Page:Last speech and testimony of John Finlay, who lived in Muirside in the parish of Kilmarnock, and suffered in the Grass-Market of Edinburgh, December 15. 1682 for his faithful adhering to the cause and interest of Christ.pdf/15

( 15 ) but I believe his Decree will ſtand, oppoſe it who will, Pſal ii. . Yet have I ſet my King upon my holy Hill of Zion Iſa. xlii. 8. I am the Lord, that is my Name, and my Glory will I not give to another, neither my Praiſe to graven Images Now it is his Declarative Glory which thar Uſurper hath taken unto himſelf. Ay but he that leadeth Captivity captive according to his Royal Will and Word will reclaim his own Glory; he it is alone that hath given him to be the ſure Foundation, where- on all the Building is fitly framed, That Stone that the Builders hath rejected, is made the Head of the Corner, Iſa. xxviii. 16. Therefore thus faith the Lord God, Behold, I lay in Zion for a Foundation, a Stone, a tried Stone, a precious Corner Stone, a ſure Foundation; he that believeth, full not make haſte. ver. 17. Judgment alſo will I lay to the Line and Righteouſness to the Plummer, and the Hail ſhall ſweep away the Refuge of Lies, and the Waters ſhalt over flow the hiding Place.

7thly, I bleſs and magnifie the holy Name of my God, that hath called me to be a Sufferer for his Work and Intereſt, counting it not my Shame, but a high Privilege and dignifying of me, when many famous in their Generation hath been denied of it, when ſo many is denying, and by their Practice is rendering the Croſs of Chriſt of no Effect. O my Friends, bleſs and magnifie your God for this, that ye are privileged with theſe Things, and