Page:Last speech, and dying testimony, of the noble Marquiss of Argyle.pdf/6

 It is fit God take me away, before I fall into thee temptations that I ee others falling into, and many others, I fear, will fall: I wih the Lord may pre-vent it. Yet bleed be his name, that I am keeped both from preent evils and evils to come. [Here he turned about a little, and pake ome words to Mr Hutchion, when turning again to the people, he pake as followeth] Some may expect I will regret my own condition; but truly I neither grudge nor repine, nor deire any revenge. And I declare I do not repent my lat going up to London; for I had always rather have uffered any thing than ly under reproaches as I did. I deire not that the Lord hould judge any man, nor do I judge any man but myelf: I wish, as the Lord bath pardoned me, o he may pardon them for this and other things; and what they have done to me may never meet them in their accounts. I have no more to ay, but to beg the Lord that when I go away, he would bles every one that tayeth behind.

His lat words immediately before he laid his head on the block after his doublet was off, were thee: I de-ire you, gentlemen, all that hear me this day, to take notice (and I wih that all who ee me might hear me) that now when I am entering into eternity, and am to appear before my judge; and as I deire alvation, and do expect eternal alvation and happi-nes from him, from my birth to my caffold, I am free from any acceion by my knowledge, concern-ing counel or any other way, to his late Majety's death; and I pray the Lord preserve his Majesty, and pour his bet bleings on his peron and government; and the Lord give him good and faithful counellors.

Turning about to his friends, he aid, Many Chri-tians may tumble at this, and my friends may be dicontented: but when things are rightly conidered