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kingdom, when his will shall be dooe oa earth as it in done in heaven. Uut atiovc ull, n^y brt.-tUr<Mi, I pray you to wei well the terrors of apostatizing from the C tian faith: observe tho coii^eijucDccs of war revolution and bloodshed, which come agfti a people and nation that h bccdle£S of gjory of Cbriat, And giveth to another th worship and service which b^ due to him ulun Let the psi^e of hi^ury, which is the reco of Gods providencet instruct Christian Bri instruct Proteitant Britain, what ehe bath to expect if she should in any way countenan or favour the apoata^ie^ with which wc arc f> rouudi'd. I am jealous for the boDOur of our ther«, who huilt up with the sweat of ttieir Ion suBerini; toil, and watered with thctr blood, t con.stitution of church and state, for tliey are in- dissolubly one, under which we have enjoyed sucb bl€«Nnga. and achieved sucb wonders, and undef whoine divine canojiy. such a multitude of our fatherK have been ]^athei-ed into glory. lamjei* louH of tlie supifiene», of the ignorance, of the in* diffLfonceto which we are grown, and the disho- nourabic reproaches which are heaped upon the work of our fathers. I am fearful for my childrcB and for your children, and fortbe children of the dauj^hter of my people, lest the lujrd':* judg- mcnt» uliould oveilake iheni with mortal fury and destroying haste: and being appointed a watch- man in /ion, I am purposed, the Lord helpinf me, to clear my own fioul, and free myself fram the blood of all men. I look back into the anuals of our church, und I 6i)d olt fathen standing ta IV.J THK DaTiKo vr or Tit£ fiuriiitATi:^. ID23 liattle order and tilecplrss jealousy a^msit Romefl diabolical cunning »]<1 itilrigire* 1 reatl the iLU* courses of my prGdecessofs in lliv Church of Scut- land, and ID this Presbytery of London, the Dur- Iiams, and the Flemings, and the Johnstones of our church: aad 1 Sod them interpreting the course 0f providence, instructing the church to behold the habitation of the throne of rigiiteousne**, in the midst of the clouds and darkness with wliieh our King is coming on. And, by their example, I am encouraged, and emboldened, and compelled to lift, though itwere almost a solitary voice to thia city, and to the inhabitants of it. and to you the childrrnof a much tried churt^h ; because I am as- sured that the Lord bath not forsaketi us, but will draw out good men and true to lid up the trampled banner of the faith, and display it a^aiost the libe- rality which now cometfa sweeping over our land^ and hath overwhe