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Rh Now ſirs, when wrath is ſo near, I pray you to take notice what ye are doing; for e'er long, Britain and Ireland ſhall be overthrown with judgments, and drowned in blood; and ye ſhall be gathered together as flocks of ſheep to hill-ſides in a ſtormy night, and ſhall be overthrown with the wrath of God, which ſhall overthrow theſe lands, for the dreadful wrongs Chriſt hath gotten amongſt us. And now I give you faithful warning, if ye periſh, your blood ſhall be upon your own head. I aſſure you, e'er it be long, ye ſhall be made an aceldama, (a field of blood) and then two ſtorms ſhall be on you at once. Firſt, The wrath of God to cut you off, and awakened conſcience within, and a bloody ſword to take away your life, and I trow that ſhall be ſore to bide. And now, O backſliding profeſſors of Scotland, take heed how you have your graces in exerciſe, look that ye fail not of the grace of God in this ſad day; and remember that a ſtock of grace will not do your turn, and I trow few of you hath that itſelf: therefore take heed what you are doing; for it is no ſmall meaſure of wrath that is upon poor Scotland the day. The Spirit of converſion is reſtrained, the preaching of the goſpel blaſted, the Word of the Lord does no good; this bodes great wrath on Scotland this day, and all theſe lands I'll tell you ſirs, ye had need to heed your doings in ſuch an hour of temptation, when ſo many profeſſors are going with the ſtorm: for there is nothing but immediate divine ſupport out of heaven will hold you up in a ſtormy blaſt. A Chriſtian that hath been a ſtanding Chriſtian theſe forty years, an hour's time of a fiery trial may lay them on their back, and deny Chriſt. This may make all of us tremble, fear, and be humble before the Lord. God ſave you from a ſudden ſurpriſing temptation, of which there are many in our day in Scotland. But to the poor broken-hearted believer that reſolves in his name and in his ſtrength to ſtand through the ſtorm, I have B 2