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A43681	The spirit of popery speaking out of the mouths of phanatical-Protestants, or, The last speeches of Mr. John Kid and Mr. John King, two Presbyterian ministers, who were executed for high-treason and rebellion at Edinburgh, August the 14th, 1679 with animadversions, and the history of the Archbishop of St. Andrews his murder, extracted out of the registers of the Privy-Council, &c. / by an orthodox Protestant.	Hickes, George, 1642-1715.; Kid, John, d. 1679.; King, John, d. 1679.	1680 (1680)	Wing H1874; ESTC R6348	165,592	93

but says nothing by way of contrition for his Treasons Schisms and Rebellions which is in plain English Pharise-like to swallow a Cammel and strain at a Gnat. of Duty I have not wanted my own sinful infirmities and weakness So that I may justly say I have no righteousness of my own all is like filthy Rags But g What Episcopal Protestant doth not think himself bound to bless God upon the same account or doth not believe the same things of Jesus Christ or hath not the same trust and affiance in him though I hope better grounded than his is but he must make himself talk at this rate to insinuate to the People that he Suffered for preaching these Gospel-Truths blessed be God that there is a Saviour and an Advocate Jesus Christ the righteous and I do believe that Jesus Christ is come into the World to save Sinners of whom I am the chief and that through Faith in his Righteousness I have obtained Mercy and that through him and him only I desire to have a happy and glorious Victory over Sin Satan Hell and Death and that I shall attain unto the Resurrection of the Just and be partaker of Eternal Life I know in whom I have believed that h By citing part of this passage 2 Tim. 1. 12. he Jesuitically insinuates as if the whole were applicable to him and by consequence that he Suffered for the same cause as the Apostle did viz. for Preaching of the Gospel For the Verse begins thus For the which Cause I also suffer these things nevertheless I am not ashamed for I know whom I have believed and I am perswaded that he is able to keep that which I have committed unto him he means either his Preaching or the Rebellious People to whom he Preached against that day as if he were put to Death for Preaching and they were persecuted for hearing the Gospel Preached he is able to keep that which I have committed to him against that day I i And do not Protestant-Bishops and their Clergy Preach Salvation in Christs name and Christs alone have in my poor Capacity Preached Salvation through his Name and as I have Preached so do I believe and with all my Soul I have Commended and yet I do Commend to all of you the riches of k See note i in the first Speech his free Grace and Faith in his name as the alone and only way whereby ye can be saved It may be many may think but I bless the Lord without any l Is there then no sollid ground to believe that a man who Blasphemously Preached Rebellion in the name of God and who preached it in Assemblies of Armed men in the Fields and who preached those Assemblies into a Marching Army and who Marched himself along with them in Arms I say is there no sollid ground to believe that such a man Suffered as an Evil Doer and not as a Martyr for Christ solid ground that I Suffer not as an Evil Doer and as a busie Body in other ●ens matters but I reckon not much upon that having the Testimony of my Conscience for it was the m Is it not great Blasphemy in this Traitor to compare his Lot first with the Lot of Christ who was put to Death for asserting that he was Messias and the Son of God And 2ly with the Lot of his faithful Witnesses who were put to Death by the Jews for maintaining that Jesus whom they had Crucified was the Messias and that God had Raised him from the Dead and had made him the only Mediator betwixt God and Man and that Salvation was to be had in no other name but his And likewise Suffered by the Gentiles for preaching against Idolatry declaring unto them That God who made Heaven and Earth was the only true God and that Jesus whom the Jews Crucified was raised from the Dead and was the great piacle for the sins of the World c. For which of these Truths or for what other Article of the Creed or for what Doctrine of the Gospel professed by the Catholick Church did this Blasphemer Suffer that he durst compare his Lot to that of Christ and the primitive Christians It is not the Suffering but the cause for which any man Suffers that can justify such a parallel otherwise all Malefactors might take the confidence to Baspheme as well as this Traitor and his Brethren who pretend to suffer for Christ and be conformed unto him in his Sufferings when they are put to Death for most Hainous crimes So that Execrable wretch † In Ravilla● Redivivus Mitchel declared in the Speech which he threw among the Spectators That he died a Witness for Christs despised Truth and Interest which God called him to seal with his Blood So Naphtali page 226. brings in those who were hanged at Edinburgh Decemb. 7. 1666. for the Rebellion at P●●tland-hills speaking thus We are Condemned by Men but this is our rejoycing the Testimony of our Conscience that we Suffer not as Evil Doers but for Righteousness for the Word of God and the Testimony of Jesus Christ. Would you know the Righteousness for which they Suffered It was their Covenant the Presbyterian Government and the Supremacy of the King in Sion Things and notions which the Primitive Christians never knew nor heard of nor whereof one title is to be found in their Writings or in the Word of God Lot of our blessed Lord himself and also the Lot of many of his eminent and precious Servants and People to Suffer by the World as Evil Doers yea I think it I have so far ground not to scare at such a Lot that I count it my Non-such honour and Oh what am I that I should have been honoured so when so many Worthies have n If the Worthies of the cause pant after this incomparable honour why doth not their mighty zeal and ambition render them impatient like some of the Primitive Christians who not being able to stay till God called them presented themselves before the criminal Tribunals fearing lest they might want an opportunity to dye for the name of Christ. Did the Covenanters so pant after the honour of Martyrdom we should see the Rebels render themselves in Troops to Authority and here men not Arraigned cry out in the chamber of criminal Justice and we were at Bothwel-Bridge we should see them throng to bear their Testimony at the Cross or in the Grass-Market of Edinburgh where Mr. Welsh hath foretold and I hope in this he is a true Prophet that he must glorifie God panted after the like and have not come at it and my Soul rejoyceth in being brought to a Conformity with my blessed Lord and Head and so blessed a Company in this way and Lot And I desire to pray that I may not be to any of you to day upon this account a o In the Scripture every thing or Person that is an occasion of a

occasion of their keeping of Coaches and admitting of their Secular Titles for which I likewise find them censured by the Viperous Author of the Reformed Bishop Printed lately at London Ruined Interest of our Lord and Master and for the relief of my poor Brethren Afflicted and r It hath always been the custom of Sectaries to miscall the Execution of the Laws by the odious name of Persecution which common People who seldom consider that the righteousness of the Cause and not the sufferings of the Prosecuted make Persecution are apt to think is really such as often as men suffer upon a pretended The true notion of Persecution stated religious account Therefore I will take an occasion from the abuse of the word by this Deceiver to declare from the words of our Blessed Redeemer That Persecution in the active sence is Inflicting and in the passive suffering of Evil for Righteousness-sake Whosoever then is truly Persecuted must be prosecuted for matters of professed Faith or Principles or for matters of Practice Upon the former account a man is Persecuted when he is prosecuted either for professing under which I comprehend Preaching and Teaching a true Doctrine which he is bound to profess as the Apostles were persecuted by the Jews for professing Jesus to be the Christ or for remonstrating against a false Doctrine which he is bound to remonstrate against as the same Apostles were persecuted for opposing this Doctrine that Moses his Law was to be observed under-Christ But whosoever is persecuted for matters of practise is prosecuted either for matters of Divine Worship which concern the first Table or for Matters of Morality which belong to the Second for there is no Righteousness or Righteous cause which is not reducable to one of these Two With respect to matters of Divine Worship a man is persecuted either upon a Negative account for not Worshipping a false god like the Three Children in Daniel or else for not Worshipping the true God in a false way as St. Paul and the other Apostles were persecuted by the Sanhedrim for not Worshipping God according to the Jewish manner after it was abrogated and these are the two Sorts of Persecution which most ordinarily occur in reading the Scriptures Or 2ly Upon a positive account for Worshipping the true God in a true way or to express it in the Sectaries own tearms for Serving of God as Daniel was cast into the Lions Den for Praying to God against the Kings Decree With respect to matters of Morality a man is also Persecuted two ways First Upon a Negative account when he is Prosecuted for not doing something which is in its own nature or by Gods positive Command Morrally Evil as the good Midwives were in danger of being Prosecuted by Pharaoh for not Murdering the Hebrew-Infants Or 2ly Upon a positive account when he is Prosecuted for doing some good Deed which in such and such circumstances ought to be done as our blessed Lord was Prosecuted by the Pharisees for opening the Eyes of the Blind and healing on the Sabbath-day These distictions being premised let us see in which of these cases the Covenanters are Covenantert not Persecuted Persecuted or which is all one for what they are Martyrs For no man is Persecuted but as far as he is Persecuted he is a Martyr and by his Suffeaings bears Witness to the righteous Cause for which he Suffers First Then they are not Persecuted when they are Prosecuted for professing the Principles of their Party because they are False Impious or both For contrary to the Universal Church of God they hold that Episcopacy is an Unscriptural and Antichristian Constitution That it is a sin to take Episcopal Orders or directly or indirectly to a See the Apologetical Narration and the Apology own the Authority of the Bishops and b See the Apologetical Narration and the Apology unlawfull to hear them or their Clergy Preach Nay That it is lawfull to kill them if they c For then they are Persecuting Prelates inform Authority or Preach or Write against them That the Use of the d A great Apostle of the Covenant Elder Brother to Dr. Owen said that the common Use of the Lords Prayer was a Papistical Charm And a Minister of Galloway thanked God that he had banished two Idols out of his Parish Our Father and I believe in God Lords Prayer the Creed and the Ten Commandments is Superstitious and Idolatrous That the Common-Prayer is an Idol That the observation of e See Bishop Lindseys Narration of the Assembly at Derth Holy-days the four Apostolical not excepted private Baptisms private Communions and Confirmation are unlawful Superstitious and Popish That the Presbyterian Government is of Divine Institution That the f The Apologetical Narration and almost all their Books solemn League and Covenant cannot be rescinded by any power on Earth but obligeth us and our Posterity for ever and that it is lawfull to kill those that g This was the true ground of their implacable hatred to the Marquess of Montross and the late Archbishop of St. Andrews Apostatize from it That the Oath of Allegiance in Scotland and the Oath of Supremacy in England ought not to be taken and That the h The Apologetical Narration see Note y on the first Speech Act of Supremacy unkings Christ That it is unlawful to appear at Bishops i The Apologet. Narrat and Napht. page 126. saith That their Oppressions and grievances by reason of this Court alone do far exceed the pressures and injuries of the Spanish Inquisition whereupon the United Provinces have justified their Revolt from the King of Spain Courts or before the k The Apologet. Narrat and Napht. page 126. saith That their Oppressions and grievances by reason of this Court alone do far exceed the pressures and injuries of the Spanish Inquisition whereupon the United Provinces have justified their Revolt from the King of Spain High-Commission-Court That the Supream Magistrate cannot silence a Minister nor indict a Fast which the good Kings of Judah and Israel and the King of Nineveh did That the l Jus Populi Vindicatum Apologet. Narr Sect. 11. People have a Right to defend themselves and their Covenanted Religion That m Apologet. Narr Sect. 9. The Apology Mitchels larger Speech in Rav. Red. Though the Right of Patronage is far Elder than Popery as is evident from that Law of Justinian Novel 123. c. 18. Siquis oratorii domum fabricaverit and the Council of Toled 9. c. 2. decernimus ut quamdiu fundatores Ecclesiarum presentations to Livings in the Church by Lay-Persons and Collations by Bishops is Popish and unlawful not to mention all their other Principles which are occasionally mentioned in these Animadversions But if all these and their other Doctrines which they profess in opposition to the Church and State be False or Impious or both as most assuredly they are then they are not Persecuted

to the Ends unto which they were Ordained How contrary is this Jesuitical Doctrine of the Covenanters to the Profession and Practice of Primitive Christians and the Confession of Protestant Churches and especially of the Church of England which Teaches That Subjects are absolutely bound to Obey their Sovereign by actual Obedience when his Commandments are not Sinful and when they are so by Passive Obedience after the Example of the Primitive Christians who patiently and meekly Suffered all sorts of Punishments and Torments when they were in a most probable Capacity if they had Rebelled In Tertullians time the Infidels complained That the Christians were so numerous † 1. Apolog. Cyprian ad Demetr inde est quod nemo nostrum quando apprehenditur reluctatur nec se adversus injustam violentiam vestram quam vis ●●nius copiosus noster sit populus ulciscitur Obsessam vociferantur civitatem in agris in Castellis in insulis Christianos omnem Sexum aetatem Conditionem jam dignitatem transgredi ad hoc nomen moerent and in his Second Apology he appeals to the Heathens If they were not numerons enough to make greater Armies than any were then in the World telling them That the Christians had left them nothing but their Temples Si enim hostes exertos non tantum vindices occultos agere vellemus deesset nobis vis numerorum copiarum besterni sumus vestra omnia implevimus urbes insulas Castella municipia conciliabula castra ipsa tribus decurias palatium senatum Eorum sola vobis relinquimus templa cui bello non idonei non prompti fuissemus and in the very next words declares That the Christian Religion taught them not to Kill but to be Killed Qui tam libenter trucidamur si non apud istam Disciplinam occidi magis liceret quàm occidere But the Covenanters on the contrary assert see Lex Rex from page 313. to 322. That no man is bound in Conscience to passive Subjection under unjust Punishments inflicted by the Magistrate more than to active Obedience to unlawful Commands passive Obedience in that case coming under no Command of God Nay That it is a Sin against God to submit to an unjust Sentence and an Act of Grace and Vertue for a Man to Resist the Magistrate Violently when he doth him Wrong and Self-Murder not to Resist when he offers to take our Lives without Cause though not without Law Nay He Blasphemously mocks at the very notion of Passive Obedience as a Chimera and a Dream forgetting who was brought like a Lamb to the Slaughter and like a Sheep that is Dumb before his Shearers opened not his mouth And Mr. George Gillespy in the Preface to his Printed Sermon before the House of Commons on Ezek. 43. 11. he calls Preces lacrymae sunt arma Ecclesiae the new Oxford-Divinity to the immortal Honour of that University which so malled the Covenant and where this Primitive Christian Divinity which he most ignorantly miscalled new will I hope be taught to the end of the World I take the more notice of Passive Obedience as ●rted this because many of the late Seditious Pamphlets have Lampooned the Doctrine of Passive Obedience especially those which have been written against the Succession of his Royal Highness and the † Pages 66. 67 68. Author of The History of the late Civil Wars in his Censure of the Whole Duty of Man I shall for the Confutation of them all set down some Texts of Scripture and the Sense of ancient Christians on this Subject and then leave my Reader to judge whether it be not Blasphemy to scoff at the notion of Passive Obedience and Nonsense to say That Rebellion may be justified thereby 1 Pet. 2. 18 19 20. Servants be Subject to your Masters not only to the good and Ames Parentem si aequus est si iniquus feras gentle but also to the froward for this is thankworthy if a man for Conscience towards God endure grief suffering wrongfully for what glory is it if when you are buffetted for your faults you take it patiently but if when you do well and suffer for it you take it patiently this is acceptable with God for even hereunto were ye called because Christ also Suffered for us leaving as an Example That we should follow his Steps And 1 Pet. 4. 13 14 15. But rejoyce in as much as you are Partakers of Christs Sufferings for if you are reproached for the name of Christ happy are you but let none of you Suffer as a Murderer or a Thief or an Evildoer yet if any man Suffer as a Christian let him not be ashamed but glorifie God on this behalf Rev. 13. 10. He that killeth with the Sword shall be killed with the Sword here is the Patience and Faith of the Saints Hebr. 11. 35 36 37. They were Tortured Scourged Stoned Sawn assunder c. which St. August de civit dei l. 22. Explains in these words Neque tunc civitas Christi quamvis tunc peregrinaretur in terris haberet tam magnorum agmina populorum adversus impios persecutores pro temporali salute pugnavit sed potius ut obtineret aeternam non repugnavit Ligabantur includebantur caedebantur torquebantur urebantur laniebantur trucidabantur multipliclabantur non erat ijs pro salute pugnare nisi salutem pro salute contemnere So Lactantius lib. 5. idèo cum tam nefanda perpetimur ne verbo quidem reluctamur sed deo remittimus ultionem But the Thebean Legion which consisted of 6666. Soldiers all Christians is beyond all other Example They lay with the rest of the Army at Octodurum when Maximianus the Emperor Commanded That Sacrifice should be offered unto the Gods This Command being given the Christian Legion marched away to a Village called † Now St. Mauritz in Savoy Agaunum whither the Emperor sent to Command them to come and Sacrifice with the rest but they refused whereupon the Emperor Commanded That every Tenth Man through the whole Legion should be Slain which was Executed without the least Shew of Resistance against them who were appointed to put them to Death And Mauritius a Primicerius of the Legion bespoke the Soldiers at the time of Execution Thus I was very much afraid Fellow-Soldiers lest any of you as it is very natural especially for Armed men to do should have Resisted under the specious pretext of Self-Defence And I was prepared to forbid you to do so in the Name and by the Example of Christ who Commanded Peter when he drew his Sword to put it up again thereby Teaching c. The first Decimation being Executed the Emperor Commanded the rest to Sacrifice who Answered him thus We are thy Soldiers Caefar and have taken up Arms to Defend the Empire and never yet were Punished either as Desertors Traitors or Cowards and we would now Obey thee in this particular but that being Christians we

Loudon 34. Lysimachus Nicanor 13. 33. M. Mr. Hugh Mackell his Blasphemy 7. Mariana approved by Lex Rex 30. Mr. Malne 29. Martyrs Miraculously assisted by God Mr. Kid pretends to that miraculous assistance 2 3. the Pseudo-Martyrs of the Covenanting Cause 10. they dyed Fudled or Drunk 18 19. Mary Queen of Scotland her saying of a Presbyterian Fast 28. Sir George Maxwel bewitched to death by Witches who were Fanaticks 35. Covenanting-Ministers False Ministers or Usurpers of the Ministery 36. They assume Prophetical boldness 49. Prouder than any Bishops the Pope not excepted 50. Mr. Mitchel his Blasphemies 22. 68. blasphemously compared with Samson 10. Mrs. Mitchelson a Ministers Daughter a pretended Prophetess her Basphemy 7. Marquess of Montross at first a Covenanter 30. The Covenanters cruelty to him afterwards 29. the reasons thereof 25. in Marg. g. Murderers of the late Lord Primate 29. 63. N. National Covenant 43. Naked Truth refuted 40. 41. Naphtali 7. 13 25 26 29 30 31 33 51 52. see Probable capacity O. Passive Obedience Asserted against the Jesuits Covenanters Mr. Hobbs c. 31 32. the profession of that Doctrine a badge of true Protestancy 33. Ordination of Bishops unto their Office distinct from that of Presbyters Oxford-Divinity Preces Lacry●● c. so called 31. P. Scottish Acts of Parliament damned by the Covenanters 8 9 10. Mr. Peter Paterson 34. Patronage of Ecclesiastical Livings elder than Popery 25. in Marg. m. Mr. James Porter 34. Presbyterians vid. Covenanters their Preachers abusive and blasphemous applyers of holy Scriptures 3. 8 9 19 20 21 23 48 49. Protestation of the Covenanters 1638. 13. in Marg. c. Protestant Is a Papist reformed into a Primitive Christian 33. who true Protestants and who not 16. An account of the Army at Pentland-hills 33. Hugh Peters dyed Drunk 19. The true notion of Persecution stated 24. Phineas Or Heroical Murders justified by the Presbyterian Writers 66 67 68. Probable Capacity That Doctrine 29. contrary to the practice of Primitive Christians who were in a most Probable Capacity 31. The Poor Mans Cup c. 9 10. Q. Quakers Why the Presbyterians are so angry at them 45. their unanswerable Arguments against the Presb. 45 46. R. Ravillac Redivivus 12. 14 22 34 35. Mr. Henry Rollock 7. Mr. Rutherford 34. Remish Testament 1. Mr. Matth. Rumsey 34. S. Scriptures Blasphemously or abusively applyed by Fanatick Preachers 2 3 9 19 20 21 23 48 49. Spotswoods History 13. in Marg. 14 49. Soldiers murdered in their Quarters by Fanaticks 70. The Sword of the Lord and of Gideon 48. 54. Supremacy condemned by the Covenanters 9. 25. Addit Post finem Mr. James Symson 34. T. The Thebean Legion 52. Earl of Trequaire 30. Town-Major of Edinburgh Sir Edmondbury-Godfreyed by the Fanaticks 36. 70. Mr. Robert Tran of Egglesholm 29. W. Wandring thoughts will interpose in Devotion as well as in Studying if resisted not sins 21. The seasonable warning the treasonable and blasphemous language in it 28. Mr. Welshes Prophecy of himself 22. his Impudence 53. Major Thomas Weir 34. James Wallaces Wife her Adultery and Blasphemy 34. West of Scotland where Fanaticks abound famous for Fornications and Adulteries 35. Whole Duty of Man vindicated against the Cavil of Mr. Hobbs 32. Mr. Williamson a Conventicle Preacher and the Lady Carrs Daughter 35. Witchcraft a reigning Sin among the Fanaticks 16. Witches of Burrostoness all Conventiclers 16. Causes of Gods Wrath a Book so called 43. ERRATA In the first Speech PAge 2. line 11. him page 13. line 2. wide 10. wish 35. those page 17. line 22. fed In the second Speech PAge 47. line 9. Cess page 54. line 47. tristed In the Animadversions PAge 23. l. 41. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 p. 25. Marg. e Perth p. 29. l. 23. 9 l. 25 Milne p. 36. l. 10. John in marg 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 p. 42. l. 23. purely dele and p. 48 l. 30. Ittecha p. 49. 3 in marg Balcanquel p. 53. l. 8. Alexander There are other Errors of less moment which the Reader may be pleased to Correct

eos quos baptizaverat suos putabat esse non Christi in toto orbe decretum est ut unus de Presbyteris electus super poneretur caeteris ad quem omnis Ecclesiae cura pertinere● schismatum semina tollerentur Having now shewed that the Primitive Christians believed the Function of a Bishop to be distinct from that of a Presbyter and Superior to it and that the Bishops were the Successors of the Apostles and of Christs institution as they were I hope it is plain that this Antiepiscopal Deceiver dyed not in the Faith of the Primitive Christians as he hath the impudence here to profess From what I have here said of the Episcopal Office and Authority I may draw some Corollaries First that the Primitive Catholick Church acted in Conformity to its own Profession in declaring Aerius as an Antiepiscoparian an Heretick Secondly that Church-Government is not indifferent but that the † Episcopos esse in Ecclesiâ debere tanquam institutionem Apostolicam ac ordinationem proinde divinam contra Puritanos contraque Bellàrminum semper sensi qui negat Episcopos à deo immediatè suam jurisdictionem accepisse Sed nihil mirum à Puritanis eum stare quum Jesuitae nihil quàm Puritano-papistae ●int This was the Judgment of King James as is observed by Becanus de Prim. regn Angl. c. 7. Jacobi regis praefat Monar Episcopal is immediately of Apostolical and mediately of Christs institution and by consequence at least as unalterable as the Baptism of Infants and observation of the Lords-Day which the Presbyterians with good reason declare that the Magistrate ought not to change or take away Thirdly that it is Blasphemy to say that Episcopacy is an Antichristian usurpation over the Church Fourthly that to assert with the Covenanters that the Presbyterian-Government is of Divine institution is an Unscriptural Heretical and absurd Doctrine contrary to the Word of God and the practice and profession of the Holy Catholick Church And as this Jesuited Presbyterian died not in the Faith or Profession of the Primitive Christians so he died not in the Faith of the Reformed Churches First not of the Church of England which is Governed by Bishops like the Primitive Churches and after the warrant of their example hath Instituted Ceremonies and worships God by Liturgical Forms Nor secondly of the Reformed Church of France which submits to the regulation of the Edict of Nantes which is a pure and Secular Edict and which hath always worshipped God by a Common-Prayer-Book and observes Holy-days as Christmas Easter and Whitsunday and which reverences Protestant Bishops after the example of Calvin and Beza their first Reformers and owns Ministers Ordained by them and are never without some such in their Church And whos 's † The Kings larger Declaration pag. 75. Pastors especially those of Charenton were offended at the Solemn League and Covenant as an indelible Scandal to the Protestant Cause as also the Professors Ministers and Consistory of Geneva and their neighbour Reformed Churches as was certified to King Charles the First by his Publick Ministers abroad Nor lastly died he in the Faith of the Reformed Church of Scotland which never professed Episcopacy to be an unlawful or Antichristian Constitution c. as may be seen in the Larger and Lesser Scoticane Confession in the Harmony but I suppose he means the Covenanted Reformed Church that Schismatical Military Church which was and is the Reproach of the Protestant or Reformed Name by the mighty 9 So he calls the incurable obstination of the Presbyterian Party in Schism against the Episcopal Church and Faction and Rebellion against the State Power Goodness and Wisdom of God I bear my witness and Testimony to the Doctrine Worship Discipline and Government of the Kirk of Scotland by 10 A great * Presbyteries Tryal pag. 50. Apostle of the Covenant said in the Pulpit that the Angels and Saints of heaven if they could leave the sight of God would be glad to come down and see the admirable order of the Presbyterian Church of Scotland by Kirk-Sessions Presbyteries and Synods Which Platform being no where to be found in the Scripture made many that had cryed up the Presbyterian Discipline for a Divine Institution tu●● Independents Quakers and Atheists and condemn it as in truth it is for a meer human invention Which if Mr. Calvin had not hit upon and set up in that exigence in Geneva had never been known to the Western no more than to the Eastern parts of Christendom at least to great Britain where it hath been taught in both Kingdoms without any ground in the Scriptures or Antiquity for the sole indispensable government of the Church † King Charles his larger Declarat pag. 67. The National Covenant is that which in the Harmony is called Generalis Confessio it was first Subscribed by King James of blessed Memory and his Household 1580. and by Persons of all Ranks 1581. by an Ordinance of the Privy-Council and Act of General-Assembly It was Subscribed again by all sorts of Persons 1590. by a new Ordinance of Council at the desire of the General Assembly with a general Bond for maintaining the true Religion and the Kings Person and so far Authority permitting or commanding it all was well But then afterwards in † See the Declaration in w. on the first Speech and the Kings larger Declarat pag. 68 69 70. 1638. without the Kings Authority or Commission from his Council they imposed it again according to a new Interpretation of their own although no Authority can interpret any Oath Law or Rescript but that which made it or those whom they who made it have Constituted Interpreters and Judges thereof The new Interpretation was That this Confession was to be interpreted and understood against all the pretended Innovations as if every one of them had been expressed therein viz. The Five Articles of Perth the Service Book the Book of Canons the High-Commission and Episcopacy it self although these things were neither named nor hinted at in that Confession whereof the first Framers only abjured in it those Romish Corruptions which in their time had infected the Church Besides all this they altered the Bond which was annexed to the former Confession by adding these words without authority A mutual defence of one another against all Persons whatsoever by which what they meant the King by woful experience found The Copy of this Confession may be seen in the forecited larger Declaration of the King Kirk-Sessions Presbyteries Synods and General-Assemblies Also I bear my Witness and Testimony to our Covenants † National and Solemn-League betwixt the three Kingdoms which Sacred and Solemn Oath I believe cannot be dispensed with nor loosed by any person or Party upon earth but are fully binding these Nations and will be so ever hereafter Also I bear my Testimony to our publick Confessions of Sin and engagements to Duty and that either as to what concerns

the Reformation of our Families or Persons or the Reformation of the whole Church in general As also to the Causes of 11 A Seditious and Blasphemous Book so called which was burnt in Scotland by the hand of the common Hangman See Poormans Cup pag. 19. Gods wrath the rejecting of which is to be feared to be one of the greatest causes of Gods wrath this day against the Land I do also bear Witness and Testimony to the Protestation given in against the Controverted Assemblies in the publick Resolvings for bringing in the 12 So he calls the Loyal and Episcopal Party Malignant Party into places of Power and Trust contrary to our solemn Engagements and Obligations to God Also I adhere to our 13 See Note 13. on the first Speech Confessions of Faith larger and shorter Catechisms I witness my Testimony against Popery which is so greatly increased yea so much Countenanced and professed openly The Scottish Oath of Allegiance by many and that without the least I For Testification of my faithful Obedience to my most Gracious Sovereign Charles King of Great Britain c. Affirm Testify and Declare by this my solemn Oath that I acknowledge my said Sovereign onely Supream Governor of this Kingdom over all Persons and in all Causes and that no Foreign Prince Power State or Person Civil or Ecclesiastick hath any Jurisdiction Power or Superiority over the same and therefore I do utterly renounce and forsake all Foreign Power Jurisdictions and Authorities and shall at my utmost power Defend Assist and Maintain his Majesties Jurisdiction foresaid against all † Contra omnes mortales deadly and shall never decline his Majesties Power and Jurisdiction as I shall answer to God punishment I bear witness also against the Antichristian Prelacy now Established by Law contrary to our Vows to Almighty God And against the Rescinding of our solemn Oaths and Engagements as a thing that calls for Divine Vengeance And against all Oaths and Bonds contrary to our Covenant and Engagements especially that Oath of 14 So the Presbyterian Jesuit calls the Scottish Oath of Allegiance This is the Form of it and let the Protestant World judge if it be an Oath That calls for the Vengeance of God Supremacy the 15 See Note w on the first Speech Declaration against our Covenant and that Bond called the 16 That is The Bond for keeping the Peace whereby the Taker obligeth himself only to live Peaceably and not to rise in Arms against the King This Bond was tendered to the Rebels taken in the Battel at Pentland-hills and refused by many of them who were Hanged and are since reckoned among the Martyrs of the Cause It was likewise tendered to the late Rebels who were taken after the Battel of Bothwel-Bridge but about 300. of them refused it and are since Transported but five more especially who were accomplices with the Murderers of the late Archbishop of St. Andrews and who would not confess that the Killing of him was a Sin or Murder when they were asked in both Terms by Authority if it were so were Sentenced to be Hanged in Chains at Magus the place where that Execrable Murder was committed Was it ever heard in any other Christian Nation That any men refused to dye by the hand of the Executioner rather than engage not to rise in Arms against their lawful Sovereign The Christians under the Turks would not dye Martyrs if they Suffered upon that Principle Lord Jesu pity the madness and delusion of this People Amen Amen Bond of Peace and that 17 This is the Form of it and let the World judge whether it deserveth the name of horrid or no horrid Bond so frequently imposed against the Meetings of his People in Fields and Houses intended for the down bearing of the Gospel and Interest of our Lord and The Form of the BOND Master with all other Bonds publick or private contrary to our I underscribing do faithfully bind and oblige me That I my Wife Bairns and Servants respectively s●●ll no ways be present at any Conventicles and disorderly Meetings in time coming but shall live orderly in Obedience to the Law under the Penalties contained in the Acts of Parliament made there-anent As also I bind and ●blige me That my whole Tenants and Cotters respectively their Wives Bairns and Servants shall likewise refrain and abstain from the said Conventicles and other illegal Meetings not authorized by Law and that they shall live orderly in Obedience to the Law And further That I nor they shall Recept Supply or Commune with forfeited Persons intercommuned Ministers or Vagrant Preachers but shall do our utmost Endeavour to Apprehend their Persons And in case my said Tenants Cotters and their foresaids shall Contrave●● I shall take or apprehend any Person or Persons guilty thereof and present them to the Judge Ordinar that they may be Fined or Imprisoned therefore as is provided in the Acts of Parliament made thereanent Otherwise I shall remove them and their Families from my ground and if I shall fail herein I shall be liable to such Penalties as the said Delinquents have incurred by the Laws consenting to the Registration hereof in the Books of his Majesties Privy-Council or Books of any other Judges Competent that Letters and Executorials may be direct hereupon in Form as Effeirs and Constitutes my Procurators Obligations and Covenants to God also against all such that Connive at or Complie with or Strengthen the hands of this Prelatical Malignant and Persecuting Party As also against all Errors Schisms and Heresies contrary to our Engagements to God especially against that Ruining and Soul-deluding Evil or rather This is the Tenor of that Bond which the Fanaticks railed so much against and lest the force of it should be Eluded the Privy-Council † Rav. Rediv. page 50 Enacted That every Heritor who should receive into his Lands or Service any Tenants or Servants of any other Heritor without a Certificate from him or the Minister of the Parish where they lived That they lived orderly as to the matter of Conventicles should be subject to such Fines as the Privy Council should think fit to inflict to punish them for their Crime and repair the damage that should accrue to the Heritor or Master whose Tenants or Servants they did receive While the Feuds were kept up in Scotland it was usual for the King to bind the Chief for the Peaceable behaviour of the whole Tribe or Clan and because the Heritors or Landlords of that Countrey have such a despotical power over their Tenants it hath been the immemorial practice of the King Privy-Council and Parliament upon occasion to bind Landlords of all qualities for the peaceable demeanour of their Tenants and to give them Power and Warrant to take Bonds from them or upon their refusal to remove them from their possessions if they were Rack-renters but if they had Leases to denounce