Now I am near to the getting of my crown, which shall be sure; for I bless the Lord, and desire all of you to bless Him that He hath brought me here, and makes me triumph over devils, and men, and sin: they shall wound me no more.

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.