such in the ſchools, and ſpend as much time with the ſtudents and young men in ſitting them for the Miniſtry, as if he had been fequeſtrate from all the world beſides, and yet withal to write as much, as if he had been conſtantly ſhut up in his ſtudy.
But no ſonner did the reſtoration of Charles II. take place, than the face of affairs began to change, and after his fore-mentioned book Lex Rex was burnt at the croſs of Edinburgh, and at the gates of the new college of St. Andrews, where he was profeſſor of divinity, the parliament, in 1661, were to have an indictment laid before then againſt him, and ſuch was their humanity, (when every body knew he was a-dying) that they cauſed ſummon him to appear before them at Edinburgh, to anſwer to a charge of high treaſon : But he had a higher tribunal to appear before, where his Judge was his friend, and was dead before that time same, being taken away from the evil to come.
When on his death-bed, he lamented much that he was withheld from bearing witneſs to the work of reformation, ſince the year 1638, and upon the 8th of Feb. he gave a large and faithful teſtimoy* againſt the ſinful courſes of that time: which teſtimony he ſubcribed twelve days before his death, being full of joy and peace in believing.
During the time of his laſt ſickneſs, he uttered many ſavoury ſpeeches, and often broke out in a kind of ſacred rapture, exalting and commending the Lord Jeſus, eſpecially when his end drew near. He often called him his bleſſed Maſter, his kingly King. Some days before his death, he ſaid, 'I shall ſhine; I ſhall ſee him as he is; I ſhall ſee him reign, and all his fair company with him, and I shall have my large ſhare. Mine eyes ſhall ſee my Redeemer; theſe very eyes of mine; and none
* This Teſtimony is printed immediately preceding this Account of his Life.
