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Rh himſelf; he will condeſcend as low as ye like to you that will reſolve to follow him in this ſtormy blaſt that is blowing upon this poor kirk in Scotland the day.

But there is ſome of you that is come here the day, the next day when ye cannot get a meeting of this kind, ye will run away to your hirelings again: take heed, ſirs, do not mock God, this indulgence will lead you away from Chriſt as well as the curates O the baſe drag the kirk is getting from many of the miniſers in Scotland in our day About thirty-ſix years ago our Lord had a great thick back of miniſters and profeſſors in Scotland'', but one blaſt blew fix hundred of our miniſters from him at once, and they never came back to him again: yea, many lords and lairds, and ladies followed him then, but the wind of the form blew the ladies gallantries in their eyes and their ears both, which put them both blind and deaf, that they never ſaw to follow Chriſt ſince, nor to hear his pleaſant voice; the lords and lairds, and ladies were all blown over the brae Alas! for the apoſtacy of nobles, gentles, miniſters and profeſſors in Scotland: Scotland e'er long ſhall run in ſtreams of blood, yea, many of the ſaints blood ſhall yet be ſhed e'er long: but yet the blood of the ſaints ſhall be the eed of a glorious church in Scotland. O ſirs, what are ye doing in this country-ſide? Chriſt's followers in throw in Clydſdale yonder, they have ventured fair for God, and hath given a great teſtimony, they have burnt the teſt, and the acts of the curſed parliament. There was a poor widow in that country-ſide, as I came throw, that was worth many of you, and when ſhe was aſked how ſhe did in this ill time: I do very well (ſays ſhe) I get more good in one verſe of the Bible now, nor I did in it all lang ſyne; He hath caſten me the keys of the pantry door, and bids me take my fill: was not that a Chriſtian indeed? O ſirs. I would have you taking heed what ye are doing now, when the blood of the ſaints is running ſo faſt.'' C