Excerpt from A Hind Let Loose, or an Historical Representation of the Testimonies of the Church of Scotland, for the Interest of Christ: With the True State Thereof in All Its Periods Resuming it is thy defire to anfwer the holy and honourabledefignation I accofl thee with, I he confidence to afl'ure thee, it is my defign to anfwer, in fome meafure, the expectation which the title of this treatife would ofier, in the hope that, wherein I come ibort (as I indeed confefs not only my jealous fears, but my fenfible conviction/of m infufficiency for fuch a great undertaking) thy Chrilln tian t'endernefs will imputeit to my weaknefs, and not to any want of worth in the caufe I manage, which is truly worthy, weighty, noble and honourable, in the efteem of all the lovers of Chrifi, that have zeal for his honour in exercife and therefore as it gives me all the encouragement I have, in dependence on his furniture whole caufe it is, to make fuch an eifay, fo it animates my ambition, albeiti cannot manageit with, any proportion to its merit, yet to move the Chriftian reader to make enquiry about it, and then fure I am he will find it is truth I plead for, though my plea be weak. All I {hall further fay by way of preface, is to declare the reafon of the title, and the, defign of the work. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.