted1 and
 they safely arrived  at ,interpreter's 
house2 supper being ready1 and thanks   

given1 they  partook of a hearty repast2
 ,interpreter asked how she became a    
pilgrim1 she said1 it was by the loss of
 her husband1 and a letter  from the    
,king of ,zion4    ,illustration    ,in 
the morning they were much refreshed4   
,greatheart was sent along  with them to
 guide them on their way4 ,they passed  
the place where  the load fell from     
,christian's back2 and came to the place
 where  ,simple1 ,sloth1 and            
,presumption were hanging in chains4    
,illustration    ,they soon arrived at  
the ,hill of ,difficulty2 ,greatheart   
shewed them  the spring where ,christian
 drank2 they then begun to ascend the   
hill1 but ,christiana began to pant and 
want rest2 but ,greatheart  encouraged  
them1 telling them they were near the   
,arbour1 where they  would find rest4   
,illustration    ,being refreshed at the
 ,arbour1 and approaching ,doubting     
,castle1  ,greatheart determined to     
level it with the ground4 ,he and the   
giant had a severe fight1 but the giant 

was overcome4 ,they then  demolished the
 ,castle1 and released many prisoners1  
where many  strange sights were seen4   
,they still persevered on in their      
journey by the straight way1 and  narrow
 path of pilgrims2 occasionally meeting 
with difficulties and  encouragement1   
till they arrived at the land of        
,beulah1 where the  sun shines night and
 day2 and here they betook themselves to
 rest4    ,now while they lay here there
 was a post came from the ,celestial    
,city1 with a letter to ,christiana3 the
 contents were 8,hail good  woman6 ,i   
bring thee good tidings that the master 
calleth for thee1  and expecteth that   
thou shouldst stand in his presence     
within these  ten days40    ,now the day
 drew on that ,christiana must be gone4 
,so the road was  full of people to see 
her take her journey4 ,so she came forth
 and  entered the river with a beckon of
 farewell to those that follow  her to  
the river side4 ,the last words she was 
heard to say1 were1  8,i come1 ,lord1 to

 be with thee1 and bless thee40    ,so  
her children and friends returned to    
their place2 for those that  waited for 
,christiana had carried her out of their
 sight4 ,so she  went and called and    
entered in at the gate with all the     
ceremonies  of ,joy that ,christian had 
done before her4      ,,finis4          
,,divine ,,songs      ,,for      ,,the  
,,use ,,of ,,children4      ,,by ,i4    
,,watts1 ,d4,d4      8,remember thy     
,creator in the days of thy youth40     
,illustration        ,,glasgow3         
,,published ,,by ,,francis ,,orr ,,and  
,,sons4      #ahdg4          ,,divine   
,,songs4      ,i4--,a ,general ,song of 
,praise to ,god4          #a ,how       
glorious is our heavenly ,king1         
who reigns above the sky6          ,how 
shall a child presume to sing           
his dreadful ,majesty8          #b ,how 
great his power is1 none can tell1      
,nor think how large his grace2         
,not man below1 nor saints that dwell   
on high before his face3          #c    

,nor angels that stand round the ,lord1 
can search his secret will2             
,but they perform his heavenly word1    
and sing his praises still4          #d 
,then let me join this holy train1      
and my first off'rings bring2           
,the eternal ,god will not disdain      
to hear an infant sing4          #e ,my 
heart resolves1 my tongue obeys1        
and angels shall rejoice1          ,to  
hear their mighty ,maker's praise       
sound from a feeble voice4              
,,ii4--,praise for ,creation and        
,providence4          #a ,i sing the    
,almighty power of ,god1            that
 made the mountains rise1          ,that
 spread the flowing seas abroad1        
and built the lofty skies4          #b  
,i sing the wisdom that ordain'd        
the sun to rule the day2          ,the  
moon shines full at his command1        
and all the stars obey4          #c ,i  
sing the goodness of the ,lord1         
that filled the earth with food2        
,he formed the creatures with his word1 

and then pronounc'd them good4          
#d ,lord1 how many wonders are display'd
            where'er ,i turn mine eye6  
,if ,i survey the ground ,i tread1      
or gaze upon the sky4          #e       
,there's not a plant or flower below1   
but makes thy glories known2            
,and clouds arise1 and tempests blow1   
by order from thy throne4          #f   
,creatures 7as numerous as they be7     
are subject to thy care2                
,there's not a place where we can flee1 
but ,god is present there4          #g  
,in heaven he shines with beams of love1
            with wrath in hell beneath2 
',tis on his earth ,i stand or move1    
and 'tis his air ,i breath4          #h 
,his hand is my perpetual guard1        
he keeps me with his eye2          ,why 
should ,i then forget the ,lord1        
who is for ever nigh8                   
,,iii4--,praise to ,god for our         
,redemption4          #a ,blest be the  
wisdom and the power1            the    
justice and the grace1          ,that   

joined in counsel to restore            
and save our ruin'd race4          #b   
,our father ate forbidden fruit1        
and from his glory fell2          ,and  
we1 his children1 thus were brought     
to death1 and near to hell4          #c 
,blest be the ,lord that sent his ,son  
to take our flesh and blood2            
,he for our lives gave up his own1      
to make our peace with ,god4          #d
 ,he honour'd all his ,father's laws1   
which we have disobey'd2          ,he   
bore our sins upon the cross1           
and our full ransom paid4          #e   
,behold him rising from the grave2      
behold him raised on high2          ,he 
pleads his merits there to save         
transgressors doom'd to die4          #f
 ,there on a glorious throne he reigns  
and by his power divine1                
,redeems us from the slavish chains     
of ,satan and of sin4          #g ,then 
shall the ,lord to judgment come1       
and with a sovereign voice              
,shall call and break up every tomb1    

while waking saints rejoice4          #h
 ,o may ,i then with joy appear         
before the ,judge's face2          ,and 
with the blessed assembly there1        
sing his redeeming grace6               
,,iv4--,spiritual and ,temporal         
,mercies4          #a ,whene'er ,i take 
my walks abroad1            how many    
poor ,i see6          ,what shall ,i    
render to my ,god            for all his
 gifts to me6          #b ,not more than
 others ,i deserve1            yet ,god 
has given me more2          ,for ,i have
 food1 while others starve1             
or beg from door to door4          #c   
,how many children in the street        
half naked ,i behold6          ,while ,i
 am clothed from head to feet1          
and covered from the cold6          #d  
,while some poor wretches scarce can    
tell            where they may lay their
 head1          ,i have a house wherein 
to dwell1            and rest upon my   
bed4          #e ,while others early    
learn to swear1            and curse1   

and lie1 and steal1          ,lord1 ,i  
am taught thy name to fear1             
and do thy holy will4          #f ,are  
these thy favours day by day1           
to me above the rest8          ,then let
 me love thee more than they            
and try to serve thee best4             
,v4--,praise for ,birth and ,education  
in a ,christian ,land4          #a      
,great ,god6 to thee my voice ,i raise1 
to thee my youngest hours belong2       
,i would begin my hours with praise1    
till growing years improve the song4    
#b ',tis to thy sov'reign grace ,i owe  
that ,i was born on ,british ground1    
,where streams of heavenly mercy flow1  
and words of sweet salvation sound4     
#c ,i would not change my native land   
for rich ,peru1 with all her gold3      
,a nobler prize lies in my hand         
than ,east1 or ,western ,indies hold4   
#d ,how do ,i pity those that dwell     
where ignorance and darkness reign2     
,they know no heaven they fear no hell1 
the endless joy1 the endless pain6      

#e ,thy glorious promises1 ,o ,lord6    
kindle my hope and my desire3           
,while all the preachers of thy word    
warn me to 'scape eternal fire4         
#f ,thy praise shall still employ my    
breath1            since thou hast      
mark'd my way to heaven1          ,nor  
will ,i run the road to death1          
and waste the blessings thou hast given4
      ,,vi4--,praise for the ,gospel4   
#a ,lord1 ,i ascribe it to thy grace1   
and not to chance1 as others do1        
,that ,i was born of ,christian race1   
and not a ,heathen or a ,jew4           
#b ,what would the ancient ,jewish kings
            and ,jewish prophets once   
have given          ,could they have    
heard those glorious things             
which ,christ reveal'd and brought from 
heaven6          #c ,how glad the       
heathens would have been1               
that worshipp'd idols1 wood1 and stone1 
,if they the book of ,god had seen1     
or ,jesus and his gospel known6         
#d ,then if this gospel ,i refuse1      

how shall ,i e'er lift up mine eyes8    
,for all the ,gentiles and the ,jews    
against me will in judgment rise4       
,,vii4--,the ,excellency of the ,bible4 
#a ,great ,god1 with wonder and with    
praise            on all thy works ,i   
look2          ,but still thy wisdom1   
power1 and grace1            shine      
brightest in thy book4          #b ,the 
stars1 that in their courses roll1      
have much instruction given2            
,but thy good word informs my soul      
how ,i may climb to heaven4          #c 
,the fields provide me food1 and show   
the goodness of the ,lord2          ,but
 fruits of life and glory grow          
in thy most holy ,word4          #d     
,here are choicest treasures hid2       
here my best comfort lies2              
,here my desires are satisfied1         
and hence my hopes arise4          #e   
,lord1 make me understand thy law1      
show what my faults have been2          
,and from thy gospel let me draw        
pardon for all my sin4          #f ,here

 would ,i learn how ,christ has died    
to save my soul from hell2          ,not
 all the books on earth beside          
such heavenly wonders tell4          #g 
,then let me love my ,bible more1       
and take a fresh delight          ,by   
day to read thy wonders o'er1           
and meditate by night4                  
,,viii4--,praise to ,god for learning to
 read4          #a ,the praises of my   
tongue            ,i offer to the ,lord1
          ,that ,i was taught and       
learn'd so young            to read his 
holy word4          #b ,that ,i am      
brought to know            the danger ,i
 was in1          ,by nature1 and by    
practice too1            a wedded slave 
to sin3          #c ,that ,i am led to  
see            ,i can do nothing well2  
,and whither shall a sinner flee        
to save himself from hell8          #d  
,dear ,lord6 this book of thine         
informs me where to go          ,for    
grace to pardon all my sin1             
and make me holy too4          #e ,here 

,i can read and learn            how    
,christ1 the ,son of ,god1          ,did
 undertake our great concern1--         
our ransom cost his blood4          #f  
,and now he reigns above1            he 
sends his ,spirit down          ,to show
 the wonders of his love1            and
 make his gospel known4          #g ,o  
may that ,spirit teach1            and  
make my heart receive          ,those   
truths which all thy servants preach1   
and all thy saints believe6          #h 
,then shall ,i praise the ,lord         
in a most cheerful strain1              
,that ,i was taught to read his ,word1  
and have not learned in vain4           
,,ix4--,the ,all-seeing ,god4           
#a ,almighty ,god1 thy piercing eye     
strikes through the shades of night1    
,and our most secret actions lie        
all open to thy sight4          #b      
,there's not a sin that we commit1      
nor wicked word we say1          ,but in
 thy dreadful book 'tis writ            
against the judgment day4          #c   

,and must the crimes that ,i have done  
be read and publish'd there8            
,be all exposed before thy ,son1        
while men and angels hear8          #d  
,lord1 at thy feet asham'd ,i lie1      
upward ,i dare not look2                
,pardon my sins before ,i die1          
and blot them from thy book4          #e
 ,remember all the dying pains          
that my ,redeemer felt1          ,and   
let his blood wash out my stains1       
and answer for my guilt4          #f ,o 
may ,i now for ever fear            ,t' 
indulge a sinful thought1               
,since the great ,god can see and hear  
and writes down every fault4            
,x4--,solemn ,thoughts of ,god and      
,death4          #a ,there is a ,god    
that reigns above1            lord of   
the heavens and earth and seas1         
,i fear his wrath1 ,i ask his love1     
and with my lips ,i sing his praise4    
#b ,there is a law which he has writ1   
to teach us all what we must do2        
,my soul1 to his commands submit1       

for they are holy1 just and true4       
#c ,there is a gospel of rich grace1    
whence sinners all their comfort draw   
,lord1 ,i repent and seek thy face1     
for ,i have often broke thy law4        
#d ,there is an hour when ,i must die1  
nor do ,i know how soon 'twill come2    
,a thousand children young as ,i        
are called by death to hear their doom4 
#e ,let me improve the hours ,i have1   
before the day of grace is fled2        
,there's no repentance in the grave1    
nor pardon offered to the dead4         
#f ,just as a tree cut down1 that fell  
to north or southward1 there it lies3   
,so man departs to heaven or hell1      
fix'd in the state wherein he dies4     
,,xi4--,heaven and ,hell4          #a   
,there is beyond the sky1            a  
heaven of joy and love2          ,and   
holy children when they die1            
go to that world above4          #b     
,there is a dreadful hell1              
and everlasting pains1          ,where  
sinners must with devils dwell1         

in darkness1 fire1 and chains4          
#c ,can such a wretch as ,i             
escape this cursed end8          ,and   
may ,i hope whene'er ,i die1            
,i shall to heaven ascend8          #d  
,then will ,i read and pray1            
while ,i have life and breath1          
,lest ,i should be cut off to-day1      
and sent t' eternal death4              
,,xii4--,the advantages of early        
,religion4          #a ,happy the child 
whose tender years            receive   
instruction well2          ,who hates   
the sinner's path1 and fears            
the road that leads to hell4          #b
 ,when we devote our youth to ,god1     
'tis pleasing in his eyes2          ,a  
flower1 when offer'd in the bud1        
is no vain sacrifice4          #c ',tis 
easier work1 if we begin            to  
fear the ,lord betimes2          ,while 
sinners1 who grow old in sin1           
are hardened in their crimes4           
#d ',twill save us from a thousand      
snares1            to mind religion     

young2          ,grace will preserve our
 following years1            and make   
our virtue strong4          #e ,to thee1
 ,almighty ,god1 to thee1            our
 childhood we resign2          ',twill  
please us to look back and see          
that our whole lives were thine4        
#f ,let the sweet work of prayer and    
praise            employ my youngest    
breath2          ,thus ,i'm prepared for
 longer days1            or fit for     
early death4      ,,xiii4--,the ,danger 
of ,delay4          #a ,why should ,i   
say1 8',tis yet too soon            to  
seek for heaven1 or think of death80    
,a flower may fade before 'tis noon1    
and ,i this day may lose my breath4     
#b ,if this rebellious heart of mine    
,despise the gracious call of ,heaven1  
,i may be hardened in my sin1           
and never have repentance given4        
#c ,what if the ,lord grew wroth and    
swear1            while ,i refuse to    
read and pray1          ,that he'll     
refuse to lend an ear            to all 

my groans another day4          #d ,what
 if his dreadful anger burn             
while ,i refuse his offer'd grace1      
,and all his love to fury turn1         
and strike me dead upon the place4      
#e ',tis dangerous to provoke our ,god6 
his power and vengeance none can tell2  
,one stroke of his ,almighty rod        
shall send young sinners down to hell4  
#f ,then 'twill for ever be in vain     
to cry for pardon and for grace1        
,to wish ,i had my time again1          
or hope to see my ,maker's face4        
,,xiv4--,against ,lying4          #a ,o 
'tis a lovely thing for youth           
to walk betimes in wisdom's way3        
,to fear a lie1 to speak the truth1     
that we may trust to all they say6      
#b ,but liars we can never trust1       
tho' they should speak the thing that's 
true2          ,and he that does one    
fault at first1            and lies to  
hide it1 makes it two4          #c ,have
 we not known1 nor heard1 nor read1     
how ,god abhors deceit and wrong1       

,how ,ananias was struck dead1          
,caught with a lie upon his tongue8     
#d ,so did his wife ,sapphira die1      
when she came in1 and grew so bold1     
,as to confirm the wicked lie           
that just before her husband told4      
#e ,the ,lord delights in them that     
speak            the words of truth2 but
 every liar          ,must have his     
portion in the lake            that     
burns with brimstone and with fire4     
#f ,then let me always watch my lips1   
lest ,i be struck to death and hell1    
,since ,god a book of reck'ning keeps   
for every lie that children tell4       
,,xv4--,against ,quarrelling and        
,fighting4          #a ,let dogs delight
 to bark and bite            for ,god   
hath made them so2          ,let bears  
and lions growl and fight1              
for 'tis their nature too2          #b  
,but children1 you should never let     
such angry passions rise2          ,your
 little hands were never made           
to tear each other's eyes4          #c  

,let love through all your actions run1 
and all your words be mild2             
,live like the blessed ,virgin's ,son1  
that sweet and lovely ,child4           
#d ,his soul was gentle as a lamb2      
and1 as his stature grew1          ,he  
grew in favour both with man            
and ,god his ,father too4          #e   
,now ,lord of all he reigns above2      
and from his heavenly throne            
,he sees what children dwell in love1   
and marks them for his own4             
,,xvi4--,love between ,brothers and     
,sisters4          #a ,whatever brawls  
disturb the street1            there    
should be peace at home2          ,where
 sisters dwell and brothers meet        
quarrels should never come4          #b 
,birds in their little nests agree1     
and 'tis a shameful sight          ,when
 children of one family            fall 
out1 and chide1 and fight4          #c  
,hard names at first1  threat'ning      
words1            that are but noisy    
breath1          ,may grow to clubs and 

naked swords1            to murder and  
to death4          #d ,the devil tempts 
one mother's son            to rage     
against another2          ,so wicked    
,cain was hurried on            till he 
had kill'd his brother4          #e ,the
 wise will make their anger cool1       
at least before 'tis night2             
,but in the bosom of a fool             
it burns till morning light4          #f
 ,pardon1 ,o ,lord1 our childish rage1  
our little brawls remove1               
,that1 as we grow to riper age1         
our hearts may all be love4             
,,xvii4--,against ,idleness and         
,mischief4          #a ,how doth the    
little busy bee            improve each 
shining hour1          ,and gather honey
 all the day            from every      
opening flower4          #b ,how        
skilfully she builds her cell6          
how neat she spreads her wax6           
,and labours hard to store it well      
with the sweet food she makes4          
#c ,in works of labour1 or of skill1    

,i would be busy too3          ,for     
,satan finds some mischief still        
for idle hands to do4          #d ,in   
books1 or works1 or healthful play      
let my first years be past1             
,that ,i may give for every day         
some good account at last4              
,,xiii4--,against ,evil ,company4       
#a ,why should ,i join with those in    
play            in whom ,i've no        
delight1          ,who curse and swear1 
but never pray            who call ill  
names1 and fight8          #b ,i hate to
 hear a wanton song2            their   
words offend my ears2          ,i should
 not dare defile my tongue              
with language such as theirs4           
#c ,away from fools ,i'll turn my eyes1 
nor with the scoffers go2          ,i   
would be walking with the wise1         
that wiser ,i may grow4          #d     
,from one rude boy that's used to mock1 
ten learn the wicked jest2          ,one
 sickly sheep infects the flock1        
and poisons all the rest4          #e   

,my ,god1 ,i hate to walk or dwell      
with sinful children here2              
,then let me not be sent to hell1       
where none but sinners are4             
,,xix4--,against ,pride in ,clothes4    
#a ,why should our garments1 made to    
hide          ,our parents' shame1      
provoke our pride8          ,the art of 
dress did ne'er begin          ,till    
,eve1 our mother1 learned to sin4       
#b ,when first she put the covering on1 
,her robe of innocence was gone2        
,and yet her children vainly boast      
,in the sad marks of glory lost4        
#c ,how proud we are6 how fond to show  
,our clothes6 and call them rich and    
new6          ,when the poor sheep and  
silkworms wore          ,that very      
clothing long before4          #d ,the  
tulip and the butterfly          ,appear
 in gayer coats than ,i2          ,let  
me be dress'd fine as ,i will1          
,flies1 worms1 and flowers excel me     
still4          #e ,then will ,i set my 
heart to find          ,inward adornings

 of the mind2          ,knowledge and   
virtue1 truth and grace1          ,these
 are the robes of richest dress4        
#f ,no more shall worms with me compare2
          ,this is the raiment angels   
wear2          ,the ,son of ,god1 when  
here below1          ,put on this blest 
apparel too4          #g ,it never      
fades1 it ne'er grows old1          ,nor
 fears the rain1 nor moth1 nor mould2   
,it takes no spot1 but still refines2   
,the more it's worn1 the more it shines4
          #h ,in this on earth should ,i
 appear1          ,then go to heav'n and
 wear it there1          ,god will      
approve it in his sight2          ',tis 
his own work1 and his delight4          
,,xx4--,obedience to ,parents4          
#a ,let children that would fear the    
,lord            hear what their        
teachers say2          ,with reverence  
meet their parents' word1            and
 with delight obey4          #b ,have we
 not heard what dreadful plagues        
are threat'ned by the ,lord1            

,to him that breaks his father's law1   
or mocks his mother's word8          #c 
,what heavy guilt upon him lies6        
how cursed is his name6          ,the   
ravens shall pick out his eyes1         
and eagles eat the same4          #d    
,but those who worship ,god1 and give   
their parents honour due1          ,here
 on this earth they long shall live1    
and live hereafter too4                 
,,xxi4--,the ,child's ,complaint4       
#a ,why should ,i love my sports so     
well1            so constant at my play1
          ,and lose the thoughts of     
heaven and hell1            and then    
forget to pray8          #b ,what do ,i 
read my ,bible for1            but1     
,lord1 to learn thy will8          ,and 
shall ,i learn to know thee more1       
and less obey thee still8          #c   
,how senseless is my heart and wild6    
how vain are all my thoughts6           
,pity the weakness of a child1          
and pardon all my faults4          #d   
,make me thy heav'nly voice to hear1    

and let me love to pray1          ,since
 ,god will lend a gracious ear          
to what a child can say4                
,,xxii4--,a ,morning ,song4          #a 
,my ,god1 who makes the sun to know     
his proper hour to rise1          ,and  
to give light to all below1             
dost send him round the skies3          
#b ,when from the chambers of the east  
his morning race begins1          ,he   
never tires1 nor stops to rest1         
but round the world he shines2          
#c ,so1 like the sun1 would ,i fulfil   
the business of the day1          ,begin
 my work betimes1 and still             
march on my heav'nly way4          #d   
,give me1 ,o ,lord1 thine early grace1  
nor let my soul complain          ,that 
the young morning of my days            
has all been spent in vain4             
,,xxiii4--,an ,evening ,song4           
#a ,and now another day is gone1        
,i'll sing my ,maker's praise2          
,my comforts every hour make known      
his providence and grace4          #b   

,but how my childhood runs to waste     
my sins1 how great their sum6           
,lord1 give me pardon for the past1     
and strength for days to come4          
#c ,i lay my body down to sleep2        
let angels guard my head1          ,and 
through the hours of darkness keep      
their watch around my bed4          #d  
,with cheerful heart ,i close my eyes1  
since thou wilt not remove2             
,and in the morning let me rise         
rejoicing in thy love4                  
,,xxiv4--,for the ,lord's ,day ,morning4
          #a ,this is the day when      
,christ arose            so early from  
the dead2          ,why should ,i keep  
my eyelids close1            and waste  
my hours in bed8          #b ,this is   
the day when ,jesus broke            the
 powers of death and hell2          ,and
 shall ,i still wear ,satan's yoke1     
and love my sins so well8          #c   
,to-day with pleasure ,christians meet1 
to pray1 and hear thy ,word1            
,and ,i will go with cheerful feet      

to learn thy will1 ,o ,lord4          #d
 ,i'll leave my sport to read and pray1 
and so prepare for heaven3          ,o  
may ,i love this blessed day            
the best of all the seven6              
,,xxv4--,for the ,lord's ,day ,evening4 
#a ,lord1 how delightful 'tis to see    
,a whole assembly worship thee6         
,at once they sing1 at once they pray1  
,they hear of heaven and learn the way4 
#b ,i have been there1 and still would  
go1          ',tis like a little heaven 
below2          ,nor all my pleasures1  
nor my play1          ,shall tempt me to
 forget that day4          #c ,o write  
upon my mem'ry1 ,lord1          ,the    
test and doctrines of thy ,word1        
,that ,i may break thy laws no more1    
,but love thee better than before4      
#d ,with thoughts of ,christ1 and things
 divine          ,fill up this foolish  
heart of mine2          ,that1 hoping   
pardon through his blood1          ,i   
may lie down1 and wake with ,god4       
,,finis4            ,,the      ,,plant  

,,of ,,renown3      ,,being      ,,two  
,,sermons1      ,,preached ,,by ,,the   
,,rev4 ,,ebenezer ,,erskine1      ,,late
 ,,minister ,,of ,,the ,,gospel ,,in    
,,stirling4      ,illustration          
,,glasgow3    ,,printed ,,for ,,the     
,,booksellers4          ,,the    ,,plant
 ,,of ,,renown4      ,,sermon ,i4       
,,ezekiel1 xxxiv4 #bi4    ,and ,i will  
raise up for them a ,plant of ,renown4  
,if we cast our eyes back upon the      
foregoing part of this chapter1  we     
shall find a very melancholy scene      
casting up2 we shall find  the flock and
 heritage of ,god scattered1 robbed and 
peeled by the  civil and ecclesiastical 
rulers that were in being in that day2 a
  day much like to the day wherein we   
live3 the ruin of the church  of ,christ
 in all ages and periods of the world1  
has been owing to  combinations betwixt 
corrupt churchmen1 and corrupt          
statesmen2 and  so you will find it4 ,in
 the preceding part of this chapter     
there  is a high charge brought in      

against the ,shepherds of ,israel1 and  
a terrible and awful threatening        
denounced by the great and chief        
shepherd against them1 for the bad      
treatment that the flock of  ,christ had
 met with in their hands3 ,however the  
sheep of ,christ  may be fleeced1 and   
scattered1 and spoiled1 yet the ,lord   
looks  on them2 and many great and      
precious promises are made for their    
encouragement in that evil day2 you may 
read them at your own  leisure1 for ,i  
must not stay upon them just now4 ,but  
among all the  rest of the promises that
 are made1 ,christ is the chief2 ,christ
 is  the ,to-look of the church1        
whatever trouble she be in4 ,in the #gth
  chapter of ,isaiah1 the church had a  
trembling heart1 ,god's ,israel  was    
shaken as ever you saw the leaves of the
 wood shaken by the  wind1 by reason of 
two ,kings combining against them3      
,well1 the ,lord  tells them1 8,a       
,virgin shall conceive and bear a ,son1 
and call his  name ,,immanuel40 ,but1   

might not the church say1 what is that  
to us8  ,what encouragement doth this   
afford in the present distress8 ,why1   
the ,messiah is to come of the tribe of 
,judah and the family of  ,david2 and   
therefore that tribe and family must be 
preserved1 in  order to the             
accomplishment of that promise4         
,whatever distance of  time1 suppose    
hundreds or thousands of years1 may     
intervene before  the actual coming of  
the ,messiah2 yet the promise of his    
coming1  as it is the ground of your    
faith for eternal salvation1 so it  is a
 security for the present1 that the     
enemy shall not prevail1  to the total  
ruin of ,judah and the royal family of  
,david4 ,in all  the distresses of the  
church1 ,christ is always presented to  
her1  in the promise1 as the object of  
her faith1 and the ground of her        
consolation2 and accordingly1 8,they    
looked to him10 in the promise1  8and   
were lightened2 and their faces were not
 ashamed40 ,he is here  promised under  

the notion of ,god's ,servant2 and1 in  
the words of  the text1 he is promised  
as a ,renowned ,plant1 that was to rise 
in  the fulness of time4 ,and1 blessed  
be ,god1 he has sprung up1 and is  in   
heaven already1 and has overtopt all his
 enemies1 and all his  enemies shall be 
his foot-stool4    ,first1 ,here then1  
you have a comfortable promise of the   
,messiah2  where1 again1 you may notice 
the promiser3 ,i1 ,i will raise up1  c4 
,it is a great ,i1 indeed2 it is        
,,jehovah1 in the person of  the        
,,father3 ,it was he that in a peculiar 
manner1 sent him2 8,god so  loved the   
world1 that he gave his only begotten   
,son1 that whosoever  believeth in him  
should not perish1 but have everlasting 
life4--,in  the fulness of time he sent 
forth his ,son1 made of a woman1 made   
under the law1 to redeem them that were 
under the law1 that we  might receive   
the adoption of ,sons40 ,god promised to
 send him1 and  accordingly he has      
actually fulfilled his promise4 ,again1 

,secondly1 ,we may notice the blessing  
promised1 and that is1 a  ,plant of     
,renown4--,christ gets a great many     
metaphorical names  and descriptions in 
,scripture3--,sometimes he is called a  
,rose1  sometimes he is called a ,sun1  
and sometimes he is called a ,door2     
sometimes he is called the ,tree of     
,life2 sometimes he is called one       
thing1 and sometimes another2 ,and he is
 content to be called any  thing1 to    
make himself known to us2 and here he is
 called a ,plant1  and a ,renowned      
,plant2 but more of this afterwards4    
,but then1    ,thirdly1 ,we have the    
production of this ,plant1 ,i will raise
  him up4 ,hell will endeavour to keep  
him down2 the ,devil and his  ,angels   
will endeavour to smother him1 when he  
sets his head above  ground3 ,so we find
 ,satan sends ,herod1 and ,herod sends  
the ,bloody  ,dragoons to murder him1   
when he came into the world3 ,but let   
hell  do its utmost1 as it hath done in 
all ages1 and is doing this day1  to    

smother that plant1 up it will be2 ,i   
will raise him up1 and  therefore he    
shall prosper4 ,but then again1         
,fourthly1 ,we may notice here1 for     
whom1 or for what end1 for  whose use   
and benefit it is3 ,i will raise up for 
them a ,plant  of ,renown4 ,who these   
are1 you will see by casting your eye on
  the former part of this chapter2 it is
 for the ,lord's flock1 his  oppressed  
heritage1 that are borne down by wicked 
rulers1 civil and  ecclesiastic3 ,i will
 raise up for them a ,plant of ,renown1 
and he  will be their deliverer4    ,the
 doctrine that naturally arises from    
this first clause of the  verse1 is in  
short this1 8,that ,christ is a ,plant  
of ,renown1 of  ,god's raising up1 for  
the benefit and advantage of his people1
  or for their comfort and relief in all
 their distresses2 he is a  ,renowned   
,plant of ,god's raising up40    ,now1  
in discoursing this doctrine1 if time   
and strength would  allow1 ,i might1    
,first1 ,premise a few things concerning

 this blessed ,plant4    ,secondly1 ,i  
might enquire1 why he is called a ,plant
 of ,renown8    ,thirdly1 ,speak a      
little to the raising up of this ,plant4
    ,fourthly1 ,for whom he is raised   
up4    ,fifthly1 ,for what end4 ,and    
then1    ,lastly1 ,apply4    ,as to the 
first of these1 namely1    ,first1 ,to  
premise a few things concerning this    
blessed ,plant4    ,first1 ,i would have
 you to know what is here attributed and
  ascribed to ,christ3 ,it is not to be 
understood absolutely of him  as ,god1  
but officially as he is ,mediator and   
,redeemer4 ,considering  him absolutely 
as ,god1 this cannot be properly said of
 him1 that  he was raised up3 for he is 
,god co-equal and co-essential with the 
,father2 ,but viewing him as ,mediator1 
he is a ,plant1 as it were of  ,god's   
training4 ,you will see from the        
context1 all that is said of  ,christ   
has a respect to him as a ,mediator1    
that he was to be ,god's  ,servant to do
 his work3 ,in that consideration he is 

here called a  ,plant1 and a ,plant of  
,renown4 ,hence1 ,zacharias1 when       
speaking of  him1 has a phrase much to  
the same purpose2 8,he hath raised up a 
,horn of ,salvation for us in the house 
of his servant ,david40 ,again1         
,secondly1 ,another thing ,i would have 
you to remark1 is1 ,that this  ,plant is
 but small and little in the eyes of a  
blind world4 ,he was  little looked upon
 when he sprung up in his ,incarnation2 
and when  he was here in a state of     
humiliation1 men looked upon him 8as a  
,root sprung up out of a dry ground2    
they saw no comeliness in him  why he   
should be desired40 ,and to this day1   
though he be in a state  of exaltation  
at the right hand of ,god1 yet he is    
little thought  of1 and looked upon1 by 
the generality of mankind1 and the      
hearers  of the gospel2 ,he is despised 
and rejected of men4 ,but then1         
,thirdly1 ,another thing ,i would have  
you to remark1 is1 ,that  however       
contemptible this ,plant of ,renown is  

in the eyes of a blind  world1 yet he is
 the tallest ,plant in all ,god's       
,lebanon1 there is  not the like of him 
in it1 8,he is fairer than the children 
of men20  and1 8,he is as the apple-tree
 among the trees of the wood10 ,if ever 
you saw him1 you will be ready to say so
 too1 and with ,david1 8,whom  have ,i  
in heaven but thee8 and there is none   
upon the earth that ,i  desire besides  
thee40 ,again1    ,fourthly1 ,another   
thing ,i remark1 is1 ,that this blessed 
,plant  of ,renown1 he was cut down in  
his death1 and sprung up gloriously  in 
his resurrection2 the sword of divine   
justice hewed down this  ,plant upon    
,mount ,calvary1 but within three days  
he sprung up again  more glorious and   
more beautiful and amiable than ever2   
and 8,he was  declared to be the ,son of
 ,god with power1 according to the      
,spirit  of holiness1 by his            
resurrection from the dead40    ,lastly1
 ,i would have you to remark1 that all  
the little plants in  the garden are    

ingrafted in this ,plant of ,renown3 8,i
 am the ,vine1  ye are the branches2 he 
that abideth in me1 and ,i in him1 the  
same  bringeth forth much fruit3 ,for   
without me ye can do nothing--,i  am a  
green fir tree1 from me is thy fruit    
found40 ,if you be not  ingrafted firs1 
in this ,plant1 you will never grow2 and
 all the  trees that are not planted in 
him1 they are all but weeds4 ,there is  
a time coming when all the weeds will be
 plucked up1 and therefore  take heed   
that you be ingrafted in him by a faith 
of ,god's  operation4 ,so much for the  
first thing ,i proposed4    ,the second 
thing was to shew1 that he is a         
,renowned ,plant4 ,he is  renowned in   
heaven1 and he is renowned on earth1 and
 will be so1  ,for his name shall endure
 for ever1 ,psal4 lxxii4 #ag4 ,o he is  
renowned6    ,for what1 say you1 is he  
renowned8 ,i might here enter upon a    
very  large field2 ,i shall only tell   
you1    #a4 ,that he is renowned in his 
,person4 ,there was never the like of   

him6 ,the two natures1 ,god and ,man1   
are joined together in one1 in  him3    
,did you ever see that8 ,if you have not
 seen that1 you have not  seen the      
,mystery of ,godliness3 ,he is the most 
renowned person in  heaven2 but he is   
,,immanuel1 ,god manifested in the      
flesh4--,then he  is1    #b4 ,renowned  
for his ,pedigree3 ,who can declare his 
,generation8  ,considering him as ,god1 
his eternal generation from the ,father 
cannot be told4 ,we can tell you he is  
the only begotten of the  ,father1 but  
we cannot tell you the manner of his    
generation2 it is  a secret that ,god   
has drawn a vail upon1 and it is        
dangerous to  venture into a search of  
it2 and they that have attempted it1    
have  commonly been boged into ,arian1  
,arminian1 and ,sabellian errors4       
,considering him as man1 he is sprung of
 a race of ancient ,kings1  a famous    
catalogue of them you read of in first  
of ,matthew4--,and  who can declare his 
generation even as man8 ,for he was born

 of a  ,virgin1 and conceived by the    
overshadowing power of the ,highest4    
,then1    #c4 ,he is renowned for his   
name4--8,he hath a ,name above every    
name  that can be named1 whether in this
 world or that which is to come40    #d4
 ,he is renowned for his ,wisdom4--,for1
 8,all the treasures of  wisdom and     
knowledge are in him40    #e4 ,he is    
renowned for his ,power4--,for he is not
 only the ,wisdom of  ,god1 but the     
,power of ,god4 ,he is 8the ,man of     
,god's right hand1  even the ,son of    
,man1 whom he hath made strong for      
himself40    #f4 ,he is renowned for his
 ,veracity and ,fidelity4 ,for1         
8,faithfulness  is the girdle of his    
loins40 ,have you got a word from him8  
,depend  upon it1 it is a sicker word1  
it does not fail3 ,the word of the      
,lord endures for ever1 when heaven and 
earth shall pass away4    #g4 ,he is    
renowned for his ,righteousness4 ,for1  
8,he hath brought  in an everlasting    
,righteousness1 whereby the ,law is     

magnified  and made honourable20 and by 
the imputation of which1 the guilty     
transgressors are acquitted3 8,he was   
made sin for us1 who knew no  sin1 that 
we might be made the ,righteousness of  
,god in him30 ,that  is ,his name1 ,the 
,lord our ,righteousness4    #h4 ,he is 
renowned for his fulness4--,for1 8,all  
the fulness of the  ,godhead dwells     
bodily in him30 ,he is full of grace and
 truth2  full of all created and        
uncreated excellencies4    #i4 ,he is   
renowned for his ,love4--,what but love 
brought him out of  the bosom of the    
,father to this lower world8 ,what but  
love made him  lay down his life for his
 people8    #aj4 ,he is renowned for his
 ,liberality4 ,he has a full hand and  a
 free heart1 as we use to say2 he gives 
without money1 and he  invites all to   
come and share of his fulness4    #aa4  
,he is renowned for his ,constancy4 ,he 
is 8,jesus ,christ1 the same  to-day1   
yesterday and for ever40 ,the best of   
men1 will fail us when  we trust them2  

they will run like splinters into our   
hands1 when we  lean upon them3 ,but1   
sirs1 you will find ,christ always the  
same1  to-day1 yesterday and for ever4  
,and then1    #ab4 ,he is renowned for  
his ,authority and ,dominion4 ,it is    
great1  and extends far and wide1       
whether in heaven above1 or in the earth
  beneath3 ,and his dominion reaches    
8from sea to sea1 and from the  river   
unto the ends of the earth30 ,and all   
the kings of the earth  are but his     
vassals4    ,thus1 ,i say1 ,christ in   
every respect is renowned4    ,but here1
 to keep by the phraseology of the text1
 ,he is a renowned  ,plant3 ,wherein is 
he renowned8    ,first1 ,i say he is    
renowned for his ,antiquity3 8,i was set
 up from  everlasting1 from the         
beginning1 or ever the earth was10 c4   
,all  the plants in the higher and lower
 gardens of ,god1 they are but  just    
upstarts in comparison of him3 ,angels  
and ,arch-angels1 and the  greatest     
,seraphims are but of yesterday1 in     

comparison of this  ,plant4 ,he is      
renowned for his ,antiquity1 for he is1 
8,the ,ancient of  days1 and the        
,everlasting ,father10 ,isaiah1 #ith    
chapter4        ,n4,b4--,here he was    
desired to conclude his ,discourse1 in  
respect    the ,work in the ,church was 
over1 and that he might give way to     
another ,minister that was to preach the
 ,evening ,sermon4      ,,sermon ,,ii4  
,,ezekiel1 xxxiv4 #bi4    ,and ,i will  
raise up for them a ,plant of ,renown4  
,i had occasion1 upon a solemnity of    
this nature1 not long ago1 to  enter    
upon these words1 but had not time to go
 far into the import  of them4 ,after ,i
 had traced the connection of the words 
a little1 ,i  took them up in the few   
following particulars4    #a4 ,we have  
here a great blessing promised unto the 
church2 and that  is none other than    
,christ1 under the notion of a ,prince1 
and ,a  ,plant of ,renown4    #b4 ,we   
have the ,party by whom this promise is 
made1 in the pronoun  ,i1--,i ,,jehovah1

 the ,eternal ,,god1 ,i will raise up   
for them a ,plant  of ,renown4    #c4   
,we have the way how this ,plant of     
,renown is raised2 ,and ,i  will raise  
him up4 ,i that am the great ,husbandman
 of the vineyard1  ,i will raise up for 
them1 c4 ,then1    #d4 ,i noticed the   
persons to whom the promise is made1 ,i 
will raise  up for them2 that is1 for   
his ,church1 for his people that are    
brought into a very low condition2 as   
you will see by reading the  preceding  
part of the chapter4 ,the flock of      
,christ were scattered  by the shepherds
 of ,israel2 they were torn1 they were  
devoured1 and  under manifold trials2   
,well1 what will the ,lord do for his   
flock  in that condition8 ,he says1 ,i  
will raise up for them a ,plant of      
,renown1 and they shall hunger no more4 
,the observation is much the same with  
the words themselves1 namely1  8that our
 ,lord ,jesus ,christ is a ,plant of    
,renown of his ,father's  upbringing30  
,i will raise up for them a ,plant of   

,renown4 ,in  prosecution of this       
doctrine1 ,i proposed to observe the    
order and  method following4    ,first1 
,to premise a few things concerning this
 blessed ,plant4    ,secondly1 ,to shew 
that indeed he is a ,plant of ,renown4  
,and then1    ,thirdly1 ,to speak a     
little concerning the raising up of this
  ,plant4    ,fourthly1 ,for whom he is 
raised up4    ,fifthly1 ,for what good1 
or for what benefit and advantage he is 
raised up4 ,and1    ,lastly1 ,to apply  
the whole4    ,as to the first1 ,i spoke
 to it1 and premised a few things       
concerning this blessed ,plant2         
therefore ,i shall not stay to resume   
what was said on that ,head4 ,i likewise
 entered upon the second1 and  shewed   
that ,christ is ,a ,plant of ,renown in 
several respects3 ,i  mentioned eleven  
or twelve particulars wherein ,christ is
 renowned1  but ,i shall not resume     
these neither3 ,i shall only tell you a 
few  things wherein this blessed ,plant 
is renowned4    #a4 ,in the first place1

 this blessed ,plant1 he is renowned for
 his  antiquity4 ,there are many other  
plants in ,god's garden1 as angels1     
seraphims1 cherubims1 saints militant   
and triumphant1 they are all  but       
upstarts in comparison of him2 for he   
was set up before ever  the earth was4  
,you will see that one name of this     
,plant of ,renown  is1 ,the ,everlasting
 ,father1 or1 8,the ,father of          
,eternity10 as it  may be rendered4     
#b4 ,as he is renowned for his          
antiquity1 so for his ,beauty3 he is    
the most beautiful ,plant in all the    
garden of ,god2 8,i am the ,rose  of    
,sharon1 and the ,lily of the           
valleys4--,he is the apple-tree among   
the trees of the wood40 ,he is renowned 
,i say1 for his beauty and  his glory2  
for the glory of a ,god is in him4 ,is  
there any glory  in his eternal ,father8
 ,why1 that glory shines in our         
,,immanuel1 in  the very brightness of  
it1 ,heb4 i4 #c4 8,he is the brightness 
of the  ,father's glory1 and the express

 image of his person40 ,now1 sirs1  if  
ever your eyes were opened by the       
,spirit of ,god1 to take up the  glory  
of this ,plant1 his glory has just      
dazzled your very eyes6 ,you  that never
 saw any glory in him1 you never saw him
 to this very  day3 ,pray that the light
 of the glory of ,god1 in the face of   
,jesus  ,christ1 may yet shine into your
 hearts4 ,it would make a heartsome     
,sacrament1 if this ,plant were         
displayed in his glory among us4  ,sirs1
 have you come to see him in his glory8 
,o give ,god no rest  till he make a    
discovery of himself to your souls4     
,then1    #c4 ,he is renowned for his   
verdure1 for his perpetual greenness4   
,other plants are fading2 you and ,i are
 fading plants2 8,all flesh  is grass1  
and all the goodliness thereof is as the
 flower of  the field30 ,he is a ,tree  
ever green1 he never fades1 summer nor  
winter1 and shall be ever a green ,plant
 to the ,saints as it were  to eternity6
 ,when millions of ages1 yea1 myriads of

 ages are past  in heaven1 he will be as
 fresh and green to the believer1 as    
when  he first saw him1 or the first    
moment the saint entered glory3         
therefore it is1 that the songs of the  
redeemed in glory are always  new2 and  
throughout eternity1 will be new1       
because they will  constantly see matter
 of a new song2 and the more they see1  
they  will wonder the more at him       
throughout eternity6 ,again1    #d4     
,this ,plant is renowned not only for   
his verdure1 but for his  virtue4 ,we   
read1 ,rev4 xxii4 8,that the leaves of  
the ,tree of ,life  were for the healing
 of the nations40 ,that ,tree of ,life  
is the very  same with this ,plant of   
,renown2 the leaves of this ,plant are  
for  the healing of the nations2 and we 
that are ministers are come this  day to
 scatter the leaves of this ,tree of    
,life1 of this ,plant of  ,renown2 try  
if you can get a leaf of it applied and 
set home upon  your souls4 ,depend upon 
it1 there is virtue in every word of    

his4  ,sirs1 mingle faith with a word1  
and you will find that it will  have the
 same efficacy with you as it had with  
the poor woman with  the bloody issue1  
that was healed with a touch of the hem 
of his  garment1 who had spent all her  
living on doctors4 ,o see if you can    
find him6 ,i assure you he is here2 he  
is behind the door of every  man's      
heart3 8,behold ,i stand 7says he17 at  
the door and knock6 ,if  any man hear my
 voice1 and open the door1 ,i will come 
in to him1  and sup with him1 and he    
with me40 ,and ,o let him in6 there is  
virtue in him for curing you all1 though
 there were ten thousand  millions of   
you more than there are2 there is virtue
 in him for  healing every one of you4  
,but then1    #e4 ,this blessed ,plant  
is not only renowned for his virtue1 but
  likewise for his fertility4 ,he is not
 a barren ,plant2 he would  not be      
renowned if he were barren3 ,he brings  
forth all manner of  fruit every month2 
yea1 ,i may add1 every day1 every       

moment4 ,you  read in ,rev4 xxii4 of the
 ,tree of ,life that brings forth twelve
  manner of fruits every month2 that is 
to say1 he brings forth all  fruit that 
is necessary for a poor soul3 whatever  
thy soul stands  in need of1 is to be   
found in him2 see then and gather1 see  
if you  can gather some of it4 ,there is
 the fruit of his incarnation2 there  is
 the fruit of his death2 there is the   
fruit of his resurrection2  there is the
 fruit of his ascension2 there is the   
fruit of his  intercession1 and sitting 
at the right hand of ,god2 there is the 
fruit of his prophetic office2 there is 
the fruit of his priestly  office2 there
 is the fruit of his kingly office2     
there is the fruit  of his appearing    
within the vail2 there is the fruit of  
what he did  without the vail1 and      
without the camp4 ,o what fruit is here6
 ,here  is wisdom for fools2 here is    
justification for the condemned soul2   
here is sanctification for the polluted 
soul1 and clothing for the  naked2      

riches for the poor1 bread for the      
hungry1 drink for the  thirsty4 ,all    
manner of fruit is here1 and we are     
trying1 sirs1 to  shake the ,tree of    
,life among you2 and blessed be ,god1   
they may be  gathered3 ,o sirs6 they are
 dropping among you2 ,o gather1 gather1 
for salvation is in every word that     
drops from him2 for his words  are the  
words of eternal life4 ,but1 in the     
#f4 ,place1 this blessed ,plant is      
renowned for his scent and pleasant     
savour4 ,o sirs6 there is such a blessed
 savour in this ,plant of  ,renown1 as  
has cast a perfume through all the      
,paradise above6 ,he  has cast a perfume
 through the church militant1 which in  
,isaiah  v4 is called ,god's vineyard4  
,o sirs6 do you find any thing of the   
scent of this ,plant8 ,i can tell you1  
if ever you have been made  to know him1
 it will be so3 8because of the savour  
of thy good  ointment1 thy name is as   
ointment poured forth1 therefore do the 
,virgins love thee40 ,the believer he   

finds a scent about him1 he  draws a    
savour from him4 ,what is the design of 
us ministers1 but  to cast abroad his   
scent1 and it is by this we win souls2  
and they  that cast out and drop the    
,plant of ,renown out of their sermons1 
no wonder their sermons stink1 and they 
shall stink to eternity1  that throw    
,christ out of their sermons4 ,the great
 business of  ministers is to cast forth
 the scent of ,christ to the people4 ,i 
shall read you a word to this purpose1  
in #b ,cor4 ii4 #ad--af4 8,now1  thanks 
be unto ,god1 which always causeth us to
 triumph in ,christ40  ,the apostle     
triumphs in him1 and all other honest   
ministers will  triumph in him too2 and 
all ,christians that know him1 triumph  
in  him4 8,and maketh manifest the      
savour of his knowledge by us in  every 
place4 ,for we are unto ,god a sweet    
savour in ,christ1 in them  that are    
saved1 and in them that perish4 ,to the 
one we are the  savour of death unto    
death2 and to the other1 the savour of  

life  unto life2 and who is sufficient  
for these things80 ,who is able to  tell
 the sweet savour that is in him8       
,again1    #g4 ,this blessed plant in my
 text1 is not only renowned for his     
savour1 but likewise for his shadow4    
,song1 i4 #c4 8,i sat down under  his   
shadow with great delight20 the shadow  
of the ,plant of ,renown4  ,you are all 
sitting there or standing1 but are you  
sitting under  the ,plant of ,renown8   
,jonah's gourd did him service against  
the  scorching heat of the sun1 that was
 like to take away his life2  but alas6 
that soon failed him1 for ,god sent a   
worm and smote it  that it withered2 and
 the worm of death will soon smite and  
wither  you and me3 ,o get in under the 
shadow of this ,plant of ,renown1 and   
ye are secured against death and        
vindictive wrath for ever4 ,get  in     
under his shadow2 the shadow of his     
intercession1--the shadow  of his       
power1--the shadow of his               
providence1--the shadow of his          

faithfulness3 ,o sit under his shadow1  
and you will find shelter  there against
 all deadly2 whatever blasts come1 you  
will find  safety there4 ,would you be  
shadowed from the king of terrors8      
,death  is a terror to many1 ,o if you  
be shadowed against the awful terrors   
of death and ,god's vengeance1 get in   
under this shadow1 and you are  safe4   
#h4 ,this ,plant is renowned for his    
stature4 ,he is a high ,plant1 he  is a 
tall ,plant3 you see the heavens above  
you1 but they are but  creeping things  
in comparison of him2 for this glorious 
,plant is1  ,the high and lofty ,one    
that inhabits eternity4 ,you can never  
see  his height2 your eye will look     
high1 and your thought will reach       
higher1 but neither your eye nor thought
 will reach unto him2 he  is taller than
 all the cedars in the ,lebanon of ,god3
 8,eye hath not  seen1 nor hath ear     
heard1 neither hath it entered into the 
heart of  man10 to think of the height  
and glory of this ,plant of ,renown6    

,and1    ,lastly1 ,this ,plant is       
renowned not only for his stature1 but  
for  his extent also3 he is a broad     
,plant1 he was planted in the first     
promise in ,paradise2 he spread through 
the old testament church2  he came the  
length of filling the land of ,judea2   
and1 at length1  this ,plant has spread 
itself among us3 ,and ,o that ,i could  
open the  leaves of this ,plant to take 
you in2 he is a broad ,plant1 he will   
serve you all4 ,we read of the ,tree of 
,life being on every side  of the river3
 there is a great river betwixt us and  
heaven1 and  that is death2 and we are  
all running into this river of death4   
,as  one well observes on the place1    
this ,tree is in the middle of the      
river2 he is on this side of time1 and  
he is on that side of time4  ,now1 this 
,plant is on both sides of the river2   
though you were  going to the wastes of 
,america1 you will find him there as    
well as  here1 if you have but the art  
of improving him4 ,and this ,plant will 

spread himself through all kingdoms1    
8,the earth shall be filled  with the   
knowledge of the ,lord1 just as the     
waters cover the sea40  ,he will not    
only fill the earth1 but the whole      
heavens throughout  eternity6 ,o but he 
is a broad ,plant1 that will extend     
himself both  to heaven and earth6 ,and 
this shall serve for the second thing   
proposed1 namely1 ,to show that this    
,plant is indeed a most ,renowned       
,plant4    ,the third thing ,i proposed 
in the prosecution of this doctrine1    
was1 concerning the raising or          
upbringing of this ,plant4 ,you see it  
is no other than the ,great ,,god1 that 
raised up this ,plant4 ,i find  the     
,great ,,jehovah glorying in his skill  
and wisdom in the raising  up of this   
,plant for the use of the church4 ,in   
,psalm lxxxix4 #ai4  says the ,lord1 8,i
 have laid help upon one that is mighty2
 ,i have  exalted one chosen out of the 
people2 ,i have raised up ,david my     
servant2 with my holy oil have ,i       

anointed him40 ,here he glories in  it  
that he had raised up this glorious     
,plant of ,renown4    ,i will tell you a
 few things with reference to the       
raising up of  this blessed ,plant4     
#a4 ,he was raised up in the counsel of 
,god's peace from eternity4  ,the       
,trinity sat in council anent the       
upbringing of him2 8,the  counsel of    
peace was between them both10 ,zech4 vi4
 #ac4 ,the ,father  and the ,son agreed 
upon it1 that in the fulness of time the
 ,son  should come into the world4      
#b4 ,he was raised up in the first      
promise to ,adam and ,eve4 ,till this   
,plant was discovered to them1 they were
 like to run distracted3 ,and  indeed1  
sirs1 if ,christless sinners saw where  
they were1 and the  wrath of ,god that  
is hanging over their heads1 they would 
be ready  to run distracted1 till a     
revelation of ,christ was made to them4 
,all the promises1 all the prophecies1  
all the types1 and all the  doctrines of
 the old testament1 they were the       

gradual springings of  this ,plant3 but 
it was under ground until1    #c4 ,his  
actual manifestation in the flesh1 when1
 in the fulness of  time he appeared3   
8,in the fulness of time1 ,god sent     
forth his ,son1  made of a woman1 c40   
#d4 ,this ,plant was raised up even in  
his death and resurrection1  by which he
 was declared to be the ,son of ,god    
with power1 by the  spirit of holiness4 
,and1    ,lastly1 ,this ,plant of       
,renown will be raised up in the songs  
of  the redeemed through endless        
eternity4 ,thus you see1 ,christ is a   
,plant of ,renown1 and what way he is   
raised up4    ,the next thing ,i        
proposed was1 for whom is it that this  
,plant is  raised up8 ,o6 may some poor 
thing say1 ,was he ever raised up for   
me8 ,i tell you1 sirs1 he was never     
raised up for the fallen angels2  8,for 
he took not on him the nature of angels1
 but he took on him  the seed of        
,abraham40 ,our nature was highly       
honoured at first1  but it soon sunk    

below the beast that perisheth2 but the 
second  ,adam took our nature upon him1 
and raised it to a higher dignity  than 
the very angels2 for to which of the    
angels did this honour  appertain1 to be
 united to the eternal ,son of ,god8 ,so
 that1 ,i say1  this ,plant of ,renown  
is raised up for mankind-sinners1 not   
for  angel-kind sinners2 and every      
mankind-sinner that hears tell of  him1 
they should lay claim to him1 as in     
,isaiah1 ix4 #f1 8,to us a  ,son is     
given1 to us this ,child is born2 and   
the government shall  be upon his       
shoulder3 ,and his name shall be called 
,wonderful1  ,counsellor1 the ,mighty   
,god1 the ,everlasting ,father1 the     
,prince of  ,peace40 ,to us he is given1
 unto us he is born4    ,i thought to   
have gone through what ,i designed on   
this subject1 but  time will not allow4 
,the ,lord bless his word4      ,a      
,,dying ,,christian',s ,,prayer4        
8,receive my spirit10 was the prayer of 
,stephen to ,jesus ,christ1 to  receive 

his departing soul2 and1 brethren1 ,i   
think you will feel in  a dying hour1   
that your departing soul needs a ,divine
 ,saviour4  ,you have one in ,jesus     
,christ4 ,you may call upon him then1   
even as  now4 ,his ear will not be      
heavy1 though yours may1 when death is  
sealing up your faculties4 ,his eye will
 not have lost its power  of gazing     
affectionately on you1 when yours is    
becoming dim and  closed4 ,his hand will
 not be shortened1 in the hour when     
yours will  have become tremulous and   
feeble4 ,but lift up the hand1 the      
heart1  the eye1 the soul1 in prayer to 
him then1 and you will find him a  very 
near and present help in that your time 
of trouble4    ,brethren1 a ,christian  
should die praying4 ,other men die in   
different ways1 according to their      
character and temper4 ,julius  ,cesar   
died adjusting his robes1 that he might 
fall gracefully4  ,voltaire1 with       
mingled imprecations and supplications2 
,paine1 with  shrieks of agonizing      

remorse4 ,multitudes die with           
sullenness1 some  with blasphemies      
faltering on their tongue4 ,but1        
brethren1 the  humble ,christian would  
die praying4 ,well says the poet3       
8,prayer is the ,christian's vital      
breath1          ,the ,christian's      
native air2        ,his watch-word at   
the gates of death1          ,he enters 
heaven with prayer60    ,but1 observe   
for what ,stephen prayed4 8,lord ,jesus 
receive my  spirit60 ,this is the prayer
 of faith1 commending the immortal      
spirit to the covenant care of ,jesus4  
,the spirit does not die  with the body4
 ,none but ,god1 who gave1 can take away
 the soul's  existence1 and he has      
declared that he never will4 ,would that
  bad men would think on that6 ,you     
cannot get rid of your soul's           
existence3 you cannot cease to be3 you  
may wish it2 though the  wish is        
monstrous and unnatural4 ,but there is  
no annihilation for  any soul of man4   
,oh1 come to our ,saviour6 give him your

 guilty  soul1 to be justified through  
his atonement1 washed in his blood1     
regenerated by his ,spirit4 ,make to him
 now that surrender of your  soul1 for  
which he calls4 ,renew this happy       
self-dedication every  day1 very        
especially every ,sabbath1 and most     
solemnly1 from time to  time at the     
,lord's ,supper4 ,and then1 when you    
come to die1 it will  only be1 to do    
once more1 what you have so often done  
in former  days1--again to commend your 
soul very humbly1 believingly1 and      
affectionately1 under the faithful care 
of ,jesus ,christ4      ,,the ,,house   
,,of ,,god4    ,the church was          
pleasantly situated on a rising bank1 at
 the foot  of a considerable hill4 ,it  
was surrounded by trees1 and had a      
rural retired appearance4 ,in every     
direction the roads that led to  this   
house of ,god1 possessed distinct but   
interesting features4  ,one of them     
ascended between several rural cottages 
from the  sea-shore1 which adjoined the 

lower part of the village-street4       
,another winded round the curved sides  
of the adjacent hill1 and  was adorned1 
both above and below1 with numerous     
sheep feeding  on the herbage of the    
down4 ,a third road led to the church by
 a  gently rising approach1 between high
 banks1 covered with young  trees1      
bushes1 ivy1 hedge-plants1 and wild     
flowers4--,from a point  of land1 which 
commanded a view of all these several   
avenues1 ,i  used sometimes1 for a      
while1 to watch my congregation         
gradually  assembling together at the   
hour of ,sabbath worship4 ,they were in 
some directions visible for a           
considerable distance4 ,gratifying      
associations of thought would form in my
 mind1 as ,i contemplated  their        
approach and successive arrival within  
the precincts of the  house of          
prayer4--,one day as ,i was thus        
occupied1 during a short  interval      
previous to the hour of divine service1 
,i reflected on  the joy1 which ,david  

experienced at the time he exclaimed1   
8,i was  glad when they said unto me1   
,let us go into the house of the ,lord4 
,our feet shall stand within thy gates1 
,o ,jerusalem4 ,jerusalem is  built as a
 city that is compact together2 whither 
the tribes go  up1 the tribes of the    
,lord1 unto the testimony of ,israel1 to
 give  thanks unto the name of the      
,lord40 ,i was led to reflect upon the  
various blessings1 connected with the   
establishment of public  worship4 8,how 
many immortal souls are now gathering   
together to  perform the all-important  
work of prayer and praise--to hear the  
word of ,god--to feed upon the bread of 
life6 ,they are leaving  their          
respective dwellings1 and will soon be  
united together in  the house of        
prayer40 ,how beautifully does this     
represent the  effect produced by the   
voice of the 8,good ,shepherd10 calling 
his  sheep from every part of the       
wilderness into his fold6 ,as those     
fields1 hills1 and lanes1 are now       

covered with men1 women1 and  children1 
in various directions1 drawing nearer to
 each other1  and to the object of their
 journey's end2 even so1 8many shall    
come from the east1 and from the west1  
and from the north1 and  from the south1
 and shall sit down in the kingdom of   
,god40 ,who  can rightly appreciate the 
value of such hours as these8--hours    
spent in learning the way of holy       
pleasantness1 and the paths of  heavenly
 peace--hours devoted to the service of 
,god1 and of souls2  in warning the     
sinner to flee from wrath to come2 in   
teaching  the ignorant how to live and  
die2 in preaching the gospel to the     
poor2 in healing the broken-hearted2 in 
declaring 8deliverance to  the captives1
 and recovering of sight to the blind40 
8,blessed is  the people that know the  
joyful sound2 they shall walk1 ,o ,lord1
  in the light of thy countenance4 ,in  
thy name shall they rejoice  all the    
day1 and in thy righteousness shall they
 be exalted40  ,this train of           

reflection1 at intervals1 occurred      
powerfully to my  feelings1 as ,i viewed
 that very congregation assembled       
together  in the house of ,god1 whose   
steps1 in their approach to it1 ,i had  
watched with prayerful emotions4--8,here
 the rich and poor met  together10 in   
mutual acknowledgement that 8the ,lord  
is the maker  of them all10 and that all
 are alike dependent creatures1 looking 
up to one common ,father to supply their
 wants1 both temporal and               
spiritual4--,again1 likewise1 shall they
 meet together in the grave1  that      
undistinguishing receptacle of the      
opulent and the needy4--,and  once more1
 at the judgment-seat of ,christ1 shall 
the rich and poor  meet together1 that  
8every one may receive the things done  
in  his body1 according to that he hath 
done1 whether it be good or  bad40 ,how 
closely connected in the history of man1
 art these three  periods of a general  
meeting together4 ,the house of         
prayer--the  house appointed for all    

living--and the house not made with     
hands  eternal in the heavens4--,may we 
never separate these ideas from  each   
other1 but retain them in a sacred and  
profitable union6 ,so  shall our        
worshipping assemblies on earth be      
representative of the  general assembly 
and church of the first-born1 which are 
written in  heaven4      ,,finis4       
,a ,,choice ,,drop ,,of ,,honey         
,,from      ,,the ,,rock ,,christ2      
,,or1      ,a ,,short ,,word ,,of       
,,advice      ,,to      ,,saints ,,and  
,,sinners4      ,,by ,,thomas           
,,wilcocks4      ,illustration          
,,glasgow3    ,,printed ,,for ,,the     
,,booksellers4          ,,christian     
,,reader1      ,i find1 in this latter  
day1 the love of the ,lord shining in   
some measure with its pleasant beams    
into my heart1 warming my  affections1  
inflaming my soul not only to give a    
spiritual echo in  soul duty to so great
 a lover as my ,saviour is1 whose       
transcendent  love passeth knowledge1   

,eph4 iii4 #ai4 but also the loving and 
wishing well to all ,sion's heaven-born 
children2 for ,i find1 in  this day1    
many poor souls tossed to and fro1 ready
 to be carried  away with every wind of 
doctrine1 by the sleight of men and     
cunning  craftiness1 whereby they lie in
 wait to deceive1 ,eph4 iv4 #ad3 and    
that there are many foundations to build
 upon that are false1 upon  which much  
labour is spent in vain2 that men are   
not speaking the  truth in love2 neither
 are they growing up unto him in all    
things1  which is the head ,christ1     
,eph4 iv4 #ae4 ,there cannot be a       
growing  in ,christ1 without a union    
with him4 ,thou wilt find1 therefore1   
gentle reader1 this ensuing little      
treatise1 if the ,lord be pleased  to   
bless the reading of it unto thee1 as a 
still voice behind thee  saying1 8,this 
is the way1 walk in it1 that thou turn  
not to the  right hand or the           
left40--,the way into that pleasant path
 of soul  justification before ,god is  

in and through the righteousness of     
,jesus ,christ1 for all our             
self-righteousness is as filthy rags3   
surely shall one say1 8,in the ,lord    
shall all the seed of ,israel be        
justified1 and shall glory10 ,isai4 xlv4
 #be4 ,it is only the dying of  that    
,just ,one1 for us unjust ones1 that    
must bring us to ,god4 ,he  that knew no
 sin was made sin for us2 that we who   
were nothing but  sin1 might be made the
 righteousness of ,god in him1 #b ,cor4 
v4 #ba4    ,christian ,reader1 let all  
that is of old ,adam in thee fall down  
at the foot of ,christ4 ,he only must   
have the pre-eminence2--all  the vessels
 of this new spiritual covenant temple1 
from the cups  to the flagons1 must be  
all hung upon ,christ2 he is to build   
the  temple of the ,lord1 and is to bear
 the glory2 he1 by his ,father's        
appointment1 is the foundation-stone1   
the corner-stone1 and the  top-stone2 he
 is the ,father's fulness of grace and  
glory3 whatever  thy wants be1 thou     

mayest come to him2 there is balsam     
enough in  him fit for a cure4          
,reader1 the good ,lord help thee to    
experience the ensuing word of  advice1 
that it may be made by ,god unto thee   
like honey1 sweet  to thy soul1 and     
health to thy bones1 and thy soul shall 
rejoice  within thee4 ,thy brother in   
the faith and fellowship of the gospel1 
,,thomas ,,wilcocks4      ,a ,,choice   
,,drop ,,of ,,honey    ,,from ,,the     
,,rock ,,christ4    ,a word of advice to
 my own heart and thine3--,thou art a   
professor1  and partakest of all        
ordinances3 ,thou dost well1 they are   
glorious  privileges4 ,but if thou hast 
not the blood of ,christ at the root of 
thy profession1 it will wither1 and     
prove but painted pageantry to  go to   
hell in4    ,if thou retain guilt and   
self-righteousness under it1 those      
vipers  will eat out all the vitals of  
it at length4--,try and examine with    
the greatest strictness every day1 what 
foundation thy profession  and thy hope 

of glory is built upon1 whether it was  
laid by the  hand of ,christ2 if not1 it
 will never be able to endure the storm 
that will come against it4 ,satan will  
throw it all down1 and great  will be   
the fall thereof1 ,matt4 vii4 #bg4      
,glorious professor6 thou shalt be      
winnowed1 every vein of thy  profession 
shall be tried to purpose6 ,it is       
terrible to have it all  come tumbling  
down1 and to find nothing but it to rest
 upon4    ,soaring professor6 see to thy
 waxen wings betimes1 which will melt   
with the heat of temptations4 ,what a   
misery it is1 to trade much1  and break 
at length1 and have no stock1 no        
foundation laid for  eternity in thy    
soul6    ,gilded professor6 look if     
there be not a worm at the root1 that   
will spoil all thy fine gourd1 and make 
it die about thee in a  day of          
scorching4 ,look over thy soul daily1   
and ask1 8,where is  the blood of       
,christ to be seen upon my soul8 ,what  
righteousness  is it that ,i stand upon 

to be saved8 ,have ,i got off my        
self-righteousness80--,many eminent     
professors have come at length  to cry  
out in the sight of the ruin of all     
their duties1 ,undone1  undone1 to all  
eternity6    ,consider1 the greatest    
sins may be hid under the greatest      
duties1  and the greatest terrors4 ,see 
the wound that sin hath made in thy     
soul be perfectly cured by the blood of 
,christ2 not skinned over  with duties1 
humblings1 enlargements1 c4 ,apply what 
thou wilt  besides the blood of ,christ1
 it will poison the sore4 ,thou wilt    
find that sin was never mortified truly2
 that thou hast not seen  ,christ       
bleeding for thee upon the cross2       
nothing can kill it1 but  the beholding 
of ,christ's righteousness4    ,nature  
can afford no balsam fit for soul cure4 
,healing from duty  and not from        
,christ1 is the most desperate disease4 
,poor ragged  nature1 with all its      
highest improvements1 can never spin a  
garment  fine enough1 without spot1 to  

cover the soul's nakedness4 ,nothing    
can fit the soul for that use1 but      
,christ's perfect righteousness4        
,whatsoever is of nature's spinning must
 be all unravelled1 before  the         
righteousness of ,christ can be put on2 
whatsoever is nature's  putting on1     
,satan will come and plunder it every   
rag away1 and  leave the soul naked and 
open to the wrath of ,god4 ,all that    
nature  can do will never make up the   
least drachm of grace1 that can  mortify
 sin1 or look ,christ in the face even  
for one day4    ,thou art a professor1  
goest on hearing1 praying1 and          
receiving1  yet miserable thou mayest   
be4 ,look about thee2 did thou ever yet 
see ,christ to this day in distinction  
from all other excellencies  and        
righteousness in the world1 and all of  
them falling before the  majesty of his 
love and grace8 ,is4 ii4 #ag4    ,if    
thou hast seen ,christ truly1 thou hast 
seen pure grace1 pure  righteousness in 
him1 every way infinite1 far exceeding  

all sin  and misery4 ,if thou hast seen 
,christ1 thou canst trample upon  all   
the righteousness of men and angels1 so 
as to bring thee  into acceptance with  
,god4 ,if thou hast seen ,christ1 thou  
wouldst  not do a duty without him for  
ten thousand worlds1 #a ,cor4 ii4 #b4   
,if ever thou sawest ,christ1 thou      
sawest him a ,rock1 higher than         
self-righteousness1 ,satan1 and sin1    
,ps4 lxi4 #b2 and this ,rock doth       
follow thee1 #a ,cor4 x4 #d2 and there  
will be continual dropping of  honey and
 grace out of that ,rock to satisfy     
thee1 ,ps4 lxxxi4 #af4  ,examine if ever
 thou hast beheld ,christ as the        
only-begotten of  the ,father1 full of  
grace and truth1 ,john1 i4 #ad1 #af1    
#ag4 ,be sure  thou art come to ,christ1
 that thou standest on the ,rock of     
,ages1  hast answered to his call to thy
 soul1 hast closed with him for         
justification4    ,men talk bravely of  
believing1 but whilst whole and sound   
few know  it4 ,christ is the mystery of 

the ,scripture3 ,grace the mystery of   
,christ4 ,believing is the most         
wonderful thing in the world4 ,put any  
thing of thine own to it1 and thou      
spoilest it2 ,christ will not so  much  
as look at it for believing4 ,when thou 
believest and comest  to ,christ1 thou  
must leave behind thee thine own        
righteousness1  and bring nothing but   
thy sin4 7,o that is hard67 ,leave      
behind thy  holiness1 sanctification1   
duties1 humblings1 c41 and bring nothing
  but thy wants and miseries1 else      
,christ is not fit for thee1 nor  thou  
for ,christ4 ,christ will be a whole    
,redeemer and ,mediator1 and  thou must 
be an undone sinner1 or ,christ and thou
 will never agree4  ,it is the hardest  
thing to take ,christ alone for         
righteousness3  that is1 to acknowledge 
him ,christ4 ,join any thing to him of  
thine  own1 and thou dost un-,christ    
him4    ,whatever comes in when thou    
goest to ,god for acceptance besides    
,christ1 call it anti-,christ bid it    

begone2 make only ,christ's             
righteousness triumphant2 all besides   
that is ,babylon1 which must  fall if   
,christ stand2 and thou shalt rejoice in
 the day of the  fall thereof1 ,is4 xiv4
 #aj1 #aa1 #ab4----;,christ alone did   
tread the  wine-press1 and there was    
none with him1 ,is4 lxiii4 #c4 ,if thou 
join any thing to ,christ1 ,christ will 
trample upon it in fury  and anger1 and 
stain his raiment with the blood        
thereof4----,thou  thinkest it easy to  
believe2 was ever thy faith tried with  
an hour  of temptation1 or with a       
thorough sight of sin8 ,was it ever put 
to  wrestle with ,satan1 and the wrath  
of ,god lying upon the conscience8      
,when thou wast in the mouth of hell and
 the grave1 then ,god shewed  thee      
,christ1 a ransom1 a righteousness1 c4  
,then if thou couldst  say1 ,oh1 ,i see 
grace enough in ,christ1 thou mayest say
 that which  is the biggest word in the 
world1 ,thou believest4 ,untried faith  
is  uncertain faith4    ,to believing1  

there must go a clear conviction of sin1
 and the  merits of the blood of        
,christ1 and of ,christ's willingness to
 save  upon this consideration merely1  
that thou art a sinner2 things all      
harder than to make a world4 ,all the   
powers in nature cannot get up  so high 
in a storm of sin and guilt1 as really  
to believe there is  any grace1 any     
willingness1 in ,christ to save4 ,when  
,satan charged  sin upon the conscience1
 then for the soul to bring it to       
,christ1  that is gospel-like4 ,that is 
to make him ,christ1 he serves for that 
use4 ,to accept ,christ's righteousness 
alone1 his blood alone1 for  salvation1 
that is the sum of the gospel4 ,when the
 soul1 in all  duties and distresses1   
can say1 ,nothing but ,christ1 ,christ  
alone  for righteousness1 justification1
 sanctification1 redemption1 #a  ,cor4  
i4 #cj2 not humblings1 nor duties1 nor  
graces1 c41 that soul  hath got above   
the reach of the billows4    ,all       
temptations1 ,satan's advantages1 our   

complainings1 are laid in               
self-righteousness1 and self-excellency3
 ,god pursueth these1 by  setting ,satan
 upon thee1 as ,laban did ,jacob for his
 images2 these  must be torn from thee1 
he is unwilling as thou wilt2 these     
hinder  ,christ from coming in2 and till
 ,christ come in1 guilt will not come   
out2 and where guilt is1 there is       
hardness of heart2 and therefore  much  
guilt argues little if any thing of     
,christ4    ,when guilt is raised up1   
take heed of getting it allayed any  way
 but by ,christ's blood1 that will tend 
to hardening4 ,make  ,christ thy peace1 
,eph4 i4 #ad1 not thy duties1 thy tears1
 c4  ,thou mayest offend ,christ by     
duties as well as sins4 ,look at        
,christ1 and do as much as thou wilt4   
,rest with all thy weight upon          
,christ's righteousness2 take heed of   
having one foot on thine own            
righteousness and another on ,christ's4 
,till he come and sit on  high1 upon a  
throne of grace in the conscience1 there

 is nothing  but guilt1 terror1 secret  
suspicions1 the soul hanging betwixt    
hope  and fear1 which is an             
un-gospel-like state4    ,he that fears 
to see sin's utmost vileness1 the utmost
 hell of  his own heart1 suspects the   
merits of ,christ4 ,be thou never  such 
a great sinner1 #a ,john1 ii4 #a2 try   
,christ1 to make him thy  advocate1 and 
thou shalt find him ,jesus ,christ the  
righteous4  ,in all doubtings1 fears1   
storms of conscience1 look at ,christ   
continually4 ,do not argue it with      
,satan1 he desires no better4  ,bid him 
go to ,christ1 and he will answer him4  
,it is his office to  be our advocate1  
#a ,john1 ii4 #a4 ,his office is to     
answer the law  as our surety1 ,heb4    
vii4 #bb2 his office to answer justice1 
as our  ,mediator1 ,gal4 iii4 #bj2 #a   
,tim4 ii4 #e4 ,and he is sworn to that  
office1 ,heb4 vii4 #bj1 #ba4 ,put       
,christ upon it4 ,if thou wilt do any   
thing thyself to satisfaction for sin1  
thou renouncest ,christ the  righteous1 

who was made sin for thee1 #b ,cor4 v4  
#ba4    ,satan may alledge1 and corrupt 
scripture1 but he cannot answer         
scripture4 ,it is ,christ's word of     
mighty authority4 ,christ foiled  ,satan
 with it1 ,matt4 iv4 #aj4 ,in all the   
scripture there is not an  ill word     
against a poor sinner stripped of       
self-righteousness2 nay1  it plainly    
points out this man to be the subject of
 the grace of  the gospel1 and none     
else4 ,believe but in ,christ's         
willingness1  and that will make thee   
willing4 ,if thou findest thou canst not
  believe1 put him upon it2 he works to 
will and to believe1 put him  upon it2  
he works to will and to do of his own   
pleasure1 ,phil4 ii4  #ac4 ,mourn for   
thy unbelief1 which is a setting up of  
guilt in the  conscience above ,christ1 
an undervaluing of the merits of        
,christ1  accounting his blood an       
unholy1 a common1 and unsatisfying      
thing4    ,thou complainest much of     
thyself4--,doth thy sin make thee look  

more  at ,christ1 less at thyself6 ,that
 is right1 else complaining is but      
hypocrisy4 ,to be looking at duties1    
graces1 enlargements1 when thou         
shouldst be looking at ,christ1 that is 
pitiful4 ,looking at them  will make you
 humble4 ,by grace ye are saved1 ,eph4  
ii4 #e1 #h4 ,in all  thy temptations be 
not discouraged1 ,james1 i4 #b4 ,those  
surges may  be not to drown thee1 but to
 cast thee on the ,rock ,christ4        
,thou mayest be brought low1 even to the
 brink of hell1 yet there  thou mayest  
cry1 there thou mayest look towards the 
holy temple1  ,jonah1 ii4 #ad4 ,into    
that temple none might enter but        
purified ones1  and with an offering    
too1 ,acts1 xxi4 #bf4 ,but now ,christ  
is our  temple1 sacrifice1 altar1 and   
high-priest to whom none must come  but 
sinners1 and that without any offering  
but his own blood once  offered4 ,heb4  
vii4 #bg4    ,remember all the patterns 
of grace that are in heaven4 ,thou      
thinkest1 8,oh what a monument of grace 

shall ,i be60 ,there are many  thousands
 as rich monuments as thou canst be4    
,the greatest sinner  did never surpass 
the grace of ,christ4 ,do not despair3  
hope still4  ,when the clouds are       
blackest1 even then look towards        
,christ1 the  standing pillar of the    
,father's love and grace1 set up in     
heaven1  for all sinners to gaze upon   
continually4 ,whatsoever ,satan or      
conscience say1 do not conclude against 
thyself4 ,christ shall have  the last   
word2 he is judge of quick and dead1 and
 must pronounce  the fatal sentence4    
,his blood speaks reconciliation1 ,col4 
i4 #bj2  cleansing1 #a ,john1 i4 #g2    
purchase1 ,acts xx4 #bh2 redemption1 #a 
,pet4  i4 #i2 purging1 ,heb4 v4 #ac1    
#ad2 remission1 verse #bb2 liberty1     
,heb4  x4 #ai2 justification1 ,rom4 v4  
#i2 nearness to ,god1 ,eph4 ii4 #ac4    
,not  a drop of this blood shall be     
lost4 ,stand and hearken what ,god will 
say1 for he will speak peace to his     
people1 that they return no  more to    

folly1 ,psal4 lxxxv4 #h4 ,he speaks     
grace1 mercy1 and peace1 #b  ,tim4 i4   
#b4 ,that is the language of the ,father
 and of ,christ4 ,wait  for ,christ's   
appearing1 as the morning star1 ,rev4   
xxii4 #ai4 ,he  shall come as certain as
 the morning1 as refreshing as the rain1
  ,hos4 vi4 #c4    ,the sun may as well 
be hindered from rising1 as ,christ the 
sun  of righteousness1 ,mal4 iv4 #b4    
,look not a moment off ,christ4 ,look   
not upon sin1 but look upon ,christ     
first3 when thou mournest for  sin1 if  
thou dost not see ,christ1 then away    
with it1 ,zech4 ii4 #bj4  ,in every duty
 look at ,christ2 before duty1 to       
pardon2 in duty1  to assist2 after duty1
 to accept4 ,without this it is but     
carnal  careless duty4 ,do not legalise 
the gospel1 as if part did remain  to   
thee to do and suffer1 and ,christ were 
but an half mediator2 and  thou must    
bear part of thine own sin1 and make    
part satisfaction4  ,let sin break thy  
heart1 but not thy hope in the gospel4  

,look more at justification than        
sanctification4 ,in the highest         
commands consider ,christ1 not as an    
exactor1 to inquire1 but a  debtor and  
undertaker1 to work4 ,if thou hast      
looked at workings1  duties1            
qualifications1 c41 more than at the    
merits of ,christ1 it  will cost thee   
dear2 no wonder thou goest complaining2 
graces may  be evidences1 the merits of 
,christ alone1 without them1 must be the
  foundation of thy hope to rest upon4  
,christ only can be the hope of  glory1 
,col4 i4 #bg4    ,when we come to ,god1 
we must bring nothing but ,christ with  
us4 ,any  ingredients1 or any previous  
qualifications of our own1 will poison  
and corrupt faith4 ,he that builds upon 
duties1 graces1 c41 knows  not the      
merits of ,christ2 this makes believing 
so hard1 so far from  nature4 ,if thou  
believest1 thou must every day renounce 
as dung and  dross1 7,phil4 iii4 #g1    
#i17 thy privileges1 thy qualifications1
 thy  baptism1 thy sanctification1 thy  

duties1 thy graces1 thy tears1 thy      
meltings1 thy humblings1 and nothing but
 ,christ must be held up4  ,every day   
thy workings1 thy self-sufficiency must 
be destroyed4  ,thou must take all out  
of ,god's hand4 ,christ is the gift of  
,god1  ,john1 iv4 #aj4 ,faith is the    
gift of ,god1 ,eph4 ii4 #a4 ,pardon a   
free  gift1 ,rom4 v4 #af4 ,ah1 how      
nature storms1 frets1 rages at this1    
that  all is of gift1 and it can        
purchase nothing with its actings1 and  
tears1 and duties2 that all workings are
 excluded1 and of no value  in heaven6  
,if nature had been to contrive the way 
of salvation1 it would  rather have put 
it into the hands of saints or angels to
 sell  it1 than the hands of ,christ1   
who gives freely1 whom therefore  it    
suspects2 nature would have set up a way
 to purchase by  doing2 therefore it    
abominates the merits of ,christ1 as the
 most  destructive thing to it4 ,nature 
would do any thing to be saved1  rather 
than go to ,christ1 or close with       

,christ1 and owe all to him4  ,christ   
will have nothing2 but the soul will    
force somewhat of his  own upon ,christ4
 ,herein is that great                  
controversy4--,consider--didst  thou    
ever yet see the merits of ,christ1 and 
the infinite  satisfaction made by his  
death8 ,didst thou see this when the    
burden  of sin and the wrath of ,god lay
 heavy on thy conscience8 ,that is      
grace4 ,the greatness of ,christ's merit
 is not known but to a poor  soul in    
deep distress6 ,slight convictions will 
but have slight low  prizings of        
,christ's blood and merits4             
,despairing sinner6 ,thou lookest on thy
 right hand1 and on thy left1  saying1  
8,who will shew us any good80 ,thou art 
looking over all thy  duties and        
professions to patch a righteousness to 
save thee4 ,look  at ,christ now2 look  
to him and be saved all the ends of the 
earth1  ,is4 xlv4 #bb4 ,there is none   
else4 ,he is a ,saviour1 and there is   
none  besides him1 xliii4 #aa4 ,look any

 where else1 and thou art undone4  ,god 
will look at nothing but ,christ1 and   
thou must look at nothing  else4 ,christ
 is lifted up on high1 as the brazen    
serpent in the  wilderness1 that sinners
 at the end of the earth1 at the        
greatest  distance1 may see him1 and    
look towards him1 ,john1 iii4 #ad1 #ae4 
,the  least sight of him will be saving1
 the least touch healing to thee2  and  
,god intends thou shouldst look on him1 
for he hath set him upon  a high throne 
of glory1 in the open view of all poor  
sinners4 ,thou  hast infinite reason to 
look on him3 no reason at all to look   
off  him2 for he is meek and lowly of   
heart1 ,matt4 xi4 #bi4 ,he will do  that
 himself which he requires of his       
creatures2 viz4 bear with  infirmities1 
,rom4 xv4 #a4 ,not pleasing himself1 nor
 standing upon  points of law1 ver4 #b2 
he will restore with the spirit of      
meekness1  ,gal4 vi42 and bear thy      
burdens1 ver4 #b4 ,he will forgive not  
only  till seven times1 but seventy     

times seven1 ,matt4 xviii4 #ba1 #bb4 ,i 
put the faith of the apostles to it to  
believe this1 ,luke1 xvii4 #d1  #e4     
,because we are hard to forgive1 we     
think ,christ is hard4    ,we see sin   
great1 we think ,christ doth so1 and    
measure infinite  love with our line1   
infinite merits with our sins1 which is 
the  great pride and blasphemy1 ,ps4    
ciii4 #aa1 #ab2 ,is4 x4 #ae4 ,hear what 
he saith3 ,i have found a ransom1 ,job  
xxxiii4 #bd2 in him ,i am well  pleased1
 ,matt4 iii4 #ah4 ,god will have nothing
 else2 nothing else  will do thee good1 
or satisfy conscience1 but ,christ who  
satisfied  the ,father4 ,god doth all   
upon the account of ,christ4 ,thy       
deserts  are hell1 wrath1 rejection4    
,christ's deserts are life1 pardon1  and
 acceptance4 ,he will not only shew thee
 one1 but he will give  thee the other4 
,it is ,christ's own glory and happiness
 to pardon4  ,consider1 whilst ,christ  
was upon the earth1 he was more among   
publicans and sinners1 than among       

scribes and pharisees1 his  professed   
adversaries1 for they were righteous    
ones3 it is not  as thou imaginest1 that
 his state in glory makes him neglected1
  scornful to poor sinners2 ,no4 ,he    
hath the same heart now in heaven2  he  
is good1 and changeth not2 he is the    
,lamb of ,god that taketh  away the sins
 of the world1 ,john1 i4 #bj4 ,he went  
through all thy  temptations1           
dejections1 sorrows1 desertions1        
rejections1 ,matt4  iv4 #c to #ab and   
#bf2 ,mark1 xv4 #bd2 ,luke1 xxii4 #dd2  
,matt4 xxiv4 #ch4  ,and he hath drawn   
the bitterness of the cup1 and left thee
 the  sweet3 the condemnation is out2   
,christ drank up all the ,father's      
wrath at one draught1 and nothing but   
salvation is left for  thee4 ,thou      
sayest thou canst not believe1 thou     
canst not repent4  ,fitter for ,christ  
if thou hast nothing but sin and misery4
 ,go to  ,christ with all thy           
impenitence and unbelief1 to get faith  
and  repentance from him--that is       

glorious3 ,say unto him1 ,lord1 ,i have 
brought no righteousness of grace to be 
accepted in or justified  by2 ,i am come
 for thine4 ,we would be bringing to    
,christ1 which  must not be2 grace will 
not stand with works1 ,tit4 iii4 #e2    
,rom4  xi4 #f4 ,self-righteousness and  
self-sufficiency are the darlings  of   
nature1 which she preserves as her life2
 that makes ,christ  obnoxious to       
nature2 nature cannot desire him2 he is 
just directly  opposite to all nature's 
glorious interests4 ,let nature make a  
gospel1 and it would make it contrary to
 ,christ4 ,it would be to  the just1 the
 innocent1 the holy1 c4 ,christ made the
 gospel for  thee1 that is1 for needy   
sinners1 the ungodly1 the unrighteous1  
the accursed4 ,nature cannot endure to  
think the gospel is only for  sinners2  
it will rather choose to despair than go
 to ,christ upon  such terrible terms4  
,when nature is opposed to guilt or     
wrath1 it  will go to its own haunts of 
self-righteousness1 self-goodness1  c4  

,an infinite power must cast down those 
strong holds4 ,none but  the            
self-justiciary stands excluded out of  
the gospel4 ,christ will  look at the   
most abominable sinner before him1      
because to such a  one ,christ cannot be
 made justification--he is no sinner4   
,to say in  compliment1 ,i am a sinner1 
is easy2 but to pray with the publican  
indeed1 ,lord be merciful to me a       
sinner1 is the hardest prayer in  the   
world4 ,it is easy to profess ,christ   
with the mouth1 but to  confess him with
 the heart1 as ,peter1 7to be the       
,christ1 the ,son  of the living ,god1  
the alone ,mediator17 that is above     
flesh and  blood4 ,many call ,christ    
,saviour2 few know him to be so4 ,to see
  grace and salvation in ,christ1 is the
 greatest sight in the world2  none can 
do that1 but at the same time they shall
 see that glory  and salvation to be    
theirs4 ,i may be ashamed to think1 in  
the  midst of so much profession1 that  
,i have little of the blood of  ,christ1

 which is the main thing of the gospel4 
,a ,christless formal  profession will  
be the blackest sight next to hell4     
,thou mayest  have many good things1 and
 yet one thing may be wanting that may  
make thee go away sorrowful from        
,christ4 ,thou hast never sold all  thou
 hast1 never parted with all thine own  
righteousness1 c4 ,thou  mayest be high 
in duty1 and yet a perfect enemy and    
adversary to  ,christ1 in every prayer1 
in every ordinance4    ,labour after    
sanctification to thy utmost1 but make  
not a ,christ of  it to save thee2 if   
so1 it must come down one way or other4 
,christ's infinite satisfaction1 not thy
 sanctification1 must be  thy           
justification before ,god4 ,when the    
,lord shall appear terrible  out of his 
holy place1 fire shall consume that as  
hay and stubble4  ,this will be found   
true religion1 to rest all upon the     
everlasting  mountains of ,god's love   
and grace in ,christ2 to live           
continually  in the sight of ,christ's  

infinite righteousness and merits1 7they
  are sanctifying2 without them the     
heart is carnal17 and in those  sights  
to see the full vileness of sin1 and to 
see all pardoned2  in those sights to   
pray1 hear1 c41 seeing thy polluted     
self1 and  all thy weak performances    
accepted continually2 in those sights to
  trample upon all thy self-glories1    
righteousness1 and privileges1  as      
abominable1 and be found continually in 
the righteousness of  ,christ only2     
rejoicing in the ruins of thy own       
righteousness1  the spoiling of all thy 
own excellencies1 that ,christ's alone1 
as ,mediator1 may be exalted on his     
throne3 mourning over all thy  duties   
7how glorious soever7 which thou hast   
not performed in the  sight and sense of
 ,christ's love4 ,without the blood of  
,christ on  the conscience1 all this is 
dead service1 ,heb4 ix4 #ad4    ,that   
opinion of free will1 so cried up1 will 
be easily confuted1  as it is by        
scripture1 in the heart that hath had   

any spiritual  dealings with ,jesus     
,christ1 as to the application to its   
merit1  and subjection to his           
righteousness4 ,christ is every way too 
magnificent a person for a poor nature  
to close withal or to  apprehend4       
,christ is so infinitely holy1 nature   
durst never look  at him2 so infinitely 
good1 nature can never believe him to be
  such1 when it lies under a full sight 
of sin4 ,christ is too high  and        
glorious for nature so much as to touch4
 ,there must be a divine  nature first  
put in the soul1 to make it lie on him1 
he lies so  infinitely beyond the sight 
or reach of nature4    ,that ,christ1   
which natural free will can apprehend1  
is but a  natural ,christ of a man's own
 making1 not the ,father's ,christ1 nor 
,jesus the ,son of the living ,god1 to  
whom none can come without  the father's
 drawing1 ,john1 vi4 #dd4 #df4 ,finally1
 search the  scriptures daily1 as mines 
of gold1 wherein the heart of ,christ   
is laid4 ,watch against constitutional  

sins1 see them in their  vileness1 and  
they shall never break out into act4    
,keep always an  humble1 empty1 broken  
frame of heart1 sensible of any         
spiritual  miscarriage1 observant of all
 inward workings1 fit for the highest   
communications4 ,keep not guilt in the  
conscience1 but apply the  blood of     
,christ immediately4 ,god chargeth sin  
and guilt upon thee1  to make thee look 
to ,christ4    ,judge not ,christ's love
 by providences1 but by promises4 ,bless
 ,god  for shaking off false            
foundations1 and for any way whereby he 
keeps  the soul awakened and looking    
after ,christ4 ,better sicknesses and   
temptations than security and           
slightness4    ,a slighting spirit will 
turn a profane spirit1 and will sin and 
pray too4 ,slighting is the bane of     
profession2 if it be not rooted  out of 
the heart1 by constant and serious      
dealings with1 and  beholdings of       
,christ in duties1 it will grow more    
strong and more  deadly by being under  

church ordinances4 ,measure not thy     
graces by  other attainments1 but by    
,scripture trials4 ,be serious and exact
 in  duty1 having the weight of it upon 
the heart2 be as much afraid of  taking 
comfort from duties as from sins4       
,comfort from any hand but  ,christ's is
 deadly4 ,be much in prayer1 or you will
 never keep up  much communion with     
,god4 ,as you are in closet prayer1 so  
you will  be in all other ordinances4   
,reckon not duties by high expression1  
but by low frames1 and the  beholdings  
of ,christ4 ,tremble at duties and      
gifts4 ,it was a saying  of a great     
saint1 he was more afraid of his duties 
than his sins2  the one often made him  
proud1 the other always made him humble4
  ,treasure up manifestations of        
,christ's love1 they make the heart  low
 for ,christ1 too high for sin4 ,slight 
not the lowest1 meanest  evidences of   
grace2 ,god may put thee to make use of 
the lowest as  thou thinkest1 even that1
 #a ,john1 iii4 #ad1 may be worth a     

thousand  worlds to thee4    ,be true to
 truth1 but not turbulent and scornful4 
,restore such as  are fallen2 help them 
up again with all the bowels of ,christ4
 ,set  the broken disjointed bones with 
the grace of the gospel4 ,high          
professor1 despise not weak saints4     
,thou mayest come to wish to  be in the 
condition of the meanest of them4 ,be   
faithful to others'  infirmities1 but   
sensible of thy own4 ,visit sick beds   
and deserted  souls much1 they are      
excellent schools in experience4 ,abide 
in your  calling4 ,be dutiful to all    
relations as to the ,lord4 ,be content  
with little of the world2 little will   
serve4 ,think every little  of the earth
 much1 because unworthy of the least4   
,think much of  heaven1 not little1     
because ,christ is so rich and free4    
,think  every one better than thyself1  
and ever carry self-loathing about      
thee1 as one fit to be trampled upon by 
all saints4 ,see the vanity  of the     
world1 and the consumption there is upon

 all things1 and  love nothing but      
,christ4 ,mourn to see so little of     
,christ in the  world1 so few needing   
him3 trifles please them better4 ,to a  
secure  soul ,christ is but a table1 the
 scripture but a story4 ,mourn to  think
 how many there are under baptism and   
church order1 that are  not under grace1
 looking much after outward duties1     
little after  ,christ1 little versed in 
grace4 ,prepare for the cross2 welcome  
it1  bear it triumphantly like ,christ's
 cross2 whether scoffs1 mockings1       
jeers1 contempt1 imprisonment1 c4 ,but  
see it be ,christ's cross1  not thine   
own4    ,sin will hinder from glorying  
in the cross of ,christ4 ,omitting      
little truths against light may breed   
guilt in the conscience1 as  well as    
committing the greatest sins against    
light4 ,if thou hast  been taken out of 
the belly of hell into ,christ's bosom1 
and made  to sit among princes in the   
household of ,god1 oh how shouldst thou 
live as a pattern of mercy8 ,redeemed1  

restored soul1 what infinite  sums dost 
thou not owe to ,christ6 ,with what     
singular frames must  thou walk1 and do 
every duty6 ,on sabbaths1 what praising 
days1  singing hallelujahs1 should they 
be to thee6 ,church fellowship3  what a 
heaven1 a being with ,christ1 and       
angels1 and saints in  communion2 what a
 bathing of the soul in eternal love2   
what a  burial with ,christ1 and dying  
to all things beside him6 ,every time   
thou thinkest of ,christ1 be astonished1
 and wonder2 and when thou  seest sin1  
look at ,christ's grace which did pardon
 it2 and when  thou art proud1 look at  
,christ's grace1 that shall humble and  
strike thee down in the dust4           
,remember ,christ's time of love1 when  
thou wast naked1 ,ezekiel1  xvi4 #h1 #i1
 and then he chose thee4 ,canst thou    
ever have a proud  thought8--,remember  
whose arms supported thee from sinking1 
and  delivered thee from the lowest     
hell1 ,ps4 lxxxvi4 #ac3 and shout  in   
the ears of angels and men1 ,ps4        

cxlviii4 and for ever sing1  8,praise1  
praise1 grace1 grace40 ,daily repent and
 pray2 and walk in  the spirit of grace 
as one that hath the anointing of grace 
upon  thee4 ,remember thy sins1         
,christ's pardoning2 thy deserts1       
,christ's  merits2 thy weakness1        
,christ's strength2 thy pride1 ,christ's
  humility2 thy many infirmities1       
,christ's restorings2 thy guilt1        
,christ's new applications of his blood2
 thy failings1 ,christ's  raisings up2  
thy wants1 ,christ's fulness2 thy       
temptations1 ,christ's  tenderness2 thy 
vileness1 ,christ's righteousness4      
,blessed soul6 whom ,christ shall find  
not trusting in his own  righteousness1 
,phil4 iii4 #i1 but having his robes    
washed and made  white in the blood of  
the ,lamb1 ,rev4 vii4 #ad4 ,woeful1     
miserable  professor1 that hath not the 
gospel within6 ,rest not in church      
trials2 thou mayest pass them1 and be   
cast away in ,christ's day of  trial4   
,thou mayest come to baptism1 and never 

come to ,jesus and the  blood of        
sprinkling1 ,heb4 xii4 #bd4 ,whatever   
working or attainments1  short of       
,christ s blood1 merits1 righteousness1 
7the main object  of the gospel7 fall   
short of the truth1 and leave the soul  
in a  condition of doubtings and        
questionings2 and doubtings1 if not     
looked into betimes1 will turn to a     
lightness of spirit1 one of the  most   
dangerous of frames4    ,trifle not with
 ordinances4 ,be much in meditation and 
prayer4  ,wait diligently upon all      
hearing opportunities4 ,we have need of 
doctrine1 reproof1 exhortations1        
consolation1 as tender herbs  and the   
grass hath of the rain1 the dew1 the    
small rain1 and the  showers1 ,deut4    
xxxii4 #b4 ,do all thou doest as        
soul-work unto  ,christ1 ,zech4 vi4 #e1 
#f2 as immediately dealing with ,christ 
,jesus2  as if he were looking on thee1 
and thou on him1 and get all thy        
strength from him4    ,observe what holy
 motions you find in your soul to       

duties2 prize  the least good thought   
thou hast of ,christ1 the least good    
word  thou speakest of him sincerely    
from thy heart4 ,rich mercy6 ,oh6  bless
 ,god for it6 ,observe if every day you 
have the ,day-spring from  on high1 with
 his morning dews of mourning for sin1  
constantly  visiting thee1 ,luke1 i4    
#gh4 ,have you the bright ,morning-star1
 with  fresh influences of grace and    
peace1 constantly arising1 ,rev4 xxii4  
#af1 and ,christ sweetly greeting the   
soul in all duties8 ,what duty  makes   
not more spiritual1 will make more      
carnal2 what doth not  quicken and      
humble1 will deaden and harden4         
,judas may have the outward privilege of
 baptism1 the supper1                   
church-fellowship1 c41 but ,john leaned 
on ,christ's bosom1 ,john1  iii4 #bc2   
that is the gospel-ordinance posture1 in
 which we should  pray and hear1 and    
perform all duties4 ,nothing but lying  
in that  bosom will dissolve hardness of
 heart1 and make thee to mourn  heartily

 for sin and cure lightness and         
indifference of spirit1  that gangrene  
to profession2 that will humble indeed1 
and make the  soul cordial to ,christ1  
and sin vile to the soul2 yea1 transform
  the ugliest place of hell into the    
glory of ,christ4 ,never think  thou art
 right as thou shouldst be1 a ,christian
 of any attainment1  until thou come to 
this1 always to see and feel thyself    
lying in  the bosom of ,christ1 who is  
in the bosom of his ,father1 ,john1 i4  
#ah4 ,come and pray the ,father for     
views of ,christ1 and you will  be sure 
to speed4 ,you can come with no request 
that pleaseth him  better4 ,he gave him 
out of his own bosom for that very end1 
to be  held up before the eyes of       
sinners1 as the everlasting monument of 
his unspeakable love4    ,looking at the
 natural sun weakens the eye4 ,the more 
you look at  ,christ1 the ,sun of       
righteousness1 the stronger and clearer 
will the  eye of faith be4 ,look but at 
,christ1 you will love him1 and live    

upon him4 ,think on him                 
continually1--keep the eye constantly   
upon  ,christ's blood1 or every blast of
 temptation will shake you4 ,if you  see
 sin's sinfulness1 to loath it and      
mourn1 do not stand looking  upon sin1  
but look upon ,christ first1 as         
suffering and satisfying  for it4 ,if   
you would see your graces1 your         
sanctification1 do not  stand gazing    
upon them1 but look at ,christ's        
righteousness in the  first place1--see 
the ,son1 and you see all1--look at your
 graces in  the last place4    ,go to   
,christ in sight of your sin and misery1
 not of your grace and  holiness4 ,have 
nothing to do with thy graces and       
sanctification1  they will but veil     
,christ1 till thou hast seen ,christ    
first4 ,he  that looks upon ,christ     
through his graces1 is like one that    
sees  the sun in water1 which wavereth1 
and moves as the water doth4  ,look upon
 ,christ only as shining in the         
firmament of the ,father's  love and    

grace1 you will not see him but in his  
own glory1 which  is unspeakable4 ,pride
 and unbelief will put you upon seeing  
somewhat in yourself first1 but faith   
will have to do with none  but ,christ1 
who is unexpressibly glorious1 and must 
swallow up thy  sanctification as well  
as thy sin3 for ,god made him both for  
us1  and we must take him for both1 #a  
,cor4 i4 #cj1 #b ,cor4 v4 #ba4 ,he that 
sets up his sanctification to look at1  
to comfort him1 he sets up  the greatest
 idol1 which will strengthen his doubts 
and fears4 ,do  but look off ,christ1   
and presently1 like ,peter1 you sink in 
doubt4    ,a ,christian never wants     
comfort but by breaking the order and   
method of the gospel1 looking on his    
own1 and looking off ,christ's  perfect 
righteousness1 which is1 to choose      
rather to live by  candlelight than by  
the light of the sun4 ,the honey that   
you suck  from your own righteousness   
will turn into perfect gall2 and the    
light that you take from that to walk in

 will turn into black night  upon the   
soul4 ,satan is tempting thee1 by       
putting thee to plod  about thine own   
grace1 to get comfort from that2 then   
the ,father  comes and points thee to   
,christ's grace1 as rich and glorious1  
infinitely pleasing to him2 and biddest 
thee study ,christ's  righteousness2 and
 his biddings are enablings2 that is1 a 
blessed  motion1 a sweet whispering1    
checking thy belief--follow the least   
hint1 close with much prayer1 prize it  
as an invaluable jewel2 it  is an       
earnest of more to come4 ,again1    ,if 
you will pray1 and cannot1 and are so   
discouraged1 see ,christ  praying for   
you1 using his interest with the ,father
 for you4 ,what  can you want8 ,john1   
xiv4 #g1 and chap4 xvii4 ,if you be     
troubled1  see ,christ your peace1 ,eph4
 ii4 #ad4 ,leaving you peace when he    
went  up to heaven1 again and again     
charging you not to be troubled2  no1   
not in the least sinfully troubled2 so  
as to obstruct the  comfort of thy      

believing1 ,john1 xiv4 #a1 #bg4 ,he is  
now upon the  throne1 having spoiled    
upon his cross1 in the lowest state of  
his  humiliation1 all whatsoever can    
hurt or annoy thee2 he hath borne  all  
thy sins1 sorrows1 troubles1 and        
temptations1 and is gone to  prepare    
mansions for thee4    ,thou who hast    
seen ,christ all1 and thyself absolutely
 nothing who  makest ,christ all thy    
life1 and art dead to all righteousness 
besides1 thou art a ,christian1 one     
highly beloved1 and who hath  found     
favour with ,god1 a favourite of heaven4
 ,do ,christ this one  favour for all   
his love to thee2 love all his poor     
saints and  churches1 the meanest1 the  
weakest1 notwithstanding any difference 
in judgment1 they are engraven on his   
heart1 as the names of the  children of 
,israel on ,aaron's breast-plate2 ,ex4  
xxviii4 #ba4 ,let  them be so on thine4 
,pray for the peace of ,jerusalem2 they 
shall  prosper that love thee1 ,ps4     
cxxii4 #f4      ,,the ,,end             

,,sins ,,and ,,sorrows      ,,spread    
,,before ,,god3      ,a ,,sermon1       
,,by ,,the ,,rev4 ,,isaac ,,watts4      
,illustration        ,,glasgow3         
,,printed ,,for ,,the ,,booksellers4    
,,sins ,,and ,,sorrows    ,,spread      
,,before ,,god4    ,,job xxiii4 #c1 #d4 
,oh that ,i knew where ,i might find    
him6 that ,i might come even to    his  
seat6 ,i would order my cause before    
him1 and fill my mouth    with          
arguments4      ,there is such a thing  
as converse with ,god in prayer1 and it 
is the  life and pleasure of a pious    
soul2 without it we are no ,christians2 
and he that practises it most1 is the   
best follower of ,christ1 for  our ,lord
 spent much time in converse with his   
heavenly ,father4 ,this  is the balm    
that eases the most raging pains of the 
mind1 when  the wounded conscience comes
 to the mercy-seat1 and finds pardon    
and peace there4 ,this is the cordial   
that revives and exalts our  natures1   
when the spirit1 broken with sorrows and

 almost fainting  with death1 draws near
 to the almighty ,physician1 and is     
healed  and refreshed4 ,the mercy-seat  
in heaven is our surest and sweetest    
refuge in every hour of distress and    
darkness on earth2 this is our  daily   
support and relief1 while we are passing
 through a world of  temptations and    
hardships in the way to the promised    
land4 8,it is  good for us to draw near 
to ,god40 ,psal4 lxxiii4 #bh4    ,and   
yet so much is human nature sunk down   
and fallen from ,god1 that  even his own
 children are ready to indulge a neglect
 of converse  with him1 if their souls  
are not always upon the watch4 ,but let 
it be remembered here1 that so much as  
we abate of this divine  entertainment  
among the vanities or amusements of the 
world1 the  businesses or burdens of    
life2 so much we lose of the glory and  
joy  of religion1 and deprive our souls 
of the comfort that ,god invites  us to 
receive4    ,job was encompassed with   
sorrows all around1 and his friends had 

censured him as a vile hypocrite1 and a 
great sinner1 because he  was so        
terribly afflicted by the hand of ,god3 
whither should he run  now but to his   
heavenly ,father1 and tell him of all   
his sufferings8    ,from the practice of
 this holy man1 ,i thought we might have
  sufficient warrant to draw this       
inference1 viz4 that when a saint  gets 
near to ,god in prayer1 he tells him all
 his circumstances1 and  pleads for     
help4 ,and this is the doctrine which ,i
 am endeavouring  now to improve4 ,o if 
,i could but come near him2 ,i would    
spread all  my concerns before his eye1 
and ,i would plead with him for relief2 
,i would fill my mouth with arguments4  
,four things ,i proposed in the         
prosecution of this doctrine4    ,i4 ,to
 consider what it is for a soul to get  
near to ,god in prayer4    ,,ii4 ,what  
particular subjects doth a soul1 thus   
brought near to the  mercy-seat1        
converse with ,god about4    ,,iii4 ,why
 he causes to tell all his circumstances

 and his sorrows to  ,god1 when he is   
thus near him4    ,,iv4 ,how he pleads  
for relief4    ,i4 ,we have already     
considered what it is for a soul to get 
near  to the seat of ,god1 and what are 
the usual attendants of such  a         
privilege4 ,at such a season the holy   
soul will have an awful  and adoring    
sense of the majesty of ,god1 a becoming
 fear of his  terrors1 and some sweeter 
taste of his love4 ,there will be a     
divine  hatred of every sin1 and a      
sensible virtue and influence proceeding
  from a present ,god1 to resist every  
temptation2 there will be a  spiritual  
and heavenly temper diffusing itself    
through the whole  soul1 and all the    
powers of it2 a fixedness of heart      
without  wandering2 and a liveliness    
without tiring2 no weariness is felt in 
the spirit at such a season1 even though
 the flesh may be ready to  faint under 
the overpowering sweetness2 then the    
soul with freedom  opens itself before  
the eye of ,god1 and melts and flows in 

divine  language1 whether it complain or
 rejoice4 ,but ,i have finished this    
head1 and repeat no more4    ,,ii4 ,what
 are some of the particular             
circumstances or subjects of  complaint1
 that a saint brings to ,god when he    
comes near to him4    ,in general1 a    
saint1 when he is near to ,god1 has all 
the fulness of  his heart breaking out  
into holy language2 he pours out his    
whole  self before his ,god and his     
,father2 all the infinite affairs that  
relate to the flesh and spirit1 to this 
life and that which is to  come2 all    
things in heaven1 and all things on     
earth1 created or  uncreated1 may1 at   
one time or other1 be the subjects of   
converse  between ,god and a holy soul4 
,when the question is asked by a carnal 
man1 8,what can a ,christian talk with  
,god so long and so often  about80 ,the 
,christian1 in a divine frame1 answers1 
8,he that hath  matter enough for       
converse with ,god1 to wear out time1   
and to fill  up eternity40 ,it may as   

well be asked on the other side1 ,what  
has  he not to say8 ,what is there that 
relates to ,god1 or to himself1 to  the 
upper1 or the lower world1 that he may  
not at some time say to  his ,god8      
,but ,i must confine myself from        
wandering in so large a field1  that ,i 
may comport with the design of my text4 
,though a good man1  in devout prayer   
often spreads his hopes and his joys    
before the  ,lord as well as his        
sorrows1 fear1 and distresses2 yet ,i   
shall at  present endeavour to set forth
 only the mournful and complaining      
representations of his circumstances    
that he makes before the  throne of     
,god4    #a4 ,if ,i could but come near 
the mercy-seat1 ,i would confess how    
great my sins are1 and ,i would pray for
 pardoning grace4 ,i would  say1 8,how  
vile ,i am by nature20 ,i would count my
 original descent  from ,adam the great 
transgressor1 and humble myself at the  
foot of  a holy ,god1 because ,i am the 
descent of such a sinner4 ,i would tell 

him how much viler ,i have made myself  
by practice3 8,i have been  an enemy in 
my mind by nature1 and guilty of many   
wicked works1  whereby ,i have farther  
estranged myself from him40 ,i would    
tell my  ,god how multiplied my         
transgressions have been before ,i knew 
him1  and how aggravated they have been 
since ,i have been acquainted  with him4
 ,i would acquaint him with the         
frequency of my returning  guilt1 how ,i
 have sinned against mercies1 against   
reproofs1  against warnings received    
often from his word1 and often from his 
providence4    ,i may appeal to the     
souls of many present1 whether they have
 not  had the greatest freedom of       
confession of their sins when they have 
been nearest to ,god1 even though he be 
a ,god of holiness4 ,at other  times    
they have not only been averse to       
confess to any friend1 but  even        
unwilling to talk over to themselves the
 aggravation of their  iniquities1 or to
 mention them in prayer2 but when they  

are brought  thus near the throne of    
,god1 they unbosom themselves before    
him1  they pour out their sins and their
 tears together1 with a sweet and       
mournful satisfaction4    8,i behold    
7says the saint7 the great atonement1   
the blood of ,jesus1  and therefore ,i  
may venture to confess my great         
iniquities1 for the  satisfaction is    
equal to them all4 ,when ,i behold ,god 
upon his seat1  ,i behold the ,lamb in  
the midst of the throne as it had been  
slain1  and he is my ,peace-maker4 ,i   
see his all-sufficient sacrifice1 his   
atoning blood1 his perfect1 his         
justifying righteousness40 ,the soul    
then answers the call of ,god with great
 readiness1 when ,god says  in ,isaiah  
i4 #ah4 8,come let us reason together2  
though your sins  have been as scarlet1 
they shall be as wool40 8,i am ready    
7says  the soul7 to enter into such     
reasonings2 ,i am ready to confess      
before thee1 that my sins are all       
crimson and scarlet1 but there is       

cleansing blood with thy ,son4 ,blood   
that has washed the garments of  a      
thousand sinners1 and made them as white
 as snow2 and it has the  same virtue   
still to wash mine too2 ,i trust in it1 
and rejoice when  ,i behold that blood  
sprinkled upon the mercy-seat1 and      
therefore ,i  grow confident in hope1   
and draw yet nearer to ,god1 a          
reconciled  ,god1 since his throne has  
the memorials of a bleeding sacrifice   
upon it40    #b4 ,if ,i could get nearer
 the seat of ,god ,i would tell him how 
many  my enemies are1 and how strong2   
how malicious1 and how full of  rage4   
,and ,i would beg strength against them1
 and victory over them4  ,i would say as
 ,david1 8,many there be that hate me1  
many there be  that rise up against me1 
and many there be that say of my soul1  
,there is no help for him in ,god2 but  
thou1 ,o ,god1 art my glory1 my  shield1
 and the lifter up of my head10 ,psal4  
iii4 ,then1 says the  soul1 ,i would    
complain to ,god of all my indwelling   

corruptions1  of the body of death that 
dwells in me1 or in which ,i dwell2 and 
say2 8,o wretched man that ,i am1 who   
shall deliver me60 ,i would  tell him   
then of the secret working of pride in  
my heart1 though  ,i long to be humble2 
of the rising of ambition in my soul1   
though  ,i would willingly maintain a   
middle state amongst men1 and not  aim  
and aspire to be great4 ,i would        
acquaint him of the vanity of  my own   
mind1 though ,i am perpetually          
endeavouring to subdue it4  ,i would    
tell him1 with tears1 of my sinful      
passions1 of my anger  and impatience1  
and the workings of envy and revenge in 
me2 of the  perpetual stirrings of      
disorderly appetites1 whereby ,i am led 
away  from my ,god2 ,i would tell him of
 the hardness of my heart1 and the      
obstinacy of my temper4 ,i would open   
before his eyes all the vices  of my    
constitution2 all those sacred seeds of 
iniquity that are  ever budding and     
blossoming to bring forth fruit to      

death4 ,these  things are fit to mourn  
before the ,lord1 when the soul is come 
near  to his seat4    ,i would complain 
of this sore enemy1 the world1 that is  
perpetually  besetting me1 that strikes 
upon all my senses1 that by the ears1   
and the eyes1 and all the outward       
faculties1 draws my heart away  from    
,god my best friend4 ,i would tell him  
of the rage of ,satan1  that watchful   
and malicious adversary2 that ,i cannot 
engage in  any duty of worship but he is
 ready to throw in some foolish or  vain
 suggestion to divert me2 and ,i would  
look forward1 and point  to my last     
enemy1 death1 and beg the presence of my
 ,god with me1  when ,i walk through the
 dark valley2 8,lord1 when ,i enter into
 that  conflict1 assist me1 that ,i may 
fear no evil1 but be made more than  a  
conqueror through him that has loved    
me40    #c4 ,i would tell him what      
darkness ,i labour under1 either in     
respect  of faith or practice4 ,if ,i am
 perplexed in my mind1 and entangled    

about any of the doctrines of the       
gospel1 ,i would tell them my  ,god what
 my entanglements are1 where the        
difficulty lies2 and ,i  would beg1 that
 by his ,spirit and his word1 he would  
solve the  controversy1 and set his own 
truth before me in his own divine       
light4 ,and then in point of practice1  
what darkness lies upon the  spirit at  
such a time1 is revealed before ,god3   
8,my way is hedged  up1 ,i know not what
 path to chuse2 it is very hard for me  
to find  out duty2 show me1 ,o ,lord1   
the way wherein ,i should walk1 and mark
  out my path plain for me40    #d4 ,i  
would mourn1 and tell him how little    
converse ,i have with  himself1 how much
 he is hidden from me2 ,i would complain
 to him1  how far off ,i am from him the
 most part of my life1 how few are  the 
hours of my communion with him1 how     
short is the visit1 how  much his face  
is concealed from me1 and how far my    
heart is divided  from him4 ,a soul then
 says1 8,surely there is too great a    

distance  between me and my ,god1 my    
heavenly ,father20 and cries out with   
bitterness1 8,why is ,god so far from   
me1 and why is my heart so  far from    
,god8 ,how often do ,i wait upon him in 
his own sanctuary1  and among his       
saints1 but ,i am not favoured with a   
sight of his  power and glory there6    
,and how often do ,i seek him in my     
secret  retirements1 but ,i find him    
not6 ,i would tell him how often ,i read
  his promises in the gospel1 and taste 
no sweetness2 ,i go frequently  to those
 wells of consolation and they seem to  
be dry2 then ,i turn  my face1 and go   
away ashamed40    #e4 ,i would tell him 
too of my temporal troubles1 if ,i get  
near to  ,god1 because they unfit me for
 his service1 they make me uncapable  of
 honouring him in the world1 and render 
me unfit for enjoying  him in his       
ordinances2 ,i would tell him how they  
damp my zeal1  how they bow my spirit   
down1 and make me go mourning all the   
day  long1 to the dishonour of          

,christianity1 which is a dispensation  
of grace and joy4 ,thus ,i might        
complain before ,god of pains1 of       
weakness1 of sickness1 of the disorders 
of my flesh2 ,i might  complain there   
too of the weakness of all my powers1   
the want of  memory1 the scatterings and
 confusions that are upon my thoughts1  
the wanderings of my fancy1 and the     
unhappy influence that a  feeble and    
diseased body has upon the mind3 8,o my 
,god1 how am ,i  divided from thee by   
dwelling in such a tabernacle6 ,still   
patching  up a tottering cottage1 and   
wasting my best hours in a painful      
attendance on the infirmities of the    
flesh60    ,i might then take the       
liberty of spreading before my ,god all 
the  sorrows and vexations of life1 that
 unhinge my soul from its  centre1 that 
throw it off from my guard1 and hurry   
and expose me to  daily temptations4 ,i 
might complain of my reproaches from    
friends  and enemies2 because these1    
many times1 wear out the spirit and     

unfit it for acts of lively worship4    
,these are my weekly sorrows  and       
groans1 these are my daily fears and    
troubles2 and these shall  be spread    
before the eyes of my ,god1 in the happy
 hour when ,i get  near him4    ,lastly1
 ,i would not go away without a word of 
pity and complaint  concerning my       
relations1 my friends and acquaintance1 
that are afar  off from ,god4 ,i would  
put in one word of petition for them    
that are  careless unconcerned for      
themselves2 ,i would weep a little at   
the  seat of ,god for them3 ,i would    
leave a tear or two at the throne  of   
mercy1 for my dearest relatives in the  
flesh1 for children1  brothers or       
sisters1 that they may be brought near  
to ,god1 in the  bonds of the ,spirit4  
,then would ,i remember my friends in   
,christ1  my brethren and kindred in the
 gospel2 such as labour under heavy     
burdens1 languish under various         
infirmities of life1 or groan under  the
 power of strong temptations4 ,when ,god

 indulges me the favour  of his ear1 ,i 
would spread their wants and sorrows    
before him1  together with my own1 and  
make supplication for all the saints4 ,i
  would leave a petition at the         
mercy-seat for my native country1  that 
knowledge and holiness may overspread   
the nation2 that our  king may be a     
nursing-father to the church1 and our   
princes may  be blessings to the land4  
,and while ,i send up my request for the
  ,british ,islands1 ,i would breathe   
out many a sigh for ,zion1 that she  may
 be the joy of the whole earth4--,i     
proceed now to4    ,,iii4 ,the third    
head of inquiry1 which is this3 ,why    
does a saint1  when he gets near to ,god
 delight to tell him all his            
circumstances1  and all his sorrows8    
,in general ,i might say this1 because  
it is so seldom1 at least in  our day1  
that a saint gets very near to ,god2    
therefore when he  finds that happy     
minute1 he says to his ,god all he wants
 to say2  he tells him all his heart2 he

 pours out all his wants before him2    
because these seasons are very few4 ,it 
is but here and there an  extraordinary 
,christian1 who maintains constant      
nearness to ,god2  the best complain of 
too much distance and estrangement4 ,but
 to  descend to particulars4    #a4 ,he 
is our chief friend1 and it is an ease  
to the soul to vent  itself in the bosom
 of a friend1 when we are in his        
company4 ,more  especially as it was in 
the case of ,job1 when other friends    
failed  him when he began to tell them  
some of his sorrows1 and withal         
maintained his own integrity2 they would
 not believe him1 but  became his       
troublers instead of his comforters2    
8,my friends1 scorn  me10 saith ,job1   
ch4 xvi4 #bj1 8but mine eye pours out   
tears to ,god40  ,i go to my best       
friend1 my friend in heaven1 when my    
friends here  on earth neglect me4      
,man is a sociable creature1 and our    
joys and our sorrows are  made to be    
communicated1 that hereby we may double 

the one and  alleviate the other4 ,there
 is scarce any piece of human nature1   
be it ever so stupid1 but feels some    
satisfaction in the pleasure  of a      
friend1 in communicating the troubles   
and the pleasures that  it feels2 but   
those that have ,god for their highest  
and best  friend1 they love to be often 
exercising such acts of friendship  with
 him1 and rather with him than with any 
friend besides1 rather  with him than   
all besides him4 ,this is the noblest   
and highest  friendship2 all            
condescension and compassion on the one 
side1 and  all infirmity and dependance 
on the other6 and yet both joined is    
mutual satisfaction4 ,amazing grace of  
,god to man6 ,the ,christian  rejoices  
in this admirable divine indulgence1 and
 delights in all  opportunities to      
employ and improve it4    ,besides1 this
 is the way to maintain the vigour of   
piety1 and  keep all the springs of     
divine love ever open and flowing in his
  own heart2 therefore he makes many a  

visit to the mercy-seat1 and  takes     
occasion from every troublesome         
occurence in life1 to betake  himself to
 his knees1 and improves every sorrow he
 meets on earth1  to increase his       
acquaintance with heaven4 ,he delights  
to talk all  his grievances over with   
his ,god4 ,hannah1 the mother of        
,samuel1  is a blessed example of this  
practice1 #a ,sam4 i4 #aj4 ,when she was
  in bitterness of soul1 by reason of a 
sore affliction1 and the  teazing humour
 of her rival1 she prayed to the ,lord1 
and wept sore1  and when she had left   
her sorrows at the mercy-seat1 she went 
away1  and did eat1 and her countenance 
was no more sad1 ver4 #ah4 ,so  saith   
the ,christian1 8,i commit my sorrows to
 my ,god1 he is my best  friend1 and ,i 
go away1 and am no more sad2 ,i have    
poured out my  cares into his ear1 and  
cast my burdens upon him1 and ,i leave  
them  there in peace40    #b4 ,the saint
 knows ,god will understand him right1  
and will judge  right concerning his    

case and his meaning4 ,though the       
expression  7it may be7 are very        
imperfect1 below the common language of 
men1  and propriety of speech1 yet ,god 
knows the meaning of the soul1  and he  
knows the mind of his ,spirit1 ,rom4    
viii4 ,the friends of ,job  perverted   
his sense2 therefore he turns aside to  
,god1 for he knows  ,god would          
understand him4 ,it is a very great     
advantage1 when we  spread our concerns 
before another person1 to be well       
assured that  person will take us right1
 will take in our meaning fully1 and    
judge aright concerning our cause4 ,now 
we may be assured of this  when we speak
 to our ,god2 he knows our thoughts     
afar1 off1 and all  our circumstances1  
better infinitely than we can tell him4 
,these  our poor imperfect expressions  
of our wants1 shall be no hinderance  to
 his full supplies1 nor any bar to his  
exercise of friendship  toward us4      
#c4 ,a saint pours out his soul before  
,god1 because he is sure of  secrecy    

there4 ,how many things are there       
transacted between ,god and  a holy     
soul1 that he could never publish to the
 world6 and many  things also that      
concern his conduct in life1 his        
embarassment of  spirit1 his            
difficulties1 his follies1 or the       
obstinacy1 guilt1  or follies of his    
friends or relatives1 which prudence or 
shame  forbid him to tell his fellow    
creatures3 and yet he wants to spread   
them all before ,god his best friend1   
,god his dearest relative1  the friend  
nearest to his heart4 ,there may be many
 circumstances  and cases in life1      
especially in the spiritual life1 which 
one  ,christian could hardly communicate
 to another1 though under  the strictest
 bonds and ties of natural1 and civil1  
and sacred  relation2 though we may     
communicate these very affairs1 these   
secret concerns1 with our ,god1 and     
unburden our souls of every  care1      
without the least public notice4    ,we 
cannot be perfect secure of this with   

regard to any creature2  for when we    
have experienced the faithfulness of a  
friend many  years1 he may possibly be  
at last unfaithful3 unfaithfulness is   
mingled with our nature since the fall1 
and it is impossible any  person can be 
infallibly secure from it4 ,psal4 lxii4 
#i4 ,men of  low degree are vanity1 and 
great men are a lie2 but we may leave   
our case with our ,god1 as secure as    
though we had communicated  it to none3 
nay1 we may be easily secure and free in
 speaking1  because ,god knows all      
before-hand4 ,our complaint adds nothing
 to  his knowledge1 although it eases   
our souls1 and gives us sweet           
satisfaction in having such a friend to 
speak to4    #d4 ,a saint believes the  
equity1 faithfulness1 and the love of   
,god2  therefore he spreads his case    
before him4 ,his equity1 that the  judge
 of all the earth will do right2 the    
righteous may plead with  him4 ,his     
faithfulness1 that he will fulfil all   
his promises2 and  his love1 that he    

will take compassion on those who are   
afflicted2  he will be tender to those  
who are miserable4 ,david takes occasion
  from this to address ,god under his   
sufferings and sorrows3 ,psal4  lxii4   
#a1 #b4 8,he is my rock1 and my         
salvation1 and my defence2 ,i  shall not
 be moved2 therefore my soul waits upon 
,god2 my refuge is  in him2 he is a ,god
 that hears prayer1 therefore unto him  
shall  all flesh come10 ,psal4 lxv4 #a4 
,god will not account our complaints    
troublesome1 though they be never so    
often repeated2 whereas men  are quickly
 wearied with the importunities of those
 who are poor  and needy4 ,great men are
 ready to shut their doors against those
  who come too often for relief2 but    
,god delights to hear often from  his   
people1 and to have them ask continually
 at his door for  mercy4 ,though he has 
almighty power with him1 saith ,job1 yet
 he  will not plead against me with his 
great power2 no1 but he would  put      
strength in me2 he would teach me how ,i

 should answer him2 how  ,i should      
answer his justice1 by appeals to his   
mercy2 and how ,i  should speak         
prevailingly before him4    #e4 ,lastly1
 ,a saint tells ,god all his            
circumstances and sorrows at  such a    
season1 because he hopes for relief from
 him1 and from him  only2 for it is     
impossible creatures can give relief    
under any  trouble1 unless ,god make    
them instruments of relief4 ,and there  
are  some troubles in which creatures   
cannot be our helpers1 but our  help    
must come only from ,god1 and that in a 
more immediate way4  ,whatsoever be our 
distress1 whether it arise from past    
guilt and  the torments of an anxious   
and troubled conscience1 or whether  it 
arise from the working of indwelling    
sin1 the strength of  temptation1 or the
 violence of temporal afflictions1 still
 ,god is  able and willing to give      
relief4 8,call upon me 7saith the ,lord7
 in  the day of trouble1 ,i will deliver
 thee1 and thou shalt glorify  me20     

,psal4 #a4 #ab4 ,and he hath never said 
to the seed of ,jacob1 seek  ye my face 
in vain1 ,isa4 xlv4 #ai4    ,,iv4 ,the  
fourth general head of discourse which  
,i proposed1 is to  shew how a saint1   
near the mercy-seat1 pleads with ,god   
for relief4    ,holy ,job tells us in   
this text1 that if he was got near to   
the seat  of ,god1 he would fill his    
mouth with arguments4    ,not as though 
he would inform ,god of the necessity1  
or the justice  of his cause1 beyond    
what he knew before2 no1 this is        
impossible2  he that teacheth man all   
things1 shall he not know8 ,psal4 xciv4 
#i1  #aj4 ,he who orders all the        
circumstances of our lives1 and every   
stroke of his own rod1 can he be        
unacquainted with any thing that        
relates to our sorrows8    ,nor can we  
use arguments with ,god to awaken his   
ear1 or move  his compassion1 as though 
he had neglected us or forgotten our    
distress2 for all things are for ever   
naked and open before the  eyes of him  

with whom we have to do4 ,the shepherd  
of ,israel cannot  slumber2 nor does his
 mercy want our awakenings4    ,but in  
this sort of expressions1 the great ,god
 condescends to talk1  and to transact  
affairs with us1 and permits us to treat
 with him  in a way suited to our       
weakness2 he would have us plead and    
argue  with him1 that we may show how   
deep a sense we have of our own  wants1 
and how entirely we depend on his mercy4
 ,since we cannot  converse with him in 
a way equal to his own majesty and      
,godhead he  stoops to talk with us in  
such a way as is most agreeable to our  
state1 and most easy to our             
apprehension1 he speaks such language   
as we can understand1 and invites us to 
humble conference with  him in the same 
way4 ,come1 says ,god to his people1 by 
,isaiah his  prophet1 ,come now1 and let
 us reason together1 ,isa4 i4 #ah4 ,and 
he  often in holy scripture1 represents 
himself as moved and influenced  by the 
prayers and pleadings of his afflicted  

saints2 and he has  ordained before     
hand1 that the day when he prepares     
their hearts to  pray1 shall be the day 
when his ear shall hear the desire of   
the  humble1 and shall be the season of 
their deliverence1 ,psal4 x4 #ag4    ,if
 you inquire1 how a ,christian pleads   
with his ,god1 and whence  does he      
borrow his arguments2 ,i answer1 that   
according to the  various sorrows and   
difficulties which attend him1 so       
various  may his pleadings be for the   
removal of them4 ,there is not a        
circumstance which belongs to his       
affliction1 but he may draw some        
argument from it to plead for mercy2    
there is not one attribute of  the      
divine nature1 but he may use it with   
holy skill1 and thereby  plead for      
grace2 there is not one relation in     
which ,god stands  to his people1 nor   
one promise of his covenant1 but may at 
some  time or other afford an argument  
in prayer4 ,but the strongest  and      
sweetest argument that a ,christian     

knows1 is the name and  mediation of    
,jesus ,christ his ,lord4 ,it is for the
 sake of ,christ1  who has purchased all
 the blessings of the covenant1 that a  
saint  hopes to receive them2 and for   
the sake of ,christ1 he pleads that     
,god would bestow them4    ,but having  
treated largely on this subject1 it     
remains that ,i make  a few useful      
reflections on the whole foregoing      
discourse4      ,,reflection ,i4        
,what a dull and uncomfortable thing is 
religion without drawing  near to ,god6 
for this is the very business for which 
religion is  designed2 the end and aim  
of religion is getting nigh to ,god2 if 
it  attain not this end it is nothing4  
,o the madness of hypocrites1 who       
satisfy themselves to toil in long      
forms of worship1 and appear perpetually
 in the shapes of religion1  but        
unconcerned whether they ever get near  
to ,god by it or no6  ,they lose the end
 and design for which religion was made4
 ,what  if we know all the doctrines of 

the gospel2 what if we can talk         
rationally about natural religion2 what 
if we can deduce one truth  from        
another1 so as to spread a whole scheme 
of godliness before  the eyes or ears of
 those we converse with2 what if we can 
prove  all the points of ,christianity1 
and give uncontestable arguments  for   
the belief of them2 yet we have no      
religion if our souls never  get near to
 ,god by them4 ,a saint thinks it a very
 melancholy thing  when he is at a      
distance from ,god1 and cannot tell ,god
 his wants  and sorrows4 ,though he be  
never so much studied in divinity1 and  
the deep things of ,god1 yet if ,god be 
not with him1 if he does not  come near 
to his mercy-seat1 so as to converse    
with him as his  friend1 the soul is    
concerned and grieved1 and never rests  
till  this distance be removed4 ,it is  
to little purpose all these forms  are  
maintained1 if we have not the substance
 and the power of  godliness2 if our    
,god be not near us1 if we never get    

near to ,god4      ,,reflection ,,ii4   
,how happy are we under the gospel1     
above all ages and nations  besides us1 
and before us6 ,for we have advantages  
of getting near  to ,god1 beyond what   
any other religion has2 above what the  
heathen  world ever enjoyed2 for their  
light of nature could never show  them  
the throne of grace2 above what the     
ancient patriarchs had1  though ,god    
came down in visible shapes1 and        
revealed and discovered  himself to them
 as a man or an angel2 above what the   
,jews had1  though ,god dwelt among them
 in visible glory in the holy of holies4
  ,the people were kept at a distance1  
and the high-priest was to come  thither
 but once a-year2 and their veil1 and   
smokes1 and shadows1  did1 as it were1  
conceal ,god from them1 although they   
were types  of a future ,messiah2 and   
even their ,shekinah itself1 or cloud of
  glory1 gave them no spiritual idea or 
notion of ,godhead1 though it  was a    
shining emblem of ,god dwelling among   

them4      ,,reflection ,,iii4          
,lastly1 ,that future state of glory    
must be blessed indeed where we  shall  
be ever near to ,god1 even to his seat1 
and have no sorrows  to tell him of4 ,if
 it be so delightful a thing to come    
near the  seat of ,god here upon earth1 
to mourn before him1 and to tell  him   
all our circumstances1 and all our      
sorrows1 how pleasurable  a blessedness 
must that of heaven be1 where we shall  
be ever  rejoicing before him1 as       
,christ ,jesus was before the world was 
made1 rejoicing daily before him2 and   
our delight shall be with  that ,god who
 created the sons of men2 where we shall
 be for ever  telling him of our joys1  
and our pleasures1 with humble adoration
  of his grace1 and everlasting         
gratitude4    ,o that ,i could raise    
your souls1 and mine1 to blessed        
breathings  after this felicity1 by such
 representations6 ,but how infinitely   
short must the brightest descriptions   
fall of this state and place6  ,may you 

and ,i1 who speak and hear this1 may    
every soul of us be  made thus happy one
 day1 and learn the extent and glory of 
this  blessedness1 by sweet and         
everlasting experience4 ,amen4          
,,finis4            ,a      ,,token     
,,for      ,,mourners4      ,,with ,a   
,,selection ,,of      ,,scripture       
,,promises1      ,,relative ,,to        
,,the ,,troubles of ,,life4      ,judge 
not the ,lord by feeble sense1      ,but
 trust him for his grace2    ,behind a  
frowning ,providence      ,he hides a   
smiling face4      ,illustration        
,,glasgow2    ,,printed ,,for ,,the     
,,booksellers4          ,a    ,,token   
,,for    ,,mourners4    c4        #b4   
,,kings1 iv4 #bf4      ,and she         
answered1 ,it is well4    ,short words1 
soon spoken2 but to have a suitableness 
of heart to  them is one of the highest 
attainments of faith4 ,to be sure1 8,it 
is well20 we think so1 when all things  
go according to our wish2  when there is
 nothing in ,providence that crosses our

 desires1 that  thwarts our designs1    
that sinks our hopes1 or awakens our    
fears2  ,submission is easy work then2  
but to have all things seemingly        
against us1 to have ,god smiting in the 
tenderest part1 unravelling  all our    
schemes1 contradicting our desires1 and 
standing aloof  from our very prayers2  
how do our souls behave then8 ,this is  
the true touchstone of our sincerity and
 submission2 8,here10 as  it is said1   
,rev4 xiii4 #aj1 8is the patience and   
faith of the  saints20 this shews what  
they are made of1 what they are within2 
but instances there are many in the book
 of ,god1 wherein we find  this sweet   
frame prevailing1 as ,abraham1 ,job1    
,david1 and the  ,shulamite in my text1 
than whose story we meet with few things
  in ,providence more affecting4 ,if you
 look back a little1 you may  see what  
were her circumstances1 and those of her
 family4 ,she was  a 8great woman10 says
 verse #h1 and that she was a 8good     
woman10  the whole context shews1 her   

husband and she wanted but one thing  to
 make them as happy as the vanity and   
uncertainty of all human  affairs would 
admit of4 ,they had enough of the world1
 and they  seem to have had the         
enjoyment of it2 for when ,elisha1 to   
requite  her kindness1 asks2 8,what     
shall be done for thee8 ,wouldst thou   
be spoken for to the king8 c40 she      
answers1 8,no1 ,i dwell among  mine own 
people10 8,i seek nothing greater than  
what ,i have30 only  7as ,gehazie       
learned from her7 they wanted a child to
 comfort them  now1 and to inherit what 
they had when they were gone4 ,god in a 
miraculous way1 gives this request4     
,this child grows up1 and was no  doubt 
the delight of its parents4 ,just at the
 time of life when  children are most   
engaging1 before they are capable of    
doing any  great thing to grieve their  
parents1 ,god lays his hand suddenly    
upon him and takes him away4 ,the       
dearest comforts are but short  lived1  
and the dearer they are when living1 the

 deeper they cut  when they are removed4
 ,many of you can judge what the loss of
 a  son1 an only son1 must be1 and when 
there is no hope of a ,seth  instead of 
,abel4 ,but1 behold1 8he taketh away1   
and who shall  hinder him80 ,well3 ,what
 does the mother do now8 ,one would     
think  all her hope is cut off1 and all 
her comfort dried up3 ,no1 it is  far   
otherwise4 ,the same power that gave him
 could also raise him2  in faith of     
this1 she lays him upon the prophet's   
bed1 and makes  all the haste to him she
 could4 ,she concealing what had        
happened  7as it is probable7 from her  
husband1 he objects to her going to  the
 prophet1 ver4 #bc1 8,wherefore wilt    
thou go to him to-day8 ,it is  neither  
new-moon nor ,sabbath40 ,and she said1  
8,it shall be well40  ,faith sets aside 
every obstacle3 8,it shall be well3 the 
end will be  peace20 8,god is with me1  
and he will make all things work        
together  for good40 ,commentators1 in  
general1 make very light of this1 and   

her answer to ,elisha's message in my   
text4 ,some suppose she has a  reserve  
in her breast1 when ,gehazi asks after  
her family1 that  this 8well0 only      
refers to her husband and herself4      
,others think  it is but a transition to
 something farther1 which she was in    
haste to say2 as if she had said1 8,all 
is well do not hinder me1 ,i  have      
urgent business with your master        
,elisha1 and cannot stay to  talk       
farther with you upon any matters40     
,this is the sense which  most          
annotators incline to1 which1 ,i        
confess1 ,i the more wonder  at1 because
 all agree1 that the apostle's words in 
part refer to  this story1 ,heb4 xi4    
#ce4 8,women received their dead raised 
to life  again40 ,how they received them
 is there specified2 namely1 by or      
8through faith40 ,faith1 not as some    
carry it1 in the prophet1 but  in the   
persons who had their dead restored to  
them2 or else there  would have been no 
need to make mention of any by name4    

,now wherein  this woman's faith        
appeared1 my text and context make      
manifest4  ,here was a dependance upon  
,god's promise1 an abiding by that1 ,god
  had promised her a son2 a son1 not to 
lose him but to have comfort  in him2   
and1 as if she had said1 8,as for ,god1 
his work is perfect1  he does not use to
 raise his people's expectations for    
nothing2  to give and immediately take  
away again4 ,my son is dead1 but ,god1  
all sufficient liveth2 why should ,i    
mourn as though ,i had no hope8  ,as for
 ,god's power and faithfulness there is 
no abatement in  them40 ,therefore1 she 
makes no preparation for his burial     
tells her  husband nothing of his death1
 but seeks to ,god by the prophet1 and  
expects help from him1 ,see how she     
expresses herself3 8,is it well  with   
thee80 7and says ,gehazzi17 8,is it well
 with thy husband8 ,is  it well with the
 child80 and she answered1 8,it is      
well04 ,here is  the greatest submission
 in the greatest distress3 ,her son1 her

 only  son1 the son of all her love1 the
 son of her old age1 he is taken  away  
with a stroke1 and yet all is well4     
,there is nothing amiss in  the         
dispensation2 had she been to choose it1
 it is well2 she has  nothing to object4
 ,here are submission and faith both    
discovered in  their sweet exercise2    
submission to what ,god hath done2 faith
 in  what he is able to do1 and in what 
she believed he would do3 8,by  faith   
women received their dead raised to life
 again20 so that the  words1 thus       
explained1 afford us this plain and     
useful observation4    ,,observ4 ,faith 
in ,god's promise and power will bring a
 man to submit  to the sorest and most  
trying dispensations of his ,providence2
 or  thus1    ,faith where it is in     
exercise1 will teach a ,christian to say
 of all  ,god does1 8,it is well40      
,in discoursing on this proposition1 ,i 
will endeavour to show what  submission 
is1 or how and in what sense we are to  
understand the  expression in my text1  

8,it is well40    ,this 8well0 dost not 
suppose there is nothing in providential
  dispensations1 which to flesh and     
sense appears evil4 ,submission  quiets 
under an affliction1 but it does not    
take away our sense  and feeling of the 
affliction4 ,the apostle speaks what is 
every  believer's experience1 ,heb4 xii4
 #aa4 8,no chastening for the present   
seemeth to be joyous1 but grievous40    
,whatever be spoken of the good  of it1 
it presents itself unto us with a very  
different face2 it  is matter of present
 grief and sorrow to them that are      
chastised2  nor are we blamed for our   
feeling and sense of it4 ,our blessed   
,lord  himself wept at the grave of his 
dear friend1 ,john xi4 #ce4 ,and  at the
 approach of his last sufferings1 8his  
soul was exceeding  sorrowful1 even unto
 death10 ,matt4 xxvi4 #ch4 8yet he was  
led as a  lamb to the slaughter2 he     
opened not his mouth03 there was        
patience  and quiet submission under all
 his sorrows1 while nature had some     

vent2 for groans are sometimes an       
easement to our grief4 ,thus it  is said
 of the good woman1 8that her soul was  
bitter within her10  ver4 #bg4 ,elisha  
saw her agony in her looks1 though he   
knew not the  cause of it2 and yet 8,all
 is well40 ,when ,job lost his substance
 and  his children1 and was smitten in  
his body with sore boils2 when  ,heman1 
and when the church in the ,lamentations
 were deprived of the  consolations from
 ,god1 when the ,comforter1 who would   
relieve their  souls1 was far from them2
 when ,david also was cursed by ,shimei1
 and  turned out of doors by his own    
son2 can you think that in all these    
there was no feeling8 ,had there been   
none1 there could have been no  profit  
by any of the dispensations4 ,unless we 
realize our trials  indeed1 what are we 
the better for them8 ,this would be to  
despise  the chastening of the ,lord1 to
 be above correction1 to be smitten  and
 not grieve1 is one of ,god's sorest    
judgments1 and always argues  a soul    

ripe for ruin3 this 8well0 does not     
suppose us insensible of  the evil of   
afflicting4    ,though we believe all   
that befals us is well1 this does not   
forbid  our inquiring into the reasons  
of ,god's providential dispensations1   
and a searching out the cause for which 
they come upon us4 ,every  rod hath a   
voice in it1 and the 8man of            
understanding will hear  it10 and 8see  
the name of ,god in it10 ,micah vi4 #i4 
what ,god intends  by it1 what is his   
ends and design in it2 for he does not  
afflict  willingly1 nor grieve the      
children of men1 ,lam4 iii4 #cc4 ,there 
is  a 8need be0 in every dispensation   
that befals us3 #a ,pet4 i4 #f4         
8,wherein ye greatly rejoice1 though now
 for a season0 7if need be7  8ye are in 
heaviness through manifold temptations40
 ,god acts with  judgment in proportion 
to our needs2 there is a conveniency and
  fitness1 nay1 there is an absolute    
necessity in the case2 it must  be that 
we are in heaviness and that through    

manifold temptations4  ,one single trial
 oftentimes will not do1 to empty us of 
self1 to  wean us from the world1 to    
shew us the vanity of the creature1 the 
sinfulness of sin1 c42 it must be       
repeated or others joined with  it1 so  
fast are our affections glued to the    
things of time and  sense4 ,now1 what   
this need is in us1 what this intention 
and end  is in ,god1 the ,christian will
 and ought to be searching out1 and     
inquiring daily into4 ,this was ,job's  
frame1 7and ye have heard1  as says the 
apostle1 of the patience of ,job47 ,job 
xxxiv4 #ca4 #cb4  8,surely it is meet to
 be said unto ,god ,i have borne        
chastisement1 ,i  will not offend any   
more4 ,that which ,i see not1 teach thou
 me2 if ,i  have done iniquity1 ,i will 
do no more40 ,sin lies deep1 it must be 
searched after in the deep and secret   
corners of the heart2 there  is so much 
self-love and self-flattery hid there1  
that a man cannot  judge aright of      
himself1 or of ,god without divine      

teachings4    8,it is meet to be said   
unto ,god1 ,i have borne chastisement40 
,sirs1 it is one thing to be chastised1 
and another thing to  bear chastisement2
 to behave aright under it2 to be       
patient1  submissive1 thankful2 to have 
a frame of heart suited to the          
dispensation1 whatever it is4 ,this is  
to bear chastisement3 and  wherever this
 is1 the language of the soul will be1  
8,that which ,i  see not teach thou me2 
,i have done iniquity1 ,i will do no    
more40  ,when an affliction is          
sanctified1 it always begets godly fear 
and jealousy4 ,a man is then most afraid
 of his own heart1 lest  that should    
deceive him2 lest he should come out of 
the furnace  unpurged1 unrefined2 lest  
the end of ,god's visitation upon him   
should be unattained4 ,and this is well 
consistent with our  believing all that 
,god does is well done4 ,once more1     
,a soul may say in a becoming frame1 and
 in the exercise of suitable            
affections1 8,it is well10 and yet long1

 and pray1 and wait from the  trial4    
,submission to the will of ,god1 under  
awful dispensations1  is not            
inconsistent with earnest prayer for a  
gracious and speedy  issue to these very
 dispensations4 8,it is well10 says this
 good  woman in my text2 and yet how    
does she plead for the life of  the     
child1 ver4 #bh4 8,did ,i desire a son  
of my lord8 ,did not ,i  say do not     
deceive me80 ,as if she had said1 8,i   
asked it not1 ,i  could scarce believe  
it when it was promised me2 ,god raised 
my  expectations himself1 he encouraged 
my hopes1 and surely he will  not go    
back from his own word40 ,it was a      
wonderful act of faith2  but the        
promises of ,god can never lie long     
unfulfilled3 when he  has prepared the  
heart to pray1 his own ear is open to   
hear4 ,he  has not called himself 8,i am
 that ,i am10 for nothing4 ,abraham     
staggered not at the promise through    
unbelief1 no more does the  daughter of 
,abraham here3 it is blessed pleading1  

8,did not ,i say1  do not deceive me80  
8,may ,i trust8 ,may ,i venture8 ,he has
 given me  the faithful word of ,god to 
rely on2 here my faith resteth40 ,and  a
 son came in due season4 ,now she looks 
to ,god1 the author of the  mercy1 and  
applies to the prophet1 who was the     
revealer of it4 ,he  sends ,gehazi with 
his staff1 but this will not content    
her1 except  ,elisha goes himself3 she  
knows that he was great with ,god2 she  
will therefore have his prayers and     
presence 8,as the ,lord liveth1  and as 
thy soul liveth1 ,i will not leave      
thee10 ver4 #cj4 ,all this  argues the  
strong desires of her heart after the   
return of the  child's life1 though     
still she says1 8,all is well40 ,while1 
we bear  chastenings1 we may pray1 and  
pray hard that ,god would take them     
off4 8,if it be possible10 7says        
innocent aggrieved nature in the  man   
,christ17 8let this cup pass from me10  
,matthew xxvi4 #bf4 ,opening  our mouth 
against ,god is our sin1 but it is our  

duty to open our  mouths and our hearts 
to him4 ,in the former sense1 says      
,david1 8,i  was dumb1 ,i opened not my 
mouth1 because thou didst it10 ,psal4   
xxxix4 #i42 and yet1 with the same      
breath1 he adds1 8,remove thy  stroke   
away from me3 ,i am consumed by the blow
 of thine hand10  ver4 #aj4 ,was a child
 under the direction of a parent to     
intimate  no desire of his forbearance1 
should we not rather account him        
stubborn than submissive8 ,in like      
manner1 not to ask of ,god release  from
 troubles1 is as offensive as to mourn  
at them4 ,it is the token  of a proud   
heart and a relentless spirit4 ,god     
expects other things  at our hands2 even
 of the wicked he says1 8,in their      
affliction they  will seek me early20   
much more shall his own people1 who have
 known  his name1 and put their trust in
 him2 who have known the advantage  of  
prayer1 and been so often set at liberty
 by it from all their  fears4 ,if these 
are silent1 they cannot be sensible nor 

submissive4  ,only in all their prayers1
 when they are most earnest and         
vehement1  8,if it be consistent with   
the will of ,god10 and there will be no 
limiting him as to time or way4         
,these things are neither of them       
inconsistent with the soul's  saying1   
under the most awful rebukes1 8,all is  
well40    ,now1 what is included in this
 8well0 in my text1 or what is this     
submission to the will of ,god8 ,it     
takes in1 as ,i apprehend1 these  three 
things3    #a4 ,a justifying ,god in all
 he does 8,it is well20 ,god cannot do  
amiss2 he worketh all things after the  
counsel of his own will1 to  the praise 
of his glory4 8,and after all that is   
come upon us10 says  the ,church1 ,ezra 
ix4 #ac4 8thou1 our ,god1 hast punished 
us less than  our iniquities deserve2   
thou hast taken vengeance according to  
the  desert of our sins40 ,when sin     
appears to be what it is in itself1     
exceeding sinful1 affliction will appear
 light1 and not till then4  ,wherefore1 

says the church1 ,lam4 iii4 #ci1        
8wherefore1 does a living  man complain1
 for the punishment of his sins80 ,so   
long as we are  out of hell1 ,god       
punishes less than our iniquities       
deserve4    ,whatever be our trial1 it  
comes from ,god3 he is the author1      
whoever be the instrument1 therefore1   
8it is well10 ,he cannot do  iniquity3  
,david had not one word to say1 by way  
of complaint1 when  he saw ,god's hand  
in the affliction3 yea1 let him curse1  
for 8the  ,lord hath bid ,shimei curse  
,david10 #b ,sam4 xvi4 #ab4 ,we may     
puzzle  and distress ourselves about    
instruments and second causes1 but  no  
quiet no rest can we have1 till we are  
led to the first4 8,he  performeth the  
thing appointed for me20 that settles   
the soul1 but  nothing else will do it4 
8,be still and know that ,i am ,god10   
,psal4  xlvi4 #aj4 ,if thy children are 
taken1 thy substance fails1 thy body  is
 sore vexed1 thy comforts1 and even the 
presence of thy ,god  leaves thee2 yet  

be still1 that is1 do not say a word    
against the  dispensation1 do not fret1 
do not censure and condemn ,providence4 
,i am ,god1 thy ,god in all2 and a      
covenant ,god cannot do amiss4 ,god     
will be glorified and exalted1 that's   
enough for us4 ,this1 8,it is  well10   
implies in it1 not in some things1 but  
in all4    #b4 ,this submission implies 
in it1 our approving of all ,god does2  
not only it is not amiss1 but it is     
right2 it is the best way1 the  only    
sure way to bring about our good4       
,therefore holy ,job blesses  ,god in   
all1 chap4 i4 #ba4 8,naked came ,i out  
of my mother's womb1 and  naked shall ,i
 return thither3 the ,lord gave and the 
,lord hath taken  away2 blessed be the  
name of the ,lord40 ,he had the same    
great and  good thought of ,god as ever 
he had2 ,god was his ,god still1 and the
  ,god of his mercy4 ,he should have an 
expected1 a desired end2 that  he       
believed still1 still1 because ,god's   
thoughts were the same they  ever were2 

that is thoughts of peace and not of    
evil4 ,and this is  the frame in which  
we find the poor saints1 that were      
scattered up  and down throughout the   
whole world almost1 #a ,pet4 i4 #f4 8who
 are  kept by the power of ,god through 
salvation1 ready to be revealed in  the 
last time1 wherein ye greatly rejoice10 
c4 ,they were far from  one another to  
avoid persecution1 it was in their way3 
but none of  these things moved them4   
,there was joy in their expected rest in
  happiness at last1 though there was   
great pain and heaviness in the  way to 
it3 the way was rough1 but right2       
therefore they approved  of it1 they    
acquiesced in it2 nay1 herein 8they     
greatly rejoiced40  ,thus the saints of 
old took joyfully the spoiling of their 
goods1  and were tortured1 not accepting
 deliverance1 because they knew  in     
themselves1 8that they had in heaven a  
better and an enduring  substance10     
,heb4 x4 #cd4 ,o that blessed knowledge6
 it comforts1  refreshes1 it fills the  

soul1 and lifts a man above himself4    
,every path which ,god takes is right   
then and the believer chooses  to walk  
in it3 ,his ,god1 his ,father1 has      
marked it out1 and nothing  goes so     
against the grain1 but that 8all is     
well10 which his ,father  does3 ,his    
will is brought to be one with ,god's2  
the soul approves  of all ,god does4    
#c4 ,this submission implies in it our  
cleaving to ,god in all4 ,to  be pleased
 with ,god as a friend1 when he seems to
 be coming forth  against1 us as an     
enemy2 to lean upon a promise1 when all 
the ways  leading to the performance are
 shut up2 to rejoice in ,god when we    
have nothing left beside to rejoice in1 
and faith is hard put to  it to call    
,god ours4 ,thus1 to cleave to ,god when
 we do not find  comfort from him1 this 
is believing indeed2 to love the hand   
that  smites1 this is true grace and    
great grace4 ,a noble act of faith  was 
that1 ,job xiii4 #ae4 8though he slay   
me1 yet will ,i trust in  him20 ,so     

8,abraham staggered not at the promises 
through unbelief10  ,rom4 iv4 #bj4 ,he  
brought ,god's promises and faithfulness
 close  together1 and considered none of
 the difficulties nay absurdities1      
which came between them3 ,it was        
not--8,is this reasonable8 ,what        
probability is there in that8 ,how can  
these things be80 c4 but  being not weak
 in faith1 he considered not his own    
body now dead1  neither yet the deadness
 of ,sarah's womb1 but was strong in    
faith1  giving glory to ,god2 he clave  
to him1 abode by his promise in a way   
of faith and firm dependance4    ,this  
is the true nature of submission1 and is
 contained in that  expression in my    
text1 8,it is well40 ,a word of use4--  
,,use #a4 ,wonder not at your trials1 be
 they never so strange3 8,all is  well20
 some secret end is to be answered which
 you see not2 ,god is  in all2 the hand 
and love of a ,father is there4 ,they   
are to purge  from sin1 to wean from the
 world1 to bring you from the foot of   

,god1 to shew you that your rest is not 
here1 that it lies beyond  the grave4   
,what though they make you smart1 they  
do you the more  good3 this argues your 
sensibleness under the rod2 that is not 
a rod which does not cause smart2 the   
sharpest physic does most  service1     
because it reaches the inward1 hidden   
cause1 not one of  our many trials which
 we could well spare4    ,,use #b4 ,do  
not think any trial sanctified1 till you
 have a  suitable frame to the trial1   
whatever it be4 ,are you humbled8  ,are 
you prayerful8 ,are you submissive8     
,have you looked inward1  and confessed 
your sin1 saying1 ,take away all        
iniquity8 ,if the  affliction has not   
brought you to this1 it hath done you no
 good4  ,for all you may have borne1 his
 anger is not turned away1 but his  hand
 is stretched out still4    ,,use #c4   
,do not think of other means1 whereby   
,god's end in visiting  you might have  
been as well answered2 that is1 in fact1
 to quarrel  with ,god in what he has   

done1 or is doing4 ,have a care of your 
thoughts2 unsubmission slips in at that 
door before one is aware4  8,it is      
well10 is the only soul quickening and  
,god-glorifying frame4  ,god that has   
appointed the end1 has settled1 and he  
will order the  means3 ,rest there1 and 
8all is well40      ,,hints ,,to ,,the  
,,afflicted4    ,what fatal mischiefs   
would follow1 if there was no variety in
 our  experience6 ,there are so many    
remains of depraved nature in the       
hearts of the saints1 that if the warm  
sun of prosperity did always  shine upon
 the ,lord's garden1 the weeds would    
quickly multiply1 the  choicest flowers 
wither1 and an army of caterpillars     
devour the  pleasant fruits4 ,to prevent
 these1 ,god will not suffer his people 
to enjoy uninterrupted prosperity1 but  
wisely appoints seasons of  affliction  
and trouble4    ,on the other hand1 were
 we to groan under perpetual adversity1 
our  souls perhaps would suffer equal   
prejudice4 ,our heavenly father  will   

not always chide2 he remembers that we  
are but dust1 and that  our flesh is not
 like brass or iron4 ,were we never in  
the fire1 our  dross would not be       
consumed1 and were we always to be in   
the fire1  our silver and gold would be 
wasted4    ,hereby ,god takes a proper  
method for the exercise and improvement 
of the graces of his children4 ,without 
such a mixed condition1  there could be 
no room for many of them1 and not room  
enough for  any of them to appear in    
their glory and beauty4 ,were it always 
a  day of prosperity where would be the 
proof of their faith1 hope and          
patience8--the evil day brings thee to  
rest4 ,to possess our souls  in         
patience1 in the day of trouble to      
believe the good will and  fatherly love
 of ,god even when he smites1 is a point
 of no small  difficulty4--,but1 were we
 never to enjoy a season of prosperity1 
where would be the evidence of our      
humility1 heavenly mindedness1  and     
contempt of a present world8 ,variety   

adds a beauty and lustre  to providence4
 ,in the day of prosperity therefore1 we
 ought to  rejoice with trembling1 and  
in the day of adversity1 to consider    
and faint not2 for 8,god hath set one   
against the other1 to the end  that no  
man might find any thing after him10    
,eccl4 vii4 #ad4           99       99  
99       99       99    ,while in this  
valley of tears1 it is not wonderful    
that believers  should be often called  
to weep4 ,to mingle their tears with    
those of  their brethren--or in the     
words of the apostle1 to 8weep with     
those  that weep10--is a part of the    
holy fellowship they are called to by   
the gospel4    ,at present1 the way of  
providence in general is dark and       
mysterious4 ,there is a depth in it1 for
 which we have no line4  ,there are many
 seals on it1 not fit as yet to be      
opened4 ,but when  the ,lamb who is in  
the midst of the throne1 shall open the 
seals1  and shew the meaning of all the 
dark passages in that mysterious  book1 

and every one is made to view that part 
of it that related  to the way in which 
they were brought through manifold      
tribulations  to the kingdom1 when they 
will all strike up on the highest key1  
and sing 8,,he ,,hath ,,done ,,all      
,,things ,,well60    ,believers ought to
 comfort one another with these words4  
,it is  heartsome for travellers on the 
road in a dark night1 and going  to the 
same place1 to speak to each other in   
the language of  the country to which   
they are going1 and to say1 8,what of   
the  night6 what of the night60 ,and to 
encourage one another1 by often         
reiterating that animating reply1 8,the 
morning cometh40    ,the shadows of the 
evening are daily growing longer with   
all the  travellers to the heavenly     
,sion4 ,but at evening time it shall  be
 light4 ,the bright shining of the sun  
of ,righteousness will  make even the   
passage through the dark valley of the  
shadow of  death lightsome and pleasant4
 ,faith can see eternal day at the      

farther end of it4 ,jesus went through  
the ,jordan of death when it  overflowed
 all its banks1 and was brimful of the  
curse4 ,but his  death drank up the     
curse1 and left nothing but a blessing  
to all  his redeemed3 and his sweet and 
cheering voice is still to be heard  in 
the passage--8,fear not6 ,i am ,he that 
liveth1 and was dead2 and  behold ,i am 
alive for evermore2 and have the keys of
 hell and of  death60    8,,if ,,their  
,,uncircumcised ,,hearts10 said the     
,lord respecting ancient  ,israel1 8be  
humbled1 and they ,,accept of the       
punishment of their  iniquity1 then will
 ,i remember my covenant with ,jacob10  
c4 ,lev4  xxvi4 #da4--of the punishment 
of their iniquity6 that is1 bear it     
willingly contentedly4 ,it is a happy   
state of mind when our trials  are      
,,accepted ones3 when ,god's chastening 
hand is even esteemed a                 
kindness4--,lord6 may the believer say1 
,i will not puzzle myself  with hows1   
and whys1 and yets4 ,,thou hast done it2

 ,i rest there4  ,it seemed good in thy 
sight that is a sufficient reason4 ,let 
,god  choose my portion2 ,i am sure it  
will be best in the end4--,even when    
,he acts as a ,sovereign1 he forgets not
 his relation as a father4              
,,scripture ,,promises4    ,psalm       
#fh--f4 ,a father of the fatherless1 and
 a judge of the widow  is ,god in his   
holy habitation4    ,jeremiah #di--aa4  
,leave thy fatherless children1 ,i will 
preserve  them alive2 and let thy widows
 trust in me4    ,job #e--ag4 ,happy is 
the man whom ,god correcteth3 therefore 
despise  not thou the chastening of the 
,almighty4 ,verse #ah4 ,for he maketh   
sore1 and bindeth up2 he woundeth1 and  
his hands make whole4    ,psalm         
#aai--fg4 ,before ,i was afflicted ,i   
went astray2 but now have  ,i kept thy  
word ,verse #ga4 ,it is good for me1    
that ,i have been  afflicted2 that ,i   
might learn thy statutes4 #ge4 ,i know1 
,o ,lord1 thy  judgements are right1 and
 thou in faithfulness hast afflicted me4

    #b4 ,corinthians #d--af4 ,for which 
cause we faint not2 but though our      
outward man perish1 yet the inward man  
is renewed day by day4 ,verse  #ag4 ,for
 our light affliction which is but for a
 moment1 worketh for  us a far more     
exceeding and eternal weight of glory4  
,hebrews #ba--f4 ,whom the ,lord loveth 
he chasteneth1 and scourgeth  every son 
whom he receiveth4 ,verse #g4 ,if ye    
endure chastening1  ,god dealeth with   
you as with sons2 for what son is he    
whom the  father chasteneth not8 #aj4   
,they verily1 for a few days chastened  
us  after their own pleasure2 but he for
 our profit1 that we might be  partakers
 of his holiness4 #aa4 ,now no          
chastening for the present  seemeth to  
be joyous1 but grievous3 nevertheless1  
afterward it  yieldeth the peaceable    
fruits of righteousness1 unto them which
 are  exercised thereby4    ,deut4      
#h--e4 ,as a man chasteneth his son1 so 
the ,lord thy ,god  chasteneth thee4    
,job #cf--h4 ,and if they be bound in   

fetters1 and be holden in cords  of     
affliction4 ,verse #i4 ,then he sheweth 
them their work and their               
transgressions1 that they have exceeded4
 #aj4 ,he openeth also their  ear to    
discipline1 and commandeth that they    
return from iniquity4    ,psalm #id--ab4
 ,blessed is the man whom thou          
chastenest1 ,o ,lord and  teachest him  
out of thy law4 ,verse #ac4 ,that thou  
mayest give him  rest from the days of  
adversity1 until the pit be digged for  
the  wicked4    ,romans #e--c4 ,we glory
 in tribulation also1 knowing that      
tribulation  worketh patience1 and      
patience experience1 and experience     
hope4    ,job #ai--bf4 ,though after my 
skin worms destroy this body1 yet in my 
flesh shall ,i see ,god4 ,verse #bg4    
,whom ,i shall see for myself1 and  mine
 eyes shall behold1 and not another1    
though my reins shall be  consumed      
within me4    ,isaiah #bf--ai4 ,thy dead
 men shall live1 together with my dead  
body  shall they arise4 ,awake and sing1

 ye that dwell in the dust3 for  thy dew
 is as the dew of herbs3 and the earth  
shall cast out the  dead4            ,a 
,,prayer ,,book      ,,for              
,,families      ,,and ,,private         
,,persons1      ,,upon ,,various        
,,subjects ,,and ,,occasions      ,in   
which all the ,prayers are so arranged1 
that when any one is    too long to be  
used without inconvenience1 it may be   
shortened by    leaving out some of the 
paragraphs3 and this may be done without
    injury to the connection4      ,,to 
,,which ,,are ,,added1      ,,graces    
,,for ,,young ,,persons4                
,,glasgow3    ,,printed ,,for ,,the     
,,booksellers4          ,,prayer-,,book4
      ,the following admonition read    
occasionally before ,family-worship1    
is very proper to produce seriousness of
 mind1 and to keep up a    godly        
jealousy1 lest hypocrisy and formality  
should render this    important duty of 
no use4      ,my ,friends and           
,fellow-,christians1    ,we1 dust and   

ashes1 are assembled to speak unto the  
holy ,lord ,god  of heaven and earth1   
our ,maker and our ,judge1 who deserves 
from us  all possible reverence whenever
 we presume to call upon ,him4 ,we are  
going to pray to that ,god who strictly 
charges us to take heed that  we draw   
not nigh to him with our lips1 whilst   
our hearts are far  from him--to that   
,god who is of purer eyes to regard our 
services  without the meditation of the 
,holy ,one and the ,just1 who died for  
our sins1 but hath promised to give us  
whatever we shall ask of him  in his    
name1 and to perform all our petitions4 
,now1 therefore1 let us lift up our     
hearts to him that he may fill  us with 
reverence and godly fear1 with sincerity
 and lowliness of  mind1 with lively    
faith in the blood and prevailing       
intercession  of ,jesus1 and with       
assurance that we shall receive whatever
 we  ask according to his will4 ,with   
these holy dispositions we should       
always desire to bow down our knees     

before ,god4      ,a ,,family ,,morning 
,,prayer4    ,o ,thou1 ,father of our   
,lord1 ,jesus ,christ1 and ,god of      
glory1 who  hast so loved the world as  
to give thy only-begotten ,son1 to  the 
end1 that all who believe in him should 
not perish but have  everlasting life1  
mercifully regard us merciful sinners4  
,thou seest  how slow of heart we are to
 believe the record thou hast given of  
thy ,son4 ,though we read of his glory1 
how little does it affect us6  ,though  
he has a name which is above every name 
in heaven or earth1  how little affiance
 do we feel in him6 or consolation from 
all that  he hath done and suffered6    
,have compassion upon us1 ,o ,lord1 and 
help us4 ,give us what thou  hast most  
graciously promised1 the ,spirit of     
truth to open our  understanding1 that  
we may understand the things which are  
spoken  of thy ,son in the scriptures4  
,o give us the spirit of wisdom and     
revelation in the knowledge of him2 of  
his person and his office2  of his love 

and power towards all that hear his     
voice and follow  him2 that so we may   
abound in clear1 magnificent1 and       
endearing  thoughts of ,jesus ,christ   
the ,lord2 that he may be no less       
precious  to us than he was to the      
glorious company of the ,apostles1 and  
the  noble army of the martyrs4 ,thou1  
,o ,god1 hast declared that thy ,son    
shall be exalted and extolled1 and shall
 be very high4 ,help us1  we earnestly  
pray thee1 to give him the honour day by
 day1 more  perfectly4 ,enable us to    
comprehend with all saints the          
immeasurable  extent of his love2 the   
breadth and length1 the height and depth
  thereof4    ,we beg this of thee1 ,o  
our ,god1 in order that we may have our 
affections raised up to heaven1 where   
,christ sitteth on thy right  hand2 that
 we may grow more dead to the world1 and
 walk more  becoming our ,christian     
character3 that we may be enriched as   
much  as possible with light and grace1 
joy and peace in this present  life2 and

 to shew forth the praise of ,him who   
hath called us out of  darkness into    
marvellous light4    ,we beseech thee1  
that the excellency of our knowledge of 
,christ  may be evidenced to others1 by 
our adding day by day to our faith  a   
noble ,christian courage1 in defence of 
his truth1 honour1 and  government3 by a
 constant victory over our corrupt      
affections2  by a moderate use of all   
lawful comforts2 by a meek and quiet    
spirit under all our trials1 and by     
resignation to the will of our  heavenly
 ,father4    ,grant1 ,o ,lord1 that our 
knowledge of the redemption that is in  
,jesus may work effectually this day    
upon our hearts4 ,let the  ,saviour's   
love to us be the pattern of ours to all
 that are round  about us2 let it make  
us zealous to embrace all opportunities 
of ministering to the happiness of one  
another4 ,if we cannot  assist the needy
 by our alms1 or protect the oppressed  
by our  power1 ,o let us diligently     
exercise love1 in abstaining from all   

uncharitableness of speech1 from all    
forwardness and evil tempers3  let us   
look upon the failings of others with   
pity1 as if they were  our own3 make us 
kind and tender hearted1 forbearing and 
forgiving  all1 as thou1 for ,christ's  
sake1 hast forgiven us4 ,banish from    
our dwelling all variance1 whisperings1 
heart-burnings1 and evil  surmisings4   
,let peace and gentleness1 meekness and 
goodness1 be  exercised by all of us one
 towards another1 and the only          
contention  in our family be this1 who  
shall conform most to the will of ,god1 
by abounding in brotherly kindness and  
fervent charity4 ,thou1 ,o  ,god1 that  
makest men to be of one mind that dwell 
together1 inspire  us with a spirit of  
concord1 and harmonize all our naturally
  selfish tempers4 ,o let this benefit  
at least be found from our              
family-devotion1 that we may agree      
better together1 and live more  in peace
 and quietness1 than those who call not 
upon thee2 who lie  down and rise up    

like the herd of the stall1 never       
saying1 ,where is  ,god the ,maker6     
,continue1 we beseech thee1 if it       
seemeth good to thee1 the voice of      
health and strength amongst us1 and the 
favour of thy prosperous  providence2   
but give us grace to expect and to be   
ready for a  change4 ,and1 as in a day1 
nay1 in an hour1 our prosperity may  be 
turned by thee into deep affliction1 our
 health into pining  sickness1 our ease 
into tormenting pain1 and our life into 
death4  ,o ,lord ,god1 establish us in  
,christ ,jesus1 and give the earnest of 
thy spirit in our hearts1 that1 whatever
 we are called to suffer1  we may not be
 afraid with any amazement1 but bear our
 cross  cheerfully1 to the edification  
of those around us4    ,comfort and     
protect continually all our near        
relations and dear  friends4 ,sanctify  
to them their present circumstances     
whatever they  are4 ,may they mind the  
things of the ,spirit1 and never be     
deluded  by things of time and sense4   

,be their guide through life1 and at    
death give them admission into thy      
kingdom and glory4    ,promote1 ,o ,god1
 the peace and welfare of this our      
country4 ,let  thy servant1 our most    
gracious ,king1 be continually1 guided  
by  thy counsel1 and reign over us in   
righteousness4 ,may he and his          
,ministers with unwearied labour1 seek  
to promote thy glory and his  people's  
good4    ,free and relieve all who are  
distressed or oppressed2 regard their   
hearts1 bear their sighs and make them  
to see their sin in their  suffering1 to
 humble themselves under thy hand1 and  
find that it is  good for them to be    
afflicted4 ,bless our enemies2 do good  
to them  who hate us2 and ever enable us
 to return good-will for evil4          
,accept our praises for our continued   
preservation by thy goodness1  who has  
first brought us into being2 for sleep  
upon our beds1 for  the return of the   
day after the shades of darkness1 for   
the use  of our reason1 the comfort of  

this opportunity of worshipping  thy    
name1 and above all1 for the light of   
life1 the ,son of  ,righteousness1      
,christ ,jesus2 for whom1 with all that 
is within us1  we should bless thy name2
 in whom we command ourselves and our   
services to thee2 and to whom1 with     
thyself and the ,holy ,ghost1 one  ,god 
over all1 be all honour and praise1 love
 and obedience1 for  evermore4    ,our  
,father which art in ,heaven1 hallowed  
be thy name4 ,thy kingdom  come4 ,thy   
will be done on earth as it is in       
heaven4 ,give us this  day our daily    
bread4 ,and forgive us our trespasses1  
as we forgive  them that trespass       
against us2 and lead us not into        
temptation1 but  deliver us from evil4  
,for thine is the kingdom1 and the      
power1 and  the glory1 for ever and     
ever4 ,amen4      ,a ,,family ,,evening 
,,prayer4    ,blessed and holy ,lord    
,god1 who didst make all things by thy  
power1  who rulest all things by thy    
providence1 and fillest all things by   

thy presence1 we1 thy unworthy          
creatures1 beseech thee to fill our     
hearts with an awful sense of thee1 and 
with humility1 sincerity1  and faith in 
,christ in our approaches to thee4      
,we thankfully acknowledge our absolute 
dependence upon thee2  for our lives1   
and all the comforts of them1 we are    
indebted to  thy bounty4 ,thy hands have
 fashioned us in the womb1 brought us   
into this world1 and ever since we saw  
the light1 filled us with  variety of   
good4 ,we adore thy sparing mercy4      
,justly mightest thou  have brought upon
 us all the curses written in the book  
of thy  law against thy transgressors3  
and had thy ways been as our ways1  and 
thy thoughts like our thoughts towards  
our enemies1 we had  long since been    
past the power of offering to thee our  
thanks and  praise1 beyond the benefit  
of prayer1 or the hope of pardon4    ,we
 confess1 ,o ,lord1 we have been        
transgressors of thy law1 in  thought1  
word1 and deed4 ,we are chargeable with 

the workings  and defilements of pride  
and hypocrisy1 of uncharitableness and  
sensuality of self-love1 and worldliness
 of heart1 notwithstanding  all the     
methods thou hast taken to heal these   
diseases of our  souls4 ,we have sinned 
against the clear revelation of thy     
will1  and the strongest obligations    
binding us to comply with it4 ,we  have 
sinned against thy most inviting        
promises1 and thy most  dreadful        
threatenings3 against the frequent      
warnings of thy ,word1  the renewed     
motions and powerful convictions of thy 
,spirit1 and  the precious blood of     
,christ4 ,we have sinned against the    
light of  our understanding1 against    
promises and purposes of obedience1 and 
against the strongest remonstrances of  
our own conscienses4    ,o ,god1 we     
cannot recount the number of our sins1  
nor fully set in  order all their       
aggravations4 ,we should not therefore  
presume to  ask for thy pardoning mercy1
 if we do not trust that thy ,spirit has

  created within us a holy mourning for 
all our wickedness1 and for  that       
corruption of our nature1 from whence as
 their fountain1 all  these poisonous   
streams have flowed4 ,o humble us       
effectually1 and  place before us all   
the detestable qualities which meet     
together  in every act of sin1 that     
injustice and contempt towards thee1    
that rebellion and ingratitude which    
prevail in it4 ,and oh6 most  merciful  
,father1 speak peace to our souls1 weary
 and heavy laden  with guilt1 through   
the death and sufferings of thy dear    
,son1 and  for the sake of his precious 
sacrifice1 avert the punishment from    
us4 ,increase in us the faith whereby we
 only can be justified1 and  have peace 
with thee1 through our ,lord ,jesus     
,christ4    ,accompany thy pardoning    
mercy with thy purifying grace4 ,help   
us1  ,o ,father1 thou ,god of all power 
and might1 to put of the old  man1 which
 is corrupt1 according to the deceitful 
lusts1 and to  put on the new man which 

is created after thine own image1 in    
righteousness and true holiness4 ,give  
us a new heart and put  within us a new 
spirit4 ,o grant us a mind weaned from  
the pomps  and pleasures1 the profits   
and honours1 and all the transitory     
enjoyments of the flesh2 but hungering  
and thirsting after  righteousness4     
,prevent us by thy grace1 that we may   
never more  commit sin with the         
deceitful hope of gaining advantage by  
it4  ,impress us continually with the   
conviction1 that the gaining of the     
whole world can be of no recompense for 
the loss of the soul4    ,o let that    
solemn account we must ere long give1   
when the throne  shall be set1 the books
 be opened1 and the dead1 small1 and    
great1  stand before ,god1 influence the
 whole course of our lives2 ,o let  us  
so believe and so obey1 that when       
,christ shall come in the  clouds with  
power and great glory1 we may then cry  
out in holy  raptures4 ,lo1 this is our 
,god1 we have waited for him1 and he    

will  save us6 ,this is the ,lord1 we   
will be glad and rejoice in his         
salvation6    ,in thy merciful          
protection1 ,o ,god1 we humbly commit   
ourselves1 our  dear friends and        
relations this night4 ,the darkness is  
no darkness  with thee1 but the night is
 as clear as the day4 ,defend1 we       
beseech  thee1 our persons1 our         
dwellings1 and our possessions4 ,refresh
 us  with sweet sleep2 and with the     
health and strength of our bodies1  and 
the vigour of our minds1 let us serve   
thee all our days1 till  through the    
gate of death we enter into that blessed
 kingdom1 where  there is no night2     
where we all receive the end of our     
faith1 even  the salvation of our souls1
 through ,jesus ,christ2 in dependence  
upon whose righteousness and            
intercession we farther pray3 ,our      
,father1 c4      ,,for ,,the ,,lord',s  
,,day ,,morning4    ,thanks be unto     
thee1 ,o most merciful and gracious     
,god1 for having  devoted this day to   

thy service4 ,never can we sufficiently 
express  the obligations we owe thee for
 this stated season of rest from        
labour2 for this delightful opportunity 
afforded us of imitating  the heavenly  
host1 whilst we assemble ourselves with 
one heart  and voice to glorify thee1 ,o
 ,god1 our heavenly ,father2 and thee ,o
  ,christ1 our ,advocate1               
,righteousness1 and ,life2 and thee1 ,o 
eternal  ,spirit1 the ,comforter and    
,sanctifier of the ,church of ,god4     
,we praise thee1 who instead of loathing
 our persons for our  sinful pride and  
stubborn forgetfulness of thee1 hast    
taken the  most effectual methods to    
teach us the knowledge and plant in us  
the love of thy name4 ,we praise thee   
that thou hast commanded  us to make1 on
 this day1 public confession of our     
guilt1 and of  thy hatred of sin2 of our
 disobedience and the riches of thy     
forbearance towards us2 of our weakness1
 depravity1 and need of  thy perpetual  
grace to help us4 ,we praise thee for   

commanding us  to make public           
intercession for all sorts and          
conditions of men1  in order that our   
hearts may be the more enlarged towards 
them1  and our hands the more ready to  
minister to their necessities4 ,we      
praise thee for this opportunity of     
hearing thy holy scripture1  which is   
profitable for our reproof1 for our     
correction1 and for  our instruction in 
righteousness4    ,we bless thee that we
 have our habitation fixed in the land  
of  liberty1 under the bright beams of  
thy glorious gospel2 that we can        
worship thee according to our           
conscience1 no one making us afraid2    
that we are not required to pay         
adoration to those who by nature  are   
not gods1 nor compelled to bow down at  
the altar of idols4 ,we  praise thee    
that we are in health and strength to   
use the sacred  opportunity of going    
with the multitude that keep thy holy   
day1  into the house where thou hast    
recorded thy name1 and promised to  meet

 and bless us4 ,how amiable are thy     
dwellings1 ,o ,lord of hosts2  one day  
employed in them is better than a       
thousand engrossed by the  business of  
the world4    ,we praise thee also for  
passing by all the provocations and     
insults  which we have offered unto thee
 by abusing and profaning this holy     
day1 by our detestable presumption in   
compassing thee about with  deceit and  
lies4 ,o how often have we rushed into  
the courts of thy  house without        
meditation1 without prayer1 without any 
desire to  worship thee with an holy    
worship6 how often have we dissembled   
and  pretend to give thee glory1 when we
 were yet living in our sins1  making   
thee angry with us every day1 and       
casting thy law behind us6    ,o1 our   
,god1 let the time past suffice for us  
to have entered  into thy courts        
thoughtless and unhumbled1              
self-satisfied1 and  self-sufficient4   
,now teach us effectually to reverence  
thy  sanctuary3 make us feel awful      

conceptions of the ,god with whom we    
have to do1 and of the infinite         
importance of the holy exercises in     
which we are going to engage4 ,thou     
knowest our souls cleave to the  very   
dust of the ground4 ,o send thy         
quickening ,spirit to raise our         
thoughts and desires up to thee in every
 part of thy holy worship4  ,shield us  
on every side from the flesh1 the world1
 and the devil1  that they may have no  
power to fill us with sinful            
distractions1  and make us absent in    
spirit while we are presenting our      
bodies in  thy temple4    ,while we     
confess our guilt1 open thou our        
understanding1 we  beseech thee1 that we
 may understand all the aggravations of 
our  wickedness4 ,call back to          
remembrance whatever at any time has    
made  us appear most vile in our own    
eyes1 that we may now feel a godly      
sorrow1 and be really ashamed and       
confounded at the sight of our          
iniquity4--,accompany1 we beseech thee1 

the reading of thy most holy  word with 
the power of thy own ,spirit1 that so   
the practice of thy  saints1 and thy    
peculiar favour towards them1 may stir  
us up to  be diligent followers of their
 examples3 that we may receive the      
strong consolation from thy promises1   
which in ,christ ,jesus are all  sure   
and infallibly certain1 and1 by hearing 
the gospel proclaimed1  attain to       
clearer views of thy great salvation4   
,when we are  offering up our           
intercession to thee1 give us to feel   
tenderness of  heart1 melting pity      
towards all our fellow creatures in     
distress1  and very fervently desire    
that thou wouldst immediately appear    
for their relief4 ,when we ask for mercy
 and forgiveness1 strength  and holiness
 of heart1 may we ask with an           
earnestness suited to  the value of     
these gifts1 and with a strong          
conviction of our  unavoidable misery1  
if our suit is rejected4    ,when we    
join in giving thanks unto thy name1 ,o 

make all thy  goodness to pass before   
us4 ,excite in us such a lively         
remembrance  of the multitude of thy    
mercies towards us1 as shall fill our   
souls  as it were with marrow and       
fatness1 whilst our mouths are praising 
thee with joyful lips4--,from the       
beginning to the conclusion of  the     
service of thy sanctuary1 by the        
perpetual influence of thy  free        
,spirit1 do thou uphold us1 that we may 
be satisfied with  the pleasures of thy 
house1 and offer to thee a pure offering
 in  righteousness4    ,and1 as thou1 ,o
 ,lord1 hast ordained that the people   
should seek thy  law at the mouth of thy
 ministers1 do thou fill them with      
knowledge  and sound doctrine2 that they
 may preach not themselves1 but ,christ 
,jesus1 the ,lord4 ,under their         
instructions delivered according to  thy
 will1 may our ignorance be dispelled1  
our slothful hearts  quickened1 our     
fears removed1 our hope encouraged1 and 
our souls  established in grace4        

,finally1 we beseech thee1 ,o ,god1 to  
incline our hearts to sanctify  this    
whole day4 ,make it our delight to      
employ our time in reading  thy word1 in
 meditation and privacy1 not yielding to
 the sinfulness  of our hearts1 or the  
custom of the world1 in speaking our own
  words1 in thinking our own thoughts1  
and finding our own pleasure  on thy    
holy day4 ,and grant us grace so to use 
this day of rest  and of public worship 
in this life that we may none of us fail
 of  having a part in the everlasting   
adoration1 praise1 and love of thy  name
 in the life to come1 through ,jesus    
,christ our ,lord4 ,amen4      ,a       
,,family ,,prayer ,,on ,,the ,,evening  
,,of ,,the ,,lord',s ,,day4    ,o ,lord1
 thou art great1 wonderful1 and holy4   
,thou art exalted far  above all        
blessing and praise which can ever be   
afforded to thee  by the angels of      
light2 yet such is thy condescending    
mercy1 that  the door of thy house has  
been open this day to us1 vile dust and 

miserable sinners4 ,we have been waiting
 on thee in the ordinances  of thy own  
appointment2 and as we implore the      
comfort and help of  thy spirit before  
we present ourselves in thy courts1 so  
now1 as  becometh us in bounded duty1 we
 desire to return thee our most  hearty 
thanks and praise1 if we have found any 
deliverance from the  hardness1         
unbelief1 distraction1 and deceitfulness
 of our depraved  hearts1 whilst we were
 offering our vows unto thee4    ,not   
unto us1 but to the influence of thy    
,spirit be the praise1 if  we have      
confessed our sins this day with any    
self-loathing1 and  being melted into   
contrition for our offences2 if the     
forbearance  thou hast shown towards us1
 and thy tender pity in sparing us      
though so richly deserving damnation1   
have been sensible to our  hearts1      
whilst we were accusing ourselves before
 thee4 ,we praise  thee if we have      
sanctified this day1 and our holy       
services in it1  to the honour of our   

,lord ,jesus ,christ1 by looking only to
 the  virtue of his atonement for the   
remission of our sins4 ,we bless  thee  
if we have found thy word sweet unto us1
 and the increasing  discovery of thy   
love delightful to our hearts2 if we    
have been  filled with faith1 and       
experience in our hearts the ,spirit of 
,grace1 of prayer and supplication2 so  
that instead of saying1 ,when  will the 
,sabbath be gone1 that we may buy and   
sell and get gain8  we have found the   
spiritual provisions of thy house a     
feast indeed  to our souls4 ,we thank   
thee if thy word preached hath searched 
us1  making any hidden corruption2 if it
 has been for our edification1          
exhortation1 and comfort in ,christ     
,jesus4 ,we thank thee1 if it has  been 
a pleasant and joyful thing to us to be 
thankful1 to speak  good of thy name1   
and to declare thy goodness towards the 
children  of men4    ,lord1 increase and
 stir up within us evermore devote      
affections  when we call upon thee3 and 

in whatsoever we have displeased thee   
this day1 ,o do thou pardon us4         
,overlook what has been wanting1        
forgive what has been amiss1 though we  
are too blind ourselves to  perceive it4
 ,there is iniquity in our most holy    
offering4 ,purge  away1 we beseech thee1
 the defilement of them in the fountain 
opened for sin and for uncleanness4     
,accept our devotions at the  hands of  
our faithful and merciful ,high-priest1 
and may our  sacrifices be perfumed with
 the sweet incense of his merits4       
,for his sake fulfil all the requests we
 have this day made known  unto thee4 ,o
 give us strength and power to live more
 according  to thy will1 in all         
righteousness and holiness4 ,let the    
benefit  and success of our public      
worship be manifested in our whole      
deportment2 and the influence of the    
good impressions made upon us  in thy   
house1 appear in our sincere love both  
to ,god and man1 in  our abhoring all   
that is evil1 and cleaving to that which

 is good4  ,let every heavenly and      
,christian temper we have this day      
requested  shine in our conversation1   
and our lives be a transcript of the    
graces we ask in our prayers4 ,may we   
return again to our respective          
employments armed with the whole armour 
of ,god1 and determined  in nothing     
wilfully to offend thee4 ,may thy praise
 and love1 thy  power and glory1 and the
 mightiness of thy kingdom1 be much in  
our  thoughts1 till at length we are    
brought to that everlasting sabbath     
where we shall no more need the use of  
these means2 no more behold  thee our   
,god at a distance1 and through         
ordinances darkly1 but see  thee face to
 face1 and know thee even as we are     
known4    ,we desire now particularly to
 recommend to thy mercy all who are     
united to us by the ties of kindred or  
special friendship4 ,let none  of them  
slightly estimate this holy day1 or     
blindly think it enough  to be merely   
present at the assemblies of thy people4

 ,may they ever  worship thee in spirit 
and truth1 and esteem this day their    
delight4    ,we beg thy mercy upon all  
those nations which yet sit in darkness 
and the shadow of death1 that the ,sun  
of ,righteousness may arise  upon them  
to guide their feet into the way of     
peace4 ,o hasten the  time1 when all    
thou hast promised concerning the church
 in the last  days shall be             
accomplished2 bring in the fulness of   
the ,gentiles1  and let all ,israel be  
saved4 ,revive and cause to flourish in 
all  places upon earth pure and         
undefiled religion4 ,let the power of   
godliness prevail1 and daily obtain     
victory over the formality and          
hypocrisy of mere nominal ,christians4  
,particularly we recommend to thy       
protection and tenderest care1 the      
kingdom in which we dwell4 ,we entreat  
thee to direct1 sanctify1 and  govern   
the heart of our ,sovereign ,lord1 the  
,king4 ,prosper all his  counsels for   
the good of his subjects4 ,may he live  

dear to thee1  beloved of his people1   
and receive at thy hands1 after death1  
a crown of glory4 ,bless the ,royal     
,family1 and all that are in  authority 
over us4    ,take us this night1 ,o our 
,god1 under thy protection4 ,watch over 
us whilst we sleep2 if we wake in the   
night season1 may our  meditation of    
thee be sweet and our souls be glad in  
the ,lord4 ,if  we are spared to see the
 light of the returning day1 may we rise
  from our beds to give all diligence to
 walk before thee to all                
well-pleasing4--,and whether we wake or 
sleep1 live or die1 may we  be the      
,lord's4 ,to him1 with thee1 ,o ,father1
 and the ,holy ,ghost1  be ascribed1 as 
most due1 everlasting praise1 might1    
majesty1 and  dominion4      ,a ,,prayer
 ,,to ,,be ,,used ,,when ,,any ,,member 
,,of ,,the ,,family ,,is ,,sick4        
,either entire as a ,morning or evening 
,prayer for the ,family or              
occasionally with some of the ,family1  
or in part1 paragraphs1    selected from

 it being added to the usual family     
devotions4    ,o thou infinitely great  
and glorious ,god1 thou killest and     
makest  alive4 ,thou woundest and thy   
hands make whole4 ,thou bringest down   
to the grave1 and bringest back again4  
,thou dost according to thy  will in the
 armies of heaven1 and among the        
inhabitants of the  earth2 and none can 
stay thine hand or say unto thee1 ,what 
dost  thou8 yet righteous art thou in   
all thy ways1 and holy in all thy       
works4 ,even when thou afflictest1 and  
causest trouble and heaviness  to fall  
upon us1 it is that we may learn        
righteousness from thy  judgments1 and  
receive profit from thy correction4     
,wherefore1 though thou hast not visited
 our house with sickness1  and art      
calling us to humiliation for our sins1 
yet we would still  speak good of thy   
name1 and love and bless thee4 ,we      
desire at this  season to remember all  
the past mercies with which thou hast   
been  pleased to bless us and our       

household4 ,god forbid that our present 
grief should make us unmindful of the   
constant benefits we have  enjoyed4 ,how
 long has each of our family lain down  
and risen up1  gone out and come in1 in 
health1 strength1 and peace8 ,how long  
has the candle of the ,lord shone upon  
us without intermission8 ,for  these    
multiplied favours1 blessed1 ,o ,lord1  
be thy good and holy  name2 since the   
smallest of benefits is more than we    
deserve1 and  the sharpest affliction   
less4    ,to us1 on account of          
transgressions1 is most justly due1     
indignation and wrath1 tribulation and  
anguish4 ,wherefore then  should living 
men complain1 men and transgressors1 for
 the  punishment of their sin8 ,shall we
 receive so much good at the  hand of   
the ,lord1 and shall we not receive     
evil8 patiently and  contentedly receive
 evil also2 this temper we know1 ,o     
,lord1 is our  bounding duty2 ,o form it
 in us4 ,and as in great compassion to  
us1  thou hast opened a way of relief   

for us under every trouble1 by          
directing1 commanding1 and encouraging  
us in all our afflictions to  pour out  
our complaints unto thee1 and tell thee 
of all we fear and  feel2 to thee1 ,o   
,father of mercies1 do we make our      
supplications at  this time4 ,o ,lord be
 not far from us4    ,in entire         
submission to thy most wise and holy    
will1 we do now most  earnestly pray for
 that person whose sickness fills us    
with so much  concern4 ,o look upon him 
7or her7 in his low estate2 suffer not  
we  beseech thee1 his disorder to       
proceed1 and let not his sickness be    
unto death1 but be for the manifestation
 of thy grace towards us  all4 ,thou    
knowest1 ,lord1 his frame2 lay no more  
upon him than thou  wilt enable him to  
bear with patience and quietness of     
mind4 ,and  ,o1 thou great ,physician1  
without whom all others are of no value1
  do thou direct to the most proper     
medecines1 and bless the art of  healing
 to his body1 and our great comfort4 ,in

 thy due time restore  thy servant to   
health and strength again1 that he may  
have a longer  day of grace and         
salvation1 prove more useful1 and do    
more good in  his generation4    ,in the
 meantime1 however1 thou shalt think fit
 to dispose of him1 ,o  sanctify unto   
him this affliction2 work in him deep   
humiliation for  his sin2 bless him with
 repentance unto life2 enable him by    
faith  to behold the ,lamb of ,god1 and 
to trust in the fountain opened in  his 
blood for the remission of sins1 that1  
being justified through  faith1 he may  
have peace with ,god through ,jesus     
,christ our ,lord4  ,make all his bed in
 his sickness1 and let patience have its
 perfect  work in his soul4 ,raise him  
up to praise thy name1 to pay those     
vows he makes in trouble before the     
assembly of thy saints1 and to  walk in 
newness of life4 ,but if thou dost not  
see fit to spare thy  servant1 whom we  
are now remembering before thee1 ,o     
prepare every  one of this family       

according to our several relations1 for 
the  awful stroke4 ,with respect to     
himself1 if the time of his departure   
draweth nigh1 ,o let his heart be       
comforted by the promises in  ,christ1  
and taste that thou art gracious unto   
him4 ,may his soul be  safe and happy at
 the hour of death2 and in the great day
 of the  ,lord ,jesus ,christ may be    
found among those who died for him4     
,and help us all1 who are now in health1
 to improve this loud and  solemn call  
to prepare for our own sickness and     
disease4 ,let us not  abuse our bodily  
strength to encourage ourselves in      
sinful security  and impenitence4 ,grant
 that we may always be ready1 by        
performing  the will of our ,lord1 that 
whensoever he shall come1 we may be     
found of him in peace and enter into his
 joy2 that whenever our  health is      
turned into sickness1 and our strength  
into weakness1 and  our ease into sharp 
pain1 we may not be cast down or        
perplexed1 but  feel in our souls those 

supports and consolations1 which the    
world  cannot give1 nor death itself    
take away4    ,hear us1 ,o ,lord our    
,god1 in these our humble requests2     
forgive us  our sins2 and accept our    
persons and our services1 through ,jesus
  ,christ our ,lord4 ,amen4      ,a     
,,thanksgiving ,,for ,,the ,,recovery   
,,of ,a ,,sick ,,member4    ,most       
gracious and holy1 good and merciful    
,god6 we have heard1 we  have seen1 we  
have experienced thy love4 ,blessed1 for
 ever blessed  be thy name1 that instead
 of being known to us by the judgments  
our  sins have deserved1 thou art       
manifested to us as the ,god willing  to
 forgive all our iniquities4 ,thou hast 
delivered our eyes from  tears1 and our 
hearts from anguish4 ,thy servant1 whom 
thou hast  lately afflicted1 is now a   
monument of thy sparing mercy4 ,thou    
hast  chastised and corrected him1 7or  
her7 but thou hast not delivered  him   
over unto death4 ,thou hast turned our  
mourning into joy1 and  our fears into  

songs of praise4    ,o may this thy     
servant have been spared in order to    
live hereafter  to the glory of thy     
name4--,we beseech thee1 perfect all    
that  concerns his recovery2 and grant  
that this gracious interposition  may   
properly effect both him and every one  
of us in this family4  ,from henceforth 
may we all more entirely depend upon    
thee for the  continuance and           
preservation of our dearest earthly     
comforts3 may  we consider them as thy  
free gifts1 ,o ,lord1 and know that they
  alone makest every earthly blessing be
 to us what it is4    ,and give us grace
 so to use and enjoy all our temporal   
comforts1 as  those who know that the   
fashion of this world passeth away4     
,grant  we may learn1 from this late    
affliction in our family1 to live more  
like persons who are soon to be         
separated by death1 and to give all     
diligence to grow rich towards ,god1    
that we may be better prepared  for a   
breach in our family whenever it shall  

come4 ,and whensoever1  ,o ,god1 thou   
shalt be pleased to call any of us away1
 though for a  season our family may    
thus be separated1 may we all be united 
again  in heaven1 and be for ever with  
the ,lord and with one another4    ,that
 we may none of us fall short of so     
glorious an end1 ,o give  us a clear    
knowledge of the excellency of our ,god1
 and a firmer  dependence upon the word 
of thy grace4 ,grant us a strong love to
  the ,lord ,jesus ,christ1 and a       
greater resemblance of him2 that each   
of us in our particular station may be  
zealous for ,god1 full of  mercy and    
justice towards men1 and possess every  
temper whereby ,god  can be glorified in
 us4    ,fill our minds with a more     
cheerful and lively sense of our        
obligations to thee1 especially for this
 late additional mercy3  write it1 we   
beseech thee1 on our hearts1 so that no 
temptation  from without1 or corruption 
from within1 may make us ever act as if 
we forgot it4    ,and now1 ,o ,lord1 we 

again present both ourselves and family1
 all  we have and all we are1 a lively  
sacrifice unto thee for all our         
remaining days4 ,be with us when we are 
passing through the valley  of the      
shadow of death2 may we then fear no    
evil1 nor have cause to  fear any4      
,guard us through the gloomy passage1   
and bring us safe to  thine eternal     
kingdom and glory4 ,we humbly ask all   
these blessings1  though utterly        
unworthy ourselves of any notice1 in the
 name of  ,jesus ,christ our ,lord1 who 
ever liveth to make intercession for us4
  ,amen4      ,,for ,,the ,,due         
,,discharge ,,of ,,domestic ,,duties4   
,o ,lord and heavenly ,father1 who has  
commanded us concientiously to          
discharge each duty we owe one to       
another1 take away1 we beseech  thee1   
from us all stubbornness1 pride1 and    
self-conceit2 all  envy1 hatred1 and    
ill-will1 which would lead us to despise
 thy  gracious restraints1 and destroy  
that harmony which thou wouldest  have  

to reign in every family4 ,from the     
least to the greatest  member of each   
house1 give them grace to walk before   
thee unto all  well-pleasing4    ,teach 
and incline servants to do their work   
with singleness of eye1  as unto        
,christ3 to be ambitious of serving     
their masters with all  fidelity1 and of
 preventing all just cause of anger or  
rebuke from  them for obstinacy1 sloth1 
or carelessness4 ,grant them wisdom to  
consider their station not as any       
hardship1 much less any disgrace  to    
them1 but as the post which thy fatherly
 love hath appointed  them to fill4     
,give them to understand1 to their great
 peace and  strong consolation1 that by 
doing their work from a principle  of   
faith and love to ,christ ,jesus1 they  
may stand as high in  thy favour1 and   
grow as rich towards ,god1 as if their  
condition  entitled them to all respect 
from the world4 ,and may they never     
imagine they are religious and          
,christians altogether1 any longer  than

 they abstain from all those frauds and 
deceits which they are  tempted to use  
for filthy lucre's sake4    ,be merciful
 and gracious1 ,o ,god1 to all heads and
 governors of  families4 ,save them from
 haughtiness of carriage1 from          
passionate  reproaches1 and every       
kindred unchristian treatment of their  
inferiors and dependents4 ,o6 convince  
the rich that it is not  their merit1   
but thy providence alone that makes the 
difference of  station1 and appoints the
 subordination3 not that they should be 
as tyrants in their houses1 and         
imperious to their servants1 but  that  
they should add to the comfort of those 
who are under them4  ,enable them1      
therefore1 carefully to avoid hurting   
those who labour  for them1 by their    
forwardness and behaving towards them   
with such  rudeness1 as they would be   
ashamed to shew to any equal4 ,imprint  
upon their minds a lively remembrance   
that they have a master in  heaven1 who 
is no respecter of the persons of men1  

before whom  both masters and servants  
must give a strict and solemn account of
  their behaviour to each other4        
,inspire all who preside in families    
not only with justice1 but with mercy   
and piety towards their  servants4 ,like
 the good centurion1 whose praise is in 
the gospel1  may they sympathize with   
them in all their afflictions1 be glad  
to  alleviate their burden1 when        
sickness and old age oppress them1 and  
to sweeten the bitter cup that is       
appointed them to drink4 ,give  them    
grace to teach their servants the fear  
of the ,lord by their  own example1 and 
to let their light so shine before them1
 that they  may be led to glorify ,god  
also1 in whose hands is their breath1   
and  whose are all their ways4          
,dispose1 ,o ,lord1 the hearts of all   
parents to receive and obey the         
commands addressed in a peculiar manner 
to them4 ,teach them always  to regard  
their children as immortal souls        
intrusted to their care1  and for whose 

nurture and admonition in the fear of   
the ,lord they  are strictly answerable2
 and may they esteem it their greatest  
pleasure1 and their highest honour1 to  
be teaching their children  the sacred  
truth1 when they sit with them in the   
house1 and when  they walk by the way1  
when they lie down1 and when they rise  
up4  ,give them to observe with hearts  
sensibly affected1 the natural          
depravity too apparent in every one of  
their offsprings1 and to be  solicitous 
to bring them by early discipline and   
instruction to  him who alone can       
deliver from it4 ,make them vigilant to 
check the  first sallies of their vile  
affections1 to furnish them with the    
means of knowing ,god and ,jesus ,christ
 whom he hath sent1 and to  habituate   
them from their childhood to some       
profitable employment  of their time1   
and their understanding1 as they are    
able to bear  it4 ,keep all parents from
 setting a bad example before the eyes  
of their children1 and so teaching them 

an evil lesson against  themselves4 ,and
 may they dread nothing more than the   
insupportable  doom of being condemned  
as accessaries to the damnation of their
  own children by their worldliness1    
sensuality and neglect of their  souls4 
,and as thou knowest that no parents are
 of themselves  sufficient to educate   
their children according to thy will1   
,o6 do  thou fill them with wisdom and  
discretion4 ,guide them continually     
with thine eye1 between the extremes of 
shewing a false indulgence  or an       
irksome severity to the fruit of their  
own bodies4 ,bless  altogether the      
relation thou hast established between  
them1 so that  parents may have the joy 
of seeing their children growing up as  
pleasant plants before thee1 and        
children have reason to rise up  and    
call their parents blessed1 and to      
praise ,god for them in time  and in    
eternity4    ,and thou1 ,o ,god1 so     
influence and form the minds of all     
children1  and turn their hearts towards

 their parents1 that they may behave    
towards them with all reverence1        
obedience and love2 not stubborn  when  
corrected for their faults1 not heedless
 when instructed1 not  ungrateful to    
forget how much they are bound to       
administer to the  comfort of their     
parents and to requit them4    ,in an   
especial manner we beg of thee1 ,o ,god1
 that we of this  family1 who are now   
kneeling before thee may be forgiven for
  ,christ's sake1 all the instances of  
which we have been guilty1 of           
irreverence1 unkindness1 and passion one
 towards another4 ,make us  sensible of 
our transgressions1 heartily sorry for  
them1 and more  vigilant for the future4
 ,o give unto us1 and every family1 more
 of  thy grace and power1 that we may be
 of one mind1 who dwell together  in one
 house on earth2 that at the last day1  
when we appear to  take our trial at the
 bar of ,god1 we may not be accusers of 
each  other1 for exercising any         
malevolence of temper1 but witnesses of 

the grace of our common ,lord in making 
us dwell together in perfect  amity and 
,christian ,love4 ,grant1 ,o ,god1 these
 our petitions1 and  let us all perceive
 the accomplishment of them by the      
increase of  harmony1 peace1 and love   
amongst ourselves4 ,we ask it for the   
sake1  and through the intercession of  
our ,lord and ,saviour1 ,jesus ,christ4 
,amen4      ,,upon ,,the ,,occasion ,,of
 ,a ,,death ,,or ,,funeral4    ,may all 
the appointments of thy providence1 ,o  
,lord1 be profitable  to the souls of   
thy people4 ,visit the members of this  
house of  mourning with thy favour1 and 
let them know and feel1 that thou art   
an all-sufficient help1 in time of      
trouble4 ,knowing that we have no       
continuance in this life1 but pass our  
days1 as a tale1 which has  been told1  
may we act a wise and a worthy part1    
that we may find  peace to our souls1 in
 every time of review1 and have good    
hopes in  the prospect of the world to  
come4    ,be as a ,father to the        

fatherless1 the protector of the widow1 
and  the orphan's stay4 ,bless those who
 are intimately1 and feelingly          
connected1 with the present dispensation
 of thy providence1  and according to   
the circumstances of their lot1 grant   
them  consolation4 ,as the depth and the
 length of their sorrows have  been1 so 
do thou comfort them and wipe away their
 tears4 ,by the  sadness of the         
countenance may the affections become   
better1 and  the conduct improved1 that 
the heart may be spiritually glad4 ,give
  them an interest in the blessings of  
redeeming love1 and let the  assurance  
of everlasting life pour joy into their 
afflicted souls4  ,forgive1 ,o ,lord1   
the manifold transgressions of those who
 mourn1  and the multiplied sins of all 
thy children1 and accept of us1 and  thy
 penitent people every where1 according 
to thy mercies in ,christ  our ,lord and
 ,saviour4      ,,for ,a ,,sick ,,child4
    ,almighty and most merciful ,father1
 have compassion upon us  in the day of 

trouble1 and let this child live1 by    
whose  afflictions we are afflicted4    
,suffer not the hope of thy servants  to
 be disappointed1 but if death be in the
 cup1 sanctify the  dispensation1       
comfort the mourner1 and receive the    
departing  spirit into the fellowship of
 the saints on high4 ,if life shall be  
prolonged1 let gratitude prevail in the 
hearts of those1 who are  nearly        
connected1 and let all diligence be     
given to train up the  child1 in the    
paths of wisdom and piety1 and may every
 endeavour to  promote a virtuous and   
holy life be successful1 through ,christ
 our  ,lord4      ,,the ,,lord',s       
,,prayer4    ,our ,father1 who art in   
heaven1 hallowed be thy name1 thy       
kingdom  come1 thy will be done on earth
 as it is in heaven4 ,give us day  by   
day our daily bread2 forgive us our     
tresspasses1 as we forgive  those who   
have trespassed against us2 and lead us 
not into  temptation1 but deliver us    
from evil2 for thine is the kingdom and 

the power and the glory for ever4 ,amen4
      ,,graces ,,for ,,young ,,persons4 
,if said by an ,individual1 the         
,singular must be used instead of    the
 ,plural4      ,,before ,,meat4    ,the 
eyes of all things wait upon thee1 ,o   
,lord1 and thou givest them  their food 
in due season4 ,enable us to receive all
 thy blessings  with becoming affections
 of mind2 and sanctify the present      
instance  of thy bounty through ,jesus  
,christ our ,lord4 ,amen4      ,,or     
,,thus3    ,thy mercies1 ,o ,lord1 are  
renewed unto us day by day1 though by   
our  sinfulness and disobedience1 we are
 unworthy of thy favour4 ,but do  thou  
forgive our manifold transgressions1    
sanctify us in all our  undertakings1   
and bless the offered mercies1 through  
,christ our  ,lord and ,saviour4 ,amen4 
,,after ,,meat4    ,we thank thee1 ,o   
,lord1 for the continued bounty of thy  
providence1  and while our bodies are   
strengthened by their daily food1       
cherish  our souls by thy heavenly      

grace4 ,forgive1 we beseech thee1 our   
numerous sins1 and accept of our        
acknowledgments for this and every      
instance of thy goodness1 through       
,christ our ,lord4 ,amen4    ,,or       
,,thus3    ,we give thee praise1 ,o     
,lord1 for all the blessings of this    
life1  and for the hopes of future      
glory4 ,accept of our thanks for every  
mercy we receive1 and to thy name1      
through ,christ the ,lord1 be  ascribed 
the praise1 now and for ever4 ,amen4    
,illustration3 ,,finis4            ,,the
      ,,new ,,pictorial      ,,bible4   
,illustration        ,,glasgow3         
,,printed ,,for ,,the ,,booksellers4    
,illustration      #a     ,the ,creation
 of ,light4    ,,gen4 i4 #a-c4    ,in   
the beginning ,god created the heaven   
and the earth4 ,and the  earth was      
without form1 and void2 and darkness was
 upon the face of  the deep3 and the    
,spirit of ,god moved upon the face of  
the waters4  ,and ,god said1 let there  
be light3 and there was light4          

,illustration      #b      ,the         
,division of the ,waters4    ,,gen4 i4  
#f1 #g4    ,and ,god said1 ,let there be
 a firmament in the midst of the waters1
  and let it divide the waters from the 
waters4 ,and ,god made the  firmament1  
and divided the waters which were under 
the firmament  from the waters which    
were above the firmament2 and it was so4
      ,illustration      #c    ,woman   
formed4    ,,gen4 ii4 #bb1 #bc1 #be4    
,and the rib1 which the ,lord ,god had  
taken from man1 made he a  woman1 and   
brought her unto the man4 ,and ,adam    
said1 ,this is now  bone of my bones1   
and flesh of my flesh3 she shall be     
called ,woman1  because she was taken   
out of man4 ,and they were both naked1  
the man  and his wife1 and were not     
ashamed4      ,illustration      #d     
,adam naming the creatures4    ,,gen4   
ii4 #ai1 #bj4    ,and out of the ground 
the ,lord ,god formed every beast of the
 field1  and every fowl of the air1 and 
brought them unto ,adam1 to see  what he

 would call them3 and whatsoever ,adam  
called every living  creature1 that was 
the name thereof4 ,and ,adam gave names 
to all  cattle1 and to the fowl of the  
air1 and to every beast of the  field4  
,illustration      #e        ,the       
serpent deceiveth ,eve4    ,,gen4 iii4  
#d1 #f4    ,and the serpent said unto   
the woman1 ,ye shall not surely die4    
,and  when the woman saw that the tree  
was good for food1 and that it was      
pleasant to the eyes1 and a tree to be  
desired to make one wise1  she took of  
the fruit thereof and did eat2 and gave 
also unto her  husband with her1 and he 
did eat4      ,illustration      #f     
,adam and ,eve driven from the garden4  
,,gen4 iii4 #bc1 #bd4    ,therefore the 
,lord ,god sent him forth from the      
garden of ,eden1 to  till the ground    
from whence he was taken4 ,so he drove  
out the man3  and he placed at the east 
of the garden of ,eden cherubims and a  
flaming sword which turned every way1 to
 keep the way of the tree  of life4     

,illustration      #g      ,noah        
entering the ark4    ,,gen4 vii4 #g-aj4 
,and ,noah went in1 and his sons1 and   
his wife1 and his sons' wives  with him1
 into the ark1 because of the waters of 
the flood4 ,of  clean beasts1 and of    
beasts that are not clean1 and of fowls1
 and  of every thing that creepeth upon 
the earth4 ,there went in two and  two  
unto ,noah into the ark1 the male and   
the female1 as ,god had  commanded      
,noah4      ,illustration      #h       
,babel built4    ,,gen4 xi4 #d1 #h4     
,and they said1 ,go to1 let us build us 
a city1 and a tower whose  top may reach
 unto heaven2 and let us make us a name1
 lest we be  scattered abroad upon the  
face of the whole earth4 ,so the ,lord  
scattered them abroad from thence upon  
the face of all the earth3  and they    
left off to build the city4             
,illustration      #i      ,lot and his 
,daughters leave ,sodom4    ,,gen4 xix4 
#ae1 #cj4    ,and when the morning      
arose1 then the angels hastened ,lot    

saying1  ,arise1 take thy wife and thy  
two daughters1 which are here1 lest     
thou be consumed in the iniquity of the 
city4 ,and ,lot went up out  of ,zoar1  
and dwelt in the mountain1 and his two  
daughters with him2  for he feared to   
dwell in ,zoar3 and he dwelt in a cave1 
he and his  two daughters4              
,illustration      #aj      ,abraham    
offereth ,isaac4    ,,gen4 xxii4 #aj-ab4
    ,and ,abraham stretched forth his   
hand1 and took the knife to slay  his   
son4 ,and the angel of the ,lord called 
unto him out of heaven1  and said1      
,abraham1 ,abraham4 ,and he said1 ,here 
am ,i4 ,and he said1  ,lay not thine    
hand upon the lad1 neither do thou      
anything unto him2  for now ,i know that
 thou fearest ,god1 seeing thou hast not
 withheld  thy son1 thine only son from 
me4      ,illustration      #aa         
,joseph is cast into the pit4    ,,gen4 
xxxvii4 #bc1 #bd4    ,and it came to    
pass1 when ,joseph was come unto his    
brethren1 that  they stripped ,joseph   

out of his coat1 his coat of many       
colours1  that was on him4 ,and they    
took him1 and cast him into a pit2 and  
the pit was empty1 and there was no     
water to it4      ,illustration      #ab
      ,joseph tempted by ,potaphar's    
,wife4    ,,gen4 xxxix4 #g1 #aj1 #ab4   
,and it came to pass after these things1
 that his master's wife cast  her eyes  
upon ,joseph2 and she said1 ,lie with   
me4 ,and it came to  pass1 as she spake 
to ,joseph day by day1 that he hearkened
 not unto  her1 to lie with her1 or to  
be with her4 ,and she caught him by his 
garment1 saying1 ,lie with me3 and he   
left his garment in her hand1  and fled1
 and got him out4      ,illustration    
#ac      ,the finding of ,moses4        
,,exod4 ii4 #e1 #f4    ,and the daughter
 of ,pharaoh came down to wash herself  
at the river2  and her maidens walked   
along by the river's side3 and when she 
saw the ark among the flags1 she sent   
her maid to fetch it4 ,and  when she had
 opened it1 she saw the child3 and1     

behold1 the babe  wept4 ,and she had    
compassion on him1 and said1 ,this is   
one of the  ,hebrew's children4         
,illustration      #ad      ,moses      
smiteth the rock4    ,,exod4 xvii4 #e1  
#f4    ,and the ,lord said unto ,moses1 
,go on before the people1 and take  with
 thee of the elders of ,israel2 and thy 
rod1 wherewith thou  smotest the river1 
take in thine hand1 and go4 ,behold1 ,i 
will stand  before thee there upon the  
rock in ,horeb2 and thou shalt smite the
  rock1 and there shall come water out  
of it1 that the people may  drink4 ,and 
,moses did so in the sight of the elders
 of ,israel4      ,illustration      #ae
      ,moses receiveth the ,tables4     
,,exod4 xxxiv4 #a1 #d4    ,and the ,lord
 said unto ,moses1 ,hew thee two tables 
of stone like  unto the first2 and ,i   
will write upon these tables the words  
that  were in the first tables1 which   
thou brakest4 ,and he hewed two  tables 
of stone1 like unto the first3 and      
,moses rose up early  in the morning1   

and went up into ,mount ,sinai1 as the  
,lord had  commanded him1 and took in   
his hand the two tables of stone4       
,illustration      #af      ,jericho    
compassed4    ,,josh4 vi4 #ab1 #ac4     
,and ,joshua rose early in the morning1 
and the priests took up the  ark of the 
,lord4 ,and seven priests1 bearing seven
 trumpets of rams'  horns before the ark
 of the ,lord1 went on continually1 and 
blew  with the trumpets3 and the armed  
men went before them2 but the  reward   
came after the ark of the ,lord1 the    
priests going on1 and  blowing with the 
trumpets4      ,illustration      #ag   
,the sun and moon stand still4          
,,josh4 x4 #ab1 #ac4    ,then spake     
,joshua to the ,lord1 in the day when   
the ,lord delivered  up the ,amorites   
before the children of ,israel1 and he  
said in the  sight of ,israel1 ,sun1    
stand thou still upon ,gibeon2 and thou1
 ,moon1  in the valley of ,ajalon4 ,and 
the sun stood still1 and the moon       
stayed1 until the people had avenged    

themselves upon their enemies4          
,illustration      #ah      ,samson's   
,death4    ,,judges xvi4 #bi1 #cj4      
,and ,samson took hold of the two middle
 pillars upon which the house  stood1   
and on which it was borne up1 of the one
 with his right  hand1 and of the other 
with his left4 ,and ,samson said1 ,let  
me die  with the ,philistines4 ,and he  
bowed himself with all his might2 and   
the house fell upon the lords1 and upon 
all the people that were  within4       
,illustration      #ai      ,david      
,killeth ,goliath4    #a ,,sam4 xvii4   
#di1 #ea4    ,and ,david put his hand in
 his bag1 and took thence a stone1 and  
slung it1 and smote the ,philistine in  
his forehead1 that the stone  sunk into 
his forehead2 and he fell upon his face 
to the earth4  ,therefore ,david ran1   
and stood upon the ,philistine1 and took
 his  sword1 and drew it out of the     
sheath thereof1 and slew him1 and cut   
off his head therewith4                 
,illustration      #bj      ,absalom    

caught up in the oak4    #b ,,sam4      
xviii4 #i4    ,and ,absalom rode upon a 
mule1 and the mule went under the thick 
boughs of a great oak1 and his head     
caught hold of the oak1 and he  was     
taken up between the heaven and the     
earth2 and the mule that  was under him 
went away4      ,illustration      #ba  
,solomon's ,judgement4    #a ,,kings    
iii4 #be1 #bf4    ,and the ,king said1  
,divide the living child in two1 and    
give half  to the one1 and half to the  
other4 ,then spake the woman whose the  
living child was unto the king1 7for her
 bowels yearned upon her  son17 and she 
said1 ,o my lord1 give her the living   
child1 and in no  wise slay it3 but the 
other said1 ,let it be neither mine nor 
thine1  but divide it4                  
,illustration      #bb      ,solomon's  
,temple4    #a ,,kings vi4 #b1 #c4      
,and the house which king ,solomon built
 for the ,lord1 the length  thereof was 
threescore cubits1 and the breadth      
thereof twenty  cubits1 and the height  

thereof thirty cubits4 ,and the porch   
before  the temple of the house1 twenty 
cubits was the length thereof1          
according to the breadth of the house2  
and ten cubits was the  breadth thereof 
before the house4      ,illustration    
#bc      ,elijah fed by ravens4    #a   
,,kings xvii4 #c1 #d1 #f4    ,get thee  
hence1 and turn thee eastward1 and hide 
thyself by the  brook ,cherith1 that is 
before ,jordan4 ,and it shall be1 that  
thou  shalt drink of the brook2 and ,i  
have commanded the ravens to feed  thee 
there4 ,and the ravens brought him bread
 and flesh in the  morning1 and bread   
and flesh in the evening2 and he drank  
of the  brook4      ,illustration       
#bd       ,the ,assyrians ,overthrown4  
#a ,,kings xx4 #bj1 #ba4    ,and they   
slew every one his man3 and the ,syrians
 fled1 and ,israel  pursued them2 and   
,ben-hadad the king of ,syria escaped on
 a horse  with the horsemen4 ,and the   
king of ,israel went out1 and smote the 
horses and chariots1 and slew the       

,syrians with a great slaughter4        
,illustration      #be      ,elijah is  
taken up into heaven4    #b ,,kings ii4 
#aa1 #ab4    ,and it came to pass1 as   
they still went on1 and talked1 that    
behold  there appeared a chariot of     
fire1 and horses of fire1 and parted    
them both assunder2 and ,elijah went up 
by a whirlwind into heaven4  ,and       
,elisha saw it1 and he cried1 ,my       
father1 my father6 the chariot  of      
,israel1 and the horsemen thereof4      
,illustration      #bf      ,jezebel    
eaten by dogs4    #b ,,kings ix4 #ce1   
#cf4    ,and they went to bury ,jezebel2
 but they found no more of her than  the
 scull1 and the feet1 and the palms of  
her hands4 ,wherefore they  came again1 
and told him2 and he said1 ,this is the 
word of the  ,lord1 which he spake by   
his servant ,elijah the ,tishbite1      
saying1 ,in  the portion of ,jezreel    
shall dogs1 eat the flesh of ,jezebel4  
,illustration      #bg                  
,belshazzar's ,feast4    ,,dan4 v4 #c-e4

    ,the king and his princes1 his wives
 and his concubines1 drank wine1  and   
praised the gods of gold1 and of silver1
 of brass1 of iron1 of  wood1 and of    
stone4 ,in the same hour came forth     
fingers of a man's  hand1 and wrote over
 against the candlestick upon the       
plaster of  the wall of the king's      
palace2 and the king saw the part of a  
hand  that wrote4      ,illustration    
#bh      ,daniel cast into the den of   
lions4    ,,dan4 vi4 #ba1 #bb1 #bc4     
,then said ,daniel unto the king1 ,o    
king1 live for ever4 ,my ,god hath  sent
 his angel1 and hath shut the lions'    
mouths1 that they have not  hurt me3    
forasmuch as before him innocency was   
found in me2 and  also before thee1 ,o  
king1 have ,i done no hurt4 ,then was   
the king  exceeding glad for him1 and   
commanded that they should take ,daniel 
up out of the den4      ,illustration   
#bi      ,jonah is swallowed by a fish4 
,,jonah i4 #ag4 ii4 #aj4    ,now the    
,lord had prepared a great fish to      

swallow up ,jonah4 ,and  ,jonah was in  
the belly of the fish three days and    
three nights4 ,and  the ,lord spake unto
 the fish1 and it vomited out ,jonah    
upon the dry  land4      ,illustration  
#cj      ,the ,salutation4    ,,luke i4 
#cj1 #ca1 #cb4    ,and the angel said   
unto her1 ,fear not1 ,mary1 for thou    
hast found  favour with ,god4 ,and1     
behold1 thou shalt conceive in thy womb1
  and bring forth a son1 and shalt call 
his name ,jesus4 ,he shall be  great1   
and shall be called the son of the      
,highest3 and the ,lord ,god  shall give
 unto him the throne of his father      
,david4      ,illustration      #ca     
,wise men enquire after ,christ4        
,,matt4 ii4 #aa1 #ab4    ,and when they 
were come into the house1 they saw the  
young child  with ,mary his mother1 and 
fell down and worshipped him3 and when  
they had opened their treasures1 they   
presented unto him gifts2  gold1 and    
frankincense1 and myrrh4 ,and being     
warned of ,god in a  dream that they    

should not return to ,herod1 they       
departed into  their own country another
 way4      ,illustration      #cb       
,the baptism of ,jesus4    ,,luke iii4  
#ba1 #bb4    ,now when all the people   
were baptised1 it came to pass1 that    
,jesus  also being baptised1 and        
praying1 the heaven was opened1 ,and the
  ,holy ,ghost descended in a bodily    
shape1 like a dove1 upon him2 and  a    
voice came from heaven1 which said1     
,thou art my beloved ,son2 in  thee ,i  
am well pleased4      ,illustration     
#cc      ,john ,baptist ,beheaded4      
,,matt4 xiv4 #f1 #g1 #h4    ,but when   
,herod's birth-day was kept1 the        
daughter of ,herodias  danced before    
them1 and pleased ,herod4 ,whereupon he 
promised with  an oath to give her      
whatsoever she would ask4 ,and she1     
being before  instructed of her mother1 
said1 ,give me ,john ,baptist's head in 
a  charger4      ,illustration      #cd 
,the ,good ,samaritan4    ,,luke x4 #cc1
 #cd4    ,a certain ,samaritan1 as he   

journeyed1 came where he was2 and when  
he saw him1 he had compassion on him1   
,and went to him1 and bound up  his     
wounds1 pouring in oil and wine1 and set
 him on his own beast1  and brought him 
to an inn1 and took care of him4        
,illustration      #ce      ,christ's   
sermon on the mount4    ,,matt4 v4 #a1  
#b1 #c1 #d4    ,and seeing the          
multitudes1 he went up into a mountain3 
and when he  was set1 his disciples came
 unto him3 ,and he opened his mouth1 and
  taught them1 saying1 ,blessed are the 
poor in spirit3 for theirs is  the      
kingdom of heaven4 ,blessed are they    
that mourn3 for they shall  be          
comforted1 c4 c4      ,illustration     
#cf      ,the ,tempest    ,,mark iv4    
#cg1 #ch1 #ci4    ,and there arose a    
great storm of wind1 and the waves beat 
into the  ship1 so that it was now full4
 ,and he was in the hinder part of the  
ship1 asleep on a pillow2 and they awake
 him1 and say unto him1  ,master1 carest
 thou not that we perish8 ,and he arose1

 and rebuked  the wind1 and he said unto
 the sea1 ,peace1 be still4 ,and the    
wind  ceased1 and there was a great     
calm4      ,illustration      #cg       
,christ healeth a bloody issue4         
,,luke viii4 #dg1 #dh4    ,and when the 
woman saw that she was not hid1 she came
 trembling1  and1 falling down before   
him1 she declared unto him before all   
the  people for what cause she had      
touched him1 and how she was healed     
immediately4 ,and he said unto her1     
,daughter1 be of good comfort3  thy     
faith hath made thee whole2 go in peace4
      ,illustration      #ch      ,the  
prodigal son4    ,,luke xv4 #ba1 #bb1   
#bc4    ,and the son said unto him1     
,father1 ,i have sinned against ,heaven1
  and in thy sight1 and am no more      
worthy to be called thy son4 ,but  the  
father said to his servants1 ,bring     
forth the best robe1 and put  it on him2
 and put a ring on his hand1 and shoes  
on his feet4 ,and  bring hither the     
fatted calf1 and kill it2 and let us eat

 and be  merry4      ,illustration      
#ci       ,the ,parable of ,lazarus     
,,luke xvi4 #bj1 #ba1 #bb4    ,and there
 was a certain beggar named ,lazarus1   
which was laid at his  gate1 full of    
sores4 ,and desiring to be fed with the 
crumbs which  fell from the rich man's  
table3 moreover1 the dogs came and      
licked  his sores4 ,and it came to pass1
 that the beggar died1 and was  carried 
by the angels into ,abraham's bosom4    
,illustration      #dj      ,the ,last  
,supper4    ,,matt4 xxvi4 #bf1 #bg1 #bh4
    ,and as they were eating1 ,jesus    
took bread1 and blessed it1 and  brake  
it1 and gave it to the disciples1 and   
said1 ,take1 eat2 this  is my body4 ,and
 he took the cup1 and gave thanks1 and  
gave it to  them saying1 ,drink ye all  
of it3 ,for this is my blood of the ,new
  ,testament1 which is shed for many for
 the remission of sins4                 
,illustration      #da      ,jesus is   
accused before ,pilate4    ,,luke xxiii4
 #a1 #b1 #c4    ,and the whole multitude

 of them arose1 and led him unto        
,pilate4 ,and  they began to accuse him1
 saying1 ,we found this follow          
perverting  the nation1 and forbidding  
to give tribute to ,cesar1 saying that  
he  himself is ,christ a ,king4 ,and    
,pilate asked him1 saying1 ,art thou    
the ,king of the ,jews8 ,and he answered
 him and said1 ,thou sayest it4         
,illustration      #db      ,the        
,crucifixion4    ,,mark xv4 #bd1 #be1   
#bf1 #bg4    ,and when they had         
crucified him1 they parted his garments1
 casting  lots upon them1 what every man
 should take4 ,and it was the third     
hour1 and they crucified him4 ,and the  
superscription of his  accusation was   
written over1 ,the ,king of the ,jews4  
,and with him  they crucify two thieves2
 the one on his right hand1 and the     
other  on his left4      ,illustration  
#dc      ,the ,ascension4    ,,luke     
xxiv4 #ej1 #ea1 #eb4    ,and he led them
 out as far as to ,bethany2 and he      
lifted up his  hands1 and blessed them4 

,and it came to pass1 while he blessed  
them1 he was parted from them1 and      
carried up into heaven4 ,and they       
worshipped him1 and returned to         
,jerusalem with great joy4              
,illustration      #dd      ,the        
,apostles speak divers languages4       
,,acts ii4 #b1 #c1 #d4    ,and suddenly 
there came a sound from heaven1 as of a 
rushing mighty  wind1 and it filled all 
the house1 where they were sitting4 ,and
  there appeared unto them cloven       
tongues1 like as of fire1 and it  sat   
upon each of them4 ,and they were all   
filled with the ,holy  ,ghost1 and began
 to speak with other tongues1 as the    
,spirit gave  them utterance4           
,illustration      #de      ,saul called
 to the ,apostleship4    ,,acts ix4 #c1 
#d1 #e4    ,and as he journeyed1 he came
 near ,damascus2 and suddenly there     
shined round about him a light from     
heaven4 ,and he fell to  the earth1 and 
heard a voice saying unto him1 ,saul1   
,saul1 why  persecutest thou me8 ,and he

 said1 ,who art thou1 ,lord8 ,and the   
,lord  said1 ,i am ,jesus1 whom thou    
persecutest4 ,it is hard for thee to    
kick against the pricks4                
,illustration      #df      ,the ,last  
,day4    ,,matt4 xxv4 #ca1 #cb1 #cc4    
,when the ,son of ,man shall come in his
 glory1 and all the holy  angels with   
him1 then shall he sit upon the throne  
of his glory3  ,and before him shall be 
gathered all nations2 and he shall      
separate  them one from another1 as a   
shepherd divideth his sheep from the    
goats3 ,and he shall put the sheep on   
his right hand1 and the goats  on his   
left4            ,,the ,,history        
,,of      ,,abraham1 ,,isaac1  ,,jacob1 
,,embellished ,,with ,,cuts2      ,,to  
,,which ,,is ,,added      ,,an ,,account
 ,,of ,,jonah',s ,,mission      ,,to    
,,the      ,,ninevites4                 
,illustration        ,,glasgow3         
,,printed ,,for ,,the ,,booksellers4    
,sarah promised a ,son4    ,illustration
    ,hagar being returned to ,abram's   

house1 soon bore a son1 who was  called 
,ishmael4 ,thirteen years after1 ,god   
appeared to ,abraham to  renew his      
covenant1 and instituted circumcision as
 a token of the  covenant1 and promised 
him a son who should be the father of   
many  kings4 ,abraham laughed to think  
that ,sarah1 ninety years old1  should  
bear4 ,a while after1 as ,abraham was   
sitting in the tent door  he saw three  
men coming1 and as his charity suffered 
none to pass  without a refreshment1 he 
ran to meet them4 ,after they had eaten1
  they asked for ,sarah1 when the men1  
7who were angels7 assured him  that she 
would bear a son4 ,sarah overheard what 
was said1 and  laughed within herself1  
saying1 ,after ,i am waxed old1 shall ,i
 have  pleasure--my ,lord being old     
also4 ,the angels reproved ,sarah for   
laughing1 which she denied3 they stated 
nothing was too hard for  the ,lord4    
,they then rose up1 and ,abraham with   
them went on their  way4      ,lot      
entertains two ,angels at ,sodom4       

,illustration    ,after ,god's promise  
to ,abraham1 that ,sarah would shortly  
bear him  a son1 he was warned that     
,sodom was to be destroyed4 ,lot1 seeing
  two angels coming to ,sodom1 ran to   
meet them1 and entreated them  to lodge 
with him4 ,the angels at first refused1 
but ,lot earnestly  pressed them to come
 in4 ,the men of ,sodom surrounded the  
house1  and demanded of ,lot to deliver 
up the men1 that they might satisfy     
their lust with them4 ,he resisted them 
with all his powers1 but  still they    
insisted4 ,lot1 pierced with sorrow1 was
 on the point of  delivering them up1   
had not the angels put forth their hand1
 and  pulled him in2 and having shut the
 door1 they smote the men that  were    
without with blindness3 yet with all    
this it reclaimed not  their fury2 for  
they still sought to satisfy themselves1
 and they  laboured hard to find the    
door to effect their purpose4      ,lot 
and his ,two ,daughters4                
,illustration    ,the angel having      

warned ,lot of his danger of remaining  
among the  ,sodomites1 hastened him to  
depart from the city with his wife and  
two daughters1 that they might not be   
consumed4 ,they laid hold of  him by the
 hand1 ordering him to escape1 and not  
to look behind  him4 ,lot requested     
leave of the angels to retire to ,zoar2 
and he  had no sooner entered ,zoar1    
than the ,lord rained fire and brimstone
  on ,sodom and ,gomorrah from heaven4  
,lot's wife1 alarmed at a sudden  noise1
 looking back1 became a pillar of salt4 
,lot1 affrighted1 went  up and dwelt in 
a mountain1 his two daughters imagining 
that they  and their father were the    
only remains of the inhabitants of the  
earth1 thought it their duty not to     
suffer the generation of men to  perish1
 made their father drink wine1 and did  
not stop to commit  incest in hopes of  
being mothers2 and though we cannot     
think on  that action without horror1   
yet their innocence did much lessen the 
guilt of it4      ,abimelech afflicted  

by ,god4    ,illustration    ,abraham   
being obliged1 soon after the overthrow 
of ,sodom1 to quit  his former abode1   
came to ,gerar1 where he was exposed to 
some  danger by the king of that city1  
on account of his wife1 as he  had been 
by the king of ,egypt4 ,abimelech1 king 
of ,gerar1 sent and  took ,sarah1 who   
called herself ,abraham's sister1 as she
 had done  in ,egypt4 ,but ,god1 who was
 the protector of ,sarah's chastity1    
threatened that prince in the           
night-time1 telling him he was a  dead  
man if he offered to touch ,sarah1 for  
she was ,abraham's wife4  ,abimelech was
 horror-struck at having nearly         
committed so great a  crime1 and        
terrified by the threats of ,god1 called
 all his officers  and servants         
together1 as also ,abraham1 and reproved
 him sharply  for concealing the truth1 
to make him and his kingdom guilty of so
  great a sin4 ,abraham replied1 that   
they were both of one father but        
different mothers4      ,hagar and      

,ishmael cast out4    ,illustration     
,god fulfilled his promise to ,sarah1   
and she brought forth a son  in her old 
age4 ,abraham called him ,isaac1 and    
circumcised him the  eight day4 ,sarah  
suckled him herself1 though a great     
princess2  and when the time of weaning 
,isaac was come1 ,abraham made a great  
feast to express his joy4 ,in the mean  
time1 while ,sarah had so  much reason  
to rejoice1 ,hagar's son became cause of
 great trouble  to her4 ,this lad1      
disappointed in his hopes by the birth  
of ,isaac1  could not endure to see his 
father and mother delight so much in    
him1 and began to behave himself        
abusively towards him4 ,sarah  foresaw  
the fatal consequences of this hatred1  
and entreated  ,abraham to cast out the 
bond-woman and her son4 ,this request   
greatly afflicted ,abraham1 but ,god    
advised him to do as ,sarah had  said4  
,they were forthwith cast out2 but an   
angel appeared and spoke  comfortably to
 them in the wilderness1 assuring her1  

her son would  be the father of a great 
nation4      ,abraham offereth up       
,isaac4    ,illustration    ,isaac being
 now arrived at the age of twenty-seven1
 ,god1 to try  ,abraham1 commands him to
 take his son1 whom he loved1 and offer 
him  up upon a mountain4 ,he remembered 
he had received his son from ,god1  and 
his great faith stifled all the thoughts
 which did arise in him  about the      
divine promises so often repeated to    
him1 that from the  very ,isaac whom he 
was now about to offer1 his posterity   
should be  multiplied as the stars of   
heaven4 ,accordingly he rises early in  
the morning1 and takes ,isaac his son1  
and two servants1 cleaves  the wood for 
the burnt-offering1 and binding ,isaac  
his son1 laid  him on the altar1 and    
stretching forth his hand1 took the     
knife to  slay him4 ,god1 seeing        
constancy in the father1 stops his hand 
by  an angel from heaven4 ,hereupon     
,abraham1 seeing a ram caught in a      
thicket by the horns1 offered him up to 

,god instead of his son1 and  returned  
to his house4      ,the ,death and      
,burial of ,sarah4    ,illustration     
,isaac being restored to his parents by 
the command of him who  first bestowed  
him1 he was the comfort of his mother in
 her old  age1 who1 being arrived at the
 age of one hundred and twenty-seven    
years1 died4 ,abraham having wept over  
her some time1 considers  of providing a
 burying place for her4 ,he addresses   
the children  of ,heth1 stating he was a
 stranger1 and that he wished a burying 
place to bury the dead1 out of his      
sight1 which was kindly granted1        
requesting him to take choice of all    
their sepulchres4 ,abraham1  who would  
not be beholden to any man1 entreated   
them to sell him a  field which had a   
double cave1 but they wanted him to     
accept of it  as a free gift1 but       
,abraham was immoveable1 and forced     
,ephron to  tell him that the field was 
worth four hundred shekels of silver1   
which ,abraham paid down1 and there he  

buried ,sarah4      ,isaac's ,marriage  
with ,rebekah4    ,illustration         
,abraham being old1 and thinking to take
 a wife for his son ,isaac1  resolves   
not to allow him to marry any of the    
daughters of the  ,canaanites2 but      
despatches ,eliezer his steward to      
,mesopotamia to  take a wife for his    
son4 ,being come near the city of       
,nahor1 he  prayed that ,god would      
direct him to the person he had allotted
  to be his master's son's wife1 by this
 token1 that the damsel he  should ask  
to draw water for himself and his       
camels1 should do it  frankly4 ,rebekah 
came1 and ,eliezer ran to meet her1 and 
desired  water to drink1 which she      
readily gave him1 and hasted to draw    
for his camels4 ,this faithful servant1 
satisfied that she was the  person1     
presents her with many presents1 when   
she ran home to her  brother1 who       
instantly ran to meet ,abraham's        
servant1 brought him  home1 and set down
 meat before him but would eat none till

 he got  an answer to his business4 ,a  
favourable answer being given1 he       
prepared to return home4      ,esau     
sells his ,birthright to ,jacob4        
,illustration    ,after the happy       
consummating of ,isaac's marriage with  
,rebekah1  ,abraham lived many years1   
till at length transported to that      
better  and heavenly country2 having    
spent one hundred and seventy-five      
years in the exercise of holy virtues   
and graces4 ,god1 after his  death1     
multiplied his blessings on ,isaac his  
son4 ,but they had been  twenty years   
married without having any children1    
when ,isaac prayed  the ,lord for his   
wife's sake for children1 and he was    
heard1 and  ,rebekah was delivered of   
male twins4 ,the ,divine oracle stated  
that  the elder should serve the        
younger4 ,when these two children were  
grown up1 ,jacob1 the youngest1 on a    
time sold lentil pottage1 and  ,esau1   
returning from hunting1 extremely       
hungry1 with greediness  desired this   

pottage2 which ,jacob perceiving1 would 
not part with  it till he had promised  
to sell him his birthright in           
consideration  thereof1 to which ,esau  
agreed4      ,isaac blesseth ,jacob     
instead of ,esau4    ,illustration      
,esau having sold ,jacob his birthright1
 ,rebekah1 who had a tender  love for   
,jacob1 ratified the right by a holy    
piece of craft4 ,isaac  being sensible  
of his great age1 and willing to bless  
his children  ere he died1 called ,esau 
his eldest1 whom he loved1 to him1 to   
hunt some venison1 and make savoury meat
 that he might bless him4  ,rebekah told
 ,jacob to fetch two kids1 that she     
might make savoury  meat to ,isaac4 ,she
 then dressed ,jacob in ,esau's dress   
and put the  skins of the kids upon his 
hands and smooth of his neck1 that his  
father might suppose him to be ,esau1   
which had the desired effect2  for he   
received his father's blessing by this  
deception4 ,scarcely  had he made an end
 of blessing ,jacob1 when ,esau came in 

from  hunting1 prepares his savoury     
meat1 brings it to his father1 and      
desires him to eat that he might bless  
him4 ,the holy patriarch1  perceiving   
the deception1 trembled1 and ,esau cryed
 bitterly4 ,isaac1  moved with his      
cries1 blesseth him also1 but subjects  
him to ,jacob4      ,jacob's ,mystical  
,ladder4    ,illustration    ,the anger 
of ,esau against ,jacob was too visible 
to be hid from  ,rebekah2 and the tender
 love she had for ,jacob caused her to  
send  him away for a time1 though       
grieved to let him out of her sight4 ,to
  reconcile her husband ,isaac to it1   
she spoke of his marriage--how  grieving
 it would be if her son ,jacob would    
marry any of the  daughters of the land 
of ,canaan1 as ,esau had done against   
their  wish4 ,jacob was sent away1 more 
like a fugitive than the son of  a rich 
person4 ,being overtaken by night1 he   
was obliged to take  up his lodgings    
upon the earth1 with no softer pillow   
than stone4  ,here he dreamed that he   

saw a ladder1 the top of which reached  
to  heaven1 and the angels of ,god      
ascending and descending upon it4  ,he  
was the ,lord above it1 who encouraged  
him to proceed on his  journey1 and     
promised that his seed should be as the 
dew of the  earth1 as in him should all 
nations of the earth be blessed4        
,jacob serveth for ,rachel and ,leah4   
,illustration    ,jacob assured by the  
vision of the ,divine protection1 went  
cheerfully on his way to ,haran1 and    
meeting some shepherds near  a well1    
which had a great stone at the mouth    
thereof1 asked them  whither they knew  
one ,laban1 a grandchild of ,nahor4     
,they answered1  yes2 and that ,rachel  
his daughter was coming thither with his
  sheep4 ,jacob no sooner saw her1 then 
he went and rolled the stone  from the  
mouth of the well1 watered his sheep1   
kissed her1 and  made himself known to  
her4 ,she ran with the tidings to her   
father1  who came forth1 kissed him1 and
 brought him to his house4 ,jacob  told 

him of his brother's fury1 stating that 
he wished to serve  him2 to which ,laban
 agreed1 that ,jacob should serve him   
seven  years for ,rachel1 which term he 
finished2 but ,leah was falsely put     
into ,jacob's bed1 which displeased     
,jacob2 but ,laban appeased him  by     
promising him ,rachel at the end of     
other seven1 which he also  completed4  
,jacob's return to his birth-place4     
,illustration    ,the blessings that    
,god so plentifully showered down upon  
,jacob  excited ,laban's envy1 so that  
he perceived it prudent to leave        
,mesopotamia4 ,for this purpose he calls
 his two wives1 and tells  them of his  
design1 which they approving of1 he went
 off privately1  taking family and      
possessions4 ,laban1 informed of their  
sudden  departure1 and missing some of  
his idols1 pursues them seven days4  ,as
 soon as he overtook them1 he reproached
 ,jacob for stealing his  daughters2 and
 however right it might be to return to 
his country2  it was very unjust to     

steal the idols4 ,jacob declared his    
ignorance  of any such thing1 whereupon 
,laban examined his whole effects1 and  
at last enters ,rachel's tent2 but      
before his coming she hid them in  the  
camel's furniture1 and sat upon them2   
and desired her father  not to take it  
ill that she did not rise1 as she was   
unwell4 ,laban1  forced to return       
without them1 made a covenant with      
,jacob1 after  which they lovingly took 
leave of each other4      ,jacob        
wrestleth with an ,angel4               
,illustration    ,jacob having thus     
escaped the hands of ,laban1 began to   
think how  he might escape those of     
,esau1 whereupon he sent messengers     
before  him that he might find grace in 
his sight4 ,upon their return they      
declared that he was at the head of four
 hundred men coming to  meet ,jacob1    
which filled him with extreme fear4     
,jacob1 to soften  his brother's heart1 
prepared great presents to him1 left    
orders  for his wives and children to   

pass over the brook ,jabbok by night1   
while he remained on the other side4 ,he
 betakes himself to prayer  for a happy 
meeting with his brother1 when an angel 
appeared unto  him1 and wrestled with   
him until day1 when the angel touched   
the  hollow of his thigh1 and caused him
 to halt1 and gave him the new  name of 
,israel1 with the assurance that he had 
nothing to fear from  men1 and in       
particular from his brother ,esau4      
,jacob's sons kill all the people of    
,shechem4    ,illustration    ,when     
,jacob was returned from ,mesopotamia1 a
 city of the  ,shechemites1 an accident 
happened which caused him a great deal  
of  sorrow4 ,dinah being gone abroad to 
see the daughters of the land1  their   
king took her by force1 and ravished    
her2 but desired to get  her to wife4   
,jacob was grieved at his daughter's    
defilement2 and  his sons1 dissembling  
their rage1 requested the ,shechemites  
to be  circumcised1 that the mutual     
intercourse they proposed should take   

place4 ,they consented2 and on the third
 day1 when their pain was  most         
sensible1 ,simeon and ,levi took their  
swords1 and came upon  them1 and slew   
all the males1 without sparing the king 
himself or  his son1 whose unlawful lust
 caused this bloodshed4 ,the rest of    
,jacob's sons pillaged the city1 and    
carried all the spoil along  with them1 
taking all their little ones and their  
wives captives4  ,jacob was extremely   
troubled at this1 their revenge4        
,,an ,,account ,,of ,,jonah',s ,,mission
    ,,to ,,the    ,,ninevites4    ,jonah
 was the son of ,amittai1 a prophet of  
,gath-hepher in ,galilee4  ,some ,jews  
would have him to be the son of the     
widow of ,sarepta1  raised to life by   
,elijah1 but the distance of time       
renders it  almost impossible2 nor is it
 a whit more certain that he was the    
son of the ,shunamite restored to life  
by ,elisha1 or the young  prophet who   
anointed ,jehu4    ,it is certain1 that 
he predicted that ,god would restore to 

the  ,hebrews1 the cities which the     
,syrians had taken from them during  the
 reigns of ,ahab1 ,jehoram1 ,jehu1 and  
,jehoahaz1 #b ,kings1 xiv4 #be4  ,he    
restored the coast of ,israel from the  
entering of ,hamath unto  the sea of the
 plain1 according to the word of the    
,lord ,god of  ,israel1 which he spake  
by the hand of his servant ,jonah1 the  
son  of ,amittai the prophet which was  
of ,gath-hepher4 ,we have also the  book
 of ,jonah1 where ,god ordered him to go
 to ,nineveh and warn the  inhabitants  
of their approaching destruction4       
,nineveh was the capital of ,assyria1   
and built by ,asshur the son  of ,shem2 
,genesis1 x4 #aa1 8,out of that land    
went forth ,asshur1 and  builded        
,nineveh40 ,it was one of the largest   
cities in the world4 ,in  ,jonah's time 
it was a city of three day's journey1 or
 would require  him three days to go    
through it1 proclaiming its overthrow4  
,it then  had about one hundred and     
twenty thousand infants in it1 whom we  

cannot suppose above the eighth or tenth
 part of its inhabitants3  one learned  
writer says it was sixty miles in       
circumference2 and  another writer says 
it was larger than ,babylon4 ,it was    
surrounded  by a wall about two hundred 
feet high1 and so thick1 that three     
chariots abreast might have been driven 
along the top3 on the wall  were built  
one thousand five hundred towers1 each  
two hundred feet  higher than the wall2 
this city was very early noted for      
wealth1  idolatry1 and whoredom4        
,fearing that the ,lord might forbear   
punishing them if they  repented1 and so
 seemingly tarnish his honour1 ,jonah   
shipped  himself at ,joppa for          
,tarshish1 when a storm quickly pursued 
the  ship wherein he was4 ,the heathen  
mariners awaked him1 and required  him  
to call on his ,god for deliverance4    
,lots being cast to discern  for whose  
sake the storm arose1 the lot fell on   
,jonah1 who with  shame confessed his   
guilt to the mariners1 and desired them 

to  cast him into the sea1 that the     
storm might be stayed1 which with       
reluctance1 they were at last obliged to
 do2 whereon the storm  immediately     
ceased4 ,a large fish swallowed up      
,jonah1 and retained  him safe in her   
belly for three days4 ,there he         
earnestly prayed to  the ,lord1 at whose
 command the fish vomited him alive on  
dry land4  ,his orders to warn the      
,ninevites of their approaching         
destruction  were immediately renewed1  
and all obedient1 he hasted to that     
vast city1 and travelled in it above a  
day's journey denouncing  their ruin if 
they did not repent within forty days4  
,when the  inhabitants heard this1 they 
were greatly afflicted2 a fast of  three
 days both for man and beast was        
appointed1 and they cried  mightily to  
,god for the preventing of this stroke2 
he heard their  prayers1 and long       
delayed their ruin4 ,displeased with the
 divine  mercy1 ,jonah angrily wished to
 die1 rather than live and see his      

prediction unfulfilled4 ,while he sat   
without the city1 waiting for  his      
desired view of ,nineveh's ruin1 ,god   
caused a gourd quickly to  spring up to 
overshadow him from the scorching heat  
of the sun1 but  next day1 a worm having
 bitten its root1 it suddenly withered4 
,the  scorching sun and blasting wind   
vehemently beating on ,jonah1 he        
fainted and angrily wished to die1 and  
averred to ,god himself that  he was    
right in doing so4 ,the ,lord bid him   
think1 if he had pity on  the           
short-lived gourd1 was there not far    
more reason for his and  their maker to 
pity the penitent inhabitants of        
,nineveh8    ,nineveh at last was       
destroyed about one hundred years after 
,jonah4 ,the ,medes and ,persians had   
several times laid siege to it1  but    
were diverted by various accidents2 but 
after the massacre  of the ,tartars in  
,media1 they repeated the siege1        
,cyaxares and  ,nebuchadnezzar being the
 commanders3 after they had lain before 

it  three years1 the river ,tigrus or   
,sycus1 being exceedingly swollen1      
washed away two and a half miles of the 
wall2 when the waters  assuaging the    
besiegers rushed into the city1 and     
murdered the  inhabitants1 who lay      
buried in their drunkeness1 occasioned  
by an  advantage which they had just    
before gained over the enemy4 ,when  the
 king1 whose name we suppose was        
,sardanapalus1 heard the city  was      
taken1 it is said1 he shut up himself1  
family1 and wealth to  the value of     
about twenty-five thousand millions     
sterling1 in the  palace1 and then set  
fire to it1 and destroyed all that was  
in it1  and it was fifteen days before  
the flames were quenched4    ,it is hard
 to say what was the gourd that covered 
,jonah's head at  ,nineveh3 ,jerome     
says1 it was a small shrub1 which1 in   
the sandy  places of ,canaan1 grows up  
in a few days to a considerable height1 
and with its large leaves forms an      
agreeable shade4 ,it is now  generally  

thought to be the ,palma ,christi1 which
 is somewhat like  a lily1 with large   
smooth and black spotted leaves2 one    
kind of it  grows to the height of a    
fig-tree1 and whose branches and trunk  
are  hollow as a reed2 there is also the
 wild gourd1 which creeps along  the    
surface of the earth1 as those of       
cucumbers2 its fruit is of  the size and
 form of an orange1 containing a light  
substance1 but  so excessively bitter   
that it has been called the gall of the 
earth4    ,i have now given you a short 
account of the ,history of ,jonah1      
which could be greatly enlarged if space
 would permit--also the  command given  
by ,god to preach at ,nineveh--,jonah's 
disobedience to  that command--the      
pursuit and arrest of him for that      
disobedience  by a storm1 in which he   
was asleep--the discovery of him and    
his disobedience to be the cause of the 
storm--the casting of  him into the sea1
 for the stilling of the storm--the     
miraculous  preservation of his life    

there in the belly of a fish1 which  was
 his preservation for further services4 
,we have also ,jonah's  praying unto    
,god3 in his prayer we have1 the great  
distress and  danger he was in--the     
despair he was thereby almost reduced   
to--the encouragement he took to himself
 in this deplorable  condition--the     
assurance he had of ,god's favour to    
him--the warning  and instruction he    
gives to others--the praise and glory of
 all  given to ,god--his deliverance out
 of the belly of the fish--and  his     
coming safe and sound upon dry land     
again--his mission  renewed--and the    
command a second time given him to go   
preach at  ,nineveh--his message to     
,nineveh faithfully delivered1 by which 
its  speedy overthrow was               
threatened--the repentance1 humiliatian1
 and  reformation of the ,ninevites     
hereupon--,god's gracious revocation  of
 the sentence passed upon them1 and the 
preventing of the ruin  threatened4 ,we 
have also ,jonah's repining at ,god's   

mercy to  ,nineveh1 and the fret he was 
in about it--the gentle reproof ,god    
gave him for it1 ,jonah's discontent at 
the withering of the gourd1  and        
justifying of himself in that           
discontent--,god's improving of it  for 
his conviction1 that he ought not to be 
angry at the sparing of  ,nineveh4      
,man's badness and ,god's goodness serve
 here for a foil to  each other1 that   
the former may appear the more exceeding
 sinful1  and the latter the more       
exceeding gracious4    ,from all this we
 may learn1 ,first1 that though ,god may
 suffer his  people to fall into sin1   
yet he will not suffer them to lie still
  in it1 but will take a course         
effectually to show them their error1   
and to bring them to themselves1 and to 
their right mind again4 ,we  have reason
 to hope that ,jonah1 after this1 was   
well reconciled to  the sparing of      
,nineveh1 and was as well pleased with  
it1 as ever he  had been displeased4    
,second1 that ,god will justify himself 

in the methods of his grace  toward     
repenting returning sinners1 as well as 
in the course his  justice takes with   
them that persist in their rebellion1   
though  there are those that murmur at  
the mercy of ,god1 because they  do not 
understand it1 7for his thoughts and    
ways therein are as  far above ours as  
heaven is above the earth7 yet he will  
make it  evident that therein he acts   
like himself1 and will be justified     
when he speaks4 ,see what pains he takes
 with ,jonah1 to convince him  that it  
was very fit that ,nineveh should be    
spared4 ,jonah had said1  ,i do well to 
be angry1 but he could not prove it2    
,god says1 ,i do  well to be merciful1  
and proves it2 and it is a great        
encouragement  to poor sinners to hope  
that they shall find mercy with him1    
that  he is so ready to justify himself 
in showing mercy1 and to triumph  in    
those whom he makes the monuments of it1
 against those who is  evil because he  
is good2 such murmurers shall be made to

 understand  this doctrine1 that how    
narrow soever their souls and their     
principles are1 and how willing soever  
they are to engross divine  grace to    
themselves1 and those of their own way1 
their is one ,lord  over all1 that is   
rich in mercy to all that call on him1  
and in  every nation1 ,nineveh as well  
as in ,israel1 he that fears ,god1 and  
works righteousness1 is accepted of him1
 and he that repents and  turns from his
 evil way shall find mercy with him4    
,did not the fate of this prophet typify
 our ,saviour's being cast  into the    
raging sea of divine wrath2 his lying a 
part of three days  in the grave2 his   
glorious resurrection from the dead2 and
 the  publication of his gospel to      
multitudes of perishing sinners that    
followed4    ,we cannot close more      
fitly1 perhaps than by extracting a few 
lines  from the powerful summing up by  
the poet ,young4          8,what am ,i8 
and from whence8--,i nothing know1      
,but what ,i am3 and since ,i am1       

conclude        ,something eternal3 had 
there e'er been nought1        ,nought  
still had been3 eternal there must be4  
,but what eternal8--,why not human race8
        ,and ,adam's ancestors without  
an end8        ,that's hard to be       
conceiv'd4 ,yet grant it true1          
,whence earth and these bright          
orbs8--,eternal too8        ,grant      
matter was eternal1 still these orbs    
,would want some other father2--much    
design        ,is seen in all their     
motions1 all their makes3        ,design
 implies intelligence1 and art2         
,that can't be from themselves1 or man2 
that art        ,man scarce can         
comprehend1 could man bestow8           
,who motion1 foreign to the smallest    
grain1        ,shot through vast masses 
of enormous weight8        ,who bade    
brute matter's restive lump assume      
,such various forms1 and gave it wings  
to fly8        ,has matter innate       
motion8 then each atom1                 
,asserting its indisputable right       

,to dance1 would form an universe of    
dust3        ,has matter none8 ,then    
whence these glorious forms        ,and 
boundless flights1 from shapeless1 and  
repos'd8        ,has matter more than   
motion8--has it thought1                
,judgment1 and genius8--is it deeply    
learn'd        ,in mathematics8 ,has it 
fram'd such laws1        ,which but to  
guess a ,newton made immortal8--        
,if so1 how each sage atom laughs at me1
        ,who thinks a clod inferior to a
 man6        ,if art to form1 and       
counsel to conduct1        ,and that    
with greater far than human skill1      
,resides not in each block--a ,godhead  
reigns--        ,and if a ,god there is1
 that ,god how great60            ,,the 
,,history ,,of ,,moses2      ,,giving   
,,an      ,account of his birth1 his    
being found by ,pharaoh's daughter in   
the ark of bulrushes1 and the miracles  
wrought by him for the    deliverance of
 the children of ,israel4               
,,embellished ,,with ,,cuts4            

,illustration        ,,glasgow3         
,,printed ,,for ,,the ,,booksellers4    
,the finding of ,moses4    ,illustration
    ,exodus ii4 #a4    ,moses was the   
son of ,amram and ,jochebed1 of the     
tribe of ,levi1  and was born in ,egypt4
 ,in consequence of the decree of       
,pharaoh  for putting the male children 
of the ,hebrews to death1 his mother    
seeing that he was a goodly child1 hid  
him three months4 ,at length  when she  
could no longer hide him1 she made for  
him with her own  hands a little cradle 
of bulrushes1 which she daubed with     
slime  and pitch to keep out the water1 
and having put the child into  it1 she  
laid it among the flags by the edge of  
the river ,nile4  ,she then left his    
sister at a little distance from the    
spot to  watch the cradle4 ,a short time
 after ,jochebed had left her child1    
the daughter of ,pharaoh came down to   
bathe herself in the river1  and when   
she saw the little ark1 she sent her    
maid to fetch it4  ,and when she opened 

it1 she saw the child1 and behold the   
child  wept4 ,and she had compassion on 
him1 and said1 8,this is one of the     
,hebrew's children40 ,and the sister of 
the child1 who had seen all  that had   
passed1 came to the princess1 and said  
to her1 8,shall ,i  go and call thee a  
nurse of the ,hebrew women1 that she may
 nurse  the child for thee80 ,and       
,pharaoh's daughter said to her1 8,go30 
and  the maid went and called the       
child's mother4 ,and the woman took  the
 child and nursed it4 ,and we read that 
the child grew under the  tender care of
 his mother1 and that she took him when 
he was old  enough unto ,pharaoh's      
daughter1 who brought him up as her own 
son4  ,and she called his name ,moses1  
which1 in the ,egyptian tongue1 means   
one saved out of the water4    ,as the  
son of ,pharaoh's daughter1 ,moses was  
educated in a  magnificent and princely 
manner1 yet ,moses did not forget his   
own  people1 or his father's house4 ,in 
his visits to his own people1  ,moses   

saw and pitied the miseries which they  
had to bear from the  cruelty of ,king  
,pharaoh4 ,he saw their sufferings1 and 
could no  longer be happy in the court  
of ,egypt1 among the enemies of his     
people and of their religion4 ,his faith
 made him more proud of the  name of    
,israelite then he had ever been of     
being called the adopted  son of ,king  
,pharaoh's daughter4 ,once more among   
his own people1 he  found it very       
difficult to see with patience all that 
they had to  bear2 and on one occasion  
we read that he saved a ,hebrew from the
  hand of an ,egyptian who was smiting  
him1 and slew the ,egyptian4  ,when     
,pharaoh heard this thing1 he sought to 
slay ,moses4 ,and ,moses  fled from the 
face of ,pharaoh1 and dwelt in the land 
of ,midian1 and  lived several years    
with ,jethro1 who gave him one of his   
daughters  for his wife4      ,the      
burning ,bush4    ,illustration         
,exodus iii4 #a4    ,one day1 when      
,moses was keeping the flock of his     

father-in-law1 the  angel of the ,lord  
appeared unto him in a flame of fire1   
out of the  midst of a bush4 ,and ,moses
 said1 8,i will now turn aside1 and see 
this great sight1 why the bush is not   
burnt40 ,then ,god called unto  him out 
of the midst of the bush1 and said1 draw
 not nigh hither2  put off thy shoes    
from off thy feet1 for the place whereon
 thou  standest is holy ground4 ,and the
 ,lord commissioned him to deliver  his 
people ,israel4 ,but ,moses was afraid  
when he heard what ,god  commanded him  
to do2 because he thought himself       
unworthy of such an  office1 and unfit  
for it4 ,but it pleased ,god to assure  
him1 that he  would be with him1 to     
guide and protect him4      ,the        
,plagues of ,egypt4    ,illustration    
,exodus viii4 #a4    ,now ,moses and    
,aaron went as the ,lord commanded them1
 and told the  people all that the ,lord
 had spoken unto ,moses1 and did wonders
  before them4 ,and ,moses and ,aaron   
went in and said to ,king ,pharaoh1     

8,thus saith the ,lord ,god of ,israel1 
#8,let my people go1 that they  may hold
 a feast unto me in the wilderness4'0   
,and ,pharaoh said1  8,who is the ,lord 
that ,i should obey his voice to let    
,israel go8 ,i  know not the ,lord1     
neither will ,i let ,israel go40 ,and   
from that day  ,pharaoh made the        
children of ,israel work harder than    
they had ever  done before1 desiring    
that they might no longer have straw    
given  them to make their bricks of1 but
 that they should from that time  be    
obliged to find their own straw1 and at 
the same time get done  as much work as 
they did when they had straw given them4
 ,then when  ,god saw the hardness of   
,pharaoh's heart1 he commanded ,moses to
 go  to ,pharaoh in the morning1 when he
 took his walk by the river1 and  to    
take his rod in his hand1 and to smite  
the waters of the river  before him1    
which should all be turned into blood4  
,and the fish  that were in the river   
died1 and the river stank1 and the      

,egyptians  could not drink of the water
 of the river2 and there was blood      
throughout all the land of ,egypt4      
,seven days did this sad change in  the 
waters last2 but still ,pharaoh would   
not listen to the voice  of ,moses and  
,aaron4 ,then ,god told ,moses to       
stretch forth his hand  over the river1 
and over all the waters1 and to bring   
frogs over  all his people3 and ,moses  
did so2 and frogs came over all the land
  of ,egypt1 as the ,lord said4 ,then   
,pharaoh sent for ,moses and ,aaron1    
and said1 8,entreat the ,lord1 that he  
may take away the frogs from  me1 and   
from my people2 and ,i will let the     
people go1 that they  may so sacrifice  
unto the ,lord40 ,but no sooner did the 
,lord hear  the voice of ,moses1 and    
take away this evil from ,pharaoh and   
his  people1 than the king forgot what  
he had suffered1 and would not  let the 
,israelites go4 ,great and dreadful were
 the plagues that  the ,lord brought    
upon the land of ,egypt before the ,king

 would let  the children of ,israel go4 
,at one time1 he covered the whole land1
  both man and beast1 with the most     
disgusting kind of insects--at  another1
 he sent grievous swarms of flies to    
torment them--now1 he  sent mighty      
hails1 and thunderings1 and rains upon  
the land1 which  were exceeding         
terrible1 filling the hearts of the     
people with  fear--then1 he destroyed   
all the first-born of the land1 both man
  and beast4      ,the ,passover4       
,illustration    ,exodus xii4 #c4    ,on
 the evening before the ,passover ,god  
commanded that every family  of ,israel 
should slay a lamb1 and sprinkle the    
door-posts before  the houses with the  
blood of the lamb2 that so1 when the    
angel of  the ,lord came down to destroy
 the first-born of ,egypt1 he might     
know the houses of ,israel from those of
 ,egypt1 and pass over them1  and save  
those that dwelt in them from death4    
,this lamb was to be  called the        
,passover1 because ,god should pass over

 those houses  whose doors were         
sprinkled with its blood4 ,this was the 
last supper  which the children of      
,israel were ever to eat in ,egypt1 even
 the  feast of the ,passover4 ,they kept
 up this feast every year1 in  order    
that they might remember the night when 
the ,lord smote the  ,egyptians4        
,the passage of ,israel through the ,red
 ,sea4    ,illustration    ,exodus xiv4 
#ae4    ,we now see the children of     
,israel1 delivered by the almighty power
  of ,god from ,egypt and from ,pharaoh1
 travelling towards the land  that ,god 
had promised to their fathers4 ,the     
,lord went before them  by day in a     
pillar of a cloud1 to lead them the way1
 and by night  in a pillar of fire1 to  
give them light4 ,when they had thus got
  as far as ,pi-hahiroth1 which borders 
on the ,red ,sea1 they lifted  up their 
eyes1 and behold the ,egyptians marched 
after them4 ,so  hardened was king      
,pharaoh's heart1 that scarcely had the 
,israelites  gone out of ,egypt before  

he was sorry that he had let them go4   
,and  he took six hundred chosen        
chariots1 and all the chariots of ,egypt
  and captains over every one of them1  
and passed after the children  of       
,israel1 and overtook them by the sea1  
beside ,pi-hahiroth4 ,then  the children
 of ,israel were sore afraid1 and cried 
unto the ,lord4  ,the ,red ,sea before  
them1 the ,egyptians behind1 they saw no
 hope  of safety2 and they were full of 
anger against ,moses1 for having        
brought them out of ,egypt4 ,but the    
,lord said unto ,moses1 8,lift up  thy  
rod1 and stretch out thine hand over the
 sea1 and divide it2  and the children  
of ,israel shall go on dry ground       
through the midst  of the sea40 ,and the
 angel of the ,lord1 which went before  
the camp  of ,israel1 removed and went  
behind them1 and came between the camp  
of the ,egyptians and the camp of       
,israel2 so that the one came not  near 
the other all the night4 ,and ,moses    
stretched out his hand over  the sea1   

and the ,lord caused the sea to go back 
by a strong east  wind all that night1  
and made the sea dry land1 and the      
waters were  divided4 ,but that foolish 
and wicked man ,pharaoh1 still set      
himself  against ,god1 and madly pursued
 the ,israelites into the midst of the  
sea4 ,but so soon as the ,israelites had
 passed over on dry land1 and  safely   
reached the shore1 the ,lord said unto  
,moses1 8,stretch out  thine hand over  
the sea1 that the waters may come again 
upon the  ,egyptians1 upon their        
chariots1 and upon their horsemen40 ,and
 ,moses  stretched forth his hand over  
the sea1 and the sea returned to his    
strength when the morning appeared1 and 
the ,egyptians fled against  it2 but the
 ,lord overthrew them in the midst of   
the sea1 and the  waters returned1 and  
covered the chariots and the horsemen1  
and  all the host of ,pharaoh that came 
into the sea after them2 there  remained
 not so much as one of them3 and ,israel
 saw their dead  bodies upon the sea    

shore4 ,thus the ,lord saved ,israel    
that day out  of the hand of the        
,egyptians4      ,israel fed from       
,heaven4    ,illustration    ,exodus    
xvi4 #a4    ,we read in the ,bible1 that
 after they had crossed the ,red ,sea1  
they  came into the wilderness of ,chur4
 ,while travelling onwards through  the 
wilderness of ,sin they suffered from   
hunger1 and murmered  against ,moses and
 ,aaron4 ,but again ,god heard their    
cries1 and sent  them bread from heaven 
to eat4 ,the ,lord said unto ,moses1    
8,behold ,i  will rain bread from heaven
 for you2 and the people shall go out   
and gather a certain rate every day--at 
even ye shall eat flesh1  and in the    
morning ye shall be filled with bread40 
,and in the  morning there lay a small  
round thing1 as small as the hoar-frost1
  on the ground4 ,and when the children 
of ,israel saw it1 they said  one to    
another1 8,it is manna40 ,and ,moses    
said1 8,this is the bread  which the    
,lord hath given you to eat40           

,moses ,smiting the ,rock4              
,illustration    ,exodus xvii4 #a4      
,we now find the children of ,israel    
travelling from the wilderness  of ,sin1
 and1 according to the commandment of   
the ,lord1 pitching  their camp at      
,rephidim4 ,there being no water here1  
we find those  stubborn and rebellious  
people1 saying unto ,moses1 8,give us   
water  that we may drink2 wherefore is  
this that thou hast brought us up  out  
of ,egypt1 to kill us1 and our children1
 and our cattle1 with  thirst80 ,the    
,lord had shewed them signs and mighty  
wonders in the  land of ,egypt--he had  
delivered their children from the sword 
of the destroying angel1 when all around
 them was anguish and  dismay--he heard 
them when they cried and groaned under  
the lash of  the oppressor1 amid the    
brick-kilns of ,egypt1 and emancipated  
them  from the same--he opened a passage
 for them in the mighty waters  at the  
,red ,sea1 when about to fall a prey to 
the rage and fury of  ,pharaoh king of  

,egypt--moreover1 he had given them     
bread to eat in  the wilderness when    
they hungered for the same2 and was     
still able  to give them what they now  
desired4 ,but they1 instead of praying  
to the ,lord that he would once more    
condescend to look down with  compassion
 upon them1 and grant them their        
request1 reproached1 and  murmured      
against ,moses1 the servant of the      
,lord4 ,and ,moses said  unto them1     
8,why chide ye with me8 wherefore do ye 
tempt the ,lord80  ,moses tired of their
 complaints and discontent1 felt that he
 could  do nothing with the people under
 his care2 but knew that the ,lord      
could either quench there thirst1 or put
 a stop to their rage4 ,he1  therefore1 
cried unto the ,lord1 and said1 8,what  
shall ,i do unto  this people8 they be  
almost ready to stone me40 ,nor did he  
cry in  vain1 for the ,lord said unto   
him1 8,go on before the people1 and     
take with thee of the elders of ,israel2
 and thy rod wherewith thou  smotest the

 river1 take in thine hand and go4      
,behold1 ,i will stand  before thee     
there upon the rock in ,horeb1 and thou 
shalt smite the  rock1 and there shall  
come water out of it1 that the people   
may  drink40 ,and ,moses did so in the  
sight of the elders of ,israel4 ,thus   
did ,god open streams in the desert--he 
clave the hard rocks in the  wilderness1
 and gave them drink thereof1 as it had 
been out of the  great depth--he brought
 waters out of the strong rock1 so that 
it  gushed out like rivers3 and this he 
did although his people had  sinned     
against him1 and provoked the ,most     
,high in the wilderness4      ,the ,law 
given from ,mount ,sinai4               
,illustration    ,exodus xix4 #aj4      
,now the children of ,israel encamped   
before ,mount ,sinai4 ,then ,god        
desired that the people would put away  
all their usual employments1  and spend 
the next two days in preparing to appear
 before him4 ,and  on the third day     
,moses brought forth the people out of  

the camp to  meet with ,god2 and ,mount 
,sinai was altogether on a smoke2       
because  the ,lord descended upon it in 
fire1 and the whole mount quaked        
greatly4 ,and when the voice of the     
trumpet sounded long1 and waxed  louder 
and louder1 ,moses spake1 and ,god      
answered him by a voice4  ,and the ,lord
 called ,moses up to the top of the     
mount4 ,then ,moses  went up and heard  
,god himself speak the ,ten             
,commandments which we  have in the     
twentieth ,chapter of ,exodus4      ,the
 ,israelites worshipping the golden     
calf4    ,illustration    ,exodus xxxii4
 #a4    ,now ,moses was forty days and  
forty nights in the mount with ,god2    
and the people had began to wonder what 
had become of him1 and to  be tired of  
waiting and looking for his return4     
,although the glory  of the ,lord still 
rested on the mount1 and the presence of
 the ,lord  was clearly there1 they     
pretended to think that ,god and ,moses 
had  left them1 and they said one to    

another1 8,let us make us gods which    
shall go before us40 ,and they made them
 a golden calf1 and said1  8,these be   
thy gods1 ,o ,israel1 which brought thee
 out of the land  of ,egypt40 ,and they 
worshipped the golden calf which they   
had set  up1 although ,god had          
positively forbidden them to make any   
graven  image to worship1 or the        
likeness of any thing in heaven above1  
or in the earth beneath1 or in the water
 under the earth4 ,but so  evil were    
their hearts1 so ready to wander from   
,god1 so quick to  forget his mercies1  
that having been left only for a few    
short days  to themselves1 they set up a
 golden calf to worship4 ,and the ,lord 
said unto ,moses1 8,go1 get thee down2  
for thy people have corrupted           
themselves3 they have turned aside      
quickly out of the way which  ,i        
commanded them2 they have made them a   
molten calf1 and have  worshipped it3   
let me alone that my wrath may consume  
them1 and ,i  will make of thee a great 

nation40 ,but ,moses loved the people of
  ,israel2 and he prayed earnestly for  
them1 unto the ,lord his ,god4  ,and the
 ,lord who is abundant in mercy1        
graciously heard his prayer2  so as not 
to destroy them altogether in a moment4 
,and ,moses went  down from the mount1  
and as soon as he came nigh unto the    
camp1 he  saw the calf1 and the dancing2
 and his anger waxed hot1 and he cast   
the tables out of his hands1 and break  
them beneath the mount4 ,and  he took   
the calf which they had made1 and burnt 
it in the fire1  and ground it to       
powder1 and strewed it upon the water1  
and made  them drink of it4 ,and he     
stood in the gate of the camp1 and said1
  8,who is on the ,lord's side8 let him 
come unto me40 ,and all the sons  of    
,levi gathered themselves together unto 
him4 ,then ,moses1 by the  command of   
,god1 desired the sons of ,levi to take 
their swords and  go in amongst the     
people1 and kill them3 and they did so2 
and there  fell of the people that day  

about three thousand4 ,and to the rest  
of the people ,moses said1 8,ye have    
sinned a great sin2 and now will  ,i go 
up unto the ,lord2 peradventure ,i shall
 make an atonement for  your sin40      
,nadab and ,abihu burnt by fire4        
,illustration    ,leviticus x4 #a4      
,nadab and ,abihu1 the sons of ,aaron1  
took either of them his censer1  and put
 fire therein1 and put incense thereon1 
and offered strange  fire before the    
,lord1 which he commanded them not4 ,and
 there went  out fire from the ,lord1   
and devoured them1 and they died before 
the  ,lord4 ,then ,moses said unto      
,aaron1 8,this is it that the ,lord     
spake1  saying1 ,i will be sanctified in
 them that come nigh me1 and before  all
 the people ,i will be glorified40 ,and 
,aaron held his peace4 ,and  ,moses     
called ,mishael and ,elzaphan1 the sons 
of ,uzziel1 the uncle  of ,aaron1 and   
said unto them1 8,carry your brethren   
from before the  sanctuary out of the   
camp40 ,so they carried them1 as ,moses 

had  said2 ,and ,moses said unto ,aaron1
 and unto his sons1 8,uncover not  your 
heads1 neither rend your clothes1 lest  
ye die40      ,the ,spies return from   
surveying ,canaan4    ,illustration     
,numbers xiii4 #a4    ,the children of  
,israel were thus wonderfully led by the
 ,lord  throughout all their journeys1  
until they arrived safely on the        
borders of the land of ,canaan4 ,there  
,god desired ,moses1 to send men  to    
search the land of ,canaan4 ,and ,moses 
sent twelve men1 one man  from each of  
the tribes or families of ,israel1 and  
said unto them1  8,go1 see the land what
 it is1 and the people that dwell       
therein1  whether they be strong or     
weak1 few or many2 and what the land is 
that they dwell in1 whether it be good  
or bad4 ,and be ye of good  courage1 and
 bring of the fruit of the land40 ,now  
the time was the  time of the first ripe
 grapes4 ,so they went up and searched  
the  land2 and they came to a brook or  
valley1 afterward called ,eshcol4  ,and 

so beautiful were the fruits they found 
in this fertile valley  of ,eshcol1 that
 they cut down there a bunch of grapes  
so large that  two men were obliged to  
carry it between them on a stick3 they  
took  also of the pomegranates and the  
figs4 ,after forty days spent in        
searching the land1 they went back to   
,moses and ,aaron1 and all the  people1 
and shewed them the fruit of the land2  
and they told them  that such were the  
fruits of the land of ,canaan1 and that 
it was  certainly a land flowing with   
milk and honey2 but in other respects   
these men gave a very evil account of   
the land itself1 and a very  frightful  
one of the people that dwelt there1 whom
 they called  giants2 saying1 8,that by 
the side of them they seemed to         
themselves  as grasshoppers40 ,but two  
of the children of ,israel1 named ,caleb
  and ,joshua1 who were of the twelve   
who had been sent into the land1        
declared unto all the people that what  
the others had told them was  not true4 

,but the people would not listen to     
,caleb and ,joshua1 nor  believe what   
they said2 for their hearts were        
exceedingly perverse  towards ,god4 ,and
 the anger of the ,lord was exceeding   
great against  the children of ,israel2 
and because they had acted in this      
wicked  manner1 ,god said they should   
not see the land which he had promised  
them2 no1 not one of them should enter  
that land1 excepting his  servants      
,caleb and ,joshua2 but that the rest of
 the people should  die in the          
wilderness1 and that their children     
should wander there1  until all those   
who had now and so often before sinned  
against the  ,lord had died and were    
buried4 ,then ,god said to this wicked  
people1  8,turn you1 and get you into   
the wilderness1 by the way of the ,red  
,sea40 ,now ,moses told these sayings to
 the people of ,israel1 and  they       
murmured greatly4      ,he that violated
 the ,sabbath is stoned4                
,illustration    ,numbers xv4 #cb4      

,on one occasion some of the children of
 ,israel found a man  gathering sticks  
upon the sabbath day4 ,and they put him 
in ward1  because it had not been       
declared what should be done to him4    
,and  the ,lord said unto ,moses1 8,the 
man shall be surely put to death3  all  
the congregation shall stone him with   
stones without the camp40  ,and all the 
congregation brought him without the    
camp1 and stoned  him with stones1 and  
he died2 as the ,lord commanded ,moses4 
,and the  ,lord spake unto ,moses1      
saying1 8,bid them make fringes in the  
border  of their garments1 throughout   
their generations1 and put upon the     
fringe of the borders a ribband of blue2
 that they may remember1  and do all my 
commandments1 and be holy unto their    
,god40      ,the earth swalloweth up    
,korah4    ,illustration    ,numbers    
xvi4 #a4    ,now ,korah1 ,dathan1 and   
,abiram1 took men2 and they rose up     
before  ,moses1 with certain of the     
children of ,israel1 two hundred and    

fifty princes of the assembly4 ,and they
 gathered themselves  together against  
,moses and ,aaron1 and said unto them1  
8,ye take  too much upon you1 seeing all
 the congregation are holy1 every  one  
of them1 and the ,lord is among them2   
wherefore then lift ye  up yourselves   
above the congregation of the ,lord80   
,and when ,moses  heard it1 he fell upon
 his face2 and he spake unto ,korah1 and
 all  his company1 saying1 8,even       
to-morrow1 the ,lord will shew who are  
his1 and who is holy2 and will cause him
 to come near unto him4  ,this do2 take 
you censers1 ,korah and all his company2
 and put fire  therein1 and put incense 
in them before the ,lord to-morrow1 and 
it shall be1 that the man whom the ,lord
 doth choose1 he shall be  holy40 ,and  
they took every man his censer1 and put 
fire in them1  and laid incense thereon1
 and stood in the door of the tabernacle
  of the congregation with ,moses and   
,aaron4 ,and ,korah gathered all  the   
congregation against them1 and the glory

 of the ,lord appeared  unto all the    
congregation4 ,and the ,lord spake unto 
,moses and unto  ,aaron1 saying1        
8,separate yourselves from among this   
congregation1  that ,i may consume them 
in a moment40 ,but ,moses and ,aaron    
fell upon  their faces1 and entreated   
the ,lord to spare the congregation4    
,and  the ,lord commanded ,moses to     
speak unto them1 and say1 8,get you up  
from about the tabernacle of ,korah1    
,dathan1 and ,abiram40 ,so ,moses  spake
 these words unto them1 and they obeyed 
him1 and departed  from the tabernacle  
of ,korah1 ,dathan1 and ,abiram4 ,then  
,moses said  unto them1 8,if these men  
die the common death of all men1 then   
the ,lord hath not sent me2 but if the  
,lord open the mouth of the  earth1 and 
swallow them up1 and all that pertaineth
 unto them1 then  ye shall know that    
these men have provoked the ,lord40 ,and
 it came  to pass1 as he had made an end
 of speaking these words1 that the      
ground clave asunder under them2 and the

 earth opened her mouth1  and swallowed 
them up1 and their houses1 and all the  
men that  appertained unto ,korah4 ,and 
there came out fire from the ,lord and  
consumed the two hundred and fifty men  
that offered incense4 ,then  the        
congregation murmured against ,moses1   
saying1 8,ye have killed  the people of 
the ,lord40 ,and the ,lord was angry    
with the children  of ,israel1 and smote
 them with a plague2 which1 however1 was
 stayed  by the intercession of ,aaron4 
,the ,brazen ,serpent4    ,illustration 
,numbers xxi4 #f4    ,the children of   
,israel being obliged to take a longer  
journey than  they expected before they 
were permitted to enter the promised    
land1 murmured against the ,lord and    
against ,moses4 ,then the ,lord  in his 
anger sent fiery serpents among the     
people1 which bit them2  and much people
 of ,israel died4 ,and ,moses prayed for
 the people4  ,and the ,lord said unto  
,moses1 8,make thee a fiery serpent1 and
 set  it upon a pole2 and it shall come 

to pass1 that every one that  is bitten1
 when he looketh upon it1 shall live40  
,and ,moses made  a serpent of brass1   
and put it upon a pole1 and it came to  
pass1  that if a serpent had bitten any 
man1 when he beheld the serpent  of     
brass1 he lived4 ,the children of       
,israel continued their journey  towards
 the promised land2 none of them1       
however1 who had left  the land of      
,egypt1 save ,joshua the son of ,nun1   
and ,caleb the son  of ,jephunneh1 were 
permitted to enter it1 for having sinned
 so  often against the ,lord4 ,even     
,moses the servant of the ,lord1 though 
permitted to see it from the top of     
,mount ,nebo1 was not permitted  to     
enter2 but died in the land of ,moab1   
when he was an hundred and  twenty years
 of age4 ,and the children of ,israel   
wept for ,moses  thirty days4           
,,finis4            ,,the ,,history     
,,of      ,,joseph  ,,his ,,brethren1   
,,embellished ,,with ,,cuts2      ,,to  
,,which ,,is ,,added1      ,,the ,,life1

 ,,journeyings1 ,,and ,,death      ,,of 
,,the      ,,apostle ,,paul4            
,illustration        ,,glasgow3         
,,printed ,,for ,,the ,,booksellers4    
,,joseph',s ,,first ,,dream4            
,illustration          ,in ,canaan lived
 a man of righteousness1        ,whom   
the great ,god in love was pleas'd to   
bless        ,with twelve sweet sons1   
one ,joseph called by name4             
,whose worthiness we'll to the world    
proclaim4        ,being endued with     
blessings from above1        ,he gained 
the favour of his father's love1        
,now while his brothers hated him1      
behold6        ,he dream'd a dream1     
which unto them he told2        ,saying1
 8,as we were binding in the field      
,our sheaves of wheat1 it was to me     
revealed        ,that mine arose        
upright1 and yours around1        ,stood
 making low obedience to the ground40   
,these words of his1 they did anger     
breed2        ,they say1 must you reign 
over us indeed8        ,the like of this

 was never known before1        ,thus   
for his dreams they hated him the more4 
,,his ,,second ,,dream4    ,illustration
          ,soon after this as ,joseph   
sleeping        ,free from the toils and
 troubles of the day1        ,he dreamed
 a second dream1 and told the same      
,unto his brothers1 as to them he came2 
,saying1 in sleep appeared before my    
eyes1        ,the sun1 the moon1 the    
seven stars likewise1        ,all making
 their obedience unto me1        ,with  
meek and humble humility4        ,he    
told it likewise to his father dear1    
,who chid him1 saying1 what is this ,i  
hear8        ,must ,i1 thy mother1 and  
thy brothers too1        ,be all obliged
 to bow the knee to you1        ,low on 
the earth1 as if you reigned and ruled3 
',tis very hard that aged parents should
        ,a meek and lowly veneration pay
        ,to you who ought to honour and 
obey4      ,,he ,,is ,,put ,,into ,a    
,,pit4    ,illustration          ,this  
very paragraph will clearly show        

,how they did seek young ,joseph's      
overthrow1        ,his father sent him  
to the rural plain1        ,where with  
their flocks his brothers did remain4   
,when afar off young ,joseph they       
espied1        ,behold1 here comes the  
dreamer now1 they cried        ,let us  
conclude to take his life away1         
,and cast him in a pit without delay1   
,then see how all his dreams will come  
to pass3        ,but ,reuben1 ,reuben   
pitied him1 alas6        ,and hid him in
 the pit1 there to remain1        ,till 
he might safe conduct him home again4   
,what mortal man is able to express1    
,poor ,joseph's grief when in the       
wilderness        ,he lay confined8 no  
doubt his present fears        ,caused  
his youthful eyes to flow with tears4   
,,he ,,is ,,sold ,,into ,,egypt4        
,illustration          ,while in the pit
 young ,joseph lay confined1            
,they sat them down to eat1 and ere they
 dined        ,some ,ishmaelites from   
,egypt passed by2        ,then ,judah   

made his brothers this reply1           
8,what shall it profit to us now1 ,i    
pray1        ,if we should take this    
precious life away80        ,they all   
consented to the same with speed1       
,for loth they were to see their brother
 bleed4        ,then from the lonesome  
pit the child they drew1        ,and    
sold him to those trading merchants1 who
        ,a score of silver pieces for   
him paid1        ,and then to ,egypt he 
was soon conveyed4        ,when ,reuben 
found him not1 how did he grieve        
,the rest contrive their father to      
deceive1        ,by staining ,joseph's  
coat with purple blood1        ,which   
caused poor ,joseph many a weeping      
flood4      ,,tempted ,,by ,,potiphar',s
 ,,wife4    ,illustration          ,when
 ,joseph to the land of ,egypt came1    
,one ,potiphar a man of noted fame1     
,bought him with silver and preferred   
him straight        ,making him steward 
of his whole estate4        ,on whom his
 mistress cast her wanton eyes1         

,and he reproved her1 and said1 be wise1
        ,and cast1 henceforth1 these    
idle thoughts away--        ,how can ,i 
do that wicked thing1 ,i pray8          
,now finding her entreaties would not   
do1        ,she went to seize him1 but  
away he flew1        ,leaving his       
garment in her hand also3        ,now   
from that time she proved his mortal    
foe3        ,she said1 my lord1 7when he
 returned at night17        ,thy ,hebrew
 strove with all his might1        ,to  
mock thy lady1 but was ne'er the near1  
,i cried1 he fled1 and left his garment 
here4      ,,cast ,,into ,,the          
,,dungeon4    ,illustration          ,no
 sooner had she made this false report  
,of ,joseph's coming in so vile a sort1 
,but ,potiphar immediately he flew      
,into a sad and cruel passion too1      
,and cast him into prison where he lay  
,till the chief butler and the baker1   
they        ,by ,pharaoh's strict       
command were sent to be        ,confined
 from their former liberty4        ,the 

baker and the butler both1 we find      
,with dreams one night were much        
disturbed in mind1        ,when they to 
,joseph did themselves apply1        ,he
 told them what their dreams did        
signify2        ,one he restores unto   
his former place1        ,the other1 he 
must die in sad disgrace2        ,the   
butler must his former place supply1    
,the baker by the laws be doomed to die1
      ,,he ,,is ,,made ,,lord ,,of ,,the
 ,,land4    ,illustration               
,still ,joseph lay confined in prison   
fast1        ,until two tedious years   
were gone and past4        ,at length   
,pharaoh dreamed1 but none in the land  
,could his dream interpret or           
understand4        ,then the chief      
butler to the king did say1        8,i  
needs must own my faults this day3      
,in prison lies a ,hebrew servant there1
        ,who will the truth of all your 
dreams declare30        ,then from a    
prison to a palace straight1            
,joseph was brought1 and ,pharoah did   

relate        ,his dreams1 and did full 
satisfaction find1        ,which eased  
the grief and anguish of his mind3      
,he gave such satisfaction to the king1 
,that from his royal hand he drew a     
ring1        ,and gave it ,joseph1      
saying1 8,thou shalt be        ,next to 
myself in royal dignity40      ,his     
,brethren going to buy ,corn4           
,illustration          ,behold the      
dreams of ,pharoah did fortell1         
,a mighty famine1 which at length       
befell2        ,joseph in ,egypt was    
head ruler over all2        ,but when   
his brothers came1 and seemed to fall   
,before him1 straight his dreams came in
 his mind        ,yet he spoke rough1   
and seemed most unkind3        ,you're  
spies said he1 they answered1 no1       
,we are true men1 my lord1 pray say not 
so1        ,sons of one man1 we twelve  
in number were1        ,the youngest now
 under his father's care        ,remains
 at home1 the other he is not4          
,he knew them1 yet his anger seemed hot1

        ,and for three days they were in
 prison cast1        ,confined they lay1
 yet ,joseph came at last1        ,and  
laid upon them all a strict command1    
,to bring their young brother out of    
hand4      ,,the ,,cup ,,in             
,,benjamin',s ,,sack4    ,illustration  
,when they had eaten up their slender   
store        ,jacob he needs must send  
them down for more2        ,but knowing 
that his youngest son must go1          
,his eyes with melting tears did        
overflow4        ,with presents then    
they did return again1        ,and      
,joseph doth them kindly entertain4     
,when he his brother ,benjamin beheld1  
,his bowels yearned1 his heart with joy 
was filled2        ,but here's a grief  
which did them all surround1        ,the
 nightly lord1 his silver cup was found 
,on ,benjamin2 this made them sore      
afraid1        ,that for that crime they
 would be captives made3        ,then to
 the house of ,joseph they returned1    
,judah he pleaded1 till his bowels      

yearned1        ,to be a captive in his 
brother's room1        ,lest he should  
see his father's threatened doom4       
,,joseph ,,declareth ,,himself4         
,illustration          8,my lord1 hear  
thy servant now ,i pray1        ,our    
father1 when we brought the child away  
,expressed such grief and sorrow for his
 sake1        ,that if he stay1 his aged
 heart will break3        ,seeing his   
tears1 which fell like showers of rain1 
,i promised then he should return again4
        ,therefore1 my lord1 pray let   
him go1 for ,i        ,am loth to live  
to see my father die40        ,joseph   
from tears could now no longer hold3    
,he said1 8,i am your brother whom you  
sold        ,to ,egypt1 when on me your 
anger fell2        ,and is my father yet
 alive and well80        ,then on each  
other's necks they wept amain4          
,their cries were heard1 from tears     
could not refrain        8,o fetch my   
father hither10 ,joseph cried1          
8,that for the family ,i may now        

provide40      ,,jacob',s ,,journey     
,,into ,,egypt4    ,illustration        
,the sons of ,jacob ,pharaoh did        
command1        ,to take both food and  
waggons from the land        ,of ,egypt1
 to fetch their father straight2        
,they did1 and poor old ,jacob's joy was
 great        ,he said1 still as his    
spirits did revive1        ,it is       
enough1 ,joseph is yet alive1           
,the son for whom ,i mourned1 therefore 
,i        ,will go and see him now      
before ,i die4        ,then on his      
journey still he doth proceed1          
,and in the land of ,goshen1 there      
indeed        ,joseph did meet him1 whom
 he straight did bring        ,into the 
royal presence of the king4        ,when
 ,jacob before king ,pharaoh stood1     
,his age one hundred and thirty years1 a
 good        ,old man was he2 ,pharaoh  
gave to his race1        ,the land of   
,goshen for a dwelling-place4           
,,joseph ,,visits ,,his ,,father4       
,illustration          ,when ,joseph    

knew his pious father lay        ,on his
 sick bed1 to him he hastes away1       
,joseph he brought ,manasseh and        
,ephraim1        ,placed them before his
 father's eyes now dim1        ,at sight
 of them1 cries ,jacob1 8,who are       
these80        8,my sons10 says ,joseph1
 8from between my knees40        ,when  
near1 he kissed them1 and with sweet    
embrace        ,admires his ,,god before
 his ,joseph's face4        ,these boys 
of thine which were in ,egypt born1     
,they shall be mine1 not orphans or     
forlorn4        ,manasseh he blest1     
commended to his ,,god1        ,bids him
 to mark the steps that ,abraham trod1  
,displeased was ,joseph to see his elder
 son        ,put by1 and the younger the
 blessing won2        ,but ,jacob       
replied1 8,son1 ,i know it well1        
,for ,ephraim shall unto great nations  
swell40      ,,jacob ,,blesseth ,,his   
,,sons4    ,illustration          ,jacob
 he calls his first born1 ,reuben1 near1
        ,weak as the water from the     

fountain clear2        ,simeon and      
,levi1 men of cruelty1        ,they     
smote a man1 and caused him so to die4  
,judah's bright sceptre shan't from him 
depart        ,till ,shiloh come        
rejoicing every heart4        ,zebulun's
 a small port where tall ships may pass1
        ,issachar well resembles the    
couchant ass4        ,dan as a judge    
will do his people right1        ,gad by
 a troop at last will win the fight2    
,asher his bread is fat1 and of a dainty
 sort1        ,naphtali's a hind loosed 
for the hunter's sport4        ,joseph's
 a bough laden with pleasent fruit1     
,near to a well1 whose branches sap     
recruit3        ,benjamin like a        
ravenous wolf doth slay1        ,devours
 his prey1 then bears the spoil away4   
,,joseph',s ,,love ,,to ,,his ,,father4 
,illustration          ,filial          
affection's to old ,jacob good1         
,when ,canaan's land lay destitute of   
food1        ,then ,joseph kind his aged
 father fed1        ,when thousands     

daily starved for want of bread2        
,his love expressed with mind sedate and
 calm1        ,then with rich spices did
 his corpse embalm2        ,when        
breathless lay upon a bed of down1      
,he treats blest ,jacob1 father of      
renown2        ,falls on his clay and   
with a kind embrace1        ,salutes the
 late most venerable face        ,of    
,pious ,jacob1 now growing stiff and    
cold4        ,it must be so when life is
 charged to mould1        ,plenty of    
tears did from his eye balls flow1      
,to show mankind he did his duty know1  
,that nought's too much to pay a parent 
dear1        ,from children that the    
awful ,,god do fear4      ,,jacob',s    
,,funeral4    ,illustration             
,when seventeen long years ,jacob had   
dwelt1        ,behold1 the fatal hand of
 death he felt3        ,to ,joseph he   
commits the special care        ,of his 
great funeral1 and tells him where      
,he would be laid1 which was fulfilled  
at large1        ,according to the tenor

 of his charge2        ,for having      
yielded up his vital breath1        ,he 
dropped into the frozen arms of death4  
,numbers of mourning coaches out of hand
        ,prepared were2 thus to his     
native land        ,he was conveyed a   
sleeping-place to have1        ,near to 
the borders of his father's grave4      
,upright he was1 and just in all his    
ways2        ,pray now observe the      
number of his days1        ,he was1 when
 he dropt off this earthly stage1       
,one hundred and forty-seven years of   
age4      ,,the ,,life ,,of ,,st4       
,,paul4    ,saint ,paul1 though not one 
of the twelve1 yet for his great        
eminence in the ministry of the gospel1 
had the honour to be  styled an apostle1
 particularly above all the rest that   
were  not of the number1 and hath justly
 the next place to ,st4 ,peter  allotted
 to him1 both in regard they were so    
conversant in their  lives1 and         
inseparable in their deaths4 ,he was    
born at ,tarsus1 not  only of ,jewish   

parents1 but originally descended from  
an ancient  ,jewish family of the tribe 
of ,benjamin in ,judea1 where he had his
  education1 which was a flourishing    
,academy1 whose scholars 7as  ,strabo   
testifies7 excelled those of            
,alexandria1 and even ,athens  itself4  
,in the schools of this city1 he was    
brought up from his  childhood1 and     
became an excellent proficient in all   
the polite  learning of the ancients1   
yet at the same time he was brought up  
to a manual trade1 as even the most     
learned of their ,rabbins were1  for    
enabling them to get a livelihood if    
occasion required it2 it  being a maxim 
7especially amongst the ,jews17 that he 
who teacheth  not his son a trade1      
teacheth him to be a thief2 for learning
 of  old was not made an instrument to  
get a maintenance by1 but for  the      
better polishing the mind2 so that the  
learned among the ,jews  were frequently
 denominated 7as ,drusius observes17    
from some one  or other handy-craft     

trade1 as ,rabbie ,judah1 the baker2    
,rabbie  ,jochanan1 the ,shoemaker1 c4  
,having at ,tarsus attained to a great  
perfection in the liberal  arts and     
sciences4 ,he was sent to ,jerusalem to 
be instructed in  the knowledge of the  
laws2 and for the better accomplishing  
him in  that study1 was put under the   
tuition of ,raban ,gamaliel the son of  
,simon1 7the same probably that took up 
our ,saviour in his arms47  ,he was an  
eminent doctor of the law1 one of the   
families of the  schools at ,jerusalem1 
and a person of principal note and      
authority  in the ,jewish ,sanhedrim1 in
 which that grave and prudent speech1   
mentioned in the ,acts of the ,apostles1
 which he made on behalf  of the        
apostles and their doctrine1 took great 
effect4 ,at the  feet of this great     
doctor ,st4 ,paul was brought up1 as he 
himself  testifies2 and by his          
instructions he soon advanced to that   
degree1  that he gained himself a       
reputation above all his fellow         

scholars4  ,moreover he was a strict    
professor of the sect of the ,pharisees1
  which of all others amongst the ,jews1
 was the severest and most  magisterial2
 and the professors thereof1 generally  
great applauders  of themselves for     
their sanctity1 despising and censuring 
all  others as reprobates1 and unworthy 
of their society1 and presuming  7as    
,josephus writes7 to govern even princes
 themselves4 ,with the  fiery genius of 
this sect1 our apostle was too deeply   
infected1  which made him a most zealous
 persecutor of the ,saints2 so that     
when the blood of the martyr ,stephen   
was shed1 ,i 7saith he with  sorrow     
after his conversion7 was standing by1  
consented to his  death1 and kept the   
raiment of them that slew him4 ,nay1 of 
all the  apparators1 and inquisitors1   
employed by the ,sanhedrim1 to execute  
their warrants2 upon those upstart      
heretics1 as they called them1  who     
preached against the law of ,moses1 and 
the tradition of the  fathers2 he was   

the man that strove to be the           
forwardest4 ,in this  zeal to execute   
his office1 as he was on his way to     
,damascus1 with  some other1 of his     
fellow officers1 breathing out vengeance
 and  destruction against the poor      
,christians1 their was on a sudden a    
most glorious light shot full upon him1 
and the rest that were with  him1 so    
that they fell to the ground in great   
amazement1 and at the  same time a voice
 from heaven was directed to him1       
saying1 8,saul1  ,saul1 why persecutest 
thou me80 to which1 amazed as he was1 he
  answered1 ,lord who art thou8 the     
voice replying1 that it was ,jesus  whom
 he persecuted1 and that it was hard for
 him to kick against  the pricks4 ,he   
again desired further instructions2     
,lord1 said he1  what wilt thou have me 
to do2 upon which he was bid to rise1   
and  go to ,damascus1 and there expect  
what should be further revealed  to him2
 rising from the ground he found his    
sight gone4 ,in this  plight being led  

to ,damascus1 he was there three days   
fasting1  and probably then he saw that 
celestial vision mentioned by him1      
wherein he heard and saw things past    
utterance1 and those divine             
revelations1 which gave him occasion to 
say1 that the gospel he  preached1 he   
was not taught by man1 but had it       
revealed to him by  ,jesus ,christ4 ,the
 three days being expired1 ,ananias1 a  
devout man1  and one of the seventy     
disciples came to him1 according to the 
command he had received from our ,lord1 
who appeared to him1 to go  and enquire 
for one ,saul of ,tarsus1 and having    
laid his hands on  him1 told him his    
message1 upon which his sight was       
restored to  him1 and the gift of the   
,holy ,ghost conferred on him2 presently
  after he was baptized1 and made a     
member of the church1 to the  great joy 
of the rest of the disciples1 that he   
should become not  only a professor1 but
 a preacher of that faith1 which he so  
lately  was a bitter persecutor of4 ,his

 stay at this time at ,damascus was  not
 long1 for being warned away by a vision
 from heaven1 he took a  journey into   
,arabia1 where he preached the gospel   
for three years1  and then returned to  
,damascus1 where the unconverted ,jews  
eagerly  sought his ruin1 endeavouring  
to seize him1 but he escaped through    
the help of the disciples1 and the rest 
of his friends who were  zealous for his
 safety4    ,thus far we have made an   
entrance into the life and acts of this 
great apostle1 with which there is      
scarcely any thing equally  memorable in
 history1 nor could the further         
prosecution thereof  have been omitted1 
but that all the travels of this apostle
 in the  pursuance of his ministry1 from
 the time of his conversion to the  last
 of his being at ,rome1 with the most   
principal transactions1  and the        
severest accidents that happened to him 
therein1 are  already related in the    
exposition of the map of the voyages of 
the apostles1 and more particularly     

those of ,st4 ,paul1 in which1  for     
avoiding needless repetitions1 the      
sequel of his life may not  unfitly be  
referred4 ,we shall therefore make some 
enquiry into the  time and occasion of  
the several epistles wrote to the       
several  churches2 as also unto the time
 and manner of his death4    ,when he   
went from ,athens to ,corinth1 it is    
said he wrote his first  epistle to the 
,thessalonians1 which he sent ,silas and
 ,timothy1  who returned during his     
stay1 and before his departure he wrote 
his second epistle to them1 to excuse   
his not coming to them as  he promised  
in his first4 ,not long after at        
,ephesus1 he is said  to have written   
his epistle to the ,galatians2 and      
before he left  ,ephesus1 he wrote his  
first epistle to the ,corinthians4      
,moreover1  he sent from thence by      
,apollos and ,silas to ,titus1 whom he  
left  in that island to propagate the   
faith1 and had him made bishop  thereof1
 in which he gives him advice for the   

better execution of  his episcopal      
office4 ,at ,macedonia1 whither he went 
from ,ephesus1  having by ,titus        
received an account of the church of    
,corinth's  present state of affairs1 he
 sent by him at his return1 when he was 
accompanied by ,st4 ,luke1 his second   
epistle to the ,corinthians2 and  about 
the same time he wrote his first epistle
 to ,timothy1 whom he  had left at      
,ephesus4 ,from ,corinth he went to     
,macedon1 whither he  sent his epistle  
to the ,romans1 by ,phebe1 a deaconess  
of the ,church  of ,cenchrea1 not far   
from ,corinth4 ,going thence to ,rome1  
he sent  his epistle to the ,phillipians
 by ,epaphroditus1 who had been sent    
from them with relief1 not knowing to   
what straits he might be  reduced by his
 imprisonment at ,rome4 ,in the next    
place1 he sends  by ,tychicus his       
epistle to the ,ephesians4 ,not long    
after1 7if not  about the same time7 he 
wrote his epistle to the ,colossians1   
and  sent it by ,epaphras1 his          

fellow-prisoner for some time at ,rome4 
,as for his second epistle to ,timothy1 
there is some dispute about  the time of
 his writing it2 only it seems probable 
by authentic  authors1 that it was      
written after the ,philippians and      
,ephesians4  ,as for the epistle to the 
,hebrews1 it is not known when1 or from 
whence written1 and rather conjectured  
than certainly known to have  been ,st4 
,paul's4 ,tertulliah judgeth it to be   
written by ,barnabas2  but the most     
received opinion is1 that it was ,st4   
,paul's1 but  written by him in ,hebrew1
 and so sent to the ,jews2 but for the  
better publishing it to the ,gentiles1  
translated into ,greek1 some  say by    
,st4 ,luke1 and others by ,st4 ,clement1
 for the style of whose  epistles to the
 ,corinthians and ,ephesians is observed
 by ,st4 ,jerome  to come very near the 
style of this epistle1 and to contain a 
purer  vein of ,greek than is found in  
the rest of ,st4 ,paul's epistles4      
,our apostle having been now two years a

 prisoner at ,rome1 is at  length set   
free1 and soon after departs to visit   
other parts of  the world1 for the      
further divulging the gospel1 but into  
what  particular parts is variously     
conjectured2 some think into ,greece1   
and some parts of ,asia1 where he had   
not yet been2 others will have  it that 
he went preaching1 as well into the     
,eastern as ,western  parts of the      
world2 for in his epistle to the        
,corinthians it is  said1 that ,paul    
being a preacher both ,eastward and     
,westward1 taught  righteousness to the 
whole world1 and went to the utmost     
bounds of  the ,west4 ,that he went into
 ,spain1 may be gathered both from his  
own words1 as intimating so to do1 and  
also from the testimony of  other       
authors1 as ,theodoret1 who writes1 that
 he not only went into  ,spain to       
preach1 but brought the gospel into the 
isles of the sea1  and particularly into
 our island of ,britain2 and more       
particularly  in another place1 he      

reckons up the ,gauls and the ,britons  
amongst  those people to whom the       
apostles1 and especially the tent-maker1
  as he calls him1 had divulged the     
,christian faith4    ,farther mention of
 ,st4 ,paul we find none till his next  
and last  coming to ,rome1 which is said
 to be about the #hth and #ith years of 
,nero's reign2 and he came in the       
fittest time to suffer martyrdom  he    
could have chosen2 for whereas at other 
times1 his privilege  of being a ,roman 
citizen gained him those civilities     
which common  morality could not deny   
him1 he had to do with a person with    
whom  the crime of being a ,christian   
weighed down all apologies that  could  
be alledged2 a person whom lewdness and 
debauchery had made  seven times more a 
,pagan than any custom or education     
could have  done4 ,what his accusation  
was1 cannot be certainly determined1    
whether it was his being an associate   
with ,st4 ,peter in the fall  of ,simon 
,magus1 or his conversion of ,poppa     

,sabina1 one of the  ,emperor's         
concubines1 by which he was curbed in   
the career of his  insatiate appetite4  
,neither can it be resolved how long he 
remained  in prison1 what the certain   
time of his suffering was1 and whether  
7according to the custom7 he was first  
scourged2 only ,barentons  speaks of two
 pillars in the church of ,st4 ,mary1   
beyond the bridge  in ,rome1 to which   
both he and ,st4 ,peter were bound1 when
 they were  scourged4    ,it is affirmed
 that ,st4 ,paul and ,st4 ,peter        
suffered upon the same  day1 though     
different kinds of death4 ,others will  
have it that they  suffered on the same 
day of the year1 but at a year's        
distance2 and  others affirm that ,st4  
,paul suffered several years after ,st4 
,peter2  but all agree that ,paul1 as a 
,roman1 had the favour to be beheaded1  
and not crucified4 ,his execution was at
 the ,aqu ,salvi1 #c miles  from ,rome2 
and he is said to have converted the    
three soldiers  that guarded him        

thither1 who also suffered for the      
faith4 ,some of  the fathers add1 that  
upon his death there flowed from his    
veins  a liquor more like milk than     
blood1 the sight whereof 7saith ,st4    
,crysostom7 converted the executioner4  
,he was buried about two miles from     
,rome1 in the way called ,via           
,ostiensis1 where ,lucina1 a noble      
,roman matron1 not long after  settled a
 farm for the maintenance of the church4
 ,here he lay  but indifferently        
entombed for several ages1 till the     
reign of  ,constantine the ,great1 who  
in the year of our ,lord1 #cah1 at the  
request of ,sylvester1 bishop of ,rome1 
built a very sumptuous  church1         
supported with a hundred stately        
pillars1 and beautified  with a most    
rare and exquisite workmanship1 and     
after all richly  gifted and endowed by 
the emperor himself4 ,yet was all this  
thought too mean an honour for so great 
an apostle by the emperor  ,valentinian1
 who sent an order to his ,prfect       

,salustinus1 to  take that church down1 
and to erect in its room one more large 
and stately1 which1 at the instance of  
the ,pope ,leo1 was richly  adorned1 and
 endowed by the ,empress ,placidia1 and 
doubtless1 hath  received great         
additions ever since1 from age to age4  
,thus was brought up1 became converted1 
and a preacher of the  gospel1 and thus 
was put to death and buried1 this great 
apostle  of the ,gentiles1 superior in  
learning and natural parts1 and not     
inferior in zeal to any of the rest of  
the apostles4            ,,the          
,,life ,,and ,,death      ,,of          
,,judas ,,iscariot1      ,,or ,,the     
,,lost ,,and ,,undone      ,,son ,,of   
,,perdition4      ,illustration         
,,glasgow3    ,,printed ,,for ,,the     
,,booksellers4          ,,the ,,lost    
,,and    ,,undone ,,son ,,of            
,,perdition4      ,it is to be observed1
 that the ,scripture makes mention of   
three  ,judases2 the first is ,judas    
,maccabeus2 the second ,judas the son of

  ,joseph1 the reputed father of our    
,lord2 and third1 ,judas ,iscariot1  the
 son of a ,tanner1 living in repute at  
,joppa1 or ,japho1 a  beautiful sea-port
 on the west of ,canaan1 about          
thirty-four miles  ,north west of       
,jerusalem1 from which it was seen1 as  
it stood on  a hill amidst a delightful 
plain4 ,here ,peter restored ,dorcas to 
life1 and received the messages of      
,cornelius4 ,in the time of the         
,antichristian war of the ,croisades1 or
 ,crusades1 ,lewis of ,france1  and     
,godfrey of ,boulogne1 and others1      
repaired and adorned it2 but  in these  
unhappy times1 what was one year a      
beautiful city1 was  oft in the next a  
heap of ruins4 ,at present1 and for ages
 past1 it  hath but a bad harbour1 and  
is remarkable for nothing but ruinous   
remains of antiquity4 ,this ,judas who  
betrayed our ,lord1 was his  mother's   
first child1 who dreamed that the child 
in her womb  would prove both a thief   
and a murderer1 and bring her and her   

generation to shame and disgrace3 which 
so terrified her1 that she  was like to 
go distracted2 but her husband strove to
 pacify her1  bidding her leave it to   
,god the wise disposer of all things1   
who  may take it away in its infancy or 
endue it with more grace than  ever to  
be guilty of such dishonourable         
actions4--,this somewhat  quieted her1  
and she was soon after delivered of a   
lovely male  child2 but under his left  
breast was the following curious marks  
viz4 a cross1 a gallows1 two daggers1   
and several pieces of money3  this      
likewise terrified his mother1 who      
concealed it from her  husband1         
determining1 as soon as she was able1 to
 go to a magician  and know the         
signification of these surprising marks4
 ,the child  being circumcised1 and she 
purified1 according to the old ,jewish  
custom1 she dressed herself in disguise1
 put a veil on her face1  and taking    
with her a kinswoman1 went to the       
magician's1 and being  introduced to    

him1 she related her dream1 her fears   
and the marks  upon her son1 desiring   
the interpretation of the dream1 and the
  signification of the marks4    ,the   
magician replied1 ,i am no interpreter  
of dreams1 neither do ,i  justly know   
the signification of marks2 and the     
whole of your story  appears as strange 
to me1 as it can be amazing to you2 but 
if you  can tell me when the child was  
born1 ,i will calculate its nativity1   
and see what it pretends4 ,he then      
called for pen1 ink1 and paper1  and    
sitting down1 calculated his nativity2  
and when he had finished  it1 he shook  
his head1 and his countenance waxed     
pale2 which being  perceived by ,judas's
 mother1 she said unto him1 do not      
deceive  me1 but tell me true1 hide     
nothing from me1 whether it be good or  
evil4--,then1 said the magician1 to your
 sorrow1 ,i have seen the  rules of the 
planet that reigned predominant at your 
son's birth1  that he would prove a     
thief and a murderer1 and what is worse1

 he  will1 for lucre1 betray the ,lord  
of ,life2 for which act he will         
afterwards despair of mercy1 lay violent
 hands on himself and  come to a        
shameful end4--,these words pierced the 
mother's heart1  who wringing her hands1
 wished she had never been born1 rather 
than to have been the mother of such an 
unhappy child2 and asked  the magician  
what she could do to prevent the        
bringing of shame or  disgrace on her   
family8 ,he told her he knew no way of  
prevention1  but by laying violent hands
 on it1 which might be now easily done  
in its infancy and in a manner so as not
 to be discovered4 ,to this  she        
replied1 that she would not for ten     
thousand worlds commit such  an act of  
violence on her son2 for if her husband 
had the least  suspicion of it1 he was  
so fond of ,judas1 that he would never  
be  reconciled to her any more2 yet for 
the sake of her family1 she  would by   
some means or other prevent it without  
destroying it2 and  then told the       

magician1 that if she had a small boat  
made like a  shell1 with a cover to go  
down close that no water might get in1  
and a little vent to let in air at the  
top1 and room in it to lie  soft and    
easy1 she might without danger send him 
down the river  ,jordan1 and so commit  
him wholly to the protection of         
providence1  which might conduct him to 
some distant shore1 into the hands  of  
some tender persons1 and thereby        
preserve his life2 and if  he afterwards
 commits those base actions the shame   
will fall on  his own head1 as no one   
will know from whom he is descended4    
,the  magician highly commended her for 
her invention1 and said he would        
procure such a boat for her2 and she    
promising him a good reward  for his    
assistance1 returned home4 ,after she   
was gone1 the magician  sent for one    
,rot1 a very cunning ,artist1 a ,joiner 
by trade1 who  undertook to make the    
boat1 drawing out with his pencil1 the  
form  of it1 carried it home with him1  

wrought upon it in private1 and  having 
soon finished it1 brought it to the     
magician's house1 who  paid him largely 
for it1 and sent a servant to the house 
of ,simon1  who told ,judas's mother1   
that the matter which his master and she
  spoke of was now finished4 ,she       
understanding him1 went next morning  to
 the magician's house1 viewed the boat1 
and liked it well1 saying  it was very  
convenient for the end intended1 but    
seemed perplexed  how she should do it  
privately1 and keep it from discovery1  
as  death was the consequence thereof4  
,her kinswoman begged her to  leave that
 to her1 and all should be safe enough2 
for we will feign  the child sick for a 
day or two1 in the meantime we will make
 some  inquiry in the city for the dead 
body of some poor male child which  we  
will buy of its parents1 and have it    
privately brought to our  house to be   
buried2 in the meantime we will dispatch
 your son to  sea1 and make him believe 
the other child to be his1 and that he  

died during his absence2 so having it   
buried1 the matter can never  be brought
 to light4    ,the mother liked the     
contrivance1 and going home with a      
promise ,of  a great reward1 and her    
friendship for life1 she swore her      
servants  to secrecy1 and then said she1
 we must act in this manner4 ,when  your
 master comes home at night1 ,i shall   
put on very dejected  looks1 and ,when  
he asks the cause1 ,i shall tell him    
that ,judas  is not well1 and that ,i am
 apprehensive of his death1 which you   
must all testify and confirm4 ,she      
accordingly put this scheme into        
practice at night1 when her husband did 
all he could to comfort  her1 telling   
her that they were young1 they might1 be
 parents of  many children3 and going up
 stairs to see the child1 the maid then 
pinched its neck till it was black in   
the face1 and thinking it  in           
convulsions1 gave it over to death4 ,as 
soon as he was gone out  in the morning1
 the mother and kinswoman took the child

 and went  to the magician's house1 in  
order to put the child to sea4 ,they    
put on him many warm and rich garments1 
with an upper coat of oil1  that no     
water might penetrate it2 and the       
magician1 on a piece of  parchment1     
wrote the following words3      ,,my    
,,name ,,is ,,judas4    which his mother
 sewed round his neck and put him into  
the boat1  and shut down the cover4 ,at 
parting with the child the mother was   
almost distracted1 wringing her hands   
and weeping bitterly1 but  being        
comforted by the magician and her       
kinswoman she was at last  pacified1 and
 desired to go home1 as she could not   
bear to see the  child put into the     
water1 so she and her kinswoman departed
 home4  ,the magician then took the boat
 and carried it down to his own  garden1
 at the foot of which ran the river     
,jordan1 and putting it  in where a     
strong stream ran1 it was soon carried  
out of sight4    ,the mother when she   
got home fainted away1 but was revived  

by being  informed by her maid servant1 
that during her absence they had  almost
 brought the matter to a close1 having  
found a neighbour's  male child1 who had
 died the day before1 and was just of   
the same  age as ,judas1 for whose body 
they had given the parents a small  sum 
of money1 and paid the expense of       
burying a coffin full of  bones1 by way 
of a blind3 and the only thing that     
remained was to  deceive her husband1   
and get this child buried under the     
sanction  of ,judas's body4    ,the     
father coming home at night1 and finding
 his wife in tears1  soon guessed the   
dismal cause2 and inquiring of the      
servants1 they  with dissembled grief   
informed him1 that the child died in the
  morning soon after his departure4 ,the
 man was much affected with  the loss of
 his child1 and thinking to prevent his 
wife's grief by  the sight of the body  
he had it removed to a kinsman's house1 
and  in a day or two interred it from   
thence1 supposing it to be his son      

,judas4    ,by this time ,providence had
 conducted ,judas1 alive and well1 unto 
the coast of ,iscariot1 a kingdom in    
,palestine1 where ,pheophilus the  king 
often used to recreate himself1 in      
beholding the ships pass  and repass at 
sea4 ,it happened that the very day that
 ,judas was  cast on the coast1 the king
 and his nobles came on that diversion1 
and as they were standing on the top of 
the rock1 looking into  the sea1 the    
king espied a little boat floating upon 
the water1  and thinking it to be a     
chest of some wrecked ship1 he ordered  
a servant to put out a boat and fetch   
it2 which being done1 and  brought to   
the king1 he ordered it to be broken    
open2 when to their  great surprise1    
they found a lovely babe1 who look'd up1
 and smiled  in the king's face4 ,then  
said the king to the child1 welcome as  
my own child2 and expressed much joy in 
being providentially sent  to preserve  
the babe's life1 and taking it up in his
 arms1 said if  thou wert a child begat 

by me1 ,i could not esteem or value thee
  more4 ,then he espied about its neck  
the aforementioned parchment1  viz3     
,,my ,,name ,,is ,,judas4    ,well1 said
 the king1 as thy name is ,judas1 ,i    
will now double name  thee1 and then    
called him ,judas ,iscariot1 because he 
found him  near the coast of that name4 
,he was then brought to court1 treated  
as the king's own child1 and at a proper
 age educated well1 and at  last became 
a man of learning and genius and behaved
 himself so  wisely1 that the king made 
him his principal steward4    ,judas    
being arrived at this rank1 still       
coveted greater1 and  remembering the   
queen one day said1 that if the prince1 
her son  died1 ,judas should be her     
heir1 he therefore set about contriving 
to kill him1 accordingly he professed   
great love and friendship  for him2 and 
one day being walking together1 ,judas  
took occasion  to quarrel with the      
prince1 and maliciously slew him1       
thinking all  would go well with him if 

he was dead4          ,behold the       
serpent1 which the king          ,long  
nourished in his breast1        ,grown  
warm1 strikes forth his baneful sting1  
,and robb'd him of his rest4    ,though 
none accused him of the murder1 yet his 
conscience so stung  him1 that he soon  
quitted the kingdom1 leaving all his    
pomp and  finery behind him1 and        
changing his name1 took upon him the    
mean  employ of a servant1 wandering    
about from place to place1 until  at    
length he arrived at ,joppa1 the place  
of his nativity2 here he  soon got a    
place in a nobleman's family1 where he  
behaved so well  as to gain the esteem  
of his lord and lady1 and all that knew 
him4  ,one day it happened that as his  
lady was walking abroad big with  child1
 she longed for some fruit1 which she   
saw in ,judas's father's  garden1       
bidding him go and buy her some4 ,he    
took the money1 but  was resolved to    
steal the fruit2 and going to the       
garden1 broke  down the fences1 which as

 he was doing his father came out1 and  
seized him for the robbery2 and ,judas  
to extricate himself from the  hand of  
justice murdered his father upon the    
spot1 and immediately  escaped to       
,theba1 a city about seventy-six leagues
 distance4 ,here  he continued four     
years1 in which time the noise of the   
murder  being blown over1 he returned   
back again1 and got another place in  a 
nobleman's family1 where he lived       
sometime1 till his own mother           
accidentally seeing him fell in love    
with and married him4    ,about five    
years after they had been married1 one  
morning in bed  ,judas's shirt bosom lay
 open1 when she saw under his left      
breast  the marks he was born with2 upon
 which she waked him in an agony1  and  
told him the whole story of his birth1  
and the part she had  acted therein4    
,judas heard this with wonder and       
astonishment1 and  on his part confessed
 to her the many crimes he had been     
guilty  of2 after which she desired him 

to depart from her1 and seek mercy  of  
,god in another country2 protesting she 
would never be carnally  known to him   
any more4    ,judas full of grief and   
remorse of conscience1 left ,joppa1 and 
wandered about like a pilgrim1 till he  
heard of a mighty prophet1  called      
,jesus of ,nazareth1 in the land of     
,judea1 who wrought  many miracles1 and 
wonderful works2 to him he went1 and    
liking  his doctrine and seeing his     
miracles1 he begged of our ,lord to  be 
admitted one of his followers3 ,our     
,saviour chose him to be  one of his    
disciples1 and gave him the charge of   
what money or  provision he carried     
about with him4 ,there is no evidence   
that his  religious instructions1 or his
 preaching the word1 or miracles1  were 
inferior to those of his brethren3 but  
covetousness still  reigned in his      
heart4 ,notwithstanding all this ,judas 
could not  forget his covetousness1 for 
when ,mary ,magdalene brought a box of  
costly ointment1 to anoint our dear     

,lord's feet1 at the house of  ,simon   
the ,leper1 ,judas was highly offended  
thereat1 because the  value thereof was 
not put into his bag4 ,but our ,lord    
knowing his  covetous and wicked heart1 
sharply rebuked him2 at which he was so 
enraged1 that he in revenge             
premeditated1 and put into execution1   
the worst action of all his life1 and   
going to the chief priests  and elders1 
he said unto them1 what will you give   
me1 and ,i will  betray him they call   
,jesus into your hands8 ,and they agreed
 with  him for thirty pieces of silver2 
or #c1 #hs4 #e;d4 ,english money4       
,the love of money is a rock            
,which causes care and trouble1         
,and he that hasteth to be rich1        
,he makes his sorrows double4           
,money's a most alluring bait1          
,conducive unto evil1        ,for this  
base ,judas sold his ,god1              
,himself unto the devil4    ,when our   
,lord was instituting his last supper1  
he said unto his  disciples1 ,i have    

chosen you twelve1 but one of you is a  
devil4 ,and  again1 ,verily ,i say unto 
you1 one of you this night shall betray 
me1 and he it is unto whomsoever ,i     
shall give a sop3 then giving  a sop    
unto ,judas1 he said unto him what thou 
dost do quickly4  ,with the sop the     
devil entered into ,judas1 and he went  
out from  amongst them4--,judas then    
went to the chief priests1 and received 
the thirty pieces of silver2 so taking  
with him an armed band  of men1 to      
apprehend his master1 ,he led them to   
the ,garden1 of  ,gethsemane where      
,jesus was wont to retire for his       
devotion2 he went  telling them1 that   
whomsoever he should kiss1 the same was 
he1  hold him fast4 ,there our ,lord    
beheld his adversaries coming with      
burning torches and lanterns1 and       
weapons to apprehend him2 then  spake he
 to his disciples1 and said1 8,rise let 
us go2 behold he  is at hand that will  
betray me40 ,and while he was speaking1 
came  ,judas the traitor1 saying1 ,hail1

 ,master1 and kissed him4 ,for it  is   
written1 that it was the manner and     
custom of our ,lord ,jesus  towards his 
disciples1 that when at any time he had 
sent them out1  at their return again1  
he would receive them with a loving     
kiss4  ,then they laid hands on the     
,lord1 and bound him as a thief and  a  
murderer1 and led him away to the high  
,priest and ,elders1 who  asked him many
 questions2 to which our ,lord gave them
 no answer1  but stood like a lamb dumb 
before his shearers4 ,and here let us   
behold our ,lord ,jesus1 how patiently  
and meekly he receives that  false and  
treacherous kiss from that unfaithful   
disciple1 whose  feet he had vouchsafed 
to wash with his own hands1 and whom out
 of  his unspeakable charity he refused 
not to feed with the precious  food of  
his blessed body4 ,consider likewise how
 meekly he suffered  himself to be      
taken1 bound1 struck1 and furiously     
dragged away1  as if he had been a      
thief1 or the most wicked person in the 

world1 void of power to help himself4   
,contemplate also the great  sorrow and 
inward affliction he had of his         
disciples1 who fled  and left him in the
 hands of those ravenous wolves4 ,and on
 the  other side1 consider the grief of 
their hearts1 since the cause of  their 
leaving him was not the perversity of   
their will1 but the  frailty of their   
weak nature3 for which they heartily    
mourn and  sigh1 like poor orphans that 
know not what they do1 or whither  to   
go2 and their sorrow was so much the    
greater1 as they knew in  what villanous
 manner their ,lord and master would be 
treated and  abused4 ,nevertheless1 the 
whole assembly1 though they found       
nothing  worthy of death in him1 one by 
one passed the following sentences  on  
him4        ,,jerusalem',s      ,,black 
,,tribunal2      ,,or ,,the             
,,bloody ,,sentence ,,of ,,the ,,jews1  
,,against      ,,our ,,blessed ,,lord   
,,and ,,saviour1      ,,jesus ,,christ4 
,,caiphas4      ,better one man should  

die1 than all perish4                   
,,jehosophat4      ,let him be bound1   
and kept fast in chains4                
,,raphar4      ,let us put him to death4
        ,,fareas4      ,let us banish   
him1 or he will destroy our country4    
,,diarrhias4      ,he is worthy of      
death1 because he seduceth the people4  
,,rabinth4      ,guilty or not1 let the 
seducer die4        ,,lessa4      ,let  
us banish him for ever4                 
,,chieries4      ,if he be innocent he  
shall die1 because he stirreth up the   
people4        ,,ptolemeus4      ,guilty
 or not guilty1 let us sentence him to  
death or punishment4        ,,teras4    
,either banish him1 or send him unto    
,csar4        ,,lemech4      ,punish him
 with death4        ,,potiphares4       
,let him be banished for seducing the   
people4    ,the mob also cried out to   
,pontius ,pilate1 if you let this man   
go1  you are not ,csar's friend2        
therefore1 crucify him6 crucify him6    
,,the      ,,sentence ,,of ,,death      

,,passed ,,on      ,,jesus ,,christ     
,,by      ,,pontius ,,pilate4    ,i     
,,pontius ,,pilate1 ,judge in ,jerusalem
 under the most potent  ,tiberius1 happy
 and prosperous be his reign1 having    
heard and known  the accusation of      
,,jesus ,,of ,,nazareth1 whom the ,jews 
brought bound1  to pronounce his        
sentence2 seeing he1 by presumptuous    
expressions1  called himself the ,,son  
of ,,god and the ,,king of the ,,jews1  
and said he  would destroy the ,,temple 
of ,solomon4 ,let him be condemned to   
the  cross with the two ,thieves4       
,thus was the ,lord of ,life condemn'd1 
,on ,calv'ry's mount to die1        ,as 
,moses' ,serpent so was he              
,there lifted up on high4               
',twas not for sins that were his own1  
,he there shed forth his blood1         
,but that such sinners vile as we1      
,might be brought near to ,god4         
,let us obey the gospel call1           
,now while it is to-day1        ,lest   
ere to-morrow ,death should cry1        

,to judgment come away4      ,,miserable
 ,,and ,,awful ,,end ,,of ,,the         
,,traitor ,,judas4    ,now ,judas1 the  
,traitor1 had no sooner seen his master 
condemned by  the ,jewish council1 than 
his conscience upbraided him2 he brought
  back the thirty pieces of silver1 and 
confessed he had betrayed his  innocent 
master4 ,but the ,jewish rulers replied1
 that that was none  of their business1 
he might blame himself4 ,and he threw   
back the  thirty pieces of silver and   
went out and hanged himself2 but the    
rope breaking1 or the tree giving way1  
he fell and his body burst  asunder1 and
 his bowels gushed out4 ,then the ,jews1
 as they thought  the price of blood was
 not fit for the ,treasury1 they1 as    
agents  for ,judas1 gave it for the     
,potters-field to bury strangers in4    
,tho' ,judas 'mongst the ,apostles was  
,and with them took his part1           
,his awful end proved him to be         
,a traitor in his heart4      ,on the   
,evening after our ,lord's resurrection 

he appeared unto ten  of the apostles1  
,judas being dead1 and ,thomas absent3  
he renewed  their mission1 and breathed 
on them1 as a token of his sending the  
,holy ,ghost4 ,after giving them        
repeated proofs of his resurrection1  he
 just before his ascension gave them a  
formal commission1 saying1  8,go ye     
therefore1 and teach all nations1       
baptising them in the  name of the      
,father1 and of the ,son1 and of the    
,holy ,ghost2 ,teaching  them to observe
 all things whatsoever ,i have commanded
 you3 and1  lo1 ,i am with you alway1   
even unto the end of the world4 ,amen40 
,after they had witnessed their master's
 departure to the heavenly  mansions1   
,peter proposed1 that one who had been a
 constant witness  of his marvellous    
sufferings and conduct1 should be chosen
 to fill  the room of ,judas4 ,the      
disciples chose ,barsabas and ,matthias 
for  the candidates4 ,as the office was 
extraordinary1 and perhaps the  votes   
equal1 the final determination1 which of

 the two should be  the apostle1 was    
left to the decision of ,god by the lot4
 ,after  prayer1 the lots were cast1 and
 it fell upon ,matthias3 he was         
therefore numbered with the eleven      
apostles4    ,on the day of ,pentecost1 
a feast appointed to commemorate the    
giving of the law1 the ,holy ,ghost1 in 
the shape of cloven tongues  of fire1   
descended on each of them2 rendered them
 bold and  infallible in preaching the  
gospel2 qualified them with power1 to   
speak in every language1 to discern     
men's tempers1 and to confer  the       
miraculous influence of speaking with   
tongues on others1 by the  laying on of 
hands4          ,learn hence a lot's a  
sacred thing1          ,let's not it    
vanity use1        ,since ,god thereby  
has oft thought fit1          ,to choose
 and to refuse4          ,let's be      
content with what's our lot1            
,since ,god to us it gave1        ,let's
 pray that ,christ may be the gift1     
,greater can't sinners have4            

,correspondent to the twelve patriarchs1
 or twelve tribes of ,israel1  our      
,saviour1 in the second or third year of
 his public ministry1  first appointed1 
and then sent forth twelve of his       
followers1 whom  he named ,apostles4    
,these he sent out by two's1            
,,simon ,,peter1 and ,,andrew his       
brother2      ,,james the son of        
,,zebedee1 and ,,john his brother2      
,,philip1 and ,,bartholomew2            
,,thomas1 and ,,matthew2      ,,james   
the son of ,,alpheus1 and ,,jude his    
brother2      ,,simon the ,canaanite1   
and ,,judas ,,iscariot2      ,,matthias1
 succeeded ,judas after the resurrection
 of our ,lord4        ,,ascension       
,,of      ,,our ,,lord ,,and ,,saviour  
,,jesus ,,christ4    ,touching the      
wonderful ascension of our ,lord ,jesus1
 it behoves  thee1 pious reader1 to     
awaken thy heart1 and render thyself    
with  more than ordinarly attention to  
all that is here said or done1  relating
 to this subject1 if thou desire to feed

 thy soul with  heavenly comfort1 and   
reap the spiritual unction1 which       
plentifully  flows from the devout      
contemplation of so divine a subject4   
,on the fortieth day after the          
resurrection1 our ,lord ,jesus1 knowing 
that his time was now come to depart    
from this world1 and to pass  hence to  
his ,father1 taking with him the holy   
patriarchs1 prophets1  and others1 who  
after his resurrection were in the      
terrestrial  paradise1 and blessing     
,enoch and ,elias1 who remained there   
still  alive1 he came1 to his apostles1 
who were gathered together on  ,mount   
,sion1 which was the place where he made
 his last supper the  night before his  
passion4 ,there were likewise with the  
apostles at  this place1 the blessed    
,virgin1 and many other disciples2 and  
our  ,lord appearing to them said1 that 
he would eat with them before he        
departed from them1 as a special token  
and memorial of the love  he bore them4 
,and as they were all eating1 being full

 of joy and  spiritual comfort at this  
last refection of our ,lord ,jesus1 he  
said  to them1 8,the time is now come in
 which ,i must return again to him  that
 sent me3 but you shall remain in the   
city till you are clothed  with the     
virtue descending from above2 for within
 a few days you  shall be filled with   
the ,holy ,ghost1 as ,i before promised 
you4  ,after which1 you shall be        
dispersed throughout the whole world1 to
  preach my gospel1 baptizing all that  
shall believe in me1 so that  you shall 
be my witnesses to the utmost confines  
of the earth40  ,he likewise reproved   
them for their incredulity in not       
believing  them who had seen him rise1  
that is the angels4 ,this he chose to   
do at the time he was speaking to them  
of preaching his gospel1  to give them  
to understand1 that they ought to have  
believed the  angels1 even before they  
saw him1 much sooner than they ought to 
be  believed by those to whom they were 
to preach1 who1 nevertheless1  would    

believe them 7the apostles7 though they 
should not see him1  7,jesus ,christ47  
,and this he did1 that by knowing their 
fault  they might remain humble2 shewing
 them at his departure how much  he     
admired that virtue1 and that he        
recommended it to them in a  singular   
manner4 ,they asked him concerning many 
things that were  to come to pass2 but  
he would not resolve them1 inasmuch as  
it was  not necessary for them to know  
the secrets of ,god1 which his father   
had reserved in his own power1 to       
fulfill at his own will and  pleasure4  
,and thus they continued discoursing and
 eating together1  with great comfort   
and satisfaction1 occasioned by the     
presence of  their ,lord2 yet their     
comfort was mixed with some grief1 by   
reason  of his departure from them4 ,for
 they loved him so tenderly1 that  they 
could not hear him speak of leaving them
 without heaviness and  sorrow4    ,and 
what can we think of his blessed        
,mother8 ,may we not devoutly  imagine  

that1 sitting near him1 and hearing what
 he said concerning  his departure1 she 
was moved with the tenderness of her    
motherly  affection2 and that overcome  
with grief1 which suddenly seized1  and 
oppressed her blessed soul1 she inclined
 her head towards him1  and rested it   
upon his sacred breast6 ,for1 if ,john  
the ,evangelist  at the last supper1    
took this freedom1 with much more reason
 may  we suppose her to do the same on  
this doleful occasion4 ,hence1  then1   
with tears1 and many sighs1 she spoke to
 him in this manner3  8,oh my beloved   
son1 ,i beseech thee not to leave me2   
but if thou  must depart1 and return    
again to thy heavenly ,father1 take me1 
thy afflicted ,mother1 along with thee60
 ,but our blessed ,lord  endeavoured to 
comfort her1 and said1 8,grieve not1 oh 
beloved  parent1 at my leaving you      
because ,i go to my ,father2 and it is  
expedient that you remain here a short  
time longer1 to confirm  in their faith1
 such as shall be converted1 and believe

 in me1  and afterwards ,i will come    
again1 and take you with me1 to be a    
partaker of my glory40 ,to whom again1  
our ,lady replied1 8,my beloved  ,son1  
may thy will always be fulfilled in all 
things1 for ,i am  not only contented to
 remain here during thy pleasure1 but   
also1  to suffer death for love of those
 souls1 for which thou hast so          
willingly vouchsafed to lay down thy    
life3 this1 however1 ,i beseech  thee1  
be thou ever mindful of me40 ,our ,lord 
then again comforted  her1 with the     
disciples1 and ,mary ,magdalene1 saying1
 8,let not  your hearts be troubled1 nor
 fear ye any thing1 ,i will not leave   
you desolate2 ,i go1 but will shortly   
return again to you1 and  will remain   
always with you40 ,at length he bid them
 remove from  thence1 and go to ,mount  
,olivet1 because from that place he     
would  ascend into heaven1 in the       
presence of them all3 saying this1 he   
disappeared4    ,his holy ,mother1 with 
the rest of the company1 without any    

delay1  hastened to the said mount1     
about a mile distant from ,jerusalem1   
as he had appointed them1 where our     
,lord again soon appeared to  them4     
,behold on this day we have two         
different apparitions of our  ,lord4    
,thus being all together1 our ,lord     
embraced his holy ,mother1  and she     
again embraced him in a most tender     
manner1 taking leave of  each other4    
,and the disciples1 ,mary ,magdalene1   
and the rest falling  down to the       
ground1 and weeping with tenderness1    
kissed his blessed  feet1 and he1       
raising them up1 embraced all his       
apostles most  lovingly4    ,let us now1
 pious reader1 diligently consider them1
 and devoutly  contemplate all that is  
here done2 and amongst the rest1 let us 
behold the holy ,fathers1 who being     
there present though invisible1         
joyfully admire1 and inwardly praise the
 blessed ,virgin1 by whom  they received
 so great a benefit as their salvation4 
,they behold  with pleasing admiration1 

the glorious champions1 and leaders of  
,god's hosts1 the apostles1 whom our    
,lord ,jesus had chosen from  among all 
others1 to conquer and subdue the world1
 and bring it  over to the belief of his
 holy doctrine4    ,at length1 when the 
mysteries were all fulfilled and        
completed1 our  ,lord ,jesus began      
gradually to raise himself up before    
them1 and  to ascend by his own virtue  
and power into heaven4 ,and then the    
blessed ,virgin1 with the rest1 fell    
down and devoutly worshipped  him4 ,and 
our ,lady said1 8,o my beloved1 ,i      
beseech thee to be mindful  of me10 and 
with this she burst into tears1 not     
being able to  refrain1 when she        
reflected on his departure1 yet was she 
full of  inward joy1 to see her blessed 
,son thus gloriously ascend into        
heaven4 ,his disciples also1 when they  
beheld him ascending1 said1  8,thou     
knowest1 ,o ,lord1 that we have         
renounced all things for thee1          
wherefore1 we beseech thee not to forget

 us1 but be ever mindful  of us1 for    
whom we have forsaken all40 ,then our   
,lord lifting up  his hands1 with serene
 and pleasing aspect1 crowned with      
glory1  victoriously ascended into      
heaven1 but first blessing them1 he     
said1 8,be stedfast1 and fight          
courageously1 for ,i shall always be    
with you1 even to the end of the world40
    ,thus1 our ,lord ,jesus1 ascended   
into heaven1 fulfilling that which  the 
prophet ,micah had said long before his 
ascension2 ,and their  ,king shall pass 
before them1 and the ,lord at the head  
of them4 ,so  that they all followed him
 with unspeakable joy1 and never-ending 
felicity4    ,and ,michael1 the prince  
of ,god's celestial host1 going before1 
carried the joyful tidings of their     
,lord's ascending1 at which  the whole  
heavenly court of celestial spirits came
 forth to meet  their ,lord1 and with   
all worship and reverence1 they led him 
with  hymns and songs of jubilation1    
repeating with inexpressible joy1       

,alleluia1 ,alleluia1 ,alleluia4        
,having paid their due reverence to the 
,lord1 and ended the joyful  canticles1 
which related to his glorious           
,ascension1 the angels  began to rejoice
 with each other4 ,and what tongue can  
express1  or mind conceive1 that which  
passed between them at this happy       
meeting8 ,the blessed spirits began to  
congratulate them on their  arrival1    
saying3 8,ye princes of ,god's people1  
you are welcome  to our eternal         
habitation1 and we rejoice and are glad 
at your  arrival3 you all are gathered  
together1 and wonderfully exalted  with 
our ,god2 ,alleluia4 ,therefore rejoice 
and sing to him who so  gloriously      
ascended into heaven1 and above the     
heaven of heavens3  ,alleluia40    ,to  
which the ,fathers again joyfully       
replied1 8,to you1 princes of  ,god's   
people1 ,alleluia3 ,our guardians and   
helpers1 ,alleluia3 ,joy  and peace for 
ever1 ,alleluia3 ,let us sing and make  
mirth to our  ,king and our ,saviour1   

,alleluia1 ,alleluia1 ,alleluia4 ,now we
 joyfully  enter into the house of our  
,lord1 ,alleluia3 to remain for ever in 
the glorious city of ,god1 ,alleluia4   
,as sheep of our ,lord's pasture  we    
enter his gates1 ,alleluia3 ,with hymns 
and canticles1 ,alleluia3  ,for the     
,lord of power is with us1 ,alleluia1   
,alleluia1 ,alleluia40  ,for according  
to the prophet1 ,the ,lord is ascending 
in shouts of  joy1 and the ,lord in the 
sound of a trumpet4    ,our ,lord ,jesus
 ascended visibly for the greater       
comfort of his  mother and disciples1   
that they might see him as far as they  
could4  ,and behold a cloud received him
 out of their sight1 and in an  instant 
they were present in heaven6 ,and as the
 blessed ,virgin and  the disciples were
 looking still up to heaven1 two angels 
stood  beside them in white garments1   
who began to comfort them1 telling  them
 not to look longer after his body1     
which they saw ascend so  gloriously    
into heaven1 for that they should not   

see him any more  in that form till the 
day of ,judgment1 when he should come to
 judge  the quick and the dead4 ,they   
bid them return into the city again1    
and there to expect the coming of the   
,holy ,ghost1 as he himself had  told   
them4 ,his blessed ,mother spoke to the 
angels1 desiring them  to recommend her 
to her blessed son2 who profoundly      
inclining to  her1 promised gladly to   
fulfil her commands4 ,and the apostles  
and  ,mary ,magdalene recommended       
themselves in the same manner4 ,after   
this1 the angels departing1 they went   
according as they had been  appointed   
into the city1 unto ,mount ,sion1 and   
waited there the  coming of the ,holy   
,ghost4      ,,finis4            ,,the  
,,wife ,,of ,,beith3      ,,being       
,,an ,,allegorical ,,dialogue4          
,,containing      ,,nothing ,,but ,,what
 ,,is ,,recorded ,,in ,,scripture4      
,illustration        ,,glasgow3         
,,printed ,,for ,,the ,,booksellers4    
,,the ,,wife ,,of ,,beith4              

,in ,beith once dwelt a worthy wife1    
,of whom brave ,chaucer mention makes   
,she lived a licentious life1           
,and namely in venereal acts        ,but
 death did come for all her cracks2     
,when years were spent and days out     
driven4        ,then suddenly she       
sickness takes1        ,deceased        
forthwith1 and went to heaven4          
,but as she went upon the way1          
,there followed her a certain guide1    
,and kindly to her he did say1          
,where mean you1 dame1 for to abide8    
,i know you are the wife of ,beith1     
,and would not then that you go wrong1  
,for ,i'm your friend1 and will be leath
        ,that you go through this narrow
 throng2        ,this way is broader1 go
 with me1        ,and very pleasant is  
the way2        ,i'll bring you there1  
where you would be1        ,go with me  
friend1 say me not nay4          ,she   
looked on him1 then did speer1        ,i
 pray you1 ,sir1 what is your name8     
,shew me the way how came you here8     

,to tell to me it is no shame4          
,is that a favour 'bout your neck8      
,and what is that upon your side8       
,i knew you by your colours first1      
,is it a bag or silver sack8            
,what are you then8 where do you bide8  
,i was a servant unto ,christ1          
,and ,judas likewise is my name4        
,forsooth indeed you are to blame3      
,your ,master did you not betray8       
,and hang yourself when you had done8   
,where'er you bide ,i will not stay     
,go then1 you knave1 let me alone4      
,whatever ,i be1 ,i'll be your guide1   
,because you know not well the way4     
,what would you me1 where do you dwell8 
,i have no will to go with thee3        
,i fear it is some lower cell1        ,i
 pray thee therefore let me be4         
,i know your way it is to hell1         
,for you are none of the eleven3        
,go haste you then unto your cell1      
,my way is only unto heaven4            
,that way is by the gates of hell1      
,if you intend there for to go1         

,go1 dame1 ,i will not you compel1      
,but ,i with you will go also1          
,where smoke and darkness did abound1   
,and pitch and sulphur burned still1    
,with yells and cries hills did rebound1
        ,the fiend himself came to the  
gate1        ,and asked him where he had
 been8        ,do ye not know and have  
forgot1        ,seeking his wife could  
not be seen4          ,good dame1 he    
said1 would you be here1        ,i pray 
you then tell me your name8             
,the wife of ,beith1 since that you     
speer1        ,but to come in ,i were to
 blame4          ,i will not have you   
here good dame1        ,for you were    
mistress of the flyting1        ,if once
 within this gate you come1        ,i   
will be troubled with your bitings      
,cummer1 go back1 and let me be1        
,here are too many of your rout1        
,for women lewd like unto thee1         
,i cannot turn my foot about4           
,sir1 thief1 ,i say ,i shall bide out1  
,but gossip thou wast ne'er to me1      

,for to come in1 ,i'm not so stout1     
,and of my biting thou'st be free3      
,but1 ,lucifer1 what's that on thee1    
,hast thou no water in this place8      
,thou look'st so black1 it seems to me  
,thou ne'er dost wash thy ugly face4    
,if we had water for to drink1          
,we should not care for washing then1   
,into these flames and filthy stink1    
,we burn with fire unto the doom3       
,upbraid me then1 good wife1 no more1   
,for first when ,i heard of the name1   
,i knew thou hast such names in store1  
,would make the devil to think shame4   
,forsooth1 ,sir thief1 thou art to      
blame1        ,if ,i had time now for to
 bide        ,once you were well1 but   
may think shame1        ,that lost      
heaven for rebellious pride1        ,who
 traitor-like fell with the rest1       
,because you would not be content1      
,and now of bliss are dispossest1       
,without all grace for to repent1       
,thou mad'st poor ,eve for to consent   
,to eat of the forbidden tree2          

7,which we poor daughters may relent    
,and made us almost like to thee27      
,but ,god be blest who passed thee by4  
,and did a ,saviour provide1        ,for
 ,adam's whole posterity1        ,all   
those who do in him confide4            
,adieu1 false fiend1 ,i may not bide1   
,with thee ,i may no longer stay2       
,my ,god in death he was my guide1      
,o'er hell ,i'll get the victory4       
,then up the hill the poor wife went1   
,oppressed with stinking flames and     
fear4        ,weeping right sore with   
great relent1        ,for to go else she
 wist not where3        ,a narrow way   
with thorns and briers1        ,and full
 of mires was her before1        ,she   
sighed oft with sobs and tears1         
,the poor wife's heart was wonderous    
sore1        ,tired and torn she went on
 still1        ,sometimes she sat1 and  
sometimes fell1        ,aye till she    
came to a high hill1        ,and then   
she looked back to hell1        ,when   
that she had climbed up the hill1       

,before her was a goodly plain2         
,where she did rest and weep her fill4  
,then rose she to her feet again1       
,her heart was glad the way was good1   
,up to the hill she hy'd with haste1    
,the flowers were fair1 where that she  
stood        ,the fields were pleasant  
to her taste4          ,then she espied 
,jerusalem1        ,on ,sion's mount    
where that it stood        ,shining with
 gold light as the sun1        ,her     
silly soul was then right glad2         
,the ports were pearls shining bright1  
,glorious it was for to behold1         
,with precious stones give such a light1
        ,the walls were of transparent  
gold4        ,high were the walls1 the  
gates were shut4        ,and long she   
thought for to be in        ,but then   
for fear of biding out1        ,she     
knocked hard and made some din4         
,to knock and cry she did not spare4    
,till father ,adam did her hear2        
,who is't that raps so rudely there1    
,heaven cannot well be won by weir4     

,the wife of ,beith that you speer1     
,hath stood these two hours at the gate4
          ,go back1 saith he1 you must  
forbear1        ,here may no sinners    
entrance get4          ,adam1 quoth she1
 ,i shall be in1        ,in spite of all
 such churls as thee3        ,thou'rt   
the original of all sin1        ,for    
eating of the forbidden tree3           
,for which thou art not flyting free1   
,but for thy foul offences fled4        
,adam went back and let her be2         
,looking as if his nose had bled4       
,then mother ,eve did at him speer      
,who was it that made such a din8       
,he said a woman would be here1         
,for me1 ,i durst not let her in4       
,i'll go1 said she1 and ask her will1   
,her company ,i would have fain2        
,but aye she cried and knocked still1   
,and in no ways she would refrain4      
,daughter1 said ,eve1 you will do well1 
,and come again another time            
,heaven is not won by sword or steel1   
,nor one that's guilty of a crime4      

,mother1 said she1 the fault is thine1  
,that knocking here so long ,i stand3   
,thy guilt is more than that of mine1   
,if thou wilt rightly understand1       
,our misery thou didst begin1        ,by
 thee thy husband was deceived4         
,eve went back where ,noah was1         
,and told him all how she was blam'd1   
,of her great sin and first trespass1   
,whereof she was so much ashamed4       
,then ,noah said1 ,i will go down1      
,and will forbid her that she knock2    
,go back1 he said1 ye drunken lown1     
,you're none of the celestial flock4    
,noah1 she said1 hold thou thy piece1   
,where ,i drank ale1 thou didst drink   
wine1        ,discovered was to thy     
disgrace1        ,when thou wast full   
like to a swine3        ,if ,i was drunk
 ,i learned at thee1        ,for thou'rt
 the father and the first1        ,that 
others taught1 and likewise me1         
,to drink when we as had no thirst4     
,then ,noah turned back with speed1     
,and told the ,patriarch ,abraham then1 

,how that the carlin made him dread1    
,and how she all his deeds did ken4     
,abraham then said1 now get you gone1   
,let us no more hear of your din        
,no lying wife as ,i suppone1           
,may enter in these gates within4       
,abraham1 she said1 will you but spare1 
,i hope you are not flyting free2       
,you of yourself had such a care1       
,denied your wife and made a lie2       
,o then ,i pray you let me be1          
,for ,i repent of all my sin1        ,do
 thou but open the gates to me1         
,and let me quietly come in4            
,abraham went back to ,jacob then1      
,and told his nephew how he sped1       
,how that of her he nothing wan1        
,and that he thought the carlin mad4    
,then down came ,jacob throu' the close1
        ,and said1 go backward down to  
hell3          ,jacob1 quoth she1 ,i    
know thy voice1        ,that gate       
pertaineth to thy sell        ,of thy   
old trumperies ,i can tell1        ,with
 two sisters thou led'st thy life       

,and the third part of these tribes     
twelve1        ,thou got with maid's    
besides thy wife3        ,and stole thy 
father's bennison1        ,only by fraud
 thy father frae2        ,gave thou not 
him for venison1        ,a kid1 instead 
of baked rae4          ,jacob himself   
was tickled so1        ,he went to ,lot 
where he was lying1        ,and to the  
gate he pray'd him to go1        ,to    
staunch the carling of her crying4      
,lot says fair dame1 make less ado1     
,and come again another day4            
,old harlot carle and drunkard too1     
,thou with thine own two daughters lay1 
,of thine untimely seed ,i say1         
,proceeded never good but ill4          
,poor ,lot1 for shame then stole away1  
,and left the wife to knock her fill4   
,meek ,moses then went down at last1    
,to pacify the carling then2            
,now1 dame1 said he1 knock not so fast1 
,your knocking will not let you ben4    
,good ,sir1 said she ,i am aghast1      
,when that ,i look you in the face2     

,if that your law till now did last1    
,then surely ,i had ne'er got grace3    
,but1 ,moses1 ,sir1 now by your leave1  
,although in heaven thou be possest     
,for all you saw1 did not believe4      
,but you in ,horeb there transgres      
,wherefore by all it is confest1        
,you got but once the land to see1      
,and in the mount was put to rest1      
,yea burned there where1 you did die4   
,then ,aaron said1 you whorish wife1    
,go get you gone and rap no more2       
,with idols you have led your life1     
,or then you shall repent it sore4      
,good ,aaron ,priest1 ,i know you well1 
,the golden calf you may remember1      
,who made the people plagues to see1    
,this is of you recorded ever2          
,your priesthood now is nothing worth1  
,christ is my only priest and he1       
,my ,lord who will not keep me forth1   
,so ,i'll get in1 in spite of thee4     
,up started ,samson at the length1      
,unto the gate apace came he1        ,to
 drive away the wife with's strength1   

,but all in vain it would not be4       
,samson1 says she1 the world may see1   
,thou wast a ,judge who proved unjust1  
,those gracious gifts which ,god gave   
thee1        ,thou lost them by         
licentious lust4        ,from ,dalila   
thy wicked wife1        ,the secrets    
chief couldst nor refrain1        ,she  
daily sought to take thy life1          
,thou lost thy locks and then was slain1
        ,tho' thou wast strong it was in
 vain1        ,haunting with harlots    
here and there4        ,then ,samson    
turned back again1        ,and with the 
wife would mell nae mair4          ,then
 said king ,david1 knock no more4       
,we are all troubled with your cry4     
,david1 quoth she1 how cam'st thou      
there1        ,thou might'st bide out as
 well as ,i3        ,thy deeds no ways  
thou can'st deny1        ,is not thy sin
 far worse than mine1        ,who with  
,uriah's wife did lie1        ,and      
caused him to be murdered syne8         
,then ,jonas said1 fair dame content    

you1        ,if you intend to come to   
grace1        ,you must dree pennance   
and repent you1        ,ere you can come
 within this place4          ,jonas1    
quoth she1 how stands the case8         
,how came you here to be with ,christ8  
,how dare you look him in the face8     
,considering how you broke your tryst8  
,so ,jonas then he was ashamed1         
,because he was not flyting free1       
,of all his faults she had him blamed1  
,he left the wife and let her be4       
,saint ,thomas then1 ,i counsel thee    
,go speak unto yon wicked wife1         
,she shames us all and as for me1       
,her like ,i never heard in life4       
,thomas1 then said1 you make such       
strife1        ,when you are out1 and   
meikle din1        ,if ye were here     
,i'll lay my life1        ,no peace the 
saints will get within1        ,it is   
your trade far to be flyting1           
,still in a fever as one raves1         
,no marvel though you wives be biting1  
,your tongues are made of aspen leaves4 

,thomas1 quoth she1 let be your taunts1 
,you play the pick-thank ,i perceive1   
,tho' you be brother'd 'mong the saints1
        ,an unbelieving heart you have  
,thou brought'st the ,lord unto the     
grave1        ,but would'st no more with
 him remain1        ,and wast the last  
of all the lave        ,that did believe
 he rose again4        ,there might no  
doctrine do thee good1        ,no       
miracles make thee confide1        ,till
 thou beheld ,christ's wounds and blood1
        ,and putt'st thy hands into his 
side2        ,didst thou not daily with 
him bide1        ,and see the wonders   
which he wrought8        ,but blest are 
they who do confide1        ,and do     
believe1 yet saw him not2               
,thomas1 she says1 will ye but speer1   
,if that my sister ,magdelene1          
,will come to me1 if she be here2       
,for comforts sure you give me nane4    
,he was so blythe and turned back1      
,and thanked ,god that she was gane2    
,he had no will to hear her crack1      

,but told it ,mary ,magdalene4          
,when that she heard her sister's mocks1
        ,she went unto the gate with    
speed2        ,and asked her who's there
 that knocks2        ',tis ,i the wife  
of ,beith indeed4        ,she said1 good
 mistress1 you must stand        ,till  
you be tried by tribulation4            
,sister1 quoth she1 give me your hand   
,are we not both of one vocation2       
,it is not through your occupation1     
,that you are placed so divine1         
,my faith is fixed on ,christ's passion1
        ,my soul shall be as safe as    
thine4          ,then ,mary went away in
 haste1        ,the carling made her so 
ashamed1        ,she had no will of such
 a guest1        ,to lose her pains and 
be so blamed4          ,now good ,saint 
,paul1 said ,magdalene1        ,for that
 you are a learned man1        ,go and  
convince this woman then1        ,for ,i
 have done all that ,i can2        ,sure
 if she were in hell1 ,i doubt          
,they would not keep her long there1    

,but to the gate would put her out1     
,and send her back to be elsewhere4     
,then went the good apostle ,paul1      
,to put the wife in better tune1        
,wash off that filth that files thy     
soul1        ,then shalt heaven's gates 
be opened soon4          ,remember1     
,paul1 what thou hast done1        ,for 
all the epistles thou didst compile1    
,though now thou sittest up above1      
,thou persecuted'st ,christ a while4    
,woman1 he said1 thou art not right1    
,that which ,i did1 ,i did not know2    
,but thou didst sin with all thy might1 
,although the preachers did thee show4  
,saint ,paul1 she said1 it is not so    
,i did not know so well as ye1          
,but ,i will to my ,saviour go1         
,who will his favour shew to me4        
,you think you are of flyting free1     
,because you was rapt up above1         
,but yet it was ,christ's grace to thee1
        ,and matchlessness of his dear  
love4          ,then ,paul1 says she1   
let ,peter come1        ,if he be lying 

let him rise1        ,to him ,i will    
confess my sin1        ,and let him     
quickly bring the keys1        ,too long
 ,i stand1 he'll let me in1        ,for 
why ,i cannot longer tarry1        ,then
 shall ye all be quit of din1           
,for ,i must speak with good saint      
,mary4          ,peter1 said she1 let   
,christ arise1        ,and grant me     
mercy in my need2        ,for why ,i    
ne'er deny'd him thrice1        ,as thou
 thyself hast done indeed4              
,thou carling bold1 what's that to thee8
        ,i got remission for my sin2    
,it cost many sad tears to me1          
,before ,i entered here within4         
,it will not be thy meikle din          
,will cause heaven's gates opened be1   
,thou must be purified of sin1          
,and of all sins must be made free4     
,saint ,peter then1 no thanks to you1   
,that so you were rid of your fears1    
,it was ,christ's gracious look1 ,i     
trow1        ,that made you weep those  
bitter tears4        ,the door of mercy 

is not closed1        ,i may get grace  
as well as ye1        ,it is not so as  
ye supposed1        ,i will be in in    
spite of thee4          ,but wicked     
wife1 it is too late1        ,thou      
should'st have mourn'd on earth1        
,repentance now is out of date3         
,it should have been before thy death1  
,thou mightest then have turned wrath   
,to mercy then1 and mercy great1        
,but now the ,lord is very loth1        
,and all thy cries not worth a jot4     
,ah6 ,peter1 then1 what shall ,i do8    
,he will not hear me as ,i hear1        
,shall ,i despair of mercy too8         
,no1 no1 ,i'll trust in mercy dear2     
,and if ,i perish1 here ,i'll stay      
,and never go from heaven bright        
,i'll ever hope and always pray1        
,until ,i get my ,saviour's sight4      
,i think indeed you are not right1      
,if you had faith you could win in2     
,importune then with all your might1    
,faith is the feet wherewith ye come4   
,it is the hands will hold him fast1    

,but weak faith may not presume2        
',twill let you sink1 and be aghast     
,strongly believe1 or you're undone4    
,but1 good saint ,peter1 let me be1     
,had you such faith1 did it abound8     
,when you did walk upon the sea1        
,was you not like for to be drown'd1    
,had not our ,saviour helped thee1      
,who came and took thee by the hand1    
,so can my ,lord do unto me1        ,and
 bring me to the promised land4         
,is my faith weak8 yet he is still      
,the same and ever shall remain2        
,his mercies last1 and his good will1   
,to bring me to his flock again2        
,he will me help and me relieve1        
,and will increase my faith also1       
,of weakly ,i can but believe1          
,for from this place ,i'll never go4    
,but ,peter said1 how can that be1      
,how durst thou look him in the face4   
,such horrid sinners like to thee1      
,can have no courage to get grace2      
,here none comes in but they that's     
stout1        ,and suffered have for the

 good cause2        ,like unto thee are 
keeped out1        ,for thou hast broke 
all ,moses' laws4          ,peter1 she  
said1 ,i do appeal1        ,from ,moses1
 and from thee also4        ,with him   
and you ,i'll not prevail1        ,but  
to my ,saviour ,i will go2              
,indeed of old you were right stout2    
,when you did cut off ,malchus' ear2    
,but after that you went about2         
,and a poor maid then did you fear4     
,wherefore1 saint ,peter1 do forbear1   
,a comforter indeed you're not2         
,let me alone1 ,i do not fear1          
,take home the whistle of your groat3   
,was it your own1 or ,paul's good sword1
        ,when that your courage was so  
keen1        ,you were right stout upon 
my word1        ,then would you fain at 
fishing been2        ,for at the crowing
 of the cock1        ,you did deny your 
master thrice1        ,for all your     
stoutness turned a block1        ,now   
flyte no more if ye be wise4            
,yet at the last the ,lord arose1       

,environed with angels bright1          
,and to the wife in haste he goes1      
,desired her soon pass out of sight4    
,o ,lord1 quoth she1 cause do me right1 
,but not according to my sin2           
,have you not promised day and night1   
,when sinners knock to let them in4     
,he said thou wrests the scriptures     
wrong        ,the night is come thou    
spent the day1        ,in whoredom thou 
hast lived long1        ,and to repent  
thou didst delay2        ,still my      
commandments thou abus'dst1        ,and 
vice committedst busily1        ,since  
now my mercy thou refus'dst1        ,go 
down to hell eternally4        ,o ,lord1
 my soul doth testify1        ,that ,i  
have spent my life in vain2        ,ah6 
make a wand'ring sheep of me1           
,and bring me to thy flock again4       
,think'st thou there is no count to     
crave1        ,of all these gifts in    
thee was planted4        ,i gave thee   
beauty 'bove the lave1        ,a        
pregnant wit thou never wanted4         

,master1 quoth she1 it must be granted1 
,my sins is great give me contrition3   
,the forlorn son when he repented1      
,obtained his father full remission4    
,i spared my judgments many times       
,and spiritual pastors did thee send2   
,but thou renewd'st thy former crimes1  
,aye more and more me to offend4        
,my ,lord1 quoth she1 ,i do amend1      
,lamenting for my former vice           
,the poor thief at the latter           
,for one word went to paradise4         
,the thief heard never of me teaching1  
,my heavenly precepts and my laws1      
,but thou was daily at my preachings1   
,both heard and saw1 and yet miskaws4   
,master1 quoth she1 the scriptures      
shows1        ,the ,jewish woman which  
play'd the lown1        ,conform unto   
the ,hebrew laws1        ,was brought to
 thee to be put down1        ,but       
nevertheless thou lett'st her go1       
,and made the ,pharisees afraid4        
,indeed1 says ,christ it was right so1  
,and that my bidding was obey'd1        

,woman1 he said1 ,i may not cast        
,the childrens' bread to dogs like      
,although my mercies yet do last1       
,there's mercy here but none for thee4  
,but1 loving ,lord1 may ,i presume      
,poor worm1 that ,i may speak again1    
,the dogs for hunger were undone1       
,and of the crumbs they were right fain1
        ,grant me one crumb then that   
did fall        ,from thy best          
childrens' table1 ,lord1        ,that ,i
 may be refreshed withal1        ,it    
will not help enough afford4            
,the gates of mercy now are closed1     
,and thou canst hardly enter in         
,it is not so as thou supposed1         
,for thou art deadly sick in sin4       
',tis true indeed1 my ,lord most meek   
,my sore and sickness ,i do feel3       
,yet thou the lame didst truly seek1    
,who lay long at ,bethseda's pool1      
,of many that thee never sought1        
,like to the poor ,samaritan1           
,whom thou unto thy fold has brought1   
,even as thou didst the widow of ,nain  

,most gracious ,god1 didst thou not bid 
,all that were weary come to thee1      
,behold1 ,i come6 even overload         
,with sin1 have mercy upon me4          
,the issues of thy soul are great1      
,thou art both leprous and unclean1     
,to be with me thou art not fit1        
,go from me then1 let me alone4         
,let me thy garments once but touch1    
,my bloody issue shall be whole1        
,it will not cost thee very much1       
,to save a poor distressed soul1        
,speak thou the word1 ,i shall be whole1
        ,one look of thee shall do me   
good1        ,save now1 good ,lord1 my  
silly soul1        ,bought with thine   
own most precious blood        ,sweet   
,lord my ,god1 say me not nay1          
,for if ,i perish here ,i'll die4       
,poor silly wretch1 then speak no more1 
,thy faith1 poor soul1 hath saved thee2 
,enter thou in unto my glore1           
,and rest thro' all eternity4           
,how soon our ,saviour these words said1
        ,a long white robe to her was   

given2        ,and then the angels did  
her lead1        ,forthwith within the  
gates of heaven3        ,a laurel crown 
set on her head1        ,spangled with  
rubies and with gold3        ,a bright  
white palm she always had1              
,glorious it was for to behold2         
,her face did shine like to the sun1    
,like threads of gold her hair hang     
down1        ,her eyes like lamps unto  
the moon1        ,of precious stones    
rich was her crown4        ,angels and  
saints did welcome her1        ,the     
heavenly choir did sing1 rejoice2       
,king ,david with his harp was there3   
,the silver bells gave a great noise4   
,such music and such melody        ,was 
never either heard or seen1        ,when
 this poor saint was placed so high1    
,and of all sins made freely clean2     
,but then when thus she was possest1    
,and looked back on all her fears2      
,and that she was come to her rest1     
,free'd from all sins1 and all her      
tears1        ,she from her head did    

take the crown1        ,giving all      
praise to ,christ on high1        ,and  
at his feet she laid it down4           
,for that the ,lamb had made her free1  
,now doth she sing triumphantly1        
,and shall rejoice for evermore1        
,o'er death and hell victoriously       
,with lasting pleasures laid in store4  
,,conclusion4          ,of ,,wife ,,of  
,,beith ,i make an end1        ,and do  
these lines with this conclude1         
,let none their lives in sin now spend1 
,but watch and pray1 be doing good1     
,despondent souls do not despair1       
,repent1 and still believe in ,christ1  
,his mercies1 which last for evermore1  
,will save the souls that in him trust4 
,,finis4            ,,transcriber',s    
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