thereafter very harshly treated, and so closley watched, that he with difficulty got liberty to write his testimony. He was executed at the Howgate-head of Glasgow, on the 5th of June 1684, and died in much peace and assurance.]

"Now, I am brought hither this day, to lay down my life for the testimony of Jesus Christ, and for asserting him to be the Head and King in his own honse, and for no matter of fact, that they have against me. Wherefore, dear friends, and all true lovers of Zion's cause, if I could either speak or write any thing to the praise and commendation of my lovely Lord and princely Master, Jesus Christ, King and Head over his own church and people; although the most part of the men of this generation is counting it death to call him so, yet I, as a dying man, live and die in the faith of it, that he shall appear to their confusion, and for his own glory now trampled upon, and lying so low; for he has said in Isa. xlii. 8. 'I am the Lord, that is my name; and my glory, I will not give it to another,' &c. Now, I am to lay down my life, and indeed I do it willingly, and not by constraint; and I bless him, that ever he carved out my lot such, as to be a sufferer for him, who am such a poor unworthy thing: for if I would have acknowledged a mortal man to be supreme, I might have redeemed my life, viz. Charles Stuart to be supreme over all causes civil and ecclesiastic, as they have now set him up ;-which belongs to no mortal man upon earth, and to have prayed for him. And shall I pray for that man in his person and government, who hath broken down the work of the Lord, and has laid waste the sanctuary of our Lord,' who was given of the Father, as it is said, Eph. i. 22. And hath put all things under his feet, and given him to be head over all things to the church;' and in the second psalm. Now, I say, it is for the hope of Israel, and a witness for the name of Jesus Christ, of which hope I am not ashamed. Now, I invite all who love his name, and the welfare of Zion, to praise him, for I may set to my seal to it, that he is a good Master to all who will come to him; for I may say, he bath been good to me, who has let me see a sight of my sins, and a sight of the remedy that he has purchased by his blood, and through his death to me, who was born an heir of hell and wrath by nature; but glory be to his great name, who has made me free from my sin, and made me as if I had never sinned. O glory and praise be to himself. But what shall I say? for heart cannot conceive, hand cannot write, tongue cannot express! for surely, if I could say any thing to the praise and commendation of my lovely Lord Jesus Christ, I have many things for which to do it. 1st, For that, That he has not let me deny his truths and cause, and his persecuted work; for there is nothing in me, as I am of myself, but I might have been amongst those that have displayed a banner against God, and have made the blood of his people to run in the streets, and have dyed their gaiments with their blood. And, 2dly, That he has carved out my lot to be in a land where he hath set up his pure ordinances, both in doctrine, worship, discipline and government; for indeed he might have trysted it to have been among those that are worshipping antichrist, that whore

of Rome, whose sentence may be read, Rev. xix. 12. And if Charles Stuart has not overturned his work, and corrupted the whole land, by overturning the whole fundamental laws, both civil and ecclesiastic, I leave it to any judicious person, that is not biassed and drawn away, by that woful Erastian supremacy, which is like to overspread the whole land. 3dly, That he hath given his word for a rule to walk by, which word is truth, and the true word of God. He has made me to walk by it, and it to be my rule; and by his word and Spirit bearing witness with my spirit, making me spotless and clean, and I shall be clothed with those robes of his righteousness, which are spotless and clean.

"Now I shall only give a short account of my principles, as the Lord shall assist; and the Lord help me to get it done in truth and sincerity; for there are many eyes looking on me; the eyes of an allseeing God, who is of purer eyes than that he can behold iniquity,' and the eyes of men who are thirsting for my blood. 1st, I adhere, and sweetly set to my testimony, to the covenant of redemption, betwixt the Father and the Son, made before the foundation of the world, for the redemption of poor lost mankind, I mean, of those who are elected, called, justified, and sanctified; for which my soul shall bless the Lord that ever I heard tell of the same, and that ever I heard tell, that he came into the world to save sinners, of whom I am chief.' 2dly, To the sacred Scriptures, that they are the true word of God; and that there is life everlasting to be had in them, if ye will apply your hearts to search diligently, and pursue after them with a sincere and diligent seeking, with all the soul and heart; and without sincere endeavouring to make it your rule, there is no life; for says our blessed Lord, I came not to destroy the law, but to fulfil it.' 3dly, To the work of reformation as it was reformed in all the several steps thereof, from under popery, prelacy, and Erastianism, and all other errors whatsoever, not agreeable to the Scriptures, the written word of God. 4thly, To the Confession of Faith, the Sum of Saving Knowledge, Directory for Worship and Discipline, and to our Catechisms Larger and Shorter. 5thly, To the Covenants National and Solemn League, whereby these lands were engaged unto the Lord; and Scotland may bless the Lord, that ever he engaged her in a covenant with himself. I say, to you that desire to own the same, make it your ground to plead with the Lord, till he come back again to these lands. 6thly, To the preaching of the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ, as it was faithfully preached by faithful ministers, called and commissioned, and sent by himself; and also my testimony to the Acknowledgment of Sins, and Engagement to Duties, and the Causes of the Lord's Wrath, against this land this day; but, alas! it may be said, many have gone backward, and not forward; the most part of this generation have refused to walk any more with him, ever since Bothwell, only these two, viz. Mr. Donald Cargill, and Mr. Richard Cameron, which I desire to set my seal to the faithfulness of these two men's doctrines, for my soul has been refreshed by them. And I set to my seal to all their proceedings and actings in the work they were called to, and my soul blesseth the Lord, that ever I heard them preach. 7thly, To all the appearings in arms in defence of the gospel, and

self-defence, both before Bothwell, and since. Sthly, To the excommunication at the Torwood, by Mr. Donald Cargill, as it is just and lawful, and will stand in force and record, ay, till repentance make it null,--of which there is little appearance. 9thly, To the Testimony given at Rutherglen, May 29th, 1679, the Declaration given at Lanark, June 11th, 1682, by a party whom the Lord raised and stirred up by his Spirit, and owned them in that work, to give a public testimony against that soul-destroying, and land-ruining thing, called the Test, although many in this generation be pleading for the lawfulness of it, and disowning the covenant which we are all bound to. O! my heart trembles to think, what will come on this generation, for their dreadful apostasy and departing from the way of the Lord. 10thly, To all the fellowship meetings of the Lord's people, for reading, praying, and singing of psalms, and all the other duties proper for, and incumbent upon them. I mean these that desire to wrestle and hold up the cause of his ruined work, and his poor suffering remnant. 11thly, To the eight articles, called the New Covenant, taken at the Queensferry off worthy Henry Hall.

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"Now, as I have left my testimony in short to the truths of God: so I desire to leave my testimony against the defections of the time, as the Lord shall help and assist. Therefore, I, as a dying witness, leave my testimony, 1st, Against popery and prelacy, which is so much countenanced and set up in Scotland this day, especially by those who seemed to be most eminent, as it is in Gal. i. 6. I marvel that ye are so soon removed from him that called you into the grace of Christ, unto another gospel,' &c. 2dly, Against quakerism, independency, and all other errors, which are not according to the word of God, and our solemn covenants and confession of faith. 3dly, Against the tyrant upon the throne of Britain and Ireland, for his tyranny, oppression, and bloodshed, and for overturning the laws, both civil and ecclesiastic, and not making the law his rule to be ruled by, but he ruling the law and not the law him; which is not according to the word, as it is in 2 Sam.xxiii. 3. He that ruleth over men must be just, ruling in the fear of God,' &c. Even against that tyrant, and all the upholders, aiders, assisters, and maintainers, of him. O what will become of this generation for their apostasy and departing away from God? 4thly, Against the oath of supremacy, for the setting up of persons as supreme, and following and making them their rule, and not taking the word of God to be their rule. 5thly, Against that bond taken in the Grayfriars' kirk-yard, although there be many that denied it, until the Lord in his own due time made it appear, when the trial came to a greater length; for he has said in his word, that there is nothing done in secret, but he will have it manifested in the light.' 6thly, Against the bond called the bond of regulation, for their binding to walk according to the will of men, and not according to the will of God. Surely it is not according to the practice of the apostles, Acts iv. 19. But Peter and John answered and said unto them, Whether it be right in the sight of God, to hearken unto you men, than unto God, judge ye.' 7thly, Against the bond pressed by the

Higbland host in the west country. O! what may be said of this generation? It may be said, Ye have gone away backward from my ordinances, and ye have forsaken me the living God, and have hewed you out broken cisterns that can hold no water. 8thly, Against that land-ruining and soul-destroying thing called the Test. 9thly, Against all coming out of prison upon bond and caution; whatever men may say of it, it is a complying with the avowed enemies, and a binding themselves to be the prisoners of men, and not the prisoners of Jesus Christ. 10thly, Against all compearing at courts and paying of fines; for it implies, that we have done a fault against them, and also it approves of those as just judges, that are imposing these things; but ye may see what they are,—for there is no sober man will get leave to plead an action there. And can these be called judges, and owned as judges, who are grassators and land judgments? 11thly, Against all cess and locality, which is imposed for the down-bearing of the gospel, and for maintaining bloody and avowed enemies to banish Christ and his gospel out of the land, and to hunt, plunder, rob, spoil, and persecute the poor people of God; for in the very narrative of the act, it is set down for that end, and declared to the world; see what is said against it. Isa. lxv. 11. But ye are they that forsake the Lord, that forget my holy mountain, that prepare a table for that troop, and that furnish the drink-offering unto that number. Therefore I will number you to the sword,' &c. 12thly, Against hearing of curates, because they are wolves and boars, thrust in upon the Lord's people to kill and destroy; and against the indulgence, Erst and last; and against the hearing of them, and joining with them, or pleading for them; because they are not entered in by the right door, and teach for doctrines the commandments of men; therefore they are, in so far, not the ministers of Jesus Christ, but the ministers of men,' as it is said John x. 1. Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that entereth not by the door into the sheepfold, but climbeth up some other way, the same is a thief and a robber.' And against all ministers and professors, who are now lying at ease, when Zion is in trouble, and are shifting their duty for fear of hazard, and are sheltering themselves under the shadow of these avowed enemies, pleading in their favour,! and have broken the poor people of God, and rent the bowels of the church; and especially these who appeared once in the fields, to hold up a banner for our lovely Lord and Master Jesus Christ, I shall be a witness against them, if repentance prevent it not.

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"Now, ye that are the poor wrestling remnant, weary not of the cross of Christ, for he is a good Master, and he sends none a warfare on their own charges, for he will own them in all that he carves out for them. O double your diligence, and give him no rest till he come back again, as in Isa. lxii. 7. And give him no rest till he establish, and till he make Jerusalem a praise in the earth.' O! what will come of poor Scotland, for the horrid iniquities and abominations, perjury and bloodshed, and covenant-breaking? O! Scotland's punishment will be sad; but my eyes shall be closed, and I shall not see it, and I am well content, seeing I get my soul for a prey. Now I am afraid God will not know many of this generation that have gone such a dreadful

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length in defection and backsliding. But, O, what shall I say! I leave it to himself to do as he may most glorify himself, in preserving a seed and remnant to serve him. Now I die in the faith of it, that he has a seed whom he will have preserved when he sends forth instruments with slaughter weapons, that he has a party that he will set a mark on, as it is said, Ezek. ix. 4. And the Lord said unto him, Go through the midst of the city, through the midst of Jerusalem, and set a mark on the foreheads of the men that sigh and cry for all the abominations that be done in the midst thereof. Now, I say, Weary not of the cross of Christ, although ye should suffer persecution, for he has said, In the world ye shall have tribulation, but in me ye shall have peace.' And, O, but he taketh exact notice what is done to his people. Obad. ver. 13. Thou shouldst not have entered into the gate of my people in the day of their calamity; yea, thou shouldst not have looked on their affliction in the day of their calamity; nor have laid hands on their substance in the day of their calamity.' O but that is a sweet word, 2 Tim. ii. 11, 12. It is a faithful saying, for if we be dead with him, we shall also live with him: if we suffer, we shall also reign with him if we deny him, he will also deny us.' O, sirs! lose not heaven mammon, and your own souls for what ye can suffer here. It is true, none can merit heaven by their sufferings, but it is as true, that he has said, 'He that will not forsake all, and take up his cross and follow me, he cannot be my disciple.' Now, I know there will many brand me with self-murder, because I have got many an offer to go to Carolina, upon such easy terms. But as to that, I answer, self-preservation must stoop to truth's preservation. There are indeed many of this generation who pretend to keep their present ease, and to be followers of Christ; but I defy any, if they be called to a public testimony, but they shall either lose their present possession, or else that which is of more worth, even their immortal souls and everlasting salvation.

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"Now, as to the heads of my indictment whereon they have sentenced me to die, they are mainly these. 1st, My approving of Drumclog and Bothwell, and my being at Glasgow,-to be lawful and in defence of the gospel, and in self-defence, which both the law of God and nature allow. And, 2dly, For adhering to the National and Solemn League and Covenant; and they declared before my face, that both their king and council had disowned the covenant, and had taken it away by their acts of parliament; and said, that they were both unjust and unlawful: and shall such be owned and adhered to, who have declared themselves against King Christ, and have broken his laws, and have seated themselves in the room of Jesus Christ, which belongs to no mortal man upon earth, and much less to him who is an usurper and a tyrant, I mean Charles Stuart ? And here I, as a dying witness, leave my testimony against that monstrous beast, for our Saviour calls Herod a fox, and says, 'Go tell that fox, I work to-day and to-morrow, and the third day I shall be perfected.' 3dly, and mainly, my sentence was, That I disowned their authority: for since they had rejected the covenant, I was the more clear to disown them to be my judges, or governors over the land; and they asserted it