of others, than to make them the fubject of your difcourfe; and labour to make earnest of religion, for I find there is need of more than a good caufe, when it comes to the push. O the everlasting covenant is sweet to me now! And I would also fay, they that would follow Chrift, need not fear at the crofs, for I can set to my feal to it, his yoke is eafy, and his burden is light.' Yea, many times he hath made me go very eafy through things that I have thought I would never have win through. He is the only defirable mafter, but he must be followed fully. Rejoice in him, all ye that love him, wherefore lift up your heads, and be exceeding glad, for the day of your redemption draweth nigh. Let not your hearts faint, nor your hands grow feeble; go on in the ftrength of the Lord, my dear friends, for, I hope, he will yet have a remnant both of fons and daughters, that will cleave to him, though they will be very few; even as the berries on the top of the outmost branches. As for fuch as are grown weary of the cross of Christ, and have drawn to a lee-fhore that God never allowed, it may be ere all be done, it will turn like a tottering fence, and a bowing wall to them, and they fhall have little profit of it, and as little credit. But what fhall I fay to the commendation of Chrift and his crofs? I blefs the Lord, praife to his holy name, that hath made my prifon a palace to me; and what am I that he fhould have dealt thus with me? I have looked greedy-like to fuch a lot as this, but ftill thought it was too high for me, when I faw how vile I was ; but now the Lord hath made that fcripture sweet to me, Ifa. vi. 6.—7. Then flew one of the feraphims unto me, having a live coal in his hand, and he laid it upon my mouth, and faid, lo, this hath touched thy lips, and thine iniquity is taken away, and thy fin purged.' O how great is his love to me! that hath brought me forth to teftify against the abominations of the times, and keeped me from fainting hitherto, and hath made me to rejoice in him. Now I blefs the Lord that ever he gave me a life to lay down for him. Now, farewel all creature comforts; farewel fweet bible; farewe! 'ye real friends in Chrift; farewel faith and hope; farewel prayers and all duties; farewel fun and moon. Within a little I fhall be free from fin, and all forrows that follow thereon. Welcome everlast

ing enjoyment of the Father, Son, and Holy Ghoft, everlafting love, everlafting joy, everlasting light.

Edinburgh Tolbooth,

Jan. 26. 1681.

Sic fubfcribitur,

ISABEL ALISON.

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EING come to the scaffold, after finging the lxxxiv. Pfalm, and reading the xvi. of Mark, fhe cried over the fcaffold, and faid, rejoice in the Lord, ye righteous; and again I fay, rejoice. Then fhe defired to pray at that place, and the major came, and would not let her, but took her away to the ladder foot; and there fhe prayed. When the went up the ladder, she cried out, O be zealous, Sirs, be zealous, be zealous! O love the Lord all ye his fervants; O love him, Sirs! for in his favour there is life. And she said, O ye his enemies, what will ye do, whether will ye fly in that day? For now there is a dreadful day coming on all the enemies of Jefus Chrift. Come out from among them, all ye that are the Lord's own people. Then the faid, farewel all created comforts; farewel fweet bible, in which I delighted moft, and which has been sweet to me fince I came to prifon; farewel Chriftian acquaintances. Now, into thy hands I commit my fpirit, Father, Son, and Holy Ghoft. Whereupon the hangman threw

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The laft Speech and Teftimony of Marion Harvie, who lived at Borrowftounnefs, and suffered at Edinburgh, the 26th of January, 1681.

An account of her answers before the Privy Council.

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HEY afked firft, How long is it fince ye faw Mr Donald Cargil? I faid, I cannot tell particularly when I faw him. They faid, Did you fee him within thefe three months? I faid, It may be I have. They faid, Do ye own his covenant? I faid, What covenant? Then they read it to me; and I said, I did own it. They faid, Do ye own the Sanquhar declaration? I answered, Yes. They faid, Do ye own these to be lawful? I faid, Yes; because they are according to the feriptures, and our covenants, which ye fwore yourselves, and my fa

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ther fwore them. They faid, Yea; but the covenant does not bind you to deny the king's authority. I faid, So long as the king held the truths of Ged, which he fwore, we were obliged to own him; but, when he brake his oath, and robbed Chrift of his kingly rights, which do not belong to him, we were bound to difown him, and you also. They faid, Do ye know what ye fay? I faid, Yes. They faid, Were ye ever mad? I answered, I have all the wit that ever God gave me; do you fee any mad act in me? They faid; Where was ye born? I anfwered, In Borrowftounnefs. They afked, What was your occupation there? I told them, I ferved. They faid, Did ye ferve the woman that gave Mr Donald Cargil quarters? I faid, That is a queftion which I will not answer. They faid, Who did ground you in these principles? I answered, Chrift by his word. They said, Did not ministers ground you in these? I answered, When the minifters preached the word, the fpirit of God backed and confirmed it to me. They faid, Did ye ev. er fee Mr John Welch? I faid, Yes; my foul hath been refreshed by hearing him. They asked, if ever I heard Mr Archibald Riddel? I answered, Yes; and I blefs the Lord that ever I heard him. They faid, Did ever they' preach to take up arms againft the king? I faid, I have heard them preach to defend the gofpel, which we are all fworn to do. They afked, If ever I fwore to Mr Donald Cargil's covenant? I faid, No; but we are bound to own it. They said, Did ye ever hear Mr George Johnftoun? I faid, I am not concerned with him; I would not hear him, for he is joined in a confederacy with yourfelves. They faid, Did ye hear the excommunication at the Torwood? I faid, No; I could not win to it. They afked, If I did approve of it? I anfwered, Yes. They afked, If I approved of the kil ling the Lord St Andrews? I faid, In fo far as the Lord raifed up inftruments to execute his juft judgments upon him, I have nothing to fay against it; for he was a perjured wretch, and a betrayer of the kirk of Scotland. Then they afked, What age I was of? I anfwered, I cannot tell. They faid among themselves, That I would be about twenty years of age, and began to regret my cafe, and faid, would I caft away felf fo? I answered, I love my life as well as any of you do ; but will not redeem it upon finful terms; for Chrift fays, he that

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feeks to fave his life, fhall lofe it.' afked, when the affize thould fit? and answered, on Monday. Then they afked, If I could write? I answered, Yes. Will you fubfcribe, faid they, what you have faid? I answered, No. They bade the clerk fet down, that I could write, but refufed to fubfcribe. Then they afked, If I defired to converfe with one of our minifters? I faid, What ministers? They faid, Mr Riddel. And I told them, I would have none of their minifters. - This is all I can remember, at this prefent.

Her difcourfe before the jufticiary court.

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IRST, I was brought and fet in the pannel, and they read over my indictment, and asked me, if I did confefs with these things? I anfwered, yes. Then they read Sanquhar declaration, and afked, if I owned it? I answered, yes. They read that paper which they call the new covenant, and afked, if I owned it? I an fwered, yes. Then I protefted they.had nothing to fay against me, as to matter of fact; but only because I owned Chrift and his truth. To that they replied nothing; but called the aflizers who had no will to appear, tid they were about to fine them, and then they came forward. One of them faid, he did not defire to be one of the affize, but they would have him. He bade them read our confeflion; for he knew not what they had to fay against us. They bade him hold up his hand, and fwear that he would be true, and he could not, but fell on trenibling. The advocate bade the affizers look if I had any thing to fay against them. I faid, I knew none of them, but that they were all bloody butchers together. And when the affizers were fet in a place by themfelves, I faid to them, now beware what ye are doing, for they have nothing to fay against me; but only for owning Jefus Chrift and his perfecuted truths; for ye will get my blood upon your heads. So that man that fell on trembling before, defired them to read my confeffion to him, and they read it. And after that the advocate had a difcourfe to them, and faid, ye know thefe women are guilty of treafon. The affize faid, they are not guilty of matters of-fact: He faid, but treafon is fact; and taking himself again, he faid, 'tis true, it is but treafon in

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their judgment; but go on according to our law, and if ye will not do it, I will proceed. And when they had read my confeffion, they had fet down, that 'I had faid, the ministers had taught me these principles. I faid, that is a lie, and it is like the rest of your lies; for I faid, that it was Chrift by his word, that taught me. They anfwered nothing to that, but faid, would I own the reft of my confeffion? I anfwered, yes. The advocate faid, we do not defire to take their lives; for we have dealt with them many ways, and fent minifters to deal with them, and we cannot prevail with them. I faid, we are not concerned with you, and your minifters. The advocate faid, 'tis not for religion that we are pursuing you; but for treafon. I anfwered, 'tis for religion that ye are pursuing me; for I am of the fame religion that ye are all fworn to be of; but ye are all gone blind. am a true Prefbyterian in my judgment. So they put the affize into another room by themselves, and removed me without the guard into another room, then they read the delay till Friday at twelve of the clock: and I charged them before the tribunal of God, as they should anfwer there; for, faid I, ye have nothing to say to me, but for my owning the perfecuted gofpel.

The dying Teftimony and last words of Marion Harvie.

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Chriftian Friends and Acquaintances,

BEING to lay down my life on Wednesday next, January 26. 1681. I thought fit to let it be known to the world wherefore I lay down my life; and to let it be feen, that I die not as a fool, or an evil doer, or as a bufy body in other mens matters: No, it is for adhering to the truths of Jefus Chrift, and avowing him to be King of Zion, and head of his church; and the teftimony against the ungodly laws of men, and their robbing Chrift of his rights, and ufurping his prerogative royal, which I durft not but testify againft; and I bless his holy name, that ever he called me to bear witness against the fins of the times, and the defections of upfitten ministers and profeffors. ft, I adhere to the holy and fweet fcriptures of God, which have been my rule in all I have done, in which my foul has been refreshed. 2dly, I adhere to the Confeffion of Faith, because agreeable to the Scriptures. 3dly, I adhere to the larger and

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