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

DIARY, 1637-1639
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think treulie we ar as yet in the mist; the Lords work is yet
wrapped up in the cloud; I assure myselth this churche is in
hir journey out of hir ASgiptian captivitie under humain
inventions, traditions, and injunctions in the worschip of God
and gouvernement of his house; as yet he haith not taiken
away the pillar of the cloud by day, nor the pillar of fyre
by night, hot in al the steps of this hir voyage hitherto he
hes led his reconciled spous by the hand of his exemplary
providence. I am persuaded he schal bring hir at the end to My judgment
the posession of the treu Canaan of hir holy puretie, liberties, progles'and
and priviledges, befor he and schoe sunder—it may be indeed ^5i°gS,j1rjs
becaus schoe hes bein lyk ane suift dromadairie traversing tyme coming.
hir wayes, with Aholah and Aholibah playing the harlot in
tyme bygon, and perhaps yet in hir pilgrimage wil praeferre in
a carnal greining the flesch of quailes to manna, the onyons of
iEgipt to the grapes of Canaan, the waiters of Arara [? Abana]
to Jordan, and of Sichor unto Schiloe. The Lord wil readily,
for purging hir from hir drosse, for cleanging hir from hir
menstrous clouts and purifying hir as ane blotles and blaimles
spous to himselth, lead hir through the wildernes, through a CM 56 ]
land of deserts and pits, through a land of drouth and of the
schadou of death, 2 Jerem. v. 6, rnaik hir drink the waiters
of Meriba, meit with the men of Ai, Sichons, and Ogs, feel
the stings of serpents, trimble for feare of the sons of Anakim
thair huge bodies and highwalled cities; yea at the distrust-
ings and murmurings of his people, and thair bakwyndings
from steadfastnes in his covenant, suear in his wrayth that
non bot his Calebs and Joschuas schal enter to the posession
and fruition of thir holy liberties; yet certainly as the Lord
liveth and reigneth and chaingeth not, quho derydes the
foolisch builder that layd not the compt of his cost befor he My hoope
layd the fondation; quho cannot bot contineu the love ^“5?happie
quherwith he hes prevented this churche, and put on the
kepston on his auin work founded and built up in al the
steps of it by his auin immediat hand, he will not destroy
his inheritance which he haith redeemed through his greatnes
and brought foorth of iEgipt with a mighty hand ; he wil heare
the prayer of his auin Moyses, Abrahams, and Jacobs in this
churche, least the JEgiptians and Cananits sould say, least