M ADAM,—It is not my part to be unmindful of you. Be not afflicted for your brother, the Marquis of Argyle.[522] As to the main, in my weak apprehension, the seed of God being in him, and love to the people of God and His cause, it will be well. The making of particular reckoning with the Lord, and of peace with God, and owning of His cause when too many disown it, will make his peace with the King the surer.[523] The Lord is beginning to reckon with such as did forsake His cause and covenant; and until we return to Him, our peace shall not be like a river and as the waves of the sea. However, the opening of the bosom to take in all the Malignants can produce no better fruits. The Lord calleth us to flee into our chambers, and shut the doors, till the indignation be over. (Isa. xxvi. 20.) The lily among the thorns is so served. He hideth Himself, and our mountain is removed, and we are troubled. But the Lord reigneth; let the earth tremble, and let the earth rejoice. The Lord, without blood, broke the yoke of usurping oppressors, and laid them aside: the same Lord can settle throne and kingdom on the pillars of heaven. But, oh, the controversy the Lord hath with Edom, and those who covenanted with us, and then sold us; and with those of whom the Holy Ghost speaketh, "Thy prophets have seen vain and foolish things for thee; they have not discovered thine iniquity to turn away thy captivity, but have seen for thee false burdens, and causes of banishment" (Lam. ii. 14). The time of Jacob's suffering is but short, and the vision will speak. Could we be from under deadness, and watch unto wrestling and prayer with the Lord, and live more by faith, we should be more than conquerors. Wait upon the Lord; faint not.
The Lord Jesus be with your spirit.
Yours, at all respective observance in the Lord
S. R.
St. Andrews, July 24, 1660.
M ISTRESS,—You have so learned Christ as now (in the furnace) what dross, what shining of faith may appear, must come forth. I heard of the removal of your son, Mr. Thomas. Though I be dull enough in discerning, yet I was witness to some spiritual savouriness of the new birth and hope of the resurrection, which I saw in the hopeful youth, when he was, as was feared, a-dying in this city. And, since it was written and advisedly appointed, in the spotless and holy decree of the Lord, where, and before what witnesses, and in what manner, whether by a fever, the mother being at the bed, or by some other way in a far country (dear patriarchs died in Egypt, precious to the Lord, and have wanted burials) (Ps. lxxix. 3), your safest way will be, to be silent, and command the heart to utter no repining and fretting thoughts of the holy dispensation of God.
1. The man is beyond the hazard of dispute; the precious youth is perfected and glorified.
2. Had the youth lain, year and day, pained beside a witnessing mother, it had been pain and grief lengthened out to you in many portions, and every parcel would have been a little death. Now His holy Majesty hath, in one lump and mass, brought to your ears the news, and hath not divided the grief into many portions.
3. It was not yesterday's thought, nor the other year's statute, but a counsel of the Lord of old; and "who can teach the Almighty knowledge?"
4. There is no way of quieting the mind, and of silencing the heart of a mother, but godly submission. The readiest way for peace and consolation to clay vessels is, that it is a stroke of the Potter and Former of all things. And since the holy Lord hath loosed the grip, when it was fastened sure on your part, I know that your light, and I hope that your heart, also, will yield. It is not safe to be at pulling and drawing with the omnipotent Lord. Let the pull go with Him, for He is strong; and say, "Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven."
5. His holy method and order is to be adored. Sometimes the husband before the wife, and sometimes the son before the mother. So hath the only wise God ordered; and when he is sent before, and not lost, in all things give thanks.
6. Meditate not too much on the sad circumstances, "the mother was not witness to the last sigh; possibly, cannot get leave to wind the son, nor to weep over his grave;" and, "he was in a strange land!" There is a like nearness to heaven out of all the countries of the earth.
7. This did not spring out of the dust. Feed and grow fat by this medicine and fare of the only wise Lord. It is the art and the skill of faith to read what the Lord writeth upon the cross, and to spell and construct right His sense. Often we miscall words and sentences of the cross, and either put nonsense on His rods, or burden His Majesty with slanders and mistakes, when He mindeth for us thoughts of peace and love, even to do us good in the latter end.
8. It is but a private stroke on a family, and little to the public arrows shot against grieved Joseph, and the afflicted, but ah! dead, senseless, and guilty people of God. This is the day of Jacob's trouble!
9. There is a bad way of wilful swallowing of a temptation, and not digesting it, or laying it out of memory without any victoriousness of faith. The Lord, who forbiddeth fainting, forbiddeth also despising.[524] But it is easier to counsel than to suffer: the only wise Lord furnish patience.
It were not amiss to call home the other youth. I am not a little afflicted for my Lady Kenmure's condition. I desire you, when ye see her, to remember my humble respects to her. My wife heartily remembereth her to you; and is wounded much in mind with your present condition, and suffereth with you.
Grace be with you.
Yours in the Lord,
S. R.
St. Andrews, Aug. 4, 1660.
D EAR BROTHER,—We are very often comforted with the word of promise; though we stumble not a little at the work of holy providence, some earthly men flourishing as a green herb, and the people of God counted as sheep for the slaughter, and killed all the day long. And yet both word of promise, and work of providence, are from Him whose ways are equal, straight, holy, and spotless.
As for me, when I think of God's dispensations, He might justly have brought to the market-cross, and to the light, my unseen and secret abominations; which would have been no small reproach to the holy name and precious truths of Christ. But in mercy He hath covered these, and shapen and carved out more honourable causes of suffering, of which we are unworthy.
And now, dear brother, much dependeth upon the way and manner of suffering, especially that His precious truths be owned with all heavenly boldness, and a reason of our hope given in meekness and fear; and the royal crown, and absolute supremacy of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Prince of the kings of the earth, avouched as becometh. For certain it is that Christ will reign, the Father's King in Mount Zion, and His sworn covenant will not be buried. It is not denied that our practical breach of covenant first, and then, our legal breach thereof by enacting the same mischief and framing it into a law, may heavily provoke our sweetest Lord. Yet there are a few names in the land that have not defiled their garments, and a holy seed on whom the Lord will have mercy, like the four or five olive-berries on the top of the shaken olive-tree (Isa. xvii. 6): and their eye shall be toward the Lord their Maker. Think it not strange that men devise against you; whether it be to exile, the earth is the Lord's; or perpetual imprisonment, the Lord is your light and liberty; or a violent and public death,[525] for the kingdom of heaven consisteth in a fair company of glorified martyrs and witnesses; of whom Jesus Christ is the chief witness, who for that cause was born, and came into the world. Happy are ye if you give testimony to the world of your preferring Jesus Christ to all powers. And the Lord will make the innocency and Christian loyalty of His defamed and despised witnesses in this land to shine to after-generations, and will take The Man-Child up to God and to His throne, and prepare a hiding-place in the wilderness for the mother, and cause the earth to help the Woman. Be not terrified; fret not. Forgive your enemies; bless, and curse not; for, though both you and I should be silent, sad and heavy is the judgment and indignation of the Lord, that is abiding the unfaithful watchmen of the Church of Scotland. The souls under the altar are crying for justice, and there is an answer returned already. The Lord's salvation will not tarry.
Cast the burden of wife and children on the Lord Christ; He careth for you and them. Your blood is precious in His sight. The everlasting consolations of the Lord bear you up and give you hope; for your salvation (if not deliverance) is concluded.
Your own brother,
S. R.
St. Andrews, Feb. 15, 1661.
[Mr. Robert Campbell was minister of a parish in the Presbytery of Dunkeld. He was a Protester, and after the restoration of Charles II. was ejected for nonconformity to Prelacy.]
R EVEREND AND DEAR BROTHER,—Ye know that this is a time in which all men almost seek their own things, and not the things of Jesus Christ. Ye are your lone, as a beacon on the top of a mountain; but faint not: Christ is a numerous multitude Himself, yea, millions. Though all the nations were convened against Him round about, yet doubt not but He will, at last, arise for the cry of the poor and needy.
For me, I am now near to eternity;[526] and, for ten thousand worlds I dare not venture to pass from the protestation against the corruptions of the time, nor go alongst with the shameless apostasy of the many silent and dumb watchmen of Scotland. But I think it my last duty to enter a protestation in heaven, before the righteous Judge, against the practical and legal breach of Covenant, and all oaths imposed on the consciences of the Lord's people, and all popish, superstitious, and idolatrous mandates of men. Know that the overthrow of the sworn Reformation, the introducing of Popery and the mystery of iniquity, is now set on foot in the three kingdoms; and whosoever would keep their garments clean are under that command, "Touch not, taste not, handle not."
The Lord calleth you, dear brother, to be still "stedfast, unmoveable, and abounding in the work of the Lord." Our royal kingly Master is upon His journey, and will come, and will not tarry; and blessed is the servant who shall be found watching when He cometh. Fear not men, for the Lord is your light and salvation. It is true, it is somewhat sad and comfortless that ye are your lone; but so it was with our precious Master: nor are ye your lone, for the Father is with you. It is possible that I shall not be an eyewitness to it in the flesh, but I believe He cometh quickly who will remove our darkness, and shine gloriously in the Isle of Britain, as a crowned King, either in a formally sworn covenant, or in His own glorious way; which I leave to the determination of His infinite wisdom and goodness. And this is the hope and confidence of a dying man, who is longing and fainting for the salvation of God.
Beware of the ensnaring bonds and obligations, by any hand-writ or otherwise, to give unlimited obedience to any authority, but only in the Lord. For all innocent self-defence (which is according to the Covenant, the Word of God, and the laudable example of the reformed churches) is now intended to be utterly subverted and condemned: and what is taken from Christ, as the flower of His prerogative-royal, is now put upon the head of a mortal power; which must be that great idol of indignation that provoketh the eyes of His glory. Dear brother, let us mind the rich promises that are made to those that overcome, knowing that those that endure to the end shall be saved.
Thus recommending you to the rich grace of God, I remain,
Your affectionate brother in Christ,
S. R.
R EVEREND AND DEARLY BELOVED IN THE LORD,—Grace be to you, and peace from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ.
There were some who rendered thanks, with knees bowed to Him "of whom is named the whole family in heaven and earth," when they heard of "your work of faith, and labour of love, and patience of hope in our Lord Jesus;" and rejoiced not a little, that where Christ was scarce named, in savouriness and power of the Gospel, even in Aberdeen, there Christ hath a few names precious to Him, who shall walk with Him in white. We looked on it (He knoweth whom we desire to serve in our spirit in the Gospel of His Son) as a part of the fulfilling of that, "The wilderness and solitary place shall be glad for them; and the desert shall rejoice and blossom as the rose" (Isa. xxxv. 1). But now it is more grievous to us than a thousand deaths, when we hear that you are shaken, and so soon removed from that which you once acknowledged to be the way of God. Dearly beloved, the sheep follow Christ, who calleth them by name: a stranger they will not follow, but they flee from him, for they know not the voice of a stranger. Ye know the way, by which ye were sealed to the day of redemption; and ye received the Spirit, by the hearing of faith. Part not with that way, except ye see there be no rest for your souls therein. Neither listen to them that say, "Many were converted under episcopal as well as under presbyterial government, and yet the godly gave testimony against bishops;" for the instruments of conversion loathed Episcopacy, with the ceremonies thereof, and never sealed it with their sufferings. We shall desire instances of any engaged by oaths, and sufferings of the faithful messengers of God, and the manifestations of the Lord's presence, in the way ye now forsake, who yet turned from it, and went one step toward sinful separation (and did it in that way ye now aim at), and did yet flourish and grow in grace. But we can bring proofs of many who left it, and went further on to abominable ways of error. And you have it not in your power where you shall lodge at night, having once left the way of God. And many, we know, lost peace and communion with God, and fell into a condition of withering, and not being able to find their lovers, were forced to return to their first Husband. We shall entreat you, consider what a stumbling it is to malignant opposers of the way and cause of God (who with their ears heard you, and with their eyes saw you, so strenuously take part with the godly in their sufferings, and profess yourselves for religion truth, doctrine, government of the house of God, His Covenant and cause), if now you build again what you once destroyed, and destroy what you builded. And shall you not make yourselves, by so doing, transgressors? How shall it wound the hearts of the godly, stain the profession, darken the glory of the Gospel, shake the faith of many, weaken the hands of all, if you (and you first of all in this kingdom) shall stretch out the hand to raze the walls of our Jerusalem, by reason of which the Lord made her "terrible as an army with banners!" For when kings came, and saw the palaces and bulwarks thereof, they marvelled and were troubled, and hasted away; fear took hold upon them there, and pain as of a woman in travail. And we shall be grieved, if you should be heirs to the guiltiness of breaking down the same hedge of the vineyard, for the which the sad indignation of God pursueth this day the Royal Family, many Nobles, houses great and fair, and all the Prelatical party in these three kingdoms. And when your dear brethren are weak and fainting, shall we believe that you will leave us, and be divided from this so blessed a conjunction? The Lord Jesus Christ, we trust, shall walk in the midst of the golden candlesticks, and be with us, if you will be gone from us. Beloved in the Lord, we cannot but be persuaded better things of you; and we shall not conceal from you that we are ignorant what to answer when we are reproved, on your behalf, in regard that your change to another gospel-way (which the Lord avert!) is so much the more scandalous, that the sudden alteration (unknown to us before) now overtaketh you when men come amongst you against whom the furrows of the fields of Scotland do complain. Forget not, dear brethren, that Christ hath now the fan in His hand, and this is also the day of the Lord, that shall burn as an oven; and that Christ now sitteth as a refiner of silver, purifying the sons of Levi, and purging them as gold and silver, that they may offer unto the Lord an offering of righteousness; and those that keep the word of His (not their own) patience shall be delivered from the hour of temptation, that shall come on all the earth to try them.
If ye exclude all non-converts from the visible city of God (in which, daily, multitudes in Scotland, in all the four quarters of the land, above whatever our fathers saw, throng into Christ), shall they not be left to the lions and wild beasts of the forest, even to Jesuits, seminary-priests, and other seducers? For the magistrate hath no power to compel them to hear the Gospel, nor have ye any church-power over them, as ye teach; and they bring not love to the Gospel and to Christ out of the womb with them; and so they must be left to embrace what religion is most suitable to corrupt nature. Nor can it be a way approven by the Lord in Scripture, to excommunicate from the visible church (which is the office-house of the free grace of Christ, and His draw-net) all the multitudes of non-converts, baptized, and visibly within the covenant of grace, which are in Great Britain, and all the reformed churches; and so to shut the gates of the Lord's gracious calling upon all these (because they are not, in your judgment, chosen to salvation), when once you are within yourselves.[527] For how can the Lord call Egypt His people, and Assyria the work of His hands, and all the Gentiles (who for numbers are as the flocks of Kedar, and the abundance of the sea) the kingdoms of our Lord and of His Christ, if you number infants (as many do), and all such as your charity cannot judge converts (as others do) among heathens and pagans, who have not a visible claim and interest in Christ? The candlestick is not yours, nor the house; but Christ fixeth and removeth the one, and buildeth or casteth down the other, according to His sovereignty. We in humility judge ourselves, though the chief of sinners, the sons of Zion and of the seed of Christ; if ye remove from us, and carry from hence the candlestick, let our Father be judge, and show us why the Lord hath bidden you come out from among us. We look upon this visible church, though black and spotted, as the hospital and guest-house of sick, halt, maimed, and withered, over which Christ is Lord, Physician, and Master: and we would wait upon those that are not yet in Christ, as our Lord waited upon us and you both. We, therefore, your brethren, children of one Father, cannot but with tears and exceeding sorrow of heart earnestly entreat, beseech, and obtest you, by the love of our Lord Jesus Christ, by His sufferings and precious ransom which He paid for us both, by the consolations of His Spirit, by your appearance before the dreadful tribunal of our Lord Jesus, yea, and charge you before God and the same Lord Jesus, "who shall judge the quick and the dead, at His appearing, and His kingdom;" break not the spirits and hearts of those to whom ye are dear as their own soul. Forsake not the assemblies of the people of God; let us not divide.
Not a few of the people of God in this shire of Fife (in whose name I now write) dare say, if ye depart, that ye will leave Christ behind you with us, and the golden candlesticks; and shut yourselves, we much fear, out of the hearts and prayers of thousands dear to Jesus Christ in Scotland. Therefore, before ye fix judgment and practice on any untrodden path, let a day of humiliation be agreed upon by us all, and our Father's mind and will inquired, through our one common Saviour. And let us see one another's faces at best conveniency, and plead the interest of Christ, and be comforted; and not be stumbled at your ways.
So expecting your answer, we shall pray that the God of peace, who brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus, that great Shepherd of the sheep, through the blood of the everlasting covenant, may make you perfect in every work to do His will, working in you that which is well-pleasing in His sight, through Jesus Christ. And I shall remain,
Your affectionate brother in the Lord,
S. R.
St. Andrews.
R EVEREND AND DEAR BROTHER,—If I rightly apprehend our condition, we are in a way of declining. We were, within these few years, more in the conscionable use of means, and the Lord did shine upon us in some measure; and now we are fallen from that which we were. It is judged fit by some (and many of our solidest professors) that if we cannot have them in congregations, yet families and private persons may have days of humiliation, at least the last Wednesday of every month or thereabout, according to the best conveniency of Providence. And if this were gone about in your country, and in Stirlingshire, Fife, in Merse, Teviotdale, the West, in Nithsdale and Galloway, and other places, it would prove our strength and help; for we are few and very low. Our adversaries are not idle; and there is a faintness and heartless discouragement on the spirits of many. These are to entreat that you would combine with Mr. Robert Campbell,[529] Mr. John Cruickshanks,[530] and other of our brethren in your bounds, to stir up one another that we may wrestle with the Lord for the remnant. I am confident the Lord will yet be inquired of us for this. Though the same particular day be not observed, yet, where many are on work, some salvation from the Lord's arm is to be expected. I am decaying most sensibly, and I should look on it as a mercy if the Lord would send a wakening among His own. And blessed shall he be who shall blow the trumpet to cause other sleeping ones awake, and shall help to build the wastes, and the fallen tabernacle of David. I shall earnestly desire you do bestir yourself herein.[531] I shall write to J——, and to others here, and do the best I can to give you a convenient account; for nothing is left to us but that.
So remembering me to your wife, and expecting your help, I rest,
Your own brother,
S. R.
[St. Andrews.]
Mr. Robert Anderson is most eagerly desired for by the parishioners of Leuchars, and as strenuously opposed by our brethren here.
Aberdeen, Letter to People of, 364;
referred to, 77, 243, 364.
Abraham referred to, 324.
Abraham, Mr., 24.
Aird, Bethia, 153.
Airds, 59, 217.
Alexander, Sir William, 15.
America, 75.
Anabaptists, 308.
Anderson, Mr. R., 356, 365.
Anwoth, 92, 96, 157, 162, 163, 167, 177, 180, 184, 198, 206, 225, 230, 267, 269, 279, 306, 307.
—— Topography of, 198, and Life.
Antinomians, 308.
Ardross, Lady (H. Lindsay), 321.
Ardwell, 101, 283.
Argyle, Death of, 360.
Ashe, Mr. Simeon, 345.
Assembly, Westminster, 307, 310.
Athernie (in Largo).—See Rigg, 114.
Ayr.—See Kennedy, John.
M. A., 212, 243.
Baillie, Robert, 163, 307.
Balcarras, Earl of, 327.
Ballantyne, Margaret, 79.
Balmerinoch, Lord, 139.
Barcapple, 34.
Barholm, 117 (notice).
Barron, Dr. Robert, 89, 117, 144.
Bautie, James, 249.
Bell, John, 218.
Berwick, 333.
Blackness Castle, 12.
Blair, Isabel.—See Lady Gaitgirth.
—— Mr. Robert, 89, 254.
Bohemia, 62.
Bothwell Bridge, 206.
Boyd, Lady, 77, 107, 167, 210, 245, 277, 294, 299, 303, 309, 321.
—— Lord, 78, 232.
Boyne, 307.
Brethren, to several, 358.
Brisbane, Sarah.—See Rowallan.
Brother, to a Christian, 317.
—— to a minister, 358.
Brown, Fergus, 18.
—— Jean, 18, 32, 84, 111, 131.
—— Patrick, 111.
—— of Wamphray, 131, 243.
Brownists, 303.
Bruce, Mr. James, 146.
Bryce, 231.
Burroughs, Jeremiah, 309.
Burton, D., 17.
—— Henry, 17.
Busbie, the Lady, 133, 120, 270.
Byres, 231.
A. B., 227.
B., 53. R. B., 246.
Caithness, 89.
Cally, Laird of (John Lennox), 198, 202.
Cambridge, 174.
Campbell, John.—See Earl of Loudon.
—— Lady Jane.—See Kenmure.
—— Mr. Robert, 363, 365.
Canons, Book of, 161.
Cant, Mr. Andrew, 179, 206.
Cardoness, the elder (see John Gordon), 82, 166, 180.
—— the Lady (Gordon), 100, 103, 192 199.
—— the younger, 123, 173.
Carleton, Fullerton of, letters to, 157, 169, 176 (referred to, 1, 15, 40, 243, 279).
—— Lady, 254.
Carsen, John, 127, 243.
—— Marion, 32.
—— Patrick, 156.
Carsluth, notice of, 190.
Carsphairn, 28, 102, 357.
Carstairs, John, 336.
Caskeberrie.—See Kaskiberry.
Cassillis, Earl of (John Kennedy), 128, 268, 278.
Cassincarrie (Mure), 191.
Cathcart.—See Carleton.
Christian Brother, 316.
—— Friend, 291, 315.
—— Gentlewoman, 211, 317.
Clark, John, 172.
Colville, Mr. Alexander, 11, 98, 208, 343.
Colwart, Mr. Henry, 90.
Commentaries, proposed, 53, 110.
Corbet, Thomas, 264.
Covenant, 358, 359.
Craig, Mrs., 361.
Craighall, Lord, 86, 99, 174, 220, 227, 236, 257.
Cramond, 43, and 117 (notice).
Crawford, Earl of (see Lindsay), 309.
Cromwell, 329, 331, 339, 346.
Cruickshanks, Mr. John, 365.
Culross, Lady, 62, 74, 178, 222.
Cunningham, Mr. R., 63, 110.
A. C., 189, 209.
Y. C., 76.
C., 44.
Dalgleish, William, 117, 184, 197, 287.
Dalry.—See Earlston.
Dematius, note, 334.
Dickson, Mr. David, 110, 119, 168, 259, 298;
his son, John, 298.
Disdow, 213, 262.
Douglas, Robert, 113.
Dunbar, Battle of, 329.
Dunbar, Mr. George, 265.
Dundrennan, 117 (note).
Dungueich, the Lady, 251.
Durham, Mr. James, 91, 352.
Dury, Mr. John, 91 (notice).
Earlston, elder, 59, 64, 73, 97, 160, 201, 260, 323.
—— the Lady (Eliz. Gordon), 109.
—— younger, 99, 181, 196, 271.
Edinburgh Town Council, 325, 344, 345.
Ellis, Fulk, 234.
Episcopacy, 364, etc.
Erskine, Margaret.—See Lady Marischall.
Ewart, John, 36, 134.
Expecters, 308.
C. E., 92.
Familists, 310.
Fenwick, John, 295.
Fergushill, Mr. John, 112, 187, 188, 275.
Fife, 364.
Fingask, Lady (Moncrieff), 297.
Fleming, Mr. James, 228.
—— John, 68, 159, 241, 266.
Forret, Mr. David, 327.
—— Lady, 125.
Forth, the, 257.
France, 32, 254.
Friend, a Christian, 291, 316.
Fullarton, Margaret, 204.
Fullerton, Grizzel, 5, 155, 339.
—— Mr. W., Provost of Kirkcudbright, 1, 52, 67, 135, 221.
Fullwood, the younger, 224.
F., 17, 254.
R. F., 98.
G. J., 17, 92, 320. (John Gordon?)
Gaitgirth, Lady (Isabel Blair), 187, 239.
—— Laird of, 237.
Galloway, 37.
Galloway, Bishop of (see Sydserff), 161.
Garloch, 65 (notice), 217.
Garven, Mr. Thomas, 152, 165, 246.
Gentlewoman, to a Christian, 2, 211, 318.
—— on husband's death, 105, 122.
—— Letter to one at Kirkcudbright, 25.
George, David, of Delft, 309.
Gillespie, Mr. George, 144, 253, 324.
—— Mrs., 326.
—— Patrick, 337.
Girthon, 198 (notice), 43.
Glasgow, Bishop of, 86, 110.
—— to a minister of, 337.
Glendinning, Mr. Robert, 36, 136.
—— William, 137, 267, 276.
Glendoning, Robert, 36.
—— W., 36.
Goodwin, Thomas, 309.
Gordon, Alex., of Earlston, 59, 73.
—— of Garlock, 65 (notice).
—— Jean, 145.
—— John, at Rusco, 272, 280.
—— John, elder, of Cardoness.—See C.
—— John, younger, of Cardoness.—See Cardoness.
—— of Knockgray, 102.—See K.
—— Mary, of Largmore, 72.
—— Robert, Bailie of Ayr, 129, 200.
—— Robert, of Knockbreck.—See Knockbreck.
—— William, at Kenmure, 203.
—— William, of Roberton, 72.
—— William, younger, of Earlston.—See Earlston.
—— William, of Whitepark, 143.
Greenham, Richard, 159.
Gustavus Adolphus, 16, 48.
Guthrie, Rev. Mr. James, of Stirling, 319, 357, 362.
—— Mr. William of Fenwick, 330.
J. G., 92, 319. (James Guthrie?)
W. G., 222.
Hall, Mr. Gilbert, 357.
Hallhill, the Lady (Learmonth), 148.
Halliday, William, 121.
Hamilton, Barbara, 311, 315.
—— Euphan, 6.
—— Mr. James, 89, 137, 214.
—— John, 8.[532]
Henderson, Mr. Alexander, 115.
—— Mr. Hugh, 138, 194.
—— Mr. John, in Rusco, 150, 207.
Henton, 218.
High Commission, 68, note.
Hog, Mr. Thomas, 245.
Hope, Sir John.—See Craighall.
Hume, Mrs., 314.
—— Mr. William, 312.
Hutchison, George, 344.
Independents, 308, 329.
Ireland, 25, 119, 168, 233, 284, 288.
Jackson, Dr. Thomas, 188.
Jedburgh, 345.
Job, Commentary upon, 58.
Johnston, Sir Archibald, of Warriston, 307.
Kaskeberry, the Lady (Schoneir), 108.
Kells.—See Garlock, and 72.
Kenmure, Viscountess, 3, 4, 5, 7, 11, 19, 20, 21, 23, 27, 28, 30, 31, 35, 37, 39, 40, 42, 56, 58, 61, 69, 70, 93, 94, 95, 96, 104, 106, 205, 206, 230, 286, 287, 302, 305, 318, 320, 335, 338, 341, 360.
Kennedy, Elizabeth, 77.
—— Janet, 88, 247.
—— John.—See Earl of Cassillis.
—— John, Bailie of Ayr, 22, 75, 130.
Ker, Col. Gilbert, 328, 329, 331, 332, 333, 334, 342, 343.
—— John, 47.
Kerr, Robert, 71.
Kilconquhar, Lady, 226, 261.
Kilmalcolm, Parishioners, 286.
Kirkcudbright, 6, 8, 25, 34, 36, 42, 43, 46, 49, 52, 67, 80, 134, 135, 136, 137, 177, 267, 339, 340, 355.
Kirkdale, 117.
Kirkmabreck, 109, 117.
Knockbreck, Gordon of, 65, 66, 76, 92, 170, 285;
referred to, 279.
Knockgray, Gordon of, 102, 154, 182, 223;
referred to, 243.
Knox, John, 12.
C. K., 349.
Largirie, Lady, 195, 250.
Largmore, 72.
Laurie, John, 175.
Law, James, 86, 110.
Leighton, Dr. Alexander, 289.
—— Mr. Robert, 86.
Lennox, John.—See Cally.
—— Robert, 213, 262.
Leys, Lady, 207.
Lindsay, James, 234.
—— Lord, 231.
Livingston, Mr. John, 90, 343.
—— Mr. William, 142.
Lochinvar, 47, 109.
Lorn, Lord, 59, 60, 61, 204;
referred to, 222.
Lothian, Earl of, 83.
Loudian, Mr., 86, 174.
Loudon, Lord (John Campbell), 116, 258, 281.
Maitland, Lord John, 307.
Malignants, 329, 330, 331, 333, 346, 356, 362.
Mar, Lady, 61, 69, 140.
Marischall, Lady (Margaret Erskine), 207.
Martin, Mr. James, 206.
Maxwell, Bishop of Ross, 6.
M'Adam, James, 141.
—— Sibylla (his sister), 193, 141.
M'Cleland, Mr., 63, 339.
M'Culloch, Jonet, 101, 252.
—— Thomas, 283.
M'Kail, Mr. Hugh, of Irvine, 71, 118, 216, 229.
M'Math, Agnes, 300.
—— Jean, 326.
M'Millan, Jean, 132.
M'Naught, Grizzel, 1, 32, 88.
—— Jane, 49.
—— Marion, 1, 6, 8, 9, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 24, 26, 29, 32, 33, 34, 36, 38, 41 (postscript), 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49 (with postscript), 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 57, 60, 80, 126, 177, 185, 221, 243, 244, 263, 279.
M'Ward, Mr., 179, 337.
Mein, Barbara, 314.
—— Mr. John, senior, 151.
—— Mr. John, junior, 81, 240.
—— Mrs., 312.
Melville, Eliz.—See Lady Culross.
—— of Hallhill, 224.
Melvin, Mr. Ephraim, 91.
Minister in Glasgow, 337.
—— to a Brother, 359.
M. O., 324.
Moncrieff, Mr. Alex., of Scoonie, 357.
—— Lady Ann, of Fingask, 295.
—— Laird of, 171.
Montgomery, Sir Henry, 303.
More, Dr., 311.
Mowat, Mr. Matthew, 120, 167, 239, 301.
Muirfad, 59, 109 (notice).
Mure.—See Lady Ralston.
——.—See Rowallan, 242.
—— Ninian, 164.
Murray, Christian, 262.
—— James, 274.
—— James, wife of, 304.
Murray, John, 356, 365.
—— Margaret, 326.
—— Margaret (Mrs. Gillespie), 326.
G. M., 92.
M. M., 167.
Nairn, Mr. George, 357.
Nevay, Mr. John, 179, 209.
Newcastle, 311.
New England, 12, 75, 151, 153, 161.
Newmills, 179.
Nicholas, Henry, 310.
Nisbet, 344; and, Life, p. 2.
Ochiltree, 112 (notice).
Ormiston, 337.
Osburne, Provost of Ayr, 149.
Oxford, 174.
Oxnam.—See Scott.
N. O., 322.
Parishioners of Anwoth, 225.
Perkins, Dr. William, 159.
Person unknown, anent public worship, 290.
Persons unknown, 308.
Perth Assembly, 244.
Pitsligo, Lady (Marischall), 206, 243, 259.
Pont, Mrs., 292.
Porterfield of Duchal, 286.
Prelacy, 363, 364, etc.
Protesters, 334, 339, 344, 349, 356.
Psalms, King James', 15.
Puritans, 11, 59, 202, 262.
J. P., 49.
Q., 64, 65, 116.
Queensberry, 205.
Rait, Mr., 343, 355.
Ralston, Lady (Mure), 336.
Ramsay, Mr. Thomas, 357.
Reid, Margaret, 248.
Remonstrance, Western, 328, 351, 356, 359.
Resolutioners, 330, 331, 336, 339.
Ridge, Mr. John, 90.
Rigg, William, of Athernie, 114, 256, 273;
and notice, 226.
Robertland, Lady, 282.
Roberton, Gordon of, 72.
Robinson, Mr. John, 309.
Rodger, Mr. William, 88.
Rogers, Dr. Daniel, 159.
Ross, Bishop of, 6.
Row, Rev. John, of Perth, 183.
—— John, of Carnock, 219.
R. J. Rowallan, the Lady, 242.
Rusco, 5 (note), 147, 207, 345.
A. R., 185, 15.
H. R., 185, 15.
Rutherford's Brother George, 34, 73, 75,67, 98, 105, 107, 110, 112, 116, 136, 137, 151, 157, 158, 159, 205, 245, 267, 294, 340.
—— Brother James, 334 (note).
—— Children, 310.
—— Mother, 49.
—— Wife, 8, 11.
Schoneir, James (see Lady Kaskeberry), 108.
Scott, Rev. John, of Oxnam, 349, 350, 352, 357.
Sectaries, 329, 331, 333.
Seekers, 308.
Semple, Mr. John, of Carsphairn, 357.
Senwick, 127.
Separatists, 309.
Service Book, 151, 161, 224, 262.
Sharp, Mr. James, 48, 343.
Sibbald, Dr. James. Life, xviii.
Simpson, Mr. James, 346.
Spain, 309.
Spottiswoode, Archbishop, 11, 86.
St. Andrews, 343, etc.
—— Bishop of, 48, 86.
Stewart, Mr. Henry (Dublin), 291.
—— Sir James, Provost of Edinburgh, 325.
Stirling, Mr. John, 91, 92, 357.
—— Peter, 296.
Strafford, Earl of (Wentworth), 288.
Stuart, John, of Ayr, 161, 162, 163, 189.
—— Mrs., 215.
—— Robert, 186.
Sydserff, 52, 67, 86, 160.
Taylor, Mrs., 310.
Trail, R., 179, 357.
A. T., 102, 284.
Utrecht, 334 (note).
Uxbridge Treaty, 308.
Vivet, Christopher, 309.
Watson, Mr., 214.
Weir, Mr., 214.
Welsh, John, 12.
Westminster Assembly, 306, 308, 309.
Whitepark, Gordon of, 143.
Whiteside, Bell of, 218.
Wigtown, 65, 67, 117, 191, 276.
Wilson, Mr. James, 293.
Wylie, Mr. Thomas, 306, 340, 355.
C. Y., 92.
Adversity, lessons of, 167.
Affliction, 28, 29, 35, 37, 42, 76, 92, 94, 102, 112, 122, 167, 171, 186, 211, 223, 248, 265, 273, 282, 289, 298, 302, 312, 313, 315, 317, 323.
Assurance, 106, 134, 190, 196, 286.
—— exhortation as to, 78, 91, 130.
Atheism in the heart, 233, 234, 305.
Backsliding, 225, 227, 234, 286.
Believers, 56, 85, 201, 229, 291.
Bereavements, 35, 37, 105.—See Afflictions.
Bible, 10.
Blessings and Christ, difference between, 335.
Cares, 252.—See Trials.
Catechism, 166, 260.
Catechising, 228.
Children of the godly, 1, 24, 34, 46, 82, 109, 111, 287.
Children of the godly, loss of, 28, 59, 238, 287, 300, 326.
Christ, in Himself, 7, 13, 19, 20, 69, 72, 82, 88, 94, 101, 105, 111, 112, 127, 140, 168, 169, 175, 186, 192, 202, 203, 209, 210, 211, 216, 226, 231, 285, 288, 291, 335.
—— Coming again, 16, 21, 26, 48, 50, 95, 130, 138, 170, 224, 231, 269, 291, 322.
—— interceding, 48.
—— in His liberality, 73, 74.
—— in His love, 20, 68, 70, 87, 112, 113, 120, 130, 143, 166, 170, 171, 187, 195, 212, 233, 254, 256, 257, 269, 270, 285, 295, 297.
—— in His sympathy, 2, 153, 177, 287, 288.
—— in His sufferings, 13, 176.
—— in our sufferings for Him, 59, 67, 95, 113, 116, 117, 148, 218, 290, 333.
—— in His ways, 71, 73, 74, 89, 99, 125, 131, 146, 189, 194, 222, 256, 326, 333, 351.
—— our conformity to Him, 11.
Christ's cause, 78, 115, 245, 332.
Christian walk, direction for, 159, 264, 269.
Church, 26, 38, 41, 45, 50, 97, 276.
—— visible, members of, 364.
Communion with Christ, 7, etc.
—— seasons, 14, 18, 20, 26, 33, 44, 45, 91, 313.
Complaints, 305.
Conflict, 6, 46, 280.
Conscience, 30, 39, 62, 66, 166.
Consolations, 54, 63, 66, 80, 266, 310, 334.
Conversion, 218.
Convictions, 218, 225.
Counsels.—See Christian Walk.
Courage, 329, 331.
Crosses, 61, 62, 95, 116, 118, 119, 134, 143, 146, 148, 219, 240, 242, 246, 248, 257.
Darkness, days of, 338, 342.
Deadness, 319, 342, 344, 345, 353, 354.
Death, 3, 39, 150, 195, 238, 311, 324, 357.
Death of a Husband, 105, 222, 302, 312;
Son-in-Law, 314;
Wife, 315;
Daughter, 2, 316;
Mother, 321;
Child, 4, 28, 35, 310;
Son, 298, 310, 360;
Friend, 299, 300.
Dejections, 249.
Desertions, 6, 100, 228, 234.
Devil, 3, 32, 70, 90, 114, 115, 138, 243.
Difficulties, 205, 248, 250.
Diligence, 77, 121, 123, 141, 147, 173, 186, 198, 261, 280, 283, 289.
Doubtings, 106, 181, 203, 293.
Duty, 126.
Earnest of the Spirit, 7.
Earnestness about the soul, 123, 124, 132, 191, 200, 201, 261.
Evidences.—See Marks.
Experience, 341, etc.
Faith, 7, 19, 95, 178, 182, 229, 291, 294.
Fear of man, 235, etc.
Feeling, 293, 295.
Formality, 87, 198, 218.
Free-will, 69, 120, 254, 273, etc.
Friends, 5, 30, 104.
Glory, 19, 20.
God, 342.—See Christ.
Grace, 85, 106, 192, 217, 219, 233, 254, 273, 277, 323, 324.
Headship of Christ, 115, 215, 245, 278, 281, 337, 359, 363.
Heaven (see Christ), 24, 246, 247, 304.
Holiness, 104, 215.
Humility, 82, 230, 285, 342.
Idolatry (in kneeling at communion), 91, 174, 179.
Idols, 102, 133, 191, 280.
Jews, restoration of, 14, 28, 50, 194, 235, 289, 295, 296.
Justification, 170.
Law, 230.
Life rather than dying, 336.
Long-suffering, 12, etc.
Lord's Supper, 269.
Marks of salvation, 172, 203, 235, 284, 293.
Martyrdom, prospect of, 362.
Ministry, his own, and others, 61, 180, 184, 188, 214, 225, 228, 286.
Non-fundamental truths, 337.
Offences, 229.
Old man, 256.
Ordinances, 11, 24.
Patience, 13, 21, 138, 196, 336.
Persecution, 291, etc.
Praise, 102, 304.
Prayer, 17, 29, 249, 263, 269, 293, 319.
—— meeting, 263, 269, 286.
—— union for, 31, 171, 365.
Prosperity, 30.
Proverbs iii., 11.
Providence, 11, 12, 89, 110, 194, 197, 234, 256, 260, 329, 331, 333.
Reproach, 26, 238.
Reprobates, 234.
Resignation, 2, 3, 90;
nine reasons for, 361.
Revival, 354.
Saints, 52.
Salvation, 79, 82, 121, 135.—See Diligence.
—— nature of, 133.
Sanctification, 81, 170, 213, 215.
Satan, 32.—See Devil.
Self, 12, 188, 189, 198, 284, 324.
Self-deception, 353.
Self-denial, 21, 284.
Sickness, 3, 6, 26, 125, 313, 337, 345.
Silence, 162, 163, 185, 197, 208, 294.
Sin, 84, 276.
—— against the Holy Ghost, 227.
—— uses of, 197, 294.
Sinners, awful words to, 225, 328, etc.
Sloth, 198, 200, 260, 286.
Soul's value, 79, 82.
Sovereignty of God, 35, 298, 342, 347.
Sparrows at Anwoth, 167, 168, 206.
Submission, 10, 27, 47, 157, 183, 186, 255, 298, 300, 301.
Suffering, design of, and blessings under, 113, 160, 161, 206, 265.—See Trials, Afflictions.
—— words to a brother under, 329, 337, etc.
Temptation, 41, 92, 157, 196, 293.
—— public, 51.
Toleration, 349, 352.
Trials, 3, 4, 12, 22, 23, 52, 61, 63, 71, 72, 74, 75, 80, 84, 131, 133, 138, 143, 160, 161, 166, 182, 206, 211, 230, 246, 257, 265, 266, 273, 276, 289, 291, 292, 320.
Unbelief, 85, 153, 222, 239.
Union among believers, 322, 336, 337, 355.
Visible Church, 364.
Warnings, 72, 173, 225, 227.
Watchfulness, 30, 263, 353.
World, 5, 42, 99, 100, 122, 139, 190, 192, 200, 223, 224, 229, 251, 255, 268, 272, 282.
Youth, 16, 24, 41, 111, 142, 156, 164, 166, 173, 181, 186, 199, 202, 203, 232, 240, 287, 307.
Zeal, 10, 233.