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minlstrie, and all we had in the world; and we bless God to this
day, that we had never cause to repent, and we hope never shall.
Now, I shall say no more. I commend you all to God, and to the
word of his grace, which is able to build you up, and to give you
ane inheritance among all them that are sanctified; and whatever
become of us, [the] Lord have ane care of you; [and we would
wish] if we be put away, the Lord would send you a better. Truely
we shall not desyre to speak it in vanity, but in the present juncture
of affairs we fear you shall not be so well provided, though
we be nothing, and less than nothing. [But now we closse, and
prais to him for evermore. Amen.]
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ANE ACCOMPT
OF WHAT PAST WHEN
MR JOHN LIVINGSTONE
APPEARED BEFORE THE
COUNCILL IN THE LOWER COUNCIL-HOUSE AT
EDINBURGH,
DECEMBER 11, 1662,
AT WHICH TIME THEY BANISHED HIM.
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