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 thinking and wondering within thyself, whether I speaking these things out of the visions of  own head, or if I be taught by the spirit of ; I tell thee woman, thou shalt live and  that I am not mistaken. She told me that was very lately delivered, and out of the  desire to have her child baptised before  came off, that she took travail too soon;  being weak, and so surprised with his telling her the thoughts of his heart, that she was  danger of falling off the chair. At this exercise also he told them, that he could not win till he got this done, and this was all the  money he had left in Ireland, and to the  (pointing to the Landlord) for all the kindness  had met with from them. After baptism they got ; there was plenty of bread upon the table, a blessing, he put his hand beneath the bread,  holding it up with much affection and tears,, "Lord, there is a well covered table, and plenty  bread: but what comes of the poor young, kindly,  hearted lad, Renwick, that shames us all, in  and holding up his fainting mother's head,  of all the children she has brought forth, there  none will avowedly take her by the hand: and  poor, cold, hungry lads on the hills? For honour  thine own cause, let them not starve: thou caused  ravenous bird, greedy of flesh itself, to feed Elijah:  thou fed thy people in the wildnerness with  food; and blessed a few loaves and small , and made them sufficient for many; and had