. The dying man's testament to the Church of Scotland, or, A treatise concerning scandal. nd withall to flie to our flighted duty, asin a City they run to the quenching of a publick burn-ing , laying this evil to heart more than fword or pefti-lence. AH the writings and actings againft Prcsbyte-,rial-government) which is the wall of the houfe of God,have never wronged or hurt it fo much, as our ill raifed,and worfe-continued contefts. Our nakedneffe-difco-vering writings, what have they done but added oyl tothe flame ? For Chrifts fake> my reverend and dear Bre-thren* hearken co this word i
. The dying man's testament to the Church of Scotland, or, A treatise concerning scandal. nd withall to flie to our flighted duty, asin a City they run to the quenching of a publick burn-ing , laying this evil to heart more than fword or pefti-lence. AH the writings and actings againft Prcsbyte-,rial-government) which is the wall of the houfe of God,have never wronged or hurt it fo much, as our ill raifed,and worfe-continued contefts. Our nakedneffe-difco-vering writings, what have they done but added oyl tothe flame ? For Chrifts fake> my reverend and dear Bre-thren* hearken co this word in feafon, from the Oraciesof God, and trcafures of pure Antiquity, pointing-outthe way of a godly and edifying peace. It will be nogrief of heart, but fwecc peace and confolation,whcn weare to appear before the Judge of the quick and dead*Now the God of patience and confolation,grant you tobe like minded one towards anotheoaccording to ChriftJefus; So heartily prayeth St. Andrews, Tour Brother and felloK-ferVant, April. 28, 1659. Robert Blair. ?jjfr •tB^ *^5^ Jfw^ THE Publifher to the Reader, Hfre 4re, Ifuppofe, fffr or none amongfi us9or about us, fo great firangers to the obfer-Nation of TroVidential Occurrents in Scot-land) ** to be altogether Without the kpo*fr~ledge ofvpbat bath cometopafs kerf in tbefeUJ dayes, HoTi? the holy, juji and foVeratgnLord, frho fometime lifted mup, batbnofttaft mdoifrni *tobo croMmedu* Kith glory and honour^ bathflriptm of our glory and made the cro^frn to fall from ourbead, (though KebaVe not faid, Wo unto us, for *fre baVefinned ) ft bo fomctime made m a praife in the earth, bathno*fr made m a biffing, a by^frord and reproach to all that anround about us ; Hofr He, ftbo once by our unity and one-fhoulder -ferVice did ma\e us beautifull ^Tirza, comely asJerufalem, and terrible at an Army frith Banners, bath noft,alas, ( ftbicb u one of the moft imbntering ingredients in ourtup) inftead of gibing m one heart and one fray, in
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