Dr. McCrie said of Hugh Binning, "few writers please me more."

Binning was appointed Regent and Professor of Moral Philosophy at the University of Glasgow in his nineteenth year. An extremely popular preacher, his works continue to be highly esteemed to this day. He died in 1654 at the age of 29.

Here he warns against joining oneself with any known enemies of truth and upholds the Biblical injuction, concerning secondary separation, to abstain from even the appearance of evil.

Specifically, "written to expose and counteract the purpose and proceeding of the Resolutioners. Hugh Binning was one of the band of faithful Covenanters (i.e. a Protester -RB) who deemed they would not be justified in fighting for Charles, without additional security being provided for the maintenance of their religious privileges, and unless some adequate restraint were imposed upon the exercise of the royal authority" (Johnston, Treasury of the Scottish Covenant, p. 328).