for all the grivous provocations of his father's housse,
and for all his auen guiltiness, and to consider if he hes come to
the covenant, and joined himselve to the Lord, upone politicke
interests, for gaining a croune to himselve rather then to advance
religione and righteousness, that it is iniquitie quhilk God will
not forgett excepte it be speedilie repented offe. It concerns our
nobles and judges to consider wither ther carriadge in publicke
matters be straight and equall, or rather savoring of seeking
themselves and the thinges of this worlde, and how they walke in
ther families, and in ther privat conversations. There is in maney a
grate deall of perversenes and incorrigiblenes in regard of
forsaking some and performing some deuties, notwithstanding publecke
confessions and engagements, and this cannot bot heighlie provock
the Lord. And it concerneth the officers of the armey, especially
thesse quho are cheiffe among them, to weight weell quhat the Lord
hes against them, and to repent of ther diffidence and carnall way
of acting and undervaluing of God's people. And ministers have also
neid to searche themselves concerning ther faithfullness to be
sound, for wiche God is angrie, doutles even amongest thesse is
muche negligence. Albeit the Lord hes suffred that armey of
perfideous and blasphemous sectaries to prevaill. Yet God forbid
that the land should complay with him, quhatever may be the
plauseable and faire carriage of some of that enimey, yet doubtless
there is ane levin of error and hypocrassy amongest them wich all
the lovers of treuth wold decern and avoyd. As the Lord hes trayed
the stability and integritie of his people in the land heirtofore,
by the prevailing of malignants, so doeth he now tray them by the
prevailing of sectaries, and wee trust they will thinke it ther
deutie and commendatione to prove staidfast against them als weill
as the other.

"3. Nather wold men be lesse cairfull and active to opposse the
enimey, then they have beine in opposeing malignants heirtofor, our
religione, lives, liberties and estaits, are als muche in hazard now
as ever, all the ordinances of Jesus Christ in the land are in
danger, and the foundatione lyke to be overturnid by thesse men quho
are oblidged, by t