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Rh worthies had that he ſeeks from you: it is holineſs in deign, and to obey the device of ſalvation in the deſign of the goſpel And now take heed that ye double your diligence, and fail not of the grace of God in this dark hour of darkneſs that is coming, and is further to come on Scotland: for it is a very ſad and dreadful prognoſtication from God, that at this juncture of time, the Lord hath almoſt blown out all the lights in Scotland. And now I leave it on you to mind the priſoners in Scotland the day, in all the priſons in Scotland, as ye will anſwer in the great day, and take a hearty liſt with them in their ſad diſtreſs

And now, ye young folk, I leave it on you to make conſcience in cloſing with him; O! ſay ye, we are young, and has time enough to repent; but I'll tell you, ſirs, the Lord needs no other rod to chaſtiſe you with, but to let you live 30, or 40, or 60, or 70 years in this world; and then, if ye remain ignorant, he will caſt you into hell, and therefore take heed to yourſelves. And now, ſirs, the Lord haſtens to come, and he hath been crying to you in theſe lands (and namely to thee upſitten Scotland) to watch with him but one hour in his ſufferings and temptations, but we have not done it: for which thou, O Scotland shall be made the butt of his wrath e'er long; but the other two lukewarm indifferent lands ſhall not eſcape, but ſhall drink off the dregs of the cup of his anger. But, indeed, the blood of the perſecuted remnant that hath been ſhed to witneſs againſt defections for a teſtimony ſpeaks beſt to thee, O Scotland, a remnant of thee ſhall eſcape; and ſhall be monumments of his mercy in all the floods of wrath that is coming on theſe lands; yea, a remnant in the other two lukewarm lands, that hath been ſympathizing with his broken work ſhall eſcape; but I fear the number ſhall be few. And now, ſirs, I leave theſe things upon you, and this ſad word I have to tell you, that to a faithful miniſter about thirty years ago, a whole was not ſo weighty as one profeſſor is this