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 with me? he anſwered, The reaſon that I want you is, that I know you are diſpoſed to do for me what none of your brethren in Nithſdale will ſo much as attempt, tho' it ſerve never ſo good a purpoſe. I told him, I would never refuſe to do any thing to ſerve a good purpoſe, if I thought I was obliged to do it as my duty. He anſwered, Since I had undertaken what few in Nithſdale would, for he had tried ſeveral perſons on that ſubject, who were mere obliged to him than I was to any perſon living. Upon this I drew my bridle-reins, and talked in ſurpriſe, aſking what I had undertaken? He anſwered, That on Sabbath laſt, I heard you condemned Mr. Paton, and the other Miniſters of Dumfries, for diſſuading Mr. Menzies from keeping his appointment with me ☀; and if you had been in their place, you would have perſuaded the lad to do as I deſired, and that you would have gone with him yourſelf, if he had been afraid; and if you had been in Mr. Paton's place, you would have delivered my commiſſions yourſelf, ſince they tended to do ſeveral perſons juſtice. I aſked him, Pray, Cool, who informed you that I talked at that date? To which he anſwered, You muſt know that we are acquainted with many things that the living know nothing about; theſe things you did ſay, and much more to that purpoſe, and deliver my commiſſions to my loving wife. Upon this I ſaid, 'Tis a pity, Cool,

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