Series 1 > Diary of Sir Archibald Johnston of Wariston 1632-1639

MEMENTO QUAMDIU VIVAS 145
the sam story is mor at lairge, 15 Matheu 22 v. Quher-
upon he insisted that Jesus was our Lord, 1. by birth; 2. by
creation, 1 Jhon; 3. by gift, 2 Ps.; of Christians also, 4. by
pryce, 1 Peter 1 c. 18 v.; 5. by covenant of baptisme; 6. by
profession, For, sayd he, Chryst wil never be Jesus to saive us
except he be our Lord to comand us; secondly, that we wald
with hir think our selves bot dogs, if we looked to the lau
cursing, our neighbours burning, Chryst suffering,—so thought
Abraham, David, Baptist, Paul, publican, Mephiboscheth;
thridly, that Gods taible to his children is most excellent in
respect of the maker, tyme, multitude, fayre, and mirth ; if we
wald haive God to praepaire us ane taible, 23 Ps., we most
praepaire ane to him, 3 c. Revelat. 20 v., to wit of our bodies,
hearts, and saules, with the sauces of sorrou and love, as
Chryst was fed by the poor woman, 7 Luik; for, as al Gods
gifts without himselth cannot comfort us, so al our gifts
without ourselves wil not content God; for the 29 v. he sayd,
‘ God may weal delay, bot he never denyeth ane comfortable
ansuear to our prayers,’ 40 Ps. 1 v. 11 Luik 8 v.; we sould
wrestle therfor with Jacob if we wald haive his blissing,
32 Genes. 29 v. ut frequenter adeas Deus difficulter donat, ut
scepius redeas parciter donat; and therfor every day we most
ask bot our daylie bread, our best argument with God is
dedisti ergo data-, on the 30 v. that Chryst was the stronger
man of the gospel, and was the lyon of the trybe of Juda qtihilk
overcometh the roaring lyon that goeth about to seak quhom
he can devoure; the devil wil stryve to reenter bot the Lord
that cust him out had him out; (for this saying) thairon he
urged that God was wealpleased with smal beginnings in his
children, a chylds mynt pleaseth ane loving fayther quho
taketh ever the wil for the dead, as to Abraham, 22 Genes.
12 v., ‘ Seing thou hes not withheld thyne onlie Son from me,’
becaus he intended only for to sacrifice Isaak. He urged also
the truith of Gods promises quherof we sould never doubt,
seing God already hes performed the greatest and most costly
of al his promises, 3 Genes. 15 v., ‘ The seed of the woman schal
bruyse thy head.’ Heir, said he, this poor woman, as also
Hanna and the Schunamitisch, come sad, bot returned joyful;
serve God in thy prosperite and God wil hear the in thy
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