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 fear. I cannot but alſo ſay, that there is a great addition and increaſe of wrath; 1. By that deluge of profanity that overfloweth all the land, and hath reins looſed unto it every where, in ſo far that many have loſt, not only all uſe and exercise of religion, but even of morality, and that common civility which is to be found amongſt the heathen. 2. By that horrible treachery and perjury that is in the matter of the covenant, and cauſe of God, and work of reformation: Be aſtoniſhed, O ye heavens, at this, and be ye horribly afraid, and be ye very deſolate, faith the Lord: for my people have committed two great evils, they have forſaken me, the fountain of living waters, and have hewed them out ciſterns, broken ciſterns, that can hold no waters ſhall he break the covenant and proſper? Shall the throne of iniquity which frameth miſchief by a law, have fellowſhip with God? I fear the Lord be about to; bring a ſword on theſe lands, which ſhall avenge the quarrel of his covenant. 3. Horrible ingratitude, the thethe [sic] Lord after ten years oppreſſion, and bondage, hath broken the yoke of ſtrangers from off our necks: but what do we render to him for this goodneſs? moſt of the fruit of our delivery is, to work wickedneſs,and to ſtrengthen ourſelves to do evil. 4. A most dreadful idolatry, and ſacrificing to the creature, we have changed the glory of the incorruptable God, into the image of corruptible man, in whom many have placed almoſt all their ſalvation and deſire, and have turned that which might have been bleſſing unto us, (being kept in a due line of ſubordination under God) into an idol of jealouſy, by preferring it before him. God is alſo wroth with a generation of carnal, corrupt, time-ſerving miniſters; I know, and bear teſtimony, that in the church of Scotland, there is a true and faithful miniſtry: bleſſed be God, we have yet many who ſtudy their duty, and deſire to be found faithful to their Lord and Maſter; and I pray you to honour, and reverence, and esteem much of theſe for their work's ſake; and I pray them to be encouraged in their Lord and Maſter, who is with them, to make them