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( 43 ) He went to Bed a little after Eleven of the Clock, and having ſlept well till Five in the Morning, he aroſe and call- ed to his Comerade John Wodrow, ſaying pleaſantly," Up “John, for you are too long in Bed; you and I look not " like Men going this Day to be hanged, ſeeing wely ſo long. “ Thereafter he ſaid to him, in the Words of Iſaiah, xlii. Verſe 24. " Who gave Jacob for a Spoil, and Iſrael to the “ Robbers? Did not the Lord, he againſt whom we have " ſinned, for they would not walk in his Ways, neither were " they obedient unto his Law, &c. And I think, John, " (ſaid he) I have not known it, nor do I lay it to Heart, " as it is ſaid in the End of the 25th Verſe. But John, " (faith he) for all this be not afraid, but read the 43d " Chapter, Verſe 1. 2. for all will go well with us. John " ſaid to him, you and I will be chambered ſhortly in “ Heaven beſide Mr. Robertſon.” He anſwered, " I fear, "John, you bar me out, becauſe you was more free la “ fore the Council than I was, but I fall' be as free as " any of you upon the Scaffold.” Before Breakfast lie " ſaid, " He had got a clear Ray of the Majeſty of the " Lord, after his awaking, but it was a little again over- “ clouded." Thereafter he prayed and atteſted the Lord, " That he had devoted himſelf to the Service of God in " the Miniſtry of the Lord Je us, and the Edification of " Souls very early : adding, albeit. I have not been ſo “ with my God, yet thou haſt made with me an everlaſt- " ing Covenant, ordered in all Things and ſure ; this is “ all my Deſire, Joy and Salvation, albeit thou make " me not a Houſe to grow. Now, Lord, we come to thy Throne, a place we have not been acquainted with; " earthly, Kings, Thrones,' have Advocates againſt poor “ Men, but thy Throne hath Jefus, an Advocate for us. " Our Supplication this Day is not to be free of Death, " por of Pain in Death, but that we may witneſs before " many Witneſſes a good Confeſſion." HIS