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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And also, in disowning and protesting against the reception of the Duke
of York, a professed Papist, and whatever else hath been done in this land
(given to the Lord) in prejudice to our covenanted and universally sworn to
reformation. And although, as the Lord who searcheth the heart knows, we
be for government and governors, both civil and ecclesiastic, such as the
word of God and our covenants allow; yet by this, we disown the present
magistrates, who openly and avowedly are doing what in them lies, for de¬
stroying utteriy our work of reformation from Popery, Prelacy, Erastianism,
and other heresies and errors. And by this we declare also, that we are not
any more to own ministers indulged, and such as drive a sinful union with
them : nor are we to join any more in this public cause with ministers or pro¬
fessors of any rank, that are guilty of the defections of this time, nntil they
give satisfaction proportioned to the scandal and offence they have given.
Richard Gamkron, M. Cameron,
A. Stewart, J. Potter, <fcc.
Acrostic upon the name of that godly, faithful, and zealous minister and mar¬
tyr of Jesus Christ, Mr. Richard Cameron, written by a true lover of his
memory, and owner of the honourable cause which he sealed with his blood.
M ost noble Cameron of renown,
A fame of thee should ne’er go down;
S ince truth with zeal thou didst pursue,
T o Zion’s King loyal and true.
E v’n when the dragon spew’d his flood,
R esist thou didst unto the blood ;
R an swiftly in thy Christian rarce,
f n faith and patience to that place,
C hrist did prepare for such as thee,
H e knew would not his standard flee.
A pattern of valour and of zeal,
R ather to suffer than to fail;
D idst show thyself with might and main,
<3 ounting that dross others thought gain,
A faithful witness ’gainst all those
M enof all sorts did truth oppose;
E v’n thou with Moses didst esteem,
R eproaches for the God of heaven ;
‘O n him alone thou didst rely,
N ot sparing for his cause to d;—
Torsoot, November 28th, 1749. W- W
No. II.
en account of some remarkable passages in the life of the
Rev. Donald Cargil.
As the foregoing testimonies every where make honourable mention of the
Rev. Donald Cargil, as a faithful minister of Jesus Christ, a true and full
account of his life, and more especially of his ministry, would be very neces¬
sary to a right understanding of their testimony ; but as the publishers have
not such well-attested narrations thereof, as might furnish them wkh an