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XIV. The Counterblast

           Forshame,man!EveninyourownparishyouhaveChasehopelendingahandandridingthehillslikeamoss-trooper--theverymanyouwoulddelateforsin."

           "IobeyGod’swordandmyownconscience.Icanimaginenoblackersinthancrueltytothedefenceless."

           "God’sword!"criedMr.Muirhead."You’vebeenlamentablyill-instructed.WhatdidJoshuatothepeopleofJericho,bututterlydestroythem,bothmanandwoman,youngandold?WhatdidGideontothekingsZebaandZalmunna?WhatwasthecommandoftheLordtoSaulwhenhewentoutagainstAgagkingoftheAmalekitesbuttoslaybothmanandwoman,infantandsuckling,andwhenSaulwouldhavesavedAgag,whatsaidSamueltohim?--’Rebellionisasthesinofwitchcraftandstubbornnessisasiniquityandidolatry.’YoureyesarefulloffatnessifyoucannaseetheLord’swill.Andyourconscience!YouwouldsetupyourownfalliblejudgmentagainstGod’splaincommandandtheresolvedopinionofthehaillKirk."

           "IamaministerofChristfirstandoftheKirksecond.IftheKirkforgetsitsMaster’steaching,wepartcompany."

           "Andwhat’sthatteaching,prithee?"

           "Tohavemercyandnotsacrifice."

           TheministerofKirkAllerclosedhiseyesasifinpain.

           "You’redeepdeepinthemireofyourcarnalconceits,"hesaid."Ithoughtyouwereonlywaywardandmistaken,butIseeyou’refirmontherockofyourimpenitence.Troth,Mr.EbenezerofBoldwasintheright--you’veheresyinyouaswellasrecalcitrance.ThisisPresbyterybusiness,sir--ay,andmaybematterfortheGeneralAssembly.

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