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could not, in our ſtation, ſhew in a more eminent way our dislike to the injuries done to thee. O Lord unfaithful miniſters: all their treachery is well known unto thee. Lord, break the ſnares, and let thy poor flock eſcape; and haſten the day when my kids ſhall feed beside the ſhepherd's tents. I invite thee this day to every ſoul within my family; let the work of grace be amongſt them all,—every one encouraging another in the way of duty, that we may be a little sanctuary for thee to dwell in.—I invite thee, O Lord, this day, to return to poor covenanted Scotland; altho’ ſhe has broken covenant with thee yet thou muſt not give up with her. Remember thy former loving kindneſs to her and, for thine own name's ſake, return, return, and deliver. Are not enemies rejoicing, that they have gotten of the ſons and daughters of Zion to help them to lay on the grave-ſtone, to hold down the work? Are not enemies crying, Where is the covenanted God of Scotland,—and ſaying, If this work had been of God, it would have ſtood; So that all the blood of thy people, and the cauſe of God for which they ſuffered, is now buried, with the mockery of some and joy of others But thou, who art the lion of the tribe of Judah, rouſe up thyself, and let it be known to all nations, that the covenanted God of Scotland lives and reigns! O that the reſurrection of thy buried
