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 25. About this time he came to Gerfield, in the parish of Mauchlin to the house of Matthew Hogg. a smith. He went to his barn, but thought himself not safe, foot & horse of the enemy being searching for wanderers, as they were then called. He desired the favour of his loft, which Matthew refused: He said, "Well well, poor man, you will not let me have the shelter of your roof; but that house shall be your judgement & ruin." Some time after, the gavel of that house fell, and killed both him and his son. Their bodies were severely crushed.

26. About the same time. he came to Andrew Normand’s house in the parish of Alloway. shire of Ayr, being to preach at night in his barn. After he came in, he halted a little, leaning on a chair-back, with his face covered. When he lifted up his head, he said. "They are in this house that I have not one word of salvation unto!" He halted a little again,saying. "This is strange, that the devil will not go out, that we may begin our work," Then there was a woman went out, ill looked on for a witch. John Muirhead (formerly mentioned) told me, that when he came from Ireland to Galloway, he was at family-worship, and giving some notes upon the scripture read, there was a very ill-looking man came in, and sat down within the door He halted and said, "There is some unhappy body just now come into this house, I charge him to go out, and not stop my mouth." The man went off, and he insisted; but he saw him neither come in, nor go out.

27. In that bloody year 1685 he came to a house in the shire of Ayr, Captain John Matthison & other 12 of our wanderers being in the house he said, 'Lads, ye must go to the fields & seek your beds, for the enemy will be here this night, and I'll go to my cave." They said, 'Some of us will stay with you, for you will weary alone.' No said he, I will not weary. For a sign that the enemy will be here this night a godly eminent Christian man, whom I often have heard of, but never saw, will come and ly with me this night." All which came to pass: for the men fled, and he entered the cave, and {{continue|fell}