128 



NOTES AND QUERIES. [2«-» s. vi. 137., auo. 14, '58. 



four * (see epitaph) made it his Business to go thorow, 

 especially on the Sabbath Night, -with his Men; and if he 

 heard any that wei-e worship]" ing God, if he could not get 

 Access to them, he broke open the Doors ; and if there 

 were any amongst them, not belonging to that Family, 

 he carried all of them to Prison. And this was the Case 

 until the Reign of K. James the Seventh, when he granted 

 a Toleration for all Sects, which no doubt was designed 

 for Evil, but our gracious God turned it about for Good. 

 Glory be to God for Christ, whose Merits procured it. 

 And Glory be to the onlj- wise and merciful God, that 

 altho' the Design was bad, he brought out of the Womb 

 of his providential Care and Love to his poor persecuted 

 Church an happy lievnlutlon, by that now glorified In- 

 strument K. William of blessed Memor}', whom our gra- 

 cious God made use of to deliver us from bloody Tyranmj 

 and Slavery, and give us free Liberty and Exercise of 

 Gospel-worship, in plenty and purity, whereby many 

 Sons and Daughters were begotten by the Word of Truth, 

 being backed by the powerful Spirit of Jehovah; and 

 many made to flock in to the blessed Shlloh, to the ad- 

 vancing of the Mediator's Kingdom and Glory in poor 

 degenerated Scotland. I am a living Witness of God's 

 signal appearing at that Time." 



In another curious and scarce pamphlet, dated 

 "Edinburgh, Sept. 1742," we learn that it was 

 " Done by an old soldier of Druniclog who was 

 Author of the (precedino;) Warm Address," and who 

 resided " on this side of the Water of Air." The 

 religion of this veteran, like that described by the 

 author of Sir Hudihras : — ■ 



" 'Twas Presbyterian true Blue, 

 For he was of that stubborn Crew 

 Of Errant Saints, whom all Men grant 

 To be the true church Militant." 



{Edit. Dublin, 1732, Canto i. p. 2G.) 



But not seemingly having been able altogether to 

 enjoy the tranquil and prosperous days of the 

 church which he had seen — 



" The Trenchant Blade, Toledo trusty. 

 For want of Fighting was grown rusty, 

 And ate into itself for lack 

 Of some Body to hew and hack." 



Ibid, p. 32. 



He Lad, therefore, set about defending her 

 against all her foes, whether Deists "f, or religious 



* This hero may in future be classed with the " bloody 

 Clavers." 



\ He levelled his musket at Robert Foulis, " Elzevir of 

 Glasgow," and thus amusingly descants : " Beware of a 



?iece printed by Robert Foulis, printer in Glasgow, which 

 am persuaded is abominable lies, and wonder that any 

 man should have taken in hand to print it, being such a 

 corrupt piece. I have been at some pains to inquire what 

 Foulis is, and from whom he is descended, and I henr he 

 is the son of one Andrew Foulis (Fanlls), that kopt a. 

 two-penny change {public house) above the Tolbooth, 

 and that his son was a shaver to his trade, but got a flea 

 in his lug (ear), and went to France, and there he got a 

 lick of a French mug (the holy water), which has quali- 

 fied him to work wickedness, now when he has come 

 home, which I would not have thought, that such a fellow 

 as he, who is the extract of dull drofF drink, would have 

 been so active in wickedness. . . . But I know what 

 Foulis will say for himself, says he, 'tis the privilege of 

 the press. A poor insipid ground to warrant you to pub- 

 lish lies, and destroy revealed religion and advance Deism. 



bodies of his countrymen lately sprung up, who 

 bad dissented from her communion, and had dis- 

 gusted him with their inconsistencies and certain 

 modes of Church Polity. He fiivours us with his 

 views in the following paragra-ph from the above- 

 mentioned pamphlet : — 



" This from an old soldier who lived in these times 

 aforesaid, and carried arms before and since the Revolu- 

 tion in defence of Presbyteri:ni Church Government, and 

 wa"!, and is willing to spend and be spent to support the 

 true interest of Christ in poor Scotland. Having drawn 

 his sword in defence of this good cause, he will not put it 

 up, through the strength of my Captain General Christ, 

 until I beat down his, and my enemies of Christ's Church 

 in this land so much run down by the Devil, and pK4 

 Gib * and his adherents." 



. . But perhaps you (Foulis) will say I am a Jesuit, 

 and for that my master keeps me. Well, then, I advise 

 you to go back to France, and trade and traffick there ; 

 for indeed your ware is not the commodity that Scotland, 

 especially Glasgow and the West of Scotland, hath use 

 for, if it be not some godless Atheists that live among us," 

 &c. . . . He also aims a volley at one of the Professors of 

 the University: — "I am informed that piece of Robert 

 Foulis's printing did flow from one of the Teachers in the 

 University of Glasgow. Had I been acquaint with them, 

 I might have known more still ; but being at a distance, 

 1 am at a loss ; but were I present, I would not be afraid 

 to answer some of that teacher's learn'd, couch'd, deistical 

 performances, which is a trampling upon revealed re- 

 ligion and serious godliness. — take care least God spue 

 you out of his mouth. Rev. iii. and IG ver." 



* Adam Gib was an early minister in Edinburgh of the 

 Secession Church, and one of the leaders of the Aiiti- 

 burijher split from it. He was an able clergyman, but it 

 is said sometimes gave sufficient room for attack, through 

 his scurrility, bad temper, and haughtiness; he, however, 

 met with his match in his opponent, the "old soldier" of 

 Drumclog, as must be allowed by all in the following 

 specimen : — " Now Adam, allho' of a long time you have 

 been purging out a great deal of your tilth and excre- 

 ments, j'ou have not provided a place without the camp 

 to dig, so as you may cover that which has come from 

 you. Have j'ou got a paddle upon your weapone to dig 

 with ? If you have not provided these, I pray you, Adam, 

 haste you ; "for the stink is so great, that the filth that 

 has come from you, in the cam|j of God, by your want of 

 a right place, and a paddle to dig and cover it, is like to 

 raise a dreadful plague in the Lord's camp." This pam- 

 phlet was followed by a rejoinder, entitled " A Seasonable 

 Advice to Mr. Adam Gib {Minister oft/ie Gospel at Edln- 

 Imrffh'), and the rest of his Brethren anent Love and 



Charity, by J. W , A.M., Glasgow, 1742," 12mo., pp. 



8. ; " with some Remarks on the Observations published 

 by Andrew Waddell, Sohlier in Dumbarton Castle," who 

 turns out to be the Old Soldier of Drumclog. This more 

 polished writer had, however, formed too low an estimate 

 of the latter in addressing Adam Gib, when lie says : " It 

 cannot but wound any good Man who loves Religion, to 

 see a mean common Soldier, who perhaps understands 

 little of Learning or Piety, provoked by j'our invectives to 

 take you to task," &c. The "soldier" had doubtless 

 been an old Covenanter both of knowledge and virtue in 

 its extensive meanings, and who wielded a vigorous quill, 

 and, what was remarkable in one of his religious stand- 

 ing, had divested himself of popular prejudices in h.aving 

 also become an eloquent and judicious advocate for White- 

 field, in " A IVarning and Reproof, with Advice from the 

 word to those (the Secession) who have spoken, and do 



