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 the Lord had exerciſed his people with in former ages, eſpecially that man of God, that went to 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, the 6th of April, 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 he ſaid, "The Lord will defend his own cauſe."

12 After the public murdering of theſe two worthy women-martyrs, Iſabel Aliſon 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, affirmed that they would never be reckoned among the number of the 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 before the fire, ſmocking his pipe, dropt down dead, and that without ſpeaking more

13. In the month of June 1682, he was in the houſe of James Brown, in Paddockholm, above Douglas, John