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 THE Life and Prophecies OF

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R. was born in the parish of Sorn, in the sheriffdom of AyrAfter he had past his course at the College, he was employed for some time as school-master-prescenter and session-clerk to Mr. John Guthrie, minister of the gospel at Tarbolton, When he was about to enter on the ministry, a young woman fell with child, in adultery, to a servant in the house where he stayed; when she found herself so, she told the father thereof, who said, I’ll run for it, and go to Ireland, father it upon Mr. Peden, he has more to help you to bring it up than I have. The same day that he was to get his licence, she eamecame [sic] in before the Presbytery and said, I hear you are to licence Mr. Peden to be a minister, but do it not, for I am with ehildchild [sic] to him. He being without at the time, was called in by the moderator; and being questioned about it, he said, I am surprised I cannot speak, but let none entertain an ill thought of me, for I am utterly free of it, and God will vindicate me in his own time and way. He went home, and walked at a water-side upwards of 24 hours, and would neither eat nor think, but said, I have got what I was seeking, and I will be vindicated and that poor unhappy lass will pay dear for it in her life, and will make a dismal end; and for this surfeit of grief that