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 Jeroboam at Bethel, and delivered his commission faithfully, and yet was turned out of the way by an old lying prophet; how moving and stumbling the manner of his death was to all Israel! And earnestly requested us to take good heed to what ministers we heard and what advice we followed. When he prayed he blessed the Lord that he was free of both band and rope; and that he was as clearly willing to hold up the public blest standard of the gospel as ever: And said, "The Lord rebuke give repentance and forgiveness to these ministers that persuaded these prisoners to take that bond." For their perishing by sea, was more moving and shocking to him than if some thousands of them had been slain in the field He was thereafter taken by Major Johnston, in Edinburgh, and detained prisoner in the Bass, where he died. As the interest of Christ lay near his heart through his life, amongst his last words lie said, "The Lord will defend his own cause.

12. After the public murdering of these two worthy womeuwomen [sic]-martyrs, Isobel Allison and Marion Harvie in the Grass-market of Edinburgh, January 1681. he was in Galloway; a professor of some note, who had more carnal wit and policy than to suffer him to be honest and faithful. after reasoning upon the grounds of their sufferings assisted that they would never be reckoned among the number of martyrs. Mr Peden said, after musing a little, "Let alone, you will never be honoured with such a death: And for what you have said against these two worthy lasses, your death will be both sudden and surprising" Which was very shortly thereafter; the man standing at the fire smocking his pipe, dropt down dead and that without speaking more.

13. In the month of June 1682 he was in the