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A66476	A sermon preached in the High Church of Edinburgh, June 9th, 1695 before His Grace the Marquess of Tweddale His Majesties High Commissioner and before many of the nobility, barrons and burrows, members of the High Court of Parliament, and the magistrates of the said city / by David Williamson ...	Williamson, David, d. 1706.	1695 (1695)	Wing W2797; ESTC R8132	22,801	28

Jews from another place but thou and thy Fathers House shall be destroyed and who knows whether thow art come to the Kingdom for such a time as this If you be inconcerned in his matters he will be al 's inconcerned in you and break you if you prefer your own house to his 6 In order to this promote piety ● By your commands as Asa 2. Chron 14.2.4 He did that which was good and right in the Eyes of the Lord his God and commanded Judah to seek the Lord God of their Fathers and to do the Law and commandement And Josiah 2 Chron. 34. Covenanted the people to walk after the Lord. 2 By the example of your persons and Families as did ' David and Joshua sal 101 and Joshua 24 For this end strive to get divine principles according to these will your actions be Let God's Statues be the men of your Council and his Glory the end of your actions Constantius the Father of Conslantine tried his Courtiers wisely who adhered to truth he honoured them who fore-sook Christ them he degraded said who were false to God would never be true to him Much depends on Magistrats their personal carriage and their Courts Leaders of people easily causes them to erre ●sa● 9.16 One wicked man in authority destroyes much good Eccls 9 18 Their example is so powerfull 3 Encourage and strengthen the hands of painfull faithfull Ministers men according to Gods own Heart 4 Discountenance what smels of superstion and Jdolatry Wee are glad that course has been taken and will be farther taken by his Majesties Honourable Privy Council to ease the Land of Jesuit Priests the Grand trafficquers who infuse the Venome of cruel and damnable principles the fopperys of superstitious and unscriptural conceits and have been and are the principal abetters of horrid cruelties Such have been too much carressed by many 4. Have a fervent care to look well to seminaries of Learning It 's an old trick of Rome to poison the fountains that the streams may be mudded Much depends on the piety principles and example of Masters young ones may soon get a wrong set that will not easily cure It 's dangerous to suck in poyson with milk 5. Be carefull of the established Government of the Church which we own as founded on the word of God in which these five things are expresse 1 Anent its Officers as ye have them distinguished Eph. 4.11 1 Thes 5.12 1 Tim. 5.17 Act. 6 And not a Prelat among them all 2. Its Courts and Judicatories Matth. 18 16.18 It was no civil Courts meant there 3. Subordination of Lesser Judicatories to Greater Acts 15.4 Wee have the order of procedure in relation to censure Matth 18.16 5. The naturall kind of these censures not Bodily but Spiritual And there is a Charge to observe all these things inviolable untill Christ second coming 1 Tim. 5.21.1 Tim. 6.14 Wee most say that the Scots soil could never agree with Prelatick nor Erastian domination This government was owned by Ambassadours from most of the reformed Churches of Europe at the synod of Dort and subcrived by them all save two it was solemnly sworn to be persons of all ranks in this Nation an Hundered yeares ago It is most adapted to the ends of an Established Ministry to edify Souls and to guard against vice and errour Eph. 4.11.12 Beware of what may give a Back-set to this Government is grievuees to it for I may venture to say in Scotland there is so strong a twist in the present establishment bet wixt Kirk and State that they may reckon heart friends foes together that who are Heart-friends to the State will be freinds to the Kirk as now established for I Judge it will be found friends to this interest will be found in Scotland His Majesties best Friends if not His only Friends whatever others pretends for their own safety advantage or advancement Our readines to venture and offer in a dangerous Juncture is not unknown I may say in Scotland if King William had a strait they would make but a small Batalion of trusties that would be found on the other side I neither think nor speak so of England how many there of the Episcopal perswasion have given and do give pregnant proofs of their Loyaltie good affection to The King beyond all exception There has been a great work about taking in of Conformists in Scotland to the Government but how have they slighted the condescendency of Parliament to make application and qualify themselves Yea they are imboldned by the forbearance of Church and State nor have wee taken the advantage allowed not that we are for Cruelty but for Charity which we have extended to some for their supply and inclines yet to do so wishing that the most needy and best affected might share of the Charity of all yet are wee not fond of medling with them knowing their temper There are a number taken in by us I deny not there may be some more sober Serious and deserves more incouragement than others I judge we are through the throng of them and wishes they be all sound at the heart For those we received in the North if there be truth in Men wee had ground to think they would be true to their trust For others in the North we found their pulse that they were neither Friends to Kirk nor State In stead of Application they rushed in on the Committee unmannerly being neither cited nor called and gave in Protestations disowning the Authority of the Church and spitting in the face of the Law for our establishment altho' under the colour of a fair complement to the State A meer pretext no more to be trusted then Joabs simulat complement to Amasa 2 Sam. 20.3 ●0 Who under the covert of a fair Brotherly Salutation intended a deadly wound which he gave him under the fifth Rib and shed out his Bowels to the ground Some of these are declared Intruders illegally setled some of them Lybelled for Scandals And it s known from the North especially there were offers in a Formula repeated Addresses to His Majesty Petitions to the last Session of Parliament declaring themselves ready and willing to joyn with the present Church Government Yet in their Protestations they pretend to give Reasons why in conscience they cannot do it where is their ground of Trust Judge how well contrived they are made up of Contradictions Now if such Men who Savour of Tobia's and Sanballat's complexion should offer to feign Subjection with a mind to undermind the work it were no wonder we were shy to deal with them And for those who at best declare their indifferency for any Government the State appoints especially considering how guilty they are of coutradictory Oaths subversive of the Government Who can trust they will support it and not subvert if A cold and feigned friend may soon turn an Enemy can we be blamed being convinced they are generally Enemies to Kirk and State to decline cementing with them A King would be thought ill advised to take and keep in his bosom Men whose disaffection and inclinations subversive of his Government and interest might be evidenced to a demonstration For some of us before wee closed with such we would rather chuse to take our old venture to seek our Bread with the peril of our Lives I will crave your pardon and patience in all Soberness to represent a few grievous things 1. That those who neither comply with Kirk nor State meet in pre●ended Presbytries and Synods and act as Legal Jud●catories and obtrude Men of their way on vacant Churches 2 Many of them who refuse to own the Government of Kirk and State take on them to preach irregularly Baptize Children and even of Scandalous persons without regard to the removing of the Scandal And Marry persons claudestinly without knowledge or consent of Parents Who are secure of their Children at this rate And they Marry some persons within forbidden degrees and some whole former Mariages are not disolved some of them antidate Testimonials and absolve persons in whom they have no interest some of them have likeways brought in innovations in worship never used under any Government of Protestants in Scotland And farther contrair to all order and in manifest contempt of Church Censures several deposed for gross in moralities Conturnacy Supine-negligence continue in all the parts of the Ministerial function which in some places breeds a great dale of confusion and disorder these things we can instruct if need be From all which flows and a bounds prophaness Irreligion and Atheism notwithstanding of all the excellent Laws made against them Now it 's in the power of your hands to order remedies for all these things by applying the Laws made and to be made in Church-matters and incouraging the Church in her Liberties and all her Assemblies I would exhort all the Members of this Honourable Court As ye would prove your selves to walk in truth and with a perfect heart in your Spheres and Capaciti●s prove your selves Nursing Fathers to the Church and guard against those who would poison or starve the Flocks and overthrow the Government of the Lords house I do here declare I did not intend to irritat any Man I dare not be a Man-pleaser for then I should not be the Servant of Christ Gal. 1.10 But I resolved to exoner my Conscience in the fight of God who is your Master and mine if I should never Preach more Now as you will all answer before Him consider what I have said for there is a day of Compt and Reckoning coming My hearty Prayer to God is That His Majesties high Commissioner and all the Members of this Houourable Court may be helped by Grace so to behave As in that Great Day You may all meet with that sweet welcome Well done Good and Faithful Servants enter into Your Masters Joy The Lord grant You understanding in all these things To His name be Praise FINIS