I said that I feard som new objection because my Lord Latherdaill would not tak the signatour to the King without my L. Midlton wer content. He asked if Orkney was comprizd. I told him I had spok freli, and desird him to do a favour to my L. Midlton and it might perchanc meit him; and his favour would appeir mor quhen he did it alon. I desird to speak the truth with a singl hart, yet I feird both my own corruption in speaking this and also the wresting of men, and that it might be misconstrued or misrepresented. I commit my cace and way to God. This day, Major Innes and Coldcots dind with me, and I did efter dinner hear Mr. Cace on 1 Peter, 1. 5. 28.—I heard that Morton's signatour is al wrong, and the King refusd to pass it a

March 2.-Die Dom. I did this day reaceav the communion of the Lord's bodie.

3. I heard that Morton's buisines was restricted. I did acquant Midlton with it, and found him in passion. I dind with Latherdaill, and found his spirit as the vthers. Oh! the advantadg which they have who lie neir God. . . . I see how litl the favour of men is to be accounted of.

I heard from Scotland of the Chancellor's ill will to me and myn, and of other men's. The Advocat faild them. I will ador the Lord, and be quiet. I yet doubted whether I should stay or return, if I could leave my buisines on anie heir, for I found great obstructions and thes wer readie to increas.

4.-E. Midlton told me that the King had ordained the E. of Morton's buisines to pass, with ane enlargment. I aknowledgd the Lord in al this. Oh! and it portends litl good to find our - I heard Dr. Burnet - I dind with Eglington.

5.—I heard the Chancellor, and advocat, and Tarbet wer unfriends to me and my friends. I was troubld at this, and made to faint, and could not get trusted in God under this discouradgment and enmitie. . . .

6.-I went to London anent Egls. [Eglington]. I returnd and heard Mr. Cace at St. Martin's: How we ar "kept by the power of God throgh faith unto salvation."

A new grant to the Earl of Morton of the Islands of Orkney and Zetland.

b Short-hand in MS.

с

Probably Dr. Alexander Burnet, suc

cessively Bishop of Aberdeen, 1662; of

Glasgow, 1663; and of St. Andrews, 1679.

d Thomas Case, at this time rector of St. Giles in the Fields, but ejected soon after for Nonconformity. He died in 1680.

7. I heard by Coldcotts that E. of Aboin said, I had written hom to the creditours to supplicat against the hous of Huntlee. The Lord knows this is fals!

9. Die Dom. I declind to goe to the Quakers to diner. But I found the euel spirit within me, which turnd me from the servic of God. This indisposd, and I had much drowsines and indisposdnes, and noe delight in the drauing neir unto him. Lorn, his brother, and I, din'd with Eglingtoun. Our discours was litl savourie, and smelt litl of grac. Let not the Lord charg this upon me.

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10.-I din'd with Mr. Manton at Kirkmichels, and spok of the dangerous lyk estat of the Kirk of God in thes lands: corruption ouergrowing all persons and ranks, declining, much . . . pollution upon professours, through quhom the way of truth has bein il spoken of. Faithful ministers ar lyk to hav noe countenanc nor forbearanc, errour in doctrin, profannes and loosnes in practis and conversation ar creeping in; magistrats, ministers, people ar corrupt. Our light lyk to wax dimm. All thes mani years troubl has not reformed nor mended us; but our filth breaks out, as it is this day: neither judgments nor mercies does reclaim or doe us good; blyk Germani

wher God once had a glorious church, ouer which ther is a vail drawen, as it is this day. We ar noe better then they. We mentiond wantones in opinion, loosnes in our judgments, errour, dangerous heresies, shisms, superstition, idolatrie, inclining to Popri, increas and grouth of Popri, noe cares for the publick, euri man seeks his oun things. "Ther is noe truth, nor mercy in the land."

11. I was overtaken with a fit of an ague.

12.-Lall.e was unweil, and I did reflect on that as matter quherin

;b for the Lord is God; yet I am apt to trust in men, and not in God, to fear men mor then God, and ther hurt and wrath mor then God's, and to seek ther favour mor then God's.

14. he Bishop of St. Andrewsd com to sie me. I spok to him to indeavour that honest ministers quher I liue may hav countenance and indulgenc. He said, They should, if they caried weil, and declard nothing

a Dr. Thomas Manton, the eminent Nonconformist divine, rector of St. Paul's, Convent Garden, who resigned in 1662, and died 1677.

b Short-hand in MS.

Earl of Lauderdale.

James Sharp, Archbishop of St. An

drews.

contrari to the King, and established ordour and gouernment. They should be establishd for a quhil till they inform themselvs.

15. I had another fit of the ague, which kept me from befor 6 til elevn. I desird to reverenc and ador the Lord in his visitation, and to be taught and instructed by it. . . . Seing the doctor did not think fit that I should go to sermon next day, I desir'd to tak occasion therof, and to sett my self seriously to seik the Lord in it.

...

18. I reflected on the Reformation in Germanie, and what ishu it had. The mixturs of counsels, ends, affections, undertakings, the cloud now drawen ouer them. The Battel of Praege, the insulting of idolatrous papists, sacrificing to ther fals worship, ther blasphemi, ascriuing ther succes to the Virgin Mari, and giuing that which is due to God to creaturs. And now, is not al thes things reacted-that sam blasphemie and abominations-a do[o]r opend to all superstition and profannes-the faces of the children of God confounded and couerd, put to shame-wild men exalted? Now I desir to be exercisd with this. But alace my ignoranc and barrennes is so greate that I can attain to noe understanding or profit.

20.-I read , and what befell the poor princ Palatin and his famili, and the Protestants that asisted him in Bohemia and off the prevailing of Poperi again in that place, and the doun bearing off the reformed religion. 22.-I went to Marrowbone gardens with Kirkmichel, and returned to dine with him; and I again had a proof of my oun inordinatnes in eating, and challendging myself for it before God.

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23. Die Dom. I reflected on the estat of the Church in Germanie, in the year 1625, quhen the reformd religion was born doun, and Popri advancd in Austria, Moravia, Silesia, Bohemia, Pal. &c.; godli ministers evri quher expelid, and other placd and set up; authoriti and countenanc quit taken from al professing the truth; banishment, death, forfaitour, confiscation of goods inflicted on thes that had stood for the truth: besides al this, divisions by Anabaptists, Libertins, and about the Sacrament, quhairwith the Church was broken; Loretto Chapel in St. Nicolas burgh in Ungarie consecrated, and 10,000 resorting hither, mani falling from the truth; the Emperor, and his power and authoritie, set up and prevailing;

a In the MS. the name is illegible, seemingly Carritfa!

St. Mary le Bone, (now Marylebone.) formerly an obscure village in the vicinity of London.

men saying, that thogh Archduk Ferdinand did swear to maintein priviledges of religion, yet he might lawfulli break the oath if the Parliament found it efterwards in ther power. In all this soe lyk is I desir to be exercisd heerwith, but to [be] kept from stumbling.

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This night I read the Act of Conformiti, which was to pas in this Parliament, enjoining the Book of Common Prayer, Sacraments, Rites, and Ceremonies, and for establishing the form of making Bishops, Priests, and Decons. In it, 1. All ordain'd to conform befor Jhon Baptist's day ther unfeined assent to evri thing therin conteined; and they that declar not this to be deprivd. 2. Not lawful on ani pretence to tak arms against the King: and they abhor the traitorous position of taking arms by his authoriti against his person or his commissioners: and that ther lies noe obligation on them or ani other person by virtew of the Couenant, and that it was in itself an unlawfull oth, and imposed on the subjects of this kingdom against the known laws and liberties therof: and to get a certificat of this his declaration. 3. Reordination; and if ani shal administer the Sacraments befor they be so ordained by a Bishop, they pay the £100. 4. Subscribing the 39 Articles of Religion. 5. All lecturers must be licencd by the Bishop, as the guardian of the spiritualitie, and assent to the 39 Articles, and to approv and use the Book and Ceremonies. 6. If ani preach that by this act is disabld, he is to be imprisond 3 months without bail or mainprize. Befor the lectur, the service must be read, and the lecturer present. 7. Evri parish to hav a Book under pain of 3lb. per mensem. The reseruation to the King to dispence is onli of the surplic and croce in Baptisms, to thes onli who hav bein and ar in possession of ani benefice sinc 29 May, 1660, prouiding [that] som other minister baptiz with the croce for them, and that they speak not against the Ceremonies and Liturgie. I desir to reflect rightlie on al this, and to be instructed.

24.-I heard from Scotland that ther was a great discoueri of witchcraft in the parish of Dyk; and in my land, they had purposd euel against my son and his wyfe. I acknowledg the Lord's merciful prouidenc over them; and ascrivd soverainti and power to God, and commits me and myn to His alsufficiencie and truth. I was exercisd under this, and the mani troubls. that myself and my poor freinds wer involvd and plungd in; and seing it is

包

Short-hand in MS.

Statutes at Large, Car. II., 13, 14, cap. IV.

so also with the Kirk of God, and thes that fear him, I desir for my particular to be quiet, and be humbld under His hand, and to exercis faith in His nam as I may.

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I heard of Calder's troubles, my friends, and others, E. Loudon his death; and under all thes desird to exercis my soul, and to be instructed. 26 —- . . . I took a potion of phisick this day; so frail ar thes bodies, and subject to decay. In my infirmities I did see how lit man was to be counted of

I considerd if I should imploy my Lord Midltoun for a warrand to guard against the repeating off the exempted cess, and the £10,000. I desir to commit my ways and counsels to God.

29.-I heard som hop of my buisines to be don; but I did, out of a rash and inconsiderat desir of preoccupying them, aquaint the Advocat with somthing of it in the general. But I was instantli convined of my witlesnes and follie, and saw how I had marrd myself; and if God prevent [not] I will find it ruind. Under this I was aflicted, and desird to be humbld for my sin and follie in it, thogh I had noe wicked purpos.

Apryll 2.-I found new impediments in Morton's buisines. I aknowledgd the Lord in it, and desird grace to walk uprightlie. Mr. Mouat din'd with me. . . . I did travel efternoon to Kinsingtoun with Kirkmi[chel].

4.—I din'd with Eagling[ton], Lat", Craf[ord] at the -.b I heard sermon, Mr. Manton: "Caus Thy face to shyn upon Thy servant, and teach me Thy statuts." I intended for the Sacrament, but by compani was diuerted from that solemn and du[e] preparation that was fit. I went to the feilds efternoon with Kirkmichael.

5.-I din'd with Lorn, and efternoon the L. Neil. He spok of the condition of lyf he would tak him into, and inclind to a plantation in Jamaica. I desird to be in som measur sensibl of his condition, and ther familie, and to bear burthen with them. Oh for grac! I desird euen to believ in God in the expectation of an outgat and comfortable return to them. He has raisd the King's famili, Palatinat, Huntli, Montrose, &c., and it is not hard for Him to rais Argyl's out of the dust; and if He will

Sir John Campbell, first Earl of Loudoun, and formerly Lord Chancellor of Scotland, died at Edinburgh, as here stated, in March, 1662. In Douglas and Wood's

Peerage the year 1663 is erroneously assigned.

b Short-hand in MS.

Lord Niel Campbell.