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the wares, what of his graces makes best for you, he and you will soon sort on the price; he will sell ⟨him⟩ goods cheap, that ye may speir for his shop again and he draws all the sale to himself. I counsel you to go no farther than Christ. And now when it is come to your door, either to sin or suffer, I ⟨counsel⟩ you to lay your aceount with suffering; for an out-gate coming from any airth will be prejudicial to ⟨your⟩ soul’s interest. And for your encouragement, remember he sends none a warfare on their own charges, and ⟨blessed⟩ is the man that gives Christ all his money. The safest way to shift the shower is to hold out of God’s gate and keep within his doors, until the violence of the storm begin to ebb, which is not yet full tide. Christ deals tenderly with his young plants, and waters them oft lest they go back; be painful, and lose not life for the seeking. Grace, mercy and peace be with you.

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Upon the Martyr’s Monument in the Gray-friars

Church-yard in Edinburgh.

Upon the head of the Tomb there is the Effigies of an open Bible, drawn with these Scripture citations Rev. vi. 7. 10. 11.—“And when he had opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of them that had been slain for the Word of God, and for the testimony which they held,” &e.—Rev. vii. 14-Also the following lines:

Halt, passenger, take heed what you do see,
This tomb doth shew for what some men did die;
Here lies interr’d the dust of those who stood
'Gainst perjury, resisting unto blood;

Adhering to the Covenant and Laws,