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Rh such in the chools, and pend as much time with the tudents and young men in itting them for the Minitry, as if he had been fequetrate from all the world beides, and yet withal to write as much, as if he had been contantly hut up in his tudy.

But no onner did the retoration of Charles II. take place, than the face of affairs began to change, and after his fore-mentioned book Lex Rex was burnt at the cros of Edinburgh, and at the gates of the new college of St. Andrews, where he was profeor of divinity, the parliament, in 1661, were to have an indictment laid before then againt him, and uch was their humanity, (when every body knew he was a-dying) that they caued ummon him to appear before them at Edinburgh, to anwer to a charge of high treaon : But he had a higher tribunal to appear before, where his Judge was his friend, and was dead before that time same, being taken away from the evil to come.

When on his death-bed, he lamented much that he was withheld from bearing witnes to the work of reformation, ince the year 1638, and upon the 8th of Feb. he gave a large and faithful tetimoy* againt the inful coures of that time: which tetimony he ubcribed twelve days before his death, being full of joy and peace in believing.

During the time of his lat icknes, he uttered many avoury peeches, and often broke out in a kind of acred rapture, exalting and commending the Lord Jeus, epecially when his end drew near. He often called him his bleed Mater, his kingly King. Some days before his death, he aid, 'I shall hine; I hall ee him as he is; I hall ee him reign, and all his fair company with him, and I shall have my large hare. Mine eyes hall ee my Redeemer; thee very eyes of mine; and none


 * This Tetimony is printed immediately preceding this Account of his Life.