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A50913	A vindication of the government in Scotland during the reign of King Charles II against mis-representations made in several scandalous pamphlets to which is added the method of proceeding against criminals, as also some of the phanatical covenants, as they were printed and published by themselves in that reign / by Sir George Mackenzie ...	Mackenzie, George, Sir, 1636-1691.	1691 (1691)	Wing M213; ESTC R11146	43,490	68

Privy Council WE undersubscribers now Prisoners for the truth in the Cannongate Tolbuith though most vile yet it pleased the Holy Ghost to work on our Spirits of a time past in clearing causes of wrath and shewing us duty from day to day that now in some time past we are and have been called Mad men and Devils and now there is none in the Kingdom in Prison or out of Prison that we can converse with as Christians And yesterday being the 26 day of the 5 th Moneth it seemed good to the Holy Ghost and to us to take out of our Bibles the Psalms in meeter for several causes mentioned afterwards for the Book of the Revelation says if any Man should add unto these things God shall add unto him the Plagues which are written in this Book and we did Burn them in our Prison-house and sweep away the Ashes Likewise in the Holy Scriptures we renounce Chapters and Verses and Contents because it is only done by Humane Wisdom and the changing of the Books after the Holy Ghost had placed them we being pressed to this work by the Holy Ghost do renounce the Impression and Translation of both the Old and New Testaments and that for additions put unto them by Men and other causes as first putting in horrid Blasphemy making a Tyrant Patron of the Church when the Scriptures holds of none but of God and needs no Patronage from any King Prince or Rulers and the writing of that Blasphemous Sacrilegious as some call it the Epistle Dedicatory filled with such Language as Dread Sovereign Highness most High and Mighty most Sacred Majesty and likewise the horrid unparallell'd Blasphemy making a Triangle with these Hebrew Letters in it thus 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Iehovah representing the Trinity and likewise putting in horrid Pictures in several places of the Holy Scripture and likewise drawing scores betwixt the Books of the Bible and other superfluous Traditions Likewise we renounce the Catechisms Larger and Shorter and Confession of Faith against which we have many causes one cause is in the 23 Chap. for the Scripture proofs that they cite proves the contrary of that they write We renounce the Acts of the General Assembly and all the Covenants and acknowledging of Sins and engagement to Duties and that which they call Preaching Books and all their works way form and manner of Worship Doctrine Discipline and Government and the studying on their Books the thing they call their Preaching for instead of going to God for his mind to the People they go to their Books and so makes their Books their God and their leader and so all following that way go to Hell together The cause of this is we find none of their works but they are like themselves Carnal and Corrupt according to that Scripture Hate the Garment spotted with the Flesh. We renounce the limiting of the Lord's Mind by Glasses and their ordination of Men only Learned and their saying that Learning is the essential of a Minister without grace Likewise we renounce their manner of renewing Covenants pressing Mens Consciences to take a Covenant and by so doing has filled the Kirk and State with Tyrants and incarnate Devils as we find this day they knew the Men to have no marks of grace but on the other hand to be prophane as them they call King and Rulers Captains and Comanders in State and Armies and all Kirk Officers whom we call Tyrants and Iudas's for by so doing they have corrupted both Kirk and State as this day Kirk Men and States Men whom we call Iudas's and Tyrants are studying in opposition to Holiness and the work of Reformation who entred in by these same Covenants are now pursuing our lives for a Christian walk And likewise we renounce the Covenant taken at Queensferry commonly called Cargil's Covenant and likewise Hamiltown Declaration yea and Sanquhare Declaration because they may and has owned these and are owning these who are Enemies to Holiness and were Enemies to us as some of them said we should suffer Kirk Censure for giving over the old Apostat Ministers to the Devil and some of them counted us their Enemies for the truths sake and sent us word they would protest against us and so we justifie our Lord in breaking them at Airds Moss we justifie the Lord likewise in taking away that they call Field-Preachings or mockings because they were nothing but Rebellion against the High Lord as we find now when our Lord is come to the Cross there is neither Minister nor People to bide by him of the many Thousands has flocked to the thing they call Preachings or mockings and therefore now all are found void of saving Grace and so we see that word is accomplished Strait and narrow is the way that leadeth unto Life and few there be that find it And that other word many shall strive and shall not be able We finding all former Actions to be such as Devils has and can creep in at as Declarations and Covenants and get the name of Saints Therefore this day it seemed good to the Holy Ghost and to us to renounce and burn the former Covenants and Declarations because they are not strait enough according to Scripture and all their Works such like and therefore we will own none of their Works till it please the Lord to give us teaching from himself By this all may know and understand we overturn and formally burns all the former Works of the Clergy of Scotland and throughout all the whole World that are in opposition to Holiness dated the 6 th day of the Week being the 27. of the 5 th Month 1681. about Mid-day We renounce and decline all Authority throughout the World and all that are in Authority and all their Acts and Edicts from the Tyrant Charles Stuart to the lowest Tyrant and burns them the same day being the 6 th day of the week the 27 day of the 5 th Month 1681. at Cannongate Tolbuith Iron-house We renounce the names of Months as Ianuary February March April May Iune Iuly August September October November December Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Martimas Holydays for there is none holy but the Sabbath day Lambmas day Whitsunday Candlemas Beltan Cross stones and Images Fairs named by Saints and all the remnants of Popery Tool or Christmas old Wives Fables and By-words as Palmsunday Carlinesunday the 29 th of May being dedicat by this Generation to Prophanity Peacesunday Halloweven Hogmynae night Valentins even no Marrying in the Month they call May the innumerable Relicts of Popery Atheism and Sorcery and New years day and Hansell-Monday Dredgies and Likewakes Valenteins Fair Chappels and Chaplains likewise Sabbath days Feastings Blythmeats Banquetings Revelling Pipings Sportings Dancings Laughings Singing prophane and lustful Songs and Ballads Table-Lawings Monk-lands Frier-lands Blackfrier-lands Kirks and Kirkyards and Mencat Crosses Fount-stones Images Registers of Lands and Houses Register Bonds Discharges and all their Law-works Inhibitions

all that are unchast in thoughts words and behaviour and all that makes no Conscience of their way and whosoever loveth and maketh a lye shall tremble that day when they shall enter into Eternity when it shall be said as it was to Dives Thou in thy Lifetime hadst thy good things and Lazarus his bad things For except a Man be born again he can in no wise enter into the Kingdom of Heaven We take up the Book of the Holy Scripture at the Lords command and for a Testimony of our Dissatisfaction at the abounding Corruptions both of Translators and the Press and likewise for a Testimony of our desires and intentions for a new Translation and Impression free of the foresaid and other abuses we to our power reform our own Books and sayes that the word of God needs no humane Art we hold that the Word of God is laid the Foundation of this new Building and shortly it shall become the head Corner stone of the Building over both Kirk and Stater Kirk-Men and States-Men so that Scripture towards the end of the Rev. of Iohn shall be fulfilled And I saw Heaven opened and behold a white Horse and he that sat upon him was called Faithful and True and in Righteousness he doth Iudge and make War his Eyes were as a flame of Fire and on his Head were many Crowns and he had a new Name written that no Man knew but he himself and he was Cloathed with a Vesture dipt in Blood and his Name is called the word of God And first to shew that we take the Word of God in every point to be our Rule the sum and end of our so much reproached and mocked at Exercise Fasting and Prayer will be found in the Book of Psalms Be thou exalted O God above the Heavens and let thy glory be above all the Earth It is written in the Acts of the Apostles It seemed good to the Holy Ghost and to us but they usurping Supremacy says by the Authority of the General Assembly allows these Psalms to be sung in Congregations c. which we renounce And more we think the Psalm Book in Meeter and no other thing ought to be within the broads of the Bible but the simple Scriptures of Truth the Psalms may be had in a Book by themselves We are so reproached and calumniate that we are forced to make our defence and shew that we have mourned fasted and prayed many a day and many a night this last Winter many times in the open Fields in Frost and Snow while our Cloaths were frozen upon us and our Feet frozen in our Shooes as the Town of cursed Borronstonness can witness and all this to find out the causes of our Lords tarrying when those who are now calling us Devils were turning themselves upon their Ivory beds like a door upon the Hinges eating the fat and drinking the sweet at their own ease And when we were driven thence by Persecution we took our selves to the Fields holding still by our duty where many Women did offer themselves to the Work with whom our spirits was many a time burdened whom we could not put away as our blessed Lord dealt with Iudas whom he knew would betray him without manifest causes We stayed not with them but on solemn days such as Sabbaths and appointed times for publick meeting but when they took their rest betwixt hands we continnued still in Fields nights and days fasting and praying for two or three days together several times and it was always their fear we should propose some question to try them for Separation and that night before we was taken we warned them that the Soldiers would come and told them to use their freedom we saw them also a mile off an hour before they came and none of them would go away and after we were brought in hither after some several days Fasting and Prayer we being warned by the Holy Ghost followed Esther's advice and continued from eight a Clock of the morning the 24 day of the 5 Month till the 27 at four afternoon Fasting and Praying we sent them word likewise to Fast and Pray and when we sent them the answer of our Prayers in the writ they called us Devils Thence we fasted till the 28 day at night and thence till the 30 at night waiting still to see if they would recover but they waxed still worse and we were forced to write this to vindicate our carriage towards them Walter Ker. Iohn Gibb David Iamison Iohn Young This is Exactly Compared and Collationed with the Principal Copy by me WIL. PATERSON Cl. Sti. Concilii FINIS A Catalogue of some Books Printed for Io. Hindmarsh at the Golden-Ball over against the Royal-Exchange in Cornhill THE Antiquity of the Royal Line of Scotland farther Cleared and Defended against the Exceptions lately offer'd by Dr. Stillingfleet in his Vindication of the Bishop of St. Asaph By Sir George Mackenzie His Majesty's Advocate for the Kingdom of Scotland The Moral History of Frugality with its opposite Vices Covetousness Niggardliness Prodigality and Luxury Written by the Honourable Sir George Mackenzie late Lord Advocate of Scotland A Memorial for His Highness the Prince of Orange in Relation to the Affairs of Scotland Together with the Address of the Presbyterian-Party in that Kingdom to His Highness And some Observations on that Address By two Persons of Quality An Account of the Present Persecution of the Church in Scotland in several Letters The Case of the Present Afflicted Clergy in Scotland truly represented To which is added for Probation the attestation of many unexceptionable Witnesses to every Particular and all the Publick Acts and Proclamations of the Convention and Parliament relating to the Clergy By a Lover of the Church and his Country An Historical Relation of the late Presbyterian General Assembly held at Edinburgh from October 16. to November 13. In the Year 1690. In a Letter from a Person in Edinburgh to his Friend in London Vid. Cargil and Sanchars Covenant at the end * That is this noise of Prisoners yet preserved alive So the Preacher applied his Doctrin The truly learned Advocate for the King † Illud tamen generaliter observandum quod Iurisdictio nunquam privative sed cumulative delega●i potest non est quasi transitio juris de un● persona in aliam sed tantum mandata jurisdictio quod non obstante Delegatione adhuc remanet in delegante Considering the violent and cruel temper of their Enemies * Compare this with the Sanchar Declaration and Cargil's Covenant at the end of this Paper * That is the same Punishment which the Law provides against such a Criminal Art eod II. Art 3. ejusdem Art 10. Act 92. Ses. II. Iac. 6. * Vid. Cargils Covenant and Sanchar Declaration