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 day, and to pend his whole time in piritual exercies, that ome in that place waited well upon his minitry with great tendernes, but that he was contrained to leave that place, becaue of the malice of the wicked.

The pecial caue of his departure was, a prophane gentleman in the country, (one Scot of Headehaw, whoe family is extinct) but becaue Mr. Welch had either reproved him, or merely from hatered Mr. Welch was mot unworthily abued by the unhappy man amongt the ret of the injuries he did him this was one Mr. Welch kept always two good hores for his ue, and the wicked gentleman when he could do no more, either with his own hand, or his ervants, cut off the rump of the two innocent beats, upon which followed uch effuion of blood, that they both died, which Mr Welch did much reent, and uch bae uage as this peruaded him to liten to a call to the minitry of Kircudbright which was his next pot.

But when he was to leave Selkirk, he could not find a man in all the town to tranport his furniture. except only Ewart, who was at that time a poor young man but mater of two hores, with which he tranported Mr. Welch's goods, and o left him, but as he took his leave, Mr. Welch gave him his bleing, and a piece of gold for a token, exhorting him to fear God, and promied he hould never want, which promie, providence made good through the whole coure of his llife, as was oberved by all his neighbours.

At Kirkcudbright he tayed not long; but there he reaped a harvet of converts, which ubided long after his departure, and were a part of Mr. Samuel Rutherfeord's flock, tho' not in his parih, while he was minitry at Anwith: yet when his call to Ayr came to him, people of the parih of Kirkcudbright never offered  detain him, o his tranportation to Ayr was the more eay.

While he was in Kirkcudbright, he met with a young gallant in carlet and ilver late the gentleman's name was Mr. Robert Glendoning: new come home from travels, and much urprized the young man by