The heads of some sermons preached at Finnick, the 17 of August. 1662 By…

But next there is many instances of this under the New Testament also, for he is even that same God under the New Testament that he was under the Old. The First great and remarkable thing, that fell out under the New Testament, was the destruction of Jerusalem, and the abomination that makes desolate, set-up in the midst thereof. This was a dreadful thing, the place of the public worship of the Lord is all dung down and overthrown. Yea but we are all obliged to God for that, for all that the Lord took occasion by that to build many a Kirk in these lands, the Lord set up a Christian Church better than ever that was, he brought out a good turn out of that evil. And there was another remarkable thing fell out there at Jerusalem, anent the Jews persecution at Jerusalem, there is nothing then but heading and hanging, drugging and drawing to prisons, all the twelve Apostles are put away, and there may be no more public preaching, all the Apostles and ministers must be banished and put away, no man may speak more in the Name of the Lord. In truth that was a canny gate that they took, for truth, for if they had sitten seven years in a general assembly to have spread truth, and made it famous through the Earth, they took the ready way and the shortest cut, that was an happy luck that that Persecution rose, it would have been long ere our wit had brought it that way about, that way the Gospel came to us, we were unworthy of it, but God was good that gave us it for all that, it was even by that dispensation and the like, whereby God took occasion to send the Gospel over ⟨p. 58⟩to these Islands. Whenever God had a mind to make some Truth eminently glorious, then he let it ay fall into some Enemies hand to suppress and bury it, and by the burial of it he made it to rise again, and be the most famous Truth upon the Earth. And the last tale I shall tell you about it, is this, and it is even the last that will be, and that is, Gog and Magog will even gather together to rout-out the Church, and then when they are all well drawn up, and fair on the field, God will even make an end of all together, and soon decide the controversy that way; they will all gather up, and then God will even make an end of them. God hasten that day of their gathering together. For if they were all once well gathered together, God will make us quite of them.

Bot next there is many instances of this under the New Testament also, for he is even that same God under the New Testament that he was under the Old. The First great and remarkable thing, that fell out under the New Testament, was the destruction of Jerusalem, and the abomination that makes desolat, set-up in the midst thereof. This was a dreadfull thing, the place of the publick worship of the Lord is all dung down and overthrown. Yea bot we are all obliged to God for that, for all that the Lord took occasion by that to build many a Kirk in these lands, the Lord set up a Christian Church better than ever that was, he brought out a good turn out of that evil. And there was another remarkable thing fell out there at Jerusalem, anent the Jewes persecution at Jerusalem, there is nothing then bot heading and hanging, drugging and drawing to prisons, all the twelve Apostles are put away, and there may be no more publick preaching, all the Apostles and ministers must be banished and put away, no man may speak more in the Name of the Lord. In truth that was a canny gate that they took, for truth, for if they had sitten seven years in a general assembly to have spread truth, and made it famous through the Earth, they took the ready way and the shortest cut, that was an happy luck that that Persecution rose, it would have been long ere our witt had brought it that way about, that way the Gospel came to us, we were unworthy of it, bot God was good that gave us it for all that, it was even by that dispensation and the like, whereby God took occasion to send the Gospel over