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8 of uch as, have been enemies to our caue; contrary to the word of God, and the declarations, remontrances, olemn warnings, and erious exhortations of his church, whoe public protetations the Lord did admirably bles, to the encouragement of the godly, and the terror of all the oppoers of the work.

Since we are very hortly to appear before our dreadful Mater and Sovereign, we cannot pas from our protetation, truting we are therein accepted of him; though we hould ly under the imputation of dividing pirits, and unpeaceable men. We acknowledge all due obedience in the Lord to the King's Majety; but we diown that eccleiatic upremacy, in and over the church, which ome acribe to him; that power of commanding external worhip not appointed in the word; and laying bonds upon the conciences of men, where Chrit has made them free. We diown antichritian prelacy bowing at the name of Jeus, aints' days, canonizing of the dead, and other uch corrupt inventions of men, and look on them as the high way to Popery. Alas! now there is no need of a pirit of prophecy to declare what hall be the woful condition of a land that hath broken covenant, firt practically, and then legally, with the Lord our God; And what hall be the day of the ilent, and dumb watchmen of Scotland? Where will we leave our glory? and what if Chrit depart out of our land? We verily judge, they are mot loyal to the King's Majesty, who deire the dros may be eparated from the ilver, and the throne etablihed in righteounes and judgement. We are not our witnes is in heaven) againt his Majety's tittle by birth to the Kingdom, and the right of the royal family: but that the controvery of wrath againt the royal family may be removed; that the huge guilt of the throne may be mourned for before the