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3 of York, and our graceleſs prophane nobles and gentlemen, and graceleſs miniſters of Scotland. O the graceleſs watchmen of Scotland is all dyed with the blood of the ſaints. O my heart trembles within me to think what is coming on the backſliding, oul-murdering miniſters of Scotland: the children of the ſaints that ſhall out-live the captivity in the days that are coming, ſhall be ready to meet ſuch miniſters, and ſtone them with ſtones, as ye have it in Zechariah 13 chap. 4 ver. Therefore take heed what ye are doing, for there is as ſad days coming as ever was in theſe lands; namely in thee, apoſtate Scotland, for thy perjury and apoſtacy. We have all cauſe to be afraid that he be about to tranſmit his vineyard to another nation, to better huſbandmen that will give him his fruits better than we in Scotland have done. Now ye that are the people of God, I ken that ye will think this hard news; but yet I have this to tell you, although we have provoked him to remove his candleſtick to another land, and he is threatening to do ſo for a while; but yet though there be wrath in his face, there is love in his heart, and he will return to thee, O Scotland, and there ſhall be as glorious days in thee, O Scotland, as ever was in the world, in deſpite of all his adverſaries, both king, council and parliament, and profane malignants and prelates; yea, and all the defections of the people of God, ſhall not keep him away from making a viſit to his poor perſecuted friends in Scotland yet.

A 6th ſort of dead folk are, Ye that want heart-holineſs, although ye have a profeſſion, yet ye are but light, wanton profeſſors, unconcerned with the caſe of the time: I fear the devil is inveſted in many of you, boiling in your hearts luſts and idols: well, ſirs, all the miniſters in the world cannot help you in this caſe, it muſt be Chriſt that muſt do it, as he did to Mary Magdalene: for the devil is as really in many of you as he was in her. But I fear Chriſt hath quat