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

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DIARY OF LORD WARISTON
exercises, sik assistance in my studies, sik acceptance of my
paines be the body, sik a continuance of my estait in the
estait I got it in, that I was verry farre dumped and plunged,
until, quhyle I was on my knees, the Lord eased my mynd with
som tears and motions, assured me he wald not leive me to
myselth, bot wald glorifie himselth in al the charges he had or
tryals he wald call me to; and, quyhle I despaired to doe any
good at the sight of my utter inabilitie, he bad me hoope be
looking up to his omnipotencie quhilk he could and would caive
in my weaknes; and he maid me begge to haive occasion every
moneth to wryte doune als many taikens of his dealing with
me as in this the first of this yeir, quhairof this was the hinmist
day. Mr. Andreu Ramsey, haiving gottin the Information to
reforme, changed only three or foor words of no importance.
This great sturre and bruite maid against the Information by
the advocats I hooped sould turne to naught, and that, at the
end of it, I sould seie Gods ordinarie way of dealing with me
as by contraries of drauing sueat out of soure, and rejoycing
me in his auin tyme from the melancholy I conceaved upon
this opposition.
i Febr. On Foorsday, first of Februar, I got good in my publik and
privat morning exercise. I got ane single angel1 fra Calder-
wods brother. I heard Mr. Hery Rollok teatch notably weal
about Noahs wakning fra his wyne. I lighted on the Pro¬
testants Apologie in the historie of Pay Bas. I read out Phil.
Pareus ansuer to Ovens against D. Parens on the 13 Rom.2
On Frayday morning I was somquhat moved in privat, bot
mutch in my publik exercises in my familie. Upon Frayday
afternoone the Information, with Mr. A. Ramseys animad
versions, was agitat; and, after mutch reasoning to and fro
about the ‘ borrouing of ane paterne from thes inferior to us in
reformation,’3 quhilk was almost once castin in the house, bot
1 Angel = j£6, 13s. Ctyd. Scots. See Journal of Sir John Lauder, Lord
Fountainhall, p. xlv (Scottish History Society).
2 David Pareus, Professor of Divinity in Heidelberg wrote, In divinam
S. Patili Apostoli ad Romanos Epistolam Commentarius, 1609. The 13th
chapter of Romans inculcates obedience to rulers. Phil. Pareus’s answer to
Ovens (Joannes Ovenius) has not been traced.
3 ‘ These inferior to us in reformation’ were the English, whose reformation the
Scottish Presbyterians considered partial and imperfect. See Rothes, p. 15.