being thefe John Loudon in Mill of New-mills, John Pater fon in Slacks, John Fram in Tonflen. James Connel in Bank herd *.

I fet them down here, that their names may be a ftink and il favour, to aftercoming generations, as apoftate from the way of God, Demas-like, have forfaken the way of God, and "chofen a prefent world;" and now have not holden them there, but have become followers of the people of God to the death, by their engagement and oaths to the enemies, taking that hell hatched thing called the test..

Now as I leave my teftimony to the truth of God in part, fo I have left my reftimony against fome of the prevailng fins of the times, and as I this day defire with heart and foul, to adhere to all the truths of God, named, and not named, and I alfo defire with my whole foul to difown all profanation and loofe Fiving, aud vain fpeeches, that is not for the ufe of edifying; and alfo against lukewarmnefs, and lying by at cafe in Zion, when the is toffed upon the turbulent fea of affliction; but you that defire to have your portion and stock in that fhip, I defire to leave this word of comfort, "That the mafter thall a"wake and rebuke the storm, and make it calm, that fuch a "calmness has not been yet" Look Ifa. xliv. from the beginning to the 9 ver. and affure yourselves, that his faithfulnefs will not fail, nor his promife come to nought; for this day I fet to my feal to the faithfulness of his promifes to poor me, and what concerned my falvation; and O! how much fhall he not own his own inheritance, and his poor church which is given him of the Father, to be king thereof! and will he give that which he hath purchased by his own blood and fufferings, to the hands of man? No, "Heaven and earth fhall pass away, but one jot, or one title fhall not pass, till "all be fulfilled:" Although that men be this day employing

N. B. That the above mentioned John Loudon became poor, and his Pofterity are now reduced to Beggary, notwith Itanding they had of Heritage fix or feven thousand Merks worth, John Paterfon died at Edinburgh of the French-Pox, John Fram was broke and fled to Ireland, and as it is commonly reported, he was hanged there for ftealing of horfe, James Connel became miferable, and his Pofterity are in want. They were in fellowship with John Richmond, and were equally guilty with him in every thing, for which he was condemned, but their falling from the truth, the enemy made ufe of them, to witness him to death.

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their power and ftrength, for the down-bearing of the church of God, yet all that burdens themselves with her, fhall be dafhed in pieces, and the fnares and gins they have laid for the poor people of God, they fhall be taken therein themselves, and although the whole generality, yea, all except a poor and contemptible and afflicted remnant be joined hand in hand, to uphold the tyrannical power of a man, yet they and all that is againft King Chrift, fhall be brought to ruin, Prov. xi 21. Though hand join in hand, the wicked fhall not pafs unpu"nifhed." And as for that abominable race and family, I mean the tyrant upon the throne of Britain, that race and that family fhall fall under that command given from the Lord to Jeremiah, Chap. xxii. beginning at the 25 verfe to the close, but especially the laft ver. "Thus faith the Lord, Write this man childless, a man that fhall not profper in his days: for no man of his feed fhall profper fit ing upon the throne of "David, and ruling any more in Ifrael."

And now, my dear friends, I mean, the poor wrestling remnant, or any who fhall follow the footsteps of them hereafter, fcar not at the cross of Chrift, though that the affiictions and bondage of his poor people fhall be lengthned out; for I fay yet again the Lord fhall come and fhall not tarry, to make good his promife, for the relief of his poor church; "for

the Lord is not flack concerning his promife, as fome "men count flacknefs, but is long-fuffering," waiting for the outcoming of his people, and feparating themselves from the people of these abominations, and not only public abominations, but his people must be feparate from every heartidol, and every private fin, walking as in the fight of a holy God, in all holy converfation, as the fons and daughters of the living God; and alfo be encouraged to wait upon him, till he finish his own work; look that of the vii. of Micah, 8 ver. "Rejoice not against me, O my enemy; though I fall, I "fhall arife; when I fit in darknefs, the Lord shall be a light ་ unto me. And in the ver. I will bear the indignation of "the Lord, because, I have finned against him, untill he plead 66 my cause, and execute judgment for me; he will bring me

forth to the light, and I fhall behold his righteoufnefs." So the poor church comforts herself under all the indignation and correction fhe was under, that the Lord would plead her caufe, and execute judgment for her; and then in the 13 ver. "Not"withstanding the land fhall be defolate, for the fruit of their "doings:" Therefore my dear friends, wait upon the Lord, weary not until he works his own work; for he is very likely, and that this land must be laid defolate, before he comfort his people, and restore his church to her wonted plivileges; yea, and

I fay as a dying witnefs of Chrift, that God's judgments shall be poured out upon Scotland, till it be laid defolate.

Now I fhall fay no more upon this head. My dear friends hold faft till he come, and be upon your watch tower, and have oil in your lamps, that your light may be fhining, your lamps burning, for the bridegroom will come in an hour when ye are not aware, and in a way that ye are not looking for.

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Now I fhall fay no more upon this head. Now I leave teftimony against thefe called our judges, and against these affizers, both thefe that fat upon my brethren, and upon myfelf, my blood and my brethrens blood fhall be required at their hands; and my blood fhall be charged uoon John Balfour, who took ine, for he declared to me, that he knew me by my garb, that I was one of the perfecuted men, and fo it was the ground he apprehended me upon, because I was a fufferer for the name of Chrift. Now, as I am of myself, I can freely for give them and all others, for what they have done to me, and do freely forgive them; but as they have done it against the image of God in me, and in despite against his work cause and intereft of Jesus Christ, that is not mine to forgive, I leave that to him elf. And now, dear friends, I having little time, my fentence being paft upon the 17 day of March at eight o' clock at night, to die the 19th day of the fame, at two in the afternoon.

And now this day I am to fuffer martyrdom, and my head to be ftriken off and to be fixt upon the Tolbooth, for the name of Jefus. Now fcar not at the cross of Chrift, for O if ye knew what I have met with fince I came to prison, what love, what matchless love, from my fweet and lovely Lord, ye would long to be with him, and ye would count it nought to go thro' a fea of blood for him: Ö I invite you dear friends, to stick to the truths of God, and bide by him, that the name of Ifracl may not be rooted out; but this I defire to live and to die in the faith of it, that the blood shed and spilt in Scotland shall have a glorious crop of vengeance.

And now, as for the generality of this generation, or these back fliden and backfliding Profeffors, I know not what to fay of them, but this is the language to me of their way, and I leave it as a dying witnefs for Chrift, that thefe let, and will let, till they be taken out of the way. Now I leave my wife and my baby unto him who gave them unto me; I fully quit with them, and leave them to my Lord and Mafter, who can make us meet above the clouds. Now I take my farewell of you and all created comforts, and I am also willing, and more wil ling ten thousand times to lay them down at his call, thàn even

I was to enjoy them. Now farewel all friends in Chrift. Far well all relations. Farewel days and nights. Farewel fun, moon and stars Farewel fuffering. Farewel irons on feet and hands. Farewel holy and fweet Scripture, which was the favour of life unto life to me, And welcome heaven and eternal life. Welcome the company and fouls of just men made perfect through the blood of the Lamb. Welcome, welcome, and never enough welcome my lovely Lord, my Father, and my redeemer, and the Holy Ghoft, into whofe hands I commit my fpirit, for it is thine,

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JOHN RICHMOND.

The Copy of a Letter written by ARCHBALD STEWART, who fuffered Martyrdom at the Cross of Glasgow, March 19. 1684. To his Christian Acquaintance.

My dear and loving Friends and Acquaintance,

OU and I must take good night of one another for a while; but I hope it fhall not be long: for you know that this time that we have upon earth, lasts but for a moment; and we are but as a flower that grows up in the night, and is cut down in the morning, like the fhadow that flees away, and is no more feen upon earth again: even like Jonah's gourd, that grew up in a night and perifhed in a night. Now you and I must part, and take good-night, you of me, and I of you, as willingly, and with as great fatisfaction, contentment and fubmiffion to the will of our God, as if we were going to our sweet and comfortable fellowship meetings, where our fouls many times have been refreshed, with the fresh gales of the spirit of our God, which indeed was the life of our meetings; for had it not been the love that we bare to God, and his ways, he would never have made our meetings fo fweet to us; fo that the longer that we continued, and the oftner that we met, the Lord made more of himself known to us, in giving us new confirmations of his love, and tokens of his kindness. Now, my loving friends, I am going to my Father's house to reap the fruit of all thefe wakcing nights, that you and I had together, when none knew of it but ourselves, and our heavenly Father and 1 die in the hope of it, we thall come to your Father, and my Father, to your God and my God, John xx. 16. To your Redeemer and my Redeemer, to reap the fruit of all these meetings We had together: U! but that will be a joyrul harvett time;

I am now going to reap the fruit of all my reading, praying, finging, converting and meditating, and the fruits of all my trouble, toil and labour. Instead of bitterness, I will enjoy fweetness; instead of trouble, reft; inftead of forrow and grief, joy and gladnefs: "For fighing and forrow fhall fly away." I am going to reap the fruit of my wounds, and all the reproaches that they have cait upon me: I am going to reap the fruit of all my fighs and groans especially these since I came to prifon, where I have had very many of them. I am going to reap the fruit of my fetters, irons and imprisonment for my Javely Lord and Mafter Jefus Chrift; and I am going to reap the fruit of my unjust indictment and unjust sentence but the fruits of these forementioned things will be a weighty crown of glory within a little time upon my head, up at my Father's throne, when I fhall go no more out, and come no more in, * having the name of my God written upon my forehead, and the fong of Mofes and the Lamb put in my mouth,' to through all the ages of eternity?

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Now dear friends, I cannot get him praised, for the riches of His free grace, freely beftowed on me. O! I cannot get him praifed for bringing my foul out of the pit of deftraction, and for reclaiming my foul from the gates of hell. O! my foul and heart, and all that is within me, praise the Lord for his wonderful love to me! and alfo, my foul invites all the works of creation to praise him for what he hath done to my foul; for now I can fay with David, from my own experience, Come and hear all ye that fear God, and I will declare what he hath done for my foul.' And likewife 1 can fay with David, Pfal. xvi 6. The lines are fallen unto me in pleasant 4. places; yea, I have a goodly heritage. And more than all that, he hath faid to my foul, that he will quarrel no more with me for fin, for my God hath faid to me, Ifa. xliii. 1, 2. But now, thus faith the Lord that created thee, O Jacob, and he that formed thee, Ifrael, fear not; for I have redeemed thee, I have called thee by thy name, thou art mine. When thou paffeft through the waters, I will be with thee; and through the rivers. they fhall not overflow thee; when thou walkeft through the fire, thou fhalt not be burnt, neither fhall the dame kindle upon thee And Matth ix. 2. Son, bẹ ✦ of good cheer, thy fins be forgiven thee.' Now all is fure and well with me, I am brought near unto God, through the blood of his Son Jefus Chrift; and I have no more to do, but to lay down this life of mine, that he hath given me, and take up house and habitation with my lovely Lord and Mafter Jefus Chrift, who purchafed life and falvation to me by the price of his own blood and fufferings; O! but I have gotten an eafy