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his favourite author, left the mention of his name fhould feem to justify the vehemence of Mr Sn's Hyle, and left the abfurdity of his design fhould render the arguments quoted from him, unpopular and difguitful.

diftinct; the detecting of which will invalidate the whole fubftance of his objections.

He does not diftinguish between a perfon's being really pardoned or jufti. A fied, and his knowing himself to be fo. For want of obferving this diftinction, he is fo grofly mistaken, as to infinuate that Mr S-- thinks, the Gofpel gives a finner a right to believe himself to be pardoned and juftified, while he remains impenitent, abfolutely con trary to the whole ftrain of his writ ings. On the contrary, Mr S―― avers, “that no man can be assured that his fins are forgiven, but in as far as he is freed from fin, and led to work right. oufness." Letters on Theron, p. 409. 20 Edit. And all his writings join to confirm the fame fentiment. Accord.

It is allowed, that the doctrine which Mr S-- condemns, as contrary to the Gospel, is that which refts our acceptance with God; not fimply on what Chrift has done, but more or less on &c. &c. And whoever will not join with him herein, is unwilling to fall in with plain fcripture truth; B when the fcripture avers, there is falvation in no other, and that there is no other name given under heaven among men whereby we must be faved; Mr Sn, to be confiftent with fcripture and himself, will understand the phrase no other, as totally exclufive, and this

is all he can be blamed for on this fubject.

Cingly, while the fcriptures declare, that he who believes the Gospel is juftified, it is left to be made out by the effects, whether the perfon really believes, knows, and understands the true Gof pel, or no. But if we take in any of the effects of Faith along with Faith, in the matter of Juftification, we must for the same reafon take them in all; not only Repentance, but likewife Love, Obedience, and even perfeve rance therein to the end of life.

It is likewife true, that Mr S--n admits no other idea into his definition of justifying faith, but a bare belief of the bare truth. And pray, what are we to believe but the bare truth? and, What is the nature of D Faith but believing? Let common fenfe anfwer. And if the doctrine of Juftification by Faith, without Works, be a fcripture truth, how dare we put any thing into the nature of Faith, which has in it the nature of Works? That fyllogifm will ever ftand clear, which E Mr S fuggefts, when he says,

He who maintains, that we are juftified only by Faith, and at the fame time affirms that Faith is a Work exerted by the human mind, un. doubtedly maintains, if he has any meaning to his words, that we are Ijuftified by a Work exerted by the human mind.' Letters on Theron, p. 483. 2d Edit.

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Neither does your correfpondent ob. ferve the diftinction between our be. ing pardoned declaratively, by that word which fays, He that believeth is not condemned; and our actual escaping de ferved vengeance of death and judg. ment. Nothing is neceffary to the former but the belief of the truth; while repentance, love, and even perfeverance, as the neceffary effects of Faith, are neceffary to the latter, in F fuch an high fenfe as to make it an undoubted truth, that only he who endures to the end fhall be faved, and if any man draw back, the Lord will have no pleasure in him.

And when Mr Pike observes, that fuch fcripture phrafes as coming to Chrift, receiving him, &c. are A&s, Ëxerciles, or Workings of the believer's heart, which are confequent to Faith; G and that if they are taken into Faith as it juftifies, it is then evident that we are juftified by Works: Is there any poffibility of denying the conclusion? unlefs fome very fubtil perfon should fancy, that he can diftinguish between an A and an Action; between a Working and a Work.

But your correspondent does not appear to be fo well versed in making diftinctions where there is no difference, as in confounding two or more things together which are manifestly

Had thefe first principles of the ora cles of God lain clear and diftin& in

his mind, he would have perceived the weakness of his reafonings, and declined the attack; whereas, by confounding these things together, he has fo confounded his own thoughts on the fubject, that he becomes a perfect advocate for the Popish doctrine of Juftification by Works: For, to be Hjuftified by Faith, is the fame thing, with him, as to be juftified by Repentance, by Prayer, by making ufe of Chrift, by being well affected to him, c. i. e. to be juftified by Works. On the other hand, Mr S-▬▬▬▬▬

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carefully preferves thefe diftinctions, and so establishes the fcriptural, Protestant doctrine of Juftifi.ation by Faith, without Works, while he guards the doctrine from all appearance of approach to Antinomianifm, by infilting that no one can prove his faith to be true, but by repentance and obedience correfpondent to the truth and requirements of the Gospel : For, according to what he means by the bare belief of the bare truth, no one can make any thing else but the bare truth the reafon of his hope, or any thing elfe but the duties refulting from it, the rule of his conduct, without making it fo far queftionable, whether what he believes be the real truth or no.--So that Mr S--n, who is fo much run down for Heterodoxy, may well venture (as he does) to turn the chafe upon his adverfaries, and to claim the precedence even in point of Yours, &c. P. S. Orthodoxy.

An Authentic Account of the Escape of the
Yonng Chevalier, after the Battle of
Culloden. (Continued from p. 372.)

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HE wife of Macdonald, called Lady Kingsborrow, who was going to bed, immediately dreffed herfelf again, and ordered a fupper. Betty Burk eat heartily, fmoked a pipe, and went to bed.

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performed this journey without detec. tion; yet it would have been more fortunate if he had continued hidden where he parted with his faithful friend O Neille; for O Neille, repairing to South Veft, met with O Sullivan there, and two days after a French cutter, with 120 armed men, arrived to carry off the Adventurer to France. O Sullivan immediately went on board, but O Neille, with a noble and generous friendship, preferring the intereft of him, whom he confidered as his B Prince, to his own, went immediately in quest of him. After fome fearch, he learnt that he had left the place two days before; and in the mean ' time, the cutter being discovered and purfued, took the benefit of a fair wind to fail for France. Poor O Neille, being thus left behind, was foon after taken prifoner, and confined in Edinburgh Cafle, till he was released on the cartel as a French officer.

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When Lady King forrow was alone with Mifs Flora, and had heard Betty Burk's adventures, the expreffed great regret at finding that the boatmen had been difmiffed; and obferved, very justly, that they ought to have been detained at leaft till the Fugitive had got farther from his purfuers. As it was thought probable that these boatmen might difcover the fecret of his p difguife, he was advised next morning to lay it : He readily confented; but as it was neceffary for the fervants, who took him for a woman, to fee him depart in his woman's dress, a fuit of man's apparel was carried to the top of a hill in a neighbouring wood, whither he repaired to put it

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The female dress was concealed in a bush, and afterwards, upon the alarm of a fearch, burnt. Betty having now again changed her fex, proceeded with Mac Kechan, and Macdonald'scow-boy, about eleven years old, named Mac Quen, who was to be guide to Portfey, H diftant feven long Scotch miles, where he arrived fafe, but very wet.

It was fortunate for him, that he

At Portfey the Adventurer met with Mifs Flora and Roy Macdonald, who had been difpatched to apprize the old Lairdof Rafay of his guelt. Rafay is an ifland at a little distance from Portfey; and tho' the Laird was abfent, a boat had been procured to carry the Adventurer thither; and John and Murdoch, Macleod of Rafay's eldeft and 3d fons, and one Malcolm Macleod, who had been in the rebellion, were come to Portfey to attend him. Here then he took leeve of his friend Roy Mac-. donald, who could not conveniently travel, as the wound in his foot was not cured; and of Mifs Flora Macdonald, whofe fex would not permit her to accompany him farther without fufpicion, and early on the 1st of July arrived at Glam in Rafay.

This place however they found in a condition very different from what they expected; for a party of the King's troops had burnt all the houses, to the number of several hundred, fo that the Wanderer had no better afylum than a miserable hut, in which he lay upon the bare ground, with only a whifp of heath for his pillow; nor had he any other provifion than fuch as one of the gentlemen, who could appear without danger, fetched him from time to time in the corner of his plaid.

After continuing here two days, he failed, on the 3d of July, for Trotternib, in Sky, in the fame fmall boat, which could not contain more than feven perfons; he met with a storm, but he diverted the crew from their

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intention of putting back, by finging them an Highland fong; and, about eleven at night they landed at a place in Sky called Nicholson's Great Rock'; the precipice was very steep, yet they made fhift to clamber up, and after wandering about fome time, at length took up their abode in a byre, or cowhouse.

At feven o'clock the next morning, July 4th, he fet out with only Malcolm Macleod, upon a new progrefs, as it was dangerous to continue long in a place, tho' he had yet no prospect of escaping to another country. It was now agreed that he should travel' as Macleod's fervant; and, the better to fupport the character, he carried the baggage, which confifted of two fhirts, one pair of tockings, one pair of brogues, a bottle of brandy, fome mouldy fcraps of bread and cheese, and a three pint ftone bottle of water.

In this manner they marched, till they came near Strath, in Mackinnon's Country: Here a new circumstance of danger arofe; for Mackinnon's men having been out in the Adventurer's fervice, there was the greater risk of his being known. As a farther dif guife, therefore, having exchanged his waistcoat for that of his fuppofed malter, which was not fo fine, he took off his wig, and putting it into his pocket, tied a dirty handkerchief about his head, and pulled his bonnet over it.

This was no fooner done, than it appeared to have been done in vain ; for, meeting three of Mackinnon's men, they inftantly knew their late master, and burst into tears.

This mark of their affection prevented any apprehenfions of treachery; and the travellers, purfuing their way through the worst roads in Scotland, after a stretch of four and twenty Highland miles, arrived at the house of John Mackinnon, Macleod's brotherin-law. The Adventurer was in a miferable condition, having flipped up to the middle in a bog; he therefore food greatly in need of refreshment. Mackinnon not being at home, he was introduced to his wife, MacLeod's filter, as one Lerwis Crew, his fervant, and after he had been well wathed and fed, he lay down to fleep.

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The boat foon after arrived, with the Laird and his Lady, who brought what wine and provifions they could furnish. They all dined together in a cave; and it was thought proper that no perfon fhould proceed with the Wanderer, but the old Laird, and John Mackinnon, Macleod's brother-in-law These three therefore went on board the boat, manned with four rowers, in the evening of the fame 4th of July, having made this progrefs, dept,dined, and procured a boat, in little more than thirteen hours.

They landed fafely about 4 o'clock the next morning, after a tempestuous voyage, on the fouth fide of Loch Nevis, near Little Malloch, where they lay three nights in the open fields. On the morning of the fourth day, the old Laird and one of the boatmen went in fearch of a cave, that might afford them better lodging; and in the mean Ctime the Adventurer, with John Mackinnon, and the three other boatmen, took the boat, and rowed up 4ochNevis, along the coaft, upon the fame errand; but upon doubling the point, they were furprized and alarmed by the appearance of another boat, with five of the Highland militia on board whom they knew by the red croffes in their bonnets: The militia called to them to come up, but this was only a fignal for them to ftand away with all the speed they could make: The militia immediately pursued them; but the three rowers exerted themfelves with fuch ftrength and dexterity, that they ont-went them, and by turning another point, got out of fight. They thought it fafelt, however, to go on hore; and the Adventurer, with John Mackinnon, and one of the boatmen, being fafely landed, they ran to the top of a hill, where they faw the boat that had purfued them rowing back again: On this hill the poor hunted Fugitive flept three hours, and then re-imbarking, croffed the Loch to a lite tle island about a mile from Scotus's houfe; from thence foon after they again pafled the Lock, and landed at Malloch, where they met again with the old Laird and the boatman that had been with him; and having refreshed themselves, they fet out for Macdonald's of Morar, which was dif tant about eight miles.

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Macleod, in the mean time, went in queft of Mackinnon, whom he foon found; and telling him whom he had G got for a guest, difpatched him to hire a boat for the continent. Mackinnon applied to the old Laird of Mackinnon, who undertook to bring his boat im mediately.

They had not gone far before they discovered fome people at a distance, who were coming towards the road upon this the Adventurer, with the affittance of John Mackinnon, took off

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his plaid, and folding it up, laid it upon his thoulders, with a knapfack upon it; and then tying a handkerchief a bout his head, walked behind his affociates as a fervant: In this difguife he passed unquestioned, and coming up to a fhealing, or cow houfe, they were refreshed with a draught of milk by Archibald Macdonald, grandfon to Macdonald of Scotus; they then pursued their journey, and at another healing procured a guide to Morar. When they came thither, they found Macdonald in a bothy, or hut, his houfe ha- В ving been burnt: He received his guefts as well as his fituation would permit, and having conducted them to a cave, they slept ten hours. In the mean time, he went in queft of young Clanranald; but not finding him, it was refolved that the Adventurer fhould fet forward for Borodale's of Glen Biafdale, with only John Mackinnon and a boy, a son of Macdonald's, their hoft, for a guide. At Glen Biafdale they arrived before day, but found their friend's houfe burnt, and himself at a hut hard by. To this gentleman John refigned his charge, faying, ID have done my duty, do you do yours.

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To this hut Glenaladale, a Macdonald of Clanranald's family, was fent for, who arrived about the 15th of June, and brought intelligence of Lochiel and others of the party. The Adventurer propofed to go to Lochabar, where Lochiel was fuppofed to be; but as all the paffes were clofely guarded, this was deemed impracticable. Upon more particular enquiry, they found that the King's troops formed one intire line from Inverness to Fort Auguftus, and from Fort Auguftus to Fort William; and another from the head of Loch Ar. F kaig cross all the avenues to Lochabar. The Adventurer therefore determined to continue fome time at Glen Biaf dale; but in a few days he was alarmed by an account, that fome intelligence having been obtained of his retreat, General Campbell was arrived with 400 men on one fide of him, and Captain Caroline Scot with 500 on the other; and that they were forming a circle round him at about two miles diftant.

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In this fituation he was advised to attempt an escape to the bracs of Glenmorifon immediately, and to fculk there, and in Lovat's country, till the H paffes should be opened; but as he was utterly unacquainted with the country, Donald Cameron of Glenpean was fent for to be his guide. Cameron re

turned with the meffenger, and conducted his charge, accompanied by Glenaladale, in fafety thro' the guards that were in the pafs, tho' they were obliged to creep upon all fours, paffing fo clofe to the tents, that they heard the foldiers talking to each other, and could fee them walking between them and the fires.

At a little distance from thefe tents they were obliged to pafs over a mountain, and a fmall rivulet that iffued from the precipice, and in gliding downward fpread over its fide, rendered the steep and pathlefs rout which they took to defcend it extremely flippery, it being a mixture of grass and heath. The night was now shut in, and the guide going foremost, his charge came next, and Glenaladale crept along at fome distance behind. In this fituation it happened that the Adventurer's foot flipped, and rolling down the declivity, he would inevita bly have been dashed to pieces, if Cameron, who was a little before him, had not catched hold of his arm with one hand, and with the other laid fast hold of the heath. In this fituation, however, he found it impoffible to continue long, for he that fell not being able to recover his legs, and he that held trim, being unable long to fuftain his weight, he would foon have been obliged either to quit his hold of the heath, and fall with him, or to let him fall by himfelf, Glenaladale was still behind, and knew nothing of what had happened; and Cameron feared, that, if he called out, his voice might be heard by some who were in fearch after him. In this dilemma, however, he at last refolved to call, as their only chance; and Glenaladale, alarmed by the cry, ran to their affiftance, just in time to preferve them he laid hold of the Adventurer's other arm, and with great difficulty drew him up, and fet him upon his feet.

The dangers before him, however, were fcarce inferior to thofe he had efcaped; he had no means of getting off by fea, and on the land-fide he was hemmed in by a military line, confifting of 27 little camps, which were called the Chain; and this line it was therefore neceffary for him to pafs, as the only expedient to avoid being ftarved to death in his hiding place, or falling into the hands of thofe that fought him.

They fet out on this perilous attempt after fun-fet, and the night happened to be remarkably dark:

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advancing at a distance; he immediately ftouped down, and concealed himself as well as he could, yet not fo, but that he might have been feen by the foldiers, if they had looked wiftA fully that way, for he faw them very plainly pafs by, and take the very rout that he and his guide would have taken, if the lofs of the purfe had not ftopped them. When they were gone, it was fome alleviation of that mif fortune to reflect that it had prevented a greater. In this dreary folitude, forlorn and defolate, his fituation was endeared by the danger that he had efcaped, and his mind was diverted from prefent evils by the apprehenfion of future. In a fhort time, however, Glenaladale returned, and by great good fortune had found his purfe, They immediately continued their rout together, but were again obliged to change its direction.

When they camenear the Chain, which,
notwithstanding the darkness, they
could, as they had been long in it,
difcover at fome diftance, it was wifely
propofed by Donald Cameron to pass it
alone, and return again; for, faid he,
if I pass it in fafety, you may venture
to follow me the fecond time; and, if
I am taken, you may for the prefent
escape. Cameron accordingly paffed
the Chain alone, and returned; and
his friend then fafely paffed it with
him; but it was then neceffary to walk
a confiderable way parallel to it, at a
fmall distance, there being no other
way to the place they were bound for.
As it happened, however, they passed
undifcovered, and about o'clock in
the morning, of July the 21ft, they
came to a place called Corrifcorridill,
near the head of Loch-Uirn, where,
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In this hold they ftay'd the whole day, and at 8 o'clock in the evening, Cameron, knowing the way no farther, crept out, with Glenaladale, to fee if any body could be found who might be trufted as a guide the reft of the way. At this time the Sun was not quite fet; and they had gone but a very little way from their hidingplace, when they difcovered it to be within cannon-fhot of two fmall camps that made part of the Chain, and faw E fome foldiers driving a few sheep together for flaughter: Upon this dif covery they threw themfelves flat on the ground, and in that pofture crept back to warn their friend of his danger; and they all three fet out on a different courfe. Cameron foon after left him, and he pursued his courfe F towards Glen morifton, attended only by Glenaladale.

It happened, as they were making their way thro' the most unfrequented parts of the hills and moors, Glenaladale fuddenly miffed his purse; this was a dreadful stroke, for it contained forty guineas, which was their whole ftock. After fame confultation, it was determined that he should venture back to feek it, but that he fhould go alone, and that his friend fhould reft himself on an adjacent hill till his return.

The Adventurer therefore fat down alone to wait the event, but he had not fat long, before he was alarmed by a party of foldiers, whom he saw

By thele accidents, the length and fatigue of their journey were greatly increased; however, they reached Glen morifion on the 24th, but were al molt familhed, having been eight and forty hours without food. It happen. ed that at this place Glenaladale found eight men who were fugitives from the rebel army, and who, the moment they faw their commander, knew him and wept. By thefe fharers of his fortune he was conducted to a natural cave, called Coiragoth, in the brae of Glen-morifon, where they refreshed him with the heft provifions they had, and made him up a bed with fern and tops of heath. After his repast, he lay down, and foon fell asleep, not need. ing the murmurs of a fine tranfparent ftream that glided through the cave by his bed fide to lull him to repose. In this romantic habitation he conti nued three days, and then, being fufficiently refreshed, they removed two miles farther, to a place called Coir. kreath, where they took up their a bode in a natural grotto, not less romantic than that they had left.

They mounted guard regularly e Ghead and foot of the Glen, and had a very day, placed centry-polls at the foraging party of two, to fetch in provifions in their own cautious way! It is greatly to the honour of these poor fellows, that though neither of them had a fhilling in the world, yet they were proof against a reward of 30,000l. which they knew they might obtain by betraying their truft.

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