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

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DIARY OF LORD WARISTON
court with him to be ane intelligencer betuixt him and the
noblemen, quhairof thou considered after supper the difficulties,
impossibilities, and inconveniencies to the cause, the Thresaurer,
the noblemen, thyselth, thy wyfe, thy goodsister, etc., bot re¬
member thy L.
On Sunday thou exponed the 32 Ps. to Anna; thou ex¬
horted thy hoi familie to ane threefold deutie that day, and
to morrou, being the first day of the neu yeir, to a remembrance,
repentance, and particular confession of every particular trans¬
gression of omission, commission, ignorance, knouledge against
God, man, or themselves quhairof they wer, are, guilty in any
of the moneths, weeks, dayes of the former yeir; to a remem¬
brance and thankfulnes for al the particular favors and
blissings of the Lords providence, indulgence, assistance,
outward, inward, on saul, body, familie, calling, estait, any
maner of way; and thridly, to a particular petitionating the
Lord for the continuance of the lyk favors in al tyme coming,
especyaly the subsequent; that as we haive reason this day for
heiring us this day tuelmonth, and for giving us occasion to
blisse him for his blissings graunted to us thairin, so we may
pray for the samin non in the entree of this subsequent, and
at the end thairof (if the Lord bring us ever to the end
thairof) we may haive a neu occasion to magnifie the Lord
for his neu blissings. Heir I remember that I reneued this
direction at night againe ; bot withal I remember thir three
or foor Sabboths of my seaknes I eated flesch at Sundayes
denner contrair to my resolution and custome, becaus that
brooes and liquid things did not freie me of my paine.
1638
t Januar. On Mononday morning, the first of Januar 1638, first, in
my bed at my wakning about 4 hours, I went through my
sins and Gods blissings that year according to the order of
the moneths, confessing the on and praysing for the uther.
Thairafter, in my chalmer, I promised to read over this day al
this yeirs paiper for a mor distinct praying and praysing; and
then I reneued the samin exercise both going and then kneil-