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 and spake with one breath; and, frequently when they pressed him to preach, he had the same expressions in his answers.

33. There were three lads murdered at Wigtown, and at the same time he was praying at Craigmyne, many miles distant: He cried out, "There is a bloody sacrifice put up this day at Wigton." There were the lads of Kirkelly: And those who lived near, knew not of it, till it was past. I had this account from William M Dougal, an old man in Ferryton, near Wigton worthy of credit who was present.

34. After this in Auchengrooch-muirs, in Nithsdale, Captain John Matthison and others being with him, they were alarmed that the enemies were fast approaching upon them. They designed to put him in some hole, and cover him with heather, he not being able to run hard by reason of his age; he desired them to forbear a little until he prayed, where he said, "Lord we are ever needing at thy hand; and if we had not thy command to call upon thee in the day of trouble, nor thy promise of answering us in the day of our distress we wot not what would become of us: If thou hast any more work for us in the world, allow us the lap of thy cloak this day again: And if this be the day of our going off the stage, let us win honestly off, & comfortably through, and our souls will sing forth thy praises thro' eternity, for what thou hast done to us and for us" When ended, he ran alone a little, and came quickly back, saying, "Lads, the bitterness of this blast is over; we will be no more troubled with them to-day." Foot and horse came the length of Andrew Clark's in Achengroock, where they were covered with a dark mist: When they roared out like fleshly devils, and cried, "There is that confounded mist again! we cannot get these damn'd whigs