No greater event had ever stirred the kingdom, no deeper joy had lighted
up her coasts, no higher honor had exalted her people, no brighter glory
had overspread her mountains and moors. That holy Covenant had lifted
her into relationship with God; the kingdom had become Hephzibah, and
the land, Beulah; the nation was married to the Lord.

The Covenant bound the Covenanter, the Church, the nation, and
posterity, under a solemn oath,--

To adhere to the Reformed religion with all the heart through all time
to come;

To labor with all lawful means to recover the purity and liberty of the
Gospel, by removing all human innovations from the Church;

To abhor and detest the corrupt doctrines and practices of Romanism;

To resist under the oath of God all the evils and corruptions contrary
to the Reformed religion;

To defend the country and support the government, while country and
government defend and preserve true religion;

To stand in mutual defence of one another in maintaining the Gospel and
the Reformed Church;

To permit nothing to divide the Covenanted ranks, or diminish their
power, or swerve them from their high purpose;