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 hill Lord, and cast the lap of thy cloak over auld Sandy, and their poor things, and save  this one time and we will keep it in rememberance, and tell it to the commedation of thy, pity, and commpassion, what thou did  us at such a time," In the mean time, there  a dark cloud of mist came betwixt them. After prayer, he ordered two of them to give  of the enemy's motion and the rest to  alone, and cry mightily to the Lord for deliverance. In the mean time that they were thus , there came posts to the enemy, to go  pursue after Mr Renwick, and a great company with him. After the enemies were gone,  called them together, and said, "Let us not  to return thanks to the Lord, for hearing  answering us in the day of our distress:" And charged the whole creation to praise the ; and also adjured the clouds to praise him  he sat down by the side of a well, and enquired if they had any crumbs of bread: some  them had some crumbs; and when seeking a , he said. 'Lord, thou who blessed the loaves and fishes, and made them sufficient  many, bless this, water and these crumbs to ; for we thought we would never have need  any more of these creature-comforts"

29 A few days after this, the foresaid Joln Muirhead was in a house alone; at a distance any other, and in the morning was a dark st, and he knew not whether to go or where  find them; only he heard him speak of the  of the place, where he was to baptise some  he gave a sixpence to a lad to conduct  to that place, which was six miles distant:  he came, he was praying. After baptism came to John. & said, "Poor straying sheep, came you to stray from the rest? I had a