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 Brown knowing Mr. Peden, haſted to his horſe, being perſuaded that Mr. Peden's words would not fall to the ground, and fearing that ſome miſchief might befal him for being in the ſaid Hugh's company, he rode hard home. Robert went to his own houſe; and Hugh to the Earl's houſe, and caſting off his boots, he was ſtruck with ſuch a ſickneſs and pain through his body, with his mouth ſo wide, and his tongue hanging ſo far out, in a fearful manner, that they ſent for the ſaid Robert. Being uſed to draw blood, he drew ſome from him, but all in vain, he died before midnight. The ſaid Robert, an old man, told me this paſſage when in priſon together.

15. In the year 1682, he was in Kyle, and preached upon that text, "The plower's plowed upon my back, and drew long their furrows." Where he ſaid, Would ye know who firſt yoked this plow? It was curſed Cain, when he drew his furrows ſo long and deep, that he let out the heart-blood of his brother Abel; and his curſed ſeed has, and will gang ſummer and winter, froſt and freſh weather, till the world's end; and at the ſound of the laſt trumpet, when all are in a flame, their theets will burn, and their ſwingletrees will fall to the ground; the plowmen will loſe their grips of the plow, and the gadmen will throw away their gads; and then, O the yelling and ſhrieking that will be among all this curſed ſeed, clapping their hands, and crying to the hills and mountains to cover them from the face of the Lamb, and of him that ſits upon the throne, for their hatred of him, and malice at his people. After ſermon, when marrying a pair of folks, when the mauman [sic] had the woman by the hand, he ſaid, Indeed, man, you have a bonny bride by the hand, I ſee a covetous devil in her; ſhe is both a thief and a whore, let her go, you will be aſhamed of her. The man keeping faſt her hand, he ſaid, You will not take my advice, but it will tend to thy diſgrace. After marriage, when praying, he ſaid, Good Lord, many a plow hath been yoked