A Hind Let Loose, Frontispiece – Title page
Some had yr hands struck off & hanged others beheaded. Some hanged & quartered … Some Tortured by bools thumbkins firematches.
Some taken & instantly shot in … fields. Some banished, others perished in ship-wrack. women hanged, others drowned of stakes in the sea
A Hind let loose, OR An Historical Representation of the TESTIMONIES, Of the Church of Scotland, for the Interest of Christ, vvith the true State thereof in all its Periods: TOGETHER WITH A Vindication of the present Testimonie, against the Popish, Prelatical, & Malignant Enemies of that Church, as it is now stated for the Prerogatives of Christ, Priviledges of the Church, and Liberties of Mankind, and sealed by the sufferings of a Reproached Remnant of Presbyterians there, witnessing against the Corruptions of the Time.
WHEREIN Several Controversies of Greatest Consequence are enquired into, and in some measure cleared; concerning hearing of the Curats, owning of the present Tyrannie, taking of ensnaring Oaths & Bonds, frequenting of field meetings, Defensive Resistence of Tyrannical Violence, with several other Subordinate Questions useful for these times.
By a Lover of true Liberty.
Psal. 94. 20.
Shall the Throne of iniquity have fellowship with Thee that frameth mischief by a Law?
Prov. 28. 15.
As a roaring Lion & a ranging Bear so is a wicked Ruler over the poor people.
Hos. 8. 4.
They have set up Kings but not by me, they have made Princes and I knew it not.
Revel. 12. 11.
And they overcame him by the bloud of the Lamb and by the word of their Testimony and they loved not their Lives unto the Death.
Printed in the Year MDCLXXXVII.