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 the Lord would ſpare a remnant, and not make a full end in the day of his anger; and would put it in the hearts of his own to flee over to this bloody land, where they would find ſafety for a time. After prayer they got ſome meat, and he gave every one of his old pariſhoners, who were there, a piece out of his own hand; calling them his bairns. Then he adviſed all to go no further; "But, ſaid he, for you that are my bairns, I diſcharge you to go your foot-length, for before you can travel that length, he will be broke: and though it were not ſo, God will honour neither him nor Monmouth to be inſtruments of a good turn to his church, they have dipt their hands ſo far in the perſecution." And that ſame day that Argyle was taken, Mr. George Barclay was preaching, and perſuading men in that country to go to Argyle's aſſiſtance: After ſermon, he ſaid to Mr. George, "Now Argyle is in the enemy's hand, and gone!" though he was many miles diſtant. I had this account from ſome of theſe his bairns, who were preſent; and the laſt from Mr. Barclay's ſelf.

39. After this he was to preach at night, at Pengaroch in Carrick: the miſtreſs of the houſe was too open-minded to a woman, who went and told the enemy, and came back to the houſe, that the might not be ſuſpected: Mr. Peden being in the fields, came in haſte to the door, and called the miſtreſs, and ſaid, "Ye have played a bonny ſport to yourſelf, by being ſo looſe-tongued; the enemy is informed that I was to drop a word this night in this houſe, and the perſon who has done it, is in the houſe juſt now, and you will repent it; for to-morrow morning the enemy will be here. Farewel, I will ſtay no longer in this place." To-morrow morning both foot and horſe were about the houſe.

40. In the ſame year, within the bounds of Carrick, John Clark, in Muirbrock, being with him, ſaid, "Sir, what think ye of this preſent time? Is it mot a dark, melancholy day? And can there be a more diſcouraging time than this?" He ſaid, "Yes John, this is indeed