Page:History of the life and sufferings, of the Reverend John Welch.pdf/9

 wherein he abounded and excelled mot was prayer, o his greatet attainments fell that way. He ued to say, He wondered how a Chritian could ly in bed all night, and not to rie to pray, and many times he roe and many times he watched. One night he roe from his wife, and went into the next room, where he tayed o long at ecret prayer, that his wife fearing he might catch cold, was contrained to rie and follow him, and as he hearkned, he heard him peak as by interupted entences, Lord wilt thou not grant me Scotland, and after a paue, Enough, Lord, enough, and o he returned to her bed, and he followed her, not knowing he had heard him, but when he was by her, he asked him what he meant by aying Enough, Lord, enough. he hewed himelf ditisfied with her curioity, but told her, he had been wretling with the Lord for Scotland, and found there was ad time at hand, but that the Lord would be gracious to a remnat. This was about the time when bihops firt overpread the land, and corrupted the church. This was more wonderful I am to relate, I heard once an honet miniter, who was a parihioner of Mr. Welch many day, ay, That one night as he watched in his garden very late, and ome friends waiting upon him in his houe and wearying becaue of his long tay, one of the  to open a window toward the place where he walked, and aw clearly a trange light urround him and heard him peak trange words about his piritual joy. I do neither add nor alter, I am the more induced to believe this that I have heard from as good a hand as any in Scotland, that a very godly man, though not a miniter, after he had pent a whole night in a country houe, at the houe the muir, declared confidently, he aw uch an extraordinary light as this himelf, which was to him both matter  wonder and atonishment. But though Mr. Welch upon the account of his holines, abilities and uces, yet was he never in uch admiration, as after the great plague which raged in Scotland in his time.

And one caue was this: The magitrates of Ayr, forasmuch as this town alone was free, and the country