Excerpt from A Collection of Letters, Consisting of Ninety-Three: Sixty-One of Which Wrote by the Rev. Mr. James Renwick, The Remainder, by the Rev. Messrs. John Livingston, John Brown, John King, Donald Cargil, Richard Cameron, Alex. Pedan, and Alex. Shields, Also a Few by Mr. Michael ShieldsHou halt here préfénted to thy view, lbrnc' T of the valuable letters of the worthy and, now lorified Mr. Famenwic/z, whofe metnory will fie dear while reformation principles are re garded 111 Scotland, together. With fome all relative to the fins and duties of that day, and. Not at all. Impertinent in our day, wherein fuchx duties are much (lighted, and the fame or like defcéhon, as keenly and effeétually carried on: and corroborated, not only by profeffed ene mies to the covenanted intereft of Chrill', but by profe¿bd friends thereunto. It 15 certain that Zion's King, did in afignal manner, difplay his banner in-the Illes ofthe fea, and cngagedthenl to himfclf by folemn facred oaths and covenants: he ammated the fpirits of his followers with zeal, refolution and faithfulnefsin\their appearances and contendmgs for. Him and his troths, and e lpecially for the dignity of his kingly office, he defeated the defigns ofenemies, and advanced to himfelfa moft glorious building, of a woft beantiful church, founded upon zbe prophet, and, aojiler, jefm Cbz z'ft~ bimfelf éeizzg the chie¿comer fine, fo that this church and nation was blcfi°ed. With a more glorious and perfect reformatioiu than any of her neighbour churches: The doc tnine, worlhip, difcipline and government, in all' points agreeable to the word of truth, was efta blifh'ed by ecclefiaflic and civil laws, fworn and fublcribed to by the king' 5 majefly, and all ranks and de recs in the land: but it is no.lefs certain, that thts church and nation, which was once (0 a 2 great.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.