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A67695	The last discourse of the Right Honble the Lord Warestoune, as he delivered it upon the scafford at the Mercat-Cross of Edinburgh, July 22. 1663. being immediately before his death Whereunto is added a short narration of his carriage during the time of his imprisonment, but more especially at his death: all which is very comfortable and refreshing to all those that take pleasure in the dust of Zion, and favour the stones of our Lord's broken-down building amongst us. By a Favourer of the Covenant and work of reformation.	Warriston, Archibald Johnston, Lord, 1611-1663.	1664 (1664)	Wing W984; ESTC R222558	17,646	20

O wretched man that I am who shall deliver me from this body of death and to lie low in the dust mourning and lamenting over the same deprecating God's Wrath and begging his tender Mercies to pardon and his powerful Grace to cure all these evils I must confess withal that it doth not a little trouble me lie heavy upon my spirit and will bring me down with sorrow to the grave though I was not alone in this offence but had the Body of the Nation going before me and the example of persons of all ranks to ensnare me that I suffered my self through the power of temptations too much fear anent the straits that my numerous family might be brought into to be carried into so great a length of complyance in England with the late Usurpers which did much grieve the hearts of the Godly and made those that sought God ashamed and confounded for my sake and did give no small occasion to the Adversary to reproach and blaspheme and did withal not a little obscure and darken the beauty of several former Actings about his glorious and blessed Work of Reformation so happily begun and far advanced in these Lands wherein he was graciously pleased to imploy and by imploying to honour me to be an Instrument though the least and unworthiest of many whereof I am not at all ashamed this day but account it my glory howevet that work be now cryed down opposed laid in the dust and trod upon And my turning aside to comply with these men was the more aggravated in my person that I had so frequently and seriously made profession of my aversness from and abhorrency of that way and had shewed much dissatisfaction with others that had not gone so great a length for which as I seek God's mercy in Christ Jesus so I desire that all the Lord's People may from my example be the more stirred up to watch and pray that they enter not into temptation 2. I dare not deny on the other hand but must testifie in the second place to the glory of his free Grace that the Lord my God hath often shewed ensured into and engraven upon my conscience the Testimony of his reconciled Mercy through the Merits of Jesus Christ pardoning all my iniquities and assuring me that he would deliver me also by the Grace of his holy Spirit from the spait tyranny and dominion thereof and hath often drawn forth my spirit to the exercise of Repentance and Faith and hath often engraven upon my heart in legible characters the merciful pardoning and gracious-begun cure thereof to be perfected thereafter to the glory of his Name Salvation of my own soul and Edification of his Church 3. I am pressed in conscience to leave here at my death my true and honest Testimony in the sight of God and man unto and for the National Covenant the Solemn League and Covenant the solemn Acknowledgments of our Sins and Engagements to our Duties and to all the Grounds and Causes of Fasts and Humiliations and of the Lord's Displeasure and Contendings with the Land and to the several Testimonies given for his Interests by General Assemblies Commissions of the Kirk Synods Presbyteries and other faithful Ministers and Professors 4. I am also pressed to encourage his doing suffering witnessing People and sympathizing ones with those that suffer that they would continue in their duties of mourning praying believing witnessing and sympathizing with others and humbly to assure them in the Name of the Lord our God the God of his own Word and Work of his Covenant Cause and People that he will be seen found and felt in his own gracious way and time by his own means and instruments for his own honour and glory to return to his own Truths Interests and Servants to revive his Name his Covenant his Word his Work his Sanctuary and his Saints in this Nation yea even in these three Covenanted Nations which were by so solemn Bonds Covenants Subscriptions and Oaths given away and devoted to himself 5. I exhort all those that have been or are enemies or unfriendly to the Lord's Name Covenant or Cause Word Work or People in Britain and Ireland to repent and amend before these sad Judgments that are posting fast come upon them for their sinning so highly against the Lord because of any temptations of the time on the right-hand or on the left by baits or straits whatsoever and that after so many Engagements and professions of not a few of themselves to the contrary 6. I dare not conceal from you who are friendly to all the Lord 's precious Interests in Britain and Ireland that the Lord to the commendation of his Grace be it humbly spoken hath several times in the exercise of my Repentance and Faith during my troubles and after groans and tears upon these three notable chapters viz. the ninth of Ezra ninth of Nehemiah and the ninth of Daniel together with other suitable Scriptures even in the very nick of humble and fervent prayers and supplications to him for reviving again of his Name Covenant Cause VVord and Work of Reformation in these Covenanted Nations and particularly in poor Scotland yea O dear Scotland which solemnly re-engaged unto him to the good example and encouragement of his People in the other two Nations to covenant with him also That the Lord I say hath several times given me good grounds of hope lively expectations of his merciful gracious powerful wonderful renewing reviving again of all his former great Interests in these Covenanted Nations and that in such a way by such means and instruments with such antecedents concurrents consequences and effects as shall wonderfully rejoyce his mourning Friends and astonish his contradicting and contra-acting Enemies I do earnestly recommend my poor afflicted Wife and Children and their Posterity to the choicest Blessings of God and unto the Prayers and Favours of all the Lord's Children and Servants in their earnest dealihgs with God and man in their behalf that they may not be ruined for my sake but that for the Lord my Gods sake they may be favoured assisted supplied and comforted and may be also fitted by the Lord for his Fellowship and Service whom God himself hath moved me often in their own presence and with their own consents to dedicate devote resign alike and as well as I devoted and resigned my own soul unto him for all time and eternity 8. Now here I beseech the Lord to open the eyes of all the Instruments of my Trouble who are not deadly irreconcilable Enemies to himself and his People that they may see the Wrong done by them to his Interest and People and to Me and Mine and may repent thereof return to the Lord and more cordially maintain own and adhere unto all his Interests in time to come The Good Lord give unto them Repentance Remission and Amendment which is the worst wish I do and the best wish I can wish unto them for

you are very highly honoured this day Within a little thereafter he was taken down by Friends that received his body as the Cord was cut The Executioner came to take off his Head and being timerous and seeming as somewhat afraid he was desired to put away fear and do his work cleanly so this precious Head was taken off at one stroak which was afterward set upon the Nether-Bow Port where it standeth by the blessed Head of that precious and cleanly Martyr and slain yet witnessing Witness of our Lord Jesus Christ Mr. Iames Guthry sometime Minister of the Gospel at Sterling upon the South or right-hand of which doth the Head of this latter Martyr stand so that these two Worthies who in their life-time had alwayes been together as to those actings that tended to the carrying on of the Work of Reformation wherein they so sweetly agreed in their death were not divided but the Heads of these two Worthies who had witnessed for Christ while living stand there together confirming the same when dead and ought to put all the People of God in mind of the Truths they held while living and walking together which they sealed with their blood as true at their death according to that saying of worthy and eminent Mr. Guthrie at his return to the Prison after the receiving of his Sentence having told that his Head was to be set upon the Nether-Bow and being enquired by his nearest friend what should it do there he answered Even to Preach and indeed these Heads do preach there and this was very comfortable to him when he heard in his Sentence that his Head was to be set up by the Head of that faithful true and stedfast Witness His Body was carried to the Grey-Fryar Kirk-yard accompanied by many cloathed in deep Mourning but by many more Heart-Mourners to the number of some thousands and was buried in the Iohnstouns Yle where it rests and sleeps sweetly united unto Christ as in a secret cabinet and retired chamber whereof our Lord Jesus keepeth the key till the Resurrection at which time it shall be raised a glorious shining Body being changed and made like unto his glorious Body Phil. 3. 20 21. Thus a Prince and Great man in Israel did fall that day so that Sampson whose hair had been cut and his strength as concerning his natural abilities much wasted was there restored and whereas he was brought forth that they might have a day of spott of him imagining that he would be afraid to dye having pulled out his eyes in that his Memory after the letting of his blood and giving him the poison was so much wasted that he knew not whether he was English-man or Scots-man French man or Dutch-man nor whether Genesis or Revelation did begin the Bible nor whether he had or wanted Wife and Children and so did not remember even when in Prison what the behaviour of one should be upon a Scaffold but as he was told which he presently did forget again as also he did forget any thing else was told him though often repeated in one quarter of an hour yet that day and about the time of his suffering he was so fully restored as that there was no missing of what had formerly been taken from him and the Lord the high Supream of Heaven and Earth shewed his Power from on high and by commanding and giving strength out of Zion made his precious Servant prove a Sampson indeed by a most glorious undaunted chearful heartsom Carriage and faithful Testimony as one undervaluing all that man could do unto him behaving himself at his death like good old faithful valourous Warestoun who being so full of magnanimity gave as sore a dash and stroke to the Prelatical Interest yea even to the conviction of the owners thereof and did as much confirm strengthen chear up and admirably inhearten them that desire to abide in the Truth as ever he had done by his former Testimonies Sealing all with his own blood that formerly he had owned and professed yea and this was a return of a desire of his own written in a Letter to a Friend many years before speaking of a particular Testimony for the Covenant and having shewed how the Lord had keeped possession in Scotland by the Testimonies of his People against Defection from generation to generation he addeth O that my blood at the Cross of Edinburgh might seal this Testimony in prosecution of all the former meaning those Testimonies that had been formerly given from time to time against Defection in the preceding ages which he had mentioned in the Epistle foresaid Thus the Lord in his own time and way did graciously fulfill that his desire and by his so strengthening him making thereby the hearts of strangers sad and reviving the spirits of his fainting People did give therein a most signal evident and rich return of the many supplications which had been put up to the Lord for him during the whole time of his trouble and imprisonment which is a great encouragement to pray for it is not in vain yea it 's not in vain for the house of Iacob to seek his face who is able to comfort the most dejected heartless mourners in Zion as also this dealing of the Lord with his suffering Servants whom he so wonderfully encourageth is an excellent encouragement to the Godly in such a day as this to obey the Exhortation which is in the close of the first particular in the foregoing Discourse for guarding against temptation The good Lord bless these bloody preachings to his People to make them walk in his way whatever difficulties appear therein that the Cloud of Witnesses may not be a standing Witness against us Amen Advertisement to the Reader concerning this and the two Discourses of the former honourable and precious Witnesses formerly printed THe last words of dying men being much set by of their affectionate Relations surely the last words of dying Witnesses for the Testimony of our Lord Iesus Christ should be had in very singular account and that especially upon these three Considerations Cons. 1. Dying sober men and more especially dying Christians but most of all dying testifying sealing confirming Witnesses for Christ must be most sober and know well upon what grounds they do express their minds being immediately thereafter to give in their last accounts and for that cause must take good heed how they put that last crowning Master-piece of Work wherein his Glory is so much concerned well and cleanly off their hand that they may hope through Grace to be accepted of him and even as to that last discourse to have him say unto them Well done good and faithful Servant c. Cons. 2. Our Lord Jesus Christ that non-such faithful tender-hearted and in the worst of times worthy to be followed Master having staged them before so many Witnesses for his sake doth for the glory and honour of his Majesty and for the commendation of the hardest pieces of his