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 The late worthy Mr. Richard Cameron, ſpake to the ſame purpoſe, when preaching at the Graſs-water-ſide, ſouth from Cumnock, July 20th, 1680, eighteen days before his death, viz. "There are three or four things that I have to tell you this day, which I muſt not omit, becauſe I will be but a breakfaſt, ſome hour or another, to the enemy; and my work and time will be finiſhed. Firſt, As for King Charles, who is now upon the throne, after his death there ſhall not be a crowned king of the name of Stuart in Scotland. Secondly, There ſhall not be an old Covenanter's head above the ground in Scotland (that ſwore theſe covenants with up-lifted hands) ere ye get the reformation ſet up. Thirdly, A man ſhall ride a ſummer-days journey within the ſhire of Ayr, and ſhall not ſee a houſe reek, or a cock crow, ere ye get reformation; and ſeveral other ſhires in Scotland ſhall be as ill. Fourthly, The rod that the Lord will make inſtruments of, ſhall be the French and the French king, together with a party in this land joining with them: But ye that ſtand to the teſtimony in that day, be not diſcouraged at the fewneſs of your number, when Chriſt comes to ſet up his work in Scotland, he will not want men anew to work for him; yea, he will chap upon the greateſt man in all Scotland, and he will be the greateſt malignant in it, and he will ſay, Sir, let alone this Babel-building, for I have another piece of work to put in your hand; and he will gar him work whether he will or not. It may be he will convert the man, and give him his ſoul for a prey. And there are many of you that are my hearers this day, that ſhall live to ſee theſe things accompliſhed: And after theſe deſolations are over, ye ſhall ſee the noblemen and gentlemen's houſes ſo ruined that the nettles ſhall be growing out of their bed-chambers, or ye die; and their memory and poſterity ſhall periſh from the earth."

44. The following are ſome notes of Mr. Peden's laſt Sermon in the Colom-wood at the Water of Ayr, a little before his death. "My Maſter is the rider, and I am