THE LAST WORDS AND DYING TESTIMONIES OF THE SCOTS WORTHIES. PART FIRST: COMPREHENDING TESTIMONIES THAT WERE EMITTED, PREVIOUS TO THE YEAR 1660. I. PATRICK HAMILTON. [THIS gentleman was among the first who suffered in Scotland, on account of religion. He was descended of noble parentage, and born in 1503; and having been artfully seduced into a confession of his principles, was condemned as a heretic by the archbishop of St. Andrews, and suffered death in that city on the 28th of February, 1527. The following is a short detail of what he uttered on the trying occasion:] On the afternoon of the same day on which he was sentenced, he was hurried to the stake; and having arrived at the place where the fire was prepared, he put off his gown, coat, and bonnet, and gave them to a favourite servant, saying, "These will not profit me in the fire, yet they will do thee some good. After this, of me thou canst receive no more, except the ensample of my death, which I pray thee to bear in mind; for albeit the same be bitter to the flesh and fearful before men, yet is it the entrance to eternal life, which none shall inherit that deny Christ Jesus before this wicked generation." Having so said, he commended his soul into the hands of God, with his eyes fixed toward heaven: and the train of powder, though fired, not having kindled the fuel, and his comfortable speeches meantime being often interrupted by one of his persecutors, who called to him, "Convert, heretic; pray to our Lady, and say Salve Regina;" he spoke as follows: "Wicked man! thou knowest I am not an heretic, and |