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

MEMENTO QUAMDIU VIVAS
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the cold schuddring went over my body. 0 my saule, never
forget this inward motion quhilk was mor extraordinarie nor
ever thou fand in thy prosperitie.
On Sunday morning siklyk, at my privat devotion, the spaice 17 Aug.
of ane houre my heart melted in tears within my bouels at the
sight and acknoledgment of Gods outward providence in the
maner of ending it contraire our exspectation, and better nor
our auin desyres, and in praepairing me to a spritual blissing
therin by the comunion of Trenent; and of Gods inward indul¬
gence to us both by making ourselves to seie his love to haive
beine the motive, our weal to haive beine the end, of Gods
ordeining and nou executing this particular. I had ane
exstatik libertie al the tyme. Then we read 56, 57, 58 c. Isay,
84 Ps.; heard sermon on 5 Jhon 25 v., ‘ The dead schal heare the
voyce of the Son of God, and they that heare it schal live.’
Betuixt sermons, in a long barne I got good. Afternoone we
heard on 1 c. Actes 18 v. about Judas his hanging himselth.
After sermon we visited an old wyfe 104 years old ; we read 16
37 Hezek., 32 Deut., 2 c. Hos., 2 Ephes., and after prayer we
repeated the sermon and read Perquins of this thought that
thair is not a God; bot after supper we went out to the fields
and spent our tyme thair and in the upper chamber, not in
reading or praying, bot in mutual d expressions of our d all',
to another, with t k. and fc. quhil we aught not to tak our
auin pleasures on the day of the Lord—58 Is.
On Mononday morning we not finding the lyk presence of 18 Aug.
Gods Sprit as on Sunday morning and perceiving the cause, we
applyed al the comands to it and it to them ; we confessed and
{suppose it seimes no sin in the eies of almost al, yet becaus it
depryved us of that sueat sense of Gods favor and troubled the
peace of our mynde) we craived pardon and graice, promising Voue.
and vouing never to use the expression of t’k. againe til our
mariage houre, quhilk by Gods assistance we intend to performe.
On Tuesday I heard sermon on 29 Isay 1 v., ‘ Woe to Ariel, to
Ariel.’ Afor desner, hearing the neues about H. S. mariage
with Sr J. P. sone, my heart melted within my bouels at the
sight of a Deytie in so divine a providence bringing that
about by himselth alone quhilk he had hindred by removing
the secondary means, that his finger might be the mor expresly