of the Covenant and the Oath of God; Which some men have so
far already forgotten, as to return with the dogge to the vomit, and with
the sow to the puddle: And many signes of inconstancy and levity do appear
among all sorts and ranks of persons, who seem to want nothing but a
sutable tentation to draw them away from their stedfastnesse; Our Army is
not yet sufficiently purged, but there be still in it Malignant and
scandalous men, whose fidelity and constancy, as it is much to be doubted,
so is the wrath of the Lord to be feared, upon their proceedings and
undertakings, without a speedy and effectuall remedy.

That prevailing party of Sectaries in _England_, who have broken the
Covenant, and despised the Oath of God, corrupted the truth, subverted the
fundamentall Government, and taken away the Kings life look upon us with
an evill eye, as upon these who stand in the way of their monstruous and
new fangled devices in Religion and Government; And though there were no
cause to fear any thing from that party but the Gangrene and infection of
those many damnable and abominable errours which have taken hold on them
yet our vicinity unto and daily commerce with that Nation, may justly make
us afraid that the Lord may give up many in this Land unto a spirit of
delusion to beleeve lies, because they have not received the love of the
truth.

Neither is the Malignant party so far broken and brought low, as that they
have abandoned all hopes of carrying on their former designs against the
Covenant and work of Reformation: Beside many of them in this Kingdom, who
are as Foxes tied in chains, keeping their evill nature, and waiting an
opportuny to break their cords, and again to prey upon the Lords people,
there be standing Armies in _Ireland_, under the command of the Marquesse
of _Ormond_, The Lord _Inchqueen_, the Lord of _Airds_, and _George
Munro_, who forgetting all the horrible cruelty that was exercised by the
Irish Rebels, upon many thousands of the English and Scottish Nations in
that land, have entred into a Peace and Association with them, that they
may the more easily carry on the old designes of the Popish, Prelaticall
and Malignant party, And the Lord of _Airds_, and _George Monro_, have by
treachery and oppression brought the Province of _Ulster_, and Garrisons
therein, under their power and Command, and have redacted our country-men,
and such as adhere unto the Covenant, and cause of God in that Province,
unto man