st's and his alone. Now as to my
interrogations I was not clear to deny Pentland or Bothwel. The council
asked me if I acknowledged authority; I said, All authority according to
the word of God. They charged me with many things as if I had been a
rebel since the year 1640, at Montrose's taking, and at Mauchlin-muir.
Lord, forgive them, for they know not what they do." In the next place
he adheres to the scriptures, the covenants and the whole of the work of
reformation, and then says, "Now, I leave my testimony as a dying man
against that horrid usurpation of our Lord's prerogative and
crown-rights, I mean that supremacy established by law in these lands,
which is a manifest usurpation of his crown, for he is given by the
Father to be head to the church, Col. i. 18, &c." And further, he
addressed himself in a few words to two or three sorts of people,
exhorting them to be diligent in the exercise of duty, and then in the
last place comes to salute all his friends in Christ, whether prisoned,
banished, widows, the fatherless, wandering and cast out for Christ's
sake and the gospel's. He forgave all his enemies in these words, "Now
as to my persecutors, I forgive all of them, instigators, reproachers,
soldiers, private council, judiciaries, apprehenders, in what they have
done to me, but what they have done in despite against the image of God
in me, who am a poor thing, without that, it is not mine to forgive
them, but I wish they may seek forgiveness of him who hath it to give,
and would do no more wickedly." Then he leaves his wife and six small
children on the Lord, takes his leave of worldly enjoyments, and
concludes, saying, "Farewel, sweet scriptures, preaching, praying,
reading, singing, and all duties. Welcome Father, Son and Holy Spirit. I
desire to commit my soul to thee in well doing: Lord, receive my
spirit[215]."

Thus another gallant soldier of Jesus Christ came to his end, the
actions of whose life and demeanour at death, do fully indicate that he
was of no rugged disposition (as has been by some asserted of these our
late sufferers) but rather of a meek, judicious and Christian
conversation, tempered with true zeal and faithfulness for the cause and
interest of Zion's King and Lord. He was of a middle stature (as
accounts bear) large and robust, somewhat fair of complexion, with large
eye-brows. But what enhanced him more was courage and magnanimity of
mind, which accompanied him upon every emergent occasi