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( 6 ) on me by the Prayer of Faith, that I cannot ſhake them off from me; for the Cry of their Prayers is come up before me with a Shout that it hath outreached the Cry of the Sins of this Land; for the which I will make the Shout of may Return to this Land ſo glorious in the Mouths of my Remnant, in their proclaiming my Glory, that the very Earth fall echo by the Exclamation of my Return, in the Church of Scotland; for my Return ſhall be ſo ſurpriſing, as it ſhall be hard to diſcern between the Rod and the Delivery: For, he laid before me ſuch a Reſemblance of the Rod and Delivery, as if it had been two Buhes growing clos by other, the Crops ſo interwoven, that they muſt be taken by the Root and drawn aſunder, before they be known to be two Buſhes. As for my preſent Frame, I would be atisfied to ly in the Condition that I am under for many Years, to have enjoyed the Joy at preſent on may Spirit, and the Joy of God's People at his Return.

Account of an Apparition of Ships, the 20th of January 1730. I was told by a Voice that the Iſle betwixt Kintyre and Carrick ſhould be as full of Ships, as the Trees in the Wood; which ſhould occaſion much Blood, both in the Eaſt and Weſt of Scotland, particularly in the South of Carrick. I apprehended a great Stone, as I thought, came down from the Air, which fell upon the Ground ſuddenly, and he ſpoke to me and ſaid, As thou haſt seen this