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HIS that I have read unto you is Scotland's ſin this day: if our king and nobles had our Lord Jeſus Chriſt among them at Edinburgh the day, What would they do with him? They would even give him a pair of gallowſes or worſe, if they could deviſe it; for which he ſhall yoke, e'er long, with our king and nobles, and a part of unfaithful miniſters as well as either prelates or malignants e'er it be long, all ſhall go together in thir lands.

Now in the text, There is fruit called for from thir huſbandmen; what fruit is this! ye ſee it is fruit in ſeaſon: this fruit is called for from thee, O Scotland, the day. This fruit is not ſuch fruit as ye pay your rents with, corn or hay, or the like, that your hearts love well. Sirs, it is fruit in ſeaſon: I'll tell you, irs, the duties that God would have taken off your hands thirty or forty years ago in Scotland, whether preaching or praying, or any other ſpiritual duties, he will not take it off your hand to-day in Scotland; I ſay he will not take it off your hand nor mine either, now when ſo much of the ſaints blood hath gone to ſeal theſe truths, which we were all bound to own in Scotland, and in all theſe covenanted lands. Now, people of God, in Scotland, there is ſome of you looking me in the face the day, I appeal to your conſciences whether it be true or no. Well, what fruit is this that is called for? It is faith and repentance, love to God and obedience to his revealed will, which A2