Religion & morality > Cloud of witnesses, for the royal prerogatives of Jesus Christ, or, The last speeches and testimonies of those who suffered for the truth in Scotland, in the years 1681-1688, with an appendix, containing the Queensferry paper, Torwood excommunications, &c

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on you here, than to endure one drop of the wrath of an
angry God, that will be poured out without mixture on all
ranks, that have not the work of the day upon their spirits,
be who they will, ministers or professors, indulged or not
indulged; for if they be not taken up and concerned with
the case of the church of God, this day, as it is stated, he
will come and reckon with them all, and count them all
turners aside, and “ will lead them forth with the workers
of iniquity, when peace shall be on Israel.” Therefore we
would desire you to have a care, and look well about you
what you are doing, and beware of speaking against that party.
There are some of you that say, they are of bloody prin¬
ciples. You should beware of speaking these things, for the
contrary is known, that they are not murderers, nor have
any such intentions, as some of yourselves know, although
ye be speaking the contrary, for you never heard of their
killing any, except it was in defence of the gospel, and their
own defence.
Likewise you say, that we are cursers and criers for ven¬
geance on the land. Now, we must not stay to argue this
out, being this day to lay down our lives ; but we think any
who have tender love to the Son of God, and his cause, can¬
not but be grieved to see ministers and professors so avowed¬
ly betray the truth, that is sweet and dear to us, yea, dearer
than our lives; and when we think on what ye have done to
the sweet truths of God, we cannot but pray against your
courses. As for any thing ye can do to us, we heartily for¬
give you ; but the wrongs ye have done to a holy God, we
cannot get them borne, for they are weighty to us. If it were
our enemies, we would bear with it, but when it comes from
the like of you, we cannot get it borne. Truly, Sirs, we
think ye will embrace Popery ere it be long: your entertain-
ingof the excommunicated Duke of York, a professed Papist,
says that you would do more yet. There was not one of
you all in town, or shire, that moved your tongue against
him, but as if you had been all professed Papists, you let
him come in among you, and kindly entertained him ;—we
leave our testimony against your so doing.
But we break off, having no more time, and request you
to take these things to your consideration, and lay sin to
heart, and mourn bitterly before the Lord, for what you