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A30389	The memoires of the lives and actions of James and William, Dukes of Hamilton and Castleherald, &c. in which an account is given of the rise and progress of the civil wars of Scotland, with other great transactions both in England and Germany, from the year 1625, to the year 1652 : together with many letters, instructions, and other papers, written by King Charles the I : never before published : all drawn out of, or copied from the originals / by Gilbert Burnet ; in seven books.	Burnet, Gilbert, 1643-1715.; Charles I, King of England, 1600-1649. Selections. 1677.	1677 (1677)	Wing B5832; ESTC R15331	511,397	467

wholly submit my self falling down before the Throne of his Mercy who is both the just Inflicter of Death upon us and the merciful Saviour of us in it and from it who is the fountain of Eternal Life and in whom there is no shadow of Death Thou O my Saviour who knows what it is to die with me as a man make me to know what it is to pass through Death to Life with thee my God make me content to leave the World 's Nothing that I may come really to enjoy All in Thee who hast made Christ to me in Life gain and trusting only in his Merits and Mediation will in Death be advantage Charge me not O Lord with the Sins of my Parents nor with the multitude and hainousness of my Transgressions which I acknowledge before thee Remember thy Compassions of old and thy Loving kindness which have been for many Generations Be merciful unto me O Lord for my Soul trusteth in thee though thou shouldest kill me yet will I trust in thy Mercy and my Saviour's Merits for I know that my Redeemer liveth though thou leadest me through the valley and shadow of Death yet shall I fear none Evil falling into the Arms of thy tender and Eternal Mercies O withdraw not thy Favour from me which is better than Life be not far from me for I know not how near Death is to me Lord let thy Servant depart in peace for mine eyes have seen thy Salvation My Body I bequeath to the Grave and desire to have it buried in the ordinary Burial-place of my Ancestors at Hamilton and that no Ceremony nor Pomp at all be used at the interring of my sinful Carcase which hath so much offended and dishonoured God yet through Faith I hope it shall be sprinkled with the precious Bloud of Iesus Christ and being re-united with my Soul shall together rise in Glory reconciled with the Father to enjoy Eternal Happiness with him in Heaven After this follow the Particulars of the Will which he concludes in the following Words And now O Lord pity me in my low Condition and bring me out of my Troubles though the number of my Enemies be great yet thou canst disappoint their Counsels keep them Lord from prevailing and turn them back that persecute my Soul If it be thy Will O Lord restore me to my Country that there in peace I may finish the course of my Pilgrimage in thy fear and live loyal and obedient to my Gracious King Charles the Second and faithful and dutiful to my Country and as I trust that through the Merits and Mediation of Iesus Christ An. 1652. thou hast forgiven all the errors of my Life so I beg and hope thou wilt save me from the terrors of Death Let not O Lord at that last hour my Soul be desolate and forsaken let not those saving Truths I have formerly learned then fail my Memory nor the sweet effusions of thy Spirit which I have sometimes felt then be wanting to my Heart be with me at that time O Lord in a special manner and send the blessed Comforter to assure me of Salvation that I may die with Ioy and leave this World with Contentment since I shall be confident of the Remission of my sins through Christ Iesus and of my going to that place of eternal Happiness which thou hast prepared for all them that fear thee in Christ to which place bring me for his sake to whom with thee and the blessed Spirit of Grace be all Honour Praise and Glory for ever and ever Amen Written by my self at the Hague in Holland the 21th of March 1650. HAMILTON To which shall be added a Letter that was Sealed up with his Will to his Lady Dear Heart ALthough a very short stay in this place may possibly endanger my Life yet seeing these may chance to be the last words you are ever to receive from me no hazard shall keep me from letting you know how sensible I am of the great Love and Kindness you have always had for me for which the Lord reward you unto whose Protection I leave you and as I do recommend you to God who will be near unto all that call upon him and fulfil the desires of them that fear him and preserve all them that love him so I do recommend you unto your self that you would labour to serve fear and love the Lord God and set him before your eyes in all your ways Continue as I have often been a witness to your daily practice in reading the Word of God which will be a Lamp unto your feet and Light unto your paths Look not with prejudice upon any of the Messengers of his Word but reverence them for their Message sake be not too confident of your own Opinions but examine them by the Touchstone of Gods Word and refuse not to hear the admonition of his Servants Repine not at Gods ways or dispensations to you but be patient in Affliction that you may say with David I held my tongue I opened not my mouth because thou didst it For you may have this Comfort that whom God loves he Chastens and really if God had not said it man would hardly believe that Affliction cometh from his Love But if we admit his Truth and consider Experience we shall find that he often afflicteth them most whom he loveth most and who most love him As for those whose eyes stand out with fatness and have more than their hearts can wish he setteth them on slippery places and feeds them as Oxen to the Slaughter He is nearer to us in Affliction than in Prosperity and weare nearer unto him it is his menage to bring us home from our Wandrings at least I have lookt upon it so as to my self which makes me thus desire you may so receive his Visitations Be frequent in Prayer limit not the Spirit in you to the conceptions of other men shun all vain and idle Company and Conversation and pray to the Lord to set a watch before your mouth and to keep the door of your lips Forget and hate the empty pleasures of a licentious Court or of London and with David pray Turn away my eyes from beholding vanity An. 1651. and quicken thou me in thy way Be not hasty nor passionate keep not anger in your heart against any have Charity for all men even for them whom you may look upon as your Enemies and study still rather to put the best than worst construction upon the Actions of any Examine your self every night what good you have done the preceding day and remember still that you are one day nearer that in which you must give an account to God of all your Actions on whose Mercy to you let your earliest and latest thoughts be always fixt Sweet Heart much more I would say but you know I am pressed by time but seek to God and in him you will find all things The next Duty I shall recommend to

their Election You are to labour that the Five Articles of Perth be held as indifferent strive that the admissions of Ministers may continue as they are you may condescend that the Oaths of their Admission be no other than is warranted by Act of Parliament You are if you find that it may any wise conduce to Our Service to enact and publish the Order made at Holyroodhouse by Our Council the fifth of July last for discharging the use of the Service-Book Book of Canons and the practice of the High Commission You are to protest against the abolishing of Bishops and to give way to as few restrictions of their power as you can as for the Bishops not being capable of Civil Places you must labour what you can to keep them free You may give way that they shall be accountable to the General Assembly which you shall indict at the rising of this against that time twelve month As for the Bishops Precedence you are not to admit them of the Assembly to meddle therewith it being no point of Religion and totally in the Crown If the Bishop of St. Andrews or any other be accused of any crime you are to give way to it so they may have a free Trial and likewise the same of whatsoever person or Officer of State It is left to your discretion what course Bishops shall take that are for the present out of the Country You are to advise the Bishops to forbear sitting at the Council till better and more favourable times for them Notwithstanding all these Instructions abovementioned or any other accident that may happen still labouring to keep up Our Honour so far as possibly you can you are by no means to permit a present Rupture to happen but to yield any thing though unreasonable rather than now to break C. R. London the 27th July 1638. But with this His Majesty ordered him to see That the Country were again settled before he indicted the Assembly that the Moderators named by Bishops in Presbyteries might be again reponed and according to the Act of the Assembly 1606. they might be held necessary Members of the Assembly that all Ministers turned out since these Stirs began might be again restored and that all Ministers admitted without Bishops might desist from the exercise of their Function That all people might keep their own Churches and that Bishops and Ministers who took not the Covenant might live quietly without disturbance and have their Stipends paid them His Majesty also so gave warrant That if need required he might call a Parliament against April next and with these Instructions the King wrote to the Council the following Letter CHARLES R. RIght trusty and well-beloved Cousin Councellour and Commissioner The Kings Letter to the Council and Right trusty and well-beloved Cousins and Councellours and trusty and well-beloved Councellours We Greet you well The great Distractions which have of late arisen both in Kirk and Commonwealth in that Our Ancient Kingdom of Scotland have much troubled the minds of many good and loyal Subjects there and these Distractions have fallen out among them upon Iealousies and Fears of Innovation in Religion and introducing of Popery and not without some Fears conceived amongst them as if We Our Self were that way inclined Vpon occasion of these Fears they have of late signed a Covenant or Bond for conserving the Religion established and the Laws of the Country but this Bond being not subscribed by Royal leave and Authority as was that in Our dear Fathers time must needs be both null in it self and very prejudicial to the ancient and laudable Government of both Kirk and Common-wealth which though We must declare unto you yet out of Our inborn Love to that Our Native Country and Loyal Subjects there and for the obviating of these causeless Fears and to satisfie your selves and all Our loving People We do hereby under Our hand let you know that We are and have ever been satisfied fully in Our Iudgement and Conscience both for the Reformed Religion and against the Roman and that by Gods Grace and Goodness We purpose both to live and die in the belief and practice of the Religion now established and to preserve it in full strength according to the Laws of that Our Kingdom and to the end that this may appear to Posterity how firm and settled We are in that Our Religion We require you Our Commissioner and Council to see these Letters registred according to course Given at Our Court at Oatlands Iuly 30. 1638. His Majesty signed also the following Declaration CHARLES R. THE great Distractions which of late have risen both in Kirk and Commonwealth in this Our ancient Kingdom and Declaration have so troubled the minds of many of Our good and loyal Subjects there that they have been possessed with Fears as if Popery had been intended to have been introduced and as if We Our Self were that way inclined upon occasion of which Fears a Covenant or Bond of late hath been drawn up intended by the Subscribers as doth appear by their Supplication presented to Our Commissioner the 26th of June last for conserving the Religion and Laws of the Country but it not being done by Royal leave and Authority as was that in Our dear Fathers time must be both null and void of it self and much prejudicial to the ancient and laudable Government of Kirk and Commonwealth Therefore We for obviating those Fears which have been misconceived both against Our Person and Profession for matters of Religion and to satisfie not Our loving Subjects only but all the Christian World that We do and by Gods Grace ever will maintain the true Christian and Reformed Religion established in this Our Kingdom and to let the World see that this shall be done in and with all freedom according to the Laws of Our Country have signed the Confession of Faith established by Act of Parliament An. 1557. with this Bond following in defence of it and Royal Authority Laws and Liberties of the Country and do also require the present Subscription of this Confession and Bond by all Our loving Subjects that it may remain in force to Posterity that they may know how careful We are and have been to preserve the integrity of Religion and the freedom of Our Laws Here the Confession of Faith was inserted which is to be seen in the Acts of Parliament An. 1567. and therefore it being of great length the Reader is referred to the Acts of the Parliaments of Scotland Thereafter followed this ensuing Bond. with the Bond to be signed We and every one of us underwritten do protest and swear in the presence of God Almighty that we are truly and fully resolved in our Consciences that this is the Confession of the true Faith of Christ established by the Laws of this Country and that by the Grace of God we will profess and maintain the same all the dayes of our Lives and because the

small Trouble except the loss of some Time which this lingring Course would have cost whereas if they fought with them it was to be feared that the Irish with some Scotish Highlanders and other Gentlemen that joyned with Montrose being desperate would be too hard for such raw Souldiers as would be drawn together to oppose them for the Covenanters resolved not to bring any of their Forces out of England or Ireland till they were forced to it by necessity Besides the Plague at that time had broken in upon Scotland and swept away many thousands which filled all Places with so much fear and horrour that the hearts and hands of all did fail them and so a faint Resistance was to be expected in such a general Consternation But the more forward did not relish these Advices and many Church-men being full of hopes of Success and the opinion of Gods Favour to their Way were for engaging into present Action This Advice was plausible for they hoped for a speedy issue of it whereas Delays drew a vast expence on the Nation This their errour cost them dear and opened a way for a great deal of Honour to Montrose who managed his small Force with as much Conduct as Success and carried all down before him with a torrent of Victories till at length after his last Victory at Kilsyth the High-landers loaded with Prey would needs go home to their Lurking-holes which he could not resist his Authority over them being but precarious And instead of retiring with them into the Hills he came down into the South-Country with the little handful that adhered to him in hopes that many should have flockt about his Victorious Standard but he was generally hated by the Vulgar so powerfully had the Excommunications and Thunders of the Church wrought upon them Besides many Outrages had been committed by his Irish and High-land Souldiers which had been indeed resisted by him as much as was possible but having no Pay to give them he durst not exercise that severity of Martial Discipline which had been otherwise necessary Yet all was imputed to his Orders by his Enemies which made him very odious to the generality of those who knew him not and hence it was that wise men did not hope for a good account of the Kings Affairs from this Design therefore he was not assisted with such Forces as he had promised himself from the Kings Friends in the South-Countrey But he was become too secure of Victory and began to apprehend the Fame of his former Conquests was able to scatter any Force could be brought against him therefore notwithstanding some Advertisements he had of Lieutenant General Lesley's coming down with a good Body of Horse from the Scotish Army in England he still remained in the low Countrey till he was surprized and routed of a sudden Then he went again to the Hills but there he saw how groundless it was to expect any real Aid from those wild and disorderly People he traversed to and again through the Hills sparing neither Labour Industry nor Art to draw together new Forces but was never able to effectuat it a small Body of a few hundreds being all the Strength he could ever make only he was in hopes of great matters And thus it continued till this time that the Scotish Commissioners moved the King for recalling his Commission His Majesty was willing to grant this only he desired he might have liberty to send for him with a Safe-conduct and that he might be suffered to kiss his Hand after which he should go beyond Sea never again to return without their Consent But to this they would not hearken wherefore His Majesty being constrained to yield to all their Demands His Majesty call in his Commissions to Montrose did by Proclamation call in his Commission and sent a Gentleman with Orders to him and such as were with him to lay down their Arms immediately To this Montrose answered by a Dispatch yet extant dated the second of Iune that as he had proposed nothing to himself in all he had done but His Majesties Service so he was not now to dispute his Obedience to His Commands Only he desired that Security might be granted for those Gentlemen who had hazarded their Lives for the Kings Service that they might not be laid open to the Fury of their Enemies but might live at quiet in their own Houses and as for such as were counted unpardonable he desired they might have Passes to go beyond Seas and at this it stuck for some time When this was done His Majesty began to be importuned from all hands to settle Religion according to the Covenant The King is much pressed to take the Covenant Addresses being made to him for that effect both from the Army the Commissioners sent from Scotland the Committee of Estates in Scotland and the Commissioners from the General Assembly But to all those the King answered That when he was satisfied in Conscience with the lawfulness of what they desired then but never till then could he grant their Demands wherefore he said he was willing to enter in Conference with any they should appoint Protesting that if he got satisfaction to his Conscience in those two Points the one being that he judged Episcopacy of Divine Appointment and the other that by his Coronation-Oath in England he was tied to the Defence of the Church as it was then established he should not be ashamed to change his Iudgement and alter his Resolutions Whereupon Mr. Henderson was pitched upon as the man of greatest Abilities and Discretion for that task and during the Month of Iune Papers passed to and again betwixt the King and him of which they being so often published I shall say no more but that from these it appears had His Majesties Armes been as strong as his Reason was he had been every way unconquerable since none have the dis-ingenuity to deny the great advantages His Majesty had in all these Writings And this was when the help of his Chaplains could not be suspected they being so far from him And it is indeed strange to see a Prince not only able to hold up with but so far to outrun so great a Theologue in a Controversie which had exercised his thoughts and studies for so many years And that the King drew with his own Hand all his Papers without the help of any is averred by the Person who alone was privy to the interchanging of them that worthy and accomplished Gentleman Sir Robert Murray who at that time was known to His Majesty and he discovering in him those great parts and excellent qualities that recommended him to the love and esteem of all vertuous persons that knew him honoured him with a great deal of Freedom and it was believed few were more in the Kings Favour than he was him therefore did His Majesty imploy in that exchange of Papers being all written with his own Hand and in much less