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( 56 ) of a Diſcourſe anent publick Differences, ſaid, That, before Buſineſſes went as they are going, a Hundred thouſand in the Three Kingdoms would loſe their Lives. Therefore Macers are ordered to cite them both before the Council, againſt the 11th inſtant. November 11th, reported, That Sir James Stewart and his Son had been cited to anſwer this Day; and it being informed by ſome of the Members, that Sir James can clear himſelf, the Lords appoint the Earl of Morton and Lord Tarbet to examine Sip James, and report: Waller Stewart his Son appeared, and denied the foreſaid Speeches Charged againſt him. Witneſſes being called and examined, the Council find he uttered ſome things fending to Sediti- on, and impriſon him in the Tolbooth till further Order. Every thing which favoured of a Senſe of Liberty, or cxpreſſed any Diſlike at Biſhops, was now reckoned ſedi- tious Speaking. This excellent and religious young Gentle man was ſoon diſmiſſed, and died not very long after this, not without ſome very remarkable Fore-notices of his Diſſolution, to himſelf and excellent Father; and, hav- ing run faſt, came ſoon to his eternal Prize. We ſhall afterward hear of worthy. Mr. Hew MacKaile, and find him ſealing the Truth with his Blood after Pentland. It was, as I take it, after this faithful and free Sermon, wherein it was pretended he reflected on the King, becauſe he preached the Scriptural Doctrine upon Church Govern- ment, that he went abroad, and accompliſhed himſelf in travelling for ſome Years. When he came home, he was the more qualified to be the object of the Prelates Spite. Upon the 18th of December, the Juſtice Clerk and Ju- ſtice Depute have before them Mr: Her MacKaile, and ſeven others; who pronounced Sentence of Death upon them, and ordered them to be hanged, at the Croſs of E- dinbargh, December 22d. All of them, ſave three, were executed that Day's and moſt Part of their Speeches are already more than once publiſhed.