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 was oberved by ome of his hearers, that while he continued in the doctrinal part of his ermon, he poke very correct French, but when he came to his application and when his affections kindled, his fervour made him ometimes neglect the accuracy of the French contruction: but there were godly young men who admonihed him of this, which he took in very good part, o for preventing mitakes of that kind, he deired the young gentlemen, when they preceived him beginning to decline, to give him a ign, and the ign was, that they were both to tand up upon their feet, and thereafter he was more exact in his expreion through his whole ermon; o deirous was he, not only to deliver good matter, but to recommend it to the neat expreion.

There were many times perons of great quality in his auditory, before whom he was jut as bold as ever he had been in a Scots village; which moved Mr. Boyd of Trochrig once to ak him, (after he had preached before the univerity of Samure with uch boldnes and authority, as if he had been before the meanet congregation) how he could be o confident among trangers, and perons of uch quality! to which he anwered, That he was o filled with the dread of God, he had no apprehenion from man at all; and this anwer, aid Mr. Boyd, did not remove my admiration, but rather increae it.

There was in his houe amongt many others, who tabled with him for good education, a young gentleman of great quality, and uitable expectations, and this was the heir of the lord Ochiltry, who was captain of the catle of Edinburgh. This young nobleman, after he had gained very much upon Mr. Welch's affections, fell ick of a grivious icknes, and after he had been long wated with it, cloed his eyes, and expired as dying men ued to do, o to the apprehenion and ene of all pectators, he was no more but a carcae, and was therefore taken out of his bed, and laid upon a pallet on the floor, that his body might be the more conveniently dreed, as dead bodies ued to be. This was to Mr. Welch a very great grief, and therefore he tayed with the young man's dead body full, three hours, lamenting over him with