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74 notice from court, 'That upon a freſh complaint of the biſhop's, both he and his lady were proſcribed as Hugonots; and that, notwithſtanding his friends' interceſſion and his own former merits, his places were taken away, and his eſtate ordered to be ſeized, as a terror to others.' Alanſon, finding himſelf unable to withſtand this ſtorm, packed up the richeſt of his effects, and privately ſent them to his wife's father, where ſhe was all this while concealed, and then followed after himſelf: Where, having declared the great injuſtice he had met withal, contrary to all religion, honour, honeſty and conſcience, he then told his relations, he was reſolved, by God's help, to embrace that religion, for which he had been a ſufferer, before he was a profeſſor; 'For that religion could not be of God, that did ſo evidently ſet up the kingdom of the devil.' At which they all rejoiced, and Deidamia more eſpecially; who paſſionately embracing him, ſaid, 'Her father and mother were of the ſame mind with him:' At which, Alanſon was the more encouraged. But, lest their adverſaries ſhould come thither to ſearch for them, they withdrew into a ſmall village, and lived obſcurely, while La Mont could hear of a convenient veſſel to tranſport them into a country, where they might enjoy more liberty.

You have before heard how Bernard the Gardener, was ſold to the maſter of a ſhip, belonging to one of the French plantations in the Weſt Indies; before we conclude, we will briefly ſhew how God's providence watched over him for good alſo. In his voyage at ſea, they met with ſo extraordinary a ſtorm, that all expected preſent death; but Bernard was very calm, putting up his ſervant prayer to Almighty God, which