ARTICLE 4.
We shall with all faithfulness endea∣vour the discovery of all such as have been or shall be Incendiaries, Malig∣nants or evil Instruments, by hindering the Reformation of Religion, dividing the King from His People, or one of the Kingdoms from another, or making any Faction or Parties among the People contrary to this League and Covenant, that they may be brought to publick tri∣al, and receive condign punishment, as the degree of their offences shall require or deserve, or the Supreme Iudicatories of both Kingdoms respectively, or others, having power from them for that effect, shall judge convenient.
It is very well known what the meaning of Incendiaries and Malig∣nants is, in this Article: And it is shrewdly to be suspected, That those who are perswaded of the Obligati∣on of this Oath, are likewise per∣swaded, that those Incendiaries and