Fear not; and the God of mercies grant a full gale and a fair entry into His kingdom, which may carry sweetly and swiftly over the bar, that you find not the rub of death.

He returned later and tried to hold a communion but the service was interrupted and he was arrested briefly. After Cameron's death in July at the hand of dragoons Cargill continued to preach in the Torwood near Stirling and in September pronounced the sentence of excommunication against the key government figures who were persecuting the Covenanters: Charles II James Duke of York and James Duke of Monmouth Privy Councillors John Duke of Lauderdale and John Duke of Rothes the King's Advocate Sir George McKenzie and General Tam Dalziel of the Binns.