cannot take up, though they have been a long time prying into it, and invites others to the fame exercife of admiring and prailing God's love, in making, through the blood of Chrift, rebels and enemies, friends and fervants. 2dly, He rejoices in his lot of fuffering, thus, "O but it be an excellent thing to ❝ be called of the Lord, to lay down my life, for him and his "glorious intereft! to me it is more than all the world: Lean"not prize it. It has been my defire thefe twenty-four years, to die a Martyr for my Lord, and to witness for him, if it be his will, and not elfe; I blefs my Lord for it, I have fub scribed a blank, and put it in his hand, to do with me, whatfoever is the determinate counsel of his will and decree, and not to call myfelf" 3dly, He bleffes God, that though he would have got his life for doing what others, whom he calls better than himself, have done; yet the Lord had made it his glory, honour and crown, to hold fast till the Lord come, which he hoped would be quickly, to himfelf, and alfo to the land. 4thly, He teftifies his affurance of God's love to him," and his children, whom he heartily and cheerfully gives away to God, as he had oft devoted them to him in covenant, he exhorts them in the words of a dying father, to be for God, in their generation, to live in love and unity, leaving them to the protection and provifion of his God, charging them not to be moved for his fufferings, which he protefts he would not exchange for the whole world. 5thly, He charges them all to beware of wronging themfelves by reproaching him anent the manner of his being apprehended, fhewing what hand of divine providence there was in it, and beffing God for it, and for the fweet peace he had in fuffering. 6thly, He owns himself to have been the greatest finner upon the earth, and hence takes occafion to magnify the redeeming love of Chrift, in calling him effectually, and keeping him in the right way, and from the natural fins and corruptions of the ager 7thly, He refers to a lift of papers written by him, declarative of his judgment concerning the duty of the day, as a reafon among others, why he wrote no formal teftimony in the prifon, fave only that he' teftifies, First, generally against all things contrary to any point of truth in the Old and New Teftament, or contradictory to the covenants and work of reformation: and more particularly, against the finful filence of Ministers in Britain and Ireland," at the command of a bloody, vile, adulterous, perjured tyrant and his underlings; against the indulgencies and indemnities;" against componing and conforming either with a perjured tyrannical crew of statesmen, or with bafe, vile, filthy Prelatifts, their blind guides, and Baal's Priests; against backflidden Minifters and profeffors, who condemned a poor young generati

on for adhering to truth, for flaying Chrift in his members, for pleafing men, and difpleafing a never-enough exalted and glorious Lord. And finally, difowns all that is contrary to a gofpel and apoftolic fpirit. 8thly, He proceeds to warn and exhort all forts of perfons, and more efpecially the young ge neration, to repentance and amendment of life, enforcing his exhortation with the confideration of judgments, and strokes to come upon the land, upon which he is exceeding large, founding his affertions upon the threatnings pronounced in the word against thefe fins, wherein he demonftrates Scotland, England and Ireland, to have been eminently guilty. Interpofing withal fweet and ravishing confiderations of God's love to him, and to his other fuffering witneffes, which after large and pathetic ejaculations of praffes to God, for his redeeming love, protesting, That he expects falvation not by any merit, but of free grace, faying, "I have been beginning to pray and praise "thefe thirty-fix years, weakly as I could, but yet I'm juft to "begin this night, both to praise and pray: For Llay no more "ftrefs upon all that I have faid and done, believed and fuffer"ed, nor on a ftraw, God is my witnefs; fo that I must have falvation upon Wednesday at three or four of the clock, as "freely as the thief on the cross." He winds up in imitation of David, with thefe words, "And what can poor filly "James Nicol fay more!" refuming again the confideration of God's wrath against the land, to ftir up all ranks or repen

tance.

After he had concluded his fpeech with the ufual formality of bidding farewel to all his fuffering brethren, and all fublunary things, embracing and welcoming the heavenly joys, and eternal enjoyment of God, the Father, Son and Holy Ghoft into whofe hands he commits his fpirit; he adds by way of Poftfcripts A

"Now dear friends my teftimony being finifhed, and I be "ing near the borders of eternity, having forgot that which "I fee a great neceffity to leave my teftimony againft; I think

ita moft concerning and neceffary duty to leave my teftimo"ny against James Ruffel and Mr. John Flint, because James

Ruffel and thefe in fellowship with him, have feparate them"felves from the perfecuted fuffering remnant of the church of "Scotland, and Mr. John Flint has taken upon him with their "confent, to officiate the work of a Minifter, contrary to the "word of God; and has run although not fent of God, nor "called, nor ordained of lawful church members; and now "he and they have rifen up in oppofition to God, his cause and "perfecuted remnant in the church of Scotland, calling them all perjured that are fuffering unto death, imprisonment and

banishment for precious Christ. And therefore, I as a dying "-witness for him, even my Lord Jefus, my only Saviour, "who converted me 36 years fince, and has thefe 24. years, "helped me to pray to him, to enable me to witness against all "error, and defection, and has keeped me right and straight " to this day of my longed for defire, do leave my witness and "teftimony against Mr. John Flint and James Ruffel, and all "that adhere to them."

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Pon the 5th of March, 1684. fuffered that worthy Gentleman, Mr. John Dick ftudent of Theology; whose elaborate and judicious testimony had been here insert, but that it has been lately published in print by itself, and fa is in a great many peoples hands already, and the reader may have recourse to the faid print for its which upon perusal, he will find fecond to none, for a steady zeal and adherence to the [reformation, an orderly method, pithy and pertinent defences against the cavils of the adverfaries, and proper and neceffary advices to fellow-fufferers, abating only his adherance to Hamilton declaration, wherein he seems to differ from the rest of the fufferers at that time; and owning the king's authority. which yet he does in fuch a limited and restricted fenfe, as 'thereby not to own the laws, and exercife thereof; though 'tis true the reflections and limitations, with which he declared his owning it, were such as did no ways agree to the tyrant, and confequently it was a real, tho' not a formal denial thereof. Only in the faid printed Feftimony, there are several errors of the Tranfcriber, or the Prefs, which the judicious Reader will not impute to the Author.

Pon the 15th of Anguft 1684. Thomas Harkness in Loch

erbane, Andrew Clark in Leadhills in Crawford parish, Samuel M'Euen in Glencairn paiifh, Thomas Wood in Kirkmichael, were all indicted of the crimes of treafon and rebellion for being at the rescue of their dear brethren at Enterkihe, för refusing to own the kings authority, as the fame was established by the laws, in regard he had ufurped Chrift's prerogative, and broken the covenant, and for not praying for him in the terms prescribed by the the council, for their maintaining the lawfulness of defenfive arms, and finally for adhering to the covenanted work of reformation against the king's laws. As their Indictment bears at large.

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The joint Teftimony of THOMAS HARKNESS in Locherbane, ANDREW CLARK in Leadhills in Crawford Parifb, and SAMUEL MEUEN in Glencairn parish, who were fentenc ed, and fuffered at Edinburgh, Auguft 15. 1684.

Dear Friends and Relations whatsoever,

WE

E think it fit to acquaint you, that we blefs the Lord, that ever we were ordained to give fuch a public testimony, who are fo great finners. Bleffed be he that ever we were born to bear witness for him; And bleffed be the Lord Jefus Chrift that ordained the gofpel and the truths of it, which he fealed with his own blood, and many a worthy Chriftian "gone before us have fealed them. We are queftioned for not rowning the king's authority. We answered, That we owned all authority, that is allowed by the writren word of God, fealed by Chrift's blood Now our dear friends, we intreat you to stand to the truth and especially all ye that are our own relations, and all that love and wait for the coming of Chrift. He will come and will not tarry, and reward every one according to their deeds in the body.

We blefs the Lord, we are not a whit difcouraged, but content to lay down our life with cheerfulness, and boldness, and courage, and i we had a hundred lives, we would willingly quit with them all for the truth of Chrift. Good news! Christ is no worse than he promised.

Now we take our leave of all friends and acquaintances, and declare we are heartily content with our lot, and that he hath brought us hither to witnefs for him and his truth: We leave our teftimony against Popery, and all other falfe doctrine, that is not according to the Scriptures of the Old and New Teftament, which is the only world of God.

Dear friends be valiant for God, for he is as good as his promife, He that overcometh, he will make a pillar in his temple. Our time is fhort, and we have little to fpare; having got our fentence at one of the clock this afternoon, and are to die at five this day. And fo we fay no more; but farewel all friends and relations. Welcome heaven and Chrift, and the cross for Christ's fake.

THOMAS HARKNESS.

ANDREW CLARK.

'SAMUEL MEUEN,

A Letter from Samuel M'Euen to a friend, after his sentence: was pronounced.

My dear Friend,

I

Am this day to lay down my life, for adhering to the truth of God, and I blefs his holy name that ever he honoured me a poor country Lad, having neither father nor mother to witnefs for him. And now I can fet to my feal to all the truths in the Bible, Confeffion of Faith, Catechifins larger, and fhorter, national ond folemn league and covenants, and all the proteftations and declarations given by the poor remnant, agreeable to the fame word of God Though in much weaknefs, yet I love all that is for his glory, and defire you not to be difcouraged, for I blefs the Lord, I am heartily content with my lot. It was my defire though moft unworthy, to die a Martyr, and I blefs the Lord, who has granted me my defire. Now this is the moft joyful day that ever I faw with mine eyes Farewel all earthly enjoyments and friends in our fweet Lord Jefus Chrift And farewel Glencairn my native parith. Welcome my fweet Saviour, into thy hand I commit my fpirit, for thou art he, O Jehovah God of truth who haft redeemed

me.

SAMUEL M'EUEN,

The joint Teftimony of JAMES LAUSON and ALEXANDER WOOD, who suffered at Glasgow, October 24. 1684.

NOW

this is the moft joyful day that ever we had in all our life, and we join our hearty teftimony to the written word of God, as it is contained in the Old and New Teftament and to the Confession of Faith, the larger and shorter Catechifms, the engagement to duties, and folemn acknowledgment of fins, and to the covenants both national and folemn league, and to the causes of God's wrath; and we alfo join our hearty teftimony to the true and faithful preached gospel, by his true and faithful fent Ministers, both formerly and of late commiffioned and clothed with his meffage to declare the whole countel of God, as it was reformed from Popery, Prelacy, Eraftianifm, and supremacy. We alfo join our hearty teftimony to the teftimonies of thofe that have gone before us, both for merly and of late, who fuffered for the caufe and interest of Jes fus Chrift. And likewife to all the appearances of the Lord's people, and their being in arms, for the defence of the golpe