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

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DIARY OF LORD WARISTON
15October On Sunday 15 I keeped ane fast; and in the morning, haiv-
fast' ing read Daniel 9 ch., with aboundance of publik tears I
went throu Gods blissings to the Kirk of Scotland, and then
throu hir defections, first in longing with the Jeues to be
ruled as the other nations about us, wearying of Gods spritual
governement, casting of his yok and saying that we wald not
suffer him to rule over us, quho had his kingly office honor-
abler erected, spritualar establisched, and longer practised heir,
as in the ends of the earth given to him for his lot, nor
elsquhyre throu the world; then throu receaving the vain
noysum food of superstitious rites from thos forged dispen-
sators, quho as they came from the earth and not from the
heaven did not feed the people with the spritual manna of Gods
word quhilk they lothed and hayted in uthers, bot with the
earthly husks of human rites quhilk befor we had vomited
forth; then this forsaiking of God,digging broken cisternes, lick¬
ing up our vomit, and breaking the oath of our covenant with
God, and so our continual bakslyding from the pouer, efficacie,
puretie of Gods worschip to senslesnes, ignorance, profanitie,
quhilk breatches of the first taible God punisched first with leav¬
ing us to ourselves, our auin lusts and concupiscences, to fil full
the cupe of our iniquities and Gods judgments to the brimme;
then throu the churches present necessities, quhilk I recomended
to the Lord, craiving to be heard for hir at the least lyk Noah,
Daniel, and David to get my auin saule and family lyk
Rachabs for a prey.
17 October. On Tuesday, 17 October, the Kings lettre came doune,
peremptorie and absolut, by ane publik proclamation chairging
al men of toune within 24 hours, and removing the session to
Lithgou fra Edr. This day Riccarton and I as commissioners
had given in supplication for Currie against the service booke
Tumult of with ane huge number of uthers. On Wedensday 18, the
Edinburgh. 0f Galloway tuyse was on hazard of his lyf; the Provest
of Edr. and toune counseil was imprisoned in Gourlays hous til
they subscryved ane act quhilk the people craived for abolisch-
ing the service book, restoring the prayers and thair pastors; the
nobilitie apairt, the gentrie apairt, the burroues apairt, the
ministerie apairt, met, advysed, and consulted, and at the last
subscryved every on the supplication against the service book,