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Establishing the same; which was the cause
Their lives were sacrificed into the lust
Of Prelatists abjured.—Tho' here their dust
Lies mix'd with murderers, and other crew,
Whom Justice justly did to death pursue;
But as for these no cause in them was found
Worthy of death, but only they were sound,
Constant and stedfast, zealous, witnessing,
for the Prerogatives of Christ their King,
Which truths were seal’d by famous Guthrie’s head
And all along to Mr Renwick’s blood.
They did endure the wrath of enemies,
Reproaches, torments, deaths and injuries;
But yet they’re these who from such trouble came,
And now triumph in glory with the Lamb.
From May 27th, 1661, that the noble Marquis of ⟨Argyle⟩ suffered, to Feb. 27th, 1688, that Mr James ⟨Renwick⟩ suffered, 100 Noblemen, Gentlemen, Ministers, and others, were executed at Edinburgh, noble martyrs for Jesus Christ. The most part of them be here.—It is also said that 28,000 suffered in the ⟨late⟩ persecutions in Scotland.
ANECDOTE OF WHITFIELD,
the famous preacher
about forty years ago, the famous Mr George Whitfield used annually to visit Glasgow, and, by his popular ⟨mode⟩ of preaching, allured great multitudes, especially ⟨of⟩ the female sex, to attend his sermons. The great object of his dicourses was to rouse to acts of beneficence: and as he had instituted a charitable seminary ⟨in⟩ Georgia, he was strenuous in his exhortations to the
