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HE Commiion of the General Aembly of the Church of Scotland is conidering that a wicked and deperate Rebellion is raied and carried on thee Kingdoms, againt our only rightful and lawful Sovereign King George; and with an Intent to ubvert our preent happy Etablihment, by etting a Popih Pretender on the Throne, educated in all the Maxims of Popih Supertition and French Tyranny: Judge it our indipenible Duty, as appointed by our Great Lord and Mater to watch for the Souls of Men, and in puruance of the Trut committed by the General Aembly to watch over the concerns of this Church, to give faithful and public Warning to the People under our Care, of the imminent Danger to with which every thing valuable to us, as we are Men and Chritians, is evidently threatened. We therefore do earnetly obtet all Protetants, all Lovers of our Religion, Liberty, and native Country, to beware of the deluive Arts which Romih Emiaries from Abroad, and the Enemies of our Contitution at Home, have indutriouly and indefatigably ued to detroy that glorious Structure, which our gracious GOD reared up at the Revolution, by King William of immortal Memory.

Specious Declarations are made, by the Pretender and his Son, of ecuring to Britih Protetants their Religion and Liberties; but they are made by the Sons of a Church, whoe known Principle and Practice is never to keep Faith with Hereticks, (and uch he reckons all Protetants) a Church which never omitted an Opportunity of detroying all thoe who eparated from her, when it was in her Power: She coniders them as the Pets of human Society, from whoe Contagion he thinks herelf obliged to deliver