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

MEMENTO QUAMDIU VIVAS
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al grace, quho hath called us to aeternal glorie by Jesus
Chryst, after that ye halve sufFred a quhyle, mak you per¬
fect, stablisch, strenthen, settle you,’ etc., ‘ to him be glory
and dominion for ever.’ The verry reading of the text spak
to my heart and mooved me unto the schedding of tears al
the tyme of sermon. Foranoone we recomended it to God
togither. Afternoone at fyve houres we was contracted, and
that in ane saifer way by Gods providence nor I exspected, yea
or desyred; quhairfor nou I blisse God for disapointing our
fears, fulfilling our hoopes, hearing our cryes, performing his
promises; and in taiken of thankfulnes voueth to performe al
my voues. On a tuelth day my matrimonial knot was loosed,
and on a tuelth day it was fastned againe. That night we
praysed God for his providence.
On Wedensday we sang 86 Ps.; heard Mr. J. Lockie on 13 Aug.
5 Ephes. 15 v., ‘Seie that ye walk circumspectly.’ After sermon
we straive to prayse God togither, as that day aught dayes we
fasted and prayed in our distresse. After prayer we read
Moses song 15 Exod., Abrahams servants thankfulnes 24 Genes.,
Annas song 1 Sam. 2 c., Samuels exhortation 1 Sam. 12 c.,
Davids song 2 Sam 7 c., Jehosophats delyverie 2 Chro. 20 c.,
Maryas and Zacharias song 1 c. Luik, the 12 Isay, the 148,
149, 150 Ps.; we ended in applying al to ourselves in prayer,
ever crying for thankful hearts for the sanctified use of his
blissings, and for his grace to praeserve us from the natural
sins of prosperite as forgetfulnes, securitie, word lie myndednes,
etc., and from the dangers of that estaite, as from excessive
affections, abuse of lauful remedies, etc., against the quhilk we
prayed earnestly.
On Foorsday morning we sang 63 Ps. and heard sermon on 14 Aug.
3 c. Gen., ‘ Adam, quhair art thou ? ’ At evening befor supper
we prayed; bot after supper, quhyles I was sleaping on hir
knee, the Lord in ane instant so wakned me with ane most
sensible sight of Gods unexpressible kyndnes to us in this parti¬
cular (quhairin our hearts were forced to acknouledge that in
al the world we could never haive maid a fitter choyse) so
that, falling doune on our knees, with tears in our eies and
melting hearts we acknouledged most sensibly Gods faytherly
love, mercie, providence, indulgence to us in it. We prayed
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