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

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DIARY OF LORD WARISTON
being right used, we most honor God in acknoledging al his
attributs, and we profyte most ourselves obteaning remission
on our confession, audience of our petitions, acceptance of
our prayses, quhyles nou our corruption so defyleth this holy
exercise as in it we dishonor most God by meeting with his
enemie the devil, lust, or the world; and, spending with them
the tyme we apoynted for our tryst with him, we hurt most
ourselths, for our sensles confession aggravats our sinnes, our
cairles petition stops audience, our caldreif prayses withholds'
neu blissings, and so of al uther exercices. Heir I remembred,
in Keith Martchel gallery I was mutch mooved by the threat-
ning contained in Ezekiel 14 ch.; as also another tyme at my
ending of the Psalmes, quliair haiving confessed that, suppose
my intention in going through the Psalmes was to praepaire
us for a blissing in our manage, yet our cairles, caldreif devo¬
tion in reading of them deserved the contraire, bot in and
through Chryst I deprecated his wrayth and prayed that he
24. wald accept our will for the deed. On Foorsday morning after
prayer remember fc., as also Mr. Herys sermon on 1 c. Genes
v., quhair he told that a wyfe aught to be ane help to man
in pietie, societie, propagation, education, in infirmities, against
incontinency. At night I got som good in confession. On
Saturday morning remember fc. At night God assisted thy
meditation.
Ap. On Sunday morning he maid the cry for reunion, reconcilia¬
tion,redemption, becaus thy yesterdays guyltynes had estrainged
and separated the from God and esclavisched the to the divel
and his lusts. This morning thy reflecting thought on thy
present estaite maid the seie hou sinne blindeth the mynd and
alienateth the heart from God, maiking it evin to wisse for the
not being of a Deytie, or the destruction of his cheifest attributs
of omnipresence, omniscience, justice, and pouer. Foranoone
Mr. And: teatched wondrously weal on the 12 c. Math. 20 v.,
‘ He wil not quenche the smoaking flaxe, until judgement be
brought foorth unto victorie.’ After the afternoons sermons on
the 5 c. Ephes. 15 v., ‘ Seie then ye walk circumspectly,’ it
pleased the Lord to melt my heart, after my particular con¬
fession by order of the comands, by applying to me som points
of Mr. And: sermon quhilk then I repeated, as the 4 slights