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Rh and blaphemy. The Lord hath covered himelf with a cloud in his anger, we looked for peace, but behold evil: Our ouls rejoiced, when his majety did wear the covenant of God, and put thereto his eal and ubcription; and therefore confirmed it by his royal promie. So that the ubjects' hearts bleed the Lord, and reted upon the healing word of a prince. But now, alas! the contrary is ennacted by law, the carved work is broken down, ordinances are defaced, and we are brought into the former bondage and chaos of prelatical confuions. The royal prerogative of Chrit is pulled from his head, and, after all the days of orrow we have een, we have jut caue to fear we hall be made to read and eat that book, wherein is written mourning, and lamentation, and wo. Yet we are to believe Chrit will not o depart from the land, but a remnant hall be aved; and he hall reign a victorious conquering king to the ends of the earth. O that there were nations, kindreds, tongues, and all the people of Chrit's habitable world, encompaing his throne with cries and tears for the pirit of upplication, to be poured down upon the inhabitants of Judah for that effect.

R. SAMUEL RUTHERFOORD, a gentleman by extraction, having pent ome time at the grammar-chool, went to the univerity of Edinburgh, where he was o much admired for his pregnancy of parts, and deervedly looked upon as one from whom ome great things might be expected, that in a hort time (though then but very