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 dispensations 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 dying 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 with 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, and died there. 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 worthy women-martyrs, Isobel Allison, 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 faithfulness and honesty, after reasoning upon the grounds of their sufferings, affirmed that they would never be reckoned among, the number of the martyrs. After musing a little, Mr. Peden said, 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 happened very shortly thereafter; the man standing before the fire, smocking his pipe, dropt down dead, and never spoke more.

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